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If, Now Amy Adams' love life is "Enchanted," too. The Oscar-nominated Adams is engaged to fellow actor Darren Legallo. The couple reportedly met In acting class in 2001, and plan to tie the knot next year. Parents of British singer Amy Winehouse, Mitch, right, and Janis Winehouse unveil a wax figure of their daughter at Madame Tussauds in central London. The wax work of Amy Winehouse Is complete with her signature beehive, black eyeliner and a bright yellow mlnldress.

Adam West is the self-proclaimed 'Bright Knight' 0 if'i) 0 Gotham City) and the all-star roster of guest villains played by veterans of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Burgess Meredith (Penguin), Vincent Price (Egghead), Tal-lulah Bankhead (Black Widow) and George Sanders, Otto Preminger and Eli Wallach (all of whom portrayed Mr. Freeze). Another popular foe was Julie Newmar as Catwoman. Admitted West: "I have secret longings in my utility belt for the Catwoman." West said people still quote lines from his "Batman" movie to him. "Like the scene on the pier when Batman's running around with the bomb and he can't get rid of it.

Because there's a duck, and there's a baby buggy, and there are nuns and there's a Salvation Army parade. I was set up beautifully for the final line, which is, 'Some days you just can't get rid of a bought showcases a Batman in unflattering tights rather than high-tech body armor and a Joker (Cesar Romero) who actually is more clown than psycho. They'll also find a movie that begins with an onscreen dedication to "lovers of adventure, lovers of pure escapism, lovers of unadulterated entertainment and lovers of the ridiculous and the bizarre." At the height of its popularity, "Batman" was a true 1 960s pop-cultural phenomenon, like the Beatles, James Bond, "Laugh-In" and the "Peanuts" comic strip. The series spawned numerous imitations, merchandise items and homages. The TV series ostensibly was aimed at kids, but it remains popular because it also worked on an adult level, with camp humor, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, political satire (in one episode.

Batman and the Penguin battle at the ballot box, to become mayor of By John Beifuss SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Nobody thought to call Adam West's Batman a "Dark Knight." The screen Batman of the 1960s was pop, not noir; the Joker he battled was not an "agent of chaos" but an icon of camp. "People ask me about the new Batman movie, which I haven't seen, but I've seen bits and pieces of it, and the trailer, and some of the ads, and. my only impression at the moment is that if you like anarchy and nihilism and Gotham City in desperation, you might enjoy this," said West, 79, now a regular character as "Mayor Adam West" on the hit Fox animated series "Family Guy." In other words, if Burt Ward's Robin had been among the thousands who watched the grim adventures of "The Dark Knight" he might have exclaimed: Holy bummer! Said West, in a recent telephone interview from Santa Monica, "My feeling is, they have their Dark Knight I'm the Bright Knight." Paired with Ward, who portrayed Batman's "Boy Wonder" sidekick, West starred as the Caped Crusader from 1966-1968 in 1 20 episodes of the ABC-TV series, "Batman," and in a spinoff movie, also titled "Batman." Sometimes called "Batman: The Movie" for promotion purposes, the 1966 film was released on Blu-ray and on a "Special Edition" DVD on July 1 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The release obviously was timed to ride the capetails of "The Dark in fact, the misleading packaging and advertising for the new discs exploit the connection. A color ad for the Blu-ray release that has been running in "Entertainment Weekly" magazine darkens the figure of West-as-Batman into a near silhouette, and places this newly spooky character against an ominous sky filled with bats.

Any "Dark Knight" fans unfamiliar with West's Batman who fall for this ad will be shocked when they discover that the movie they've Nicholas Jonas, from left, Joseph Jonas and Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers are now homeowners. Jonas Brothers invest in Fort Worth, Texas suburb property WIRE REPORT commenting further. A publicist for the band, which began a nationwide tour recently, declined to comment. "Yeah, I heard they are moving into the area!" 9-year-old Emily Clark said with wide eyes as she jumped out of the pool at Westlake 's Solana Club. They're coming in three months, she said with an air of certainty.

The exclusive neighborhood already includes major-leaguer Mark Teixeira, former star quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe and Terry Bradshaw, not to mention several pro golfers. Getty and wife split after WESTLAKE, Texas The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb and some young neighbors sound thrilled. Tarrant County records obtained by "The Dallas Morning News" indicate that the three band members granted power of attorney to their mother, Denise Jonas, to buy a $2.8 million, six-bedroom house in Vaquero, a gated community in the suburb of Westlake. A real estate agent confirmed the house's sale but said the contract prevented her from a cd piioius rcieaseu WIRE REPORT Ashanti will promote tourism on Long Island WIRE REPORT NEW YORK Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife and is embarrassed by recent photos of him kissing a topless Sienna Miller in Italy. "The breakdown of a marriage is a very difficult and painful experience, especially when children are involved," Getty, 33, told The Associated Press, revealing that he's split from from wife Rosetta, with whom he has four children.

"In light of the fact that many pictures have surfaced in print and on the Internet, which has caused myself and my family great embarrassment, 1 felt it necessary to at least acknowledge publicly that, yes, indeed my wife and I have separated and I will not be commenting any further." Getty stars in ABC's family drama "Brothers Sisters." His film credits include "Lord BALTHAZAR GETTY of the Flies," "Young Guns II" and "Ladder 49." The 26-year-old Miller, who was once engaged to Jude Law, has appeared in the films "Factory Girl," "Layer Cake" and "Alfie." NEW YORK Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador. The singer was introduced at a news conference as one of nine ambassadors who will promote tourism in Nassau County on Long Island. Ashanti says it's "amazing" to be asked to "give something back to the community." The singer recently released her fourth studio album, "The Declaration." The tourism campaign pitches Nassau as "The Island Next Door." 0 4 CD 37 ASHANTI 3 I vJJfft S2i! In FQE2G mi (o) lci. an intermediary to bring Mulder in to consult on a case in which a defrocked-priest-turned-psychic (Billy Connolly) claims to have visions about a missing bureau agent. And they're off and running on a trail that leads them to a stash of severed arms buried in the snow, more missing persons and some ghoulish medical experiments worthy of Frankenstein.

"Chris had a Border collie when we started and I had a half-Border collie, and I always thought of Mulder like a Border collie. He needed a job, so when you see him at first, he's like a Border collie who's a lapdog," Duchovny said. "It's not right. And the movie's a little bit about him getting his job back. That's where his heart is." tinctly somebody saying to me, 'Oh, you've got them.

Once they're actually making it their own, you've actually captured their And it's true. They're still writing fan fiction IS years later." The 1998 big-screen film was immersed in the show's dense alien mythology. "I Want to Believe" is patterned after the stand-alone episodes, requiring little prior knowledge of Mulder and Scully. Drummed out of the FBI as the series wound down, Mulder has been living in exile, collecting news' clips of strange happenings and hurl-( ing pencils at the ceiling out of boredom. Scully, now a practicing doctor at a hospital, is approached by FBI agents (Amanda Peet and Xzibit) as X-FILES Continued From Com "Spooky" by derisive coU leagues, Mulder handled the X-Files, cases involving unexplained phenomena the bureau would prefer to sweep under the Scully, a medical doctor, was assigned as Mulder's partner, mainly to debunk his work, but she eventnally became his comrade in arms, the two complementing each other's talents and maintaining a deep but chaste romantic longing.

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