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THE WEEKEND NEWSLETTER AMERICA'S NEWSCHANNEL MSNBC Saturday December 14, 2002- Sunday December 15, 2002 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 6AM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: NATALIE WOOD With her skirts as short as her temper and with calculating and uncompromising antics, Heather Locklear staged a triumphant career comeback on Melrose Place and gained critical acclaim in the late 1990s. The slender blond actress with California good looks has often described herself as "socially inadequate" and "working on her confidence." Her real-life shyness might have cost her career. And so might have her magnetic attraction to rebel rockers and bad boys. 7AM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: GRACE KELLY Grace Kelly was a dream come true. She was known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, a gifted performer and a princess. Yet Grace Kelly's life was not always the fairytale everyone imagined. 12PM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: HEATHER LOCKLEAR With her skirts as short as her temper and with calculating and uncompromising antics, Heather Locklear staged a triumphant career comeback on Melrose Place and gained critical acclaim in the late 1990s. The slender blond actress with California good looks has often described herself as "socially inadequate" and "working on her confidence." Her real-life shyness might have cost her career. And so might have her magnetic attraction to rebel rockers and bad boys. 1PM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: PAMELA ANDERSON She is one of Hollywood's hottest sex symbols, one of the most alluring women of our time who might be best know for her high-profile and turbulent love affairs. Headliners & Legends takes a rare look at Pamela Anderson, the small town girl who became a worldwide phenomenon just by attending a football game. 2PM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: VALERIE BERTINELLI She was the button-nosed beauty and teen pinup for a T.V. generation. Then Valerie Bertinelli found love in the arms of a rock star. The years since have been rich in drama and controversy. 6PM ET NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: BACK TO BAGHDAD Veteran war correspondent Peter Arnett travels back to Baghdad to see how things have changed since he was there when he covered the Persian Gulf War. He visits the streets, markets, homes and landmarks of Iraq's capital. Arnett takes viewers to meet the people who live under the rule of Saddam Hussein, where the infamous dictator seems as popular as ever. Boyd Matson hosts. 8PM ET MISSING PERSONS: MICHAEL NEGRETE Missing Persons examines the intriguing cases of people who are reported missing under unusual or criminal circumstances. This episode will center on three unsolved cases of people who have vanished in California, Iowa, and Colorado. The first is a college freshman who mysteriously disappeared in the middle of the night. The second tells about a beloved local news broadcaster who vanished early one morning and was never heard from again. The last case involves a man, his daughter, and his best friend, who were never found, but left the police with very disturbing evidence of their disappearance. 9PM ET MISSING PERSONS: KRISTEN MODAFFERI Missing Persons examines the intriguing cases of people who are reported missing under unusual or criminal circumstances. This episode features the mystery surrounding a young woman starting out on her own after moving to a new home in the big city. It also explores what may have happened to a group of teenaged girls last seen hitchhiking decades ago, plus disturbing new developments in the disappearance of a young man in Oregon. 10PM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THE VANISHING A decorated marine vanishes on the eve of his court martial. A body is found. Was it suicide? Or murder? 11PM ET MISSING PERSONS: MICHAEL NEGRETE 12AM ET MISSING PERSONS: KRISTEN MODAFFERI 1AM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THE VANISHING 2AM ET MISSING PERSONS: MICHAEL NEGRETE 3AM ET MISSING PERSONS: KRISTEN MODAFFERI 4AM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THE VANISHING 5AM ET NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: BACK TO BAGHDAD (2HRS.) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 12PM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: GRACE KELLY 1PM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: NATALIE WOOD 2PM ET HEADLINERS & LEGENDS: KATHARINE HEPBURN Some call her the greatest screen actress of the 20th century. Katharine Hepburn has seduced audiences with her flirtatious beauty, charmed them as a comedian and inspired them by challenging sexual stereotypes. 6-8PM ET ***PREMIERE*** NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: STALKING THE TIGER TIGER'S EYE-Riding on the back of an elephant, National Geographic magazine photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols trails the elusive tiger. TIGER CRISIS- Need to cure a heart condition? Try tiger bones. Looking to ease a toothache? Tiger whiskers might do the trick. And how about some tiger penis soup? It set you back a staggering $320 a bowl. Demand for tiger parts in East Asia has made India's wilderness a dangerous place for the magnificent felines. SPELL OF THE TIGER-EXPLORER ventures into a labyrinth of twisted waterways and muddy forests in India with author and naturalist Sy Montgomery in search of the legendary man-eating tigers of Sundarbans. 8-10PM ET ***PREMIERE*** NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: EGYPT'S HIDDEN TREASURES The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is a world-renown treasure house filled with some of the ancient world's most precious artifacts, including the famed burial mask of King Tutankhamun and the Royal Mummies of Luxor. Its collection is so large that the museum lacks the space to exhibit all of its wondrous relics. Some items haven't been seen since they were excavated from Egypt's archaeological sites as far back as 100 years ago. Locked away in dusty crates, scores of priceless artifacts remain all but forgotten in the museum's basement. What secrets does the museum hold? EXPLORER joins National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass on a mission to find out. Hawass will reveal some of these hidden treasures for the first time in a special exhibition to celebrate the museum's 100th birthday. 10PM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: LOCKUP: VIOLENCE BEHIND BARS An inside look at the problem of violence and uprising in America's prisons. 11PM ET NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: EGYPT'S HIDDEN TREASURES 1AM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: LOCKUP: VIOLENCE BEHIND BARS 2AM ET WEEKEND MAGAZINE: MEDICAL MISTAKES Medical mistakes. According to one government report, errors made in hospitals are the eighth biggest killer in the U.S. How a simple operating room mix-up led to a tragic death- not all that unusual. But what happened next, was. John Hockenberry reports. 3AM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: MEAN DOGS: BORN OR BRED? Why do some dogs attack people...are they just born killers or bred that way? Get a ring-side view of the vicious and disgusting exhibition of dog-fighting. No surprise it's a million dollar business... both the breeding and the betting. Though it's outlawed in every state, the underground world still thrives. The result is more and more of the rest of us are becoming victims of attacks. Again, a warning that this program contains brutal video and is not appropriate for children. 4AM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THE ANIMAL SMUGGLERS An investigation of the smuggling into our country of rare and endangered animals for use in private zoos and illegal pet shops. 5AM ET MSNBC INVESTIGATES: BIG GAME/BIG MONEY A look into the world of big game hunting. *Schedule subject to change. ========================================= For more info, go to http://www.msnbc.com/news/MSNBCCABLE_Front.asp This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received this MSNBC Primetime Announcements newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. 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