After relaunch, DC goes to zero to explain it all

This combo made from images provided by DC Entertainment show covers of the publisher's zero issues of, from left, "Batman," "Aquaman," and "The Flash." In September, DC Entertainment will publish a zero issue for its 52 titles, a move that co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio said this week will help explain the origins and effects of its rebooted characters a year after it erased decades of history and continuity to start everything from scratch. (AP Photo/DC Entertainment)

This combo made from images provided by DC Entertainment show covers of the publisher's zero issues of, from left, "Batman," "Aquaman," and "The Flash." In September, DC Entertainment will publish a zero issue for its 52 titles, a move that co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio said this week will help explain the origins and effects of its rebooted characters a year after it erased decades of history and continuity to start everything from scratch. (AP Photo/DC Entertainment)

FILE - This file publicity mage released by DC Comics shows DC Comics' co-publisher Jim Lee. In September, DC Entertainment will publish a zero issue for its 52 titles, a move that co-publishers Lee and Dan DiDio said this week will help explain the origins and effects of its rebooted characters a year after it erased decades of history and continuity to start everything from scratch. (AP Photo/DC Comics, Victor Ha, File)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? DC Comics' heroes are going to zeroes.

In September, DC Entertainment will publish a zero issue for its 52 titles, a move that co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio said this week will help explain the origins and effects of its rebooted characters a year after it erased decades of history and continuity to start everything from scratch.

But, the duo said, zeroing out for the month will create new plots and wrinkles for the likes of Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman, among others, and see the debut of some fan-favorite characters as well as set the stage for more ongoing stories in the months to come too.

When DC relaunched its characters in September 2011 with 52 titles, the rebooted heroes and villains weren't starting from zero.

"We started at different points for the different series," DiDio said, adding that having every title go to zero with stand-alone stories helps readers, established and new, "find a level playing field and creates another jumping on point."

Lee said each of the books will help fill in the blanks of some characters' origins or present a full origin story.

"We underestimated the hunger and appetite that readers would have for this backstory when we launched," he said. "The readership has been very intrigued in finding out the backstory in the five years since the emergence of the Justice League."

It's also a chance to bring four new titles to comic shops, too, said DiDio, who added DC plans to keep 52 titles publishing no matter what.

"We want to keep it new and we want to keep it 52 all the time," he said. "We're constantly going to be refreshing the line."

After zero, all the titles will go back to their regular numbering, though each of the 52 "zero" issues will end up in a bound omnibus edition in fall.

Dubbed the third wave, the new titles include "Talon," which spins out of the pages of Batman and, like it, is written by Scott Snyder; "Sword and Sorcery," which sees the debut of 1980s fan favorite Amethyst, whose alter ego Amy Winston comes to realize she's the lost princess of Gemworld; and "Team Seven," which sees the formation of a team designed to counter Superman.

That title has ties to many of DC's current comics because it includes characters like Steve Trevor, Dinah Lance, Amanda Waller, John Lynch, Cole Cash, Alex Fairchild and Wade Wilson.

The fourth, "The Phantom Stranger," shows its namesake learning more about his true origin, his ties to Pandora and his role in creating The Spectre, long a mysterious and powerful hand of vengeance.

"I always loved the mystery and horror aspects of The Phantom Stranger," DiDio said. "The mystery works for and against him and, as a supporting character, the mysteries are really interesting.

"But as a lead character in his own series, that becomes a huge challenge ? you want to know more about him and how he acts and behaves," he said.

Lee said Phantom Stranger will become "a really pivotal part in the New 52. Not just going forward, but going back, too, in the scheme of things."

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Major Sports Complex Proposed for Brooklyn Park

Updated: 06/07/2012 10:50 PM
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The Twin Cities is an active area, and now plans are starting to take shape that would build one of the largest indoor sports facilities in the country in Brooklyn Park.

It's still in the early stages, but the group behind the facility calls it the Minnesota Sports Center. The site would be nine acres, part of it being 400,000 square feet of indoor fields under one roof.

"We really felt that there's a big need for an indoor, mixed-use athletic facility that would draw in folks from all sorts of areas, not just the metro, but regionally and state wide," said David Gee, who is on the board of the group.

According to Minneapolis Northwest, the Twin Cities gets passed over for tournaments each year because we don't have the right facilities, costing the area about $7.5 million dollars each year.

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Notre Dame football recruiting: Smith already working to get others to join him

ANGOLA, Ind. -- On Saturday, coveted outside linebacker Jaylon Smith made known his college choice. On Sunday, he made another big decision, announcing via Twitter that he would wear No. 1 for the Irish when he arrives in about a year.

"I don't know if it's selfish or lackadaisical," Smith said Saturday, "but I'm really obsessed with numbers."

