LOS ANGELES, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The future of cheating has arrived, courtesy of the world's largest infidelity dating site. In response to increased public demand for further ways to engage in discreet affairs, AshleyMadison.com launched Ashley Madison Mobile(R) allowing users with Mobile devices to "Have an Affair. Anywhere." As Ashley Madison founder, Noel Biderman, explains, "Millions have people said they would have an affair if the right opportunity presented itself. Here is their opportunity."
History has shown that cases of infidelity significantly increase as society provides people with more opportunities to cheat. The first major shift occurred when women entered the workplace, introducing them to a whole new level of freedom, as well as a whole new dating pool of men. Another major spurt resulted from the introduction of the internet and infidelity sites such as AshleyMadison.com. Now, with the launch of Ashley Madison Mobile, cheating has become easier and more progressive than ever.
NEW YORK -- A Chapter 11 filing by Chrysler is likely to cause minimal damage to the broader $577 billion leveraged loan market.
While its creditors will take a significant hit, the Chrysler loans were never broadly syndicated, which helps limit more widespread damage. Chrysler has 46 creditors, with four banks holding roughly 70% of the loans.
"It's a pretty unique situation and not a surprise in the loan market," said Meredith Coffey, senior vice president of research at the Loan Syndications and Trading Association.
Other market participants concurred, saying heavy government involvement in negotiations makes it difficult to use Chrysler as a gauge for future loan performance.
According to today's press conference, the Zodiac Killer was some guy named Guy Ward Hendrickson. Whatever. But here's where it gets good: Hendrickson allegedly took his daughter, Deborah Perez, along with him for the murders.
Perez spoke at today's press conference. Here are just a few of her wild claims.
During the shooting deaths, he told her the gun shots were firecrackers.
She stamped the envelopes containing the cryptic letters sent out to local media.
She embroidered the mask he wore while committing his notorious acts.
During a routine police stop, he stuck his gun in the back of her pants. This happened just after the 4th of July killings.
colin quinn The Improv is moving across the street for one night where it will be joined by Colin Quinn.
Quinn, Maryellen Hooper and Don McEnery will perform at 7:30 Saturday, April 11 in the South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Howie Nave will be the host.
At 10 p.m., Hooper, McEnery and Nave will be back at The Improv inside Harveys Resort and Casino for another show.
Quinn, who wasn’t available for an interview, has been in the national spotlight for years for his work in standup comedy, movies and television
Google launched a new search tool yesterday designed to help Web users find public data that is often buried in hard-to-navigate government Web sites.
The tool, called Google Public Data, is the latest in the company's efforts to make information from federal, state and local governments accessible to citizens. It's a goal that many Washington public interest groups and government watchdogs share with President Obama, whose technology advisers are pushing to open up federal data to the public.
The company plans to initially make available U.S. population and unemployment data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, respectively. Other data sets, such as emissions statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency, will roll out in the coming months.
Comedy Central favorite Gabriel Iglesias Tapes his New 1 Hour Special at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday, April 25th. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias tapes his second 1 Hour Special at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, TX on Saturday, April 25th. Gabriel Iglesias has been described as unbelievable, electrifying, and gifted, and consistently delivers a high-octane show. Gabriel has an ability with voice effects and impressions that is absolutely drop-dead FUNNY! Iglesias blends his impeccable voice skills with an uncanny knack for hilarious storytelling. Gabriel's style of comedy is a mixture of story telling with character's and sound effects that bring his issues to life. His amazing ability to cross over with his clean animated style of comedy has made him a big demand in all markets.
Oksana is a stunning woman, with long flowing dark hair, captivating eyes, and luscious lips. We can enjoy her new found fame by looking at her lingerie piano pictures. It is not hard to see why Mel fell for such an enticing woman. You can also find those photos in a video below.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are expecting twin girls via a surrogate, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Both Parker and Broderick's reps confirmed the news.
A friend of the couple told Entertainment Weekly that they have been trying to expand their family since the birth of their 6-year-old son James, but had been unsuccessful.
"They came to the conclusion that this was going to be the best alternative for expanding their family," the friend told Entertainment Weekly.
Austin City Limits, has announced it's 2009 lineup. The show is of course in Austin, Texas, and features over a hundred bands on eight different stages over three days. This year's festival includes Beastie Boys, Thievery Corporation, The Dead Weather, Sonic Youth, The Decemberists, and a lot more. Check out the festival overview for a complete line up.
Austin City Limits has grown into one of the largest in the world, as well as one of the oldest, and is now rapidly becoming one of the most diverse. Take this year's ACL lineup, for example. The acts are widespread among the genres, from indie rock and alternative to country, blues and folk to rock 'n' roll, bluegrass and zydeco.
You can of course jump into the whole social media thing by connecting with the festival on Facebook, MySpace, email and mobile. They'll of course be tweeting their hearts out on Twitter because everyone is doing it, and ACL doesn't want to be left out.
IRVINE, Calif. -- June 19, 2008 -- RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today announced a new partnership with Bid4Homes (www.bid4homes.com), an online auction site specializing in distressed property from banks, government agencies and private parties. The partnership enables RealtyTrac users to research and bid on a wide selection of online real estate auctions nationwide. The Bid4Homes proprietary Web-based applications and patented ..
