Arts and Entertainment

Feb 7 News

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• TODAY'S REPORT: $250m boost for TV networks

  COMMERCIAL television networks have received a $250 million-plus revenue boost after striking a lucrative deal with the federal government to have licence fees slashed by up to half. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy yesterday announced he would (read)

• Rihanna's celebrates, BEPs party late

  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Miami's South Beach was swamped with celebrities during Super Bowl week. Whether they were hanging out on South Beach, mingling together at intimate parties or participating in some of the more high-profile celebrity eve (read)

• Saints surprise Colts for Super Bowl win, 31-17

  Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games. (read)

• Google Airs Super Bowl Ad, Making Rare TV Appearance (Update1)

  (Adds Schmidt's comment in fourth paragraph.) Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the world's most popular search engine, aired a minute-long commercial during the Super Bowl, marking a rare use of TV advertising for the company. The ad demonstrated (read)

• BASSIST NEEDED ASAP! (Santa Clarita/ San Fernando Valley)

  Hard Rock / Punk Bassist NEEDED ASAP! We are a female fronted rock band with kick ass songs, image, talented/ dedicated players and a bit of piss and vinigar. We need a bassist with the same to offer. There is both show and lable interest. If your a (read)

• YouTube: Really (Really Really) Crazy Fast Guitar Playing

  This sort of thing generally trips my gag reflex, but, well... this guitarist is so ridiculously fast, it's worth a look. Watch the YouTube video of Brazilian guitarist Tiago Della Vega playing 'Flight of the Bumblebee' at 320bpm. It's a long video, (read)

• Dannii Minogue To Sell Footage Of Pregnant Life

  Australian pop star Dannii Minogue has reportedly invited cameras into her life - to document her hectic career during her first pregnancy.[...] Read more! (read)

• Joe Jackson May Sue Over Photos Of Michael Jackson

  Joe Jackson is seeking to sue media outlet bosses who published a photo of his son Michael Jackson fighting for his life.[...] Read more! (read)

• Hollywood Stars and Broadway Transfers Top 2010 Olivier Nominations

  Nominations for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, the U.K.'s highest theatrical honor, are marked by Broadway transfers and big names. Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening is among the most-nominated shows (with seven), while other notable nominees (read)

• Bromfield vets museum hosting Mountain Division exhibit

  (Broomfield Enterprise - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum, which will feature the 10th Mountain Division exhibit through mid-March, is at 12 Garden Center. Normal hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m (read)

• Farouk Shami, Bill White square off at gov debate Monday night

  AUSTIN ? Houston's two major Democratic candidates for governor meet in Fort Worth Monday night for what likely will be their only statewide televised debate before the March 2 primary. Former Houston Mayor Bill White and businessman Farouk Shami wil (read)

• Instantly Online - 17 Golden Rules to Combat Online Risks and for Safer Sur

  BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, February 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU 'cyber security' Agency - ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) today presents a new report on accessing social networks over mobile phones, 'Online as soon as i (read)

• How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together

  Jay and Dave together? Could it be true? It is, and there they were, Jay Leno and David Letterman sitting on a couch - with Oprah Winfrey between them - upstairs at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where Mr. Letterman tapes his show. The spot was shot last (read)

• Leading Pro-Life Group Reacts to Tebow's Super Bowl Ad

  WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The long-awaited pro-life Super Bowl ad was broadcast in the first quarter Sunday.  Americans United for Life Action President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest released this statement on the airing of Tim Teb (read)

• Looking for Dancers!

  Singer Mizz Morgan and MMHighlights are on a search for two backup dancers! Open to males and females at least 21 years old who exhibit superior talent in dancing. In email include name, picture, and website URL (if applicable). Audition information (read)

• Booking male and female models! (Los Angeles)

  Booking runway models to participate in the official 2010 Evening of Glamour Fashion Event! This event will be held saturday april 10th in hollywood. This event is a charity fashion event to benefit the Love for autism association. Models are not com (read)

• Pete Townshend: Nice to be part of spectacle

  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Pete Townshend is used to playing in front of stadiums filled with rabid Who fans who know every note of their songs. He didn't get that at the band's Super Bowl halftime performance, but he's OK with that.... (read)

• Beyonce's House of Dereon Sued in Contract Dispute

  R&B superstar Beyonce has been hit with a breach of contract lawsuit from the bosses of a Hong Kong clothing manufacturer. The Irreplaceable hitmaker, who launched clothing collection House of Dereon with her stylist mother Tina Knowles in 2005, is (read)

