USA Today - USA - This message went out Monday. Let's just hope the e-mail was working in the great horse stable in the sky.

Dear Regret,

Well old girl, you've got some company now.

There's a big to-do down here about this female driver, Danica Patrick. She won a race over the weekend, beating all the guys, and if Mount Rushmore ever goes coed, she might be the first in line. Without her helmet, of course.

Matter of fact, in the aftermath, they're wondering if this might be the greatest feat ever of a woman conquering the men in an open sports competition. You could certainly make an

CBS News - New York, NY, USA - "Dancing With The Stars," which concluded Monday night with a rousing group country dance, managed to rope in some of the best scores of the season for several of its stars.

Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, the leader everyone has been gunning for, got the season's first perfect score, winning 10s from all three judges. Both Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli pronounced her jive their favorite dance of the season so far.

"It was top-notch, high-definition entertainment," Tonioli said.

Also getting their highest scores so far were R&B singer Mario, whose sultry rhumba fell just short of perfection; Chilean film star Cristian de

OnMilwaukee.com - Milwaukee, USA - Angela Bassett has landed the role of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G.'s mother in the heavyweight's biopic.

The actress, who portrayed Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, has signed on to portray Voletta Wallace in the planned movie.

Bassett says she jumped at the chance to be a part of the project after taking a look at the script, which she insists does a ""wonderful job of bringing his life to the page.""

She adds, ""It's flashbacks, starting at the funeral, through the eyes of different characters in his life.""

The role comes less than a month after Bassett was honored

Los Angeles, CA, USA - The highest scores of the season on "Dancing with the Stars" were given Monday night.

Who's upset with the judges? And it's not just one person. Who's feeling the love? And who scored the season's first perfect score?

The judges handed out some 10s, but some of the contestants are giving them much lower scores.

Before Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas were jumping for joy, they were jiving for the judges.

"It was so fun out there," said Yamaguchi. "I don't think we could have had much more fun. And we were smiling and having a blast and so to get the 30 is

The Futon Critic - San Jose, CA, USA - TCM Assembles Star-Studded 2008 Line-Up of Original Specials and Festivals

Sally Field, Laurence Fishburne, Richard Gere, Ed Norton, Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Sydney Pollack, George Takei and Quentin Tarantino Among Talents Involved in Upcoming TCM Projects

Year Includes Tributes to Actor-Singer Frank Sinatra, Filmmaker Walter Mirisch and Animator Chuck Jones

TCM Continues Examination of Race in Hollywood With Month-Long Festival Focusing on Asian Images in Film

TCM to Launch Original Interview Series TCM PRESENTS ELVIS MITCHELL: UNDER THE INFLUENCE in July

Turner Classic Movies (TCM), basic cable's only classic movie network offering movies uncut and commercial free, is packing its 2008 programming slate with some

Broadway.com - New York, NY, USA - Additional casting for the upcoming Broadway production of Shrek the Musical has been announced. Jennifer Cody (Urinetown, The Pajama Game) and Jennifer Simard (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) are among the new cast members joining Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Chester Gregory II as Donkey, John Tartaglia as Pinocchio and Kecia Lewis-Evans as The Dragon. After a pre-Broadway run at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in August, Shrek will begin previews at the Broadway Theatre on November 8, with opening night set for December 14, directed by Jason Moore.

Other

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA - In its 5th year, the Mind Body & Beyond Expo will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center on September 13-14, 2008. The name highlights the event’s focus on the trio of the mind, the body and all things beyond that are in synch with the common goals of clean and natural conscious living. Building on the momentum and public demand for natural and healthy living alternatives, including green products and services, Mind Body & Beyond Expo will offer consumers the opportunity to become more educated about the latest specialty focused products, services, and health and wellness trends available within

BuddyTV - Seattle, WA, USA - On the last episode of Hell's Kitchen 4, Gordon Ramsay kicked off Jason for general incompetence.

However, that doesn't really make this job of predicting who could go next any easier: there's a lot of incompetence to go around, as is usual on Hell's Kitchen.

Which chefs seem likely to falter once again in the pressure-cooker environment of the kitchen as we head into the fourth episode in this season of Hell's Kitchen?

Vanessa showed in the first episode that she has a good palate and can make food that Ramsay enjoys eating. However, she seems to really be struggling with the actual

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA - Marcia Gay Harden will appear in person at a Washington news conference on Monday, April 28th to speak out about accidental injury to children. At the same event, Safe Kids USA will release a new report tracking the children's accidental injury death rate in the U.S. since 1987, highlighting how the nation is doing when it comes to keeping kids safe.

Release of this report coincides with the kick-off of National Safe Kids Week, April 26 to May 4, 2008 and the 20th anniversary of Safe Kids Worldwide. Safe Kids also will share a list of the top 10 safety tips

OK! Magazine - New York, NY, USA - As if being a judge on American Idol isn't enough for singer (and dancer, and choreographer) Paula Abdul, she now tells OK! that there’s a possibility she might be crossing to the other side of the table to compete on the next season of Dancing With the Stars!

“I’m just hypothetically thinking about it,” Paula revealed to OK! after sitting in on Monday's taping of the hit ABC reality competition. And, despite being on a competing network (Idol airs on Fox), she claims there would be no conflict with her show. “There’s a thing called the ‘off-season,’ I think.”

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