Brittanee Drexel, a junior at Gates Chili, is missing. Her mother, Dawn Drexel, has appeared on TV to appeal for help to locate Brittanee. Mrs Drexel said she had a gut feeling Brittanee was not safe.
Brittanee Drexel left for Myrtle Beach without her mother’s permission. Drexel left for Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, April 22. Drexel was last seen by her friends on Saturday, 8 pm, on April 25.
Brittanee Drexel left her clothes behind in the hotel room. Mrs Drexel said it was unlike Brittanee not to call her. Brittanee did not call her boyfriend either since she went missing.
Gates-Chili school has offered counseling and assistance to their students and related persons.
"We are working very hard to get ahead of this virus," said Governor Bobby Jindal.
With swine flu now confirmed and suspected in five states including our neighbor Texas, Governor Jindal is taking action. GOHSEP activating their crisis action team monitoring national trends and any reported cases in Louisiana.
"We're also tracking hospital admissions at select hospitals across the state. We're working with the Louisiana Hospital Association and Louisiana pharmacies to access the availability of the anti-flu drug as well as there capacity in terms of in patient capacity," said Gov. Jindal.
As of now, the state has a stockpile of adult and pediatric anti-viral doses, including more than 377,000 Tamiflu treatments and 94.000 Relenza treatments.
International code for transmitting messages by wire or radio using signals of short (dots) and long (dashes) duration, originated by US inventor Samuel Morse for use on his invention, the telegraph (see telegraphy).
The letters SOS (3 short, 3 long, 3 short) form the international distress signal, being distinctive and easily transmitted (popularly but erroneously save our souls). Its use was discontinued in 1997. By radio telephone the distress call is ‘Mayday’, for similar reasons (popularly alleged to derive from French m'aidez, help me).
NASCAR driver Carl Edwards is in good shape after a fiery crash at NASCAR’s Talladega Speedway Sunday, but several fans are less lucky. The crash sent wreckage flying into the stand, injuring seven spectators and sending two to the hospital.
Carl Edwards’ Crash
Carl Edwards’ crash occurred in the final lap of Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at the Talladega Speedway. Edwards’ car actually flipped 15 feet into the air in the collision, also involving drivers Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
you might be rich In a rough economic time like this one, who couldn't use some extra cash?
There's billions of dollars of unclaimed cash out there.
Welcome to the wonderful little secret called unclaimed property: It could be an old paycheck, stock note, or inheritance that’s owed to you. When no one claims these valuables, they’re eventually turned over to a state— where they may languish for years. On “Dateline,” we showed people who were happy to discover they had forgotten treasure.
Most states don’t have the staff come out and find you. But if it’s there, you can find it on your own.
Hemlock High School students and staff are sponsoring the third annual Bill Agresta Scholarship Hustle (BASH) on Saturday, April 25, at Hemlock High School, 733 N. Hemlock Road. Registration begins at 8 a.m., the Tot Trot at 9 a.m., followed by a 4-mile run and walk at 10 a.m. The Hemlock High School drumline will play along the route and the pom-pon team will perform to cheer runners and walkers along the way.
This event will benefit the Peggy Munger Scholarship Fund at Hemlock High School. The Bay Area Runners Club is assisting with the race. Hemlock High School is partnering with Hemlock Boy Scout Troop 337 to plan this event.
Late in the fourth quarter, the Rockets grabbed three consecutive offensive rebounds on the same possession to set up a 3-pointer by Shane Battier.
A minute later, Carl Landry grabbed a loose ball.
Again Battier drilled a 3-pointer.
Four games into their first-round playoff series, the Rockets have beaten the Portland Trail Blazers at their own game.
“(Rebounding) was No. 1 on our list of things that we had to pay attention to coming into this series,” said Battier, who had eight rebounds in the Rockets’ 89-88 victory Sunday over the Blazers in Game 4 at Toyota Center.
“Every game we have focused on limiting them to one shot. So far we’ve done a good job, but we know we have to do an even better job in Game 5.”
Tate could be a classic example of value pushed down to later levels of the draft. Were it not for a knee injury (granted, a significant knee injury in which he tore both the ACL and MCL), the consensus among the talking heads on ESPN is that the speedy, versatile Tate would've been a first-round pick.
Still, this might feed the flames of frustration for some Patriots fans about this draft. Not only are the Patriots not in need of a WR - especially not compared to their needs at linebacker - Tate also flunked the "intelligence test" and tested positive for weed at the combine. ("Intelligence test" because everybody knows they're going to be tested at the combine.) Herm Edwards et al theorize Randy Moss will become his rabbi. I say you can't just assume that.
Once again, the Patriots throw a curve in this draft. That's all well and good, but getting a linebacker at some point would probably be nice.
The Dolphins have addressed their wide receiver needs by selecting USC receiver Patrick Turner.
Turner played at the Senior Bowl and just said the Dolphins were the first team he talked to. Turner did play in a pro style, west coast offense at USC.
"I felt that really prepared me to take the next step," Turner said. "I feel like I'm a pretty good red zone threat. To be on the other side of Ted Ginn and Ernest Wilford we can be a good threat."
Turner compares himself to a Marques Colston and Keyshawn Johnson. He is a big, big dude at 6-5 and 223 pounds.
