| Entertainment Weekly Wonders: Why Are TV Conservatives so Liberal?
Why is it that conservative characters on prime time television, what few of them there are, almost always end up "evolving" into fuzzy liberals? "Entertainment Weekly" columnist Mark Harris asked that very question in the current issue of the media magazine [Emphasis added]: Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: I would like to see more conservative Republicans on TV. Fictional ones, that is. As a member of the self-deluding Eastern liberal politically correct media elite (so my reader mail tells me), I would like to learn more about the opposition. The problem is, they keep going soft on me. Last fall, TV promised us two conservatives: Kitty Walker on ABC's Brothers & Sisters, and Harriet Hayes on NBC's now-shelved Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Kitty was supposed to be a brash, Ann Coulter-like firebrand in a family of whole-grain blue-staters, and deeply religious Harriet was going to redress the injustices done to people of faith by godless showbiz types.
Playstation 3 hopes to beat out competition in Australia on March 23rd
After a 5 month set-back in Sony's scheduled release of the Playstation 3 in Australia, the release date is finalized for March 23rd. Though many feel the PS3 will explode into an eager market, it seems there are a few variables that might limit the success of Sony's next-generation console in Australian homes. The Playstation 3 is far from the game console many of you grew up playing (any Super Mario or Sonic fans out there?); it is a feature-packed entertainment center, including features such as a Blu-ray disc player, Bluetooth connectivity, wireless internet card, full 1080p HD display mode, free web browser and instant messaging client, and the list goes on. You may wonder why this all-in-one super box won't be in every house in the world, and the list of reasons worth reviewing.
Entertainment Calendar for week starting March 2
Artist Scott Piper Art Show, Indian Hills College Art Gallery. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8:40 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Iowa State University Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. March 8, St. John Auditorium, Indian Hills Community College; free event. Opera Iowa, 7:30 p.m., March 9, St. John Auditorium, Indian Hills Community College; free event. Artist-In-Residence, Douglas Prosser with Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m. March 25, Indian Hills St. John Auditorium. Heartland Country Concert, 7:30 p.m. March 30 at Bridge View Center. Tickets are $33 for lower level seating and $28 for higher up seating. Blakesburg Maxwell Family Band, 7 p.m. March 16 at Blakesburg Multi-purpose center. Tickets at the door — $6 for adults and children 12 and under free.
More US Adults Would Like to Use Their PC As a ‘Media Center’
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Not long ago, many people believed setting up an entertainment center was simply a stereo system, a VCR and a television larger than 25". These days, the promise from the consumer electronic industry to establish the computer as the new "media center" is beginning to gain traction with consumers.With this in mind, Harris Interactive conducted an online research study of adult consumers across America that focused on the emerging "Digital Home" and other hot consumer technologies, and the results indicate that more than one-third (39 percent) of U.S. adults have home networks. Thirty-seven percent of those with home networks would like to use their personal computer (PC) as a media center to control their entertainment system, while thirty-one percent would use it to download pictures, video and music to their televisions.
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