ShareThisThis is the Scripps Howard News Service LIFESTYLE budget for Friday, May 9, 2008. 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.ENTERTAINMENTBESTMOMS-TV (Pearson, SHNS) --A selection of the maternal TV characters I admire. Most of them are iconic figures now, thanks to endless reruns. 650.MOTHERS-BOOKS (Rosenblum, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- Some are funny, some are goofy. And some are just painful. But most of the confessions in "Dirty Little Secrets From Otherwise Perfect Moms" will be a relief to women who have lost their Mother of the Year title more times than they can count. 300.BRITS-STAGE (Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- NEW YORK: A look at two British imports, the giddy physical farce of "Boeing-Boeing" and the dark despair of "Macbeth." 1,000.FAMILYGLANCE-FILM (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- A capsule look at films from a family perspective. 800.
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