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2007-04-29T00:36:00.001-04:00

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March Film Releases

2007-03-04T16:46:00.000-05:00

Upcoming Film Releases

Please note that release dates are always subject to change

3/2/07
Black Snake Moan (Paramount) - Justin Timberlake
Zodiac (Paramount)
Wildhogs (Touchstone)
Full of It (New Line)

3/9/07
300 (Warner Bros)

3/16/07
Premonition (MGM)
Sunshine (Fox)
Shooter (Paramount)
I Think I Love My Wife (Fox)
My Brother (Code Black) – Vanessa Williams
Dead Silence (Universal)

3/23/07
The Hills Have Eyes II (Fox Atomic)
Reign Over Me (Sony)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Warner Bros)
The Last Mimzy (New Line)
Pride (Lions Gate)

3/30/07
Blades of Glory (Paramount)
Meet the Robinsons (Buena Vista)

March Album Releases

2007-03-04T16:44:00.000-05:00

March 6:
Sevendust Alpha (7 Bros. Records/ Asylum/Warner)
Son Volt The Search (Transmit Sound/Legacy)
RJD2 The Third Hand (XL Records)
VA Jonny Greenwood is the Controller (Trojan/Sanctuary)
The Arcade Fire Neon Bible (Merge)
Lucky You Soundtrack (Columbia)
Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem of Nowhere (Arts and Crafts)

March 13:
Musiq Soulchild LUVANMUSIQ (Atlantic)

March 20:
Joss Stone Introducing Joss Stone (S-Curve Records)
The Stooges The Weirdness (Virgin)
Good Charlotte Good Morning Revival (Epic)
Lordi The Arockalypse (End Records)
Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby (Sony BMG)
Neil Young Live at Massey Hall (Reprise)
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price Last of the Breed (Lost Highway)
Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
Marques Houston Veteran (T.U.G./Universal)
Young Buck Buck the World (G-Unit/Interscope)

March 27:
Tim McGraw Let It Go (Curb)
Timbaland Shock Value (Mosley Music Group/Blackground/Interscope)
Chamillionaire Ultimate Victory (Universal)
Stevie Nicks The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (Reprise)
Tha Dogg Pound Dogg Chit (Koch)
Lil Flip I Need Mine (Columbia/Sony Urban)
Macy Gray Big (will.i.am music group/Geffen)
Fabolous From Nothin' to Somethin'(Def Jam)
Redman Red Gone Wild (Def Jam)

March Events

2007-03-04T16:43:00.001-05:00

March 2007

March 2: Best Week Ever
March 2: 38th annual NAACP Image Awards airs on Fox.
March 4: Fame Game; Dice Undisputed Premiere
March 5: I Love New York; Aussie Next Top Model Premiere
March 5: Nickelback @ Continental Airlines Arena
March 6: The Agency
March 9: Best Week Ever
March 10: 2007 Soul Train Awards tapes in Pasadena, CA. Airs March 17-24.
March 11: Fame Game; Dice: Undisputed
March 12: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in NYC (airs on VH1 March 17)
March 12: I Love New York; Aussie Next Top Model
March 13: The Agency
March 13: MuteMath @ Gramercy Theatre
March 14,15: The Pogues @ Roseland
March 17: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame airs on VH1
March 18: Fame Game; Dice: Undisputed
March 19: I Love New York; Aussie Next Top Model
March 20: The Agency
March 22: The Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre
March 23: Department of Acceptable Media Premiere; Best Week Ever
March 23: Christina Aguilera @ Madison Square Garden
March 25: Fame Game; Dice: Undisputed
March 25: Elton John's 60th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden
March 26: I Love New York; Aussie Next Top Model
March 27: The Agency
March 28: Celeb Eye Candy
March 30: Best Week Ever; DAM TV
March 30: Heaven And Hell @ Radio City Music Hall
March 31: Nickelodeon's 20th annual Kids' Choice Awards in L.A.

Cencom Events

2007-03-04T16:35:00.000-05:00

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams Wednesday, March 7
6:30 pm
A tour of NBC News studios includes an intimate conversation with five-time Emmy Award winner Brian Williams who, two years ago, succeeded Tom Brokaw as anchor of the highest-rated newscast in America. For his tireless coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Williams received television’s most prestigious honors: the Edward R. Murrow Award and the George Peabody Award. A NASCAR enthusiast, Williams stays in touch with his audience and attracts younger viewers to the broadcast with his daily blog. Sign up now!STUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

MTV Networks Gets CreativeThursday, March 8
11:00 am
Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at MTV’s empire on Broadway where you will meet the virtuoso team of designers, writers and producers who run the network’s Creative Services team. Learn how they come up with fresh ideas and innovative concepts to promote and market MTV’s popular brands, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, VH1, LOGO and Spike TV.Matt Herron, Executive ProducerPatti Rogoff, Studio ManagerAlan Perler, VP, Multimedia/ProductionKen Saji, Senior Copy DirectorCheryl Family, SVP/Editorial DirectorScott Wadler, SVP, DesignSTUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

What’s Up at Time OutTuesday, March 13
2:30 pm
Who serves the best dal baht in Queens ? Where can I find a vegetarian Rolfer for my cat? Which cinema is screening a retrospective of Volker Schlondorf films? To stay on top of what’s going down in all five boroughs TONY is the guide to live by. Sign up for a visit to the hard-working team who pulls together 2001 great ideas for every issue.Erin Clements, Assistant Editor/Around Town writerJ. Colette Prosper, Publicity Coordinator Chad Frade, Editorial Assistant, Time Out KidsNicole Purmal, Online Advertising/Marketing Manager STUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

Perfect Pitch: Cable at the TableThursday, March 15
6:30 to 8:00 pm
In the ever-expanding world of cable television, channels are looking for content and cable nets are more open to hearing about the ‘next big thing.’ Some of the top programmers in the business reveal how the pitch process really works and offer tips on how to package your ideas to get them in front of the decision-makers. Tony DiSanto, EVP, Series Development & Animation; Head of MTV2 ProgrammingAmy Introcaso-Davis, SVP, Production & Development, Bravo Andrew Goldman, VP, Program Planning & Scheduling, HBO/Cinemax Charles Nordlander, VP, Programming Development, Food NetworkJ. Max Robins, Editor-in-Chief, Broadcasting & Cable (moderator)HBO1100 Avenue of the Americas15th Floor Theater(at 42nd Street)

Sports Media: Get In the GameWednesday, March 21
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Love sports? Can’t jump? Try media. Excellent writing skills and a passion for ‘the game’ are just the minimal requirements – practical experience, good clips, perseverance and a desire to work harder than anyone else will also serve you well. Our line-up of media all-stars knows the score and will walk you through the necessary steps to break into this competitive arena.Budd Mishkin, Reporter, NY1 Jenna Wolfe, Sports Anchor/Reporter, WABC- TVJon Wertheim, Staff Writer, Sports Illustrated Johnette Howard, Sports Columnist, NewsdayJosh Freedenberg, Associate Director, NBC Sports Lolita Lopez, Weekend Sports Anchor, CW11 News New York UniversityKimmel Center Silver Board Room, #91460 Washington Square SouthPresented with New York University’s Steinhardt Department of Culture and Communication

Behind the Image: Graphic Design Wednesday, March 28
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Graphic design surrounds us, conveying messages and promoting products. But there’s more to this than meets the eye. Quality design can be complex and multilayered; the end result of subtle influences and endless research. Masters of design Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic reveal the hidden meanings behind the creativity, and help you design a career in the field.Steven Heller, Senior Art Director, New York Times; co-chair, MFA Designer as Author program, School of Visual ArtsMirko Ilic, designer/illustrator; former Art Director, Time (international)Christopher Mount, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, Parsons The New School for Design (moderator)Presented with Parsons The New School for DesignThe New School Lang Student Center, 2nd Floor55 West 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Aves

Digitas: New Face of AdvertisingThursday, March 29
10:00 am
In the digital era, the rules of marketing are changing dramatically and new strategies are including interactive content along with the usual print ads, DRTV, and direct mail. Digitas creates campaigns for giants like FedEx and AT&T. You’ll learn what it takes to build a career in this multi-faceted brave new world.George Scribner, SVP, Account PlanningMarcus White, Art DirectorBengt Asplund, CopywriterFrank Rodriguez, Marketing ManagerOonie Chase, VP/Associate Creative DirectorMarc Garbarini, VP, Creative DirectorSTUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

Kid Culture: Hot New GenreThursday, March 29
7:00 to 8:30 pm
Books on youth culture are the new bestsellers as adults attempt to understand the conflicts and influences confronting today’s kids. But social critics claim that ‘youth profiling’ and juvenile navel-gazing exploits youngsters and is sending the wrong messages. Authors debate the pros and cons.Abby Ellin, author, Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight and How Parents Can (and Can't) HelpAlissa Quart, author, Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers; Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted ChildDave Marcus, author, What it Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get Into Trouble and How Four of Them Got OutLauren Sandler, author, Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth MovementMaia Szalavitz, author, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts KidsCatherine Orenstein, culture critic; author, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked (moderator)Housing Works Book Café126 Crosby Street(between Houston and Prince Streets)

Voicing Your OpinionWednesday, April 4
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Op-Ed pages are a powerful forum for public discourse, and a well-written piece can affect social change. But with limited page space, editors tend to favor the powers-that-be. Enter the Blogo-sphere and on-line citizen journalism, opening the field to a broader range of voices. Media opinion-makers explore the impact of this new phenomenon.Gail Collins, Op-Ed Columnist, New York TimesTunku Varadarajan, Editorial Features Editor, Wall Street JournalMatt Stoller, political activist/bloggerSheryl McCarthy, Columnist, Newsday; Board of Contributors, USA Today Andrzej Rapaczynski, Editor and Director, Project SyndicateCatherine Orenstein, contributor, New York Times, Washington Post (moderator)Presented with The Woodhull Institute and the NYU Steinhardt Department of Culture and CommunicationNew York UniversitySteinhardt Barney Building34 Stuyvesant Street(between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, at 10th Street)

Marketing in the Digital AgeThursday, April 5
6:30 to 8:00 pm
The Cyberspace revolution is changing mass marketing at an astonishing rate as the Web becomes the best route to reaching any given target group. If you’re in the marketing field, or plan to enter, it’s vital to understand the concepts on which Web-based marketing is built. Our experts demystify vernacular and explain what you need to get up to speed.Anthony Schneider, CEO, PeersuasionAnton Konikoff, CEO, Acronym MediaBill Dyszel, New Media/Tech Consultant; author, Microsoft Outlook for DummiesPaul Borgese, Manager of Emerging Markets, Associated Press Digital (moderator)Presented with the NYU Steinhardt Department of Culture and Communication New York UniversityKimmel Center Silver Board Room, #91460 Washington Square South

Branded Entertainment Wednesday, April 11
6:30 to 8:00 pm
No longer settling for the 30-second spot, brands strive to be more visible and more subtle at the same time with reality show and video game tie-ins, and brand-generated content appearing everywhere from YouTube and Xbox, to airplanes and movie theaters. Those in the avant garde of the branding revolution report on what’s working, what isn’t, and where the trend is headed.Kirk Iwanowski, EVP, Marketing, Branded Entertainment & Sponsorship, Sundance Channel Patti Kim, Vice President, William Morris AgencyChet Fenster, Managing Partner, Director of Content Creation, MEC EntertainmentBill Hilary, President, Magna Global EntertainmentStuart Elliot, Advertising Columnist, New York Times (moderator)HBO1100 Avenue of the Americas15th Floor Theater(at 42nd Street

CW11 Morning News Thursday, April 12
8:30 am
If you dream of working in network news, here’s your chance to meet a local news team, up close and personal. On this studio visit, you will watch a newscast from the control room and meet the anchors and producers to see how it all comes together. Learn what it takes to make it in this competitive field, behind and in front of the camera.Tiffany McElroy, AnchorCraig Treadway, AnchorSukanya Krishnan, AnchorJohn Muller, AnchorLauren Petterson, Executive ProducerSpencer Mindich, Talent Executive ProducerSTUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

Good Housekeeping: The Test of TimeMonday, April 16
2:00 pm
For almost a century, Good Housekeeping magazine has been awarding its Seal of Approval to everything from lipstick to vacuum cleaners. Each year thousands of products are subjected to rigorous testing to earn their coveted stamp. Join us for a visit to GH’s state-of-the-art, high tech ‘Research Institute’ in Hearst’s glassy new tower to find out how it all works. While there, learn how the magazine is getting a makeover of it’s own to entice a younger, hipper readership.STUDENT ON-LOCATION Register by email: info@cencom.org

The Importance of Being FunnyTuesday, April 17
6:30 to 8:00 pm
When Bill Clinton was desperate to divert an unfriendly Washington Press Corps, humor was a tactic and speechwriter/humorist Mark Katz was his secret weapon. Katz, founder of The Sound Bite Institute (a “one-man comedy think tank”), has helped hundreds of politicians and corporate types sound like comedy pros. Katz offers pointers to aspiring writers, publicists, performers, public speakers and anyone else who wants to charm an audience, beguile their friends and just get everybody to lighten up already.Mark Katz, humor writer; author, Clinton & Me: A Real Life Political ComedyHunter CollegeHunter North Building, 4th FloorLang Recital Hall(enter on 69th Street between Park & Lexington Aves.)

Walter Isaacson on Einstein: His Life and UniverseWednesday, April 11
7:00 to 8:00 pm
Leading journalist (longtime editor-in-chief at Time and head of CNN) and now director of the Aspen Institute, Isaacson will discuss his new book on the life of Albert Einstein, the first full biography of Einstein since his papers were made available. Along with Einstein’s extraordinary scientific achievements, Isaacson delves into his complex and painful familial relationships and remarkable celebrity status with the American public. Come hear this entertaining author, and get a signed copy of the book.Barnes and NobleUnion Square North (17th Street)NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED, GO EARLY FOR A SEAT!

An Evening with Lifetime’s Betty CohenWednesday, April 18
6:30 to 8:00 pm
A wonderful opportunity to hear from Betty Cohen, President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services (owned by The Hearst Corporation and the Walt Disney Company), where she oversees Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Online as well as a broad range of brand extensions including Lifetime Radio for Women®, Lifetime Home Entertainment and Lifetime Press. Ms. Cohen, who created and launched the Cartoon Network during her 14-year stint at Turner, will discuss new approaches to successful brand building in the digital age. Join us to learn what’s next at one of the biggest and most popular cable nets.Presented with New York Women in Film & TelevisionHunter CollegeHunter North BuildingLang Recital Hall, 4th Floor(enter on 69th St. between Park and Lexington) Call (212) 679-0870 to register

Charlex: Digital DesignThursday, April 26
11:00 am
Visit one of NYC’s hippest digital ateliers where you will meet with designers, editors and masters of 3D, special effects and animation who create movie trailers and TV commercials for some of the biggest brands around.Richard Eng, Creative DirectorKeith McCabe, Computer Graphics SupervisorTony Tabtong, Lead AnimatorGong Myung Lee, Senior LighterSTUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

Miramax Films: Still on TopFriday, April 27
12:00 pm
With hits like The Queen and Venus garnering all kinds of awards, and the comedy Eagle vs. Shark making a big splash at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Miramax manages to stay front and center in the Indie world. Go inside the studio that put independent cinema on the map for a tour with producers, script-developers, publicists and marketing execs, and find out how they continue to bring quality projects to the big screen without stratospheric budgets.STUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

The Gersh Talent Agency Friday, May 4
11:00 am
Do you have what it takes to be a talent agent? If you’re fast on your feet, know the entertainment business and have a flair for negotiation. Learn first- hand from the pros at The Gersh Agency what it takes to succeed. Jennifer Konawal, Literary/Talent agentKyetay Buckner, Talent AgentSara Self, Literary AgentChris Highland, Talent AgentJason Gutman, Talent AgentSTUDENT ON-LOCATION To register: info@cencom.org

Feb. Entertainment

2007-01-29T18:29:00.000-05:00

February 2007

TV Events
Feb. 2: Best Week Ever
Feb. 3: Super Bowl Bash ’07; Armed & Famous
Feb. 4: Super Bowl
Feb. 5: I Love New York; White Rapper
Feb. 7: Justin Timberlake @ Madison Square Garden
Feb. 8: Rod Stewart @ Madison Square Garden
Feb. 9: Best Week Ever
Feb. 9: 2007 MusiCares Person of the Year (Don Henley) gala dinner the Los Angeles Convention Center
Feb. 10: Beauty & the GeekFeb. 11: Grammy Awards in L.A.
Feb. 11: Fame Game; Hogan Knows Best; Sizemore
Feb. 12: I Love New York; White Rapper
Feb. 13-17: The Arcade Fire at Judson Memorial Church (NYC)
Feb. 13: All Access: Size Matters
Feb. 14: Brit Awards
Feb. 16: Celeb Eye Candy
Feb. 17: America’s Next Top Model
Feb. 18: Fame Game; Hogan Knows Best; Sizemore
Feb. 18: Daytona 500
Feb. 19: I Love New York; White Rapper
Feb. 20: The Agency Premiere
Feb. 22: Rock Doc: Bling: Blood, Diamonds & Hip Hop
Feb. 23: Best Week Ever
Feb. 25: Hogan Knows Best
Feb. 25: 79th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood airs live on ABC
Feb. 26: White Rapper
Feb. 27: The Agency
Feb. 28: John Mayer @ Madison Square Garden

Album Releases
Feb. 6: Rickie Lee Jones The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (New West Records)
Patty Griffin Children Running Through (ATO)
The Used Berth (Reprise)

Feb. 13: Lucinda Williams West (Lost Highway)
Gerald Levert In My Songs (Atlantic)

Feb. 20: Luscious Jackson Greatest Hits (Capitol/EMI)

Feb. 27: Slim Thug Serve & Collect (Koch)

Film Releases
2/2/07
Because I Said So (Universal)
Fired! (Shout)
The Messengers (Columbia)

2/9/07
Hannibal Rising (Weinstein)
Norbit (DreamWorks)

2/16/07
Ghost Rider (Sony)
Bridge to Terabithia (Walt Disney)
Breach (Universal)

2/23/07
Black Snake Moan (Paramount) - Justin Timberlake
The Number 23 (New Line)
The Astronaut Farmer (Warner Bros)

January: TV, Album & Film Releases

2006-12-31T19:41:00.000-05:00

Television

Jan. 2: Fab Life: Heiresses

Jan. 3: Dreamgirls: The Making & Breaking of Girl Groups

Jan. 4: VH1 News: Young, Rich and Out of Control

Jan. 7: Fame Game Premiere; Hogan Knows Best; Shooting Sizemore Premiere

Jan. 8: I Love New York Premiere; The White Rapper Show Premiere

Jan. 9: All Access: Geezers; Fab Life: Secret Lives of the Megarich

Jan. 9: People's Choice Awards airs live on CBS from Shrine Auditorium

Jan. 13: Rock Doc: Awesome, I @*$&% Shot That

Jan. 14: Fame Game; Hogan Knows Best; Shooting Sizemore

Jan. 15: I Love New York; White Rapper

Jan. 15: The 64th Annual Golden Globe® Awards Live telecast on NBC Television at 8 p.m.

Jan. 16: All Access: Hottest Couples; Fab Life: Breakups

Jan. 18-28: Sundance Film Festival

Jan. 19: Best Week Ever

Jan. 21: Fame Game; Hogan Knows Best; Shooting Sizemore

Jan. 22: I Love New York; White Rapper

Jan. 23: All Access: Lindsay Lohan; Fab Life: Celebrity Sex

Jan. 23: Academy Award nominations announced

Jan. 24: Box Set: Gwen Stefani

Jan. 26: VH1 News: Little Beauties; Best Week Ever

Jan. 28: Fame Game; Hogan Knows Best; Sizemore

Jan. 29: CMT Pageant School; I Love New York; White Rapper

Jan. 29: Miss America Pageant airs live from Las Vegas on CMT

Jan. 29-31: Paul Weller @ Irving Plaza

Jan. 30: All Access: Celeb Showdown

New Releases

Please note that release dates are always subject to change

Jan. 9:
Crime Mob Hated on Mostly (BME/Reprise)

Ron Sexsmith Time Being (V2)

Arthur and the Invisibles Soundtrack (Atlantic)

Jan. 16:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ten Days Out (Blues From the Backroads) (Warner Bros./Reprise)

Diana Ross I Love You (Manhattan/EMI)

Jan. 23:
The Shins Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop)

Saliva Blood Stained Love Story (Island)

Paul Weller Hit Parade (Yep Roc)

John Mellencamp Freedom Road (UMe/Universal Republic)

Grateful Dead Live at the Cow Palace (Rhino)

Jan. 30:
Katharine McPhee Never Saw It Comin' (RCA)

Film Releases

Please note that release dates are always subject to change

12/29/06

Pan's Labyrinth (Warner Bros.)

Inland Empire (Studio Canal)

Fast Track (Weinstein)

1/5/07

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (DreamWorks)

Home of the Brave (MGM) – 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson)

Happily N'Ever After (Lions Gate)

Code Name: The Cleaner (New Line)

1/12/07

Arthur and the Invisibles (MGM) - Snoop Dogg, Madonna

Alpha Dog (Universal) - Justin Timberlake

Pathfinder (20th Century Fox)

Miss Potter (Weinstein)

1/19/07

The Hitcher (Rogue)

The Painted Veil (Warner Independent)

1/26/07

Breaking and Entering (MGM)

Epic Movie (20th Century Fox)

Smokin' Aces (Universal)

The Invisible (Hollywood)

Dead Silence (Universal)

Catch and Release (Columbia)

Beyonce Seeks Dancers 2007 Tour

2006-12-02T14:33:00.000-05:00

BEYONCÉ SEEKS DANCERS FOR 2007 WORLD TOUR

For Immediate Release
November 27th, 2006BEYONCÉ SEEKS DANCERS FOR 2007 WORLD TOUR
Five U.S. Cities Hosting Auditions In DecemberFor Superstar's 2007 On-Stage Spectacular Beyoncé is looking for the hottest and best dancers on the planet for her upcoming world tour.Five U.S. cities -- Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, New York, and Chicago -- will host open call auditions, at specific locations TBA, beginning in December:

December 6 & 7
Los Angeles
Alley Kat (1455 Gordon)

December 9
Atlanta
Dance 101

January 6
Houston
location TBA

January 11 & 12
New York
location TBA

January 27
Chicago
location TBA

Dancers may be male or female, of all nationalities, but must be at least 18 years old.
For more information on Beyonce's 2007 World Tour Dance Auditions, please visit:
www.beyonce.com
www.beyonceonline.com
www.beyonceknowles.net
www.musicworldringtones.com
www.columbiarecords.com

Meet & Greet with Filmmakers

2006-11-26T18:00:00.000-05:00

Grant Information Session for Filmmakers and Visual Artists!Kemi Ilesanmi, Associate Director of Grants & Services, Creative CapitalFoundationLower Manhattan Cultural Council15 Nassau @ Pine St2, 3 to Wall St; 4, 5 to Wall St; J, Z to Broad St; R, W to Rector St6:30 pm, Wednesday, December 6Bronx Museum of the ArtsNorth Building, 1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th StB, D to 167/Grand Concourse; 4 to 161 /Yankee Stadium6:30pm, Tuesday, January 9* Please RSVP as capacity is limited: kemi@creative-capital.org ** These sessions are free and you need only attend one *Creative Capital Foundation is a national nonprofit organization thatsupports artists pursuing adventurous and imaginative work in the performingand visual arts, film/video, innovative literature, and emerging fields. In2007, Creative Capital will be considering proposals in the visual arts andfilm/video.Far from a traditional funder, Creative Capital is committed to working inlong-term partnership with the bold and ground-breaking artists that we fundby making a multi-year financial commitment as well as providing advisoryservices and professional development assistance. We have a specialinterest in projects that transcend discipline boundaries and revealsomething new about the moment in which we live. For more information,please visit www.creative-capital.org.
www.creative-capital.org

Dec. Film Releases

2006-11-21T19:06:00.000-05:00

12/1/06
The Nativity Story (New Line Cinema)
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (MGM)
Turistas (Fox Atomic)
10 Items or Less (ThinkFilm)

12/8/06
Blood Diamond (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Off the Black (ThinkFilm)
Apocalypto (Buena Vista Pictures)
The Holiday (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Unaccompanied Minors (Warner Bros. Pictures)

12/15/06
Eragon (Fox 2000 Pictures)
The Pursuit of Happyness (Columbia Pictures)

12/20/06
Charlotte’s Web (Paramount)
Night at the Museum (Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)

12/22/06
Rocky Balboa (Sony Pictures)
The Good Shepherd (Universal Pictures)
We Are Marshall (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Black Christmas (Dimension)
Alatriste (Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)

12/29/06
Children of Men (Universal Pictures)

Dec. Album Releases

2006-11-21T19:04:00.001-05:00

Dec. 5:

Ciara Ciara: The Evolution (La Face/Zomba)
Eminem The Re-Up (Shady/Interscope)
OC Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks (Warner Bros.)
Dreamgirls soundtrack (Music World/Sony Urban)
Barbra Streisand untitled double-disc live album (Columbia)
Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape (Interscope)
Nick Cannon Stages (Motown)