Kraig Urbik, a versatile experienced four-year starter, became the third Badgers selected on Sunday's Day Two of the NFL Draft when the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers selected him with the 79th pick.
As the first Badger freshman to start at tackle since former All-American Chris McIntosh in 1996, Kraig Urbik was something special from the beginning for the UW offensive line. Starting 45 consecutive games before an injury forced him to miss two games his senior year, Urbik was a staple at right guard, a position he moved to and stayed at beginning in his sophomore season.
A three-time UW offensive player of the week, Urbik came back strong to play in his final five games, making a grand total of 50 career starts.
IRVING -- And on Day 2 of the 2009 NFL Draft, the Cowboys finally make their first pick, choosing Western Illinois linebacker Jason Williams.
Following Williams, they chose Ball State offensive lineman Robert Brewster (6-foot-4, 325 pounds). He played tackle in college but projects to be a guard in the NFL. In the fourth round, the Cowboys snagged Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee. He is the first quarterback drafted by the Cowboys since Quincy Carter in 2001 and just the second since 1991.
Bath Rugby face an away match at Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership semi-finals after ending the regular season with victory over Saracens at The Rec. Tries from Andrew Higgins, Peter Short and Matt Banahan – plus 18 points from the boot of Ryan Davis – set up the victory over Saracens. Bath were made to fight for their win by a determined Saracens side, who tested Steve Meehan’s men throughout a frantic clash which lasted 104 minutes in total. And Bath’s reward for finishing fourth in the Premiership after the 22-game regular season is a repeat of this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-final away at the Walkers Stadium.
With Joe Maddock, Alex Crockett and Butch James all ruled out through injury, Bath head coach Steve Meehan put his faith in Higgins, Tom Cheeseman and Davis with his side needing two match points to guarantee a place in the semi-finals.
A few weeks ago I was out at Free Press Houston's Block Party and while there I met a group of people that were tasked with promoting Houston's quickly growing Palestinian Film Festival. We spoke, they handed me a flier ('Handing me a flier is like saying, 'Here, you throw this away.'" -Mitch Hedberg) and I went on my way.
But the more I read about it, the more interesting it became. (Plus, I actually spoke with one of Palestine's biggest hip-hop acts for an assignment here.) It is a rich, intriguing culture, and I fully intend on heading over this weekend to check it out.
All the particulars you need are available after the jump.
AP) — PAYETTE, Idaho (AP) ? Catherine Carlson threads through the discount store, her hiking boots clopping against the linoleum. She is numb to the shoppers who glance curiously as she plucks a pair of long underwear from a sales rack.
Cold sneaks through the walls of her trailer home, but this is the only remedy she can afford. At checkout, Catherine writes a $15 check. The clerk with the "Deb G" name tag examines the signature and runs her eyes over Catherine ? the side-swept, faded blond hair, large knuckles, blue jeans and plaid work shirt.
Under the harsh fluorescent lights of the Bi-Mart, Catherine's narrow face is mapped with fine lines and abandoned by cosmetics. She ignores the unwelcome survey of her appearance.
It's Marathon Saturday in Music City. This morning, seven thousand five hundred marathon runners, and twenty five thousand half marathon runners, take to the streets of Nashville, on a course that runs through downtown Nashville, with a finish line at LP Field. A hundred thousand cheering fans line the streets as 2009 Country Music Marathon participants pass by, making their way through Nashville, with 50 musical bands playing on 27 entertainment stages along the way. Hundreds of high school cheerleaders motivate marathon participants to the finish line, and a post race country music concert follows Saturday night.
Desmond on the show Lost, who is Henry Ian Cusick in real life, is being sued by Chelsea Stone for sexual harassment. According to Stone, Cusick "placed his face on top of [her] breasts, moving his face from side to side." He then squeezed her breasts with his hands. ABC and Grass Skirt Productions are also named as defendants in this case. Stone is seeking unspecified damages.
Stone says that she reported the incident to her supervisor, but was told to just stay clear of the actor. An ABC employee since 1997, the lawsuit reveals that approximately twelve days after the alleged incident, Chelsea Stone Lost her job. Also named in the suit, as defendants, are ABC and Grass Skirt Productions.
Jamie Foxx made the transition from funny tough guy actor to dramatic superstar by playing Ray Charles, a musical genius who went blind as a child, but went on to a hugely successful career. In “The Soloist,” Foxx plays a musical genius derailed by the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia as a young man, and went on to a life on the Los Angeles streets.
The man is Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a gifted bass and cello player who attended The Juilliard School before his mind betrayed him. Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, played in the film by Robert Downey Jr., discovered Ayers on the street, researched the homeless musician’s past and published several columns about him. Readers and the Los Angeles Philharmonic responded
The ladies of “The View” will get a special visit from Lil Wayne next week.
The Cash Money rapper is scheduled to join co-hosts Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd on ABC’s popular talk show on Friday, April 24. He will perform for the first time on the daytime program, which is taped in New York City.
Weezy F. Baby has made several high-profile TV appearances this year, including “The Late Show with David Letterman,” where he presented the Top 10 list, and a sit-down interview with CBS News anchor Katie Couric.
Lil Wayne will release his first rock album Rebirth on June 16.
