THE BUZZ.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services MARTHA ON THE DOUBLE: Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. had not one but two new television shows to promote at a news conference Thursday, so she was quite willing to show a little leg. The famous leg, that is, the one with the ankle encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in an electronic monitoring bracelet. Stewart, when asked, did not hesitate to raise the pants leg on her brown business suit to reveal the bracelet, which she has worn for the past five months while under house confinement after her release from prison. The message of the day was about looking forward, however, to her new syndicated daily daytime show ``Martha'' and her high-profile 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. prime-time series ``The Apprentice: Martha Stewart'' - not looking backward Looking Backward Julian West awakens more than a century later to enjoy a new life in the Boston of A.D. 2000. [Am. Lit.: Looking Backward in Magill I, 520] See : Time Travel at the tribulation of being convicted of lying to the federal investigators about a stock trade and spending five months confined in federal prison. The bracelet, which the court ordered Stewart to wear for an extra three weeks after committing certain undisclosed violations of her house confinement, has been no impediment at all to mounting either show, Stewart said. Stewart said she would acknowledge her time in prison when she begins her live daily syndicated show on Sept. 12. The opening credits Opening credits, in a television program, motion picture or videogame, are shown at the beginning of a show and list the most important members of the production. They are usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the for the show, which include a montage of images from Stewart's life, accompanied by a song with the lyrics ``I'm not the same girl you used to know,'' prominently include a picture of her on the courthouse steps after her conviction. BLENDER FAVORITES: The new issue of Blender magazine presents the third annual Blender 100, a list of what's hot in music these days. The editors have not exactly gone out on a musical limb by naming hip-hop star Kanye West No. 1, nor by putting Coldplay and the White Stripes on the roster. But it gives a No. 5 nod to reality TV, calling it a godsend god·send n. Something wanted or needed that comes or happens unexpectedly. [Alteration of Middle English goddes sand, God's message : goddes, genitive of God, God for ebbing musicians such as Bobby Brown, Tommy Lee and the one-hit wonders of ``Hit Me Baby One More Time.'' Tabloid regular Paris Hilton scores ninth place with her amazing image-rebound skills and a pop CD on the horizon. Of No. 40, the mag says: ``If Jessica Simpson is so dumb, then she's the dumbest person ever to find success as a singer, sex symbol, TV icon, celebrity beauty-product endorser and now film star.'' Blender even praised the oft-repeated ``More Cowbell!'' sketch from the 2000 ``Saturday Night Live'' episode guest-hosted by Christopher Walken (No. 94), in which Will Ferrell bangs his bell earnestly in the mock VH1 documentary of Blue Oyster Cult recording ``(Don't Fear) the Reaper reaper, early farm machine drawn by draft animals or tractor and used to harvest grain. Its historical predecessors were the sickle and the cradle scythe, which are still used in some parts of the world. .'' Blender calls it the ``funniest percussion-oriented TV moment ever!'' Don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why they waited five years to say so, but we must agree. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Martha Stewart, left, shows off the ankle-bracelet monitoring device she wears for the home-confinement portion of her federal sentence as her executive producer Mark Burnett and Susan Lyne - president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Stewart's company - look on. Frank Franklin II/Associated Press (2) Ready to warble Amanda Lairmore, left, and Melissa Prasek apply their makeup while waiting for the ``American Idol'' auditions Thursday in Austin, Texas. In the middle, Crystal Brown works on her hair. Laura Skelding/Austin American-Statesman |
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