Dec. 12:

Akon Konvicted (SRC/Universal)
Young Jeezy The Inspiration (Def Jam)
Mary J. Blige Reflections: The Journey (Geffen)
Sonic Youth The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities (Geffen)
Fantasia Fantasia (J/19)

Dec. 19:

Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
Tyrese Alter Ego (J)
Mario Effortless (J)
Bow Wow The Price of Fame (Columbia/Sony Urban)
Trick Daddy Back By Thug Demand (Slip N Slide/Atlantic)

Dec. 26:

N.W.A. The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge (Capitol/Priority)
Matisyahu No Place To Be (Epic)

Dec. Events

2006-11-21T19:04:00.000-05:00

December 2006

Dec. 1: World AIDS Day
Dec. 1: Wendy Williams; Best Week Ever; Web Junk 20
Dec. 2: Big '06 Red Carpet
Dec. 3: BIG IN 2006
Dec. 4: Fab Life: Filthy Rich Celeb Moguls; Really Rich Real Estate
Dec. 4: The Good German (Clooney) LA; Dreamgirls Premiere
Dec. 4: Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand
Dec. 7: The Blood Diamond Premiere LA; Pursuit of Happyness Premiere LA
Dec. 7: Grammy Nominees announced
Dec. 8: Wendy Williams; Web Junk 20; Celebrity Eye Candy
Dec. 8: Dashboard Confessional and Brand New @ Madison Square Garden
Dec. 8: Anniversary of John Lennon’s Murder
Dec. 9: KROQ's annual Almost Acoustic Christmas concert (My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars, Incubus, (+44), Wolfmother, Papa Roach and Saosin) in Universal City, California
Dec. 10: Bonaduce; Celeb Paranormal
Dec. 10: Ciara @ Nokia Theatre Times Square
Dec. 11: Fab Life: Celebrity Splurges; Really Rich Real Estate
Dec. 11: Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo
Dec. 15: Best Year Ever; Web Junk 20
Dec. 16: Top 40 of 2006; Rock Doc: Courtney Love
Dec. 17: Bonaduce; Celeb Paranormal
Dec. 22: Best of WebJunk 2006
Dec. 23: Yung Joc, Omarion, Ne-Yo, Pretty Ricky and Mario @ Madison Square Garden

Cencom Seminars

2006-11-21T19:03:00.000-05:00

BONNIE FULLER ON THE JOYS OF MUCH TOO MUCH Wednesday, November 29th6:30 to 8:00 pm Publishing powerhouse Bonnie Fuller skillfully led magazines such as Glamour , Cosmopolitan, Us Weekly and Star to record-breaking circulation while married and raising a four children. Now, as the editorial director of 30 magazines, Fuller shares with us the secrets to her extraordinary success and her love of grand excess as she refutes the cliché, “You can’t have it all,” showing us how we absolutely can! Aspiring media pros and others won’t want to miss this crash course on going for a “fuller” life. Bonnie Fuller , Editor and Chief, Star Magazine and Editorial Director of American Media, for titles including: Shape , Men’s Fitness , Natural Health and Fit Pregnancy . Author of The Joys of Much Too Much . Moderator: Rachel Sklar , Blogger/Columnist, The Huffington Post Location : New York University Kimmel Center , Silver Board Room #914 60 Washington Square South _____________________________________________

FUNNY BUSINESS: COMEDY CENTRAL Tuesday, December 5th6:30 to 8:00 pm With hits like South Park , The Daily Show and The Colbert Report , the Comedy Central network is riding high as it serves up the hippest, smartest and funniest material on the tube. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart have become our most effective media critics, attracting celebs and distinguished guests from both sides of the aisle and providing a place for spirited public debate. These two say more by raising an eyebrow than most pundits do in six paragraphs. Learn how it all comes together. Michele Ganeless , General Manager and Executive Vice President, Comedy Central Moderator: Prof. Al Lieberman , Executive Director, Entertainment Media and Technology Program, NYU’s Stern School of Business Sponsored by the Goldenson-Arbus Foundation Location : New York University Kimmel Center, Shorin Performance Center , #802 60 Washington Square South

Voice Lessons at the Sugar Bar

2006-09-15T18:21:00.000-04:00

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September Film Releases

2006-09-15T18:20:00.000-04:00

9/15/06
The Last Kiss (DreamWorks SKG)
The Black Dahlia (Universal)
Gridiron Gang (Columbia) - Xzibit
Everyone's Hero (20th Century Fox)

9/22/06
Fearless (Rogue Pictures)
Jackass: Number Two (Paramount)
All the King's Men (Columbia)
Feast (Weinstein Company) - Henry Rollins
Bandidas (20th Century Fox)

9/29/06
Children of Men (Universal)
The Guardian (Walt Disney)
Open Season (Sony)
School for Scoundrels ( Weinstein Company )
Flyboys (MGM)

September Album Releases

2006-09-15T18:18:00.000-04:00

Sept. 12: Peter Frampton Fingerprint (A&M)
Jerry Lewis Redemption (Columbia)
Bob Seger Face the Promise (Capitol)
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive)
Brazilian Girls Talk to La Bomb (Verve Forecast)
Los Lobos The Town And The City (Mammoth/Hollywood Records)
Sandi Thom Smile… (Columbia)
The Last Kiss Soundtrack (Lakeshore)
Shawn Colvin These Four Walls (Nonesuch)
Everclear Welcome to the Drama Club (Eleven Seven Music)
TV On The Radio Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Basement Jaxx Crazy Itch Radio (XL Recordings)
John Mayer Continuum (Columbia)
Ben Kweller Ben Kweller (ATO)
R.E.M. And I Feel Fine (EMI)
VA Between the Covers (AIDS BENEFIT) (Sony BMG)
John Phillips John, the Wolfking of L.A. (Varese Vintage)

Sept. 19: Nas Hip-Hop Is Dead (Def Jam)
Diana Krall From This Moment On (Verve)
Bobby Valentino Special Occasion (Disturbing Tha Peace)
Fergie The Duchess (A&M)
Lloyd Banks Rotten Apple(G-Unit/Interscope)
A Life Less Lived -- The Gothic Box (Rhino)
Chingy Hoodstar (Slot-A-Lot/Capitol)
Xzibit Full Circle (Open Bar Entertainment/Koch)
The Indigo Girls Differences (Hollywood Records)
Clay Aiken A Thousand Different Ways (RCA)
Mos Def Tru3 Magic (Geffen)
Joseph Arthur Nuclear Daydream (Lonely Astronaut)
Elton John The Captain and the Kid (Rocket/Island)

Sept. 26: Sleepy Brown Mr. Brown (Purple Ribbon/Virgin)
Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah (Universal Motown)
The Byrds There Is a Season box set (Columbia/Legacy)
Tony Bennett Duets -- An American Classic (RPM/Columbia)
Janet Jackson 20 Years Old (Virgin)
Tori Amos A Piano (boxed set)(Rhino)
The Lemonheads The Lemonheads (Vagrant)
Sean Lennon Friendly Fire (Capitol)
Brooke Hogan Undiscovered (SoBe Entertainment)
Ludacris Release Therapy (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)
Jay Bennett The Magnificent Defeat (Rykodisc)
Natalie Cole Leavin' (Verve)
Mark Linkous Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain (Astralwerks)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon Soundtrack (Capitol/EMI)
Monica The Makings of Me (J)
Ruben Studdard The Return (J)
Robert Randolph & the Family Band Colorblind (Warner Bros.)
Weird Al Yankovic Straight Outta Lynwood (Moby/Volcano)
Depeche Mode Touring the Angel (Sire/Reprise)
Alan Jackson Like Red on a Rose (Arista)

September Events

2006-09-15T18:17:00.000-04:00

Sept. 12: Between The Covers Premiere
Sept. 12-13: Roger Waters @ Madison Square Garden
Sept. 15: Best Week Ever
Sept. 15-17: 2006 Austin City Limits Festival (Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Massive Attack and Gnarls Barkley…)
Sept. 15-17:Colorado's 13th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (Lou Reed, John Mayer, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers and Tab Benoit)
Sept. 16: Top Model
Sept. 17: Celebrity Fit Club; Flavor of Love; Top Model
Sept. 18: The Who @ Madison Square Garden
Sept. 19: Aerosmith / Motley Crue @ Jones Beach Theater
Sept. 20: 11th annual MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards in London
Sept. 22: Best Week Ever
Sept. 23: Virgin Festival in Baltimore (The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Who, the Killers, the Flaming Lips, the Raconteurs, Scissor Sisters, Gnarls Barkley, Thievery Corporation, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Pornographers, Wolfmother, Drive-By Truckers, Kasabian and Brazilian Girls.)
Sept. 24: Celebrity Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Sept. 25: All Access: Cutest Babies
Sept. 26: the Raconteurs @ Roseland Ballroom
Sept. 27: The Rolling Stones @ Giants Stadium
Sept. 27: Joseph Arthur @ Bowery Ballroom
Sept. 28: Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sept. 29: Best Week Ever
Sept. 29: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Janet Jackson
Sept. 30: The 19th annual Farm Aid at the Tweeter Center in Camden, N.J (Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews)

The Hip Hop Summit Action Network

2006-08-24T17:04:00.000-04:00

The National Voter Coalition announced that it will premiere its taping of The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Town Hall Meeting on Community Empowerment to east coast homes on August 21 at 10:00 pm on CN8, a Comcast network station. The town hall meeting was shot live in Philadelphia on July 12th at the University of Pennsylvania and was hosted by Russell Simmons and television anchor Art Fennell. “We are honored to have CN8, The Comcast Network, broadcast the town hall meeting to its almost 9 million viewers,” said Simmons, the chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. “We are convinced this will reinforce our goal of encouraging young people to get involved in the process, register and vote.” Hip-Hop stars like Foxy Brown, Musiq, Jim Jones, Papoose, Jaguar Wright, Queen Pen, and R&B great Kenny Gamble were all present at the town hall meeting and will be featured in the taping.
For the full story log on: http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6045

Entertainment News Headlines

2006-08-18T14:49:00.000-04:00

Primetime Special On AIDS In Black America Includes Segment By Peter Jennings [TVNewser]ABC's upcoming primetime special on AIDS in Black America is notable for a couple of reasons. It is, according to ABC, the "first national network television news documentary on the AIDS epidemic among African Americans." And it is one of the last primetime specials that Peter Jennings had a hand in developing.

ESPN Brand to Be Tagged on All ABC Sports Content (Mediaweek)Beginning Sept. 2, ESPN will become the overarching brand for all sports programming on ABC, a move that coincides with the debut of ABC's NCAA football coverage. The new "ESPN on ABC" brand will be applied to all aspects of ABC Sports production, including on-air look, graphics and overlays.

Indie Cinema and Cultural Community Center in NYC

2006-08-18T14:47:00.000-04:00

DCTV Secures Nearly $2.4 Million For Indie Cinema and Cultural Community CenterNew York City's DCTV has locked up $2.375 million for its independent film cinema and cultural center. The organization, founded in 1972, is creating a public cinema and media community site at its 110-year old firehouse facility in Lower Manhattan. The organization indicated that it will create for residents from the local areas including Chinatown, Tribeca, the Lower East Side and the Financial District, as well as for New Yorkers at-large. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation initially committed $800,000 to the project, and $1.4 million is coming from the City of New York, with more money from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the office of the Manhattan Borough President. In a statement today, DCTV said, "These developments will set in motion the creation of New Yorkâ€™s only full-service Independent Media Center. The goal is to support the growing needs of the independent film community and bring thousands of individuals Downtown for exciting new cultural events, screenings, community forums and workshops..." [Eugene Hernandez]

NARIP Events

2006-08-14T17:27:00.000-04:00

NARIP LOS ANGELES THIS WEEK! Aug 15 Getting Ink & Working the ‘Net JUST ADDED Aug 23 The Record Biz in the 21st Century Sep 6 Independent Distribution Solution

NARIP NEW YORK THIS WEEK! Aug 20 Music For The ScreenJUST ADDED Sep 17 Independent Distribution SolutionOct 22 Finding Your Unique Market Niche

NARIP SAN FRANCISCOOct 11Webcasts, Downloads & Ringtones, oh my!

NARIP LAS VEGASComing Soon.

OTHER EVENTS Aug 16 – 22 International Pop Overthrow Festival in San Francisco

JUST ADDED Aug 17 EPPS Program –w- National Magazine Editors & WritersAug 18 – 19 Bandwidth Conference in San Francisco Sep 27 – Oct 1 Summer Music Conference in San FranciscoSep 12 ELLA Awards in Los AngelesOct 5 City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award GalaOct 31 - Nov 4 CMJ Music Marathon in New YorkFeb 6 – 8 CIC 2007 in Los Angeles

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2006-08-14T17:26:00.000-04:00

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Simon Fuller's Plans

2006-08-09T17:21:00.000-04:00

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-simon7aug07,1,4481023,full.story?coll=la-headlines-entnewsAugust 7, 2006 The Los Angeles Times TELEVISION & RADIOHe's not sitting idle`American Idol' is big, but Simon Fuller's plans are bigger.By Greg BraxtonTimes Staff WriterTHE Mogul Who Swallowed Pop Culture is perched in his office high above bustling Sunset Boulevard, scheming. His groundbreaking project is the behemoth that has come to rule not only television, but also much of the entertainment landscape.But if you thought Simon Fuller, the British creator of "American Idol," would be sitting back by now celebrating his success, think again."I'm hungry," he says, and he's not talking about his next meal.Next item on his agenda: taking the unscripted talent show to, yes, even higher heights, this time with a songwriting competition that will be incorporated into the show and produce a song that will be sung by the next "American Idol." After that, he plans to revolutionize the entertainment arena further through his production company, 19 Entertainment, and other partnerships. He wants to start using unique strategies that, in his view, will change the way talent is developed and exposed.Even by the lofty standards of the unassuming, soft-spoken Fuller, 46, who first came to prominence as the marketing and creative force behind the Spice Girls, it has been a heady year for him and his production company.Fox's "American Idol," already a cultural phenomenon, has seen its domino effect begin to be felt in theater ("American Idol" alumni are now regularly appearing on Broadway), summer concerts (the 2006 "American Idols Live" tour is the most successful edition in the show's history) and even politics (the "Idols" were invited last week to the White House to meet President Bush). The series finale scored a record 36.3 million viewers, and the show received eight Emmy nominations, the most for any unscripted series. Former "Idols" such as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood have been transformed into bona-fide hit-makers. And Lifetime will soon air a movie based on "Idol" winner and single mom Fantasia Barrino.Auditions for the sixth season start Tuesday — this year, there's one at the Rose Bowl — and predictions are for yet another massive crowd of wannabes. Then there's "So You Think You Can Dance," which Fuller co-created with 19 executive Nigel Lythgoe. It is the top-rated summer show among the coveted 18-to-49 demographic, and Fox renewed the series for a third season weeks before the season finale, which airs Aug. 16. Tickets for a national tour of the top dancers from the show go on sale Saturday. Nothing has dulled his infectious optimism — not the plethora of "Idol" knockoffs (many of them, like ABC's "The One," almost instant failures), not the good-natured competition with friend and "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell's summer hit, "America's Got Talent," not even the failure by Clarkson to include Fuller in her Grammy thank-yous.*Creative offshootsFULLER is now looking toward the future, his days consumed by an arsenal of projects including TV, films and music. He is no longer knocking on studio and network doors — those executives are now knocking on his door. Among his plans is a fashion channel. He has project deals with HBO and NBC. And, in partnership with CKX Investors, he has embarked on new creative endeavors."We want to define a new approach to entertainment," Fuller said last month, sounding more like a neophyte bursting with ideas than a multimillionaire who counts singer Annie Lennox and soccer icon David Beckham among his clients and is on Bono's call list. He says he wants to develop blossoming artists who might meet obstacles financially, stylistically or otherwise in trying to break through mainstream standards. Just as "Idol" does with novice singers, the goal is to empower all kinds of performers and "push the boundaries.""What drives me is moving forward. That is what my brain is focused on," he said. "What really excites me is fulfilling my vision. I now have the resources to do everything I want to do."But first things first. He's ecstatic over a new "American Idol" twist that not only will add an intriguing element to the series competition, but also help solve a problem that has plagued the competition since its 2002 debut.In previous years, professional producers and songwriters have been commissioned to write an original song for each of the two finalists. But uncertainty over who those finalists would be, as well as their respective singing styles, has meant less-than-perfect matches. "It's a thankless task," Fuller said.But Fuller has devised a way to jump over that hurdle this season by having producers institute a songwriting contest that will run parallel to the singing competition. Anyone can compete to write a tune that will be sung by the two finalists, broadening the choices for possible finale songs and, by the way, bringing in a whole new competition for fans to follow. Some of the top songs may also be performed in a Fox special by former "Idols" and finalists. The strategy fits in with Fuller's knack of taking deceptively simple ideas and turning them into valuable properties. "It's the simplicity that makes it powerful," he said.As he talked, Fuller displayed none of the weariness that might be expected from someone who has just endured a punishing weekend jaunt. He had arrived in New York after a flight from London and gone straight to an "Idols Live" concert. The following day he flew to Boston to watch last year's "Idol" champ, Underwood, perform in concert with Kenny Chesney. He traveled the next day to Los Angeles for the taping of "So You Think You Can Dance."*The talk of TV titansDURING his travels, TV critics from around the country had their annual gathering in Pasadena to discuss the new fall TV season, and talk of "American Idol" popped up regularly as network and studio heads acknowledged its undeniable effect on prime time. Controversies that would have put a cloud over most TV shows (alleged feuds, rumors surrounding judge Paula Abdul, legal skirmishes between Fuller and Cowell) only fueled the "American Idol" fire.Fuller admitted that even he is blown away by the show's momentum: "It's all the things you hope — but dare not wish — for," he said.He also is less than pleased with the "Idol" clones. "This year it's just become a joke," he said, referring to ABC's "The One" and similar shows. "It started being flattering. Now it's annoying." He adds with a wry smile: "No one comes close to us."He perked up even more when explaining what sets "American Idol" apart from its imitators: "It's a combination of several different elements. But it all really comes down to the voting. When the viewer votes, it matters. Someone who is just ordinary one day can become the next superstar. Just look at what Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken did, what Carrie is doing. It's that empowering of America."*'The tidal wave'MIKE DARNELL, executive vice president of alternative programming and specials for Fox, called Fuller "a genius" for coming up with a show that other networks call "the tsunami, the tidal wave. It just can't be stopped."And Fuller is jubilant over the commercial prowess of Clarkson, the first "Idol" — despite a mini-controversy involving the singer, whose "Breakaway" album is still producing hit singles after selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. When Clarkson won two Grammys in February for female pop vocal performance and pop vocal album, she thanked nearly everyone she had ever come in contact with — with the notable exception of Fuller and "American Idol," sparking suspicion that she was trying to distance herself from the series. She also hired new managers.But Fuller said he never felt slighted by Clarkson. "That was her huge moment. I didn't even notice that she didn't mention me — other people did. She wants to be recognized for her talents. And her win proved to me that America recognized her as a fantastic talent."And though Clarkson is no longer managed by Fuller, she is still under contract to 19 Entertainment, which was involved heavily with "Breakaway." He still applauds her for seeking management "that she is happy with."Besides, Fuller has too many other projects to keep focusing on the "Idol" past."There's not an hour of the day when I'm not thinking of things that I want to do," he said. "And everything seems possible now."

TV Lab

2006-08-09T17:20:00.000-04:00

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0804/p11s03-altv.htmlAugust 04, 2006 The Christian Science Monitor Before TV shows air, they have to survive ... The Lab We spend a morning being the guinea pigs at ASI, the firm that does audience testing of new TV shows. By Gloria GoodaleStaff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. Let's be clear: I like volleyball. But when a TV pilot throws three 20-something, scantily clad, superbuff women into a show about an undercover female volleyball team tracking a nefarious kidnapping mob, well, it's the red button for me. That's the spot on my response pad where I tell ASI Entertainment, Tinseltown's oldest and most widely used audience-testing facility, that I would change the channel if I were watching at home.I'm here taking part in a demonstration of the science behind the art of today's entertainment world. Virtually everything that Hollywood produces - TV shows, movies, commercials, even infomercials - is tested here. Though the industry's creative teams cringe at the idea of subjecting their creation to market research, most admit they have no choice since TV shows can cost $4 million per episode and movie budgets often hit nine figures."Given the kind of money involved," says Jonathan Shapiro, executive producer of "Justice," an upcoming show on Fox, "it would be irresponsible not to do it." Industry veteran Tom Werner ("The Cosby Show," "Roseanne") adds, "I'm not happy about it, but I know the networks rely on it."Often, they must also bow to what Shapiro grudgingly calls the wisdom of the group, acknowledging the usefulness of collective wisdom in everything from TV shows to jury testing and political polling. Testing on Mr. Werner's new show, "Happy Hour," revealed results that he says his team already intuited. "The test audiences really liked the character Amanda," he says, referring to a woman who uses comedy to compensate for her insecurities. "So the networks asked us to give her more to do. So, you'll see her character play a bigger role this fall."The independent ASI has been dialing up audience responses ever since 1966, when there were only three TV networks. The team recruits viewers through random phone calls to households within a 50-mile radius of its site, nestled next door to the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. Audiences, who are paid between $50 to $75 per person, can be tailored to client demands. Testing a new drama? Bring in the drama fans. Same for sitcoms. If a client wants a Midwest audience, ASI can take the dog-and-pony show on the road, putting together a perfect test group in Chicago or Detroit.The testing process begins in one of the two 48-seat theaters at ASI. Members of the Television Critics Association, invited to ASI for a demonstration, gather in the black screening room, no food or drinks in hand. "The equipment is very sensitive," says Neal LaVine, the theater director. Two large tinted glass panes stare back at us from the front of the room. In a normal test, clients who have paid some $20,000 for two-hours worth of testing watch the proceedings from plush, black-leather chairs behind those windows. Two average-sized TV screens blink down at us from high on the wall. No high-def or giant screens here, because that's not what the average viewer owns, says CEO David Castler. "We're not going to go with plasma to enhance the program," he adds.The seats have fold-up tabletops. Velcroed to the side is a pencil and the wired dial pad with five degrees of "like" to "dislike" on its face. We also have a phone pad of buttons on which I find the red button telling ASI that if I were home, I'd hit the remote.But that's only two minutes or so into the show, which turns out to be an unaired (gee, really?) UPN pilot called "I Spike," from the 2000 season. The show speeds on, full of silly car chases, scantily clad young women, and lots of serious posing and pouting reminiscent of early Aaron Spelling fare. By the time the show finishes, the room has dissolved into banks of hoots and snickers. A graph with falling stock-market-type spider lines shows up on the screen. Mr. Castler explains that the red line represents the women's responses while the blue line shows the men's. When this graph is superimposed in real time over the show itself, the clients can actually see, second by second, exactly which bits the audience liked/disliked."This is probably one of the worst scores I've seen," Castler says, laughing. "The good news is, you're not going to see this on television."The graph tells the story the clients want to know - who likes what (actors, relationships, dialogue, setting, etc). Within two minutes, more than two-thirds of the women in the group had changed the channel. Most of the men, however, hung in to the bitter end. Not surprisingly, women in bathing suits score higher with men, notes Castler. Women's scores, by contrast, tend to rise when characters develop relationships (because women like to watch that sort of interaction).In an actual test with real clients, we would break to fill out questionnaires and then head into a focus-group room to answer specific questions. A TV team will use the data specifics to retool the show, as they did with "Happy Hour." Often, the networks will bring episodes back for another test. They might bring in subsequent episodes to ensure that the series is delivering on the promise of the pilot."We're here to tell you where the weakness is - what we see as the problems, and what we see as the area for development," says Castler.Testing is not infallible. The creative types who shiver at the mere mention of audience testing tell stories about world-altering hits that bombed in the testing barracks. "'Seinfeld' and 'Roseanne' are two good examples," says TV vet Werner, adding that it was only his clout as the producer of "The Cosby Show" that put "Roseanne" on the air relatively unchanged.ASI freely acknowledges this industry truth. "Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' bombed in testing," Castler reveals. But that's part of the point. The TV producers took some of the tips, warmed up the Archie-Edith Bunker relationship a bit, and went on to become perhaps the biggest sitcom in history.

