NEWS LITE : SCHRODER RIDES SHOTGUN TO PREPARE FOR `BLUE'.Readying for his new job on ``NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an Emmy Award-winning hour long-running American television police drama set in New York City. It was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch and inspired by Milch's relationship with a former member of the New York City Police Department Bill Clark (who ,'' former child star Rick Schroder learned from some real Big Apple cops. Riding along with police, Schroder recently spent a day racing around New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , visiting the sites of two homicides, a suicide, the city morgue morgue (morg) a place where dead bodies may be kept for identification or until claimed for burial. morgue n. and watching undercover ``buy-and-bust'' narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. operations. ``It was intense and extensive,'' Schroder said in Sunday's New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. . ``These guys do a hell of a job.'' Fans of the gritty TV crime drama weren't the only ones surprised by the casting of Schroder, 28, to replace Jimmy Smits. ``I feel like I won the lottery,'' Schroder said. A native New Yorker, Schroder first appeared in a TV commercial at age 3 months. Dozens of other commercials followed and he went on to co-star in ``The Champ'' with Jon Voight Jon Vincent Voight (born December 29 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Voight, an Oscar-winner and four-time nominee, has had a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. and in the sitcom ``Silver Spoons Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. .'' Despite obvious benefits, stardom is no picnic for a child, Schroder said. ``It's pretty tough on a kid,'' he said. ``Then it's even tougher to build a second career as an adult.'' 2 of 4 Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. The Spice Girls, consisting of: Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Victoria Beckham signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. reported pregnant Days after newspapers reported that Posh Spice Victoria Adams is pregnant, the News of the World on Sunday announced that a second member of the hit band The Spice Girls is expecting. ``I'm not saying yes and I'm not saying no,'' the tabloid quoted Scary Spice Melanie Brown as saying. Breathlessly, the paper recorded her father's response when its reporters asked him for comment: ``How did you find out? You're the first.'' The News of the World said 23-year-old Brown ``and her delighted fiance,'' dancer Jimmy Gulzar, plan to marry as soon as the group finishes its U.S. tour. Adams, 24, and her fiance, Manchester United soccer star David Beckham, have not commented on reports she is pregnant. They plan to marry next year. Affair better if lovers share expectations Luanne Linquist's ``Secret Lovers, Affairs Happen . . . How to Cope'' (Jossey-Bass; $17.95 paper) is packed with useful and comforting information: The secrets of having a successful affair include clarifying expectations, communicating well and ``being effectively discreet or being open, if this is possible. Lovers emphasize the importance of being careful not to be discovered, yet feeling comfortable with the secrecy.'' ``Lovers point out the importance of finding a balance between the affair and the other activities in the lovers' lives.'' ``Enjoy the affair for what it is in the moment, and don't take it too seriously.'' Finally, ``Affairs end for numerous reasons,'' Linquist, a psychologist, says in the book. ``The secrecy surrounding the affair may become a major source of conflict. Overexposed o·ver·ex·pose tr.v. o·ver·ex·posed, o·ver·ex·pos·ing, o·ver·ex·pos·es 1. To expose too long or too much: Don't overexpose the children to television. 2. Stern hits dull patch on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. One thing most people wouldn't call Howard Stern is dull . . . until Saturday night that is. Stern debuted his weekly ``The Howard Stern Radio Show'' on KCBS-TV (Channel 2) Saturday night at 11:30. Well before midnight, the program became boring. It is nearly identical to his show on E! Entertainment Television, which is nearly identical to his radio show, which airs on KLSX-FM (97.1). The only difference between E! and CBS is a little slicker editing. Stern gets more mileage out of his four-plus hours of morning radio than Michelin gets out of its top-grade tire. Saturday night's was a freak show. Stern is capable of much better. There were no celebrity sightings even though some of Hollywood's top talent, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wesley Snipes Snipes (Diminutive for Snipers) is a text-mode networked computer game that was created in 1983 by SuperSet software. Snipes is officially credited as being the original inspiration for Novell NetWare. and Heather Locklear, often share his air. What Stern has done is devised yet another way to spread his brand and make more money without doing any extra work. The only people who seem to be working overtime are the censors. Words were bleeped and two different methods of covering naked body parts were employed. His material is getting diluted because of its overexposure overexposure too long an exposure time or too high a milliamperage causing too black a picture, loss of detail and some anomalies of translucency. , an ironic fate for a man who makes a living by getting other people naked. - Keith Marder News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) High jinks Participants form a human tower in the village of Arbo del Penedes in eastern Spain on Sunday. The human towers, called Castells, are popular in the Catalunia region during summer festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . Ignes/Associated Press (2) Taking the plunge Bob Woodberry, left, and Emily Johnson of Melbourne, Fla., share an underwater kiss during their submerged wedding ceremony Saturday in the Florida Keys. The wedding took place next to the bronze ``Christ of the Deep'' statue, a copy of an Italian artwork, near Key Largo. Bob Care/Associated Press |
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