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Posted: 10:41 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011

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By Veronica Waters

  • Move over, Oprah and OWN.  Tyler Perry TV could soon be on your dial.  Lionsgate Films studio says they'd be perfectly willing to back a Tyler Perry network, because the media mogul is that "rare piece of talent that can bring an audience anywhere." 

    At first, "Tyler TV" (the working title of the network) would run hs movies and TV shows, including the popular series of Madea films.  Later, the network would buy and feature outside content which fit with Perry's Christian sensibilities.  Lionsgate is looking into several options to launch this, including a rebranding of the current TV Guide Network.  Two other ideas include buying a small network channel and renaming it, or going through Comcast, which recently pledged to offer more minority-run programming in its recent takeover of NBC Universal. 

    Perry's TBS comedies have generated solid ratings, and he is debuting a new show on that network, "For Better or Worse," this fall.

  • A movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is expected in theaters just weeks before the 2012 presidential election, but the partisan clamor over it has already begun.  The Republican congressman  Peter King wants an investigation to make sure the Obama adminstration doesn't give sensitive info to Hollywood.  White House spokesman Jay Carney says the claim is ridiculous, saying, "We do not discuss classified information. And I would hope that as we face the continued threat from terrorism, the House Committee on Homeland Security would have more important topics to discuss than a movie.''  The film  would have director Katherine Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal at the helm; they won Oscars for "The Hurt Locker."

  • After 20+ years with the AJC, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Cynthia Tucker is leaving to accept a visiting professor's gig in the UGA school of journalism.  Her last regular column was printed Sunday.  Tucker, 56, was editorial page editor of AJC from 2001 to 2009.

  • Hang on to the Wall Street rollercoaster.  This time, worries about Europe's debt brought the Dow down 519 points on Wednesday.  Atlanta finance expert Wes Moss says it's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, as nervous investors sell off.  Today, European stocks have appeared to be making a bit of a rebound.

  • A Fulton County taxpayers group urges District Attorney Paul Howard to recuse himself from the CRCT cheating criminal investigation, because his wife was one of the test administrators.  Special Investigator Mike Bowers says, however, that their probe found that Petrona Howard was in no way involved--in fact, no one had even considered her to be among the possible cheaters.  Mr. Howard is probing possible criminal charges in the district, and insists there is no conflict of interest.

  • Police say nine customers at a BP on Highway 85 in Clayton County have been targeted by a lightning-fast purse snatcher.  One woman tells a local TV station that she paid at the pump and never left her car--but that the thief who stole her wallet was quick and sneaky enough to reach in and grab her stuff.  The manager thinks he recognizes the thief as a local man who dresses in drag.

  • Over the last two weeks, two men posing as to-go customers have robbed nearly a dozen Waffle House restaurants across metro Atlanta.  Once the cash register is open for them to pay for the food they ordered, police say the armed robbers produce a gun and make off with the cash.  The latest robbery came at a Waffle House on Delk Road this morning. 

  • In KISS news about your health:  lighting up is more dangerous for women.  Women who smoke have a 25% greater chance of getting heart disease than male smokers--even though women smoke fewer cigarettes, on average, than men.  Researchers at the University of Minnesota suspect there are biological differences in how women's bodies react to the smoke, but haven't pinpointed it.  The heart attack risk went up 2% for each year the women smoked, compared with men who smoked equally as long.

  • A Gwinnett County stick-up man might've gotten away with his crime--or at least gotten away, period--if he was bilingual. He rolled up on a woman at CVS and they drove around for an hour trying to get money from her bank card. Finally, he told her he'd settle for $100, and gave her the okay to call a friend who only speaks Spanish to get it.  Once on the phone, the woman craftily told her friend what was happening, carefully avoiding obvious words that might have tipped off the crook like "policia."  When they arrived at their location, police were waiting to arrest the robber.

  • Braves second baseman Dan Uggla extends his hitting streak to 31 games by going 3-for-5 with a two-run single in last night's 6-2 win at Florida.  Uggla tied Rico Carty's Atlanta team record for longest hitting streak, and is six away from matching the franchise mark held by Tommy Holmes.

  • The KISS 104 weather forecast:  a mix of clouds and sun, 30% chance of isolated thundershowers, high of 94.
Veronica Waters

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Veronica Waters is the morning news anchor on KISS 104.1 and B-98.5FM. She is also an anchor and reporter for 95.

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