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A recent incident in which two men wheeled a corpse to a check-cashing store was reminiscent of the days when Hell’s Kitchen was known for its crime.
There is a rough science to choosing performance-enhancing music.
“Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” a new series on VH1, is a searing, unflattering but still celebratory look at eight worst-case-scenario addicts.
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s teary-eyed exchange with a voter and her sharpened argument on experience were among the turning points in New Hampshire.
Overture Films is running on a small budget, but looking like a major studio.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 9, 2008, covering January 10, 2008.
Mary J. Blige
Alicia Keys
Josh Groban
Various Artists
Chris Brown
2008Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (born 1967)[†]
Christopher Nicol Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time World medalist, the 1983 World Junior champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion. He competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.
2008Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)[†]
Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress best known for creating the campy 1950s character Vampira.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]