Week of April 23, 2008

Hilary Rodham Clinton - not out yet, wins the Pennsylvania primary.

Barack Obama angrily disowns his former pastor and friend of 20 years, the Rev.

Jeremiah W. Wright Jr. saying that Wright’s recent comments about race, religion

and the U.S. government were “divisive and destructive” and had undermined the

purpose of Obama’s presidential candidacy.

The government’s economic stimulus program begins - with payouts going out.

Touring New Orleans - presidential

candidate John McCain condemns the

Bush administration’s response to Hurricane

Katrina as a failure in leadership and says,

“Never again will a disaster of this nature be

handled in the terrible and disgraceful way

that it was handled.”

The Supreme Court rules that voters will be

required to show a photo ID before casting a

ballot on Election Day.

Defying President Bush, the House votes to

block the administration from cutting federal

spending on Medicaid for the poor by 413

billion over the next five years.

GOP ads against Obama are running in places such as North Carolina and

Louisiana. In North Carolina - A TV ad shows Obama’s former pastor making

racially charged comments.

Ford surprises Wall Street with a first quarter profit of $100 million, a turnabout

from a loss of $282 million a year earlier.

A global run on rice has hit the U.S. - upping prices!

Former President Bill Clinton accuses the Barack Obama campaigning of playing

‘the race card’ on him after the South Carolina primary, a charge that drew a

rebuke from Obama.

Week of April 23, 2008

Warren Buffet signs a deal with candy maker Mars Inc. to buy chewing gum

manufacturer Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co for $23 billion. The deal gives Buffett’s

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. a stake of more than 10% in Wrigley.

Sports -

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-1 as Johan Franzen

scores three times.

Music news -

British band “Coldplay” is making the first single “Violet Hill” off their new album,

“Via la Vida,” for free via download. The offer stands for a week only. The band

also announces free concerts in New York and London about the time the album

comes out - June 17.

Amy Winehouse is arrested in London after

reportedly assaulting a man outside a bar.

Scott Welland - once the lead in the Stone Temple

Pilots (and now back), pleads no contest to

misdemeanor drunk driving.

Singer Mindy McCready says she has had an affair

with athlete Roger Clemons. He had filed a

defamation suit to protect his reputation - accusing

his former trainer of lying by claiming he injected

Clemens with steroids and human growth

hormone.

Yoko Ono sues the producers of TV personality

Ben Stein for a documentary that supports

teaching the theory of intelligent design to children, claiming it uses the John

Lennon song, “Imagine” without permission.

Entertainment news -

Photos of Miley Cyrus (15) in provocative (come hither)

photos have shown up on the Internet. She appears

draped over the lap of a young man - exposing her bare

midriff. In another - she tugs at her white tank top to

flash her pea-green bra.

Variety reports that Mel Gibson, who has kept a low-

profile since his anti-Semitic outburst in July 2006, will star in the movie “Edge of

Darkness.”

Week of April

23,

2008

Top TV -

American Idol (Tues) - 24.74

American Idol (wed.) - 23.20

Dancing with the stars - (Mon.) 18.04

Dancing with the Stars (Tue.) - 17.97

CSI - 17.01

Grey’s Anatomy - 16.37

Desperate Housewives - 16.35

CSI: Miami - 14,38

NCIS - 14.24

Without a Trace - 13.47

Two and a Half Men - 13.36

Survivor: Micronesia - 12.90

Law & Order - 12.75

Lost - 12.07

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition -

12.07

Law & Order: SVU (Tue.) - 11.64

Cold Case - 11.61

Brothers & Sisters - 11.19

Hell’s Kitchen - 10.98

Rules of engagement - 10.57

Deal or No Deal (Mon.) - 10.11

Deal or No Deal (Wed.) - 9.96

Television news -

“Saturday Night Live” vet Jimmy Fallon

will take Conan O’Brien’s place on NBC

next year when O’Brien succeeds Jay Leno

on “the Tonight Show.”

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sits down with

Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly for an

interview.

Barack Obama will join Chris Wallace on

“Fox News Sunday this weekend. Obama

had promised to come on his show, but it

took about 2 years!

First Lady Laura Bush appears on the

“Today” show.

Week of April 23, 2008

Some 18 months after it went away, Warner Bros. announces that the “WB” will

live on the Internet. Thewb.com is scheduled to debut this August and will feature

episodes of such popular Warner Bros series as “Friends,’ the O.C.,” and

“Gilmore Girls.”

American Idol - Andrew Lloyd Webber Night! He told remaining contestants that

the challenge was not just to belt out “money notes” but to connect with a song,

with a character behind it and use it to tell a story.

Hot Hits this week in 2008 -

TAKE A BOW- Rihanna

FOUR MINUTES TO SAVE THE WORLD- Madonna

FAKE IT- Seether

FALL FOR YOU- Secondhand Serenade

DAMAGED- Danity Kane

YOUR LOVE IS A LIE-

Simple Plan

LEAVIN'- Jesse McCartney

PARTY PEOPLE- Nelly fea.

Fergie

IT'S NOT MY TIME- 3 Doors

Down

HOLLYWOOD'S NOT

AMERICA- Ferras

ELEVATOR- Flo Rida

SAY- John Mayer

BLEEDING LOVE- Leona

Lewis

SEXY CAN I?- Ray J fea.

Yung Berg

BREAK THE ICE- Britney

Spears

REALIZE- Colbie Caillat

FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL- Gavin DeGraw

LOVE IN THE CLUB- Usher

At the movies this week in 2008 -

Baby Mama

Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanoamo Bay

The Forbidden Kingdom

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Deception

Prom Night