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Mick Jagger, the snake-hipped, rubber-lipped frontman of the Rolling Stones, celebrates his 65th birthday Saturday but shows no signs of slowing down, despite officially becoming an old age pensioner. At an age when most British men are retiring from work and claiming state pensions, Jagger is dating a woman some 25 years his junior -- stylist L'Wren Scott -- counting his millions after the Stones' record-grossing "Bigger Bang" tour and branching out into film production. His behaviour may not be as hellraising as that of fellow Stone Ronnie Wood, who last week entered rehab to receive treatment for alcohol abuse...

More News on the Tolkien vs. New Line Lawsuit July 20th, 2008 by Altaira Thanks again to Voronwe_the_Faithful for posting another update on the Tolkien vs. New Line Lawsuit on our message boards: The plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint last Monday (which I believe was the last day for them to do so). They have dropped the fiduciary duty cause of action (as expected), but they have asserted new allegations to support the fraud cause of action. They added more specific claims as to how they contend that New Line misrepresented the amount of expenses that it had in...

This video is arranged with a short instrumental medley of hymns, “Softly and Tenderly” and “Lord, I’m Coming Home”, with a flowery hummingbird scene.

Mick Jagger, the snake-hipped, rubber-lipped frontman of the Rolling Stones, celebrates his 65th birthday Saturday but shows no signs of slowing down, despite officially becoming an old age pensioner. At an age when most British men are retiring from work and claiming state pensions, Jagger is dating a woman some 25 years his junior -- stylist L'Wren Scott -- counting his millions after the Stones' record-grossing "Bigger Bang" tour and branching out into film production. His behaviour may not be as hellraising as that of fellow Stone Ronnie Wood, who last week entered rehab to receive treatment for alcohol abuse...

The Weekend YouTube Music Video Thread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxzJAF1BxP4&feature=related Pancho & Lefty

Amy Winehouse's lungs are reportedly so damaged from her incessant smoking that the singer may die if she doesn't quit. But she still can't seem to stop. 'Wino' was recently seen smoking something hand-rolled – exactly what is impossible to tell from the photos.

My husband FINALLY had a cartoon published! Conservative Punk Goes French! One of Conservative Punk's original cartoons was picked up by Currier International, a weekly magazine put out by Le Monde. It was featured in their Obama issue, as an accompaniment to an op-ed piece by Karl Rove. My husband, Craig Holloway along with Nick Rizzuto who is the producer of The Wilkow Majority which can be heard from 12-3pm EST Monday-Friday on Sirius Patriot 144, are the creators of GUTTER POLITIX.

MacDailyNews reader Chad reports having received an email from Yahoo! that the Yahoo! Music Store will be closing. Here it is verbatim: The Yahoo! Music Store Will Be Closing; Important Information About Backing Up Your Music Files Greetings, The Yahoo! Music Store, along with the ability to purchase and download single songs and albums, will no longer be available as of September 30, 2008. Songs and albums that were purchased through the Yahoo! Music Unlimited Store are protected by a digital rights management system that requires a valid license key before they can be played on your computer. After the...

(Intel is a sponsor of SVW)Intel announced plans for a new business group manufacturing system-on-a-chip (SOC) semiconductors. SOCs are souped-up microprocessors that are tuned for specific types of devices, such as mobile internet devices, smart phones, or medical devices.Intel's SOC chips combine a microprocessor with memory, graphics, and embedded software plus specialized chip and software functions.SOCs can shrink almost an entire board of chips into just one or two chips. This makes digital products more reliable and less expensive to make.Intel predicts that within a few years there will likely be billions of digital devices connected to the Internet. Most...