Expect Smith to get to work on increasing the number of players committed to Notre Dame's 2013 recruiting class, a group that now stands at 13. The charismatic Smith said Saturday that he's already gone to work on a handful of players who are in ND's crosshairs.

"He's a very engaging personality," said 247Sports.com national recruiting writer Steve Wiltfong, "the type of guy who can really communicate with other prospects on why he picked Notre Dame."

Smith mentioned cornerback Vernon Hargreaves of Tampa, Fla., and linebacker Alex Anzalone of Wyomissing, Pa., as players he's targeting. Hargreaves is ranked as the nation's No. 9 player by Rivals.com and Anzalone No. 49.

Add to that group, according to Wiltfong, linebacker Michael Hutchings of Concord, Calif. Hutchings is rated as the nation's 51st-best player.

With Manti Te'o graduating, linebacker is among ND's biggest needs. Smith is a huge commitment for the Irish, but there's room for more. And with recent recruiting misses at cornerback, along with Tee Shepard's March departure, ND could stand to add to its current haul of two corners -- Rashad Kinlaw and Devin Butler.

Smith plans to be in South Bend the weekend of June 15 when a number of players are expected to visit. Some, according to Smith, are expected to arrive the previous day, which happens to be Smith's birthday.

"So I won't be there. I'll be eating some cake or something," Smith said.

Smith, however, isn't the only recruit in ND's class who is turning recruiter. Wiltfong also identified wide receiver James Onwualu and quarterback Malik Zaire as guys who can become arms of the Irish staff.

"Those are three real personable young men," Wiltfong said, "that are not shy, that's for sure."

Staff writer Bob Wieneke:
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'Housewives' actress Kathryn Joosten dies at 72

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2008 file photo, Kathryn Joosten arrives at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees for Outstanding Performance reception in Los Angeles. Joosten, the veteran character actress who played crotchety Karen McCluskey on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," died Saturday, June 2, 2012. She was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2008 file photo, Kathryn Joosten arrives at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees for Outstanding Performance reception in Los Angeles. Joosten, the veteran character actress who played crotchety Karen McCluskey on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," died Saturday, June 2, 2012. She was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

In this March 1, 2012 photo, Kathryn Joosten arrives at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 21st Annual Hall of Fame Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. Joosten, a veteran character actress who played the crotchety, nosey Karen McCluskey on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," has died. She was 72. Publicist Nadine Jolson said Joosten, who had battled lung cancer for years, died Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Kathryn Joosten, a character actress best known as the crotchety, nosey Karen McCluskey on "Desperate Housewives" and the president's secretary on "The West Wing," has died. She was 72.

Joosten, who had battled lung cancer for years, died Saturday in Los Angeles, her publicist Nadine Jolson said.

Joosten won two Emmy awards for her portrayal of Mrs. McCluskey, the cranky but loveable senior who kept a close eye on her Wisteria Lane neighbors on "Desperate Housewives." The hit show ended its run on ABC last month with a series finale in which Joosten's character passed away. Her character's battle with cancer was a story line in the show.

She also appeared on NBC's "The West Wing" as Mrs. Landingham, the president's trusted secretary. Over the years, she had roles in a number of other popular shows, including a recurring one on "Dharma & Greg" and guest spots on shows including "Ally McBeal" and "Scrubs."

Active in animal rights causes, she appeared with other celebrities at a 2008 news conference in Los Angeles to ask the city to abandon a project for a $40 million elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.

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Lack Of Music Culture In Schools - Entertainment In Ghana

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Music as they say is a way of life, thus should be inculcated into people from the early stages of life which will in-turn develop un-ending zeal towards whole heartedly embracing music.

Copyright advocate, musician and producer, Carlos Sekyi has said the lack of music lessons in the Ghana?s institutions of basic education has resulted in a dip in intelligence levels of pupils.

He said within the nation?s tertiary institutions, students who offer music and theatre arts courses are frequently ridiculed and looked down upon by their counterparts who perceive such courses as trivial.

The attitude of such students, according to Carlos Sekyi mirrors the generally ?unserious and trifling? attitude that Ghanaian society adopts towards music.

This, he said forms the basis of most of the woes that beset the music industry in Ghana.

He said the most predominant factor responsible for stunting the growth of Ghana?s music industry is piracy for widespread acts of piracy by Ghanaians from all walks of life, aided in no small way by the preponderance of unregulated digital technology and almost non-existent government policies on piracy could cause the nation?s stuttering music industry to collapse.
Carlos Sakyi made the disclosures during a presentation on the topic: ?Key Issues Affecting the Music Industry in Ghana? at the Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) Forum.

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