Depending on who you’re rooting for this could be either good news or bad news. If you’re a Niners or Raiders fan and you believe in curses, you have to be laughing like a maniac. Not one but two players make the cover of Madden NFL 10 this year.
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu both make this year’s cover. Uh oh, we remember what happened to “supposed” curse-proof Brett Favre. He was retired, decided to come back and got pummeled the rest of the season. Now, Favre’s retired again.
So does this mean the Steelers should draft another safety and should the Cardinals keep Anquan Boldin?
First Credit Union is committed to improving financial literacy among kids and communities. To that end, we introduced our “Imagine the Possibilities” College Scholarship Program in 2008 and awarded $500 college scholarships to six members graduating from high school in 2009 who will be attending a full-time course of higher education study this fall. Along with this program, we also introduced our Youth Financial Education Grant Program and awarded $250 each to three Arizona educators to help fund youth financial education programs at their schools. First Credit Union is a proud partner of Junior Achievement of Arizona and sponsors the financial institution at their second JA BizTown learning experience for fifth and sixth grade students. Through this sponsorship First Credit Union is able to reach out to nearly 10,000 Arizona elementary students.
Be beautiful and healthy! The May issue of Self magazine hits stores with their annual Healthy Beauty Awards. Readers picked 86 of the best new hair, makeup and skin care products, with 33 costing $20 or less. Pick up a copy, or log on to www.self.com for a chance to win all 86 products.
Check out Broadway diva Marilyn Michaels at Barnes & Noble at the Lincoln Triangle. The triple threat actress performs songs from her new CD, "Wonderful at Last...," and forthcoming Broadway show based off the classic tale, "Alice in Wonderland." 6 p.m.; free admission. 1972 Broadway at 66th St. (212-595-6859).
Spike Lee talks about his new documentaries "Passing Strange" and "Kobe Doin' Work" at the Apple Store SoHo. "Passing Strange" captures the sold out Broadway show by the same name before its final curtain call, while "Kobe Doin' Work" follows the Lakers star through team meetings and an actual game. 7 p.m.; free admission. 103 Prince St. (212-226-3126).
Gospel legend Rev. Timothy Wright has passed away. He was 61 years old. He was affectionately known to most of us as “The Godfather Of Gospel.” He was the Pastor of Grace Tabernacle Christian Center COGIC in Brooklyn, NY, but was probably best known for his long list of choir hits like “Come Thou Almighty King,” “We Need A Miracle,” and most recently “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” For those of us who grew up in church over the last 20 years, you probably heard or had to sing one of his songs on a regular basis.
Most of you probably remember that Pastor Wright suffered a really bad car accident on July 4, 2008 in Pennsylvania where his wife Betty Wright and grandson D.J. Wright were both killed. They were returning from a COGIC convention in Detroit, MI.
We send our prayers and thoughts to the Wright family as well the Grace Tabernacle Christian Center COGIC church family. Feel free to leave your condolences in the comments section.
caltech earthquake Washington, DC—The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru Alex Song of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, has found that an anomalous layer at the top of a subducting plate coincides with the locations of slow earthquakes and non-volcanic tremors. The presence of such a layer in similar settings elsewhere could point to other regions of slow quakes. Slow earthquakes, also called silent earthquakes, take days, weeks, or even months to release pent-up energy instead of seconds or minutes as in normal earthquakes. The research is published in the April 24th issue of Science.
The scientists analyzed 20 years of seismic data for southern Mexico, where the Cocos plate is slipping beneath the North American plate. "We can tell a lot about the material inside the Earth by the speed, strength, and interferences of different seismic waves," explained Song. "Typically, P-waves are the fastest, followed by scattered waves associated with variations in seismic wave speed within the medium. We used local observations recorded within 100 to 150 miles to map the structures at the top of the subducting plate."
John Rich (born January 7, 1974 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American country music artist. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After being fired from the band in 1998, Rich embarked on a solo career on BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording Underneath the Same Moon, which was not released until 2006. By 2003, he joined Big Kenny to form the duo Big & Rich, who released three albums on Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One “Lost in This Moment”.
Most recently known as one-half of the multi-platinum Warner Bros. Records duo, Big & Rich, Rich has been honing his writing skills for years. He has made a name for himself as an artist in his own right, a producer, an award-winning songwriter, and host of the smash hit series Gone Country on CMT. As a part of Big & Rich and as a songwriter, he has garnered multiple Grammy, ACM, CMA and CMT Music Award nominations. He was also awarded the ASCAP Songwriter Of The Year Award in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and has written 13 Top 10 singles.
My wide eyes, straight with red lines Visions of me and you Shattered in a day like broken glass Perfectly blind, (said I'm perfectly blind) Perfectly blind, (please somebody help me) Perfectly blind, (I need an answer) Perfectly blind, perfectly Mind is worn, heart is torn Violently craving A Substitute for you, (a substitute) These eyes see darkness These eyes see through These eyes are begging These eyes are you Perfectly blind,( perfectly blind) Perfectly blind, (Oh) Perfectly blind, I don't know what I'm gonna do right now Perfectly blind, (Said I am) Would you take me as I am? I'm just a scarred man These hands need your guidance Take me past my circumstance
The poems in Love Comes First were written over a 10 year period and I chose the very best of that period and left out others. Sometimes I’ll notice there’s a poem about a certain subject and then I’ll try to write about that subject, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
jimmy smith This is the mug shot of Jacksonville Jaguars legend Jimmy Smith, who couldn't look happier after his arrest yesterday on multiple drug charges.
