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James Spader Empties His Wallet for the Homeless (Apr 25 2005 23:42 GMT) - Who is cooler than James Spader? The National Enquirer reports that when the actor was walking out of the Santa Monica restaurant La Vecchia recently, he saw a speeding car bang into a homeless man's cart, sending all the man's possessions flying out into the street. Spader ran over to help the distraught man gather his stuff, then he paid for a taxi to take him to a nearby shelter. THEN he gave the man $320 and even apologized, saying, "I'm sorry. That's all the cash I have but please take it. |
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Wine Woman Awards. (Apr 25 2005 23:42 GMT) - Entries for the first Wine Women Awards are now being taken. If you run a wine shop or a restaurant, work as a wine waiter or own a wine bar, organize wine-tasting classes or wine events, you may participate. Only winemakers, oenologists and oenology professors cannot take part in the competition. Prizes of 19,000 euros are up for grabs. WineWomanAwards. |
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Flickr translator (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Flickr translator: Phil Torrone discusses using a Flickr interface as a universal translator... search on tags to find images of the things you'd like someone else to understand. Previous approaches have used services like Google Images for the graphics. I think it's a good idea, but I can picture myself... |
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Designer Kitchen Wallpaper (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Designer Kitchen Wallpaper: "We are working zealously to accumulate the most worthwhile info out there to you in one convenient website. One notion to be mindful of as you recap the great deal of designer kitchen wallpaper info at hand is that the webpages and webpages you locate won't be 100% accurate. The viewpoint that [...] |
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Gov't aids Toronto Fest (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Film News: Canuck officials help to build new center -- Toronto Film Festival will receive C$25 million ($20 million) from the Canuck government to help build the Festival Center. Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla is expected at a press conference today at the fest HQ site in downtown Toronto to announce the funding. |
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Medienforum lays out events (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Film News: Confab to feature Turkey as partner country -- Germany's Medienforum NRW will concentrate on the media's responsibility at its 17th edish, July 3- 5, at Cologne's trade fair center, KolnMesse. Medienforum also will address the economic situation of the local market. |
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Leos set to pick B.C.'s best pix (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Film News: 896 entries will compete in May -- The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia will fete its own at the Leo film and TV awards on May 27 and 28. There are a mammoth 91 categories, six up on last year, but the number of entries declined to 749 from 896 in 2004. |
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ABC Sunday smokin' (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - TV News: 'Grey' grows, 'DH' clips big -- ABC appears poised for a huge Sunday performance in the May sweeps after hot first-year medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" hit highs this week and a special recap episode of sudser "Desperate Housewives" soaked up big ratings. |
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System of a Down (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Music Reviews: Glendale's System of a Down made clear from the start of this "Souls 2005" benefit show -- with proceeds earmarked for various human-rights groups -- that the band's politics would share the spotlight equally with its combustible music. |
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Julius Caesar (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Legit Reviews: Here was a Caesar. When comes such another?" asks Mark Antony of the murdered Roman dictator. That question may well be posed by those who manage to get into Deborah Warner's sold-out new London staging of Shakespeare's play. |
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Continental divide (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Film News: Euro orgs nix gov't subsidy share for H'w'd -- Industryites in Spain and France on Monday urged their governments to block state film subsidies to U.S. majors filming in their countries. Spain's powerful Fapae producers lobby wants to end subsidies for U. |
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Sheridan to shepherd ABC's overnight news (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - TV News: Producer upped to exec level -- Former "Today" producer Chris Sheridan has been named executive producer of ABC's "World News Now" and "World News This Morning." The ABC broadcasts, anchored by Ron Corning and Heather Cabot, air overnight on weekdays. Sheridan will also coordinate segments for "Good Morning America." |
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Buena Vista vid marketers move up (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Business News: Ho, MacPherson upped to veep positions -- Buena Vista Home Entertainment has promoted two of its top marketing execs: Gordon Ho to exec VP, marketing and business development, and Lori MacPherson to senior VP, brand marketing and product management. |
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Dark 'Sundays' means light (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Legit News: B'way B.O. passed over -- Broadway withstood the usual Passover slump, registering a minor dip of $244,630, or 1.39%. |
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Medak makes prexy (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Legit News: Legit Roundup -- Susan Medak has been made president of the League of Resident Theaters. She is Berkley Rep's managing director. |
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'Lennon' skips venue (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Legit News: Legit Roundup -- The new musical "Lennon" will bypass its pre-Broadway run at Boston's Colonial Theater, where it had been skedded to play May 31-June 25. On Broadway, "Lennon" begins previews June 28 at the Broadhurst and opens July 28. It plays San Francisco's Orpheum Theater through May 14. |
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Hydra (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - Music Reviews: Hydra is a fitting name for this free-flowing aggregation, spawned by the meeting of postmodern jamsters Particle and one-time Grateful Dead timekeeper Mickey Hart. The resultant beast isn't that fierce, but it is hard to pin down in terms of direction and point of view. |
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Blogger News Item (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - the legend in orlando As you can see, the Orlando project went down this weekend. Although the mission was ultimately accomplished, there were definitely a few snags along the way. First of all, |
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Blogger News Item (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - These pomes are dedicated as always to Miss Kat. These one worders are also dedicated to teachers all over the country who have told me that my two word pomes are too difficult for their students. My ears are open! |
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Update on the Washington Post article about Trent Lott (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - I wrote about an article the Washington Post wrote about Trent Lott and what FAIR had to say about the article. The Washington Post responded. The following excerpt is from the response.: Ombudsman FAIR or Unfair Game? By Michael Getler Sunday, April 24, 2005; |
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Blinking at the Tipping Point (Apr 25 2005 23:41 GMT) - One of my colleagues at WWF has mentioned Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" a couple of times. Listening to this podcast on the weekend I had a "duh!" moment and finally put two and two together to realise that this... |
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