SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET

This is the Scripps Howard News Service LIFESTYLE budget for Friday, June 29, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.

ENTERTAINMENT

TRANSFORMERS-FILM (Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) --Embargoed for Monday release. Filmgoers can't reasonably expect more than pyrotechnic porn from a big-budget summer action flick based on a 1980s line of toys and a cartoon series. Fans of Optimus Prime and the gang will likely be satisfied by the lively "Transformers," but at a bloated 144 minutes, the metallic movie wears out its welcome. 550.

MAROULIS-TV (Pickle, SHNS) -- First he smoldered for the cameras as a finalist on season four of "American Idol." Now Constantine Maroulis is heating up daytime television with a recurring role as music producer Constantine Parros on "The Bold and the Beautiful." 600.

FAMILYGLANCE-FILM (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- A capsule look at films from a family perspective. 650.

CAMPCLASSICS-DVD (Beifuss, SHNS) -- We're all agog because "Trog," Joan Crawford's final film, is now available on DVD, either separately, or as part of the "Cult Camp Classics Vol. 2 -- Women in Peril" collection. 650.

LIVING

DISABILITY-LIVING (Appel, SHNS -- Column) -- A look at the Special Needs Alliance, a group of lawyers who specialize in the areas of disability and public benefits, and how they can help a variety of people. 400.

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