05 April, 2013

BIG SHOT BIRTHDAYS _ Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is 76; Max Gail (Barney Miller) is 70; inventor Dean Kamen (Segway) is 62.

NEWS ATTACK! _ Lance Armstrong is back,. This weekend he will compete in a Texas swim meet. [I just hope he remembers the rule: No swimming less than 30 minutes after consuming a banned substance.]

FINAL FOUR THIS WEEKEND _ For NCAA men's college basketball fans, there are just two days of games left: Saturday's Final Four and Monday's championship. On Saturday Louisville will play Wichita State and Michigan will play Syracuse.

... #1 Louisville vs #9 Wichita State, 5:09pm& CT, CBS

... #4 Michigan vs #4 Syracuse,& 7:49pm& CT, CBS

GUYS LESS LIKELY TO THINK THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT _ A new study reveals many men think they're leaner than they are. The study showed a quarter of overweight guys guessed their weight range was at least one category less than it was in reality.

LEGENDARY FILM CRITIC ROGER EBERT DIES _ Roger Ebert, the legendary film critic, died Thursday. Ebert had been battling cancer for years. Ebert began working as the Sun-Times film critic 46 years ago this week.

IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND _ Evil Dead (R) and Jurassic Park 3D (PG-13)

 

ON DVD THIS WEEK _ Released April 2