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THAT SIX DEGREES of Kevin Bacon game is about to get a lot easier.The Philly-raised Bacon, who’s famously worked with at least half the actors in Hollywood, will be tracking a vast network of serial killers in “The Following,” a new drama from Kevin Williamson (“Vampire Diaries,” “Dawson’s Creek”) that Fox’s entertainment chief calls “our next ‘24.’ “Premiering at    .. more …

Last night, Emily Maynard met her group of men in the annual awkward TV first date that is the Bachelorette premiere. While this year’s group had no masked men or rapping doctors , there was a dude with an ostrich egg that he promised to babysit for the whole season, a skateboard entrance, a dancing entrance, a helicopter entrance, and a suitor dressed as his grandmother. Nice work, Bachelorette    .. more …

Standing on the practice tee, envisioning an older version of Tiger Woods, I felt younger than I had in decades – if you don’t factor in the aching back, sore elbow and the smell of liniment. In fact, I felt 14, which happens to be how old I was when I had my first date. It was no coincidence considering that I was just as nervous as I had been on that fateful day. I was about to play a round of    .. more …

DOVER – A Sussex County judge who tried to establish a romantic relationship with a female attorney who often appeared in his courtroom is being stripped of his job but will be allowed to collect his state pension. A judicial panel ruled late last week that Family Court Judge John Henriksen will be removed from his post on Nov. 2, one day after his 12-year pension entitlement vests. Henriksen    .. more …

~li~ Print Share Comment Rex Features Whether it’s listening to a favourite song and rehearsing conversation topics in front of the mirror to sprucing ourselves up with a tan or wax appointment, between them Brits spend an incredible 15,000 hours each day getting ready to leave a lasting impression. But it seems our pre-date rituals are often determined by where we live. While Londoner’s are    .. more …

Frustrated online daters tired of meeting people who have oversold themselves may find a solution in a Facebook application.New Zealand is the first country to have access to the new feature of the social networking site, launched in March, and 2000 singles have already signed up. Of those 1700 are from Auckland.Unlike traditional internet sites where daters write their own profiles, Go Break The    .. more …

Britney Spears will join ‘X Factor.’(AP Photo/Leonid Naidiouk – ASSOCIATED PRESS) Fox will plant four comedies on Tuesday – including one originally developed by NBC for NBC star Mindy Kaling , which will immediately follow this season’s most promising Fox fall launch, “New Girl.”The network will protect its investment in flailing “Glee” by moving it to the safe zone, aka the    .. more …

THAT SIX DEGREES of Kevin Bacon game is about to get a lot easier.The Philly-raised Bacon, who’s famously worked with at least half the actors in Hollywood, will be tracking a vast network of serial killers in “The Following,” a new drama from Kevin Williamson (“Vampire Diaries,” “Dawson’s Creek”) that Fox’s entertainment chief calls “our next ‘24.’ “Premiering at    .. more …

By the time fire trucks and EMTs arrived at the scene, the teen was awake but verbally and physically combative. Before being transported to the hospital by ambulance, he and his companion were cited for being in possession of an intoxicant.The cause of the emergency was nearly as chilling as the result: The youth and his friend hadn’t been drinking, smoking marijuana or ingesting any of the    .. more …

Release Date: May 11;;Cast: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter;;Why You’re Excited: “Dark Shadows” looks like director Tim Burton’s first actual “Tim Burton Movie” (and not, y’know, “Alice In Wonderland”) in quite some time. The Gothic horror-comedy (based on the cult television series of the same name) stars Depp as an undead vampire living in the 1970s.    .. more …