We take the weekend seriously around here. So we decided that Kathy Rowings will do a regular Friday look at our WEEKEND, and what you might do with yours. Here's her first report.

* Are you looking for a fun summer trip? I just got back from San Francisco and Chicago, but it's never too soon to start planning another. For that, check out our special travel issue, which this year is on the 10 top places to hear great American music. The editors made a point to steer clear of the obvious -- so no Nashville, no New Orleans -- which makes it a particularly interesting read.

* I'm a sucker for celebrities AND for random fun facts, so I love the magazine's piece on normal people with famous names. How would you feel if your name was, say, Tony Soprano? We interviewed a real-life Tony Soprano, who shared this extra tidbit: In the series, Tony Soprano has a dad named Tony Soprano. That’s the way it is for ‘our’ Tony Soprano as well. His dad, Anthony Soprano, 88, lives in Norwood, Penn., and was a plumber for 45 years. And, for all four fictional and real-life characters, the middle name is Joseph.

* We're nearing the end of the TV season, with one and one half great finales last night: The Office ended with plenty of action, and the first half of Lost's finale (the final two hours air on May 29) was as good as the show's ever been. If you missed either, watch The Office finale here and part one of Lost's finale here.

* Or check out the contemporary retelling of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde airing Saturday on ION. Lorrie talked to Tom Skerritt earlier this week, who has a small part but likes the two-hour movie so much he's happy to talk it up. The real star is Dougray Scott (looking spooky scary as Mr. Hyde at right), recently of Desperate Housewives, but he’s in Australia filming something and couldn’t be available for interviews. That’s too bad because Scott gives an outstanding performance – his transformation from Jekyll to Hyde is eerily understated. Skerritt says it emerged from the interplay between Scott and the director, Paolo Berzman. “It’s all about rhythm, particularly in the creative arts,” said Skerritt, on the phone from his home near Seattle. “The director and Dougray really responded to one another. It is sort of like There Will be Blood -- that was a symphony.”

*It's time to start seeing those summer movies before you get woefully behind. There's Iron Man, Made of Honor, What Happens in Vegas...and, this weekend, the sequel to The Chronicles of Narnia, with newcomer Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian. Ben was one of our faces to watch this year and I have a feeling he'll be watched plenty this weekend.

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