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...potential of filming real people live their lives was not lost on the earliest entertainment honchos. Nightwatch, a popular radio serial in the early 1950s, followed a group of Culver City, Calif. police officers on patrol (and became the ancestor of another reality giant, Cops). In 1973 An American Family, a 12-part series that brought us the Santa Barbara, Calif. Loud clan, broke new ground with its artful, excruciatingly real portrayal of a family in transition. With its unabashed invasion into the private lives of the Louds, and exploration of taboo subjects like the divorce of parents...
...Depends on who you ask. Some say that Wayne raps too much about trivial and cliche rap stuff (guns, women, money, bling). Others will say that the only thing that matters is ambition and technique, both of which Wayne has in spades. Whether that debate will be solved on radio stations, in dorm room debates, or on the streets, one thing is for certain: “Tha Carter III” is pure fire. —Staff writer Alec E. Jones can be reached at aejones@fas.harvard.edu...
...Your Way Down by Harlan Howard, which hovered at No. 2 on country-music charts for a month. While he had a handful of other country hits, many of Walker's fans got to know the Tennessee native's voice when he became a popular DJ for the Texas radio station KMAC. His years as a broadcaster earned him induction into the Country Music DJ and Radio Hall of Fame in 1981. Four years later, he portrayed a country singer in Sweet Dreams, a film about the life of legendary crooner Patsy Cline. Walker died of colon cancer...
...Almost all of Houston is congregating in the two big malls because they’re the only ones with power,” she said. Kodama said that a general feeling of frustration has taken over the city, manifesting itself in the frequent angry phone calls to local radio shows. “They’re angry about the infrastructure problems, and [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] took a while to get started,” she said. But she added that a newfound sense of community has emerged in Houston...
...four months from an end to his government's strained relations with that of President George W. Bush and blam! - along comes John McCain to suggest that the next four years might not be any better. During an interview in Miami earlier this week with Spanish-language station Union Radio, a reporter asked McCain whether, if elected, he would receive Zapatero in the White House. McCain answered, "Honestly, I have to analyze our relationships, situations and priorities, but I can assure you that I will establish closer relationships with our friends, and I will stand up to those who want...