Tupac Studies

2006-08-09T17:19:00.000-04:00

Slain rap icon Tupac Shakur will be the subject of a 13-day educational study geared toward his work in film. The study, titled "Tupac Shakur Reinterpreted," will be presented by the British Film Institute and National Film Theater. The event will feature screenings and discussions which will examine Shakur's impact on rap music and mainstream media culture, as well as his overall influence on fans. The MC's first manager, Leila Steinberg, will appear as well as join coordinator Jacqueline Springer for an on-stage debate titled "Tupac-The First Icon of Hip-Hop." The discussion will focus on the significance of Shakur's legacy. Films that will be screened include Shakur's 1992 feature debut Juice as well as his final performance in the dark comedy Gridlock'd. Tupac Shakur Reinterpreted will run Sept. 15-28.
For the full story log on: http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5984

August Film Releases

2006-08-01T13:29:00.000-04:00

8/4/06
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Columbia)
The Descent (Lion’s Gate)
The Night Listener (Miramax)
Barnyard (Paramount/Nick)

8/9/06
World Trade Center (Paramount)

8/11/06
Accepted (Universal)
Step Up (Touchstone)
Zoom (Sony)
Pulse (Weinstein Company)

8/18/06
Snakes On A Plane (New Line)
Stormbreaker (MGM)
The Illusionist (Bull’s Eye)
The Salon (C4)
Material Girls (MGM) – Hillary Duff

8/25/06
Beerfest (Warner Bros.)
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive (Dimension)
Idlewild (HBO) – Outkast
Invincible (Walt Disney)
How To Eat Fried Worms (New Line)

August Album Releases

2006-08-01T13:26:00.000-04:00

Aug. 1:
Daz Dillinger So So Gangsta (So So Def/Virgin)
DMX Year of the Dog, Again (Sony Urban)
Eamon Love & Pain (First Priority Music/Jive)

Aug. 8:

Breaking Benjamin Phobia (Hollywood Records)
Step Up soundtrack (Jive)
Nina Gordon Bleeding Heart Graffiti (Warner Bros.)

Masta Killa Made in Brooklyn (Nature Sounds)
Ani DiFranco Reprieve (Righteous Babe)
Sigur Ros Saeglopur (Krunk / Filter)

Aug. 15:

Leigh Nash Blue on Blue (One Son Records/Nettwerk)
Christina Aguilera Back to Basics (RCA)
Pete Yorn Nightcrawler (Columbia)
Lyfe Jennings The Phoenix (Columbia)

Aug. 22:

OutKast Idlewild (LaFace)
Starsailor On the Outside (Artists' Addiction Records)
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (Anti-)
Kelis Kelis Was Here (Jive)
Primal Scream Riot City Blues (Columbia)
The Mars Volta Amputechture (Universal)
Paris Hilton Paris Hilton (Warner Bros )

Aug. 29:

Black Crowes The Lost Crowes (Rhino)
Bob Dylan Modern Times (Columbia)
The Roots Game Theory (Def Jam)
Jessica Simpson A Public Affair (Epic)
Sam Moore Overnight Sensational (Rhino)

Method Man 4:21 ... The Day After (Def Jam)

August Events

2006-08-01T13:25:00.000-04:00

Aug. 1: Dixie Chicks @ Madison Square Garden
Aug. 3: World Series Pop
Aug. 3: 2006 Vans Warped Tour @ Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center) (AFI, Saves The Day, Against Me, Helmet, Less Than Jake, Say Anything, Senses Fail, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Academy Is, Underoath)
Aug. 4: Best Week Ever
Aug. 4-6: Lollapalooza in Chicago ((The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West and Wilco)
Aug. 5-6: Dave Matthews Band @ Randall's Island
Aug. 6: Celebrity Fit Club PREMIERE; Flavor of Love PREMIERE
Aug. 7: All Access: Celeb Weddings
Aug. 11: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Chris Brown
Aug. 12: Rock Docs: Tupac Resurrection
Aug. 12-13: Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka (Metallica, Linkin Park, Massive Attack and Daft Punk, Arctic Monkeys, Flaming Lips, Avenged Sevenfold, My Chemical Romance, Stone Sour, Lady Sovereign)
Aug. 13: Celebrity Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Aug. 19: AmsterJam 2006 @ Randall's Island (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, LL Cool J…)
Aug. 20: Celebrity Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Aug. 20: Teen Choice awards airs live on Fox
Aug. 21: Foo Fighters @ Beacon Theater
Aug. 23: Revenge of the Book Eaters tour at Beacon Theatre (David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard, Aimee Mann and Mark Kozelek)
Aug. 23, 29: Mariah Carey @ Madison Square Garden
Aug. 27: Celebrity Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Aug. 27: 58th Annual Emmy Awards airs live on NBC from LA
Aug. 28-Sept.10: US Open Tennis Tournament
Aug. 31: MTV Video Music Awards @ Radio City Music Hall

ABC Panelist

2006-07-27T17:27:00.000-04:00

ABC News Now seeking panelists for public affairs show for black people...I need black men and women. Period.!!I put this email out before and got tepid response.I am producing and co-hosting a show (with Ron Claiborne) on ABC News Now that is as yet untitled. It's a public affairs show for black people... BUT. it is not done in the conventional ABC News way. Itis meant to replicate the kinds of conversations that we have when we get together in the church parking lot, beauty shop, barbershop, dinner table, playing spades. whatever. It will be the TV version of a typical black conversation about current events, music, sports, pop culture, news. with all the energy and bravado, minus the four letter words. To give you an example of what we talk about. during our first two pilots we addressed: Blacks and Immigration, the Duke LaCrosse rape case, Baby Daddies and Baby Mamas, Colin Powel or Condeleeza Rice for President etc.So I'm putting together a list of potential guests. My first show tapes this Friday and every other Friday at 3:30pm. I don't need any experts. We all know someone who can turn a conversation into an argument.besides me! I just want regular blackfolks but I'll aslo take artists, authors, CEO's,professionals.. (Uptight people who are charmed by their own intellect need not respond). If you know someone in NYC who is intelligent,up-on-current-events, witty, lively, funny,opinionated and black -- male or femaie -- pleasehave them get in touch with me via email. Or send their contact information and I will get in touch with them.Or if you can or want to be on a future show yourself, please speak up too. (Some of you are definitely qualified). I am really struggling to find SISTERS.We always complain that there aren't enough on mainstream media about us and for us so here's one. I need all your support to sustain it.Thank you.Eddieeddie.pinder@abc.com

Pitch your TV Show

2006-07-27T17:26:00.000-04:00

http://www.nytvf.com/mytvshowT he New York Television Festival (NYTVF), in partnership with MSN, Rainbow Media and IFC, is holding its first-ever nationwide online Pitch Contest. Candidates will submit a one-minute video of their pitch ideas. See below for details. We will stop accepting submissions after August 4 or 10,000 submissions, so submit early. Ten finalists will be chosen to pitch their ideas live before an audience of industry and celebrity panelists during the 2006 NYTVF (September 12-17) at the IFC Center in New York City. The winner will receive an $8,000.00 development deal from Rainbow Media and IFC. Guidelines and Suggestions: - We accept most digital cameras and camcorders in the .AV1, .MOV, and .MPG formats. We recommend Quicktime (.MOV) or Windows Media (.WMV). - Frame size must be 320x240 pixels - No submission may be longer than one minute.- 15 MB file size limit- Submissions must consist of one continuous take—no edits or cuts during the submissions are permitted.- Submissions should ideally be a description of your show idea and not simply a staged scene from the show. It is permissible to perform briefly as a character or to stage a quick scene if it helps viewers get a better understanding of your idea, but these performances should not comprise the majority of your pitch. In short, we want you to be the star of your submission. - Candidates may submit only once per week during the submission period- No submission may contain more than one pitchThere is no fee to submit. Make Your Pitch **********About the New York Television FestivalThe NYTVF was founded in 2005 as the industry's first recognized platform for independent television. Held annually in the fall in New York City, the birthplace of modern television, the Festival unites artists, executives, industry figures, and fans together in one forum to celebrate the medium and to help shape its future. Along with the Independent Pilot Competition, the Festival features panel discussions, premiere screenings, and other special events designed to honor television as an institution and as an art form. The 2006 NYTVF will be held in Midtown Manhattan from September 12 through September 17.

Mother Day Radio Project

2006-07-27T17:25:00.000-04:00

Hello online friends and group members:I am writing you today to ask your assistance in referring any leads orcontacts whom you could connect me with for this phenomenal project that Iam working with. You can contact me directly with the lead or have themcontact me themselves. The main event is the VIP Garden Tea Fundraiser whichis being held on Saturday, July 29th. We also have an art auction andcommunity festival coming up and we are looking for donations, sponsors,other organizations to partner with, volunteers, or any other resource thatyou can offer. Any contact, lead or resource that you have would be greatlyappreciated. Please read below about Mother's Day Radio.Thank you in advance for your consideration.Timeisha----------------------------------------------------------Mothers Day Radio (www.mothersdayradio.com) is a call to action. We arecalling for a day of rest from the denigration of women on radio and a dayto uplift the holistic value of women through music. For one day, on MothersDay weekend of 2007, we are asking the radio stations to play no songs withlyrics that denigrate or objectify women.In preparation for this day, we are asking the national hip-hop, R&B, andPop recording artists to come together to create a Mothers Day Album. Thisalbum will highlight the non-sexual, valuable qualities and characteristicsof women that make us the Mothers of Community. This is their opportunity toreveal through their artistry the phenomenal impact that women have made intheir lives and development. The songs from this album will serve assubstitutes for the misogynistic and denigrating songs we rest from on thisday.The coalition of women, men, youth agencies and community organizationsknown as Mothers Day Radio is a project of Spirit Awakening Foundation, a501 (c)(3) public benefit organization. Our coalition of volunteers isworking diligently to see our vision become reality. We have the opportunityto connect with several VIPs in the media and entertainment, as well aspolitical arena, at our Garden Tea Fundraiser on Saturday, July 29, 2006. Wewant this day to be truly splendid. You and/or your company can help us byproviding funds, in-kind donations, and/or services. We will give mention toyour donation and will provide your companys publicity material for ourelite guests.Mother's Day Radio is in need of the following items:- monetary donations- speaker system and microphones- tables and chairs for approx. 60 people- light appetizers and beverages for approx. 60 people- flower arrangements and decorations for a backyard garden tea themeYou may send your tax deductible donation to P.O. Box 60806, Los Angeles, CA90060. Please make the check payable to Spirit Awakening Foundation and besure to write Mother's Day Radio or MDR in the memo/notes section of thecheck. We will mail you our tax ID number for your tax deduction purposes.Please contact Timeisha Winfield, Fundraising Events Coordinator, atTimeisha@mothersdayradio.com with any questions or donations leads.Thanking you in advance,Timeisha WinfieldTimeisha@mothersdayradio.comwww.mothersdayradio.comMother's Day Radio (a project of Spirit Awakening Foundation)

Receptionist Position

2006-07-27T17:24:00.000-04:00

Receptionist – New York We are a stable, growing, privately held public relations agency with offices throughout the United States and a growing global presence. We are looking for a Receptionist for our New York office.Responsibilities include answering phones and directing calls to appropriate individuals, greeting visitors, maintaining lobby area, maintaining library, sorting and distributing mail, keeping inventory and ordering supplies, assisting with overnight and messenger deliveries, booking conference rooms, setting up staff and client meetings, updating and distributing phone list, and assisting Office Manager with facilities issues.The successful candidate will have a minimum of one year office and/or reception experience in a fast-paced environment and Microsoft Office skills. Additional requirements include exceptional customer service skills, strong team-player, excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong work ethic, ability to multi-task, and of course, a positive attitude and a good sense of humor.We offer a competitive and unique benefits package including a variety of medical and dental choices.Melissa BaltazarOffice ManagerZeno Group215 Park Avenue So. 16th FlNew York, NY 10003p:212.299.3970f. 212.462.1026Move Minds. Move Markets

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Bill Cosby Screenwriting Program

2006-07-27T17:18:00.000-04:00

Screenwriter Call: The Guy A. Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program is looking for African American writers who have formally studied television or feature writing to participate in their program. The thirteen-year old program was established by Drs. Bill and Camille Cosby at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television (unaffiliated with USC). Participating writers will be assisted in finishing a TV or feature script centering on African American history, culture and iconography over the free 15 week course starting in February 2007. Applications will be accepted from July 15 through September 15, 2006 with more info available at www.CosbyProgram.com.
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Film Festival

2006-07-27T17:17:00.000-04:00

The Rural Route Film Festival has been created to highlight works that deal with rural people and places. While the term "rural" is defined by Webster's Dictionary as: 1) Of or relating to the country: RUSTIC 2) Of or relating to people who live in the country 3) Of or relating to farming: AGRICULTURAL, the creators of Rural Route Film Festival leave it up to you, the film and video artists, to explain your own definition of "rural." Whether it be a documentary about an organic turnip farm in West Virginia, a fictional backpacking drama set in Peru, or a personal/experimental work about life in a small town in Wisconsin, we want to see and hear what you have to say. Works that include alternative country, country western, and folk music are encouraged, as are those that play loud rock in cornfields.Location: Anthology Film Archives - 32 2nd Ave., New York - East Village, ManhattanContact: Rural Route Filmsfilmfest@ruralroutefilms.com, http://www.ruralroutefilms.com
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NYC Workshop

2006-07-27T17:16:00.000-04:00

BRABEC-FEST CONTINUED IN NY(Aug 20)The Brabecs packed an LA workshop this week and we’re bringing them to you in New York on August 20. From ringtones, video games, hit singles, soundtrack albums, Broadway, advertising commercials, the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, to movie theater and television performances, downloads, streams, webcasting, podcasting, foreign country royalties and the Emmy Awards… the opportunities for making money in film and television music are at an all time high. Come hear Todd and Jeff Brabec explain the deals for songs and scores in feature films and television series, and the money that can be made…both today and in the many years to come. For more info and to register, click here.

Housing for Artists

2006-07-19T21:25:00.000-04:00

This event has already happened but call to find out more info.Affordable Housing Opportunities for NYC Artists Atlantic Yards Affordable Housing Information SessionNew York City is facing an affordable housing crisis. Housing costs are going up and more and more people are being priced out. Learn about Forest City Ratner and ACORN's proposed Atlantic Yards development, which includes 2,250 units of rent-stabalized housing for low, moderate, and middle income families.Date: Tuesday, July 11thTime: 6:30pmPlace: The NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (333 Adams Street)Because space is limited all attendees must RSVP with thier name and telephone number to housing@atlanticyards.com or call 718.923.5300 to receive a reservation confirmation.----------------------------------------------------------Schermerhorn HouseIn early spring 2006, Common Ground and the Actors' Fund of America will break ground on a new permanent housing residence in downtown Brooklyn. Schermerhorn House, Common Ground's newest construction project, will provide 217 units of permanent, affordable housing for single adults, with more than fifty percent of the units reserved for formerly homeless and special needs individuals. Low income working tenants, including local actors and artists, will occupy the remainder of the units. On-site property management will be provided by Common Ground, with the Actors' Fund offering on-site social services. The project, which grew out of a unique public/private collaboration with private developers Hamlin Ventures, LLC and Time Equities, Inc., is part of a larger redevelopment plan for downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Polshek Partnership Architects, the building will be part of an exciting, integrated urban neighborhood that will include market-rate housing, community and retail space, and supportive housing. Schermerhorn House will also feature numerous "green design" elements, including rooftop gardens and a high efficiency boiler system. Schermerhorn House comes at a key moment for downtown Brooklyn and the City of New York: As Brooklyn expereinces a wave of market-rate housing development, Schermerhorn House will provide a much-needed balance, providing affordable housing, retail and community space that will sustain the social and economic diversity of the community.Learn More ----------------------------------------------------------Brooklyn Arts Council

Call for Entries

2006-07-19T21:24:00.000-04:00

CALL FOR ENTRIES!THE 2006 REEL SPIRITUALITY/LAFSC FILM AWARDSAre you a student filmmaker attending a school in the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities? Or are you an artist under 31 creating films/videos within a church or parachurch context? Got a spiritually-charged film under 20 minutes? If so, submit your work to the 2006 Reel Spirituality/LAFSC Film Awards! Four $500 awards will be given to filmmakers who demonstrate excellence in integrating cinematic storytelling and Christian spirituality. Winners will be screened at Pepperdine University October 21, 2006. All genres welcome! For more info, including list of guidelines and entry rules, visit www.reelspirituality.org/filmawards. SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS September 1, 2006! Reel Spirituality is Fuller Seminary's creative encounter between the church and Hollywood.www.reelspirituality.orgLos Angeles Film Studies Center is a one-semester film intensive for students attending schools in the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU). lafsc.bestsemester.comQuestions? Contact Justin Bell @ jbell@fuller.edu

Festival Deadlines

2006-07-19T21:21:00.000-04:00

NARIP Events

2006-07-19T20:47:00.000-04:00

Sun, July 23 - NARIP Brunch at Tula’s in Los Angeles. **JUST ADDED**

Sun, Aug 20 - Music For The Screen: Making Money From Film & TV Music with JEFF BRABEC and TODD BRABEC at Fordham University in NEW YORK. **JUST ADDED**

Wed, Sep 6 - Independent Distribution Solution with CLAY PASTERNACK in Los Angeles

Wed, Oct 11 - Webcasts, Downloads and Ringtones, oh my! An Overview of the Legal & Practical Aspects of the NEW Recording Industry with DINA LaPOLT at SFSU in SAN FRANCISCO. **JUST ADDED** Click here for more details and to register for any or all of the above events. Special thanks to NARIP’s very excellent Chapter Directors Steve Lurie (NY), Kerry Silverman (SF), Gian Fiero (SF), Pamela Logan (LV), Dave Lee (LV) and Richard Crowley (London) for all their help to produce these events. Also many thanks to Joji Oliveros, Anca Ianculescu, Maresa Danielson, Joy Thompson and Richard Miranda.

IndieWIRE

2006-07-19T20:46:00.000-04:00

From an email to indieWIRE newsletter subscribers -July 14, 2006Dear indieWIRE Readers,I envision a day when I can go to the indieWIRE site, type your name into our search engine and find a page with your bio and background, photos, and maybe even a link to your film trailer or a video clip.Well, we are not far from that day. I can already do that for nearly 2,500 indieWIRE readers.So, as indieWIRE hits its 10th anniversary this weekend, I wanted to tell you a bit more about indieLOOP and invite you to activate your membership and join the new online community at indieWIRE.com. We quietly launched iLoop earlier this year and there are now nearly 2,500 members visiting the section regularly.If you are familiar with websites like MySpace and Friendster, you've no doubt seen the power of building networks of people online. If you've never joined an online social network, I hope you will give this one a try.With indieLOOP, it all starts with a personal page on the indieWIRE website that you can use to connect with other like- minded people who are specifically involved in international independent film. Its a great way to promote your own work or company to a captive audience, other indieWIRE readers.When you have a moment, please visit: http://social.indiewire.com[For detailed instructions, see the end of this email message.]As you move around the site you'll notice sections where you can create your own professional bio page, add links to your personal website, blog, trailers, photos and clips. You can trade messages with other iLoop members, post journal and blog entries and promote or learn about events from the member calendar. Also, don't miss the Listings section, a new free classifieds area where you can buy, sell, trade or share services, products and information.There is also a powerful search tool that will allow you to filter and find other members of indieLOOP.Even before we launched indieWIRE ten years ago, we imagined a vibrant online community that connected film people with film people.Finally, with indieLOOP we are able to offer just that, for free. The tools are there, they just need people like you to use them!INSTRUCTIONS:In order to lock in your username for indieLOOP, you need to go to the "YOUR SETTINGS" section on the top right hand corner of the indieWIRE main page and and follow the steps from there. (You must be logged in to access your settings.)Once you lock that username, you will automatically be prompted to fill out a profile and bio.If you cannot remember your password, just enter your email at the login prompt and a reminder question will be generated.See you in indieLOOP!Best,Eugene HernandezEditor-in-Chief & Co-Founder

CODETV

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July Film Releases

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7/21/06
Lady in the Water (Warner Bros. )
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (20th Century Fox )
Clerks II (Weinstein)
Monster House (Sony) – Nick Cannon

7/26/08
Little Miss Sunshine (Fox)

7/28/06
Miami Vice (Universal)
John Tucker Must Die (20th Century Fox) – Ashanti
The Ant Bully (Warner Bros.)
Scoop (Focus)

July Album Releases

2006-07-19T20:39:00.000-04:00

July 18: LeToya Luckett LeToya (Capitol)
Los Lonely Boys Sacred (Or/Epic)
Method Man 4:21 (Def Jam)
Golden Smog Another Fine Day (Lost Highway)
Billy Ray Cyrus Wanna Be Your Joe (New Door/UME)
Jeremy Spencer Precious Little (Blind Pig)

July 25: New York Dolls One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (Roadrunner)
Linda Rondstadt Adieu False Heart (Vanguard)
Pharrell Williams In My Mind (Interscope)
Alien Ant Farm Up in the Attic (New Door/UME)
Jurassic 5 Feedback (Interscope)
Tom Petty Highway Companion (American /Warner Bros)
I'm Your Man Soundtrack (Verve Forecast)

July Events

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July 2006

July 1-23: Tour de France
July 19: The Black Crowes / Robert Randolph @ Jones Beach
July 19: Pink @ Webster Hall
July 19-22: Minnesota's 10,000 Lakes Festival (Trey Anastasio, String Cheese Incident)
July 20: Pink Floyd Pulse Concert; World Series Pop
July 20: Ringo Starr @ Radio City Music Hall
July 21: Best Week Ever; Web Junk 20
July 21: Mary J. Blige @ Madison Square Garden
July 21: Jason Mraz @ Irving Plaza
July 22: Fiona Apple & Damien Rice @ Jones Beach
July 22: Atlanta's Star Fest (Train, Pink…)
July 23: My Fair Brady Finale
July 23: Ashlee Simpson @ Jones Beach Theatre
July 23: The 2006 Miss Universe airs live on NBC from LA
July 23-29: W.C. Handy Awards in Memphis
July 26: Fiona Apple & Damien Rice @ Central Park Summerstage
July 27: World Series Pop
July 27: The Pretenders @ Roseland
July 28: Best Week Ever
July 28: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Chicago
July 29: Ozzfest @ Randall’s Island
July 28-30: Fuji Rock Festival (The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand, Broken Social Scene, the Hives, the Scissor Sisters, Mogwai, Killing Joke, the North Mississippi Allstars)

June Film Releases

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6/9/06
A Prairie Home Companion (Picturehouse)
Cars (Buena Vista)

6/16/06
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Universal)
The Lake House (Warner Bros.)
Nacho Libre (Paramount)
Garfield's A Tale of Two Kitties (20th Century Fox)
Bordertown (MGM) – Jennifer Lopez

6/23/06
Waist Deep (Focus) - Tyrese
Click (Sony)

6/28/06
Superman Returns (Warner Bros. )

6/30/06
The Devil Wears Prada (Fox 2000)

June Albums

2006-06-09T15:26:00.000-04:00

June 6: Ice Cube Laugh Now, Cry Later (Lench Mob Records)
Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol)
Joan Jett Sinner (Blackhearts)
AFI Decemberunderground (Interscope)
Cracker Greenland (Cooking Vinyl)
Cars Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records)
Zero 7 The Garden (Atlantic)
Cheap Trick Rockford (Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big 3 Records)
Warped Tour 2006 Compilation (SideOneDummy Records)

June 13: Kelis Kelis Was Here (Jive)
Sonic Youth Rather Ripped (Geffen)
Priestess Hello Master (RCA)
Allison Moorer Getting Somewhere (Sugar Hill)
Replacements Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of the Replacements (Rhino)
Alarm MMVI Under Attack (Eleven Thirty Records/Redeye)
Busta Rhymes The Big Bang (Aftermath/Interscope)
Waist Deep Soundtrack (Def Jam)

June 20: Diana Ross Blue (Motown/UME)
Keane Under the Iron Sea (Interscope)
Fefe Dobson Sunday Love (Island/Def Jam)
Fatboy Slim The Greatest Hits -- Why Try Harder (Astralwerks)
Underoath Define the Great Line (Tooth & Nail/Solid State Records)
Guster Ganging Up on the Sun (Reprise)
Roc La Familia & Hector Bambino 'El Father' Present Los Rompe Discotekas (Def Jam/Roc La Familia)
Nelly Furtado Loose (Geffen)
Donell Jones Journey of a Gemini (LaFace/Zomba)

June 27: Tha Dogg Pound Cali Iz Active (Doggy Style Records/Koch)
India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (Universal Motown)
Dashboard Confessional untitled album (Vagrant)
Brand New Heavies Get Used to It (Delicious Vinyl)
Pet Shop Boys Fundamental (Rhino)
Shawnna Block Music (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)

