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One of the happiest byproducts of the explosion in made-for-cable-television movies is the forum it offers for actresses of a certain age to keep working in featured roles. Hollywood is still far too willing to celebrate youth over talent, but made-for-cable movies like Lifetime's The Secret Life of Zoey help right the balance. The title role of Zoey Carter in this story of middle-class, suburban, teen addiction to prescription drugs is played by Julia Whelan (Once and Again), one of television's most talented young stars.

Mia Farrow is in bed with Frank Sinatra. It is clear that they have just made love. She's looking satisfied, while there is something between a leer and a smile on his face, when Old Blue Eyes leans over her and says, "How did you like it -- my way."The needle goes straight through the red, and the kitsch-o-meter explodes. Forget Madonna, Roseanne, O. J. Simpson and all the rest. Fox offers a watershed moment in docudrama sleaze and kitsch with "Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story," which airs at 8 tonight and Thursday on WBFF (Channel 45)

Two men told Anne Arundel County police that they were sexually abused as children by a man from their Edgewater community, John Charles Villers-Farrow, police said. Villers-Farrow, 66, surrendered to police Wednesday night. An Anne Arundel County judge reduced his bail, which was initially $800,000, to $250,000 Thursday morning. He is facing 14 counts that include sexual abuse of a minor, perverted practice and child abuse that cover the years between 2000 and 2008 when the two men were between the ages of eight and their early teens, according to the statement of charges.

On July 4, 2008, BESSIE PINKNEY, loving cousin of Gloria Johnson, Geraldine Farrow and Hazel Townes. Friends may call the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST-INC., 4300 Wabash Ave. on Wednesday after 9. Family will receive friends on Thursday at Ames United Methodist Church, 615 Baker St. at 10:30, followed by funeral services at 11.

Our T-shirts will read, the `Genocide Olympics?' The question mark is there because we're still hoping that China will come around and do the right thing. But we're not giving up until they do." - MIA FARROW, actress and activist, on a new campaign to pressure the Chinese government into action on the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, a country where China is a big investor; Beijing is hosting the 2008 Summer Games

On January 11, 2005, MARGARET M. KRATZ, beloved wife of the late Frank A. Kratz, loving mother of Frank E. Kratz, Margaret Kratz-Amland, and the late John D. Kratz, loving grandmother of Heather Lamont, Kurt Kratz, Crystal Williams and Mark Farrow. Also survived by two loving nieces and numerous great-nieces and nephews. Services private. Arrangements by HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC.

Now that it is over, we wonder what to make of the unhapp case of filmmaker Woody Allen, actress Mia Farrow and their children.A New York judge has now awarded custody of the couple's three children to Ms. Farrow after a bruising court battle that included charges Mr. Allen had sexually molested his 4-year-old daughter, Dylan, and his admission that he had a sexual affair with Ms. Farrow's 19-year-old adopted daughter, Soon-Yi. A team of investigators concluded Mr. Allen hadn't abused Dylan, but the judge raised doubts about that finding.

Keye Luke, 86, the actor who played Charlie Chan's No. 1 son in the movies and David Carradine's teacher in the television series "Kung Fu," died Saturday in Whittier, Calif., after a stroke. Mr. Luke's 50-year acting career was honored last month with a sidewalk star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His final role was as Mia Farrow's acupuncturist in a Woody Allen film, "Alice."

The latest and, with luck, last celebrity TV biography of the season begins tonight, and concludes tomorrow night, on Fox, when the Mia Farrow-Woody Allen relationship is dissected in "Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story." For airing such a smarmy and tacky miniseries, the network ought to atone by issuing a two-word public apology: Mia culpa.* "Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story" (8-10 p.m., Channel 45) -- Part 1 of 2. It's called "The Mia Farrow Story," but, except for about 15 brief flashbacks spread over the drama's four hours, this really is "The Mia Farrow and Woody Allen Story."

All of a sudden, Woody Allen's 1979 movie "Manhattan" is a hot rental in the home-video market.The reason is obvious. His affair with Mia Farrow's adopted daughter is the biggest entertainment-industry scandal -- and the favorite gossip topic -- since Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens' arrest last summer. The "Manhattan" tale, to some degree, mirrors Mr. Allen's current trauma.He stars as a comedy writer having an affair with a high school girl, played by Mariel Hemingway. The plot thickens when he dumps his teen-age flame in favor of a neurotic writer (Diane Keaton)