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If the producers of the new movie, "The Kings of Appletown," have their way, they will be following in the footsteps of Alan Alda by filming their next project in Sag Harbor.

Indigenous to Central and South America, macaws are capable of high-functioning cognitive activity - from mimicking human speech to identifying colors and symbols.

Who better to market the wussification of America? Compliments of John L, with thanks to Eneils Bailey.

Season 11, Episode 8 of 10 : Chimps R Us An episode devoted to our closest cousins, chimpanzees, with whom we s hare 98% or our genetic material.

'Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?' It's this quote from T. S. Eliot that inspired Andrew Denton to seek out prominent elders of our tribe, each over 65, to see what they had learnt from life so far.

Andrew Denton and actor/author Alan Alda, the first guest on the new series of Elders.

West Side couple will speak at a fundraiser on their experiences at a Korean War MASH unit that inspired the book, film and TV series.

Creating a satire on your own culture is a doubled-bladed dagger. Satirists seldom become lionized or praised for their efforts as pointing out failures and dangers and the ridiculous presence of deluded emperors wearing invisible clothes tends to invoke more embarrassment than wisdom or appreciation.

Photo credit: NBC Universal, Inc. From left: Tracy Morgan, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer in "30 Rock" THE SHOW "30 Rock," WNBC/4, 9:30 Thursday night REASON TO WATCH Fourth season begins.

REASON TO WATCH: Fourth season begins. CATCHING UP: Desperately seeking his birth dad, Jack Donaghy had finally landed on a semi-likely suspect who was teaching at Bennington College and was working on a three-volume biography of Jimmy Carter titled "From Peanut to President." But Milton Green also needed a new kidney, and, reluctant to parcel out ...

Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor has embarked on a major fund-raising campaign aimed at getting back in the black after the theater's finances were hit hard by the economic recession, and the first potential life preserver has been offered by an anonymous donor who has pledged a $250,000 challenge grant.

Jimmy Smits and Alan Alda face off in a presidential debate in a 2005 episode of "The West Wing." In one episode in 2005, the Democratic presidential nominee, played by Jimmy Smits , admitted in a debate that he was not especially happy with the health care plan he had proposed.

How many times have you gone through old photographs and asked the question, "that's me?" How could a dreamy eyed youngster, sunning on a Lake Michigan pier, be the same person as this crotchety elder? It happens.

Comedy writer Larry Gelbart passed away from cancer this past friday at his home in Beverly Hills.

Artist: Alda, Alan Alan Alda, fresh off his guest stint on 30 Rock , serves as host of the PBS series The Human Spark, which is set to debut Nov.

Globe/Roger Nomer Participants already registered for 'Vettes in the Midwest: Kicking It on Route 66' are coming from as far away as Venice, Fla., according to Bruce Layman, event organizer.

Globe/Roger Nomer Participants already registered for 'Vettes in the Midwest: Kicking It on Route 66' are coming from as far away as Venice, Fla., according to Bruce Layman, event organizer.

Where does realism end and prognostication begin? 10 years ago, The West Wing premiered, starring Bradley Whitford as a DC insider based on Rahm Emanuel.A A Whitford's character, Josh Lyman, eventually became chief of staff to the first member of a racial minority to become President , who defeated a veteran, moderate RepublicanA A senator from the ...

Where does realism end and prognostication begin? 10 years ago, The West Wing premiered, starring Bradley Whitford as a DC insider based on Rahm Emanuel.A A Whitford's character, Josh Lyman, eventually became chief of staff to the first member of a racial minority to become President , who defeated a veteran, moderate RepublicanA A senator from the ...

Isna TMt it great when this show starts over from the beginning on Bravo? Dona TMt get us wrong, those later, Obama-forecasting episodes were fun, and who doesna TMt love Alan Alda? But therea TMs absolutely nothing like those first few magical seasons of The West Wing when the show was under Aaron Sorkin's rule.