June Events

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June 2006

June 8: MTV Movie Awards airs
June 8: Marc Ecko’s Save the Rhinos Benefit Concert in Central Park ((Rakim, Common, newcomer Lupe Fiasco and Rhymefest)
June 8,9: James Brown @ BB Kings
June 8-11: 35th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville
June 9: Best Week Ever; Web Junk
June 9: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Natasha Bedingfield
June 9: New Cars & Blondie @ Jones Beach
June 9-11: Isle of Wight Festival
June 10: BTM: Nick Lachey
June 11: My Fair Brady; Hogan Knows Best; Supergroup
June 11: Tony Awards
June 12-15: The Drug Years
June 12: Zappa Plays Zappa @ Beacon Theatre
June 13: Sonic Youth @ CBGB
June 13-14: Radiohead @ Theatre at Madison Square Garden
June 15-18: 33rd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 16: Best Week Ever; Web Junk
June 16: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Earth, Wind & Fire
June 16-18: Bonnaroo (Radiohead, Beck, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Petty…) in Manchester, Tenn.
June 17: Nine Inch Nails & Bauhaus & TV On The Radio @ Jones Beach
June 17-18: 2006 Playboy Jazz Festival (Branford Marsalis, Jamie Cullum, Ozomatli, McCoy Tyner and Elvis Costello) at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl.
June 18: My Fair Brady; Supergroup
June 19: All Access: Shortest Celeb Marriages; Fab Life: Houses ‘06
June 20: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers & Trey Anastasio @ Madison Square Garden
June 22: Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band @ Madison Square Garden
June 22-25: 2006 Jazz Aspen Snowmass festival (Trey Anastasio, Elvis Costello and the Imposters and Diana Krall…)
June 23: Best Week Ever; Web Junk
June 23: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Phil Collins
June 23: Keane @ Bowery Ballroom
June 25: My Fair Brady; Hogan Knows Best; Supergroup
June 26-July 9: Wimbledon
June 26: All Access: Plastic Surgery
June 27: 2006 BET Awards airs live from Shrine Auditorium
June 27: The Allman Brothers Band @ Jones Beach Theater
June 28,29: Madonna @ Madison Square Garden
June 29: Rock Legends: Platinum Weird
June 30: Best Week Ever
June 30: Toyota Concert Series on Today at Rockefeller Plaza - Rascal Flatts
Vibe's MusicFest in Atlanta
Atlanta's Music Midtown festival

Summer Concerts

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1. RAHEEM DEVAUGN & JAVIER
TUES, 6/20/06
7PM
SOB'S

2. MARIAH CAREY & SEAN PAUL
WED, 8/23/06
8PM
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

3. MARY J. BLIGE (FREE)
FRI, 6/23/06
7:00 AM
BRYANT PARK

4. PRINCE (FREE)
FRI, 6/16/06
7:00 AM
BRYANT PARK

5. PHARRELL & KANYE WEST (FREE)
FRI, 8/4/06
7:00 AM
BRYANT PARK

6. ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO (FREE)
WED, 7/2/06
7PM
MADISON SQUARE PARK, OVAL LAWN, 5TH AVE & 23RD ST

7. GOAPELE (FREE)
SAT, 7/29/06
7PM
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE

8. WENDY WILLIAMS (FREE)
WED, 7/21/06
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
BRYANT PARK READING ROOM

9. LEDISI (FREE)
WED, 7/19/06
7PM
MADISON SQUARE PARK, OVAL LAWN, 5TH AVE & 23RD ST 10. STEVE HARVEY
SAT, 8/5/06
8PM
BEACON THEATRE

11. BOYS II MEN
SAT, 7/15/06
8PM
BB KINGS

12. ANGIE STONE
FRI, 7/20/06
9PM
BB KINGS

13. CHRISTINA MILIAN, BUSTA RHYMES & LUDACRIS
SAT, 6/10/06
8PM
NASSAU COLISEUM

14. MOBB DEEP
WED, 7/19/06
9PM
NOKIA THEATRE @ TIMES SQUARE

15. SUGAR HILL GANG (FREE)
THURS, 7/20/06
7PM
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, PIER 17

16. JODECI
TUES, 8/8/06
8PM
NOKIA THEATRE@ TIMES SQUARE

17. GUY, BLACKSTREET, TONY, TONI TONE
FRI, 6/16/06
8PM
THEATER @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

18. MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY
SUN, 7/16/06
8PM
NOKIA THEATRE @ TIMES SQUARE

19. EARTH, WIND & FIRE
FRI, 7/20/06
8PM
JONES BEACH

20. AVANT
THURS, 7/6/06
8PM
BB KINGS

21. KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL
WED, 6/14/06
7PM
SOB'S

22. LEELA JAMES (FREE)
FRI, 7/28/06
7:30 PM
PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL

23. AL JARREAU & GEORGE BENSON
FRI, 8/11/06
8PM
NORTH FORK THEATRE @ WESTBURY

24. LIONEL RICHIE (FREE)
FRI, 8/25/06
7:00 AM
BRYANT PARK

Film Submissions

2006-06-09T15:23:00.000-04:00

Criminal Act - Short Film Competition
Criminal Act - Short Film Competition - Criminal Act is a short film competition aimed at up and coming film directors who have a point to make. We want YOU to make a short film which sends out a message that stings. Anything goes! The winner will get to produce a viral together with Underdog, for Criminal Clothing, and springboard their career as a director. Not tempting enough? You also receive £500 worth of Criminal gear and your short film is showcased at the Criminal showroom in Covent Garden on top of receiving its rightful place on the Criminal website. For more info visit www.criminalclothing.com/competition
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Woodstock Film Festival 2006 by 7/10! October 11-15, 2006 Deadline: July 10, 2006
The 7th Annual Woodstock Film Festival presents the best in new independent films of the coming year. The event also features seminars, concerts and special events. WFF is also embarking on a year-round series of programming leading up to next year's festival that will include workshops, continued film commission work and special screenings. The event has quickly gained the distinction of being one of the best regional festivals with many critically acclaimed films opening at the event. The early deadline is June 12, 2005. For more information contact the festival at (845) 679-4265 or visit www.woodstockfilmfestival.com.
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QUICKLAUNCH SONG CONTEST SPONSORED BY FLIGHTSAFE MUSIC
Now with over $2000 in prizes! Submit one or more of your original songs in any genre to the FlightSafe Music QuickLaunch song contest for a chance to win up to $1500, a featured position on www.flightsafemusic.com, and an inside track to the film and television music business. All song styles accepted, i.e. Rock, Modern Rock, Pop, Metal, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Alternative, Country, Reggae, Latin, Jazz, R&B, Island Music, etc. • $1500 Cash Prize, 1st Place • $500 Cash Prize, 2nd Place • $250 Cash Prize, 3rd Place • Entry Deadline August 20, 2006 Winners will be announced September 20, 2006 on the FlightSafe website (flightsafemusic.com). Payout Winners will also be personally notified. Submit by mail or online through SonicBids. For more info and entry forms please go to www.flightsafemusic.com/contest ================================================
LOS ANGELES LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
CALL FOR ENTRIES– DEADLINE NOW TILL JULY 7, 2006
Now in the fall, October 5-15, 2006 celebrating its 10 th anniversary, located in Hollywood . A premier Latino International Film Festival in the USA and prominent venue for showcasing the best and new Latin Cinema and artistry from the United States, Latin America, central America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal.
The festival presents features, documentaries, shorts in its various programs. It also offers industry workshops, panels, Labs, networking receptions and educational programs. It is a competitive festival with cash prizes. The festival also has an Industry Sales Office to continue facilitating meetings between filmmakers and buyers.
For more information please contact LALIFF at: 6777 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 500 , Hollywood , CA 90028 , Tel. 323-469-9066, Fax 323-469-9067, www.latinofilm.org , info@latinofilm.org
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2006 TAHOE/RENO INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST
Screen your masterpiece at our International Treasure, "Lake Tahoe", August 23-27, 2006. T-RIFF is an elite destination combining one of the world's fastest growing Film Festivals with the charm of National Forests, an alluring nightlife and 24-casino gaming. Our Festival is filled with visionary ideas, bringing filmmakers exposure & innovative means to gain resources. In addition, T-RIFF will unveil cutting edge technology that will be seen for the first time during our Festival. orbit our website for more info: www.t-riff.org
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2006 New York City Horror Film Festival by 9/15
2006 New York City Horror Film Festival New York, New York, USA October 2006 Deadline: September 15, 2006
The New York City Horror Film Festival is America's largest genre film festival. Held yearly at the prestigious Tribeca Cinemas, the NYCHFF prides itself on having the best industry networking, the biggest parties and being the most highly attended and globally recognized genre film festival in America. For more information, visit www.nychorrorfest.com
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San Francisco International Festival Of Shorts 2006
San Francisco International Festival Of Shorts 2006 San Francisco, California, USA August 10 – 12, 2006 Deadline: June 31, 2006
SF Shorts: The San Francisco International Festival Of Shorts is the Bay Area's first international film festival dedicated solely to short films under 30 minutes. SF Shorts is accepting all genres of short films, including: dramatic, experimental, art, narrative, scientific and documentary. The 2006 festival will premiere at the historic Victoria Theatre, the Roxie Film Center, the California College of the Arts and the outdoor stage of the Ace Auto Demolition Yard. For more information, visit www.sfshorts.org.
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P.O.V.'s 2006 Call for Entries
Your Point of View Seen by Millions: Attention filmmakers, P.O.V.'s 2006 Call for Entries is here! All documentary subjects, styles and lengths are welcome. Short films welcome. Unfinished films may be eligible for completion funds. Submissions will be considered for national premiere on PBS in 2007 - P.O.V.'s 20th Anniversary Season. The arrival deadline for all submissions is Friday, June 30. For submission guidelines and more information on the series, and to submit your application electronically please visit www.pbs.org/pov/forproducers or call 1-800-756-3300, ext. 380.
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MoxieDocs Co-Production
The turning point of art and activism, journalism and history, can come to form the documentary film. Propelled by this, our production partnership tradition was born. With continued support from the film industry, and the public awareness of the need to produce profound non-fiction stories, our sponsorship campaign goal is to provide the means for complete production, postproduction, and theatrical distribution to the selected documentary proposal.
Our Documentary division stands as a testimony to the voice of the individual, and potential to make a lasting difference in public awareness via the moving image. MoxieDocs has become one of the most valuable production resources available to documentary filmmakers. Projects considered are those in work-in-progress stages. Each competition receives an average of 200 submissions, five finalists are then selected for the "pitch" ceremony, and presented to a panel of jurors made up of award winning documentary filmmakers and industry executives, past panelists have included Stephen Gallagher, publisher Filmmaker Magazine; Liz Garbus, prod./dir. The Execution of Wanda Jean and The Farm; Sara Lash, Director of Acquisitions IFC Films, Ellen Capon, Docurama; Mary Manhardt, Film Editor of Street Fight, Farmingville, Execution of Wanda Jean, The Farm; Submissions are judged based on subject matter, 10 minute video review segment, filmmaker's access to that issue, and production cr! ew experience.
NOW open for submissions: Rolling Submissions 2006 (no deadline)
Filmmakers are encouraged to submit at earliest convenience. For more information please visit our MOXIE FILMS www.moxie-films.com/moxienew/index.php?page=moxdocscontent website.
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SEGUIN FILM + ARTS FESTIVAL -- SUBMISSIONS DUE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER http://www.seguinfestival.org
The 2nd annual Seguin Film + Arts Festival is now accepting short films for this years competition to be held October 27 - 29 at the Palace Theatre in downtown Seguin, Texas. The winner of the festival will receive the Golden Pecan award to be presented on the evening of Saturday, October 28. A student competition will follow on October 29....
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NEW ENGLAND SHRIEKS! HORROR FILM FESTIVAL-OCT. 14-BOSTON MA
http://www.newenglandshrieks.anewlanguage.org
The 2nd annual New England Shrieks! Horror Film Festival will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2006 in Boston MA. Venue TBA. NO ENTRY FEE. The NESHFF is a regional independent horror film festival for New Englanders. Films must have a 'New England Connection'. For more info, submission form, and rules, please visit =============================================
ENTER THE GIMME CREDIT SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION - JUNE 6 - JULY 18. http://www.gimmecreditcompetition.com
The Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition was created with the single purpose of producing one talented writer's short script and giving exposure and development advice to as many writers as possible. All entrants will receive feedback following the announcement of the winners. We accept screenplays of up to five pages in our Super Short ...
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FREAK SHOW HORROR FILM FESTIVAL - SUBMISSION DEADLINE SEPT. 1st http://www.spookyempire.com/freakhome.html
FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival is the ultimate horror event as part of the SCREAMFEST Horror Convention. Films will compete for awards and prizes. Distributors will be on hand to look at films for possible distribution. Lots of celebrities and established filmmakers will be at the event taking place at the WYNDHAM ORLANDO RESORT in Orlando,
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THE SHOOT IT INDEPENDENT! PRODUCTION FUND- SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE 1ST AUGUST http://www.shootitindie.net
The Shoot It Independent! Production Fund is accepting applications for its annual screenplay competition. Awards given by the production fund provide training, guidance, industry consultation and preparation to become a stronger filmmaker AWARDS The winning proposal will receive: A $5, 000 production award to aid in production of the a short screenplay... ==================================================
THE WESTSIDE STORY CONTEST - SUBMISSIONS! DEADLINE IS SEPT 30, 2006. http://www.westsidestorycontest.com
Dear Fiction Writers, The WestSide Story Contest is now accepting submissions. Open to all genres of short literary fiction, entry fee per story $11. Cash prizes for the three winning stories. Submission deadline is September 30, 2006. For complete info and guidelines, please visit us at: www.westsidestorycontest.com Happy Writing, The WestSide
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STUDENT 3-EPISODE CONTEST; THEPROJECT.TV, ONLINE DEADLINE JUNE 30TH http://theproject.tv
To all student filmmakers out there, TheProject.TV is introducing a new short film contest. Requirements: Students are to Write, Direct, and Produce three(3), 3-minute short films. These 3 'episodes' are to be created in a series and should be related to each other in some way. Viewers will then judge the films according to whether they like what...
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COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE JULY 1 http://www.chrisawards.org 54th Annual Columbus International Film + Video Festival, aka The Chris Awards Call for Entry regulations and Entry Forms are available on our web site: www.chrisawards.org JULY 1 Entry Deadline The Columbus International Film + Video Festival, a.k.a. 'The Chris Awards,' one of the most prestigious documentary, educational, business and… ==================================================
Short Films Wanted for Screenings in the UK From: richardsandling@hotmail.com
SQUAT BETTY FILM CLUB requires short films for its fortnightly film showcase in Southend, Essex. As the film night runs fortnightly and is ongoing I welcome multiple entries from individual filmmakers. The films shown will be from Essex, the UK and the rest of the world so if you or anyone you know has made a film and would like it to be screened at a future event please contact me, Richard Sandling, at my myspace page or email me at trouserfreak@hotmail.com for more details about submitting material or send the project on DVD to: 23 Avondale Road South Benfleet Essex SS7 1EH UK We will consider any fictional or factual project including Music Videos, Animation and Documentary. There is nothing (within legal boundaries) that we wont consider screening. Ideally, I would like the films to be around the 5 minute mark but will consider longer projects.
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GAY ROMANTIC COMEDY SEEKS FINANCING*
"A Four Letter Word" is the second feature film by director Casper Andreas ("Slutty Summer," "Mormor's Visit"). The HD feature is being made on a budget of $125K. The production team has raised almost half of the budget and is now looking for additional investors. Units are sold at $5000 each.
For more information, please visit www.afourletterwordmovie.com =============================================
Korean Film Council Filmmakers Development Lab (September, 2006) Deadline: June 15
National Neighborhood Day builds and sustains the neighborhood relationships that provide the foundation for civic action and the builds stronger, more caring and effective communities. The short film contest seeks films of 5 minutes or less that expresses what an inspiring neighborhood means to them. Three prizes of $2,000 will be awarded.

NARIP Events

2006-04-21T18:51:00.000-04:00

Greetings NARIP Members & Friends:

I have three events to share with you:

Sat, Apr 22 – NARIP Brunch at Tula’s in Los Angeles TOMORROW
Sun, Apr 23 – New Marketing Methods in the Music Industry in New York
Sat, Apr 29 – Reinventing the Indie Label in the NEW Music Industry in San Francisco

For more details and to register for any or all events, go to www.narip.com.

Have a great weekend.

Punjabi Music

2006-04-19T14:38:00.000-04:00

OKAY PEOPLE so right now we're in the studio with BhangraMasters RDB, gearing up to hit you with some more SERIOUSLY HOT BHood tunes this summer. But in the meantime make sure you check out (if you haven't already) these official, original tracks creating a buzz around the globe!
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PUNCHLINE & BIKRAM SINGH "GIDDAY VICH REMIX"
Freestyle champion Punchline & the prince of Bhangra Bikram Singh meet in a very big way.

www.myspace.com/bollyhoodrecords
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RDB "ISHQ NAAG" REGGAETON REMIX FEATURING ELEPHANT MAN
RDB continue to takeover the game with a new reggaeton remix of their original Punjabi / Dancehall smash "Ishq Naag (Love Bites)" featuring one and only Elephant Man.

www.myspace.com/rdbmusic
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DEEMI & RDB "LIGHT IT UP"
Atlantic Recording artist Deemi throws her lighters up with RDB.

www.myspace.com/rdbmusic
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4-IZE & RDB "UNDER ATTACK"Buzzing Southern rapper 4-Ize laces this RDB beat- it's pure "Dirty South Asia" says Fader magazine.Shout out to RAP US France and Groove Magazine for all their support!www.myspace.com/bollyhoodrecords

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COP IT TODAY!
Ashlene Presents Bhood : A collaboration of Indian & Urban Artists

www.bollyhoodrecords.com

Includes the official "Hor Glassy (Remix)" featuring Yukmouth
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"I love the Indian culture and I love the Punjabi sounds! Man the Bhangra genre is crazy. I consider India very rich in culture, rich in rhythms. It’s like the Carribean, you know? Indian sounds are incredible. It’s so similar to Reggaeton. I don’t know what they are saying but I love everything about the music, especially the dhol drums."
-Daddy Yankee,

www.ashleneonline.com

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Look out for the RDB "Bhangra meets Hip-Hop" mixtape coming this summer!!

www.rdbdjs.com
For more information on this mailout please contact us through email:
info@bollyhoodrecords.com

Thanks for your continued support!

Mediabistro.com's DAILY NEWS FEED

2006-04-10T14:37:00.000-04:00

Page Sixers Getting Many Perks From Sources (NYDN)The New York Post scandal (dubbed "Page Fix" by the Daily News) grew yesterday as those familiar with the gossip page painted a picture of an out-of-control institution where lavish gifts are routinely bestowed on columnist Richard Johnson and his staffers.
E&P: Page Six creator James Brady says Post's gossip page will bounce back.
NYT: In NYC tabloid war, revenge is served in boldface.
NY Sun: Post writer Stern blames billionaire Ron Burkle for "setting him up."
NYDN: New York Post columnist Steve Dunleavy: "The only thing I can say is that [Stern] went f***ing nuts."
FBNY: It's gotta be killing the gossip mongers over at the Post to watch while the Daily News, bloggers and even the New York Times blanket the juiciest media scandal in months: theirs.

As Katrina Recedes, Newspapers Still Float (NYT)While much of the country has moved on from coverage of Katrina, both The Sun Herald and The Times-Picayune remain all Katrina, all the time. For their role in covering and enduring the storm, both papers have received accolades, and next week both may well receive Pulitzer Prizes.
Medill School of Journalism: Times-Picayune wins Medill Medal for Courage for Katrina reporting.

Will Couric Revive News at Night? (NYT)Once Katie Couric arrives at the CBS anchor desk in September, with a contract estimated to be worth $15 million a year, the generational shift in the network evening newscasts will be complete — assuming that Diane Sawyer or Charles Gibson does not ultimately move into that position at ABC.
Newsweek: Will Katie change the evening news, or will it change her?
Newsweek: NBC rewrites familiar script with move to Meredith Vieira.
USAT: Is Couric ready for primetime?

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Jill Carroll's Family Says Thank You (CSM)"We cannot begin to properly thank all of the individuals and organizations who made significant efforts to free Jill. We may never be certain which steps actually led to her release. And we can never be aware of all the people who devoted their time and resources — and took risks — to find her"

Woodward in the Crosshairs (PressThink)Jay Rosen: Not only is Bob Woodward not in the hunt, but he is slowly turning into the hunted. Part of what remains to be uncovered is how Woodward was played by the Bush team, and what they thought they were doing by leaking to him, as well as what he did with the dubious information he got.

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Nets Increasingly Embrace Podcasts (Mediaweek)Once solely the domain of small-time content producers, podcasts are increasingly being embraced by traditional media players. "The demand has been phenomenal," said Marc Horine, general manager, new media, ESPN Radio, which hits in the million-plus download range.

Condi Had Skin Mags Yanked From State Dept. Newsstands (USN&WR)Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice had Playboy and Penthouse taken off newsstands in the building where she works. She'll face a tougher battle if goes after Maxim and FHM. Maxim, says the newsstands' Richard Williams, is a bestseller.

AOL Full Speed Ahead in Marrying TV With Internet (Independent)The international media giant's chief executive, Jonathan Miller, said internet video would deliver a devastating broadside to traditional television. "We know from television that ad-supported is the fastest way to build a new medium. In-stream video advertising is poised for rapid growth."
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WaPo Hiring Bloggers From Left and Right (Raw Story)Jim Brady, executive editor of washingtonpost.com, is looking for a liberal blogger, along with a conservative one, to replace Ben Domenech who resigned when his earlier writings were discovered by mostly liberal bloggers to be racially insensitive and — in multiple cases — plagiarized.

On 80th Birthday, Hef Reflects on Past (AP via USAT)His hair is thinner now and gray, almost white in places. His hearing is gone in one ear and he has the slightest bit of trouble getting up from his library couch after the interview. But otherwise, the man dressed in black silk pajamas and a scarlet silk jacket shows few other signs of being an octogenarian.

Art & Antiques Sold to CurtCo (NYP)Curtco Media aims to bring a new sense of urgency to a once sleepy cultural backwater of publishing that is suddenly percolating to life. Curtco is estimated to have paid Atlanta-based Transworld Publishing around $7 million for the 105,000 circulation magazine.
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Rob Corddry as Latest Daily Show Success Story? (NYP)Following the massive successes of Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, being a correspondent for the program now seems like comedy's surefire launching pad to stardom. So who's next? Rob Corddry, the brilliantly deranged "senior analyst" and "God Machine" operator, is at the head of the queue.
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FNC Ignores White House Briefing [TVNewser]Several e-mailers think Fox News Channel is covering the latest developments in the CIA leak case less aggressively than their cable news competitors.
FishbowlDC: Is this a sign of nothing or a sign of how much blood might be in the water today?

Commiserating with an ElleGirl Editor, Budget Living Freelancer [MBToolbox]Mediabistro's resident Chicagoan Claire Zulkey caught up with ElleGirl senior editor Melissa Walker a day after the magazine folded to bitch about the fate of the magazine. Meanwhile, Annie Logue says Budget Living is paying freelancers 33.2% of what they are owed, rather than stiffing them entirely.

The Secret of Paris Hilton, Revealed [FishbowlLA]In a forthcoming Sunday LAT piece, contributor Chris Lee examines the many endeavors of Paris Hilton. In it, DJ Paul Oakenfold issues a sutra we should all memorize about how it is possible for Hilton to succeed as a thrush, let alone as a worldwide icon. Of her voice, he explains: "I think a lot of people were expecting it to be a lot worse than it is."

Spin Hires the 'Madame of Punk Rock Porn' [FishbowlNY]It's been a dizzying few weeks over at Spin, with editors and columnists filing on and off stage like sets at Coachella. Enter their latest hire: Joanna Angel, punk rocker-cum-porn star and founder of four-year-old alternative porn site BurningAngel.com.

Dan Brown Free at Last [GalleyCat]In the eyes of the British legal system, Dan Brown did not systematically rip off Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh while writing The Da Vinci Code. Brown: "After devoting so much time and energy to this case, I'm eager to get back to writing my new novel."

Filter's Cat Power 'Exclusive'? [FishbowlNY]The L.A.-based music mag apparently chose to use the recent tour cancellation by Cat Power (a.k.a Chan Marshall, one of our favorite part-time New Yorkers) for undiscosed personal reasons as an opportunity to promote its latest issue as an "exclusive."

When Companies Change Their Logos, Softly [Unbeige]It looks like Vodafone is getting away from their old logo and moving into one that looks almost indentical, but adds a little 3D in there and an exciting shade of grey to cover up that white. It's subtle enough to make you have to take your time with it.

