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19. May 2010 | 22:41

The British Soap Awards: ITV1, 7.30pm

It may have been slightly upstaged by the General Election, but this is still Soap’s Big Night Out. (News Source: Daily Mirror - 23:24:35)

Summertime, and the politics are wacky

Now comes the summer of our political foment. British Columbia politics, always a bit geared to the zany, and sometimes the Shakespearean, is once again the most bizarre soap opera in the land. (News Source: Vancouver Sun - 07:42:40)

No soap needed for David de Rothschild

David de Rothschild, the British banking scion turned adventurer who’s currently sailing around the globe on a boat made of 12,500 plastic bottles… (News Source: New York Post - 03:41:28)

NY Review: ‘That Face’

British playwright Polly Stenham was just 19 when she wrote “That Face,” a drama depicting a family for whom the adjective “dysfunctional” is an understatement. Mother Martha is an alcoholic and pill addict who can’t seem to get dressed most days. (News Source: Backstage.com - 15:28:17)

Liz Smith: Mischa Barton - The Bride of Barcelona

Also from our Liz: ‘Twas a dark and gloomy ‘Robin Hood’ … And millionaires and billionaires gather at the Four Seasons Liz Smith | Today 12:00 am ” THEY COULDN ‘T find their ass with radar,” so said the great and brave Paul “Red” Adair who once was the king of putting out oil well fires. He was speaking of his “competition.” Ever since British Petroleum has screwed up in the Gulf off New Orleans … (News Source: wowOwow - 04:17:01)

TV land: No place like home

Which was the first American TV show to feature a gay character? Perhaps you’re thinking Billy Crystal’s openly homosexual Jodie Dallas in the late-Seventies spoof Soap - and certainly Dallas was the first regular gay character in a prime-time serial. In fact, All in the Family made the breakthrough six years earlier, in 1971, when Archie Bunker (the Alf Garnett of this Stateside version of the … (News Source: Independent - 23:22:20)

ABC’s 2010-11 Schedule

ABC has passed along their own release, which reveals their 2010-2011 pick-ups. As reported earlier, “V” is coming back but “FlashForward” and “Happy Town” are goners… New Series “Better Together,” “Body of Proof,” “Detroit 1-8-7,” “Happy Endings,” “Mr… (News Source: Mania - 07:03:22)

N.J. preservation group includes historic diners on endangered list

Past consciousness-raising by Preservation New Jersey has led to fundraising that saved properties (News Source: The Star-Ledger - 00:42:52)

Houlihan at Mather’s: ‘It’s the only skill I have’

Mike Houlihan can’t remember when he didn’t want to be an actor or didn’t consider himself blessed to be South Side Irish. And make no mistake, there’s a big difference, the former Sun-Times feature columnist and standup comedian earlier this month reminded an audience of mostly Northwest Siders at Mather’s More Than a Cafe, 7134 W. Higgins. (News Source: Edison-Norwood Times Review - 09:03:03)

In store aisles, less is more but customers can still be particular

Retailers find they sell a lot more of nearly everything by reducing the number of brands on offer, but figuring out what should stay and what should go can be a tricky business (News Source: The Globe and Mail - 00:01:14)

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