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What was radical about Friends was that it assumed these situations were not shocking but a fact of life. Maybe your dad wasn't a drag queen, Friends says, but maybe your parents split up, or maybe you had a confirmed-bachelor uncle whom the family, whatever its politics, had come to accept. If it was important for Murphy Brown to show that a single woman could have a baby in prime time--and spark a war with a Vice President--it was as important that Friends showed that a single woman could have a baby on TV's biggest...
DIED. TIMOTHY THE TORTOISE, approximately 160, British navy mascot that in 1854 witnessed the bombing of Sevastopol during the Crimean War aboard the H.M.S. Queen and later served in the East Indies and China; at Powderham Castle, England. The 11-lb. veteran enjoyed a lengthy, if largely uneventful retirement in the Earl of Devon's garden, although an ill-fated mating attempt in 1926 revealed that he was, in fact, a she. Timothy will be buried with full honors on the castle grounds...
...moments of Spain's modern history, the government of Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero takes office this week in an atmosphere of preternatural calm. On Saturday the Prime Minister, 43, was sworn in at Zarzuela Palace in the presence of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, with a Bible, a gold crucifix and a copy of the Spanish constitution before him. The changeover is more than merely ceremonial. Yes, the early days of Zapatero's government - like the final days of his predecessor's - will be overshadowed by the fallout from the March 11 Madrid...
...sucker off and find someone new.” If only Julia Stiles’ Paige had honored Kim’s fine words, in the new film The Prince and Me, she wouldn’t have to undergo the central trial of deciding whether to become the Queen of Denmark or pursue her ambition of becoming a Doctor in Third World Countries...
...royals are eternally frustrated at Edwards’ penchant for public PG-rated shenanigans instead of focusing on learning his kingly duties. Not to worry, as the King and Queen are portrayed by esteemed Brits James Fox and Miranda Richardson in a fashion that revisits the Golden Age of Victorian unemotional hypocrisy, thereby making sure the stakes are never raised too high...