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HIPHOPDX.com

2006-04-10T14:34:00.000-04:00

www.hiphopdx.com Newsletter Vol 7.22

Busta Rhymes:
The Biggest Bang Days before the shoot out at his video,Busta Rhymes speaks on Dr. Dre, cuttinghis hair and his Godly album
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.552

Rampage:
Busta's Boyscout What happened to Busta Rhymes' FlipmodeSquad? Rampage has some words for thosewondering about Busta and his crew
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.551

What The F@#k!?!?
Three Six won an Oscar? Cam'ron shittingon Jay-Z (again)? White kids saying theN-Word? You know what time it is!
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.550

HIP HOP NEWS (Updated Daily)

Friday, Apr 07 2006

HHDX News Bits (Friday)
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4023
The Legend of Wu-Tang
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4024

Thursday, Apr 06 2006
T.I. Sounds off on Recent Success
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4020
Eminem and Kim Call it Quits... Again
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4021
Mariah Does it Big in the 06
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4022

Wednesday, Apr 05 2006

TI: The King's Back
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4016
Snoop, Dogg Pound Prep Album, Tour
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4017
Dave Mays Speaks on Busta Altercation
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4018
DX Dirt
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4019

ALBUM REVIEWS
Bubba Sparxx - The Charm
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.620
Black Eyed Peas - Renegotiations: The Remixes EP http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.621
VIDEOS
Yung Joc - It's Goin Down
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/media/

April Film Releases

2006-04-10T14:32:00.000-04:00

Upcoming Film Releases
Please note that release dates are always subject to change
- also note that musicians to side of film in boldface, could mean a starring role or just a cameo

4/7/06
Lucky Number Slevin (Weinstein)
The Benchwarmers (Sony)
Take the Lead (New Line)
Phat Girlz (Fox Searchlight)

4/14/06
Scary Movie 4 (Weinstein)
The Wild (Walt Disney)

4/21/06
Silent Hill (TriStar)
The Sentinel (20th Century Fox)
American Dreamz (Universal)

4/28/06
Flight 93 (Universal)
R.V. (Columbia)
Stick It (Buena Vista)
Akeelah and the Bee (Lions Gate)

April Album Releases

2006-04-10T14:31:00.000-04:00

New Releases
Please note that release dates are always subject to change

April 4: Lacona Coil Karmacode (Century Media Records)
Morrissey Ringleader of the Tormentors (Attack/Sanctuary)
Pink I'm Not Dead (LaFace)
Rascal Flatts Me and My Gang (Lyric Street)
Massive Attack Collected (Virgin)
Saves The Day Sound the Alarm (Vagrant)

April 11: Built To Spill You in Reverse (Warner Bros.)
Paul Oakenfold A Lively Mind (Maverick)
Josh Ritter The Animal Years (V2)
VA Unexpected Dreams: Songs from the Stars (Rhino)
MTV2 Headbangers Ball: The Revenge (Roadrunner)
Beatles Capitol Albums Volume 2 (Capitol)
Buckcherry Fifteen (Eleven Seven Music)
Toby Keith White Trash With Money (Show Dog Nashville)

April 18: Junkie XL Today (Ultra Records )
Dresden Dolls Yes, Virginia (Roadrunner)
Drive-By Truckers A Blessing and a Curse (New West)
Rye Coalition Curses (Gern Blandsten)

April 25: Elf Power Back to the Web (Rykodisc)
Godsmack IV (Universal)
Rihanna A Girl Like Me (Def Jam)
Christina Milian So Amazin (Island Def Jam)
Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome -- The Seeger Sessions (Columbia) The Goo Goo Dolls Let Love In (Warner Bros.)
k.d. lang Reintarnation (Rhino)

April Event Calendar

2006-04-10T14:29:00.002-04:00

Event Calendar
April 2006
April 2 – 6: Gorillaz @ Apollo Theatre
April 4: VH1 News: Britney’s Secret Childhood
April 7: Best Week Ever; Celebrity Eye Candy; Can’t Get A Date
April 8: VH1 Goes Inside: America’s Most Wanted; Ice TV: The Cult
April 9: Surreal Life; Hogan Knows Best; So NoTORIous
April 10: AA: More Beach Bods; Fab Life: Kept Men
April 10: CMT Music Awards
April 11: Beth Orton @ Webster Hall
April 13-14: Death Cab For Cutie and Franz Ferdinand @ Hammerstein Ballroom
April 13: Chris and Rich Robinson @ Brooklyn (Warsaw)
April 13: Hoobastank @ Hard Rock Cafe
April 14: Best Week Ever; Celebrity Eye Candy; Can’t Get A Date
April 14: Chris and Rich Robinson @ Lincoln Center
April 14: Chris Brown @ Nokia Theatre Times Square
April 15: Chris and Rich Robinson @ Town Hall
April 16: Surreal Life; Hogan Knows Best; So NoTORIous; GLAAD Awards
April 17: Fab Life: Comebacks; VH1 News: Celeb Blackmail
April 18: R. Kelly @ Radio City Music Hall
April 21: Miss USA Pageant airs on NBC
April 21: Best Week Ever; Celeb Eye Candy; Can’t Get A Date
April 21: Black Eyed Peas & The Pussycat Dolls @ Madison Square Garden
April 22: The Jammys Awards Show at Madison Square Garden
April 23: Surreal Life; Hogan Knows Best; So NoTORIous
April 24: Fab Life: Billionaires
April 25-May 7: TriBeCa Film Festival
April 26: Train @ Beacon Theatre
April 27: Billboard Latin Music Awards
April 27-30: MerleFest 2006 in North Carolina (Bob Weir, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Nickel Creek, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris and Pete Seeger)
April 28: Celeb Eye Candy; Can’t Get A Date
April 28-30, May 5-7: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
April 29-30: 2006 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif.(Tool, Depeche Mode, Madonna)
April 30: Surreal Life; Hogan Knows Best; So NoTORIous

April Event Calendar

2006-04-10T14:29:00.001-04:00

April Event Calendar

2006-04-10T14:29:00.000-04:00

Phat Girlz Free Screening

2006-04-10T14:28:00.000-04:00

http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/phatgirlz/

Mediabistro.com 3/20/06

2006-03-20T17:13:00.000-05:00

Longtime ABC Anchor Bill Beutel Dies (AP via FoxNews)Beutel had a long stint as television news anchor and host of the show that became ABC's Good Morning America. His trademark signoff "Good luck and be well" closed WABC's nightly local newscast for more than 30 years. NYT: Though Beutel's tenure at ABC's Eyewitness News stretched from 1970 to 2001, his on-air personality was most strongly defined in the first 16 years. NYDN: Beutel was a "father figure."
Atlantic's Murphy, Langewiesche Join Vanity Fair (Mediaweek)Two longtime Atlantic Monthly contributors, former managing editor Cullen Murphy and national correspondent William Langewiesche, will join Condé Nast's Vanity Fair. Murphy will become a contributing editor while Langewiesche will become international editor. NYT: VF adds some gravitas.
New York Times Admits Abu Ghraib Story Was Wrong (NYT via IHT)After the online magazine Salon raised questions about the identity of the man in an iconic photograph from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, the man acknowledged that, while he was at the prison, he is not the man in the specific photograph.
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Will Dow Jones Wire Editor Succeed WSJ ME? (NYP)Speculation is that recently appointed Dow Jones chief executive Rich Zannino and new Wall Street Journal Publisher Gordon Crovitz want Paul Ingrassia, a former Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, to come on board now to replace Paul Steiger in the top editor slot.
Hachette Shut Out of Ellies Again (WWD)Not since 2000, when Premiere was a finalist in the reviews and criticism category, has a Hachette Filipacchi magazine been nominated for a National Magazine Award, and not since 1993, when American Photo took home a general excellence award, has one of them won. Slate: Dark horse Virginia Quarterly Review is burning up the magazine world. Marketwatch: Jon Friedman gets behind the New Yorker's Ellies "snub."
NBC Contemplates Today Without Couric (WSJ)NBC is making plans aimed at keeping the Today show on track if Katie Couric decides to bolt soon for CBS, which has reportedly offered her about $15 million a year to take over Dan Rather's anchor chair at the 30-minute Evening News and to contribute to 60 Minutes.
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Sales Management - Weekly Newspaper GroupSouthland PublishingLos Angeles, CA Nets Will Fight FCC on Indecency Fines (Mediaweek)Regulators said they wanted to clarify indecency law as they levied nearly $4 million in fines. But the action last week by the commission left TV execs and First Amendment lawyers apprehensive and confused — and the networks defensive, defiant and possibly heading for a court showdown.
News 'Scoop' Is Increasingly Found Online (USAT)Peter Johnson: Has the home page eclipsed the front page as the go-to place for breaking news and highly touted exclusives? News executives say yes, that on many days and for many stories, their dot-com properties have started to supersede their traditional news products.
Bill O'Reilly and the Culture of Fear in Cable News (NYer)In the past, the distilled essence of cable news seemed to be CNN's high-energy, low-production-value coverage of the first Gulf War. Today, the essence is O'Reilly, who is firmly planted in his studio, and who begins his show each night by leaning into a camera that is tightly focused on his upper body.
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Writing About Pop Culture for MagazinesNew York Starts March 21Pop culture stories are widely read and in demand at almost every magazine. Learn how to find the right stories, approach editors, and sell your articles from former Us Weekly and Details editor Janet Steen.
David Gregory's Star Born on Blogosphere (CQ)When Gregory called Don Imus' broadcast from the president's road trip to India and giggled as he tried to speak Hindi, Imus cracked, "Are you drunk?" From that point on, half of blog-reading America became aware of Gregory as a public figure. USAT: NBC's David Gregory gets caught in political battle.
Da Vinci Code Case Wrapping Up (Boston Globe)Closing arguments continue today in the copyright case in which two authors charge that author Dan Brown stole from their work to produce his blockbuster novel. During testimony last week, Brown acknowledged reworking other writers' material but rejected claims that he copied work for his book.
Knight Chain Dies Before Its Time (NYT)Only a handful of days have passed since he announced the deal to sell Knight Ridder, but P. Anthony Ridder, the company's chairman and chief executive, already has ghosts to contend with. NYT: The McClatchy Company's deal to acquire Knight Ridder does not include keeping the San Jose Mercury News, which calls itself "the user manual for Silicon Valley."
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from mediabistro.com's blogs:
Breaking: Keith Kelly and a St. Patrick's Day Scandal? [FishbowlNY]One of the founders of tonight's Kelly Gang St. Patrick's Day Benefit at Michael's, NY Post's Media Inker Keith Kelly, appears to have had a bit of a jolly error in judgment. The Sidney Frank Importing Co. is debuting its new Michael Collins Irish Whiskey at the party tonight. But then we were reminded of Kelly's column today about Sidney Frank Importing Co. debuting its new Michael Collins Irish Whiskey …
Russert, Miller, Cooper Subpoenaed [FishbowlDC]Judith Miller, Tim Russert and Matt Cooper all received subpoenas and Libby's lawyer said that more could be on the way....
"We Respect Larry" [TVNewser]Fox News Channel loves Larry King. Think about it. King disrupts CNN's entire primetime schedule. King destroys the transition between Paula Zahn and Anderson Cooper. King turns off young viewers. And King frequently covers sensational, fluffy subjects …
Scenes from the Guilt & Pleasure Afterparty [GalleyCat]Bottom row: Huffington Post blogger Rachel Sklar (why does she seem so familiar to us?) chats with Vanity Fair contributing editor David Margolick. …
On Porn and Sketch Comedy [MBToolBox]Eric Spitznagel, contributing editor of the Believer, veteran sketch comedy writer and author of an upcoming book on whether to write porn scripts: "Writing porn is just going to end up breaking your heart. You get into it thinking, 'I'll just do a few of these things and make some money and that will be the end of it.' But it never happens that way …
But St. Patrick's Day is Today… [FishbowlDC]Looks like the luck of the Irish struck early for someone: "I Slept With a W.Post columnist last night" …

Magnet Media

2006-03-20T17:12:00.000-05:00

Dear friends and colleagues:
It was wonderful to see so many of you on February 20th at the 2nd Annual Zoom In Awards, where we celebrated legends and pioneers in film and television, and honored outstanding achievements by professionals and students in editing, cinematography and graphics / visual effects.
Five years ago, Magnet Media was established as an educational media company designed to serve the entertainment and media industry. Little did we know the scope of the challenge before us: High Definition, Video on Demand, podcasts, wikis, digital downloads, blogs, mobile content, digital cinema, subscription services, branded entertainment, internet video… and on and on. Remaining on top of changing technology has never been as challenging or as important to success as it is today. But as much as the process of producing and distributing content continues to evolve at a rapid pace, the core values - that signify quality entertainment and media - remain timeless.
This is where the Zoom In Awards come in: honoring pioneers and legends in film and television, alongside working professionals and students. Each of our Lifetime Achievement Honorees this year has been a mentor, and the impact that they've had on both the industry as a whole and on the lives of individuals will live on for generations. The Zoom In Awards remind our professional nominees that as they move forward to remember to give back to students and other emerging artists. And for our student nominees, the Zoom In Awards present an opportunity to draw on the wisdom of those who have come before even as they blaze their own paths ahead.
In this Special Edition of the Zoom In Newsletter, we're bringing the Zoom In Awards to you. For a limited time, you can view the tribute reels for our honorees online:
Legendary film editor Dede Allen (Bonnie & Clyde, Reds, Dog Day Afternoon, Breakfast Club) whose rule-breaking work changed the face of editorial approaches in Hollywood, and giving her a permanent home in film history.
Jon Kamen, chairman and CEO of @radicalmedia, who founded a cutting edge commercial production house that has consistently transcended the aesthetic zeitgeist for the advertising industry.
Geoff Gilmore, who, in his role as head of the Sundance Film Festival since 1990, has been both a visionary and a driving force in the independent film revolution.
You may also view highlights from the finalist nominees in the student and professional categories, as well as short highlights from the Zoom In Awards evening, which include selections from the speeches given by our honorees, as well as by our presenters: David Linde, co-chair of Focus Features (Brokeback Mountain, Constant Gardener), Matt Miller from the AICP and auteur director Arthur Penn (Bonnie & Clyde, Alice's Restaurant, Night Moves).
Many thanks to all of our sponsors, nominees, honorees, presenters, contributors, attendees and the hardworking Magnet Media staff for making the 2nd Annual Zoom In Awards a night celebrating great work across the continuum of industry experience. May we all remember the importance of mentoring the younger generation, acknowledging the wisdom gained from experience, and using technology in inventive ways to create lasting work.

Best regards,Megan Cunningham

Einstein on Racism

2006-03-09T16:38:00.001-05:00

You Are Invited to help celebrate the 127th Birthday of - the complete - Albert Einstein
Einstein on Race and Racism
Book & Birthday Party
Tuesday, March 14th (Einstein's 127th) from 6-8:30 PM
At the Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 W. 44th Street
Join Rodger Taylor and Fred Jerome, co-authors of Einstein on Race and Racism, and special guest
Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
John S. Toll Professor of Physics and
Director, Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland
<http://www.physics.umd.edu/ep/gates/image.html>
PLEASE RSVP TO fred_jrm@yahoo.com <mailto:fred_jrm@yahoo.com>
This event is co-sponsored by Coliseum Books
and the Tamiment Library at NYU

NABFEME in Memphis

2006-03-09T16:38:00.000-05:00

MEMPHIS MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVES JOIN NATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO ENHANCE CAREERS AND BUILD CORPORATE ALLIANCESNABFEME Memphis Network Launch to be held at the Center For Southern Folklore
MEMPHIS, TN (March 8, 2006) - The National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment, Inc., the ultimate network of entertainment industry female powerhouses, has confirmed the launch of an affiliate network in the City of Memphis on March 9, 2006.
Dr. Tonya Butler, a professor at The University of Memphis and entertainment lawyer has been named President of the NABFEME Memphis Network. The new network will raise the profile and elevate the awareness of women of color in the entertainment business in the City of Memphis. NABFEME was formed with a mission to raise the profile and increase the awareness of minority women in music and entertainment. NABFEME accomplishes its mission through activities that foster empowerment, education, mentoring, career development and networking.
According to Dr. Butler, "NABFEME is one of the few networking organizations that instill a sense of pride in yourself, your work and your professional relationships. I have been an active member since the organizations inception, and have been amazed at the level of contacts I am exposed to on a daily basis. Women that you didnt think yourself worthy to be in the same room with, sincerely and openly share their experiences and their strategies for success in the music and entertainment industry. The City of Memphis is fertile ground for the networking opportunities that only NABFEME can offer.

NABFEME is led by volunteer entertainment executives and Memphis joins as number 17 amongst other major cities across the USA who host affiliate NABFEME networks. The NABFEME Memphis Network will hold its "official" kick off reception Thursday, March 9, 2006, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at the Center for Southern Folklore at 119 S. Main Street, Memphis, TN. It is sponsored in part by A & R Barbeque-Hickory Hill, Dbos Buffalo Wings & Things, Equones Catering, Jump Mobile, and Pepsi. Many of Memphis' most accomplished and established music managers, artists, composers, agents, film, television, cable, producers, radio, theater, athletes, attorneys and entertainment executives will attend the very first event of its type in Memphis. Guests will be prominent Memphis entertainment executives and professionals from the State of Tennessee, including corporate and municipal partners. Performances will include NABFEME members, "Radiance" and Memphis duo "Men-nefer."

The Center for Southern Folklore was founded in 1972 by Judy Peiser and Bill Ferris and features the work of various local folk visual artists and an extensive archive of photos documenting Southern history from Rev. L.O. Taylor.

Founded in 1999 by record industry trailblazer Johnnie Walker, NABFEME supports and empowers professional women of color, executives, managers, and technicians in the music and entertainment industries. More than 2,500 women worldwide have joined this stellar nonprofit organization, whose purpose is to assist with the economic and career development of women in entertainment.

For NABFEME Memphis event information, call 901-237-0625; for more information about NABFEME visit www.nabfeme.org.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FEMALE EXECUTIVES IN MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (NABFEME)Memphis NetworkThursday, March 9, 2006 - 7 P.M. - 10 P.M.Center for Southern Folklore 119 S. Main Street###

HHDX 7.13

2006-03-08T17:44:00.000-05:00

Ne-Yo: The One
Ne-Yo speaks on his upbringing,competition (Trey Songz and Chris Brown)and how he is "So Sick" of Beyonce'ssinging
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.539

Terrance Howard: Acting On Instinct
Terrance Howard talks about his career,acting next to 50 Cent, possibly playingDamon Dash in a movie and more...
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.538

HIP HOP NEWS (Updated Daily)
Tuesday, Mar 07 2006
Busta: "F*ck the media!"
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3941
Living Legends Set to Blitz the Industry
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3942
Baby Grande Wants YOU to Shine, Pimp C Speaks http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3943
Monday, Mar 06 2006
Three 6 Makes it Easy for a Pimp
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3937
Every Hog Has Its Day
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3938
Andre's Class of 3000
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3939
T.I. Holds Down the Throne
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3940
Friday, Mar 03 2006
Trouble Continues For Busta
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3933
Hip-Hop's Latino Connection
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3934
Howard Refuses to Perform at Show
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3935
Mays and Benzino Still In, Judge Rules
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3936

Mediabistro.com's DAILY MEDIA NEWS FEED 3/08/06

2006-03-08T17:43:00.000-05:00

VNU Buyout Complete (NYT)The Dutch publishing and market research company that owns ACNielsen, Billboard and Editor and Publisher was sold to a consortium of private equity investors for about $9 billion in cash, or slightly more than 28.50 euros a share. Reuters: The deal marks a stark reversal for the Netherlands-based company, which was poised to double its size less than a year ago with plans to buy healthcare data provider IMS Health. Marketwatch: The company will be kept together for at least 18 months.
Google Mistakenly Puts Ad Targets Online (Reuters)The previously undisclosed presentation notes stated that Google's core advertising business was expected to grow by nearly 60 percent to $9.5 billion in 2006 but that profit margins in its mainstay AdSense business could be squeezed this year and beyond. AP: Company tells investors to disregard leak. NYP: The blunder, which knocked down Google's shares $3.65 to $364.45, came on the heels of a similar snafu.
Pinch Gets Chilly Reception at 'State of the Times' Speech (Gawker)The first question was about the stock options that Sulzberger got rid of to give himself and the other execs big bonuses. He deflected that question, but then business columnist Floyd Norris asked it again, quoting more numbers. Norris asked him to rescind his bonuses to save jobs. Media Mob: Sulzberger discussed the paper's efforts to expand its online and digital operations in a newspaper industry that's mired in struggle. NYP: Newspaper Guild members have already had to give up their raises for the year to rescue their embattled healthcare coverage, and 500 employees are losing their jobs.
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CBS Offering March Madness Free Online (LAT)The network plans to make all early-round games from the NCAA basketball tournament, available for free on the Internet. This will mark the first time a major broadcaster has shifted such an important programming franchise onto the Web without charging a subscription fee.
Little News About Jill Carroll, but Hope Remains (E&P)On the two-month anniversary of freelancer Jill Carroll's abduction in Iraq, little new information on her whereabouts or status is known, according to editors at the Christian Science Monitor. The last image of her appeared in a video last month.
Absolute Savior? (NYP)Real estate magnate William B. May says he is riding to the rescue of the upscale city magazine, which laid off its 30-plus person staff last month. May said he hoped to meet with some key people last night, and eventually restart with about eight editorial staffers. [Second item.]
As Newspapers Retreat, Will Local Communities Follow? (California Magazine)Michael Zielenziger: When enough people congregate in a defined geographical space, a community finds its larger, formal voice, traditionally around a newspaper. But the Internet has shattered this tidy tradition, displacing a medium that built community in a defined locale.
Voice Readers Vent About Sylvester Fabrications (VV)Mark Forman: Sylvester should be sacked. I appreciate that he apologized, but he lacks credibility, and apologies don't equate to ethics. He got caught, so he said he's sorry. Even Oprah raked what's-his-name over the coals when she found out he was writing fiction instead of alleged fact.
Bob Woodruff 'Still Has a Face for TV' (NYDN)His speech is still only "a couple sentences here, a few words there," brother David Woodruff told ABC's Good Morning America. "He's on very heavy pain medication still. He's not talking up a blue streak, he's not sitting there having long conversations with anybody."
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Intro to Writing for Women's MagazinesNew York Starts March 14Break into the high-profile world of women's magazines. ELLEgirl senior features editor Melissa Walker will show you how to get your foot in the door and get the attention of assigning editors with winning queries and articles.
She is JT Leroy (Salon)How did a 40-year-old woman fool the world into thinking she was teenage prostitute and wunderkind author JT LeRoy? As a punk rocker, porn writer and phone sex operator, Laura Albert had been inventing herself for years.
Unsolicited Advice for New Atlantic Editor (Slate)Jack Shafer: James Bennet will have to tell owner David Bradley that his approach to running a magazine devoted to narrative journalism is flawed and have a good retort when Bradley answers that the same system netted him $142 million when his company went public in the late 1990s.
VF's Cover Whims (WWD)Vanity Fair editor in chief Graydon Carter is developing a fickle reputation. After replacing Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong with Natalie Portman for April's cover, he's now given the front to Teri Hatcher, who is talking publicly about an uncle who sexually abused her when she was a child.
—David S. Hirschman
from mediabistro.com's blogs:
Howard Stern Bashes Les Moonves, CBS on Fox [TVNewser]In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity today, Howard Stern went on the offensive against Les Moonves and CBS.
Literati Work Out Their Memoir Issues [GalleyCat]NYTBR editor Sam Tanenhaus had been pretty dismissive of James Frey and A Million Little Pieces throughout the discussion. When asked how he would have covered the story differently, he responded: "It's not the sort of story I would have reported," Tanenhaus said. "I barely read our own coverage, I didn't watch Oprah ... I found it profoundly uninteresting."
SI Gets 'Barroid' Book Exclusive, Continues Streak of Sports Drug Coverage [FishbowlNY]What's more interesting to us, though, is SI managing editor Terry McDonell's note, which outlines the magazine's long history of breaking drug-related sports stories. And even more fascinating is the gallery of SI drug covers, which gives us perhaps the first and last reason to type "Brian Bosworth" on this blog.
Gratuitous Sopranos References [FishbowlLA]The new Sopranos season begins this weekend, which means a) it'll be easier to get a table at Jar for the next thirteen Sunday nights; and b) it's time for another slew of awkward, lazy Sopranos references and comparisons in the media.
What's the Situation With The Situation? [FishbowlDC]We're not sure which is more sad: That Tucker could potentially suffer another show cancellation, or that Kathleen Matthews will have to endure more time without her husband as MSNBC slowly turns into "Chris Matthews TV."
Can Google Commit Libel? [MBToolBox]"Lawyers acting for the Arsenal and England [soccer player Ashley Cole] want the internet company to disclose why typing his name into the search engine generates 'See results for: ashley cole gay'." Apparently they don't talk about 'Google Bombing' much on the football field.
The American Idol of Design. Kind Of. [Unbeige]We saw the promo for American Inventor during the Oscars and got pretty excited — they've finally equated the ability to design a product with other talents like singing and dancing with stars. Don't worry, it will still be as captivating as those other American shows, crying included.

Cornerstone Mixtape #81

2006-03-08T17:40:00.000-05:00

What's Upper!! It's March and school's been in session for 80 tapes now. Time for a progress report. Ladies and gentleman we bring to you Mixtape #81, The Hyphy - Ghetto Report Card Edition, Featuring E-40 and starring KMEL's Big Von and Scotty Fox. That's right, the Hyphy invasion is here. Von and Scotty school you on E-40 classics from back in the day and new hits with joints like: "Sprinkle Me", "One Luv", "Rapper's Ball" with Too Short, and the new smash featuring Keak Da Sneak "Tell Me When To Go". It's not over yet though. Von and Scotty give us more music from the Bay's next generation of stars including The Team, The Federation and San Quinn.
The Cornerstone 1200 Squad would also like to salute the life of Jay Dee aka J Dilla who passed away on February 10th. He was definitely one of hip-hop's most talented producers and one of the key musicians who innovated the sound of the neo-soul movement. DJ Excel is back with an amazing set featuring some of J Dilla's most memorable tracks. Also don't forget to peep the bonus track from Dave Chappelle's Block Party movie featuring The Roots, Big Daddy Kane & Kool G. Rap. Dave Chappelle's Block Party is in theaters March 3rd and trust us you want to see this film!
Plus the Music Meeting is packed with the usual hot radio playables you need to have in your mix including new music from: Ice Cube, Ray J, Rhymefest, The Infamous Mobb Deep, Daddy Yankee f. Lloyd Banks & Young Buck, Penelope Jones, Cherish, Juvenile and another dope exclusive from new Chappelle's Block Party movie featuring Dead Prez.
The Industry's #1 Mixtape is just getting started in '06 and whether hyphy or crunk we have all the bases in this culture of Hip-Hop covered. But first and foremost always remember the DJ is the Cornerstone of Hip-Hop®.