Fans of Doctor Who and Star Trek have been told to lay off autograph hunting at the stage door of the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford, where David Tennant and Patrick Stewart are thesping it up in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. The ban comes after fans apparently started turning up at the venue with "bags" of Who goodies, hoping to get Tennant's mark on their memorabilia. The RSC declared: "Due to the huge amount of interest in the RSC's current production of Hamlet, only Royal Shakespeare Company or production related memorabilia will be signed by members of the...

was a headline waiting to happen: "FBI grabs Princess' Diaries." The FBI confiscated Anne Hathaway's intimate diaries during another raid on Raffaello Follieri’s $37,500-a-month Trump Tower apartment, according to the Daily News. Anne's former boyfriend is charged with 11 counts of fraud and money laundering. Anne has not been implicated or charged with any crime. She has cut off all contact with her ex and changed her numbers so he can’t reach her, a friend told the Daily News, but "he has been trying to call her all the time.” Maybe he should be charged with stalking as well.

BARLETTA, Italy -- Collecting music written in internment camps before and during World War II may n ot occur to everyone but that has been Francesco Lotoro's quest since 1991. "To allow the musicians to continue to work was also a way to control them better," said the 44-year-old Italian Jew. "At Auschwitz, there were seven orchestras." Lotoro has amassed some 4,000 pieces, all composed between March 1933, when the Nazis' Dachau death camp was opened soon after Hitler won absolute power, and the end of World War II in 1945. But while much is from Nazi camps, Lotoro's collection...

Eva Mendes will soon be making men's hearts skip a beat, as she's getting set to pose for a new Calvin Klein underwear campaign. The gorgeous actress will show off her perfect body wearing nothing but Klein's classy lingerie in the label's new Seductive Comfort line show. The new bras will be available in stores later this year (08).

Buzzword chimera the size of a paperback Start-up CherryPal is taking pre-orders today for its partly cloudy "desktop" that mashes web-hosted computing, going green, open source, and social networking into a 10 ounce box. The (self-titled) CherryPal systems are $249, and surprisingly won't require a monthly subscription despite the fact that most of its storage capacity and several of its features hosted in the cloud.Note: we still haven't seen a working unit with our own eyes. According to CherryPal, as of Friday the boxes were still being given the fine tooth courtesy of US Customs and Border Protection's best and...

"Before I converted to Christianity, I was a Jehovah's Witness. In 1993, my mother was dying from diabetic complications. My sister was heavy into drugs, and we would have to go and get her from crack houses. I was in a very physically abusive relationship. I was sleeping with a lot of guys and had more abortions than I would like to count. I had very low self-esteem and just wanted to die. I felt if someone killed me, it wouldn't even make a difference. But God showed me that it would make a difference," she told the glossy.

'The Dark Knight' actor allegedly lashed out while staying at London's Dorchester hotel on Sunday, where he has a suite. His mother Jenny (61) and sister Sharon (40) lodged a formal complaint against the star at a police station in Hampshire, Southern England. Bale (34) was permitted by police to attend the European premiere of 'The Dark Knight' - in which he plays superhero Batman - last night but will face questioning over the claims.

Some industry insiders are beginning to wonder whether Miley Cyrus’ Vanity Fair shoot might have been a well-orchestrated blessing in disguise for the “Hannah Montana” star and her career.

Favorite Neighbors are Back in ‘Love Finds Andy Hardy’ at the Capitol LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY, from the stories by Vivien R. Bretherton based on the characters created by Aurania Rouverol; screen play by William Indwig; music and lyrics by Mack Gordon, Harry Revel, Roger Edens; directed by George B. Seitz; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. At the Capitol. Judge James Hardy……….............Lewis Stone Andrew Hardy………..…………..Mickey Rooney Betsy…….………….......................Judy Garland Marian Hardy……………………..Cecilia Parker Mrs. Hardy…….………………….Fay Holden Polly Benedict……...……………..Ann Rutherford Aunt Milly…………………...........Betty Ross Clarke Cynthia……...…………………….Lana Turner Augusta……...……………………Marie Blake Dennis Hunt……...……………….Don Castle Jimmy Mac Mahon……...………..Gene Reynolds Mrs. Tompkins……...……….........Mary Howard “Beezy”...……...………................George Breakston Peter Dugan…….............................Raymond Hatton By...