• Male Oscars leads with anti-abortion ad

  No Comments Men in tights The only time I like to see men in tights is at the ballet. But in the spirit of full cultural assimilation, I am watching the Super Bowl tonight ? also known as the Male Oscars (given how many people watch it, and their (read)

• Bihar gets first regional TV channel

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• Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, (read)

• NY Gov. Paterson meets with lawmakers over future

  New York Gov. David Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. Paterson (read)

• Despite drug war, Mexico less deadly than it was a decade ago

  MEXICO CITY ' Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a (read)

• Jazz musician Sir John Dankworth dies at 82

  london (ap) -- sir john dankworth, the british jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. he was 82.... (read)

• Holmes hoping the Super Bowl has no winner

  A year ago, Santonio Holmes got his hands on the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Watching someone else take a turn with the NFL's shiny silver chalice this season is a difficult reality for the Pittsburgh Steelers' standout wide receiver. As such, here was hi (read)

• Metroid: Other M to Focus on Samus's 'Human Side'

  There's still very little known about Metroid: Other M , the new installment in the Metroid franchise that's being developed in collaboration between Nintendo and Tecmo's Team Ninja. But in the pages of the latest Famitsu ( via Andriasang), Metroid (read)

• O'Leary pours scorn on Aer Lingus 'flip-flop'

  o’leary pours scorn on aer lingus ‘flip-flop’ less than a week after new aer lingus chief executive christoph mueller abandoned the pure low-fare strategy of his predecessors, ryanair boss michael o’leary used the announcem (read)

• auditions being held for up and coming piano and guitar players (nyc studio

  soul creation entertainment is looking to audition and discover up and coming piano and guitar players looking to break into the music industry. we're looking to audition guitar and piano players that are looking to develop a studio relationship with (read)

• 'Avatar' loses box office crown to 'Dear John'

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It had to happen sometime, but nobody expected the biggest film of all time to lose its North American box office crown this weekend to 'Dear John,' a low-budget 'chick flick' with a pair of lit (read)

• Male Model Wanted for Gay Sci-fi Photo Shoot (WeHo)

  We are casting for a sizzling, masculine, Caucasian brunette male model (eyes preferably blue but any color is ok) for the cover of an online book. Genre is gay-themed sci-fi adventure. This will be a shirtless solo shoot. Pay: $150 If inter (read)

• UH travel school appeals for liberty

  Alumni, students and supporters of the Travel Industry Management School at the University of Hawaii-Manoa are lobbying the Legislature to keep the school independent of the College of Business Administration. (read)

• Choi gives Pearl City 2 OIA records

  Excitement filled the air at the Oahu Interscholastic Association Swimming and Diving Championships yesterday afternoon as a near-capacity crowd of 600 fans at Central Oahu Regional Park Pool watched Pearl City's Daren Choi destroy meet records in th (read)

• 3:AM Magazine drinks the

  3:AM Magazine drinks the Faye kool-aid.Heidegger in person [i.e., what Faye wrote in a book] comes off as a pathetic Führer groupie. He changed universities so he could be based in the same city as Hitler, to whom he imagined himself as consultant p (read)

• Destination is clear ...

  ... but the path needs to be cleared: From Hope to Reality in Personalized Medicine. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) (read)

• Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of February 5, 2010

  LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of February 5 through February 7, 2010 according to the company's Box Office Essentials (read)

• Ricky Whittle 'gutted'

  Ricky Whittle was 'gutted' to not win 'Strictly Come Dancing'.The 'Hollyoaks' actor, who lost out in the final to BBC sports presenter Chris Hollins,... (read)

• The sad passing of Barbara Caruso

  I was saddened last month to hear of the death of artist Barbara Caruso on December 30.Barbara was amazing: a fascinating visual artist and the author of three important and very illuminating books from The Mercury Press ' two volumes of journals and (read)

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• ATI releases hotfix driver for gray screen issues

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• The Lies Liberals Tell Themselves

  Gerard Alexander has a nice piece in the WaPo in which he analyzes the self-congratulatory narratives liberals tell themselves to demean and delegitimize conservatives. He identifies four mutually supporting explanatory narratives:The belief in a 'va (read)

