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Comedy Central backs down

By DAVID BAUDERThe Associated PressNEW YORK - Comedy Central has ordered producers of an upcoming comedy series about the first family to remove all references to President Bush’s twin daughters.The series, by “South Park” producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone, had attracted notoriety when a proposed script leaked out with the 19-year-old girls, Jenna and Barbara, portrayed as incestuous lesbian lovers.Parker and Stone had already distanced themselves from that idea, but Comedy Central executives - who had received many complaints - told them this week the girls could not be included in their series at all.“We aren’t comfortable with them being in the show,” Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said on Friday.

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Kamikaze Taxi comes to U

Vince Estes
January 29, 2001

Japanese film director Masato Harada has been making and translating movies since the late 1970s, but that doesn’t stop comparisons to newer filmmakers. “He’s one of the new-wave cinema directors in Japan - compared to (Quentin) Tarantino,” said Michael Lewis, director of the Asian Studies Center and an MSU professor of history.

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Celebritys drug past may vanish

LOS ANGELES - Former “News Radio” actor Andy Dick has complied with drug rehabilitation terms under a program that could clear his record of cocaine and marijuana possession. A judge reviewed a progress report Friday and said the actor appeared to be in compliance with court-ordered treatment. He had been ordered to undergo a two-year drug diversion program after pleading guilty to charges of cocaine and marijuana possession and possession of a smoking device. If he completes the program successfully, he could be cleared of charges. “I feel fine.

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Weekend Guide

Friday: DJ AJ will spin house and trance at Troppo, 213 Ann St. He takes the stage at 10 p.m.

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Skiing Michigan

Matt Treadwell
January 26, 2001

Marf Khan stood at the bottom of a 250-foot tall ski hill, staring it down like a timid David mustering up the courage to battle the giant Goliath. Mount Brighton Ski Area’s highest peak was to be Khan’s crowning achievement on his first day with skis attached to his boots. It was an achievement that could come one of two ways - either he would overcome his anxiousness or be dragged up the hill kicking and screaming by his two more experienced friends who talked him into joining them for a day on the slopes. Khan and his friends are among thousands of Michiganians taking advantage of nearby slopes during what is being called the state’s best ski season in three years. “I’ve done the bunny hill and the other small stuff,” said Khan, a graduate student at Wayne State University.

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Mardi Gras free-for-all

Juliana Keeping
January 26, 2001

Last spring break, Andrea Simonelli indulged with the best of them at Mardi Gras, drinking Cuervo Boats - Jose Cuervo, Malibu rum and ice - out of fishbowls and partying with her best friend. And although the New Orleans celebration, chock full of elaborate gaudiness, body parts and bright plastic beads, doesn’t fall on MSU’s spring break this year, she plans to do it all again. “We fell in love with the place,” said Simonelli, a political theory junior.

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Kresge exhibit features student artists

Leslie Escobar
January 26, 2001

Those who visit “Unrelated Segments,” an exhibit at the Kresge Art Center, are “bound to be captured by something,” said MSU art graduate student Harry Williams, whose work is among those being exhibited. The artwork on display ranges from stone carvings and abstract paintings to activated machines. April Liu, a sculptor for the past three years, said since most exhibits at Kresge show work done by undergraduate art students, “Unrelated Segments” may be the only show this year on campus to feature graduate artwork.

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Survivor II promises adventure

By FRAZIER MOOREThe Associated Press NEW YORK - It’s here again. Gather around the television for the game everybody is waiting for. “Survivor” is back, kicking off right after that football thing Sunday night. As everybody knows, Super Bowl XXXV is just a warm-up act, a bloated prelude to “Survivor II,” where two teams of Type-A contenders will meet on the parched earth of northeastern Australia. At hour’s end, the 16 contestants will become 15 when someone gets “voted off the tribe” (in the show’s current lingo). Then the show will move to its regular CBS time slot on Feb.

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Local band says goodbye to U

Dan Julian
January 25, 2001

After 12 years, three CDs and a plethora of sold-out performances, Lansing-based folk outfit Second Opinion is calling it quits. Its career will be celebrated with a final performance at 8 p.m.

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What do U want?

I’ve always been pretty good at accepting criticism. Being a music critic, I’ve become accustomed to it.

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Boy band on tour

Backstreet Boys started world tour this week SUNRISE, Fla. - Eager to reclaim their place atop the pile of boy bands, the Backstreet Boys opened their world tour with a show mixing harmony driven pop and dance with playful asides that worked fans into a frenzy. The Boys - Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, A.J.

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Vinyl Addict Records adds literature to store

Dan Julian
January 23, 2001

Michael Krueger, member of the anarchist collective Brighter Days, wanted to put together an infoshop to better inform area residents about issues pertaining to his group. So he recently added the Brighter Days Infoshop to his store, Vinyl Addict Records, 503 E.

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Roberts walks away with Golden Globe, Gladiator triumphant

The Roman arena epic “Gladiator” was named best dramatic motion picture at Sunday’s Golden Globes, while “Almost Famous,” Cameron Crowe’s fictionalized story about his experiences as a teenage rock journalist in the 1970s, won best comedy film.Julia Roberts won best drama movie actress for “Erin Brockovich” and Tom Hanks won best dramatic actor for “Cast Away.”Roberts said of the real-life lawyer’s aide whose battle over water pollution inspired her film: “Erin Brockovich, the real gal, is awesome and should be a lesson that we are all powerful individuals that can make a difference in the world.”No one film dominated the night’s awards.

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Hannibal hits Berlin film festival

BERLIN - Ridley Scott’s “Hannibal” and a version of Fritz Lang’s 1926 silent classic “Metropolis” with a new score are among 16 world premieres scheduled at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival, to be held Feb.