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This year's Academy Awards telecast can be grateful for at least one thing: it doesn't have to compete against Desperate Housewives. ABC's sexy soap has already beaten the Grammys, the Golden Globes and the People's Choice Awards in the ratings so far this year. And with the Oscarcast dropping steadily in the ratings over the past few years (to a low of 33 million viewers in 2003, though last year it showed a slight uptick) and a lack of big box-office hits among this year's nominees, the stage seems set for another ratings fizzle...
...stage of Hodgkin's disease, an often curable cancer of the lymph system, which his doctors say he has a 70% chance of surviving; in Washington. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Specter will continue to work while undergoing chemotherapy over the next six to eight months. "I have beaten a brain tumor, bypass surgery and many tough political opponents, and I'm going to beat this too," he said...
...with a blizzard, a Giuliani-esque confrontation with idiotic city-funded art, and gay marriage rights. The only superheroics, in fact, occur during Mitchell’s flashbacks to his brief crime-fighting career and are generally played for comic relief. In one of the best anecdotes, he gets beaten up by the city’s tough female police commissioner as punishment for his goofy antics...
...Raiders (20-8-2, 12-4-2) remain the only squad that has beaten the Crimson twice this season, and if Harvard doesn’t kick into gear come face-off tomorrow, St. Lawrence (13-15-2, 7-10-1) could validate its place among teams with Harvard’s number...
Hwang also has an upcoming winter beach party planned at Revere Beach. And although the club’s original purpose was to visit offbeat and bizarre locales, he says he may include trips to destinations that are not as far off the beaten path, such as the Museum of Fine Arts...