• Discovery Channel's 'COLONY' casting Infectious Disease Specialists (Hollyw

  Currently CASTING REAL Medical Doctors to Appear on season 2 of the HIT Discovery Channel Show, 'THE COLONY' Now Casting Season 2 of - “THE COLONY” The Discovery Channel invites you to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime experience: in the 2n (read)

• In 1998 and

  In 1998 and 1999, Telef nica Cable (now 100 owned by Telefonica) in Spain started what was called the 'Pilot Project Imagenio' to technically prove the feasibility of offering broadband services over networks IP type connections based on xDSL access (read)

• Teen pleas insanity in Kitsap Co. robbery-killing

  A Kitsap County teenager charged with stabbing an elderly neighbor to death has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The Kitsap Sun reports 18-year-old Daniel J. Mustard entered the plea Friday in the Kitsap County Superior Court. Mustard had (read)

• TiVo: The Trend Continues Down (TIVO)

  (SmarTrend(R) Spotlight via COMTEX) -- SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) on December 17, 2009 at $9.41. In approximately 2 months, TiVo has returned 6.5% as of today's recent price of $8.80. TiVo is currently below its 50-day mo (read)

• Football fan dies at UK match

  • No Stoke supporters involved• Twenty-five year-old arrestedA man injured during yesterday's Premier League match at Stoke City has died in hospital.The 30-year-old fan is thought to have been hit on the head with a bin. He was found unconscious (read)

• Rise in Internet Job Advertisements in January

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• Zinio Preps Ad Net

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• Pronouncing it right is important

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• NCC rally on global warming

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• Mother-son art is abstract, playful

  'Matthew and I shared a studio,'' Ellen recalls as she serves up bottled water, fresh fruit, and cinnamon twist pastries to her son and a visitor in her spacious South End studio. At 69, she's brassy and effusive, dressed all in artist's black and (read)

• open mic with j records!

  the best act gets a free release party and showcase! this night is for the true creative artist and has a wonderful atmosphere! good vibes and energy! the talent is amazing, and the crowd are electric! professional dancers dance away in t (read)

• Happy 7th Birthday Henry Bub!

  Henry Bub, the fabulous GamerBoy, is having his golden birthday today! A basketball, loads of Legos, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga DS, Lego Rock Band 360, a remote control truck and Mario Hoops 3-on-3 DS!  It's his GOLDEN Birthday and we're (read)

• Good bye to an old firend, my 360 :(

  I can honestly say I've had my xbox since the beginning. I got it a week after it debuted into the world and while all my friends xbox's got the infamous red ring of death mine was still kicking ass. I was really proud of the little old guy, never fr (read)

• Kimberley broadcaster calls it a day

  The Voice of the East Kimberley now faces an uncertain future. A lightning storm recently knocked out one of the four modules on the 5-kilowatt transmitter of Kununurra's 6WR Waringarri Radio in Western Australia's northern Kimberley region. But it (read)

• Rise in Super Bowl Ad Prices Threatens Raw Deal for Advertisers

  In the very first Super Bowl, in 1966, it cost just $42,500 to buy a 30-second commercial during the game, and only 26.7 million people watched the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. Times have changed. In Super Bowl XLIV, advertise (read)

• Fifth victim identified in fatal RI fire

  The fifth person who died in a Rhode Island house fire has been identified by her family as 20-year-old Tayla Lackey of Glocester. Lackey's aunt, Robbin Rendine (REN'-deen), says Sunday that Lackey was among the four adults and one baby pulled from t (read)

• ACTORS TO PLAY COLLEGE STUDENTS (Westwood)

  We need 20 girls and 20 guys to play students for a comedy scene in a feature film. We need you for 2 hours on Monday, Feb 8th at 9 pm. The location will be a frat house in Westwood. There is no pay, compensation will be a film credit. If you are int (read)

• Audience work (Sherman Oaks)

  Networks are in production on several new game shows and talk shows and are looking for regular people who are available for part time work on television. Primarily casting guys and girls between the ages of 18 to 35. You must be dependable to be (read)

• Florez and his 9 high C's return to Met Opera

  new york (ap) -- there were plenty of high notes but not quite enough heart as donizetti's comic romp 'la fille du regiment' ('the daughter of the regiment') returned to the metropolitan opera.... (read)

• Poetic Connections: You-Caught-My-Eyes as Creative Kindling

  The Missed Connections listings on Craigslist have inspired the work of New York City artists, comics and playwrights. (read)