Comedian Jay Leno will make his last appearance as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" next May 29, setting the stage for Conan O'Brien to replace him on America's top late-night TV show on June 1, the network said on Monday.

Del Toro refuses to copy Jackson July 19th, 2008 by xoanon | Discuss From Maxim and World Entertainment News: Guillermo Del Toro has promised Lord Of The Rings fans his franchise prequel The Hobbit will be very different from his directing predecessor Peter Jackson. Jackson directed the three original films, but has given up his director’s chair for Del Toro. But Del Toro has refused to follow in Jackson’s footsteps, vowing to give movie fans something new. He tells Maxim magazine, “If I thought it was about following (Jackson), I wouldn’t be doing it this way. “It’s a matter of...

Barack-No-Phobia It's a full hour of all the Kidders taking on the jokes that the rest of the media won't touch!   Why won't the late night talk shows make jokes about Barack Obama?   Because he's "not funny enough?"   The Kidders will spend all hour proving that point wrong. Click on this link, download parts 1 and 2, and be prepared to laugh and laugh! Share these with all your friends who've been missing out on how Chicagoans can poke fun at one of their own (well, for the last 20 years or so, anyway). Now you see...

LONDON (AFP) - The husband of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse was jailed for 27 months Monday for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. Grammy award-winning Winehouse, who was herself interviewed during the investigation, was not in court to hear the sentence against Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London. Fielder-Civil admitted attacking the 36-year-old landlord of a pub in the trendy district of Hoxton in east London in June 2006, and of then trying to persuade the man not to give evidence against him. He was high on alcohol and cocaine when he...

Ok, after all the hype and reviews, I went to see Dark Knight yesterday. I go to the movies to be entertained and, like Ghoshbusters, I'm probably the only person out there who wasn't as entertained as all the hype suggested. The movie was too long and too intense. Too much needless violence. The movie should have ended when Two-Faced was revealed (and the coin flip thing grew old pretty quickly) but instead it went on for another 30 or 40 minutes. Bottom line, the Jason Bourne flicks still out do this one. Share your thoughts if you've seen the...

Jessica Simpson was booed and heckled at her very first country concert a report claims. The buxom girlfriend of NFL quarterback Tony Romo was in his home state of Wisconsin for Country Thunder and a report from the local newspaper claims that many of the country music fans at the event were highly critical of Jessica Simpson and she was met with boos and hecklers from the audience.

God it must be fun to be Meryl Streep. She always seems to be having a blast. It’s certainly fun to watch her in “Mamma Mia!” You don’t often get to see 50-something women be as randy and rowdy as the boys in “Superbad.” But that’s what Streep, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters do while they steal the film away from every young hot body on that Greek island. And what an island. Sigh. If I lose my mind and get married I’ll head to that gorgeous church at the top of those winding stairs. What a magical place. It’s...

First-Rate Entertainment Is ‘Algiers’ at Music Hall ALGIERS, from the story, “Pepe le Moko,” by Detective Ashelbe; screen play by John Howard Lawson, with additional dialogue by James M. Cain; directed by John Cromwell; produced by Walter Wanger for release by United Artists. At the Radio City Music Hall. Pepe le Moko……….............Charles Boyer Ines………..………………...Sigrid Gurie Gaby…….………….............Hedy Lamarr Slimane……………………..Joseph Callela Regis…….…………………Gene Lockhart Pierrot……...……………….Johnny Downs Granpere…………………...Alan Hale Tania……...………………..Mme. Nina Koshetz Aicha……...………………..Joan Woodbury Marie……...………………..Claudia Deil Giroux……...………………Robert Greig Carlos……...……….............Stanley Fields Max...……...……….............Charles D. Brown Gil….……...……….............Ben Hall Sergeant of French Police….Armand Keitz L’Arbi…………...………....Leonid Kinsky Luvain.…………...………..Walter Kingsford Janvier…………...………....Paul Harvey Bertier…………...………....Bert Roach Native waitress…….............Luana Walters By FRANK...

