8/17/2008
Spears chosen as a candidate for best music video.
One year after Britney Spears's comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, the pop star has gotten a third nomination to come back to his year's show, but there is no word as to whether she'll do the repeat performance, reported Reuters. The channel has been putting out the nominations in...
8/17/2008
Xinhua news agency has asked for more courteous clapping from their fans.
The Chinese state media has appealed to fans on Saturday that they must stop cheering inappropriately at tennis matches so that they may present a good image to the world, reported Reuters.Enthusiastic Chinese fans have clapped at the wrong moments during Olympics tennis matches more than once....
8/17/2008
NBC gets ratings as good as "American Idol" on Fox from the Olympics.
The Olympics swim meet is soon to end, with Phelps winning his eighth gold medal on NBC Saturday night, and only one more week of competition remaining in the Olympics, according to the Associated Press.The interest in the Olympics is sure to wane once Phelps is no longer in the limelight, but NBC...
8/17/2008
Luke Wilson's new role as Henry Poole is a departure from his normal roles.
Luke Wilson is in a new film that debuts on Friday called Henry Poole Is Here, which is a quirky film drama that puts him in a new pairing of miracles and booze that was an unlikely pairing, according to Reuters.The actor told Reuters that he connected to the seemingly-doomed protagonist, Henry...
8/17/2008
Senator McCain has been sued for using a popular rock star's song.
Jackson Browne has sued U.S. presidential candidate John McCain for copyright infringement because the Republican nominee apparently used the singer's 1977 hit, "Running on Empty," in a campaign ad without permission, reported Reuters.The suit that was filed on Thursday in a U.S. District Court in...
8/10/2008
A Man in the UK played U2 and Cher so loud that his music equipment was seized and destroyed.
U2 and Cher were being blasted out of a man's home and he has subsequently had his equipment and music collection destroyed. Karl Wiosna of Graig, in the UK, was warned to turn down his music by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council after complaints were made, reported the BBC.A noise abatement notice was...
8/10/2008
Dark Knight was able to grab the top spot again this weekend at box offices.
The Dark Knight came out ahead in the box offices this weekend for its fourth weekend in a row. This led it into the No. 3 biggest movie of all time, reported Reuters. The sequel in the Batman series earned an estimated $26 million during the three days since Friday, according to Warner Bros....
8/10/2008
Suzanne Tamim, a Lebanese singer, was found dead in her flat and now her alleged killer has been found.
An arrest has been made in connection with the death of the Lebanese pop star, Suzanne Tamim, the Gulf emirate of Dubai has told the BBC. The 30-year-old singer was found dead in her flat last month and it has put the media into a frenzy, even suggesting that she was stabbed repeatedly to death,...
8/10/2008
Random House has pulled a book detailing the life of Mohammed's child bride.
The publisher Random House has pulled one of their novels that was about the Prophet Mohammed's child bride, because it could "incite acts of violence," reported Reuters. The book was called The Jewel of Medina and was Sherry Jones's first novel. It was supposed to be published on August 12 by...
8/10/2008
A recording of the Beatles was recently sold to a businessman in Canada.
A businessman from Canada had the winning bid for the newly discovered recording, from the mid-1960s, of The Beatles, singing at least one previously unreleased tune and joking around during the session, according the Reuters.Gino Olivieri of Montreal got the half-hour long reel-to-reel tape in...
