Kiss

Mark Harvey, the Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium streaker, didn't get the same deal that Morganna Roberts, a stripper and exotic dancer who was known as "The Kissing Bandit," did in 1988, when she ran onto the field at Memorial Stadium and bussed Cal Ripken Jr. as he came up to bat. Harvey, 26, a Severn truck driver dressed in a Batman cape and underwear, took to the field at Camden Yards on Opening Day in April. In September, once again dressed in his Batman outfit, he jumping onto the field during the second quarter of the Ravens's game against the New England Patriots.

Kiss rocker Gene Simmons and actress/model wife Shannon Tweed caused quite a stir at Preakness 2013 when the two stopped by the Christine A. Moore Millinery tent in the corporate village of Pimlico Race Track. Dozens of onlookers watched and snapped photos as the two combed through Moore's collection of colorful creations. After Tweed tried on a number of hats from the New York-based designer, she settled on the Thrill hat, a wide-brim sheer pink hat topped with a long feather. The hat cost a pretty penny: $900.

Singer Katy Perry might have done a service for her country by giving a concert for the Annapolis Naval Academy the other day. But she gave one midshipman a little more -- a kiss right on the lips. The proudly smooched one was a happy-looking fellow named Nicholas "Tanner" Beasley. The singer gave the private show for the Naval Academy on Friday. The lip lock came while Perry, dressed in a midriff-baring, quite short, sequined sailor outfit, had Beasley on stage -- while his peers hooted, whistled and otherwise went wild.

Poor Sansa Stark. First, she was pledged to marry the despicable, pathetic, cruel, spineless boy-king Joffrey. Now, the Lannisters are plotting to stick her with his even less-attractive uncle, Tyrion. Granted, to viewers of “Thrones,” if you're going to have to marry a Lannister, you'd definitely choose the funny, likeable Tyrion. But to 12-year-old Sansa, who has watched Lannisters behead her father, plan to kill her brothers and generally be horrible to her, Tywin Lannister's plot is going to be a form of mental torture.

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The September issue of "Every Day with Rachel Ray" takes a look at nine of the best “Little Italys” in the United States, and Baltimore's own Little Italy is among them. In the magazine's big Italian issue, which comes out on Tuesday, Ray says, "Baltimore's Little Italy, a pocket of cozy brick buildings, feels like home. " She directs readers to Germano's “for a Taste of Tuscany, the home of owner Germano Fabiani” and declares the “iconic dish” of Baltimore's Little Italy to be clams casino.

A lover's lane, a car and a kiss: Filtered through imperfect memory, idealized by time, pitching woo in the "old days" seems so simple compared to today's convoluted courtship rituals.Back then (whenever that was) it was enough to find an undeveloped cul-de-sac (Nacirema Lane in Baltimore County was a favorite, according to one fortysomething Baltimorean) or a silent construction site. Couples could park at Loch Raven Reservoir, the overlook at Druid Hill Park, get lost in the Cylburn woods or Robert E. Lee Park.

Last night's "Roseanne" should have been titled "Lucy Goes to a Gay Bar" not "The Kiss."Oh sure, the much publicized lesbian kiss was there between Roseanne and a character played by Mariel Hemingway. And it was at least 3 1/2 seconds, just like ABC wouldn't confirm it would be.But there was nothing very sensual or explicit about it.The context was that Roseanne goes to a gay bar mainly to prove she's "cool" to co-worker Nancy (Sandra Bernhard). At the bar, she dances with Nancy's girlfriend, Sharon (Hemingway)

Todd Pearthree is a director who doesn't shy away from a challenge, and staging "Kiss of the Spider Woman" at small, conservative Theatre Hopkins definitely qualifies as a challenge.Based on the Manuel Puig novel, which was in turn the basis for the 1985 movie starring William Hurt, "Kiss of the Spider Woman" focuses on two cellmates in a Latin American prison. Theatre Hopkins' production, which opens tomorrow, stars Edward J. Peters and Christopher Millard. Lanor Long plays the title role -- a fictitious movie star idolized by one of the prisoners.

Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss stops your heart and keeps your belly jiggling with laughter. It's an improbably sunny tragicomedy. While the picture plunges to the limits of romantic disappointment, Muccino and his ensemble never cease to emit a buzz of life-replenishing energy. The movie elegantly traces the stumbling steps of some Roman buddies nearing 30. Like the fellows in Fellini's I Vitelloni or Barry Levinson's Diner, they reinforce each other's insecurities about becoming full-fledged men and accepting the challenges of wedlock, jobs and raising children.

