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Saturday, July 5, 2008
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The "mom and pop" behind Royall Ace Hardware store — which is an institution in Mount Pleasant — have flourished for more than three decades despite competition by big-box discount retailers and the Internet. But there's a simple reason for that.
Julia and John Royall's recipe for success boils down to good, old-fashioned, common-sense practices: work hard, know, serve and appreciate your customers, count your blessings, look out for opportunities, be frugal, humble and charitable, take care of Mother Earth, treat your employees well and, above all, honor God.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Kathy Griffin, as her stand-up act would suggest, wants lots of things. She wants a Grammy for her new album to go along with her Emmy. But most of all, she wants an invitation to next year's White House Correspondents' Dinner. At least that's what she said on a break from her current tour and pr...
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
CHICAGO — The minute Chris O'Donnell walks across the cafe at the American Girl Store on Chicago Avenue, the mothers there take notice. There's a breeze in his hair as he quick-walks across the room, bypassing all the pink and white fondant-covered birthday cakes — there must h...
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Former "Dancing With the Stars" contestants Jerry Springer and Melanie Brown will co-host the 2008 Miss Universe pageant, which will air live from Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 13. Springer, 64, is host of NBC's "America's Got Talent," and Brown, 33, is a special-events correspondent for "Ac...
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Miley Cyrus will host the Teen Choice Awards Shows set to air Aug. 4 on Fox. In the meantime, kids between the ages of 13 and 19 can vote once each day for their favorite nominees at www.TeenChoice Awards.com. Winners of the coveted surfboard awards will be announced during the two-hour ce...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Curiosity about the next step is practically a part of Tia Brewer-Footman's DNA. Her propensity for asking "What else?" propels her forward. It's always been that way. As a girl growing up outside Greenville, Ga., a town that had 1,200 residents and one two-story building, she would stare out the window and wonder how high the sky was.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Broadway star Patti LuPone, known for her Tony Award-winning roles in "Gypsy" and "Evita," is working on a memoir, tentatively scheduled to be released in 2010 by Harmony Books, an imprint of Random House Inc.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
It's not easy being a Hollywood actress after age 35. But at 46, Virginia Madsen still manages to nab parts with oomph. "There were a lot of silly roles I had to play as a self-conscious ingenue," says the Chicago native from her home in Los Angeles. "Now I get to play three-dimensional characters that have something to say."
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
LeAnn Rimes is among celebrities and artists who've agreed to design some new versions of My Little Pony, the plastic toy that has captivated girls since the 1980s.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
He may have grown up in Detroit and lived in Los Angeles, but Stevie Wonder was heartened by the Celtics triumph in the NBA Championship. "I think the Celtics had the spirit," Wonder says on the phone from Connecticut. And certainly the 58-year-old music legend knows from spirit. He continues to spread it with his current tour, which began last year after more than a decade's hiatus from touring.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Brad Garrett is a steadily employed, ridiculously tall, Emmy-winning TV star. Who wouldn't want to date him? The actor expects to get the answers to those questions on "Dating Brad Garrett," a new online series Garrett is producing and starring in for Crackle.com.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Thanks to Carrie Underwood, wishing wells are going to be getting a lot of action from little girls who want to grow up to be just like her.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Tim Meadows grabs his youngest son, hoists him in the air, swings him and brings him down to his lap.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Rachel Griffiths' Sarah Whedon may have some new romantic prospects next season, as "Brothers and Sisters" welcomes a pair of recurring male co-stars.
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