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...entertain." "Let me give you a list of the distinctive programs the BBC is making," said Paxman, his voice laden with sarcasm. "Help Me Anthea - I'm Infested. Is that the sort of program the BBC should continue making? My Man Boobs and Me. How about that? Help! My Dog's as Fat as Me. Freaky Eaters. Fat Men Can't Hunt." Lyons, flushed under the studio lights, replied that these shows "may well fall very neatly into that category of things that may no longer be made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad News at the BBC | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...group. BBC broadcaster John Humphrys, who vies with Paxman for the distinction of being Britain's least emollient interviewer, recently advocated that BBC3 and its posher, arts-oriented sister BBC4 should be axed to save money. After all, he harrumphed, they're watched by "only six men and a dog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad News at the BBC | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

Hairless breeds never win the Westminster Dog Show. And they no longer win the dog-and-pony show that is a presidential election, no matter what surveys say about Giuliani as the Republican front runner. Forget the Roper polls. I trust the barber poles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bald Truth | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...just noticed that dance at the time was limited to theatres, but if a singer can sing anywhere, why can’t a dancer dance anywhere?” Her curiosity and why-not attitude are two of Porter’s signature characteristics. Even her dog has become subject to Porter’s artistic experimentation, when she attempted to choreograph a routine for him. “I didn’t realize how much training he needed,” Porter now recalls. “I was very young, and I brought him on stage...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Muscular Poetry of Dance | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...back outside and saw flames coming down the hillside. The wind was blowing at least 50 miles an hour. We got the dog in the car. I went back into the house a third time. I heard popping and saw palm trees in the street bursting into flames. Embers were falling and setting bushes and trees on fire. I said to myself, I can't [stay here]. A tree might fall on the car and trap everybody. So I slammed the door and ran to the car. I got hit by a hailstorm of flaming embers. They burned my arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Emergency Evacuation at Dawn | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

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