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A bronze Fonz statue will be dedicated this summer in Milwauke in honor of the coolest character on TV.

The “Happy Days” character, played by Henry Winkler, will be dedicated during a ceremony on Aug. 19 in Milwaukee. The statue will be located at the River Walk, located just south of Wells Street on the eastside.

Winkler and the show’s stars are scheduled to make an appearance and sign autographs. Besides Winkler, other stars planning to attend are Marion Ross (Mrs. Cunningham), Tom Bosley (Mr. Cunningham), Erin Moran (Joanie), Don Most (Ralph Malph) and Anson Williams (Potsie).

Stars of the Happy Days spinoff, Laverne & Shirley, also plan on attending. Penny Marshall (Laverne) and Cindy Williams (Shirley) will be there along with the show’s creator, Garry Marshall.

The daylong celebration will conclude with the cast being honored at a pre-game ceremony at Miller Park, prior to the Brewers-Astros game. The cast will throw out the first pitch, while ”Potsie” will sing the National Anthem. 

A commemorative bronze the Fonz baseball card will be given to every fan at the game.

For more information, check out the official WEBSITE. 

If you think you know all there is to know about ABC’s Lost, then you should take this extremely hard Lost quiz.

“Dark UFO” offers “The Hardest Lost Quiz Ever” on its site. Go HERE to take the quiz.

Good luck…and remember, the season finale of Lost begins at 9 p.m. tonight!!!

Are you getting as excited as I am about the Lost finale tonight?!? I can’t wait!

In the meantime, a YouTube video put ever Lost flash-forward in chronological order. It’s nearly 9 minutes long, and can be seen be clicking right HERE.

A Lost rerun airs at 8 p.m. Thursday on ABC, followed by the two-hour finale at 9 p.m.

TV NEWS

-MTV Movie Awards is Sunday. Mike Myers is the host.

-Heroes returns Sept. 22 for its third season.

-The second season of Torchwood and the first season of Pushing Daisies come out on DVD Sept. 16.

-Jorja Fox and Gary Dourdan will both be back on CSI in the fall.

-Fox’s new series When Women Rule the World begins Monday.

TV PREMIERES

Sunday — Code Monkeys (G4); Million Dollar Password (CBS); In Plain Sight (USA); Platinum Weddings (WE)

Monday — Legally Blonde the Musical: the Search for Elle Woods (MTV); The Mole (ABC)

Tuesday — 30 Days (Spike)

Wednesday — She’s Got the Look (TV Land)

TV FINALES

Tonight — Lost (ABC)

Friday — The Sarah Jane Adventures (Sci Fi)

Sunday — The Tudors (Showtime); Ax Men (History)

Tuesday — Most Outrageous Moments (NBC); Women Behind Bars (WE); The Alaska Experiment (Discovery); Deion & Pilar: Prime Time Love (Oxygen); Iron Ring (BET)

MOVIES…arriving in theaters Friday, May 30:

-Sex and the City

-The Strangers

limited releases: The Foot Fist Way, Savage Grace, Stuck

DVDs…being released Tuesday, June 3:

-Semi-Pro

-Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show

-The Eye

-The Andromeda Strain

-Weeds: Season Three

-The Dead Zone: The Final Season

-Dirty Harry (collector’s edition)

ALBUMS…going on sale Tuesday, June 3:

-Weezer, “The Red Album”

-Ashanti, “The Declaration”

-Jewel, “Perfectly Clear”

-Various Artists, “Now That’s What I Call Music! 28″

-Chris Brown, “Exclusive — The Forever Edition”

-Gavin Rossdale, “Wanderlust”

-Peter Cincotti, “East of Angel Town”

-Disturbed, “Indestructable”

-Journey, “Revelation” (Wal-Mart only)

LOCAL EVENTS

–Take a free nature walk at Munson Park, hosted by City of Monroe Parks and Recreation. It’s at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the far back parking lot by the woods.

–A free youth basketball camp is being hosted by City of Monroe Parks and Recreation. It’s from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hellenberg Park.

–Beginning June 3, free yoga will be held each Tuesday through July 8. It’s from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Mary’s Park in Monroe. It’s hosted by City of Monroe Parks and Recreation.

–The 37th annual German-American Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at Germania Hall, 23156 King Rd., Brownstown (between Telegraph and Dix-Toledo Rds.). For details, call 479-4278.

–A Ladies Day Out Craft and Vendor Show will be from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Children with Hairloss, 12776 N. Dixie Hwy., Rockwood. The fundraiser includes free admission.

–Motocross Racing begins at 8 p.m. Friday at Milan Cycle City, 11400 Townsend Rd., Milan. Gates open at 5 p.m., followed by practice at 7.

–Flying Aces Dog Show will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Frenchtown-Dixie Branch Library, 2881 Nadeau Rd.

REGIONAL EVENTS

–Art in the Park Art Festival will be Saturday and Sunday in Pinckney. For details, call (810) 227-5086.

–Jackson County Rose Festival is Sunday in Jackson. For details, call (517) 787-2065.

–Toledo Yacht Club Mills Race Party is from 6 p.m. to midnight June 5. Gates open at 6 p.m. at Bayview Park, 3900 N. Summit St., building 2, in Toledo.

–Fort Meigs British Car Show is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Fort Meigs State Memorial, 29100 W. River Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio. More than 200 classic British cars will be on display.

–Grosse Ile Island Fest will be held Friday through Sunday at Grosse Ile Airport. For more information, call 675-2364 or visit www.grosseile.com.

3 Doors Down took the number one spot on  Billboards albums chart, selling 154,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Rapper Bun B was runner-up with his album ll Trill, which sold 98,000 copies.

But the biggest surprise was Julianne Hough’s (Dancing with the Stars) self-titled country album selling 67,000 for third place.

Did you buy her album? I heard her voice is really, really bad. What’s your take?

Yahoo has a trailer for Bill Murray’s next film, “City of Ember.”

The movie, based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau, follows two kids who live in Ember where the sky is always dark. As Ember’s power source begins to fail, the search for clues that will unlock ancient mysteries about the city and attempt to save the people of Ember.

Check out the trailer right HERE.

Let me know what you think!

The movie “The Happening” comes to theaters on Friday, June 13.

It stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel and was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Recently, a “red band trailer” for the film was released. HERE it is!

VH1 is holding a casting call for young ladies for their new reality TV show.

It’s a spinoff from “I Love New York.” The network is giving a bachelor from the show a chance to find true love.

Casting call is from 10 p.m. to midnight Thursday at Dirty Rocks in Novi.

Good luck!

Despite bad reviews, families went in droves to see the fourth installment of Indiana Jones.

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” enjoyed the long holiday weekend, grossing $126 million to easily top the box office. Worldwide, it earned an estimated $311 million.

Did you see it? If so, please share your thoughts on the movie!

Box office top 10:

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $126 million

2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $28.6 million

3. Iron Man, $25.7 million

4. What Happens in Vegas, $11.2 million

5. Speed Racer, $5.2 million

6. Made of Honor, $4.2 million

7. Baby Mama, $4.2 million

8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $2.2 million

9. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $1.2 million

10. The Visitor, $917,000

Courtney Love is refuting reports that she scrapped work on her next studio album.

Instead, Love says the album will be available this summer. She said no “scrapping” is going on, only a few retakes since some recordings were leaked online.

In her MySpace blog, Love writes:

“Don’t assume you know any songs on this album. Some may sound somewhat familiar or even have the same titles and arrangements. A few are just precious diamonds I wouldn’t touch, but there’s TONS of NEW ones which you haven’t a clue about.”