CineWomen NY Screening

2006-03-08T17:38:00.000-05:00

CineWomen NY Presents:
Feminism/Post Feminism on Film: Is the Women's Movement Still Necessary?
Thursday, March 23 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Donnell Media Center of the New York Public Libarary
20 West 53rd Street (across from MoMA)
Join Us for This Very Special (and FREE) Film Screening and Panel Discussion

CineWomen NY will host a film program and panel discussion at the Donnell Media Center of the New York Public Library for Women's History Month entitled Feminism/Post-Feminism on Film: Is the Women's Movement Still Necessary?
Our confirmed panelists are Therese Shechter, director of I Was a Teenage Feminist, and Joyce Chopra, director of Smooth Talk and many other films. Liz Foley, filmmaker, film professor and CineWomen NY board member will moderate. We will screen three or four short films including Chopra and Weill's feminist classic Joyce at 34.
This event is free and open to the public. The Donnell Media Center of the New York Public Library is located on 53rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues across from MOMA
Seats are on a first come, first serve basis. Please RSVP to rsvp@cinewomenny.org so we can keep track of how many people will be attending.

Scion xPress Fest NYC

2006-03-03T15:52:00.001-05:00

Hey Scion People!

You are invited to Scion xPress Fest - NY!

Hundreds of filmmakers entered for a chance to make a music video for talented independent bands. Our panel of industry heavyweight judges chose ten finalists. Ten exceptional music videos were made. Now you will help decide who walks away with the $20,000 grand prize. This is the Scion xPress Fest.

Come join us at the Scion xPress Fest Screening Tour as we roll across the country to find out who has what it takes to win the top prize.

New York City - Tuesday, March 7th

Screening begins at 7:30pm

@ Anthology Film Archives

32 2nd Avenue

New York NY 10003

Music provided by JDH (Fixed)

Free drinks will be provided.

THESE EVENTS ARE FREE, BUT YOU MUST RSVP TO GAIN ENTRY:

www.scionxpressfest.com/rsvp

March Film Releases

2006-03-03T15:52:00.000-05:00

3/3/06
Aquamarine (Fox 2000)
16 Blocks (Warner Bros.) – Mos Def
Block Party (Focus)

3/10/06
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
The Shaggy Dog (Buena Vista)
The Libertine (Weinstein)
The Hills Have Eyes (Fox)
Ask the Dusk (Paramount)

3/17/06
V For Vendetta (Warner Bros.)
She’s The Man (DreamWorks)

3/24/06
Stay Alive (Buena Vista)

3/31/06
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (20th Century Fox)
Basic Instinct 2 (Sony)
Slither (Universal)
ATL (Warner Bros.) – Big Boi
Lucky Number Slevin (Weinstein)
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (ThinkFilm)

March Album Releases

2006-03-03T15:51:00.000-05:00

Feb. 28:
Elvis Costello My Flame Burns Blue (Deutsche Grammophon)
Hank III Straight to Hell (Curb)
Alan Jackson Precious Memories (Arista)
Kid Rock Live Trucker (Atlantic)

March 7:
Mudhoney Under a Billion Suns (Sub Pop)
Mogwai Mr. Beast (Matador)
Juvenile Reality Check (Atlantic)
Willie Nelson You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (Lost Highway)
Kris Kristofferson This Old Road (New West Records)
Donald Fagen Morph the Cat (Reprise)

March 14:
Pretenders Pirate Radio boxed set (Rhino)
DMC Checks, Thugs and Rock'n'Roll (RomenMpire)
Black Sabbath Greatest Hits 1970-1978 (Warner Bros./Rhino)

March 21:
Ashley MacIsaac Pride (Koch)
Prince 3121 (Universal)
Chicago XXX (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
Ben Harper Both Sides of the Gun (Virgin)
Da Backwudz Wood Work (Rowdy Records)
Richard Ashcroft Keys to the World (Virgin)
LL Cool J Todd Smith (Def Jam)

March 28:
Rob Zombie Educated Horses (Geffen)
Tim McGraw Reflected: Hits Vol. 2 (Curb)
T.I. King (Atlantic)

March Event Calendar

2006-03-03T15:50:00.000-05:00

Event Calendar
March 2006
March 1: 16th annual Tibet House benefit concert at Carnegie Hall (Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Sufjan Stevens.)
March 2: BTM: Kid Rock
March 3: Best Week Ever; Best of Web Junk
March 3: The Strokes @ Hammerstein Ballroom
March 4: 20th annual Soul Train Music Awards @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium
March 5: 78th Annual Academy Awards
March 5-10: I Love Toys Week
March 5: Flavor of Love
March 9-11, 13-14, 16-18, 20-21 and 23-25:The Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre
March 10: Best Week Ever; Best of Web Junk
March 12: Flavor of Love Finale
March 13: 25 Celebreality Moments
March 15-19: South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin
March 17: Best of Web Junk
March 19: Hogan Knows Best Premiere; Surreal Life; Flavor of Love
March 20: All Access: Self Magazine; Fab Life: Young Hot Hollywood
March 20: Bring 'Em Home Now @ Hammerstein Ballroom (Michael Stipe, Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Fischerspooner, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Devendra Banhart and Peaches)
March 20-April 9: Country: A Celebration of America's Music at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.(Vince Gill, Naomi & Wynonna Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn)
March 21: 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony airs on VH1
March 24: Best Week Ever; Best of Web Junk
March 25: Soul Train Awards
March 25: Ultra Music Festival in Miami (Prodigy, Paul Oakenfold, Perry Farrell, Danny Tenaglia, Richie Hawtin, Armand Van Helden, DJ Hell, Benny Benassi, Nic Fanciulli, Meat Katie, Grooverider and Donald Glaude)
March 26: Surreal Life; Hogan Knows Best
May 26-28: Sasquatch! Festival (Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Death Cab For Cutie, Queens Of The Stone Age…) in George, Wash.
March 26: the Cult @ Nokia Theatr

DMC Project on VH1

2006-03-02T17:56:00.000-05:00

http://adoption.about.com/od/newsandreference/a/myadoptionjourn.htm

Indie Nation

2006-03-01T17:46:00.000-05:00

http://indie.indienation.biz
Invitation to Indie Nation
To indie music fans, labels, singers, musicians managers, agents, there's no omissions SPE and City Of Rhythm are sending you an invitation to be a citizen of our Indie Nation
The latest indie news is what you'll find We make sure you're not left behind And on our page called "Indie Assistance"
The best in the biz tell how to handle resistance We give you charts & news on indie video and radio So when your release comes out, you'll know where to go We'll list your gigs in "Indies On Stage"
Just submit where you'll be within 7 days "Indie realeases" show latest indie tracks and songs This is part of our procedure to keep your project strong
Dance, Dj's and club fans, we didn't leave you out Our "DJ/Dance Clubs" page shows what your scene is about The world is abuzz with a thing called podcasting Our "Podcast Page" keeps you up on whats hap'nin We highlight indie music, no matter what type We print you new and show links to your site We support indies doing what it takes At nearly 2 million hits, we cant make mistakes
So heres to those like Podcaster World, URSCENE, and Wise Fools Pub And club promoters like DMK We always show you love To artists and labels in the trenches Who dont worry about majors' intimidation You've got a home on the web Make your move to Indie Nation

Young Democrats Event

2006-03-01T17:45:00.000-05:00

THE WOMENS COMMITTEE
OF THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF RICHMOND COUNTY
INVITE YOU TO A ROUNDTABLE BRUNCH CELEBRATING WOMEN!
FEATURING
BETSY GOTBAUM
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE
DIANE SAVINO
NYS SENATOR
DENISE O'DONNELL
CANDIDATE FOR NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL
JANELE HYER-SPENCER
CANDIDATE FOR NYS ASSEMBLY
SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2006
12:30PM AT THE AMERICAN GRILL
1180 VICTORY BOULEVARD, STATEN ISLAND, NY
$35 PER PERSON
$30 STUDENTS & YOUNG DEMS
Traditional brunch fare including
Coffee, Tea, Juice and Dessert
** PLEASE BRING DONATIONS OF TOILETRIES
to be given to SAFE HORIZONS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO
YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF RICHMOND COUNTY
MAIL TO 73 ST. PAULS AVE SI NY 10301
THIS IS A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VENUE
COURTESY RSVP REQUESTED BY MARCH 12
TO INFO@SIYOUNGDEMS.ORG
for more info, log on to www.siyoungdems.org

Wine Classes NYC

2006-03-01T17:44:00.000-05:00

Best Cellar List

How could you? After all this time.
Ordering cosmos (cosmos?!) like they’re going out of style.
Because they did. Along with the millennium.
Salvage your dignity, woman (or, for shame, man!) and get thee to Cellar 72, the new UES wine shop headed by Nice Matin wine director Guy Goldstein.
The floor is patrolled by sommeliers from Per Se, Picholine, and Barbounia, who are on hand to help you sort through 3,000 options and lend advice on what to serve at posh parties or what to pair with Chinese take-out.
For the wine-slurping amateur, Cellar 72 introduces its first American Sommelier Association class, an eight-week course that starts March 9. Sake programs and blind tastings are also on tap as part of Cellar’s ongoing curriculum.
Don’t forget to enroll in Mixology A-Z, a series of themed cocktail classes on the latest drinking trends.
Just one word of advice: Keep your Long Island Iced Tea questions to yourself.
Cellar 72, 1355 Second Avenue, at 72nd Street (212-639-9463 or cellar72.com).

Mediabistro.com's DAILY MEDIA NEWS FEED 03/01/06

2006-03-01T17:43:00.000-05:00

CBS Sues Howard Stern for Breach of Contract (NYT)CBS Radio has filed a lawsuit against Stern, charging that he used his last months on the air there to build up his future employer, Sirius Satellite Radio, and gained financial advantages through a stock sale at the expense of CBS. CBS Press Release: Suit charges that Sirius intentionally induced Stern to breach his contractual provisions by offering to accelerate Stern's payment of millions of dollars in stock options to promote Sirius on CBS airwaves. NYP: At a press conference, Stern lashed out at CBS honcho Les Moonves, accusing him of pursuing a "personal vendetta" to divert attention from CBS Radio's plummeting ratings. LAT: Stern's attorney said CBS could have punished Ste rn in the more than 14 months he was on the air after he shook up the radio industry by giving notice that he was jumping to Sirius. WSJ: The lawsuit comes as CBS Radio is beginning to feel the sting of Stern's departure.
TheStreet.com Subpoenaed in SEC Probe (AP)The financial news website and its co-founder and major shareholder, James Cramer, were served subpoenas by the SEC about two weeks ago in connection with an inquiry into allegations of stock manipulation.
Showtime May Revive Arrested Development (Cleveland Plain Dealer)Mark Dawidziak: Although Showtime executives say no deal is yet in place, it is being reported that the premium cable channel is giving new life to Arrested Development.
If TV Is Free, Can You Steal It? (LAT)Although still far behind music, television shows represent the fastest-growing type of files downloaded online. And as downloads increase, executives have to figure out how to convince people it's stealing. LAT: Guilds cry foul on royalties for downloads of ABC shows.
NYT's Elisabeth Bumiller Will Take Leave to Write Condi Bio (NYO)Executive editor Bill Keller has told Bumiller's husband, Times diplomatic correspondent Steven Weisman, that he must relinquish the State Department beat to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest.
Bids for Knight in the Works (San Jose Mercury News)As a deadline nears for submitting bids for Knight Ridder, MediaNews and Gannett are working on a joint bid, according to a source familiar with the process. Sources said the McClatchy newspaper chain also is preparing a bid.
Many Challenge WaPo Claims on Death Toll in Iraq (E&P)According to a Washington Post report yesterday, violence in Iraq killed more than 1,300 in the past few days, many times the figure reported by the U.S. media and the military. But Iraq Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari called such high death totals "inaccurate and exaggerated."
Did Nancy Grace 'James Frey' Her Myth? (NYO)Rebecca Dana: Every crime-fighting superhero has a creation story. Nancy Grace, the prosecutor turned star at CNN Headline News, has a particularly moving one about a murdered former boyfriend and how his killer's trial moved her to seek justice for victims. But much of her story isn't true.
Weider Family Buys Back Into Mags (NYP)The family that sold its fitness magazine empire to American Media for $360 million is back in the publishing business. It just spent an estimated $15 million to buy the 10-title history magazine group from Primedia. [Second item.]
Media Red-Faced Over Bode (Marketwatch)Jon Friedman: The media's miscalculation in promoting Bode Miller raises some questions: Were they all blinded by the light of putting a bad boy on the cover in the hope of making news themselves? Is it better, in hindsight, to go for a more conventional cover subject (who has a stronger work ethic)? FishbowlNY: Bad boy by the numbers.
Radical Restructuring of Online News Needed? (OJR)Robert Niles: Despite new search-related strategies, most news websites haven't changed structurally over the past decade. And that is costing online news publishers significantly, both in terms of lost readers and lost revenue.
The 17th Friggin' Season of The Real World (Slate)Troy Patterson: As usual, these kids are spoiling for drama. They leave us with only the usual, apocalypse-of-the-week questions: Is there no decency? Will the younger generation demolish the grammatical distinction between "less" and "fewer"? Why haven't we taught our children how to hold their liquor?
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Publish Your Nonfiction BookSan Francisco March 1Write a winning book proposal and convince editors and agents to bring your title to life. With established San Francisco literary agent Ted Weinstein, whose clients include McSweeney's contributor Stephen Elliott and Pulitzer Prize finalists Steve Suo and Erin Barnett.
—David S. Hirschman
from mediabistro.com's blogs:
Vargas & POTUS [FishbowlDC]ABC's Elizabeth Vargas is in town today to interview President Bush at the White House. The interview will air later today on ABC World News Tonight and Nightline, as well as tomorrow's Good Morning America. An excerpt, and photos, after the jump.
Is Anderson Cooper Crying Again? [TVNewser]Jon Stewart cracked a couple jokes about Anderson Cooper on Larry King Live last night. Here's the transcript:
KING: Let's check in with Anderson Cooper at the top of the hour.STEWART: Is he crying again? Did something happen?KING: He'll host AC 360. Jon wants to know if you're crying, Anderson.COOPER: No but I expect to be on the night of the Academy Awards when I hear some of his jokes.
A Peak Inside the Oscar Security Blanket [FishbowlLA]Gone are the heady days where one might throw on a tux, snort 5 or 6 grams of blow to take the edge off, and depart for the Oscars.
The Obligatory 'We Got Sold' Meeting? [FishbowlNY]We've been trying to get insight from some current Spin staffers on the whole thing, but, as you can imagine, they have things other than FishbowlNY on their minds. We're left with a lone eyewitness account of an alleged staff meeting: "There was just a big staff meeting here at Spin and some folks came out of the corner office looking, well, not so happy. One girl was in tears." That sucks, particularly when the girl's Courtney Love, and she doesn't even work there.
Books for a Better Life [GalleyCat]What were Jane Friedman, Larry Kirshbaum, David Young, Jane Dystel, Lynn Goldberg & Camille MacDuffie, Naomi Wolf, Martha Stout (both of whom appear on the left) and so many more doing there at the stiff sum of $175 a head? Taking part in the 10th Anniversary of Books for a Better Life, the awards ceremony hosted by the New York Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Preparing for That Assistant's Glory [Unbeige]Here's a good little thing that's been making the rounds: "How to Find a Design Job While Being Young, Naive, and Full of Hope." If you're a youngster in school, getting ready to head out here to where people like us have somehow been able to fight our way up a few hills and stay there, you're apt to read nothing short of ten million of these kinds of bits of advice.
Some Resources for Freelance Researchers [MBToolbox]It's matter-of-fact and it's often not glamorous, but performing some freelance research for publications can pay some bills.

Myspace the Movie

2006-03-01T17:42:00.000-05:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_en_mo/myspace_the_movie

Mediabistro.com's DAILY NEWS FEED 02/23/06

2006-02-23T15:38:00.000-05:00

News Corp. Unveils New Channel/Network/Service (B&C)My Network TV, which launches Sept. 5, will be anchored by nine News Corp. stations being abandoned as UPN merges with The WB to create The CW. But execs are rushing to sign up orphans or snag strong stations that might otherwise have signed up with The CW.
NYT: Fox Television Stations, owned by the News Corporation, was the hardest hit of the many broadcast companies affected by the creation of the CW network out of WB and UPN, both of which had been struggling financially.
WaPo: UPN stations get cleansed with soaps.
LAT: Fox's new network is likely to set off another skirmish in the already high-stakes broadcast television wars .

FCC Upholds Nipplegate Fine (AP)Federal regulators will stick by their decision to slap CBS with a $550,000 fine for the Janet Jackson flash at the 2004 Super Bowl. They also plan new sanctions against Fox, NBC and CBS TV stations or affiliates for violating decency standards.

Bloomberg via NYP: New push signals a renewed effort by the Bush administration to crack down on broadcasters.

Frey's Publishing Contract Yanked Away (Page Six)I-made-it-up memoirist James Frey's book deal has exploded into a million little pieces. Frey had a seven-figure deal with his current publisher, Riverhead, for two more books, including Frey's "first" novel, slated for publication in fall 2007. But Riverhead decided the author was too much of a liability.
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Trump Continues Attack on Martha, Calls Her a 'Moron' (Newsweek)"Fans of the Apprentice — you know I have these rabid fans — they were angry at me because Martha did a show and it was so bad that it was an embarrassment," says The Donald. "They were really angry because it was just so pathetic. And they should have been. They were right."
NYP: Public Trump/Stewart feud "is sounding a lot like ringing cash registers."
NYDN: Profits, stock soar for Martha.

Craigslist Accused of Bias in Housing Ads (NYT)A housing group in Chicago has sued Craigslist, accusing it of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by publishing discriminatory advertisements. If the lawsuit succeeds, Craigslist will be forced to follow the same rules newspapers do in their classified advertising listings.

As Iraq Heats Up, Boston Globe Closes Baghdad Bureau (E&P)Budget constraints that have been reducing newsroom staffs nationwide during the past year are now hitting a number of foreign bureaus, with The Boston Globe closing its Baghdad operation and two of Tribune Co.'s top papers weathering foreign office shutdowns.
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Muhammad Cartoon Flap a 'Failure' for the Press (WaPo)William Bennett and Alan Dershowitz: Over the past few weeks, the press has betrayed not only its duties but its responsibilities... To put it simply, radical Islamists have won a war of intimidation. They have cowed the major news media from showing these cartoons.
CSM: Muslims may not enjoy the scrutiny, but they can handle it. Just like the rest of us, writes Jonathan Zimmerman.
VV: If I were an editor of a newspaper, I would publish the cartoons — within the context of the entire story, writes Nat Hentoff.

CBS News Gets 'Folksy' (NYT)Alessandra Stanley: The high-strung showboat that was Dan Rather is gone. Now, the newscast is led by a folksy country doctor in Bob Schieffer who consults younger specialists and applauds their work, while gently reminding them to keep it simple for the patient.

Jennings to Be Honored With Journalism Institute (AP)The National Constitution Center will use part of a $6.4 million grant to establish a journalism institute named after late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings. The funding for the project comes from the Annenberg Foundation and will also support six other outreach programs.
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Start (and Finish!) Your ScreenplayNew York Starts February 25Have a complete draft of your screenplay in three months. Get an in-depth look at structure, dialogue, character, and development with NYU Film School professor D.B. Gilles, author of The Screenwriter Within.

TV Station Refuses Ad Criticizing Media for Reporting Bad Iraq News (Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages)A local station rejected an advertisement that attacked "the media" in a manner that station management regarded as untrue. The spot in question featured testimonials from Minnesota veterans defending U.S. war policy in Iraq interspersed with images of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

OfficePirates Creator Doubles as Actor (WWD)Featured on the site are a number of short video clips called "10 Second Theatre." In one of them, co-creator Mark Remy — who is known as a hilarious but usually publicity-shy writer and editor — is the star.

Texas News Anchor Quits Amid Drug Probe (UPI)Kevin Steele, who quit after two years, has become involved in an investigation relating to a news story he was working on. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported Steele made a cocaine purchase as part of a story about drug dealing.
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Health Writing for JournalistsSan Francisco February 23From The New Yorker to Glamour, editors everywhere are interested in health and medical stories. Learn how to find medical studies and then translate them into stories you can sell to magazines.
—David S. Hirschman

SXSW Film Festival

2006-02-23T15:37:00.000-05:00

This is not a party invitation (it’s more or less a way to shamelessly promote my latest creative endeavor) but you should read it anyway. Prom Date, a short documentary film which I directed, is having its US premiere at the South By Southwest Film Festival in good old Austin, Texas on March 12th. The film follows an upper-east side private high school student as she tries to find a date for her prom on the internet.
Apparently someone down there at SXSW likes it because it will actually screen for a second time on March 14th. For those of you who don’t care, I’m sorry. And for those of you who do, I’m also sorry, but in a different way. Hopefully Prom Date will be playing in NYC at some point soon. And then I can throw a big party with free drinks and bother you with something a little more relevant to your life. But until then all I can really offer is a link to the SXSW website(which I’m told can be a party in and of itself). http://2006.sxsw.com/film/screenings
Wish me luck…
Poull
Event Planner/Promoter
Way Over Budget Productions
34 W. 13th St.
Basement
NY, NY 10011
poull@poull.com
tel:917-650-2100
fax:212-656-1568

Cencom Seminars

2006-02-09T17:26:00.000-05:00

Lonesome Jim
Followed by a Q&A with director Steve Buscemi
March 14th
7:00pm
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Please note: you MUST register for this event by email.
Include "Lonesome Jim BAM Screening" in your subject line.
Registration does not guarantee entrance – seating is first-come-
first-served, so please arrive early.
Anna Deavere Smith: Life in the Arts
Tuesday, March 7
7:00 to 8:30pm
Hailed as "the most exciting individual in American theater"
(Newsweek), Anna Deavere Smith's new book, Letters to a Young
Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts-For Actors,
Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind offers inspiring and
useful inside tips for those pursuing a career in the world of arts
and entertainment.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Smith created and performed in a series
of highly-acclaimed one-woman plays, which garnered two Obie Awards
and two Tony nominations. Her films include Philadelphia, An
American President, The Human Stain, and Rent – and she has appeared
in numerous TV shows, including her long-running role on The West
Wing. Join us for an amazing evening with this versatile and
intriguing performer.
CUNY Graduate Center
Proshansky Auditorium (lower level)
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Hosted by CUNY's Continuing Education & Public Programs
register on-line

Fashion Mags: Behind the Seams
Monday, March 13
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Check out the newsstands and what do you see? Dozens, maybe
hundreds, of titles are dedicated to what has become something of an
international obsession. Meet the trendsetters who understand what
fashion-followers crave, and learn how they satisfy the reader's
passion for fashion. And find out how you, too, can make your mark
in this glamorous field.
Cynthia Korman, art director, Glamour
Paul Martinez, creative director, Marie Claire
Regan Solmo, managing editor, Lucky
Collins Baker, vice president, TCorp Magazine Recruiting (moderator)
Parsons The New School for Design
560 7th Avenue
(at 40th Street)
register on-line

Writing for the Soaps
Tuesday, March 21
6:00 to 7:15 pm
How does one break into this highly competitive field? An art form
in itself, writing for daytime series has unique requirements, and
working in this wildly popular and enduring genre takes not only
talent, tenacity and team-spirit, but a whole lot of stamina. Join
our panel of creators, story editors and producers and find out what
makes their world turn.
David Kreizman, head writer, Guiding Light
Leslie Nipkow, script editor, One Life To Live
Melissa Salmons, script writer, As The World Turns
Ilene Kristen, actor, One Life to Live
Deborah Blackwell, evp & general manager, SOAPnet (moderator)
CUNY Graduate Center
Proshansky Auditorium (lower level)
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Hosted by CUNY's Continuing Education & Public Programs
Co-presented with the Writers Guild of America, East
register on-line

Media Ad Sales: Where the Jobs Are
Wednesday, March 22
6:30 to 8:00 pm
If you are looking to break into the media/entertainment business,
join us for a crash course on a field that is eager to hire and pays
top dollar. The success of any TV show, magazine or web site hinges
on strong ad sales. Hear from the pros how selling space not only
teaches you what you need to know about the media industry, but can
offer you a rewarding career.
Cynthia Ponce, evp & general manager, national sales, ABC Television
Network
Chris Theodoros, director, industry relations, Google, Inc.
Christa Dwyer Ryan, director of advertising, The Village Voice
Neil Mulcahy, evp, sports sales, Fox Television Network
Norma Rivera, account manager, 107.5 FM, WBLS
Steve Cohen, east coast sales director, The Future Network USA (PC
Gamer, Official X BOX Magazine, Guitar World); former sales manager,
Esquire
Jack Myers, editor and publisher, Jack Myers Media Business Report
and MediaVillage.com (moderator)
Hosted by STEBA
New York University
Tisch Hall, Room 200, 2nd floor
40 West 4th Street
register on-line

