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...awarded Norway the maximum 12 points, thereby snubbing one another. But since Eurovision has no plans to reveal which national juries voted for which countries, its actual effect is difficult to determine. In any event, it's likely the East would have voted for Rybak anyway; he was born in Minsk and speaks fluent Russian, and in recent weeks he has become a media darling in the Russian-speaking world...
...that could come of Survivor, what fruit might be born of the even bigger American Idol? Fox's answer: a musical-comedy series with current tunes and a young cast. Glee - debuting May 19 after Idol and then returning in the fall - is a delight but a risk: a devilish, exuberant comedy that manages to capture and subvert the Idol aesthetic at the same time...
...self-awareness. While his peers act as if being plucked from obscurity to sing in prime time is normal, he understands that he's on a television show, where acting normally would be completely abnormal. In his hands, a song and a performance are separate messaging opportunities, so "Born to Be Wild" becomes a rock anthem and show tune, "Ring of Fire" a love song verging on the orgiastic...
...narrative mirrored aspects of French's life. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1929, she, like Mira, divorced and pursued an academic career. French's daughter was sexually assaulted; there is a rape in the novel. "All men are rapists and that's all they are"--the outburst by one of her characters became conflated with French's nuanced views...
...vitamin D. It was a little confusing, because with our first daughter, now almost 4, the doctor told us to simply get her out in the sun from time to time to let her body produce vitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin. When our second child was born two years ago, we were told to give her a multivitamin that had 200 IUs of vitamin D. And now another change. So, what gives with vitamin D, and what do we really know about its risks and benefits...