Degrassi: The Next Generation.* Premieres April 7, 8 P.M. Eastern * Guest-starring Kevin Smith * The N Given how deliciously addictive the teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation is, it's almost cruel and unusual that cable network The N divides the show's seasons in half, forcing hard-core fans to wait months to get a fix of new episodes. But now, after several months of jonesing, Degrassi-heads will thrill to the show's return. And what a return it is! The hour-long season 5.2 premiere, "Lexicon of Love," features popular cheerleader Paige (Lauren Collins Lauren Felice Collins (born August 29 1986) is a Canadian actress. She was born in Thornhill, Ontario, is of Jewish heritage[1], and is a graduate of Thornlea Secondary School. She is currently attending the University of Toronto. ) taking her unlikely ongoing friendship with bad girl Alex (Deanna Casaluce Deanna Casaluce (born February 7, 1986 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress of Italian descent. She is perhaps best known for playing the character Alex Nuñez on . She originally auditioned for the parts of both Paige Michalchuk and Ashley Kerwin. ) to a whole new level. The two dance together at a party, and the evening ends with an unexpected smooch. Could this be love? Can Paige--who's perfectly comfortable with having a gay brother--deal with the possibility of being gay herself? One of the many things that makes Degrassi so great is its laid-back attitude towards homosexuality. Marco (Adamo Ruggiero Adamo Angelo Ruggiero (a-daa-moe roo-jeh-ro) (born June 9, 1986 in Mississauga, Ontario) is an Italian-Canadian actor. Ruggiero's father was born in Italy, in Coreno Ausonio (Frosinone, Lazio). Ruggiero's mother, Amalia, is Canada-born. He has an older brother named Adriano. ) came out a few years ago--and even dated Paige's brother for a while--and now his gayness is just there. No one makes a big deal about it, but it's also not ignored. (Marco, in fact, is one of the folks Paige runs to in her confusion.) Not to give away what happens, but Paige does wind up benefiting from the wisdom of guest star Kevin Smith (playing himself--it's a long story) who, having a gay brother himself, reminds Paige that love comes around so rarely that you have to pursue it no matter how it's coming to you. And smart gay TV comes around so rarely that even if you don't Even If You Don't is a single released by the band Ween in 2000 on Mushroom Records. Formats Enhanced CD single Includes the quicktime video of "Even If You Don't" directed by Matt Stone & Trey Parker of "South Park". think you'd want to watch a Canadian adolescent melodrama melodrama [Gr.,=song-drama], originally a spoken text with musical background, as in Greek drama. The form was popular in the 18th cent., when its composers included Georg Benda, J. J. Rousseau, and W. A. Mozart, among others. , you need to be tuning in tuning in, v process in which a therapeutic touch practitioner centers himself or herself so as to be aligned with or “in tune” with a healing energy “frequency,” so that the patient may choose to join the practitioner (tune to Degrassi.--Alonso Duralde |
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