Schwarzenegger heading for MTV's ‘Pimp My Ride'
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is headed to MTV to promote Earth Day with an 800-horsepower car that runs on renewable biodiesel fuel.
The governor's appearance on a special Earth Day episode of the popular show “Pimp My Ride” is the latest environmentally themed event for Schwarzenegger, who drew international attention for signing a global warming law last year.
For the show, videotaped earlier, mechanics installed the powerful engine in a converted 1965 Chevy Impala, producing a vehicle that accelerates from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.
The governor said the converted car's emissions of greenhouse gases will be 50 percent lower than a comparable gas-powered car. And biodiesel fuel can be made from recycled products such as vegetable oil.
Madonna jets out of Malawi with adopted son
Madonna jetted out of Malawi on Sunday after a six-day visit to the impoverished homeland of the toddler she wants to adopt, carrying the boy in her arms as she boarded her plane.
Madonna and her husband, the film producer Guy Ritchie, took custody of David Banda last October after finding him in an orphanage. Critics said the 48-year-old star used her celebrity status to circumvent Malawian adoption laws - allegations she denies.
The 20-month-old toddler waved to the bodyguards and driver who had escorted him during the visit. Madonna, wearing her now familiar straw hat, did not look back as she disappeared into the silver jet, with her daughter Lourdes following.
‘The Producers' ends its Broadway run
Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom said goodbye Sunday to Broadway, as “The Producers,” the hit Mel Brooks musical, ended its New York run after 2,502 performances.
It was an emotional, highly charged matinee at the St. James Theatre as the show's current Max (John Treacy Egan) and Leo (Hunter Foster) led the company through the show - to raucous cheers, particularly during its legendary “Springtime for Hitler” number.
At the curtain after the cast took its bows, Brooks came on stage with director-choreographer Susan Stroman and co-book writer Thomas Meehan to even more wild applause.
“It has been the best experience for me since World War II. And (with) just about as much noise,” joked Brooks, who also wrote the show's music and lyrics. “We have had six years ... of frolic and joy, and you have been such an incredibly good audience to really cap it off and give us such a rich, final performance. I love everybody on stage, backstage and out front.”
“We love you, Mel,” yelled a voice from the audience, which included a contingent of fans who had come back to see the musical one last time.
- From wire reports
The governor's appearance on a special Earth Day episode of the popular show “Pimp My Ride” is the latest environmentally themed event for Schwarzenegger, who drew international attention for signing a global warming law last year.
For the show, videotaped earlier, mechanics installed the powerful engine in a converted 1965 Chevy Impala, producing a vehicle that accelerates from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.
The governor said the converted car's emissions of greenhouse gases will be 50 percent lower than a comparable gas-powered car. And biodiesel fuel can be made from recycled products such as vegetable oil.
Madonna jets out of Malawi with adopted son
Madonna jetted out of Malawi on Sunday after a six-day visit to the impoverished homeland of the toddler she wants to adopt, carrying the boy in her arms as she boarded her plane.
Madonna and her husband, the film producer Guy Ritchie, took custody of David Banda last October after finding him in an orphanage. Critics said the 48-year-old star used her celebrity status to circumvent Malawian adoption laws - allegations she denies.
The 20-month-old toddler waved to the bodyguards and driver who had escorted him during the visit. Madonna, wearing her now familiar straw hat, did not look back as she disappeared into the silver jet, with her daughter Lourdes following.
‘The Producers' ends its Broadway run
Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom said goodbye Sunday to Broadway, as “The Producers,” the hit Mel Brooks musical, ended its New York run after 2,502 performances.
It was an emotional, highly charged matinee at the St. James Theatre as the show's current Max (John Treacy Egan) and Leo (Hunter Foster) led the company through the show - to raucous cheers, particularly during its legendary “Springtime for Hitler” number.
At the curtain after the cast took its bows, Brooks came on stage with director-choreographer Susan Stroman and co-book writer Thomas Meehan to even more wild applause.
“It has been the best experience for me since World War II. And (with) just about as much noise,” joked Brooks, who also wrote the show's music and lyrics. “We have had six years ... of frolic and joy, and you have been such an incredibly good audience to really cap it off and give us such a rich, final performance. I love everybody on stage, backstage and out front.”
“We love you, Mel,” yelled a voice from the audience, which included a contingent of fans who had come back to see the musical one last time.
- From wire reports
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