Week of June 23, 2007

Ali” and two other ex-Hussein officers will hang

for their deeds.

President Bush welcomes Vietnamese President

Nguyen Minh Triet at the White House and

urges him to make more progress on human

rights if he wants his country’s trade relationship

with the U.S. to develop.

Goodbye Tony - Tony Blair ends his decade-run

as Britain’s prime Minister. “I wish everyone,

friend or foe, well. And that is that - the end,”

said Blair in a farewell speech.

Iraq - U.S. commanders plan a step-up of

offensive against Al Qaeda.

The Senate defeats a bill that would have overhauled the nation’s immigration

laws for the first time in two decades. The subject is very contentious because of

the vast number of illegal aliens from Mexico.

Oil prices settle above the psychologically important $70-a-barrel mark for the

first time since last August on worries about gas supplies in the heart of the

summer driving season.

Egyptian archeologists identify the mummy of Hatshepsut, the only woman to

rule ancient Egypt while the kingdom was at the height of its wealth and power.

Mexico replaces federal police chiefs from each of 31 states as they take lie and

drug tests to see if they’re on the take.

Sports -

After surrendering to face charges in a Las Vegas strip club melee that preceded

a triple shooting - Adam “Pacman” Jones posts bail in Las Vegas and heads

back to home in Nashville. The arrest was sixth for Jones since he was drafted in

2005. He is currently suspended from the NFL.

Skateboarding - every popular these days may get a place in the Olympics by

2012.

Week of June 23, 2007

ABC/ESPN and Time Warner (TNT) agree to pay the NBA $7.4 billion over eight

years for television rights to its games.

Apple considers its iPhone its

biggest product launch since

the Mac back in 1984 and if the

lines are any indication -

they’re right. They’ve already

sold some 100 million iPods.

They closed all 164 Apple

stores on Friday to prepare for

sale of the iPhone, which began

4 hours later (Friday) and the

lines were huge.

Jason Kilar, former executive of Amazon.com is named chief of YouTube.

Thousands of websites will drop their music streaming after substantially higher

royalty rates kick in next month. Internet operators are hoping a federal court will

grant an emergency stay

MySpace says it plans to expand its video with a new site that combines amateur

and professional material.

Ebay says it plans to resume advertising through Google but would increase its

reliance on other services. It canceled all Google ads this month in protest of the

web search company’s bid to woo Ebay customers to a rival payment system

called Google Checkout. Ebay owns rival PayPal.

Radio news -

Radio giant Clear Channel agrees to use the new people meter from Arbitron in

the top 50 U.S. markets. It’s a pager-like device that detects audio codes

embedded in radio broadcasts and the ratings results are more detailed than the

older diary system.

Entertainment news -

a long battle with colon cancer.

Paula Abdul gets her own reality show with “Hey Paula,”

it’ll follow her life.

Week of June 23, 2007

incarceration in jail. It’ll be

broadcast on Wednesday. “I am

thrilled that Larry King has

asked me to appear on his

program to discuss my

experience in jail. What I have

learned, how I have grown and

anything else he wants to talk

about,” said the hotel heiress.

Music news -

The Spice Girls - one of the most successful British pop groups of the 1990’s

announce a reunion tour beginning in December.

Television news - Paris Hilton’s post-jail appearance with Larry King on CNN

drew some 3.2 million viewers, three times more than his average ratings.

Rosie O’Donnell will not be the next host of “Price is Right” although she wanted

the position. One of the reasons - she lives in NY and the show will not move

form is LA perch.

Top TV -

America’s Got Talent on Tuesday - 12.51

Dateline NBC on Monday - 12.21

Deal or No Deal on Monday - 12.06

Law & Order: SVU on Tuesday - 9.45

NCIS - 9.35

CSI - 9.30

9.24

Two and a Half Men - 9.24

So You Think You Can Dance on

Wednesday - 9.17

CSI: Miami - 9.09

So You Think You Can Dance on

Thursday - 8.97

60 Minutes - 8.52

Shark - 8.23

AFI 100 Years, 100 Movies - 7.71

Cold Case - 7.64

Week of June 23, 2007

Hell’s Kitchen - 7.57

How I Met Your Mother - 7.41

At the Movies -

Live Free Or Die hard

1408

Evan Almighty

Fantastic Four: rise of the Silver surfer

Nancy Drew

Hostel: part II

Ocean’s Thirteen

Mr. Brooks

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s end

Shrek the Third

Spider-Man 3

Don’t Miss Hilary Duff’s Dignity Concert Tour

Week of June 23, 2007

Bon Jovi’s Lost Highway is Hot