9 P.M. (HBO) THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW HBO gets silly for the evening, starting with this new animated takeoff on Mr. Gervais's podcasts for The Guardian Web site (guardian.co.uk), which earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads.
Joe Nieuwendyk got the Stars started last night and Dallas scored power-play goals 41 seconds apart in the third period to beat San Jose, 4-1, and eliminate the visiting Sharks in five games.
Alfonso Soriano got the Yankees started quickly tonight, lashing the third pitch of the game into the stands in left field for his 33rd home run of the season and 12th to lead off a game.
Find out who will be getting the weekend started on Friday night.
Donald Byrd got the afternoon off to a wonderfully outrageous start with his "Ellington Phantasia," to pieces by Duke Ellington.
Ms. Nelson got the evening off to a relatively earthy start with "They've Lost Their Footing," set to folk-rock music by the Swedish group Hoven Droven.
Earlier on the card, Peace And Co, the favourite for the Triumph Hurdle since making a successful British debut at Doncaster in mid-December, got the afternoon off to a rousing start for the punters as he edged past his stablemate Top Notch in the final strides to win by a neck.
Martin Short got the evening off to a flying start by singing songs from Brooks' films, including "I Want to Be a Producer" and "Springtime for Hitler" from "The Producers" and the "Blazing Saddles" theme song surrounded by a bevy of statuesque chorus girls who towered over Short.
Most of the tourists got into town Monday night, starting the trip with a rooftop buffet dinner at Perch in downtown Los Angeles where they heard Fox and former Chicago Bulls star Jalen Rose discuss what it was like being on the court with Bryant.
I spent four hours in hospital that night in a pretty terrible state, got back to England the next morning, started to recover and woke up two days later to discover that I'd been given the Nobel prize for literature!
