Thursday, April 19, 2012

Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

$1,078 on prom expenses? We're not kidding
If you're the parent of a high-schooler, you're probably deep into prom preparation at this time of year. And if a new Visa survey is correct, you're complaining about how expensive it is. American families with teenagers say they plan to spend an average of $1,078 on prom clothes, transportation, food, tickets and incidentals, a 33.6 percent increase over the $807 they spent last year, Visa reports.  


Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Daniel Craig stirred but not shaken by Heineken deal
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  • Demi's back on Twitter
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    Today's Food and Dining

    Your meal takes center stage as new counter seating lets you look — and learn — as chefs prepare and plate your food right in front of you
    For decades, restaurant kitchens were sanctums. Entry behind the swinging doors was limited to kitchen crews and waiters, and the latter knew to tread lightly around the former. Beyond the health inspector, it was a closed shop. Who wanted to see pots and tempers boiling over?

     


    Moms - Parenting

    More Colorado districts on board with school-bus ads
    As Colorado school districts draft and finalize next year’s budgets, a handful are looking at school-bus advertising as a new income source. Adams 12 Five Star Schools put its first ads on the outside of school buses last month. Greeley’s fleet has been carrying ads for a year. Mapleton Public Schools mulled bus ads for more than  


    Reverb

    Dick Clark dead at 82: YouTube videos remembering his legacy
    Dick Clark has passed away at the age of 82. Here's three videos remembering his legacy and photos of his career through the years

     


    Today's Style

    $1,078 on prom expenses? We're not kidding
    If you're the parent of a high-schooler, you're probably deep into prom preparation at this time of year. And if a new Visa survey is correct, you're complaining about how expensive it is. American families with teenagers say they plan to spend an average of $1,078 on prom clothes, transportation, food, tickets and incidentals, a 33.6 percent increase over the $807 they spent last year, Visa reports.  


    Television - Joanne Ostrow

    America's New Year's host Dick Clark dead at 82
    Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the New Year's Eve countdown from Times Square, has died. He was 82.  


    Theater

    "Sense & Sensibility The Musical" and director Marcia Milgrom Dodge headed to Denver for 2013 world opening of Jane Austen-based play
    Lovers of Jane Austen mark your calendars. Aficionados of spanking new musical theater, ditto. Fans of the Denver Center Theatre Company's burgeoning New Play Summit, you do the same.  


    Society - Joanne Davidson

    Davidson: Little Hearts fashionistas strut stuff at heart institute fundraiser
    Take it from Lyn Schaffer: It's hard to go wrong with a fundraiser — even one in its 27th year — when it includes cute kids, adorable outfits, a celebrity or two and some handsome firefighters from the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority.  


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