Smith was booked into a J-Ville facility yesterday on five charges , including felony possession of cocaine, possession of 20 grams or less of marijuana and "felony possession/sell of a controlled substance."
We congratulated Khloe Kardashian earlier in the week for landing NFL baller Derrick Ward as his new girlfriend. But then one of MediaTakeOut.com’s readers pointed us to an item posted about Derrick on the website DontDateHimGirl.com. Apparently some chick is claiming that she used to date him and that he did her real dirty. Here’s what she wrote on the site BACK IN 2007!!!
This *** is a 7th round draft pick bench warmer for the New York Giants who is trying to put up Wilt Chamberlain #s in the bedroom. He comes across as a well-spoken perfect gentleman but in reality he is a total ***hole who will lie/say or do anything to get a female to trust him & think that he is going to stay around, but it is all bull***! …
myrtle beach fires A large and destructive wildfire started last night in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The fire which first appeared right after midnight, continued burning through the night and into the morning destroying dozens of homes and destroying over 15,000 acres in it’s wake. The area around the Barefoot Landing development has been hit the hardest.
Gretchen Rossi of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" is going nuts over a series of risque photos being posted of her on the website, thedirty.com The Dirty says they obtained a camera of photos featuring Gretchen. In the first two photos released on the site, Rossi is sitting on the toilet . In another, she is topless and playing with her nipples. Now, The Dirty claims that have more pictures of Gretchen and write "You and I both know what pictures are next. (directed at Gretchen from the website's editor, Nik).
Gretchen has evidently contacted the Costa Mesa Police Department claiming that her camera was stolen and The Dirty got their hands on it. The Dirty says Gretchen knows the camera never belonged to her.
This is the best PR every for both The Dirty and the trashy 'housewife'.
The leaper fish is also known as the Atlantic Salmon. It is a type of salmon fish found in the Atlantic Ocean that is well known for jumping very high while swimming. She comes in off the tide her flanks shimmering as she pushes upstream. Her only thought is to reach the waters of her birth where as a parr she fed on small aquatic life before evolving into the smolt stage & migrating to sea. Two summers later after a diet of krill & shrimp in the cold Greenland waters she returns to the river. It is here that we the fly fisher hope to delay her journey if all but for a fleeting few minutes. Flies are legion, from the garish creations of Victorian times to the modern hair wing of today. Truly the Queen of fish she wears her mantle well, Salar (the leaper)
Freda Payne, who I've never heard of, shows up to perform "Since You've Been Gone." [Note: Freda actually sang "Band of Gold" -- thanks to Mary Brewster for the correction in comments].
She seems old... it's a subpar performance, vocally doesn't seem to be in sync with the band, and is out of breath for most of it. Wow, this is pretty bad, actually.
helma Houston up next, in a too-small yellow dress to sing "Don't Leave Me This Way." I feel bad for both of them--I mean, we've had Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, Kanye West on this stage, all performers at the peak of their game.
David Archuleta is 19 years Birth name David James Archuleta Born December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28) Miami, Florida, United States Origin Murray, Utah, United States
David Archuleta is an American singer-songwriter. At ten years old he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances.[5] At twelve, he became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2.[5] In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest finalists on the seventh season of American Idol.In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.
ignoramus Look at these two buddies clasping hands as if they’re old friends. I guess Obama forgot already that Hugo called him an ignoramus and refers to him as “the black man”, something that would probably get me a Secret Service visit if I said it. It was less than a month ago that Chavez called President Obama an ignoramus for mentioning that Chavez exports terrorism;
That’s how we treat tin pot dictators these days, though. It’s been proven that this sort of treatment never comes back to bite us in the ass, hasn’t it? Look at the time we helped Saddam…oh, never mind. And when we gave the Canal to Panama…forget I said that. OK, all the help we supplied Stalin during WWII…oh, wait. Well, we helped the Afghans boot the Soviets…damn. Hmmm, well there must be an incident that proves stroking our enemy paid off. Isn’t there? Well, I’m sure Chavez will rethink his support of regional terrorist groups after that dap with Obama. If he doesn’t, Obama can do what seems to be the popular solution in Latin America among it’s leaders these days; go on a hunger strike like Chavez' acolyte Evo Morales, the cocaine farmer turned President of Bolivia;
the phone "The Phone," a new reality show premiering tonight on MTV, is a treasure hunt dressed up in the clothes of an action film — a clue leads to a puzzle, which yields to a clue, which leads to a puzzle, which leads to a clue, which leads to a test, which leads to a prize. While not a million miles away from shows like "The Mole" or "The Amazing Race," it is more insistently cinematic: a phony reality meant to look like a real film.
In tonight’s opener, the superimposed narrative concerns a "mad bomber" the players must locate and stop; the city of Seattle is the game board. (The title refers to the cellphone by which the four players receive the instructions — from Irish actor Emmett J. Scanlan as the Operator — that propel them through the game.) It’s good fun and exciting as intended.,
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The U.S. Coast Guard released dramatic rescue video on Friday from the Bering Sea, as crews airlifted four surviving members of the fishing vessel Katmai. The vessel sank early Wednesday morning.
