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GOOD GRIEF: Original 'voice of Charlie Brown' arrested on stalking, threat charges; reportedly is terminally ill Jan 24th 2013, 00:54 IN LATE 2010, while sitting with members of Team "Peanuts," I was saddened to learn that Chris Shea — the child actor who originally voiced Linus Van Pelt — had died earlier that year, at age 52. Now comes the distressing news that Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in those first, now-immortal "Peanuts" TV specials, has been arrested in Southern California on charges of threatening violence, according to the U-T San Diego. Read full article >> GLAAD takes NatGeo to task for Boy Scouts reality show Jan 24th 2013, 00:43 GLAAD is blasting National Geographic Channel for declining to add a disclaimer to a new reality series about the Boy Scouts of America — a group that does not permit openly gay members. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation threw its support Wednesday behind a petition — started by a 20-year-old gay Eagle Scout — to get NatGeo to slap a disclaimer onto the start of each "Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?" episode. Read full article >> Fox pulls 'Ben and Kate' from the schedule, on heels of ABC's 'Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23' Jan 24th 2013, 00:28 Bad day for TV comedy. Fox on Wednesday pulled the freshman sibling comedy "Ben and Kate," which had been the weakest player, ratings-wise, in its two-hour Tuesday comedy block. "B&K" was averaging about 3.1 million viewers (factoring in DVR viewing). Read full article >> 'Trent: What Happened at the Council,' by John W. O'Malley Jan 23rd 2013, 23:19 History overflows with conflicts, treaties, personalities, religious and political controversies and all sorts of paradigm-shifting events that are, for many of us, just names. What happened at the Battle of Manzikert? Why do we care about the Edict of Nantes — and its Revocation? How does a Whig differ from a Tory? What is Pelagianism? Who was Michael Bakunin? Read full article >> PBS to host web chat with Veep Joe Biden on gun violence Jan 23rd 2013, 22:54 PBS "NewsHour's"  digitial correspondent Hari Sreenivasan will moderate a Google+ "Fireside Hangout" with Vice President Joe Biden on the gun debate, Thursday at 1:45 p.m. ET.  Submit questions for Biden on Sreenivasan's Google plus page on this post. Read full article >> Jan 23rd 2013, 22:54 PBS "NewsHour's"  digitial correspondent Hari Sreenivasan will moderate a Google+ "Fireside Hangout" with Vice President Joe Biden on the gun debate, Thursday at 1:45 p.m. ET.  Submit questions for Biden on Sreenivasan's Google plus page on this post. Read full article >> Beyonce, lip-syncing and the question of authenticity Jan 23rd 2013, 22:30 Moments after President Obama recited the oath of office Monday, Beyonce floated to the podium on the steps of the Capitol — golden tresses spilling onto her shoulders — to deliver our national anthem. Both acts were largely ceremonial. He had been officially sworn in the day before; she allegedly mouthed along to a recording made Sunday with the U.S. Marine Band. Read full article >> About 20.6 million watch inauguration, steep drop from four years ago Jan 23rd 2013, 19:38 About 20.6 million people watched Barack Obama's second inauguration Monday, Nielsen finally reported, two days later. That's a steep drop from four years ago, when Obama's historic first swearing in attracted an average audience of about 38 million. Read full article >> Barbara Walters update after being hospitalized for fall: 'I will be home soon' Jan 23rd 2013, 19:15 Barbara Walters is being kept in the hospital by doctors because of a "low-grade fever" — this after cracking her head on the steps of the British Embassy in Washington, Whoopi Goldberg told "The View" audience Tuesday. Read full article >> Reviews: finding the balance — or crowdsourcing it Jan 23rd 2013, 18:25 A recent on-line comment raised one of the most challenging questions I face in my job: How do you balance coverage of the local groups that are the life's blood of the classical scene in the region with the big touring performers? Read full article >> Kennedy Center will begin search to replace President Michael M. Kaiser Jan 23rd 2013, 16:06 The Kennedy Center announced Wednesday that it is forming a search committee for a new president to succeed Michael M. Kaiser after his contract ends in December 2014. Kaiser has been the president of the Kennedy Center since January 2001. He will remain the president of the Kennedy Center's DeVos Institute of Arts Management, which he founded to train arts managers across the United States, through 2017. Read full article >>

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