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...stuck) who claims to be a Nigerian official with $25 million that he needs to smuggle out of the country. If you try to help, he will hit you for processing fees and "advance loans," and you will never see a dime. In the past few months, this well-worn scam has been evolving, so watch out for new variants involving Afghan war booty or a secret trove of cash lost in the attack on the World Trade Center...
...Also on the comedy front, say hello to "Good Morning Miami," about a TV producer brought in to salvage Miami's worst morning show - and yes, it's been noted that was a savvy show to pitch to Zucker, who used to run "Today." Media office sitcoms are well-worn NBC territory, but will it be "NewsRadio" or "Suddenly Susan"? The clips weren't exactly uproarious; most noteworthy were two cartoonish characters, a bimboish Hispanic host with a Charo accent and an inept weathercaster who also happens to be a nun. So we're going after the Latinos...
Hill is talented enough, however, to make her purges kind of interesting. Oh Jerusalem, a song that, like most of Unplugged's other tracks, mixes biblical imagery with self-dread and confusion, deals eloquently with the well-worn theme of struggling with fame. "Naked as the day that I was born," she sings, "I tried to hide, behind education and philosophy/ Hopeless explanation to describe a situation, I can't see because the world's on top of me." Hill lifts her game while beating herself down. At the end of the first disc, on the standout I Gotta Find...
...temptation with the help of the Good Book, occasionally interjecting a relevant personal anecdote about his wife, his children or a recent trip to the gym. The audience members, who have all brought with them a personal copy of the Bible and a book of songs, scribble furiously in well-worn journals or Palm Pilots. They receive the speech with laughter, thunderous applause and shouts of “Amen!”, “C’mon now!” and “Help me!” At the end of the sermon...
...find their pleated relaxed-fit chinos: J. Crew. "We looked at J. Crew's blue shirt that comes already broken in," says Gold. "It's your favorite shirt from your closet. It's familiar." Their idea was to synthesize that familiarity using new materials that felt and looked like well-worn heirlooms. Gold calls his furniture philosophy "relaxed design," which means elegant and affordable, old and new, all at the same time. It makes deracinated college students feel as if they're at home, urban hipsters feel as if they're in the country and suburban yuppies in ranch houses...