European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 o stars and stripes Friday March 23 2on faces Mac standup comic is ready to sit Down Bernie Mac says he plans to bring Down the curtain on his standup comedy act after 30 years Mac told David Letterman on lbs late show that hell retire after he finishes shooting the comedy film the whole truth nothing but the truth so help me Mac this fall and in going to put it in Heaters and its going to be 30 years for me and in going to Call it the 49yearold comedian said on Mon Day night s show in going to still do my producing my films but i want to enjoy my me a Little bit Mac told Letterman i missed a lot of things you know i was a Street performer for two years i went into clubs i 1977 its a great Way to make a living but it also it takes a toll Doest it its Tough Letterman said Degeneres to Grace greeting cards american greetings corp will develop a line of 32 greeting cards with Ellen Dege Neres that will feature illustrations of the comedian along with her Quirky observations i look at having a line of cards As another Extension of being a Host helping you wish your loved ones Well piggybacking on your birthday greetings Degeneres 49 said in a statement tuesday i like to be up in the Middle of everything and doing it this Way is much easier than crashing parties the cards Are expected to be Avail Able in stores this summer Degeneres actors car grazes celebrity photog Keanu Reeves was behind the wheel of a porsche that allegedly grazed a celebrity photographer standing in the path of the sports car investigators said tuesday the photographer fell to the ground and paramedics were called after Reeves car allegedly struck the Man at pm monday said Deputy de Hernandez of the los an Geles county sheriffs department Reeves 42 want Hurt the associated press left a phone message for a representative of the actor seeking comment he grazed a paparazzi standing in front of his porsche and the Man fell to the ground Hernandez said it want known How fast the porsche was travelling Reeves actress Thurman and Boyfriend split Uma Thurman and Hotelier Andre Balazs have split up her new Yor based publicist Robert Garlock said the couple who have been together on and off for three years Are no longer an item i confirm that they Are no longer a couple Garlock said monday Thurman 36 received an Oscar nomination for 1994s pulp fic Tion she has also starred in two kill Bill movies she filed for divorce from Ethan Hawke in 2004 they have two Chil Dren Thurman Thatcher to get big screen Bio treatment first it was the Queen now the Iron lady is getting the British film treatment Londo based producer and distributor Pathe productions said tuesday it had commissioned a film about former prime minister Margaret Thatcher set during the 1982 Falkland islands War with Argentina Pathe said the film would cover the 17 Days leading up to the conflict and would focus on thatchers controversial decision to go to War Over Britain sparsely populated possessions in the South Atlantic stories and photos from the associated press Gerald s Williams Philadelphia Keith Olbermann sits in his office in Secaucus no before his show the leg lamp was a christinas gift from the Man by staff is abcs Rock Star Cable commentator finds audience for righteous anger Kaplan the former president of Man by who was just appointed executive producer of the lbs evening news All of a sudden a show with millions of viewers was in effect promoting a show with thousands of viewers Keith ought to Send him a hunk of his Check fuelled by countdown Man by is up 40 percent in prime time this year compared to All of 06 averaging 562000 total viewers can has 900000 up 6 percent and inc 19 million up 14 Olbermann rants which he quaintly labels special comments Are filled with sound and fury his Wrath is genuine he said never simulated still for inspiration Olbermann keeps in his ipod a clip of the famous in mad As hell and in not going to take it any More speech by Peter finches crazed an Chorman Howard Beale from the 1976 film network in madness Beale was expressing some great truth he muses it was beautifully written eloquent forceful anger As a Means of expressing truth resonates with me no question anger is part of Olbermann Dan you dont have to dig very deep to find it either my natural position is headfirst into the wind its raining right in my face but if i sit around and think in going to get angry about something that the moment i go right Down the Bill Oreilly path if its not organic i dont do it with Oreilly a lot of that anger is manufactured the longer he goes the More he does not know the difference ent at the network As part of his new fou year Deal hell Bermann by name also do occasional essays for Abc nightly news and u pm j n a primetime countdown specials for Abc Olbermann it some say Oreilly has be at 8 pm the biggest bang still belongs to Oreilly he notched 25 million total viewers up 11 percent in february including 536000 in the 25to54 group up 17 per but by responding to Olbermann barbs Oreilly has helped countdown close the Gap  mos to Fox news for All the attention he paid said Rick we go after him so often because heroes it so often by Gail Shister the Philadelphia inquirer Secaucus no Keith Olbermann types with one Finger his right Pointer eighty words a minute we saw i taught myself at 8 he said every time i try to learn real typing i get a Little confused i usually charge admission for people to see me Man by Doest pay its Liberal provocateur to Type it pays him because almost single handed by Hes made the once foundering net work a serious player in the Cable wars Keith is is abcs Rock Star said Phil Griffin Abc news senior vice president and executive in charge of its corporate Cousin people follow him they believe in him Well liberals do on countdown a newscast built around Olbermann acer Bic wit and passionate rants he relentlessly pounds at president Bush and Fox news channels Bill Oreilly his Nemesis at 8 weeknights that partisan approach works Check the numbers countdown averaged 709000 total viewers in the february sweeps up a whopping 77 percent Over the same period in 2006 according to Nielsen Media research among 25to 54yearold viewers the demographic advertisers ii Keith played Oreilly we might As Well have sent promos to Fox news for All the attention he paid Rick Kaplan former Man by president segment More than 100 times since countdowns 2003 launch to Olbermann the feud stems from what he says Are Oreilly inaccuracies on his inc show