SMALL SCREEN THE BUZZ ON TELEVISION.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski IDOL TIME: Hey, all you idol wanna-bes, listen up: 8 a.m. Monday is the final open call for the next season of Fox's ``American Idol.'' Gate A of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena is the place, and contestants are allowed to line up as early as 8 tonight - for those who think they'll sing really well after two nights of sleeping on asphalt in damp night air. Recording novices only, please, ages 16 to 24. Bring two proofs of age - license and passport, for instance - and proof of legal U.S. residency. All the pertinent information is on www.idolonfox.com. 'TIS THE SEASON: The decorations are out in the malls, the catalogs are clogging our mailboxes, and the gift baskets are in the markets. Why wait for Thanksgiving to kick off the holidays? In that spirit, Adam Sandler returns to his ``Saturday Night Live'' stomping grounds tonight as a guest star to push his seasonal comedy, ``Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights,'' and to debut ``Chanukah Song 3.'' Brittany Murphy of ``8 Mile'' is the host and Nelly is the music act. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL , 11:30 tonight, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , Channel 4. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: The Goo Goo Dolls will host a two-night tribute to rock, punk and pop on film as the Independent Film Channel presents its Indie Rocks festival. It kicks off tonight with ``Gimme gim·me Informal Contraction of give me. adj. Slang Demanding material things or especially money; acquisitive: today's gimme society; tired of gimme letters. n. Shelter,'' the documentary of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert that was supposed to have been a Woodstock for the West but ended up with deadly violence. For the full lineup of tonight's and Sunday night's titles, check www.ifctv.com. ight tribute to rock, punk and pop on film as the Independent Film Channel presents its Indie Rocks festival. It kicks off tonight with ``Gimme Shelter,'' the documentary of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert that was supposed to have been a Woodstock for the West but ended up with deadly violence. For the full lineup of tonight's and Sunday night's titles, check www.ifctv.com. GIMME SHELTER, 8 tonight, IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. . BONDING AT HOME: For some reason, TV specials with obscure links to the James Bond franchise are crawling out of the woodwork in anticipation of ``Die Another Day,'' opening next weekend. On Sunday, HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television does its part with ``Zip Code 007,'' a TV tour of homes of a few of the co-stars from four decades of Bond movies. One of the highlights is Goldeneye goldeneye or whistler Either of two species of small, yellow-eyed diving ducks that produce a whistling sound with their rapidly beating wings. The common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere; Barrow's goldeneye (B. , the Jamaican estate where Ian Fleming penned 14 James Bond novels James Bond Novels By Ian Fleming In January 1952, Ian Fleming began work on his first James Bond novel. At the time, Fleming was the Foreign Manager for Kemsley Newspapers, an organisation owned by the London Sunday Times. . In most cases, the connection to the Bond image is very iffy if·fy adj. if·fi·er, if·fi·est Informal Doubtful; uncertain: an iffy proposition. [From if. , but they are lovely houses anyway. Check out Richard ``Jaws'' Kiel's home near Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park (yōsĕm`ĭtē), 761,266 acres (308,205 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890 as a result of the efforts of conservationist John Muir. Located in the Sierra Nevada, it is a glacier-scoured area of great beauty; Mt. and Jane ``Solitaire'' Seymour's Malibu retreat. ZIP CODE 007, 9 p.m. Sunday, HGTV. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) no caption (American Idol logo) (2) MICK JAGGER: Musical memories. (3) SANDLER: TV host. |
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