Four out of the 11 crew members survived, five died, and two are still missing.
The Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard held a press conference Friday to update the search efforts and for some to re-live the rescue. Petty Officer Dave Coats recalled his role in saving the lives of the four surviving members of the fishing vessel.
"They all pointed to one guy that was on top of the life raft and said, ‘He's going, he's worse' and others said, ‘No, you're worse,'" Coats said. A marine board has been established to find out what went wrong on the ship, the Coast Guard said.
"The vessel has sunk. Exactly where that took place has not been determined, but according to the master, he did witness the vessel sink below the surface," Coast Guard Capt. Mark Hamilton said.
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, the source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower.
Forecasters expect the shower to peak on Wednesday, April 22nd, with a display of 10 to 20 meteors per hour over the northern hemisphere.
Occasionally, Earth passes through a dense region of the comet's tail and rates surge five- to ten-fold. In 1982, for instance, observers were surprised by an outburst of 90 Lyrids per hour.
Because Thatcher's tail has never been mapped in detail, the outbursts are unpredictable and could happen again at any time.
The best time to look, no matter where you live, is during the dark hours before dawn on Wednesday morning April 22nd.
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If you have grown to love the White Chocolate Walnut Blondie then you owe it to yourself to indulge in our all grown up version.
A name that’s becoming synonymous with wind energy these days is WePower PacWind. They supplied the wind turbines on Jay Leno’s Green Garage, and they’re also the suppliers of the first eco-powered Ricoh billboard in Times Square. And now, WePower is announcing their turbines will not only power millions of homes per year, but their company will also be able to create 5,000 new jobs. The unspoken promise in all of this is reduced emissions of nearly 750,000 tons of CO2 from being emitted by traditional power plants. For more information on WePower’s promise to power the future, visit their official site, or check out their line of products right here.
Mother's Day is just around the corner (May 10th) and if you haven't begun thinking about potential gift ideas, now is the time to start. A new trend to hit the internet is gift boxes from Fairytale Brownies, a Gourmet Belgian chocolate brownie maker that offers bargain deals on sweet and decadent delights. Fairytale Brownies was just featured on "Unwrapped" tonight, and the web is buzzing about these tasty goodies. It's like the 1-800-Flowers of baked goods, and there is no question as to why people are lining up for these delicious treats! Fairytale Brownies is offering their Mother's Day gift box for less than $40 with free shipping, so I'd strongly suggest you head over there and see what's up!
BOSTON - American Kara Goucher ripped off the gloves she wore for the first 25 miles and threw them to the pavement.
The sprint was on.
Kenya’s Salina Kosgei outkicked Goucher and defending champion Dire Tune in the last mile of the Boston Marathon on Monday, going back and forth with Tune in the final blocks of Boylston Street to win the closest women’s finish in event history.
The winners are Salina Kosegi in females and Deriba Merga in males...
If you love yard sales, you do not want to miss the yard sale of the long miles in Elkton morning. A $ 10 fee will be asked each vendor. The event is sponsored by the Elkton Historical Society. The annual event will stretch along the highway 31-South of the USA The Elkton Police Chief Phillip Attkisson reminds motorists to slow down in the area within the city and watch for pedestrians. “We will have a police presence tomorrow and will meet the speed limit of 45 mph,” Attkisson said WKSR.
It would appear that a signficant scandal is brewing at Louisville, with Rick Pitino having reported an extortion attempt to the FBI. Here’s what we know now: Fox’s Jeff Goodman reported that the alleged extorter is a woman named Karen Sypher, who is married to the Louisville equipment manager, Tim Sypher.
This wasn’t challenged by her attorney, Thomas Clay,to discuss the situation and was quoted as saying this:
“There is a federal investigation going on, and there may be criminal charges placed against her as a result of what coach Pitino has brought to the attention of the FBI. . . There are no counter allegations, and as far as I am concerned this criminal investigation is going to proceed to a logical conclusion and I hope that we can put this matter behind us as quickly as possible.”
Based on what has been suggested so far, it might not be that quick.
It’s also interesting (although it could certainly be unrelated) to learn that Pitino’s son has left the Louisville program and taken a job with Billy Donovan at Florida.
What do you think of the No. 1 company on the Fortune 500 list this year? Should it be No. 1? Have you worked for the company, or bought its products? Has the recession affected your opinion of big companies? Tell us what you think. The best replies will be published here, and possibly in a future story on CNNMoney.com.
XOM is a company that is very careful in making large long term and short term investments and it provides an excellent level of returns to its stockholders. People with long term investment objectives have been able to put their children through college based on their holdings and returns of their investment in XOM. There is a lot of “irrational” and “ignorant” comments about the company. Perhaps people are “jealous” that they have not been able to reap the benefits from this company. To Anonymous: A company buying crude oil at premium prices will not be able to make the profits posted by XOM. Try to learn a little about the oil business and what “PREMIUM PRICES” mean.
The problem with Exxon is not the exploitation of the American system, but is the American system itself. We shouldn’t allow America’s largest corporation to ignore its obligations to pay off the settlements from the Exxon-Valdez crash, more than 20 years ago. Why wasn’t that mentioned as a possibility to spend their 300 billion dollar cash pool?