After 40 years and 1,500 concerts, Joe Queenan is finally ready to say the unsayable: new classical music is absolute torture - and its fans have no reason to be so smug. During a radio interview between acts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a famous singer recently said she could not understand why audiences were so reluctant to listen to new music, given that they were more than ready to attend sporting events whose outcome was uncertain. It was a daft analogy. Having spent most of the last century writing music few people were expected to understand, much...

DIRECTV's advertising campaigns often mock cable TV's claim that it has more 'HD choices" than satellite because of cable's Video on Demand service. The DIRECTV campaign is justified in pointing out that the satcaster actually has far more HD channels than cable -- and that most consumers are not excited about watching high-def programs on demand; they want real channels, not choices. So I would be remiss if I didn't point out that DIRECTV is now trying to play the same 'fool the consumer' game. DIRECTV this month officially launched a Broadband-enabled Video on Demand service, which has more than...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― A Pittsburgh music legend had his swan song on local radio today. The "Daddy-O of the Rad-i-o," Porky Chedwick, and his wife are moving to Florida next month. This morning, Chedwick did his last Pittsburgh-based radio broadcast. He was a guest on "The Morning Memories Show" on WKFB. The show was a three-hour tribute to Chedwick and his contributions to pop music over the years.

This Day in Music - July 18 2005 - Funeral services for Luther Vandross are held at New York's Riverside Church. The artist died July 1 at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, N.J., two years after suffering a serious stroke. He is 54. 2003 - Barry White, the R&B crooner renowned for his deep, erotic baritone, dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he had been undergoing dialysis after suffering a stroke in May. He is 58. 2001 - Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is sentenced in a Queens, N.Y., courtroom to two to four...

A fake Robert de Niro was caught when he tried to use forged ID papers for the star during a routine police roadside vehicle check. Police in Iasi, Eastern Romania, said: "He was even dressed up like the Hollywood star with a designer suit and sunglasses - but he didn't fool officers. "We knew that Robert de Niro would not be driving alone around a remote part of the country. We guessed he was an imposter." A search of the man's home later exposed him as part of a forgery gang that had been helping provide fake Romanian ID's to...

...ESPN Radio's popular morning show Mike & Mike In The Morning scored big Wednesday when it ran an on-the-air auction to raise money for cancer research. The big-ticket item: For a price, former Dolphins lineman Mike Golic and his obnoxious co-anchor, Mike Greenberg, would broadcast one morning this fall from someone's house. The winning bid was $57,100. Sold, an ESPN spokesman told The Palm Beach Post, to one Marta Maranda from the Jupiter area........

More than 50 years after the musical “West Side Story” had its original Broadway premiere, it is set to return in February in a darker, grittier, bilingual revival, the show’s producers said on Wednesday. In an element that its director, Arthur Laurents, said would heighten the passion and authenticity of the show, much of the dialogue — both spoken and sung — will be in Spanish. “They will speak Spanish where they would naturally,” Mr. Laurents said in a telephone interview from his home in Quogue, N.Y., adding that supertitles would be used to aid the audience. “The scenes with...

SALMA HAYEK has called off her engagement to billionaire fiance FRANCOIS-HENRI PINAULT. The couple announced their engagement and Hayek's pregnancy last year (07), which was followed by the birth of daughter Valentina in September (07).

TROUBLED pop star Britney Spears has ended her custody battle that sees ex-husband Kevin Federline retain sole rights to her sons, OK! magazine has reported. Federline's lawyer, Vince Kaplan, said the pair today signed a settlement to seal the deal. "All parties have agreed to the following: Kevin will retain sole legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James," he said.

TROUBLED pop star Britney Spears has ended her custody battle that sees ex-husband Kevin Federline retain sole rights to her sons, OK! magazine has reported. Federline's lawyer, Vince Kaplan, said the pair today signed a settlement to seal the deal. "All parties have agreed to the following: Kevin will retain sole legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James," he said. "Britney will continue to have visitation rights which may increase over time. The agreement will be presented to the court in the morning for approval by the commissioner. "Kevin is ecstatic and the boys are thriving," he...

