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...American Broadcasting Co. taught grown men to cry. ABC's Brian's Song practically invented the male weepie with its true story of Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) and Brian Piccolo (James Caan), the Chicago Bears runningbacks whose friendship ended when Piccolo died young; of cancer, in 1970. It was Love Story with a Y chromosome, plus a deep interracial friendship, and the network now promotes it as "groundbreaking," a "landmark" among TV movies...
MARRIED. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, 40, Clinton adviser turned ABC pundit, to actress ALEXANDRA WENTWORTH, 36; at a Greek Orthodox church in New York City. Absent among the guests: the groom's former boss, with whom Stephanopoulos fell out after the Monica Lewinsky scandal...
...Trengrove, senior producer of the Capital Hill Unit at the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, moderated the event. He emphasized that role of the media is crucial in addressing the role of women. Senior Producer of ABC News 20/20, Roberta Baskin agreed, adding that people should “take [their] voice seriously” and inform the media to address such issues...
...newsworthiness of the President's address. "Based upon what we've been told about the content, we feel that it's appropriate to cover it as a news event in our news coverage as opposed to live programming," a CBS spokeswoman told the Associated Press Thursday. For its part, ABC decided it would carry the speech live, calling it an "important" event. The network interrupted the sketch comedy show "Whose Line Is It Anyway," which is currently ranked 86th in the Nielsen ratings...
...Lama's Afghanistan peace pleas. He goes on to disparage Galliano for abandoning the strapless, male ball gown JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Teen idol's planned novel dropped by publisher. He's, like, gonna work way, way hard on his cursive writing for the next book MATT DAMON AND BEN AFFLECK ABC pulls the plug on the duo's reality show after Sept. 11. The two mournfully return to a life of constant parties and dating starlets...