Fifteen Minutes for October 13

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The joy, the thrill, the undeniable glee! It's another edition of TDI's Fifteen Minutes. This is where we give celebrities their fifteen minutes of fame, showcasing the lastest projects or personal experiances celebrities and entertainment newsmakers have endured. We do this not to idolize their lives at all. Instead, it is for entertainment only. Let's see who's in the spotlight this week, shall we?

Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz have reason to smile... FOX has ordered full season episode orders for Bones, along with The War at Home. For some strange reason, War is the number one new series amongst teens. Please, stop watching! I tried the show out, and I stopped watching. It's very easy, trust me. Meanwhile, Bones is a really fun show (I know this, from all one episodes I've seen!), and is doing terrific in it's time period. FOX has previously ordered full season orders for Prison Break and American Dad.

On another television note, CBS is starting to conquer another night... Friday. The new Jennifer Love Hewitt ghost mystery Ghost Whisperer is defying the critics, most of whom said it would be on the fast-track to cancellation, by ranking as the most-watched program on TV this past Friday night, with 10.9 million viewers. The second highest program was on CBS, Numbers, with 10.8 million viewers. This past friday, NBC peaked from 9-9:30, when the self-improvement reality program Three Wishes nudged past Threshold.

This will come as a shocker, but the Jewish community isn't exactly happy with Madonna. On her upcoming album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor", features a track called "Isaac" about Yitzhak Luria, a 16th century Jewish mystic (and Kabbalah scholar). Those who overseee Luria's tomb say that Madonna is just trying to turn a profit on his name. Rabbi Rafael Cohen says that "I can only sympathize for her because of the punishment that she is going to receive from the heavens." TDI feels that this may cause the singer to re-invent herself. Again.

Born in Britian, but soon, he'll be a naturalized citizen. Peter Mayhew, best known for his work in the original Star Wars trilogy as the character of Chewbacca will be among 441 people from 77 different countries who will become naturalized Americans in a ceremony in Arlington, Texas. Why did he join the best country out there? "I got married to a Texan lady. That more or less decided it." He's been married to his wife, Angelique, for six years. He finishes this paragraph by saying that "Whatever people say about America, it is still one of the most wonderful countries in the world." Aw, we're glad to have 'ya, Chewie.

When the 21st James Bond movie comes out, it will have a new face... Daniel Craig. He is expected to be formally announced sometime soon. For the next movie, Casino Royale, we'll see 007 in his early years. The writers hope for more of a character-driven plot, with fewer special effects, like the older Bond movies. Photo taken by Vogue, BTW. (I should mention it, since I'm stealing it... And without permission! The horror!) Other actors who have played the British spy are George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Peirce Brosnan. Craig will be seen this December in Steven Spielberg's terrorism drama, Munich.

We here at TDI like to end on a good note: The FOX Network has announced that there will be no The Simple Life 4. Why is the network letting go of the Paris Hilton-Nichole Richie buddy show? "We did not see a place for 'The Simple Life' on our schedule this season." The studio lies, saying that the series is "still a dynamic and valuable franchise", and hopes it can find a new network partner soon. My money's on VH1. The series focused on a couple rich snobs (who cheerfully admit they one-up the snob factor for the cameras) who have to do grueling "people jobs", like milking a cow, or painting houses, or something "simple" like that. It's the type of stuff that would make for a boring show, unless you have Paris Hilton doing it! Right? Right? No, you say? Yeah, you're probably right.

From Madonna to Chewbacca, from Paris Hilton to David Boreanaz, it's always fresh and unexpected here at The Delta Institute. Until the next post, this is the Director of the Institute, wishing you a good day.