Exxon is a well run company who has forethought 10 years into the future. Get educated and get involved with good companies, make a good living and quit crying when you are left behind. This is America and capitalism, please quit crying about big companies that provide many good high paying jobs. There are many 100k jobs in Houston, come on down.
fairy godmother of radio Called “The Fairy Godmother of Radio,” Nila Mack was a children’s programming pioneer who captivated the imagination of young America for almost a quarter of a century. After many years acting in vaudeville and on Broadway, Mack discovered her métier later in life. She was the much-beloved creator, writer, producer, and “directress” of the CBS children’s program Let’s Pretend, which ran from 1934 to 1954. This critically acclaimed radio show presented weekly adaptations of classic fairy tales, from Hans Christian Andersen to the Brothers Grimm. “We were deep in the depression when [Let’s Pretend] began…I remembered fairy stories that filled me with wonder when I was very young. I figured that if these lively pieces with a message at their hearts had meant so much to me, other children would like them, too.” Beyond the compelling stories, Mack made the unprecedented decision to cast the series with child actors rather than adults, allowing them to play both the young and mature characters. Former “Let’s Pretender” Arthur Anderson praised her talents: “Besides Nila Mack’s scripts, her genius for choosing and working with her juvenile cast was the main reason the show survived longer than any other dramatic program on American radio.” And popular culture critic Ross Care has cited the series as “one of the most enduring and highly lauded radio programs for children ever broadcast.”
Born Nila Mac in Arkansas City, Kansas, on October 24, 1891, she was an only child. Her mother, Margaret, was a dance instructor, while her father, Don Carlos, was a railroad engineer who died in a train accident when Nila was a little girl. In later years she recounted that her family always encouraged her “beyond endurance. In brief, spoiled me.” She displayed an early interest in the performing arts, appearing regularly in local talent shows throughout her childhood. After her father’s death, she went on to an Illinois finishing school, Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, and later supplemented her education with classes in both Arkansas City and Boston. To finance her tuition and expenses, Mac played piano at her mother’s dance studio. Her first “real” job in show business was acting in a traveling repertory company where she met and married fellow actor Roy Briant. During this time, she added the “k” to the end of her last name, reportedly because she thought “Mac” looked too much like a nickname. She continued to work steadily in vaudeville, eventually being employed for six years by the famed Nazimova company. With the troupe, she appeared on Broadway in Fair and Warmer and A Doll’s House, as well as the play and film versions of War Brides (1918). After her husband of thirteen years died, Mack remained in New York, taking acting jobs and writing for such other comediennes as Nydia Westman and Fanny Brice. Mack said in one interview, “Broadway prepared me for radio.” She was first cast on CBS’s Radio Guild of the Air, an experimental series that eventually became the renowned “highbrow radio” show Columbia Workshop. Mack also acted on a CBS comedy, Nit Wits, and scripted a series, Night Club Romances, that she also narrated.
In 1930 Nila Mack abruptly returned to Arkansas City to look after her ailing mother and took a job directing the local radio station. After only six months, CBS offered Mack the chance to take over its floundering children’s program, The Adventures of Helen and Mary. She was surprised by the network offer and thought, “You think I could? Me? A childless widow?”
Mack moved back to New York and began to thoughtfully retool the struggling program. Close friend and longtime cast member Gwen Davies reported that in the beginning, Mack “was terrified about working with children, because she never had any.” Despite this “handicap” Mack had a definite vision for the show and children’s programming in general. She immediately changed the casting policy; she realized, according to actor-turned-historian Anderson “how much better would be a cast of child actors, who could convey much more than grownups the openness, innocence and simplicity she wanted for the show.” She auditioned, trained, and nourished a quality company of child actors, some of whom would stay with the program for the most of its twenty-year run on CBS. After the initial cast changes, the show was retitled Let’s Pretend. The company of child actors, often called “the Let’s Pretenders,” became the trademark of the show, and some kids, including Gwen Davies and Sybil Trent, became leading players and fan favorites.
In addition to casting, Mack also changed the content of the series. She was responsible for bringing to air three hundred fairy tale adaptations along with some original stories, all filled with fantasy and mythical characters. Jon Swartz and Robert Reinehr noted in The Handbook of Old-Time Radio, “For years sponsorship was avoided, in the belief that 'radio’s outstanding children’s theater' should not be identified with a commercial product.” Later Cream of Wheat became the show’s sole sponsor. The program was so popular, as well as respected by parents and critics, that it was once broadcast by special request from a children’s hospital. On another occasion, Mack and the Let’s Pretenders received a police escort to Penn Station so they could make a train to Atlantic City for a special remote performance. The series received numerous awards during its long run, including two Peabody Awards, a Women’s National Radio Committee Award, and five Radio Daily Awards.
Because of the critical success of Let’s Pretend, CBS appointed Mack director of children’s programming. Anderson stated that as the director of CBS Children’s Programming, “Nila Mack was . . . a lone woman in a man’s world.” Her office on the fourteenth floor of the CBS building in New York was down the hall from such radio legends as Edward R. Murrow, Norman Corwin, and William S. Paley. Her skills as a “directress” were praised by many children who later became adult actors. Former cast member Larry Robinson declared that “Nila being a woman, was not doing the big nighttime shows that the men directors were doing, there were a couple of women in daytime radio directing soap operas and there was Nila Mack with this children’s program. I think today a director of this talent, man or woman, would have been involved in the biggest television shows, movies, stage and what have you. She was absolutely marvelous.”
