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Kimberly Garrison: Bike riding: Good exercise, if you exercise common sense 07/24/2008

IS IT MY imagination or are there more bike riders on the road these days? By golly, I think the prohibitive gas prices have driven many people to biking as their final resort.

 

Jim Coleman: The secret is citrus when dressing avocado 07/24/2008

Q: I am looking for two salad dressings that involve avocados. First, I want to find a recipe for a good dressing for an avocado salad - not your typical vinaigrette, something that will enhance the flavor of the avocados. The second dressing is one like my mother used to make that had avocados in it. She called it Avocado Goddess Dressing. Other than avocados, I know it also had anchovies, and it was creamy. Thank you for your attention.

 

Tattle: Smith makes more but Vaughn's worth more 07/24/2008

By Howard Gensler

PHILADELPHIA'S BEEN looking for a champion for 25 years, and finally we're No. 1. Thank you, Will Smith. According to Forbes.com, the Pride of Overbrook is the top-paid actor in Hollywood.

 

Dan Gross: A Mendte Emmy dilemma? 07/24/2008

LARRY MENDTE usually cleans up at the mid-Atlantic Emmys, raking in awards every year, but this year the local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is trying to figure out how to handle his entries.

 

Ellen Gray: Philly native makes 'Kath & Kim' dysfunction function 07/24/2008

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - It's a long way from Australia to South Philadelphia, but for Michelle Nader, the producer charged with transforming the Down Under sitcom "Kath & Kim" into an NBC hit, the show's mother-daughter act hits close to home.

 

Dear Abby: Is it a problem that, at 21, he & mom are so distant? 07/24/2008

DEAR ABBY: My wife thinks I have a problem because I do not have a close relationship with my mother. We go for weeks without talking or seeing each other, and it doesn't bother me. Since I was about 13, my parents were hardly ever around. My mom was a workaholic, and my dad was an alcoholic, so I became totally self-sufficient.

 

Stars -- Horoscope 07/24/2008

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you have not yet nabbed that pie in the sky, consider yourself among the lucky ones. The thrill is in the chase.

 

Immaterial boy 07/24/2008

Madonna's brother's tell-all is a sad, bland thing

By JOSEPH V. AMODIO , Newsday

Pop culture is littered with celebrities and their lesser-than siblings. For every Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears, there's an Ashlee, Ali or Jamie Lynn, yearning to prove that they have talent, too.

 

Stage role a sinister look for Tom ('Ed') Cavanagh 07/24/2008

NEW YORK - Tom Cavanagh is the kind of guy who holds doors open for strangers. He shakes hands firmly, and seems genuinely interested in meeting you. Though famished, he politely doesn't scarf down his lunch while answering questions.

 

Gary Oldman is very good at being good 07/24/2008

By DAVID GERMAIN , Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - In some earlier parallel universe of Batman's Gotham City, it might have been Gary Oldman instead of Heath Ledger cackling and conniving as the maniacal Joker.

 

Kanye West docu aids veterans 07/24/2008

NEW YORK - Kanye West has joined forces with MTV for the documentary "Choose or Lose & Kanye West present: Homecoming," the next installment of the "Choose or Lose" campaign, which tells the stories of war veterans and the difficulties they face once they return home.

 

Movie: 'The Usual Suspects' 07/24/2008

10:30 tonight AMC Hey, Keyser Soze is a chick! No, wait, that was "The Crying Game." This similarly twisty, funny and grippingly suspenseful 1995 crime drama earned a richly deserved Oscar for supporting actor Kevin Spacey (right). The gifted cast (Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro and others) revels in the snappy dialogue.

 

'Fear Itself' 07/24/2008

10 tonight Channel 10 Home not-so-sweet home. A couple (Brandon Routh, Shiri Appleby) who recently moved thinks they have found the perfect idyllic neighborhood. What they don't realize is just how far the other residents will go to keep up appearances.

 

'Blow Down: Nuclear Plant' 07/24/2008

8 tonight NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Follow a demolition team as they prepare to make history, using explosives on an active nuclear site to tear down four outdated nuclear cooling towers. With just 10 days to load and set the explosives in all the towers, the team struggles to safely rig more than 4,000 charges and stay on deadline.

 

Whip up these kid-friendly treats 07/24/2008

Try a few of these Marathon Grill dishes with your kids this summer. GRILLED VEGETABLE QUESADILLAS 1/2 zucchini, cut lengthwise

 

Ellen Gray: Getting the details right is key to 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner 07/23/2008

MAD MEN. 10 p.m. Sunday, AMC. LOS ANGELES - We're walking, we're walking . . . and Matthew Weiner is talking.

 

Tattle: Bale arrested for alleged assault of relative 07/23/2008

By Howard Gensler

YESTERDAY afternoon it appeared as if "Dark Knight" star Christian Bale was a Joker, allegedly arrested in London during a family spat. But as the day wore on, the events evoked less Gotham pity and more curiosity.

 

Dan Gross: Stern: Rehire Lane! 07/23/2008

HOWARD STERN says that CBS 3 should apologize to Alycia Lane and give her back her job. On his Sirius Satellite Radio show yesterday, Stern, a friend of Lane's boyfriend, Chris Booker, formerly of Q102, said he used to think Lane was a bit nutty when she complained that she didn't understand how personal stuff about her was getting in the papers, but now he feels for her.

 

Jonathan Takiff: What's hot from the Electronic Entertainment Expo 07/23/2008

GIZMO: News from E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. NO PLAYING AROUND: Riding high on a $48-billion-a-year (worldwide) business that reputedly exceeds movie box office grosses, music and DVDs sales, the video game industry rolled out hundreds of new products at its annual E3 game convention last week in Los Angeles.

 

Dear Abby: Nonstop puns may be too much for new co-workers 07/23/2008

DEAR ABBY: My significant other helped me find a wonderful job with intelligent people. I'm an inveterate punster - "If I put a leafy green vegetable on the barbecue, will it be chard?"