“I carry notes around so I don’t forget anything,” Muraine said with a chuckle. “I have them on a leash attached to my pants.”

In Central Virginia we have been known to celebrate films and books and photographs, presidents, steeplechases and fine wines.

The Wiggles will return to the John Paul Jones Arena for a show at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26.

“I’m not going to pretend that we’re even going to contemplate saving you,“ said Simon Cowell.

Guest mentor Smokey Robinson, who originally performed the classic song with the Miracles, rose to his feet after watching the 26-year-old theater actor hit all the right notes during Wednesday’s Motown-themed installment of the “Fox” singing competition.

The outrageous 27-year-old sketch comedian, who performed as his over-the-top alter ego Norman Gentle, was one of nine semifinalists sent packing Thursday on the popular Fox singing competition.

“It’s ‘SNL’ times three. Times five. Times 10!“ says the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member who, come Monday, will claim the weeknight 12:30 a.m. slot chartered in 1982 by David Letterman, then, in 1993, bequeathed to Conan O’Brien.

Three of the show’s four judges heaped praise on the 28-year-old church music director from Milwaukee on Tuesday, following his rendition of the Mariah Carey tune “Hero” at the end of the Fox singing competition’s first performance show of season eight.

If so, the U.S. might be in good shape when it turns off the last analog TV broadcasts in June, because the lead-up to the smaller-scale turnoff Tuesday has been confusing to both viewers and TV stations.

The 45-year-old Sheridan plays vamp Edie Britt on the comedy-drama about domestic life on Wisteria Lane.

Having just turned 10, a Sussex spaniel called Stump became the oldest best in show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club, ending his retirement last week and taking the big prize Tuesday night.

A Charlottesville resident is one of the 16 finalists who will appear on the new season of Bravo’s “Make Me a Supermodel.”

Still shopping for this year’s holiday celebrations? The Oratorio Society of Virginia already is working on next year’s list.

“I really can’t. I honestly can’t. The journey’s been so long. It’s been tough. It’s been wonderful. It’s been everything I could ever hope for. Wow. I can’t believe we actually did it, girl.“

Since the premiere of “The Music Seen,’’ more than 50 groups from around the region have performed in the annual Music Seen Festival.

Public television station WVPT will take down its channel 50 analog signal between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday.

“I love her, she’s a hoot and she’s so talented,“ Sarah Palin said. “It would be fun to meet her, imitate her and keep on giving her new material.“

“With Kara by her side, Paula has some backup and now there is going to be a lot more ‘girl power’ on the show,“ said Mike Darnell, president, alternative programming of Fox, in a statement.

James Gandolfini, who starred on the hit HBO series, is selling off 24 outfits, including the button-down blue shirt he wore in the opening credits and the bathrobe he donned to fetch the morning newspaper.

“When a life is at stake and it’s your child, you become fearless in a lot of ways. I mean, you just become fanatic,“ the 67-year-old actor Martin Sheen says in the July/August issue of AARP The Magazine. “Nothing ever gets done unless it’s done by a fanatic.“

A Virginia Beach native is headed home after his 15 minutes of fame on ABC’s “The Bachelorette.“