Mark Harvey, the Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium streaker, didn't get the same deal that Morganna Roberts, a stripper and exotic dancer who was known as "The Kissing Bandit," did in 1988, when she ran onto the field at Memorial Stadium and bussed Cal Ripken Jr. as he came up to bat. Harvey, 26, a Severn truck driver dressed in a Batman cape and underwear, took to the field at Camden Yards on Opening Day in April. In September, once again dressed in his Batman outfit, he jumping onto the field during the second quarter of the Ravens's game against the New England Patriots.

I know mistletoe is poisonous, but what about other holiday plants? I have a toddler and a nutty cat that nibbles on everything. Mistletoe leaves and stems are indeed poisonous. The latex sap of poinsettia may cause contact dermatitis. Holly berries, yew (all parts), aucuba (all parts) and amaryllis bulbs can cause symptoms when ingested. Oriental bittersweet and English ivy are both highly problematic non-native invasive plants as well as being toxic, and should be carefully disposed of after use in decorations.

Pity the anchorman. Andrew Johnson of CTV Vancouver Island was on the air talking to Astrid Braunschmidt, the weather reporter. Transitioning from a story about a town where couples used to come to "canoodle," he said to her, "It's time now for a look at your forecast with Astrid. Maybe we can canoodle before you get into it. " Her response: "We won't be canoodling. " He thought the word meant "chat. " Instead, canoodle means to "kiss and caress amorously. " I would have thought it American slang.

The September issue of "Every Day with Rachel Ray" takes a look at nine of the best “Little Italys” in the United States, and Baltimore's own Little Italy is among them. In the magazine's big Italian issue, which comes out on Tuesday, Ray says, "Baltimore's Little Italy, a pocket of cozy brick buildings, feels like home. " She directs readers to Germano's “for a Taste of Tuscany, the home of owner Germano Fabiani” and declares the “iconic dish” of Baltimore's Little Italy to be clams casino.

Kiss and Motley Crue performed at Jiffy Lube Live on Friday night. Midnight Sun contributor Jay Trucker was there. Thirty years after they first toured together, Kiss and Motley Crue are back out on the road, opening their 2012 summer tour on an intermittently stormy night in Bristow. But if Crue is officially the opening act on this tour, their bigger stage show, equal-lengthed setlist and more frenzied audience suggests otherwise.  Motley Crue's stage show is a spectacle.

Singer Katy Perry might have done a service for her country by giving a concert for the Annapolis Naval Academy the other day. But she gave one midshipman a little more -- a kiss right on the lips. The proudly smooched one was a happy-looking fellow named Nicholas "Tanner" Beasley. The singer gave the private show for the Naval Academy on Friday. The lip lock came while Perry, dressed in a midriff-baring, quite short, sequined sailor outfit, had Beasley on stage -- while his peers hooted, whistled and otherwise went wild.

Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion to reveal the astounding results of secret scientific research that the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has been conducting on the biochemical basis of romantic love.For years, Hopkins has carefully concealed everything about this project. But over the weekend wild rumors of some remarkable scientific breakthrough swept through the medical laboratories in East Baltimore. By yesterday afternoon, the clamor had finally forced the dean's office to issue a terse statement acknowledging the research.

It worked for "Roseanne" and ABC earlier this year. When Roseanne shared a kiss with a character played by Mariel Hemingway in an episode titled "The Kiss," it was the highest-rated "Roseanne" of the year.And now, it's working for Fox and "Melrose Place" with an episode some in Hollywood are calling "Son of The Kiss," which may or may not show Doug Savant's character sharing a kiss with another gay character tonight.Make no mistake, Fox and the producers of "Melrose Place" are practicing textbook hype with the will-they-or-won't-they?

"What's wrong with you people? You're all so cynical. You don't smile, you smirk. " - Megan Through all the years, through all the Peggy Olson working-girl iterations and Betty Draper mood changes and Don Draper bed-mate changes, one thing about "Mad Men" has remained the same: the show's about identity, how people cope with changes, roll with the punches or duck and run for cover. Society is there, too. Changing. In it's super-changey 1960s way.  And in the eagerly awaited "Mad Men" Season 5 premiere, it's right there in the viewer's face and on faces of the characters: Cultural upheaval!

A few days ago, a U.S. Marine returned to the States after six months in Afghanistan. Spotting his new honey among the people waiting, he rushed forward and planted an enthusiastic kiss -- their first kiss, as it turns out. A friend snapped a picture and posted it on Facebook. And all heck broke loose. Under other circumstances, it would have been an event noteworthy only for being ordinary, a scene we've seen played out a million times. But we've never seen it like this. That's because Sgt. Brandon Morgan's "honey" is a guy named Dalan Wells, and that photo of them playing same-sex tonsil hockey thus manages to simultaneously affirm and subvert a cherished bit of patriotic iconography: the returning serviceman being greeted by the one he loves.