• Video: Guy Fieri's Big Game Menu

  On this week's 'Chef on a Shoestring', CBS News has called in the big guns, host of multiple shows on the Food Network, Guy Fieri. He will show us his ultimate 'Big Game' menu. (read)

• Iran cuts ties with British Museum

  TEHRAN - Iran cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus Cylinder, a top official said. Hassan Mohseni, a senior official at Iran's cultural heritage and (read)

• Review: 'Wild Child and Other Stories'

  /script(The Denver Post) if(requestedWidth 0)} It can be said of T.C. Boyle that no one who writes as much writes nearly as well, and that would include such celebrated authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Roth and the late John Updike. Boyle has (read)

• ARTS COUNCIL FACING MAKE-OR-BREAK YEAR: Organizationhas been promoting the

  The Arts Council of Southern Indiana may be the area's best kept secret. But, that may be the organization's biggest problem. For 33 years the Arts Council has provided numerous programs for youth and adults and handed out yearly scholarships to loca (read)

• twentyten 001: superer

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• Alpha Protocol Delayed Yet Again

  Sorry RPG fans, if you're looking at Alpha Protocol being your Mass Effect fix for PS3 , you'll have to wait a little longer. SEGA has officially revealed that the game has been delayed once again. Originally slated for October 2009, the game was (read)

• Ben 10 Heat Blast City 1.0

  Guide this super fast alien and don't let him crash ( read more ) (read)

• Arsenal of Democracy: Release Date Announced

  Paradox Interactive is pleased to announce that the development of BL-Logic's sprawling World War II strategy game, 'Arsenal of Democracy', has been completed, and that the game will be released via all major digital distribution outlets on February (read)

• Aunt saved Lady Gaga from drugs

  Lady Gaga reveals she was saved from cocaine addiction by the spirit of her dead aunt Joanne in new book 'Lady Gaga: Just Dance: The Biography' by Helia Phoenix. Lady Gaga was saved from cocaine addiction by the spirit of her dead aunt. The eccentric (read)

• Aunt saved Lady Gaga from drugs

  Lady Gaga was saved from cocaine addiction by the spirit of her dead aunt. The eccentric star has revealed her life spiralled into a world of heavy drug use in a bid to replicate the lifestyles of her musical idols. The 'Paparazzi' singer would lock (read)

• Disclosure required in ad when APR is stated

  Guru Bios Question: The marketing department was reviewing newspaper ads being run by other institutions and ran across a credit union ad for a car loan stating 'Rates as low as 5.99% APR for 36 months'. Then, for the payment example in the fine pr (read)

• Arizona State post-game analysis

  Washington junior Justin Holiday (left) is quickly making a name for himself as a defensive stalwart. He shut down Stanford's Landry Fields and Arizona's Jamelle Horne. Add Arizona State's Ty Abbott and Rihard Kuksiks to the list. It's not as if Holi (read)

• Helping Haiti: Song Available To Download

  Twenty-one acts have joined forces to record the single, which is a cover of REM's Everybody Hurts. Among those stars who have lent their vocals are Robbie Williams and former Take That bandmates Gary Barlow and Mark Owen as well as Kylie Minogue, Ma (read)

• Courtney Love Too Poor For Shoes

  Courtney Love claims she was too poor to buy shoes.The Hole singer says her new song 'Never Go Hungry' was written about her time of hardship when she and Frances Bean, her 17-year-old daughter with late husband Kurt Cobain, couldn't even afford to c (read)

• Photo Quote Number 7

  Today's Quote(s) on Photography:'A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent.' - Eugene Atget 'And some of mine, it would appear, are infested with fleas too.' - me. (read)

• Venus Williams getting attached to football

  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- There's nothing like part-ownership in a pro football team to get you excited about the sport.... (read)

• Macmillan books coming back to Amazon

  new york (ap) -- after a weeklong absence, new copies of andrew young's 'the politician,' hilary mantel's 'wolf hall' and other books published by macmillan are available for purchase on amazon.com.... (read)

• A graceful window on Colombia's colonial past

  At first glance, the empty expanse of the plaza of Villa de Leyva, a colonial city in Colombia, seems designed to reduce the onlooker to a contemplation of his or her own insignificance. One of the largest town squares in South America, the Plaza May (read)

• update on the King's College palaeography protest...

