Cosby a mind behind promoting education
Bill Cosby is getting behind efforts to improve education.
Cosby announced last week that his animated series, “Little Bill,” which is aimed at getting preschoolers interested in learning, is returning to television on cable's Noggin network.
It previously was part of the Nickelodeon cable network's “Nick Jr.” programming bloc for preschoolers.
In an era where the education reform act No Child Left Behind dominates education, the comedian complained recently, “The high school dropout rate in some cities is as high as 55 to 75 percent. While the behinds are moving forward, some of the minds are left behind.”
Beginning Monday, Cosby's show will air weekdays on Noggin at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. It will be broadcast at 1:30 p.m. on the weekends.
Rap artists hold seminar on money management
Those new Nikes are fresh, but will they rock your retirement like a money market account?
Rap artists and fans debated the finer points of money management this weekend at a seminar at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro.
The event was sponsored by the Hip-Hop Action Network, led by music industry heavyweight Russell Simmons.
Simmons and performers like Jim Jones and Lil' Mo talked about how to avoid debt and invest intelligently. They discussed credit ratings and the advisability of buying a home.
Simmons brought street cred to the subject: He sold his stake in Def Jam Records for a reported $100 million in 1999 and is now head of Rush Communications, an entertainment, fashion and marketing conglomerate.
Keillor makes fifth return to Lake Wobegon
Maybe it's that he's hit retirement age, but Garrison Keillor wasn't afraid to admit that his latest novel was easy to write.
“For me, that was manageable,” Keillor said of “Pontoon,” his 248-page return to Lake Wobegon. “I'm telling my publisher I want to write a series of short novels. Now that I'm suddenly a senior citizen, I don't want to spend years reading a book.”
The novel will be published Tuesday, the same week that Keillor begins a new season of his long-running Minnesota Public Radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion.”
The new book is his fifth set in the fictional town of Lake Wobegon, and its storyline will sound familiar to longtime followers of Keillor's homespun tales.
- From wire reports
Cosby announced last week that his animated series, “Little Bill,” which is aimed at getting preschoolers interested in learning, is returning to television on cable's Noggin network.
It previously was part of the Nickelodeon cable network's “Nick Jr.” programming bloc for preschoolers.
In an era where the education reform act No Child Left Behind dominates education, the comedian complained recently, “The high school dropout rate in some cities is as high as 55 to 75 percent. While the behinds are moving forward, some of the minds are left behind.”
Beginning Monday, Cosby's show will air weekdays on Noggin at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. It will be broadcast at 1:30 p.m. on the weekends.
Rap artists hold seminar on money management
Those new Nikes are fresh, but will they rock your retirement like a money market account?
Rap artists and fans debated the finer points of money management this weekend at a seminar at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro.
The event was sponsored by the Hip-Hop Action Network, led by music industry heavyweight Russell Simmons.
Simmons and performers like Jim Jones and Lil' Mo talked about how to avoid debt and invest intelligently. They discussed credit ratings and the advisability of buying a home.
Simmons brought street cred to the subject: He sold his stake in Def Jam Records for a reported $100 million in 1999 and is now head of Rush Communications, an entertainment, fashion and marketing conglomerate.
Keillor makes fifth return to Lake Wobegon
Maybe it's that he's hit retirement age, but Garrison Keillor wasn't afraid to admit that his latest novel was easy to write.
“For me, that was manageable,” Keillor said of “Pontoon,” his 248-page return to Lake Wobegon. “I'm telling my publisher I want to write a series of short novels. Now that I'm suddenly a senior citizen, I don't want to spend years reading a book.”
The novel will be published Tuesday, the same week that Keillor begins a new season of his long-running Minnesota Public Radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion.”
The new book is his fifth set in the fictional town of Lake Wobegon, and its storyline will sound familiar to longtime followers of Keillor's homespun tales.
- From wire reports
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