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■ # Researchers hunt for fossils on James Ross Island,
By Allison Stewart —•* • Scooby Doo 2: Monsters MAY X off the Antarctic Peninsula, where they found the
Chicago Tnbune Unleashed” Scooby and crew bat- bones of a previously unknown, 70-million-year-old
We know vou’re looking forward /**' ■ ,lea Vl!lain who can bnn «? to ,i,e A 4 carnivorous dinosaur in December 2003.
to spnng. and not just because you’re g ' the scanest mons,ers from ,he • “ Gl ' mor ® Girls: The Complete
readv to lose the hats, gloves and " gang s past. First Season One of TV's best A iNo dinnOQl ir
scarves. Loads of new movies - •Shakira, shows gets its own DVD set. Find out /A (J OU DI 6 QI II OSH UI
records and games will be generating \ "Live And Off how it all began plus catch never
heat too. Since we don't want you to ’ . the Record” before seen behind-the-scenes footage. QISCOVGrV
miss a thing, we've put together f Fi ; "* \ This MAY 7 J
this guide to the season's best ~f f a DVD/CD • “New York Minute” Mary-Kate In December 2003, two research teams work
entertainment: a month-by- g ", j, Jr combo features and Ashley Olsen try for movie star- ing thousands of miles apart in Antarctica made
month look at everything from S ||L '\>Jr bve an d never- dom with this comedy about a crazy ■ equally amazing discoveries. Each unearthed the
new music (Britney! Usher!) to a J before-seen footage day in the lives of twin sisters. B fossilized remains of what is believed to be a
books (a new "Princess ■ ' J ' * from the diva s 2002 MAY 14 new pecies of dinosaur.
Diaries") to films ("Shrek 2"). • “Troy" In the season’s first block- I One is an herbivore, or | AA |_
IN qTfiRPq NOW n <„ -r? r he , buster - Pitt- Orlando Bloom and I P lant eater ’ and the other ,s 117 *
IN STORES NOW O.C::Mix 1 The first-ever soundtrack Eric Bana (former star of The Hulk”) I a carnivore, or meat eater.
• “The Cat In the Hat" This to TV s show f me of play warriors in ancient Greece. | , Working separately the teams, led by scientists
DVD of the film stamng Mike E° P 7^* C ? Y MAY 21 | and W *' iani Ha^ mer ' f ? U u
.. bands like Jet, Doves and Phantom ■ fossils less than a week apart. They celebrated
•II IMf tth ■ ’■ Planet, whose “California" is the ® Shrek 2 Shrek (voiced by Mike over satellite phones. "There we w re. in the mid-
2 n_iA m SC .. show's official theme song. Myers). Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) ■ die of Antarctica, talking to Bill about his find
• Pokemon Colosseum • “Brother Bear” The DVD of this and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) return in ■ 2.000 miles away,” Martin told TFK. “It was
SZtaUZ Ruhv Disney film about a hunter and ™ ?* S ViT ST n ! h ‘ Whe h rc I mind-boggling.”
orphaned bear cub features exclusive hrst , Shrek . left For h ,°, f I On Feb 26. the National Science Foundation,
to Pokemon Sapphire on this outtakes and games want a preview, the game Shrek 2 for K which funded the research, announced the incredi-
first-ever Pokemon for Gamecube comes out May 11. ■ ble double discoveries.
Gamecube (and it’s in 3-D!). APRIL MAY 25
Includes a bonus disc. • Avril Lavlone “Under Mv SMn' M FROZEN INTIME
• “The Prince & Me" Julia Stiles stars T unaer, y^ n ■
as a Wisconsin premed student who falls a T* , Near Beardmore Glacier, Hammer s team
in love with the disguised Crown Prince album. Though nobody s sure yet, ■ found the bones of what they think is a plant-eat-
'- Wk of Denmark (Luke Mably). P n)babl y ■ in ? sauropod that lived 200 million years ago.
W jf* APRIL Q 4 feature a collabora- H during the Jurassic period. Martin’s find, on an
rs. > e«ra c k a %k.- 1 tion with H island off the A tarctic Peninsula, is a type of
B. BkH W * Ella Enchanted Anne ' 1 ex-Evan- ■ theropod. a group that includes the tyrannosaur.
w Hathaway (the star of The B ® escence B The meat eater lived in the Cretaceous period,
■ Princess Diaries ) plays a girl gg " v member B around 70 million years ago.
usher who can t say no, thanks to an ■ Ben B Any fossil find in Antarctica is rare, because
B eVd s P ed ‘ I \ Moody. bones and other remains are frozen and buned
• Britney Spears, In the W APRIL 23 |B B under many layers of ice. But finding two on the
Zone Britney sD\ D tea- M • “13 Going On 30" Jennifer H continent in the same week was unheard of—
tures live performances and ■ Gamer plays a teenager who Jf £ / U B until now. “We know very little about life in
new^ songs, including one writ- ■ wakes up one morning as a 30- r L B Antarctica from this particular time period.”
ten by P. Diddy. ■ year-old magazine editor in this S vßft ’I B B Martin says, "so we have a lot to learn."
• “Princess in Pink” Vol. 5 ■ “Freaky Friday”-like comedy. ■ ( B Excavating the fossils is just the beginning. The
of the "Princess Diaries" series B APRIL 27 1 LOOKING scientists will now start a yearlong process to ana-
asks one question: Will Mia H • Dl2 “Dl2 World” The latest H. AMF-AI") B lyze the bits of teeth and bone. “It's a detective
make it to he prom? | aibum fr om Detroit rappers Dl2 1 Am 27themanv great Ft I story," Martin “You take all these bits of evi-
• Usher, “Confessions ” | features guest appearances from B CDs set i 1 B dence and reconstruct the past.
Featuring the No. 1 single I 50 Cent and Eminem (who's due B? o St
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mixes PA M rv.n and the ■ end ms the „ear» B °° K Tor a J Ollll t ■' B grade. I decided that I would work on fossils,
mixes R<SLB. pop and the g end of the year). » Doubt/Blink 182 tour, 1 _tk B,MS B Martin says "And here lam working on the most
Southern-rap style better B APRIL 30 B the lonv awaited B * «anin says. Ano nere i am. working on me most
innum as eninV B B long-awaited ■S unique dinosaur ever found in the world s south-
h*' ■ • “Mean Giris" Lindsay Lohan and B movie version of jB B emmost continent."
• The Vines, “Winning ■ “Saturday Night Live's" Tina Fey co- B “Hany Potter and B % B
Days” Expect more melodic ■ star in this comedy about a clique of B the Prisoner of B W B FAST FACT
rock on the second album from B popular high school girls B and the IB The sauropod fossil is only the sixth to be
Australia s coolest band. BZ > who torment a new student. B Sims 2 video game. W found in Antarctica from that period.'
—Kathryn Satterfield
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