And do you remember what you paid for gas at that time? My first car was a 1972 Pontiac Parisienne my dad gave to me in 1975, I have no idea how much I paid for gas but I do remember driving it for weeks without having to stop and put gas in it..

Jo Stafford, who died yesterday, is mostly forgotten now, save by those who were young a half-century ago, but back then she was one of the most popular singers in America, a wholesome beauty with a smooth, perfectly produced voice who sold millions and millions of records. Some of them were silly novelties, others bland period ballads, but when she had a good song to sing, nobody sang it better. Stafford dealt in reassurance, a commodity much appreciated during World War II and in the Age of Anxiety that followed it, which may explain why she is not so nearly...

Fears are growing for the health of Barry Manilow in light of the singer’s recent drastic weight loss. According to US magazine Globe, the Copacabana crooner has dropped to around seven stone – a dangerously unhealthy weight for his six foot frame. The 65-year-old singer, who has a residency in Las Vegas, is not known to be ill but has shocked fans and friends with his increasingly gaunt appearance. Although he may not have any current health problems Manilow's new skinny frame is a cause for concern. The singer was spotted in LA where he was enjoying a shopping trip...

LOS ANGELES - In a bid to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive gaming business, Sony announced Tuesday that it will cut the price of its high-end PlayStation 3 console by $100. It also will introduce downloads of movies and TV shows to the game machine's online store and, with some software partners, roll out a number of exclusive games. The moves suggested that Sony still views Microsoft as its chief rival rather than market leader Nintendo, which seems focused on extending its lead. But, of course, that's not how Sony brass portrayed its announcements at a press event...

Miley Cyrus wants to do a "younger, cleaner version of 'Sex and the City,'" the 15-year-old superstar told TV Guide. Cyrus previously told Vanity Fair that the HBO series is her favorite show. She later issued a statement clarifying that she only watches the edited, TBS version. But while she may like "Sex and the City," she won't be having sex anytime soon.

For all you fellow Gateheads, a new Stargate movie will be out this month. Plot involves time travel to stop the Stargate Program before it starts, leaving Earth open to a Gao'uld invasion. (I have no connection to this movie, just love the series).

The comedian Andy Dick was arrested early this morning in Murrieta on suspicion of drug possession and misdemeanor sexual battery, authorities said.

- 400GB drive cuts acoustic noise during data seek by 2dB*1 for near silent operation -TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of high performance 2.5-inch HDDs, including a low-noise flagship model that boosts areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 (308Gbpsi) to achieve a capacity of 400GB on just two platters, plus five drives that bring new levels of performance and 7,200rpm rotational speeds to the company’s full range of storage capacities. Mass production of the 400GB MK4058GSX will start from September, targeting notebook PC and consumer electronic applications. Mass production of the 7,200rpm drives will start in August. The line-up includes...

Lindsay Lohan has spent time in an LA morgue as part of her court-ordered community service. The actress, 22, has had to participate in several rehabilitation programmes as punishment for her drunk driving and cocaine charges, stemming from an incident last year. Lindsay was arrested in May last year after losing

Christopher Lee offers his voice for Smaug… won’t go back to NZ. July 13th, 2008 by Compa_Mighty In a bittersweet note, forummer DiveTwin reports this note that appeared in Cinematical:

Wow...check this out:

Megan Fox is still one of the slimmest starlets in Tinseltown, but the ubersexy screen siren was sporting a few more much-needed curves beneath her “Star Wars” T-shirt and jeans at the FOX Television Critics Association party in Santa Monica, Calif., on Monday night. Fox was forced to gain 10 pounds in three weeks for her role in the second “Transformers” movie following a dramatic and dangerous weight loss for her last film, “Jennifer’s Body."

This video was arranged and animated to the song, “One Day”, sung by Evangelist, Ezekiel Cash. The Merlin falcon and its song are arranged in autumn scenery.

Even by Jennifer Lopez's extravagant standards, this takes some beating... The actress apparently insists on dressing her five-month-old twins in new designer gear every day.