BUZZ.IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. WILL BE BIG EMMY WINNER: The IRS is zeroing in on the official 2006 Emmy gift basket A gift basket, or fruit basket is typically a gift that is delivered to the recipient at their home or workplace. There are different varieties of gift baskets, some which have fruit only, some with dry/canned goods only (such as tea, crackers and jam) although the standard , which is reportedly worth $27,000 to $33,000. But if a celeb ce·leb n. Informal A celebrity. picks up a gift basket, he will be ``required to fill out a tax form, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also will notify the IRS of the basket's value if presenters take one,'' says USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . Some of the swag includes pearls, chocolates, hotel stays, designer clothes and a ``Lulu the Lamb'' stuffed chair. For some stars, that might mean a tax bill of $12,000 to $15,000. For video of the Emmy gift basket and a photo gallery of the preparations for Sunday's Emmy Awards, go to dailynews.com/redcarpet ve Emmy coverage -- including photo galleries, stories and an Emmy blog. -- Daily News `YOU, ME' AND AN EYEFUL eye·ful n. 1. A complete view. 2. One that is pleasing to the sight, especially an attractive person. 3. : Owen Wilson got an eyeful at the British premiere of his new movie, ``You, Me and Dupree.'' Wilson was being interviewed in London on Tuesday when a woman outside a pub shouted his name. As he looked up, she raised her shirt and flashed him. ``Wow! I kind of lost my train of thought with that one,'' the 37-year-old actor said. DECK THE HALLS WITH DINO DINO - Data parallel superset of C. ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/dino/. ["The DINO Parallel Programming Language", M. Rosing et al, J Parallel Dist Comp 13(9):30-42 (Sep 1991)]. ["DINO Parallel Programming Language", M. : In the entertainment category of you're never dead even when you're dead, the holiday ``classic'' ``Dean Martin's Christmas With Dino'' is getting some new life. The expanded CD will include a new duet, ``Baby, It's Cold Outside,'' with country music superstar Martina McBride adding vocals to Martin's 1959 track. ``There's something about hearing a Dean Martin holiday song,'' McBride said in a statement. "You think, `OK, it's time to start the season, it's Christmastime.' That's definitely how I feel.'' Since ``Christmas With Dino'' is set for release Sept. 12, that's a lot of time to feel merry. -- Staff and Wire Services CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) no caption (Emmy gift basket) |
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