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May 15, 2002

Arts&Entertainment: May 15, 2002 ABC wants everyone to get happy
It's called the "Happy Hour." And it's one way ABC hopes to reverse its fortunes once the new TV season starts this fall.

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SPIN CITY: Drastic. Surreal. More definitive than expected.

Green Day rising
The middle band in a three-act Ice Palace show outclasses Jimmy Eat World and Blink-182.

In the news
BATTLE OF THE GEEKS: The moment you've been waiting for is here: The final bout for Celebrity Boxing II has been set, and it pitches Screech on Saved by the Bell -- Dustin Diamond, above middle -- and Horshack in Welcome Back, Kotter, Ron Palillo, who turned 53 last month. Diamond, 25, is already in training with Duke Roufus, background, and Jason Strout at Duke Roufus Gym in Milwaukee. Also set to climb into the ring May 22 on Fox are Darva Conger and Olga Korbut, John Wayne Bobbitt and Joey Buttafuoco, and William "The Refrigerator" Perry and Manute Bol.

Entertainment headlines from the wire

  • Ruben Studdard to Record Video in Alabama
  • Stewart Quits Top Posts After Indictment
  • FCC Hearing Draws Media Merger Criticism
  • TampaBay.com


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