From Stage to Screen, and Back Again
Tuesday, March 21
7:30 to 9:00 pm
While each takes talent and expertise, play-writing and
screenwriting entail very different sets of skills and dramatic
instincts. Furthermore, in theater, the writer has final say, while
writing for film or television is a collaborative effort and the
screenplay you've been developing for years could well be
unrecognizable if and when it reaches the screen. A panel who have
mastered all genres offer tips and advice.
Michael Weller, playwright: Moon Children, Loose Ends, Spoils of
War, Fishing, Split; screen adaptations, E.L. Doctorow's novel
Ragtime, musical Hair, play Lost Angels
Richard Wesley, playwright: The Black Terror, The Mighty Gents;
screenwriter: Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, Native Son,
Fast Forward; writer: Murder Without Motive (NBC), Mandela And De
Klerk and Bojangles (Showtime), episodes for Fallen Angels
(Showtime), 100 Centre Street (A&E); associate professor,
Playwriting and Screenwriting and acting chair of the Department of
Dramatic Writing, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Marlane Meyer, playwright: Chemistry of Change, Etta Jenks, King
Fish, Geography of Luck, Why Things Burn, The Mystery of Attraction;
writer: NBC's Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Gina Gionfrieddo, playwright, After Ashley, U.S. Drag, Guinevere;
staff writer, NBC's Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Michael Riedel, Theater Columnist, New York Post (moderator)
CUNY Graduate Center
Proshansky Auditorium (lower level)
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Hosted by CUNY's Continuing Education & Public Programs
register on-line

Event Planning: Behind the Magic
Monday, March 27
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Premieres, openings, fund raisers, awards dinners, book launches,
festivals - you name it; special events are bigger and splashier
than ever and, every night, New York City is host to dozens of
parties and galas. If this is where your interests lie, our panel of
experts reveals some inside tips for working in-house for a
corporation, with a special events company, or on your own. Learn
what it takes to be a professional events planner.
Avi Adler, Avi Dov Adler Studio (clients include Whitney Museum of
American Art, Kate Spade, NYC Opera, American Museum of Natural
History, Estee Lauder)
Brenda Major, vice president, Conference Planning & Special Events,
ABC
Karen Dalzell, president, Dalzell Productions (Tribeca Film
Festival, IFP Gotham Awards, DGA Honors, Fifi Awards)
Dina Wise, president, Wise & Company (clients include Conde Nast,
Focus Features, Warner Brothers Music, Saks Fifth Avenue, The
Weinstein Company, MTV Films)
David Adler, founder, BizBash (moderator)
The New School
Lang Student Center
Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
55 West 13th Street
Co-presented with The New School's Media Studies Program
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2006-02-09T17:22:00.000-05:00

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A HOST OF DAFFODILS - Dir by JANE McQUEEN - 15mins.
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SPACE AVAILABLE Dir by KATHILYNN PHILLIPS 16-minutes In 2025, no baby can be born and remain alive unless at the moment of birth, or within sixty seconds thereafter, there is space available. At the moment of Lazaro's birth, the counter reads zero. Will the man clinging to life in another room lose his battle in time to make a space for little Lazaro?
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The Scoop by Chriss Coats 02/08/06

2006-02-08T14:58:00.000-05:00

AP
© Armstrong Calls Crow 'Unbelievable Lady'
Lance Armstrong closed his weekly satellite radio show on a bittersweet note by playing ex-fiancee Sheryl Crow's song "Letter To God." http://news.yahoo.com
© Ralph Fiennes Splits With Longtime Love
"Constant Gardener" star Ralph Fiennes and longtime partner Francesca Annis have separated, lawyers for Annis said. http://news.yahoo.com/
© Doherty Sentenced to Community Service
Pete Doherty, the troubled former boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, was sentenced to 12 months of community service Wednesday for possessing drugs.
http://news.yahoo.com
© Bill Nye, the Science Guy, Gets Hitched
Bill Nye is no longer the Single Guy. Nye, who hosted the educational PBS series "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" during its nine-year run, married his fiance Blair Tindall last Friday, it was announced Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com
© Glenn Close, Former Biotech Exec. Marry
Glenn Close has married former biotech business executive David Shaw at his seaside estate.
http://news.yahoo.com/
© Guitarist Rafael Moreira Released on Bail
Guitarist Rafael Moreira, who has worked with Pink, Christina Aguilera and other pop stars, was defending himself when he struck a student with a guitar, the musician's attorney said.
http://news.yahoo.com/
© Rolling Stones Decry Super Bowl Censorship
Nobody turns off the microphone on Mick Jagger without a fight. Censorship of their songs during the Super Bowl halftime show was "absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary," the Rolling Stones said through a spokeswoman on Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_en_mu/super_bowl_stones
© Britney Spears Defends Driving Photos
Blame it on love and the paparazzi. That's Britney Spears' explanation for why she was driving with her infant son on her lap rather than in his car seat. Several photos published Tuesday showed Spears driving her SUV with her son, Sean Preston, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back seat. Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi." http://news.yahoo.com/
© Thai Muslims Offended by Rap Song
A music distributor recalled two Thai rap CDs from stores Tuesday after Muslims complained the tracks insult their faith. An article on the Thai-language Muslim Web site http://www.muslimthai.com said a song recorded on CDs in 1998 and 2005 "clearly insults the Quran," the Muslim holy book.
http://news.yahoo.com/

NY Times
© Who Cares About Grammys? He'll Take the Hit Records
Mariah Carey's record producer, Jermaine Dupri, says he'll take hits over Grammys. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/arts/music/08dupr.html
© A Musical for Tweens Captures Its Audience
"High School Musical," the new break-into-song television movie, has quickly established itself as a "Grease" for the tween set. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/arts/television/08disn.html

USA Today
© Paris Hilton restrained
A court commissioner issued a restraining order Tuesday against celebutante Paris Hilton, ordering her to stay away from an event producer who claimed she threatened and harassed him.
ttp://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-08-hilton-restraining-order_x.htm
© Hollywood modesty uncovered?
Nudity is OK for some — but evidently not all — of Hollywood's elite. The March issue of Vanity Fair is creating waves about those stars who appear nude — and those celebs who won't.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-07-vanity-fair-nudity_x.htm

Daily News
An L.A. County sheriff's deputy visited the home of Britney Spears yesterday to question the pop star about driving with her baby on her lap. The L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) notified police that Spears may have failed to use proper child restraint. "We did go out as a courtesy for DCFS," Sheriff's Department spokesman Ban Nguyen told us. "They asked us to go out there and get some information."
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/389480p-330337c.html
Britney couldn't have been too traumatized by her latest brush with those long-lensed demons. A few hours later, she and Kevin Federline braved the red carpet at Avalon to hear Kanye West. (Brit's troublesome hubby made a point of stroking her leg during the show). http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/389480p-330337c.html
Busta Rhymes' infamous thug-life weekend started early, according to a photographer who says the rapper and his four bodyguards attacked him last Friday. You know about the gunman who killed a security guard working Busta's video shoot Sunday night in Brooklyn. Though detectives believe the rapper was trying to make peace in that incident, lensman Justin Baggoo said Rhymes couldn't have been more belligerent when Baggoo tried to take his picture as he left a midtown restaurant. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/389480p-330337c.html
Lindsay Lohan is skewing older. In Touch claims the 19-year-old has been "quietly seeing" 31-year-old singer Ryan Adams. The mag also contends she "hooked up with" 38-year-old Benicio Del Toro last Sunday. He went out to help his sometime girlfriend Sara Foster celebrate her birthday, "but he dumped her to party with Lindsay," says the mag. After "spending hours canoodling, the couple headed to the Mercer Hotel." Lohan's rep tells us, "She's not dating either of these wonderful men."… Colin Farrell celebrated the start of "Pride and Glory" with co-stars Edward Norton and Noah Emmerich at Barolo. A rep for the rehabbed actor says that was Diet Pepsi in his glass. Even though a fan asked if he could take a photo of the group, an angry Farrell insisted on removing the film from the guy's camera. He also later chased away a guy chatting up one of his female tablemates. … Kimora Lee Simmons dirty-danced with Knicks guard Stephon Marbury at Butter on Monday. "She was standing behind him grinding, holding onto his jeans," squealed a spy, adding that Kimora's hubby, Russell Simmons, was nowhere in sight. "Kimora Lee had a great time with her friends to celebrate her upcoming book 'Fabulosity,'" explained her rep. "Your source needs to read page 229, law 14 — Defy the Haters!" … George Clooney can't resist making some fast money on foreign ads. Donald Trump Jr.'s model bride, Vanessa, recently wore her best bikini to audition for a European martini ad that's due to feature Clooney. While she waits for her callback, the gorgeous Mrs. Trump will be among those modeling designer Anand Jon's AJ Jeans at Fizz tonight.
Is indie-movie denizen Vincent Gallo so desperate for attention — even if it's the bad kind?
Apparently, the answer is yes. The 43-year-old Gallo — or someone claiming to be the "Brown Bunny" writer-director-star who was pleasured onscreen by Chloe Sevigny — was selling himself on eBay yesterday. "For the modest fee of $50,000 plus expenses, I can fulfill the wish, dream, or fantasy of any naturally born female," reads the indecent proposal, under a glassy-eyed photo of Gallo, an avowed Republican, with one hand resting on his crotch.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/389481p-330352c.html
Did we really need to know about Jon Bon Jovi's fear of fizzling? When Elle magazine asks the 43-year-old father of four which frightens him more — the prospect of losing his ability to perform on stage or perform in bed — he answers: "Impotence. I could always write songs, act, get into politics or stay at home with the kids, but I've got to have some fun." Apparently, Katie Couric might be helpful. "Her cheerleader thing definitely works for me." Too much infotainment!

NY Post
PARIS Hilton, crime fighter? A Nancy Drew in a thong, Hilton proved crucial in the guilty plea yesterday by the man who was charged with burglarizing "Girls Gone Wild!" creator Joe Francis' home in 2004, and then hog-tying the video millionaire and videotaping him in sexually explicit positions. L.A. cops busted Darnell Riley after Francis told them that Hilton had overheard in December 2004 that Riley and another man were responsible for the home-invasion attack at Francis's Bel Air mansion. Riley also left his fingerprints on duct tape used to bind Francis. And raw "Girls Gone Wild" footage - stolen from Francis' home - was found in his possession. Riley copped to one count of robbery and one count of attempted extortion in L.A. yesterday. He was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in state prison. http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm

Billboard
© As it did in 1995, Metallica will take time out from recording a new album to make the rounds on the European summer festival circuit. So far, only five dates have been announced, but a message on Metallica's Web site says, "Please understand that we're making this up as we go along. This s*** is literally happening as we are typing."
© New Orleans natives Allen Toussaint, Dr. John and Irma Thomas will be joined by Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello tomorrow night (Feb. 8) in Los Angeles as the Grammy Awards pay tribute to the hurricane ravaged Crescent City. The segment will also feature participation from Bonnie Raitt, U2 guitarist the Edge and soul music great Sam Moore.
© Rapper/actor Ice Cube will on June 6 release his seventh solo album, "Laugh Now, Cry Later," via his new independent label, Lench Mob Records. The 18-track set features guest appearances by Snoop Dogg and WC, in addition to production by Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz and Lil' Jon, among others.
© A wealth of vintage performances from some of rock's biggest names will hit the Internet "airwaves" tomorrow (Feb. 8) via Wolfgang's Vault. The rock memorabilia site's Vault Radio will go live at 10 a.m. PT with about 75 songs culled from thousands of hours of tapes from the archives of legendary promoter Bill Graham. Located in a 22,000-square foot warehouse in San Francisco, Wolfgang's Vault boasts authentic concert materials from such artists as Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones, U2, Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix and the Who.
© Television guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine will simultaneously release two new albums this spring. "Around," a 16-track set in the vein of the 1992 instrumental album "Warm and Cool," and "Songs and Other Things," Verlaine's first "vocal" release since 1990's "The Wonder," will arrive in late April via Thrill Jockey.
© Darryl Hall and John Oates will make a guest appearance on Thursday's (Feb. 9) episode of "Will & Grace." The artists appear as themselves throughout the half-hour, having been hired to perform at title character Grace's upcoming wedding on the show, which is riding out its final season on NBC.

Wednesday, February 8
David Letterman: Stupid Human Tricks, Rachel Weisz, Beastie Boys
Jay Leno: Felicity Huffman, the Fray
Late Late Show: Zooey Deschanel, Trace Adkins Conan O'Brien: Chris Meloni, Sigur Ros
Last Call: Matchbook Romance
Daily Show: Harrison Ford
Colbert Report: Alan Dershowitz
Jimmy Kimmel: Wilmer Valderrama, Golden Brooks, Dwight Yoakam
The View: Daytime Emmy Awards announcements
Regis and Kelly: Josh Holloway, Collective Soul
Ellen DeGeneres: Queen Latifah, Bonnie Raitt, Gerard Senehi
Tony Danza: Freddie Prinze Jr., Hilarie Burton

Thursday, February 9
David Letterman: Sen. John McCain, Heidi Klum
Jay Leno: Michelle Williams, Rob Thomas
Late Late Show: Jean Reno, Frank Caliendo
Conan O'Brien: Nicolette Sheridan, Steve Coogan, Aimee Mann
Last Call: Keyshawn Johnson Daily Show: Eugene Linden
Colbert Report: George Packer
Jimmy Kimmel: Nick Cannon, Kathy Griffin, Damian Marley
The View: Jane Curtin, Westminster Kennel Club dogs, Mario Cantone
Regis and Kelly: Nicolette Sheridan Ellen DeGeneres: Madonna, Nelly
Tony Danza: Barry Manilow, Gloria Allred

Friday, February 10
David Letterman: Martha Stewart, Michael Buble
Jay Leno: Paul Walker, Jillian Barberie, Fiona Apple
Late Late Show: Eddie Izzard, zoologist Patti Hall
Conan O'Brien: Rachel Weisz, Paul Bettany, 19-year-old sportscaster Graham Bensinger
Last Call: Fred Willard, Jarod Miller
Jimmy Kimmel: Steve Coogan, Dr. Travis Stork, Daddy Yankee
The View: Minnie Driver
Regis and Kelly: "Live's Wedding Week" concludes with the marriage ceremony of the 2006 wedding couple
Ellen DeGeneres: Harrison Ford, Dr. Travis Stork, Faith Hill
Tony Danza: Jeff Gordon, T.R. Knight
Saturday, February 11 OLYMPICS

HHDX Vol.7.05

2006-02-08T14:53:00.000-05:00

www.hiphopdx.com
Newsletter Vol 7.05
FEATURES
What The F@#k!?!? Cam vs Jay-Z, Kanye is Jesus, DaveChappelle on Oprah, snap music andeveryone has a gotdamn grill...What TheF@#k? http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.526
Sleepy & Scar Sleepy Brown and Scar speak on Outkastand Purple Ribbon, comparisons to NateDogg, and the South vs the rest of theworld... http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.525
Tragedy: Intelligent Hoodlum Tragedy speaks on going to jail, comingup with Capone N Noreaga and a certainQueensbridge rapper (Nas?)
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.524
HIP HOP NEWS (Updated Daily)
Tuesday, Feb 07 2006
Milian 'Wilds Out" on Nick Cannon
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3874
Trillville Member Arrested for Rape
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3875
Monday, Feb 06 2006
Nas Titles New Album
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3870
Busta Rhymes Video Shot Up
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3871
Chappelle Opens up to Oprah
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3872
Busta, Yayo Wanted for Questioning
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3873
Friday, Feb 03 2006
New ?uestlove Album
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3866
XXL's Top Ten of 2006
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3867
HHDX News Bits Part 1
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3868
HHDX News Bits Part 2
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3869
Thursday, Feb 02 2006
Murs Pays His Dues (DX EXCLUSIVE)
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3863
DMX's Wife Caught Speeding at 104 mph
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3864
McNabb Sounds Off on T.O.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3865
Wednesday, Feb 01 2006
Nas' New Usual Suspects
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3859
Black Eyed Peas Ready to Tour U.S.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3860
Nas' Baby Moms Tells All
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3861
Chappelle Preps Movie, Chats With Oprah
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3862
HIP HOP SINGLES
Hustlers - DJ Warrior f. Chamilionaire
Followers - Busta Rhymes f. Pharrell
Introducin - Vakill f. Ras Kass
Dynasty Longbeach Freestyle - Crooked I
Dirty New York - Cormega f. Lakey the Kid & Fat Joe
Jamaican - Sean Price
Go ShortyBusta Rhymes f. Lloyd Banks & Papoose
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio
ALBUM REVIEWS
Jaime Foxx - Unpredictable
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.602
Tha Alkaholiks - Firewater
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.603
VIDEOS
Tha Alkaholiks - The Flute Song
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/media/

Mediabistro.com's DAILY NEWS FEED 02/08/06

2006-02-08T14:48:00.000-05:00

ICAHN PLAN TO BREAK UP TW GATHERS MOMENTUM (NYT) In a display of grand corporate theater, Bruce Wasserstein and Carl Icahn shared a podium yesterday to step up their indictment of the management of Time Warner Inc. and argue their rationale for breaking the company into four separately traded public companies. NYP: Icahn said that media companies need "visionary leaders," and suggested that Dick Parsons is clearly not one. LAT: Icahn says his proposal could lift stock price 43 percent. NY Sun Investors opt out of TW class action suit. Folio: AOL Media president looks to future of on-demand.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/business/08warners.html
http://www.nypost.com/business/63144.htm
http://www.latimes.com/business/
http://www.nysun.com/article/27224
http://www.foliomag.com/viewmedia.asp?prmMID=5460
TURMOIL OVER CARTOONS BEGAN QUIETLY IN DENMARK (WAPO) The global furor over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad can be traced to one day last September when newspaper editor Flemming Rose smelled a good story. WaPo: Controversy may hurt U.S. efforts in Muslim world. Salon: The Danish paper that printed the cartoons wanted to stir up trouble — and the government wanted a culture war. They got more than they bargained for. TMN: Part of the problem is that the cartoons in question are so bad as to be unintelligible, so their defenders and their offendees stake their position solely on their principles, writes Choire Sicha. USAT: Media draw the line on running cartoons. NYP: Four NY Press editors resign over management decision not to publish cartoons.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/08/denmark/index_np.html
http://www.themorningnews.org/
http://www.usatoday.com/life/
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/63201.htm
MAGS WILLING TO PAY BIG BUCKS FOR BRANGELINA BABY PICS (NYP) [OK! and People "are just going to bid it up into the millions," said one editor who is sitting it out. "It could end up being the biggest photo sale of all time." The price tag could reach $4 million. CJR Daily: A Reuters and CNN.com report about the Brangelina phenomenon talked about the to the "crazed media" having "reached the point of insanity." But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that when Reuters and CNN.com refer to the "media" they are not actually including themselves.
http://www.nypost.com/business/63147.htm
http://www.cjrdaily.org/
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CHINESE NEWSPAPER EDITOR MURDERED BY POLICE (BBC) A Chinese editor has died as a result of a police beating he received for his paper's reporting on corruption, journalists and rights groups say. Wu Xianghu was reportedly attacked by some 50 officers after his paper accused them of charging illegal bicycle fees.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4688276.stm
PAGE SIX MAG READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP (NYO) Having long since severed its bonds to the actual sixth page of the New York Post, the rough-and-tumble daily gossip column is now transcending newsprint completely, in the form of a 76-page spin-off magazine. The pilot issue will be distributed as a free insert with the newspaper tomorrow.
http://www.nyobserver.com/
RACY VF HOLLYWOOD ISSUE BUILDING BUZZ (WWD) Editor Graydon Carter said Tuesday was the biggest day in vanityfair.com's history, with 700,000 hits to see the cover and B-roll from the shoot, and about 1,000 new subscribers signing up.
http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/104204
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HOW MUCH CAN YOU LIE IN A MEMOIR? (SLATE) Meghan O'Rourke: Impostors have always stalked publishing, and the embellished recovery memoir is merely the latest specter to haunt the industry — trading, partly, on readers' willingness to turn a half-blind eye if they feel that the fabrications smack of emotional truth.
http://www.slate.com/id/2135613
SHOWTIME JOINS ITUNES PARTY (MEDIAWEEK)
The CBS-owned premium cable channel has begun offering two of its original series, the critically acclaimed Weeds and Sleeper Cell, for sale through Apple's iTunes Music Store, following the lead of ABC and NBC, among others.
http://www.mediaweek.com/
ONLINE GAINS BRING IN BIG DOLLARS FOR CABLE NEWS NETS (NYO) Quietly, on the Internet, the terms of the cable-news ratings battle have been reversed: web audiences flock to CNN.com and MSNBC.com, while FoxNews.com trails badly. Even more quietly, that web traffic is rescuing the finances of the trailing networks — supplying tens of millions of dollars a month.
http://www.nyobserver.com/
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DOES DATELINE GO TOO FAR 'TO CATCH A PREDATOR?' (PUBLIC EYE) Brian Montopoli: It can be extremely difficult to discuss journalistic ethics when dealing with a topic such as exposing sexual predators. But I don't think we can abandon questions of journalistic conduct just because our first instinct is that the ends justify the means.
http://www.cbsnews.com/
LOWEST OF THE LOWBROW (VV)
Joy Press: MTV's The Real World originally sold itself as a show about kids from diverse backgrounds learning to live together. But soon the casting department turned the mixing of borderline personalities into a cynical science. Anger issues? Anorexia? Nymphomania? Alcoholism? Step this way!
http://www.villagevoice.com/screens/0605,tv1,71995,28.html
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WILL CSI'S KINK TURN OFF VIEWERS? (USAT) Bill Keveney: The CBS show has maintained its broad fan base even as its crime-scene sleuths delve into the worlds of full-grown men who favor diapers; people aroused by obese sex partners, aka "chubby chasers"; and fetishists known as "plushies and furries."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-07-csi-kink_x.htm
In yesterday's MB Blogs:
LET'S OVERANALYZE THIS [TVNEWSER]
Insiders are still buzzing about the news that Katie Couric won't be co-hosting the Opening Ceremonies alongside Bob Costas on Friday. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who flew to Italy yesterday, is taking her place.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
BEHIND THE TWBG DEAL: UK POSSIBILITIES AND FIREWORKS GALORE! [GALLEYCAT] This is where it gets interesting: Ursula MacKenzie will join Hachette Livre UK's board and continue as TWBG UK CEO, but she will report to Tim Hely Hutchinson, who will additionally become deputy chairman of Hachette Livre USA and a director of the TWBG USA and UK companies. So to sum up, it sounds like TWBG UK will essentially be reporting to Hodder Headline — and if so, will the companies remain separate entities, or will TWBG UK eventually be folded into Hodder's day-to-day activities?
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/
OH BOY! OMBUDSMEN! [FISHBOWLDC]
Last night at the National Press Club, the Kalb Report (celebrating its 50th episode) convened the ombudsmen from The New York Times (Byron Calame), The Washington Post (Deborah Howell), PBS (Michael Getler, formerly the Post's ombudsman) and National Public Radio (Jeffrey Dvorkin) for a discussion on their roles within their respective news organizations and the state of newspapers generally.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
WHY PODCAST? AND ALSO, WHY NOT. [MBTOOLBOX] I think podcasting is where the line between my technical youth and old age was drawn. I thought I was pretty up to speed until podcasting came along, and suddenly I felt the way my Dad did when he was faced with setting up the family Tivo: confused, and annoyed with science in general.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
FORGET BALENCIAGA, THE HOT CELEBRITY BAG IS SEAN PRESTON [FISHBOWLLA] Several photos published Tuesday showed Britney Spears driving her SUV with her son, Sean Preston, seated on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back seat. Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
http://www.mediabistro.com/
PLAYING HOOKIE WITH CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE [UNBEIGE] The perfect decorations, appropriate foods, and clever little details all contribute to the ultimate designed experience: a theme party. But the best theme party is one that happens right in the middle of the day, on a beautiful 80-degree afternoon, and you're going to the beach to look at art.
http://www.mediabistro.com/

