Video: Madonna Calls Indy-Based Super Bowl Aides 'Villagers'
Twice in the clip below from today's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Madonna refers to her Indy-based helpers at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show as "villagers." She appears to use that word when referencing both those who set up her staging in all of eight minutes, and also when speaking to the aid of 150 gladiators she "employed." (Truth be told, she paid them in the currencies of Panera and Papa John's, relative pigspittle for the help they gave this self-loving "Cleopatra" with her ballyhooed entrance. But then again, they are peasants, right?)
That 1987 IU Title Team: Where Are They Now?
Everyone remembers the shot. IU down by one. Six ticks left. Jumper, 16 feet out, Keith Smart fading, fading left to the baseline. There’s a lot of catching up to do. Here’s what Smart and his teammates are up to now.
STREET SAVVY: Washington Street
<< Best Bets Inventive cocktails at The Libertine, workday wear at Jos. A. Bank, Conrad bikes, and a Stormy Kromer cap ($34.99) from Red's Barber Shop Co.
By the Numbers: Richard Lugar's Legacy
Richard Lugar was the 44th mayor of Indianapolis, and the first to successfully seek reelection (before then, city law prohibited the mayors from serving consecutive terms)
Hello, Kitty
Q: Do we have mountain lions? I have a relative in Southern Indiana who insists they’ve returned.
Benjamin C., Indianapolis
Street Savvy: Irvington
Inside ReTULLEd, a special-occasion shop featuring bridal consignment, owner Amy Lee Bonham stocks oodles of excellently priced and often never-worn gowns, along with frocks in enough colors and lengths to please any army of bridesmaids. Nestled between an antiques shop and a florist, and with the addition of tux rentals, it’s no wonder this and other nuptial-minded businesses in the area banded together to form the Irvington Wedding Collective. 5607 E. Washington St., 358-8802, retulled.com.
From the Archives: A Conversation with Char Lugar
Of her half-century marriage, she says, "When I think about it, I wonder, 'How could 50 years have gone by so fast?' I used to think people who celebrated their 50th were old, decrepit, and in wheelchairs—not still enjoying life."









