Buzz News Roundup, 3/19

BuzzSugar — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:29:33 PDT

TV Guide reports that Michelle Trachtenberg will head to Gossip Girl to play a nemesis from Serena's past.
The Sci-Fi Channel has signed Rosario Dawson to develop True Believer, the pilot for a proposed series based on a comic book she co-created, Variety reports.
Billboard reports that the Dave Matthews Band and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will headline the first Mile High Music Festival in July in Commerce City, Colorado.
ComingSoon reports on the all-star cast - including Gerard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, among others - set to provide voices for the 3-D animated movie How to Train Your Dragon.
Anton Yelchin will play Kyle Reese in the next Terminator movie, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Ellen DeGeneres will return for a second year as host of Idol Gives Back, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
Snoop Dogg's latest album had his lowest first-week sales total ever, finishing at No. 3 on the charts and being beaten by Miami rapper Rick Ross and a NOW compilation, Billboard reports.
The Hollywood Reporter has news on the cast set up so far for the gay wedding comedy For Better or for Worse, which includes Janeane Garofalo, Rebecca Gayheart and new mom Soleil Moon Frye.
3:10 to Yuma director James Mangold will helm a Cyclops movie, ComingSoon reports.

Salty Goodness: Falmouth Road Race Review

Susi May — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:33:04 PDT

Clocking in at seven miles, the Falmouth Road Race is an odd distance in a 10K world. The course, dreamed up by Cape Cod local bartender Tommy Leonard, originally went from bar doorstep to bar doorstep, according to the oral history of the race related at the New Balance Media Retreat by Christine Frazier, president of the Board of Directors of the race. Inspired by Frank Shorter's 1972 Olympic marathon gold medal win, Leonard wanted to figure out a way to raise funds for the Falmouth Girl's Track Club; the following year the inaugural race was run by 95 participants of all ages. Only one bar remains, but the course remains the same. And the number of participants has swelled to around 12,000.

Like the first race, the 39th running of the Falmouth on Aug. 14 was also a multigenerational race from grandparents and grandkids running - I saw more than a dozen small school-aged children cross the finish line. And this course is not an easy one, as I naively believed before heading out to the East Coast to participate in the race. It's hilly! The curvy first three miles contain just as many hills; after ascending the first major hill, runners are treated to the congratulatory theme from Rocky. There is also a devilish climb just before the finish line, but once crested, the route to the finish is all downhill.