Sunday, January 24, 2010

“TV tonight - The Chronicle Herald” plus 4 more

“TV tonight - The Chronicle Herald” plus 4 more

TV tonight - The Chronicle Herald

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:01 AM PST

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Test the Nation, CBC, 8 p.m.: Put on your thinking caps again, Canada. The Test the Nation special is back, this time with guests including Justin Trudeau, Glenn Healy and Marc Garneau. The guests will go head-to-head in a series of multiple-choice ...

Poughkeepsie illustrator wins Coretta Scott King Award - Poughkeepsie Journal

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 05:20 AM PST

There was always something about the Langston Hughes poem "My People" that resonated with children's book author and illustrator Charles Smith Jr.

"It celebrates his love of black people," said the 40-year-old Smith, who lives in Town of Poughkeepsie with his wife and three children. "I always loved the poem and I always wanted to do something centering around it."

Smith began fleshing out his idea for a book that would feature photo illustrations centering on one to two words of Hughes 33-word poem in 2006. His book, which is also titled "My People," was published in January 2009.

Smith was greeted with some good news this month when he fund out the book won the 41st annual Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award, presented by the American Library Association. The awards, named after the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., are given annually to black authors of books for children and young adults.

The awards honor best author, illustrator, lifetime achievement and new author. Smith, who has had more than 20 children's books published, was given honorable mention for the best author award in 2008 for his book "Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali."

Smith said the best illustrator award means a lot to him because it is an acknowledgement of his greatest passion: photography. "My People" is the first book to win the best illustrator award using photo illustrations.

"It doesn't change the way I work, but what I hope it does is make it easier to sell photography as an alternative to paintings as illustrations," Smith said. "Art directors can see that photographs don't need to be seen as merely a reference point."

Carole McCollough, chairwoman of the Coretta Scott King Award selection committee, said Smith's book was chosen because his subjects, which were children and older people, exhibited an emotion and pain that connect to the poem.

"Illustrations must marry with the text and stand on their own, which these photographs did," McCollough said. "He took a wonderful Langston Hughes poem, a very short poem, and was able to interpret it for the viewer in a way that has never been done before."

Smith said he found many of the child subjects by using friends and family members. Many of the older subjects in the book are people Smith met while working out at Gold's Gym in LaGrange.

"I wanted to find a variety of people from light skin to dark skin and from young to old," Smith said. "The older people from the gym were great because they were in great shape and they had great energy and I wanted to bring that to the book."

Smith is currently working on biographies of guitarist Jimi Hendrix and boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world.

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Kitty Kelley Turns Unauthorized Oprah Biographer - Post Chronicle

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 02:07 AM PST

Author to the rich and famous, Kitty Kelley is now turning her pen on Oprah Winfrey, reports CBS News.

Set to be released April 13, the latest book from Kelley covers all aspects of the entertainer's life, says the author's publicist.

It reportedly took three years and over 800 interviews for Kelley to write the book, and Random House publishing firm Crown is planning to release half a million copies of the biography.

"This is the first complete portrait of her - it will reveal Oprah as she has never been seen before," said Crown rep David Drake. "It will cover all aspects of her life…It will be evenhanded. Kelley understands Oprah's cultural importance and that is something she covers at length."

"We are excited to be publishing the first comprehensive biography of one of the most influential, powerful, and admired public figures of our time, by the most widely read biographer of our era," adds Tina Constable, Vice President, Publisher, Crown Publishers.

Kelley is famous for her books about life inside the celebrity bubble, having written books about Jackie Onassis (her first, called Jackie Oh!, published in 1978), Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Nancy Reagan, the Bush family, and the British Royal family.

She has never been successfully sued for libel, according to Wikipedia, or had to retract a single written statement, but late President Ronald Reagan excoriated her in a letter about the book she wrote on the Reagans, saying her observations were patently untrue and not worth addressing.

There was even a scathing biography written about Kelley at one time, called Poison Pen: The Unauthorized Biography of Kitty Kelley (1991), written by journalist George Carpozi, Jr.

There have been a number of other biographies written about Oprah, but this new bio from Kelley is sure to be a hot item. (c) tPC

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TV tonight: Five worth watching - Toronto Star

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 01:31 AM PST

A testy moment: Test the Nation is back, giving you a chance for revenge if you embarrassed yourself last time. Guests, including Justin Trudeau, Glenn Healy and Marc Garneau, go head-to-head in a series of multiple-choice questions. The questions will also be answered live by a studio audience of six teams: twins, politicians, athletes, nerds, atheists and believers. You can try your luck online at cbc.ca/testthenation if you're just an agnostic – or if you can program a computer and shoot a free throw. (CBC at 8)

Cut it out: Sean (Dylan Walsh) makes a life-changing decision and Christian (Julian McMahon) gives advice on relationships to Mike (Mario López) on Nip/Tuck. Is there anybody on this show you should really take relationship advice from? (A Channel at 10)

Tenor of our times: Gordon Lightfoot gets some screen time in the profile of folksinger/opera tenor Richard Margison on Great Canadian Biographies. Margison does a musical collaboration with Bruce Cockburn later in the – wait, why does Margison get this treatment and not these other two guys? (Bravo at 8)

Chuck needs luck: Lots of other U.S. shows are resting this week, staying out of football's way. Good chance for a pigskin hater to try Chuck, then, as our hero (Zachary Levi) goes on his first solo mission, with guest spots by Kristin Kreuk and, gulp, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. (Citytv at 7)

A new classic: Jane Austen fans already know every moment in Emma, but PBS's Masterpiece Classic has a fresh British version, starring Romola Garai as the deluded matchmaker and Jonny Lee Miller (TV's Eli Stone) as Mr. Knightley. Like all such programs, it co-stars Michael Gambon, as per British law. (WNED at 9)

Garnet Fraser

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St. Babylas - Catholic Online

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 11:58 PM PST

Feastday: January 24
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Martyred bishop with companions Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonius. Babylas became the bishop of Antioch, Turkey, about 240. St. John Chrysostom related that Babylas refused permission for Emperor Philip the Arab to enter his church until he performed penances. Philip had murdered his predecessor Gordian III. Babylas and his companions, young students of his, were arrested during the persecutions of Emperor Trajanus Decius, and Babylas died while awaiting execution. his relies were enshrined near a temple of Apollo.

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