In a 1952 interview an upbeat Mack observed, “These twenty two years have gone by awfully fast. I feel we’re just beginning. I hope I’ll be doing this for a long time, right down to the day I die.” In 1953, at the age of 62, Nila Mack suffered a heart attack and passed away in her Manhattan apartment. Let’s Pretend lasted one more season without her direction. Mack’s singular vision and commitment to the craft of children’s programming had, according to Anderson in the dedication of his chronicle Let’s Pretend: A History of Radio’s Best Loved Children’s Show, “brought joy to a generation of children and raised the standards of American radio broadcasting.”
In a CycleTo exclusive, Hatch talks about her reasons for posing for Maxim...what it was like on the day of the shoot...and how she will deal with the heat she expects to get.
CycleTo: How did all of this come about? How did Maxim first contact you?
Hatch: The two guys who run New York VeloCity forwarded me an email from a cyclist who works as an art director at Maxim. He told me that they were going to do a "Women in Sports" layout, featuring several different sports and several different women, and I was one of their choices.
We went back and forth for a while on the details...what it would actually entail, would I have any control over the pictures and what their ideas were. They sent me a storyboard and it seemed pretty interesting. I have to admit that it appealed to my vanity.
CycleTo: When you first heard of the opportunity, what was your gut reaction?
Hatch: I kind of had a mixed reaction. Personally, I don't have a moral issue with something like this, it doesn't spin my moral compass in the wrong direction, but I also had to look at it from the standpoint of being an athlete and wanting to be taken seriously. But on the other hand, it was a good opportunity. So yes, I had pros and cons on both sides.
CycleTo: So, you go to New York for the the photo shoot with Maxim. What had they told you about preparation and what to bring to the shoot?
Hatch: I had a few long conversations with Kelly Stuart, the photographer, and she asked me to bring my kit and my shoes. And Adam Vincent from BH Bikes had three bikes shipped to New York for the shoot. So when I got there, they were completely put together and go. I also took a bunch of Vanderkitten stuff, and them Maxim provided a bunch of outfits when I got there.
CycleTo: The outfits that they suggested...did you get approval, did you reject anything? What was the general feeling of what they were presenting to you?
Hatch: I got there at about 8:00am, and they immediately did my hair and makeup, which took about two hours. Then they took me into a room that had a huge table full of outfits, probably 30 different outfits. It took probably two hours to try them on, and decide what would end up in the shoot. There were a few things that I looked at and said, "No, I don't think so...this doesn't quite go." Some of it I just wasn't crazy about, but most of the stuff was great.
CycleTo: Was there anything that you looked at and said, "Oh, no...I'm not gonna do that"?
Hatch: Yeah, they had a fishnet top. I'm not a fisherman.
CycleTo: So you pick the outfits, and they go the first of the setups...what was the first one?
Hatch: We had a whole floor of an office building that was empty, just the pillars an the windows, and nothing else. It was pretty cool. The first was was a portrait photo in an old window, it had pipes around it kind of framing it. But I'm not super photogenic...yes, I have a huge forehead, I know that...so the first pictures were probably going to be throwaway pictures just to get comfortable, and for me to stop being so self-conscious.
CycleTo: So, what was the next setup that was less portrait and more posing?
Hatch: Remember that ad with Tom Boonen with his helmet, and he's naked from behind? We did that, but I had bottoms on. It's a behind shot with my helmet...and big hair. But it's just my back. I can't wait to see how that turns out.
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers For April 20 - 22.
There’s more to come, but here’s what we know so far about The Bold and the Beautiful for the week of April 20…
As the Logan sisters throw Steffy a bridal shower, Ridge relishes in his payback of Rick. Rick better watch his back, as while he taxis on a runway, Ridge runs after the jet he’s in.
We’ll have to all watch and see what happens there, but in the meantime, Taylor plays a tape for Steffy which reveals Rick gloating about his fiancée never quitting her ride on the ‘Rick Train!’ Will this finally be the moment Ridge and Taylor have been waiting for?
Jackie and Owen negotiate the terms of their deal and then seal it with a kiss. So the romp that follows is apparently just a bonus! Jackie then makes an odd request of her new lover, but assures a confused Owen she knows what she’s doing.
The Bold and the Beautiful, created by the late daytime drama legend William J. Bell and his wife, Lee Phillip Bell, is currently written and executive produced by William and Lee’s son, Bradley P. Bell, who took over the reins of B&B from his father, becoming head writer in 1993, and then executive producer in 1995.
“Twenty-two years on television has been an extraordinary collaborative accomplishment,” said Bell. “The show has now taped over 5,500 episodes and is viewed in more than 100 countries around the world. That is a testament to our remarkable cast, production crew, writers and staff, and of course to CBS, who continues to give us their unwavering support. My greatest thanks goes out to our viewers, for their continued loyalty and devotion.”
UK The Bold And The Beautiful will become only the second US soap to broadcast on the video-sharing website, following in the footsteps of sister soap
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