Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire premiered recently on Comedy Central Thursday nights and is most likely the most expensive show that network has ever aired.

Happy Birthday To reggae singer Sizzla (1977), Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (1974), "Alias" star Jennifer Garner (1972), singer/songwriter Liz Phair (1967), Tool singer Maynard James Keenan (1964)

Entertainment highlights during the week of Dec. 16-22: 1933: Five-year-old Shirley Temple signed a movie contract with Fox.

LICKING, Mo. (AP) - Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in ''Sayonara'' and later starred in the Broadway musical ''Flower Drum Song,'' has died of cancer. She was 78.

Happy Birthday To reggae singer Sizzla (1977), Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (1974), "Alias" star Jennifer Garner (1972), singer/songwriter Liz Phair (1967), Tool singer Maynard James Keenan (1964), "Silent Hill" actor Sean Bean (1959), Canadian wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (1954), Argentine actress Olivia Hussey (1951), Czech composer Jan Hammer (1948), "The Bridge on the River Kwai" actor William Holden (1918; d. 1981), and playwright Thornton Wilder (1897; d. 1975).