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Do IT this week: Layering
By Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal popular culture writer
POSTED: 03:30 p.m. EDT, Jul 10, 2009
Looking Stark. WNEO/WEAO (Channels 45/49) will air the documentary Stark Contrast: A History of Stark County at 10 p.m. Monday.
The show is funded by the Hoover Foundation, Stark Community Foundation, Stark Industrial, Schauer Insurance, the Albert W. and Edith V. Flowers Charitable Foundation and Diebold Inc. Ted Henry, a Canton native and former local news anchor, narrates.
According to an announcement, the hourlong program ''looks at the land itself, Stark County's early settlers and communities, industrial development and educational and cultural institutions. It also follows two groups of residents, representing the county's older and younger generations. All of their stories are interspersed with expert interviews, narration and video footage to bring the history of Stark County to life.''
It will be repeated at 2 p.m. Tuesday and 5 p.m. on July 18.
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Speaking of Stark . . . The new TV series Warehouse 13, co-starring North Canton's Eddie McClintock, drew 3.5 million viewers on Tuesday night, according to its network, Syfy (formerly Sci Fi).
That's not bad for a show that was competing with coverage of the day's Michael Jackson events.
In fact, Syfy said this was the third-highest-rated premiere of an original series on the network, behind only Stargate: Atlantis and Eureka.
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Bad News. The Nashville Tennesseean newspaper had to explain to readers why football star Steve McNair was talking about a new restaurant in the paper days after McNair was shot dead. The problem: The section with the interview had gone to press before McNair died.
''The paper's weekly Wednesday zoned section — 'A.M.' — is printed on Fridays, With some of the copies for non-subscribers packaged with ads and shipped out Saturday,'' Editorandpublisher.com reported. McNair was found dead after some versions of the zoned edition had been shipped.
''We really could not find a feasible way to pull all of them back and re-do it in a reasonable time,'' a Tennesseean executive told the site. The paper included a letter explaining the situation in later editions, and apologized for the timing of the story.
These things happen with publications generated long before they appear in people's homes. In 2008, Parade magazine had a cover story and interview with Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto — after she had been assassinated.
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Changing Mind. Medium star Patricia Arquette has called off her divorce from Hung star Thomas Jane, TMZ.com says.
''Arquette filed for divorce back in January, citing irreconcilable differences,'' says the site. ''Apparently they were, in fact, reconcilable.'' She has asked that her divorce petition be dismissed. Medium, by the way, begins a new season — its first on CBS — on Sept. 25. Hung airs Sundays on HBO.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal, in the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com and on Twitter. He can be reached at 330-996-3582 and rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
Looking Stark. WNEO/WEAO (Channels 45/49) will air the documentary Stark Contrast: A History of Stark County at 10 p.m. Monday.
The show is funded by the Hoover Foundation, Stark Community Foundation, Stark Industrial, Schauer Insurance, the Albert W. and Edith V. Flowers Charitable Foundation and Diebold Inc. Ted Henry, a Canton native and former local news anchor, narrates.
According to an announcement, the hourlong program ''looks at the land itself, Stark County's early settlers and communities, industrial development and educational and cultural institutions. It also follows two groups of residents, representing the county's older and younger generations. All of their stories are interspersed with expert interviews, narration and video footage to bring the history of Stark County to life.''
It will be repeated at 2 p.m. Tuesday and 5 p.m. on July 18.
•
Speaking of Stark . . . The new TV series Warehouse 13, co-starring North Canton's Eddie McClintock, drew 3.5 million viewers on Tuesday night, according to its network, Syfy (formerly Sci Fi).
That's not bad for a show that was competing with coverage of the day's Michael Jackson events.
In fact, Syfy said this was the third-highest-rated premiere of an original series on the network, behind only Stargate: Atlantis and Eureka.
•
Bad News. The Nashville Tennesseean newspaper had to explain to readers why football star Steve McNair was talking about a new restaurant in the paper days after McNair was shot dead. The problem: The section with the interview had gone to press before McNair died.
''The paper's weekly Wednesday zoned section — 'A.M.' — is printed on Fridays, With some of the copies for non-subscribers packaged with ads and shipped out Saturday,'' Editorandpublisher.com reported. McNair was found dead after some versions of the zoned edition had been shipped.
''We really could not find a feasible way to pull all of them back and re-do it in a reasonable time,'' a Tennesseean executive told the site. The paper included a letter explaining the situation in later editions, and apologized for the timing of the story.
These things happen with publications generated long before they appear in people's homes. In 2008, Parade magazine had a cover story and interview with Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto — after she had been assassinated.
•
Changing Mind. Medium star Patricia Arquette has called off her divorce from Hung star Thomas Jane, TMZ.com says.
''Arquette filed for divorce back in January, citing irreconcilable differences,'' says the site. ''Apparently they were, in fact, reconcilable.'' She has asked that her divorce petition be dismissed. Medium, by the way, begins a new season — its first on CBS — on Sept. 25. Hung airs Sundays on HBO.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal, in the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com and on Twitter. He can be reached at 330-996-3582 and rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
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