Together, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner make up more than half-century of romantic partnership and comedy gold. Their work together — Tomlin, the legendary actress and sketch comedian, and Wagner, the writer who has penned most of Tomlin’s famous characters, comedy albums and television specials — has shaped a specific, irreplicable canon in American social commentary. It’s heralded the kind of comedy that walks the fine line of racial performance in “Juke and Opal” to lay bare the alienations of addiction, race and class, or finds in a 5-year-old Edith Ann’s curiosity the ironies of American life.

Book of the dayFictionReviewA teenage boy travels through time from modern-day Mississippi to 1964 in a funny and disorientating exploration of racism, celebrity and young adulthood Kiese Laymon is the author of the critically acclaimed Heavy, a memoir addressed to his mother, about food addiction, sexual trauma and growing up black in Mississippi. His time-warping debut novel, Long Division, begins in the same state in 2013 with a televised grammar competition called Can You Use That Word in a Sentence?

Calne is embarking upon an exciting time in its history with the opportunity to identify what is really important for the town through the development of a Town Masterplan. This work follows on from the recent Vision and Scoping Study carried out for Calne.   Calne Town Council is keen to work with local landowners, community groups and  residents to produce a Calne Town Masterplan which aims to make best use of sites and existing facilities.

Redeem now The New York Rangers assigned 33-year-old defenseman Wade Redden to the Hartford Wolf Pack this weekend, where he will play out the remaining four years of his six-year, $39-million contract. All four years. Or else he can quit and get (next to) nothing. This move is the end result of the NHL's perverse salary cap rules. The Rangers (or their parent company, Madison Square Garden, anyway) can still afford to pay Redden's misplaced salary, but they can't afford to let him stay on their roster, as his $6.

As Halloween approaches, photos and clips of various Sexyy Red fans dressed as the hitmaker continue to surface online. In celebration, the "Pound Town" performer recently took to social media, telling fans to drop their Sexyy Red costumes. It's safe to say that she wasn't disappointed, as countless social media users responded with their Sexyy-inspired fits. She reposted some of her favorites, and a few of them are seriously spot-on. "