  by J J Cohen... at Medieval News. Remarkably the Facebook group now has 4,304 members. If you haven't yet, sign the petition (4896 signatures!) and send a letter. Also keep in mind that these are not the only cuts to be made at King's, nor at British (read)

• Movie Review: 14 Blades

  The official poster: 14 Blades A quick check on movie forums on the internet reveals that there are some parties somewhere in the cyberspace, who either agree or disagree that Director Daniel Lee isn't a very good story-teller and that his films (read)

• To do Sunday: Dallas Art Fair

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• Egypt awards contract for museum project

  The Egyptian Ministry of Culture yesterday signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract for a joint venture with Hill International and EHAF Consulting Engineers to provide project management services during the designing and construction of the (read)

• Australian Gaming Sales Week Ending January 31

  Home Forums Games Videos Gallery Friendcodes Cheats Articles Reviews News Mii more (read)

• Artists Encase Home in Ice (PHOTO)

  Two artists have made a big impact on the art world while also bringing attention to America's housing crisis. Photographer Gregory Holm, along with architect Matthew Radune encased a house entirely in ice. The abandoned home is in Detroit, Michigan, (read)

• Artisans keep copper relief art alive in Amritsar

  By Ravinder Singh Robin, Amritsar, Feb 6 : Several ancient art forms such as copper relief art are on the verge of extinction in the country, but a few artisans in Amritsar have preserved this ancient form. Bas-relief is a sculpture technique, which (read)

• Fall Out Boy Fallout Answered With Humor

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• How Britons were lured into debt

  A survey by the Institute of Public Policy Research following the fortunes of 58 low-income families shows how those hit hardest by the recession have been those least able to pay their wayIt all seemed easy to Angela McLeod when a doorstep lender fi (read)

• US publishers smiling again as Kindle rivals emerge

  US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth. A host of rivals to the market-dominating Kindle electronic reader has given newfound hope to publishers (read)

• Love stories: Compatible on paper and in practice

  Vanessa loved Raymond's profile on BlackPeopleMeet.com. She liked that he was a single parent with a full-time job, like herself. She admired that he was a foster parent for four teenage boys. She signed up for the service especially to meet him. He (read)

• Negotiate a fair professional reference if you're laid off

  Negotiating a fair severance package is common when a person involuntarily leaves a company. But just as important is negotiating a fair professional reference. This is one of the biggest blunders people make when they lose a job, said Heidi Allison, (read)

• The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves by Siri Hustvedt | Book review

  Rachel Cooke is impressed by novelist Siri Hustvedt's cool look at a disorder that has confounded her doctors In our culture, telling the world that you, a woman, suffer from migraine or other mysterious and difficult-to-treat disorders is still (read)

• Railgun 18 - PIZZA (THE) HUT Strikes Back

  Pizza Hut strikes again! How many more anime will they be in? Too bad there isn’t a BiriBiri Cheese-kun type doll, I’d have to go to Japan just to get it then! ©2010 Sea Slugs! Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved.. Related posts:EpiR (read)

• Mercer Island rolls | Prep Swimming

  MERCER ISLAND ' Newport sophomore Sebastian Bury was nervous before the KingCo boys swimming and diving championships. 'I had no idea how it was going to go,' he said. It went well. Very well. At Mary Wayte Pool, Bury exceeded his own expectations an (read)

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is snowed in

  Much like the rest of the nation, Weekly Webcomic Wrapup HQ is currently buried beneath roughly a half-mile of fresh snow. Despite our encasing, we've somehow managed to hold onto our internet connection. We know, that doesn't make a lick of sense -- (read)

• Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault

  By P. SOLOMON BANDA 2010-08-03T07:20:50Z ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- Charlie Sheen's plea deal with prosecutors allowed him to avoid jail time for a Christmas Day assault on his wife and also won't require him to do public service around the t (read)

• Rihanna, Sanchez raise money for charities

  Inspired by a young friend who died from leukemia, singer Rihanna is working to get help for those who suffer from the disease. (read)

• Wyclef Jean, choir open BET concert for Haiti

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• Male Model Needed

  We are looking for a Sexy,Good looking Male Models For a Underwear Photoshoot.Please respond with your current pictures !!! to contact for more details please  Click Here! upai-umoh (read)

• FromThe Heart productions

  : Casting for African American girl between the ages of 12-21 for gospel stage play. Must have experience and a singer is a plus Also casting for african american male. between 13-21..singer a plus. (read)