Arts

Dance takes to the 'River'

A random mixture of sights, sounds and smells surround you as you pass through the tunnel-like pathway of trees and foliage that comprise the Medical Center entrance to the Nichols Arboretum. All of your senses are exercised as you hear the crunch of gravel under your shoes, interspersed with he subtle movements of the forest.

Emmy hopes to limit boredom

This year, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Emmy Awards, NBC will allot four full hours, rather than the usual three, to the ceremonies scheduled to begin Sunday at 7 p.m. There will be many features designed to hold a TV audience's attention for the evening, including vintage clips from award-nights past, trivia quizzes and a selection of the greatest moments in TV history.

Ya-Ya Sisters are simply 'Divine'

C'est un histoire magnifique. It is the zestful tale of friendship, love, anguish and depression. Yet, it is not any ordinary tale for its main players are not an ordinary bunch of ladies. Teensy, Necie, Vivi and Caro are La communaute des soeurs. In her heart-warming novel "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," Rebecca Wells paints the intriguing picture of four exotic, erratic, neurotic friends that make-up the Ya-Ya sisterhood.

Networks cut workers for better shows

HOLLYWOOD - In addition to barbecues and beach parties, many employees of the major television networks spent Labor Day wondering whether they will still have jobs come Thanksgiving. Reacting to declining ratings, rising programming costs and flat advertising revenue, all the networks are pursuing what's euphemistically known as "belt tightening" - a term that usually implies shedding workers as opposed to pounds.

Roseanne returns to television with big goals and dreams

LOS ANGELES - It's not even noon yet, but inside her new office at CBS' Television City in Los Angeles, Roseanne is already shaking. No, it's not her temper, as some who witnessed her meteoric and stormy rise as a television power broker with her groundbreaking "Roseanne" series might assume.

09-10-98

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