Mash Up Album

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JANET JACKSON AND DJ RESET RELEASE THEIR TRIBUTE TO SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE New York, NY
February 7, 2006 – "Thank You Nation 1814,” produced by DJ Reset, is a new track featuring elements of Janet Jackson's 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation" and Sly Stone's 1969 classic "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” The record is featured on “Different Strokes By Different Folks” (Epic/Legacy), a new, one of a kind collaboration album, re-imagining the timeless and influential hits of Sly and the Family Stone by a current generation of chart-topping stars also including Maroon 5, The Roots, John Mayer, Moby, John Legend, and many others. Critically acclaimed New York-based producer DJ Reset (aka Jeremy Brown) recently made history with the first commercially released mash-up ever, "Frontin' on Debra," a brilliant hybrid of Beck's "Debra" and Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z's "Frontin'." The single was called "miraculous" by The New York Post and "a surprisingly Stevie Wonder-esque delight" by Rolling Stone Magazine. "To have access to the original Sly Stone Master Recordings is a dream for any producer," commented Brown, "I am also really flattered that Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis agreed to do this thing." Sly and the Family Stone are credited as one of the first racially integrated bands in music history, belting their message of peace, love, and social consciousness through a string of hit anthems that fused R&B, Soul, Funk, and Rock 'n' Roll. On "Different Strokes by Different Folks," a stylistically, culturally, and racially disparate group of chart-toppers mirrors that idealistic diversity. A complete track listing is below. In stores now at : Tower Records: http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=3314763
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Support Indie Music

2006-02-08T14:40:00.000-05:00

To all my people:
As you'll know I launched Music Is My Business Inc (www.musicismybusiness.net), the next generation of independent music companies and before that I was part of Sean "Diddy" Combs' executive team.
Music Is My Business is housed at the Artist Factory, a multi-million dollar music facility in Atlanta, GA. The Artist Factory Group, founded by music industry legend Hiriam Hicks, and Music Is My Business Inc have formed a joint venture to create the "Mo-Town" of the south.
Our flagship group, Albany,GA's finest rap group: DA UNION, released their first single, "Super Freak" which has already earned the trio a spot on VIBE Magazine's "2005 Artist on The Verge" CD and is being pegged as a hot joint from mixtape Djs all over the country and was just added to Music Choice's rotation. Off the strength of the song, pioneer Video and Hollywood Director Lionel C. Martin (pointgardefilms.com) is coming out of retirement to shoot the video for "SuperFreak" in Los Angeles. Of course the video isn't
free-:) Please support us and visit the website to download the new single (and a bonus track) for just 99 cent and/or just make a donation for the
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Thanks for your support and don't be afraid to forward to family and friends.
Aaron P. Arnold
CEO
Music Is My Business Inc

Various Programs

2006-02-03T13:22:00.000-05:00

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2006LEIGHTON M. BALLEW DIRECTING AWARD The amount of the award is $2,500, awarded to an undergraduate student who has been accepted into a graduate program in directing. In order to apply for the Leighton M. Ballew Directing Award, the applicant must: have completed their undergraduate work at an accredited institution within the SETC region no later than August, 2006; and be entering graduate school in any region for the first time or be currently enrolled in a graduate directing program in a college or university in any region. For more info: http://www.setc.org/scholarship/ballew.asp
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POSTMARK DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2006THINK GLOBALLY, FILM LOCALLY FILM FESTIVAL(Info Courtesy of Urban Word NYC) Think Globally, Film Locally a festival of movies about Queens and/or by Queens filmmakers taking place May 20, 2006 @ The Queens Museum of Art Think Globally, Film Locally attempts to give voice to local filmmakers andcommunities. Queens is connected through its diverse citizenry to theentire world, yet is like no other place on earth with numerousneighborhoods and ethnic concentrations each with their own spirit, sensoryexperience, and complex histories. We hope the event will serve as animpetus to the local Queens filmmaking community as well as to spotlight theborough itself. In “Teen Voices,” one of the components of the project, Astoria-basedfilmmakers Vered Post and Harvey Stein will lead a workshop for teenfilmmakers at Long Island City High School. In this workshop, they willmentor a group of 8 students from start to finish, including scriptwriting,shooting, and editing. The result will be 2-3 short digital videos made bythe students that will be premiered at the festival. DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONSIf you are a filmmaker based in Queens or have made a film or video aboutQueens and are interested in participating in the festival, please send:1) a clearly labeled DVD or VHS screener2) directors bio3) synopsis,4) cast/crew listing5) screening history6) screening format(s) to the address below. If you would like your screener returned, pleaseinclude a SASE. Prerana ReddyDirector of Public EventsQueens Museum of Art, NYC Bldg., Flushing Meadows Park, Corona, NY 11368T: 718-592-9700 x222F: 718-592-5778
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DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 17, 2006WOMEN IN FILM FINISHING FUND The Women in Film Finishing Fund, a project of the Women in Film Foundation in Los Angeles, provides completion funding and in-kind contributions to independent producers and nonprofit organizations for documentary, dramatic, educational, animated, and experimental films and videos. For application and guidelines: http://www.wif.org
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DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2006THE BOGEN IMAGING FILM & VIDEO SHORTS 2006 CONTEST Winner Notification Date: April 1, 2006Entry Fee: none Eligibility: Contest is open to all independent film and video makers in the US and internationally. Contest Description:The goal of The Bogen Imaging Film and Video Shorts 2006 contest is to help facilitate the sharing of ideas and techniques within the independent filmmaker community and to showcase the talents of filmmakers by providing them with a platform in the public to advance their careers. Rules:FREE to enter. Multiple submissions welcome. All accepted films will be shown online and future screening. Rules & Guidelines at http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/bogenimaging/rules.shtml First Prize: Bogen Imaging equipment worth $9,136.Second Prize: Bogen Imaging equipment worth $4,740. Third Prize: Bogen Imaging equipment worth $3,174. For more info: http://www.studentfilmmakers.com
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DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2006 2006 BULLDOG PRODUCTIONS SHORT FILM COMPETITION - YALE UNIVERSITY The short film contest is designed to give undiscovered filmmakers exposure and an opportunity to have their work reach industry professionals. Towards this goal, the 1st place film will be reached to leading industry professionals in Los Angeles and New York. For more info: http://www.yale.edu/bulldogproductions
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DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2006METRO SHORTS FILM COMPETITION NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES Now accepting entries for the 2006 Metro Shorts - Detroit Film Competition and Festival. Money and prizes are being offered to the top winners. Top films will be screened at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan on Sunday, March 19th. Times will be announced in the near future. For more info: http://www.metroshorts.com
======================================================== APPLICATION PERIOD FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 31, 2006ABC/DGA TELEVISION DIRECTING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ABC and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) recognize a mutual goal of increasing diversity among directors in television. With that in mind, they are announcing the sixth annual rotation of The ABC/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program to tentatively begin January 2007. They are searching for creative talent, and are especially hopeful that talented women and minority directors will apply. The application period for this program will be February 27, 2006 through March 31st, 2006. Three Fellowships will be awarded for a period covering approximately 36 non-consecutive weeks of the television season. Fellows will be employees of ABC, be paid a an hourly wage not to exceed Fifteen Dollars and Fifty Cents ($15.50) for each hour that Fellow is employed based on a five (5) day, seventy (70) hour anticipated, but not guaranteed work week, which will accrue and become payable (as applicable) in thirty-six (36) equal weekly installments commencing with the first week of the Term (i.e., $50,000 annualized based on 36 non-consecutive weeks) pursuant to an employment contract. For more information, please e-mail correspondence to: abc.fellowships@abc.com . You may also write or call ABC/DGA Television Directing Fellowship, ABC Talent Development Programs, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-4016. Telephone (818) 560-4000. You can also visit http://www.abctalentdevelopment.com/html/tv_direct_mainpage.htm for an application of for more information.
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APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY APRIL 15, 2006SUMMER YOUNG WRITERS INSTITUTE FOR GIFTED WRITERS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 11(Info Courtesy of Urban Word NYC) Summer Young Writers Institute is a not-for-profit, New York State-funded summer program for gifted writers in grades 9 through 11. The program, which offers workshops in fiction, nonfiction and poetry, is open to both public and private school students who reside anywhere in New York State. The New York State Summer Young Writers Institute permits student writers to interact with published writers, practice craft, and meet other young writers from around the state. The program is an outgrowth of the New York State Writers Institute in Albany, NY, which is headed by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy. Other sponsors include the Writer’s Voice of the Silver Bay Association YMCA, and Alternative Literary Programs, Inc. (ALPS). The program is housed at the YMCA Conference Center on Lake George in upstate New York. In addition to the writing component, the program features numerous recreational activities, including swimming, hiking, tennis and boating. This year's session meets from July 2-8, 2006. More information and an application are available at: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/nyssywi.html (note: the 2005 brochure on the website will be updated shortly). We can also mail the information to you as a brochure. The cost, including room, board and materials is $400. Abundant financial aid is available based on need, and no student will be turned away for lack of funds. There is also aid available for travel stipends. Mark Koplik New York State Writers Institute LE 320 University at Albany Albany, NY 12222 518-442-5626 Fax: 518-442-5621 mkoplik@uamail.albany.edu http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/nyssywi.html
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DEADLINE: APRIL 21, 20062006 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES All films are required to be submitted online and must be finished in either the 2005 or 2006 calendar year. CineVegas will be awarding cash prizes to two films: $10,000 to the winner of the Grand Jury Award for Feature Film and $1,000 for the Grand Jury Award for Best Short. For more info: http://www.cinevegas.com or call the CineVegas office at (702) 792-7979
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POSTMARK DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2006MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST FOR TRADITIONAL VERSE Prizes of $1,000, $400, $200, plus four Encouragement Awards of $100 each.Winning entries will be published. Submit poems in traditional verse forms,such as sonnets and haiku. You may submit work that has been published orwon prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the anthology and onlinepublication rights. Entry fee is $5 for every 25 lines, payable to WinningWriters. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Margaret ReidPoetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. WinningWriters is one of the Writer's Digest "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" for2005. More information: http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret.htm
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NYC TV CHANNEL 25 NOW ACCEPTING SHORT FILM SUBMISSIONS NYC TV channel 25 is accepting submissions for its new short film show, premiering this spring. The show, Backdrop NYC, is designed to provide exposure for independent filmmakers who engage the New York City in their work. We would like to invite you to submit any short films you have that meet our criteria, which are a) running under 35 minutes and b) set in New York City. Interested filmmakers should send their films to:NYC TV/ NYC Media GroupAtt. Carrie LebigreOne Centre Street, 28th floor, New York, NY 10007 DVDs can be sent to screen, though if we decide to use the film, we will need a copy in DVD Pro, Mini DV or Quicktime format. The show will be broadcast on Channel 25, which reaches 8 million homes and 20 million viewers in the tri-state area. We are interested in non-exclusive broadcasting rights for two years. If you have any questions, contact Carrie Lebigre at clebigre@doitt.nyc.govIn the meantime, check out NYC TV 25’s website at http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycmg/nyctv/html/home/home.shtml
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LAZY LIMABEAN FILM MAGAZINE IS SEEKING FILMS FOR REVIEW Films can be any length, any genre. Film should be a finished piece of quality. Submissions can be made via mail (DVD/VHS format...DVD preferred) or email (URL's only...no attachments!!) Those people submitting URL's are responsible for making sure any URL submitted works. We will not contact anyone about broken links. Submissions via mail: can be sent to: Lazy Limabean Film Magazine Attn: Reviews 69 Beadel Street #3f Brooklyn, NY 11222 (absolutely no drop offs, no express packages) Submissions via email: can be sent to reviews@lazylimabean.com We will contact only those people we wish to interview. Submissions are non-returnable. ========================================================
DISTRIBUTION FOR HISPANIC FILMS We know how tough it is to find distribution for Hispanic Films in the US market, and how difficult it could be to get your Hispanic Production to Hispanic markets overseas. At Nexus Productions, a New York based company; we decided to take over the task. We have serious contacts in the US and outside for cable and theater distribution. If you are interested send us an email to:Javier Perez-Karam Acquisition Manager jperezkaram@nexus.tv
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FOURDOCS A NEW BROADBAND CHANNEL FROM CHANNEL 4 IN THE UK WANTS YOUR FILMS! FourDocs is a new broadband channel from Channel 4 in the UK. It's a place to screen documentaries submitted by users. You don't have to be a professional, you just have to make a film that's fact-based and four-minutes long. Making it happen is up to you. FourDocs is waiting for your film. Visit http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs to submit your film or contact us at fourdocs@channel4.com
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LOOKING FOR FOOTAGE FROM IRAQ - RIGHTS CLEARED We are a stock footage company looking to represent footage shot in Iraq such as soldiers, US marines, burning oil fields, etc. All rights should be cleared and the format would be great if on Film, HD or DigiBeta. For more info: http://www.framepool.com
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: ICONS OF HIP-HOP Seeking contributors for Icons of Hip-hop, a two-volume narrative reference collection to be published by Greenwood Press. This collection will consist of 10,000 word biographical essays on hip-hops 24 most important artists. Some of the artists currently available to contributors include Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Lil Kim, Master P, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube. Each 10,000 word essay will profile the life and career of a hip-hop artist (or group) and discuss the specific contributions that make the figure a hip-hop icon. For some artists these contributions will be stylistic developments, and for others raising awareness of womens roles, of regional music scenes, etc. For earlier artists, essays will include an examination of their current roles or continuing influence. Your entry should refer to other hip-hop artists (collaborators, adversaries, label-mates, etc) whose careers intersect with that of the icon. Essays will be supported by several sidebars that place the icons within cultural and historical context. The sidebars will highlight such issues as rivalries between artists, hip-hops culture of death and dying, the importance of geographic region, musical innovations (including sampling technologies), legal issues, media scandals, and wider phenomena, movements, or styles that were sparked by a particular artist. There are certain consistent themes to the sidebars, such as regional scenes (Houston, Memphis, Miami, etc), and hip-hops intersections with other music forms (rock, jazz, blues, etc). Persons invited to submit completed essays will be asked to meet an April 5, 2006 due date. Submit a brief letter of interest and a one-page CV to Mickey Hess at mhess01_at_ius.edu
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HARVARD'S TUITION ANNOUNCEMENT(Info Courtesy of Urban Word NYC) Harvard is offering free tuition for students that have a family income below $40,000. Harvard's Tuition Announcement Highlights Failure of Prestigious Universities to Enroll Low-Income Students. From now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution." If you know of a family earning less than $40,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at: http://adm-is.fas.harvard.edu/FAO/index.htm or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581.

February Film Releases

2006-02-03T13:08:00.000-05:00

2/3/06
When A Stranger Calls (Screen Gems)
Something New (Focus Features) – Dwight Yoakam
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Sony)
Bandidas (20th Century Fox) – Dwight Yoaka

2/10/06
Final Destination 3 (New Line)
Firewall (Warner Bros.)
The Pink Panther (Columbia) – Beyonce
Curious George (Universal)

2/17/06
Freedomland (Sony)
Eight Below (Walt Disney)
Date Movie (Fox Searchlight)

2/24/06
Ultraviolet (Screen Gems)
Running Scared (New Line)
Doogal (Miramax) – Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue
Madea's Family Reunion (Lion's Gate)

February Album Releases

2006-02-03T13:07:00.000-05:00

Feb. 7:
The Derek Trucks Band Songlines (Columbia)
Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers (Astralwerks)
Elbow Leaders of the Free World (V2)
Belle & Sebastian The Life Pursuit (Matador)
Ray Davies Other People's Lives (V2)
Minus 5 The Gun Album (Yep Roc)

Feb. 14:
Scarface My Homies Part 2 (Rap-A-Lot 4 Life/Asylum)
Robin Thicke The Evolution of Robin Thicke (Interscope/Star Trak)

Feb. 21:
Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
Dilated Peoples 20/20 (Capitol)

Feb. 28:
Elvis Costello My Flame Burns Blue (Deutsche Grammophon)
Hank III Straight to Hell (Curb)

February TV

2006-02-03T13:06:00.000-05:00

Feb. 4: VH1 Presents: The Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash; Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Feb. 4 : Motown Music Fest in Detroit
Feb. 5: Super Bowl
Feb. 5: 100 Greatest Teen Stars Sneak Preview
Feb. 6: MusiCares Person of the Year dinner honoring James Taylor in Los Angeles. (Bruce Springsteen, the Dixie Chicks and Sting)
Feb. 6-10: 100 Greatest Teen Stars Week
Feb. 8: Grammy Awards in L.A.
Feb. 9: Supergrass @ Webster Hall
Feb. 10-26: Winter Olympics
Feb. 10: Web Junk 20; Top 20 Countdown
Feb. 12: Celeb Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Feb. 12: INXS @ Avery Fisher Hall
Feb. 13: Fab Life: Young, Hot Hollywood
Feb. 15: BTM: Kid Rock
Feb. 15: Brit Awards
Feb. 17: Best Week Ever; Web Junk 20
Feb. 18: VH1 Goes Yo! MTV Raps
Feb. 18: Martina McBride @ Radio City Music Hall
Feb. 19: 48th annual Daytona 500
Feb. 19: Celeb Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Feb. 24: Best Week Ever; Best of Web Junk
Feb. 25: VH1 News: DMC: The Real Me
Feb. 26: Celeb Fit Club; Flavor of Love
Feb. 27: Fab Life: Kept Men

NYC: Tribeca film Festival Call for Volunteers 2006

2006-02-03T13:05:00.000-05:00

Dear 2005 Tribeca Film Festival Volunteers,
We hope you had a great volunteering experience last year We are now accepting applications for this year's festival.If you have not already filled out and sent in a new application please do, we would love to have you back. Although we can not guarentee you the same placement from previous years we will make every effort to honor your requests. Applications can be found on our website under volunteers.
Attached please find a flyer for a Q&A session which we invite you to come to and to please pass this information along to any friends who might want to join the Festival volunteers this year.You do not have to come to the Q&A session to be a volunteer. Please do not respond to this email.
Thank You and we look forward to seeing you back this year.
Deborah,
Deborah Lupard
Volunteer Manager
Tribeca Film Festival
www.tribecafilmfestival.org
April 25th - May 7th, 2006

Mediabistro.com's DAILY MEDIA FEED 02/03/06

2006-02-03T12:58:00.000-05:00

TWO WOMEN'S MAGS CHANGE FOCUS TO 'MILLENNIALS'(NYT) Jane and Marie Claire are revamping to lure readers that other women's magazines often neglect: smart, 20-something women. This group, the so-called millennials, or consumers born from 1980 to 2000, will be a bigger group than baby boomers or Gen-X'ers by 2010. WWD: Brandon Holley working without a net as Jane relaunch looms. Mediaweek: Holley describes the revamped magazine in her editor's note as "mixing vintage with new."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/business/03adco.html
http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/104107
http://www.mediaweek.com/

AFTER NEWSPAPER REPORT, ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS OF STERN SHOW SOAR (LAT) Illicit downloading of shock jock Howard Stern's shows increased fivefold Thursday after the Los Angeles Times reported on the broad availability of bootlegged versions of his Sirius Satellite Radio program on Internet file-sharing networks. Folio: Did Rolling Stone recycle rejected Stern cover for Kanye?
http://www.latimes.com/
http://www.foliomag.com/viewmedia.asp?prmMID=5427

FREY EDITOR BELIEVED BOOK WAS NONFICTION (WSJ) Sean McDonald, the editor of embattled memoirist James Frey, asserted in a statement Thursday that A Million Little Pieces had been submitted to him in early September 2001 as a memoir, and not as a work of fiction. NYDN: Frey now shelved under fiction at libraries and bookstores. CSM: Will Oprah devote one program per week to mea culpas?
http://online.wsj.com/wsj
http://www.nydailynews.com/
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0203/p20s02-altv.html

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HILLMAN AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE FEB 15
Are you a good journalist who is doing good?
You could win a 56th Annual Hillman Award and $2,000.
The deadline's fast approaching. For more info go to:
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IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR TIMES, POST EDITORS TO HEAR FROM GOV'T OFFICIALS (E&P) When The Joint Chiefs of Staff penned a letter to the editor this week slamming a Tom Toles cartoon in the Washington Post, it was not the first time the paper had heard from the military's highest-ranking officers. FishbowlDC: Toles, Post respond to Joint Chiefs letter.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/
http://www.mediabistro.com/

MAGS CLASH IN PRE-SUPER BOWL PARTIES (NYP) Three titans of the men's magazine field, Maxim, Playboy and Sports Illustrated, will clash will try to outshine and outbuzz one another with their pre-Super Bowl bashes. Dan Parente, a professional party planner, estimates the parties will each likely cost anywhere from high-six figures to $1 million.
http://www.nypost.com/business/59669.htm

WHAT WOULD OPRAH DO? (BOULDER WEEKLY)
Editor Pamela White penned a 5,175-word article for the Feb. 2 issue of Boulder Weekly, detailing how an "expert" she had used for a 2004 article was actually a fraud.
http://www.boulderweekly.com/coverstory.html

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BANGKOK BLOCKS YALE WEBSITE (INSIDE HIGHER ED) The Thai government has blocked access in the country to the Yale University Press web site because it includes information about a forthcoming critical biography of Thailand's King.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/02/03/thai

NOTE TO VOICE: BEWARE OF 'BALDY' (NY PRESS) Jim Knipfel: The Village Voice may not be my favorite publication in the world, but I have nothing against the people who work there. And so I would like to sincerely send my condolences their way. Their lives are about to become miserable.
http://nypress.com/19/5/news&columns/jimknipfel.cfm

YOUNG RICH LANDS TWO-BOOK DEAL... WHILE STILL IN COLLEGE (HARVARD CRIMSON) As renowned columnist Frank Rich takes a leave from The New York Times to write about American politics, he will not be the only one in the family working on a book. His son, Simon Rich, will be starting of a tome of his own after nabbing a two-book deal from Random House.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510967

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***Starts Mon., Feb. 6***
Op-ed student Bess Kargman published an opinion piece in the Washington Post that was the most emailed article on the esteemed website that day.
Taught by New York Times op-ed writer Catherine Orenstein.
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ECONOMIST'S STEADY GROWTH (PRESS GAZETTE) In 12 years the circulation of The Economist has doubled, and Editor Bill Emmott expects it to double again over the next decade. In an environment where global current affairs magazines are struggling, the "weekly newspaper" prides itself on having a clearer sense of its purpose and direction.
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/

WHAT TONY RIDDER SHOULD HAVE TOLD KNIGHT'S BIDDERS (GRADE THE NEWS) John McManus: The Knight Ridder owner should have said "News is the only business where you are called on to alienate some of your best customers. You can't give advertisers the news stories they most want. And if you give readers what they want rather than what they need, you're not really in the news business at all."
http://www.gradethenews.org/commentaries/riddertalk.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/

MEDIA STILL GIVING BUSH A PASS? (THE NATION) Eric Alterman: Despite his lies and incompetence, President Bush remains more popular with elite media than Bill Clinton or any other political leader who sought to save us from the Iraq catastrophe. Why won't they connect the dots?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060220/alterman

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In Yesterday's MB Blogs:
Q&A WITH BOB SCHIEFFER: "BUILDING A BENCH" AT CBS, THREE CORRESPONDENTS AT A TIME [TVNEWSER] "One of the the things we've been doing over the last year, since I got here, well almost a year, is trying to identify the people who are going to play a major role at CBS News," CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer told TVNewser this afternoon.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
PEN: WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS NASDIJJ THING [GALLEYCAT] PEN has issued a statement concerning Tim Barrus a.k.a. Nasdijj—and apparently, in addition to the Beyond Margins award for "writers of color" he snagged for The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping that I mentioned this morning, he was also a finalist for the Martha Albrand Award for his debut memoir, The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams, a few years before that.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
PRESSTHINKING WITH JAY ROSEN: THE TIMES OF OUR TIMES, AND OTHER MEDIA PREOCCUPATIONS [FISHBOWLNY] Jay Rosen: The Times is a great newspaper, but also a great institution. That's important because the day is coming when the newspaper form no longer defines The New York Times.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
TOLES, POST RESPOND TO JOINT CHIEFS LETTER [FISHBOWLDC] The Post today publishes the "24 star" letter from all six of the Joint Chiefs blasting cartoonist Tom Toles for his cartoon depiction of a wounded soldier with Donald Rumsfeld.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
A NEW LOW, BRIT MUSICIANS WANT OUT OF THE MIME-FIELD [FISHBOWLLA] Now, here's a movement we'd like to see make the jump to the States: The BBC is reporting that the United Kingdom's Musicians Union has undertaken a campaign demanding that broadcasters make clear whether a band is "miming" or playing live.
http://www.mediabistro.com/
GET BETTER QUOTES [MBTOOLBOX]
Have you been failing at eliciting spicy quotes from your subject? Do you feel like just making up what your editor wants to hear? (You shouldn't do that, by the way.)
http://www.mediabistro.com/
(INSERT THEME TO THE KARATE KID) [UNBEIGE] No matter what profession you're in, be it some kind of design or writing farm reports, sometimes it's hard to get inspired and keep on track, or come up with something fresh and originally, or, at the very least, something just nearly functional.
http://www.mediabistro.com/

HHDX Vol. 7.04

2006-02-02T21:02:00.000-05:00

FEATURES
Tragedy: Intelligent Hoodlum Tragedy speaks on going to jail, comingup with Capone N Noreaga and a certainQueensbridge rapper (Nas?)
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.524
The Real Reason Cam Dissed Jay-Z Brian Sims explores the origins behindthe beef and why all signs point towardone manâ€¦Damon Dash!
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.523
Anthony Hamilton: All Love, No Worries Anthony Hamilton talks about love andtemptation, his music and reveals whothe Michael Jordan of music is... http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.522
Babu: 20/20 Vision The Beatmaker/DJ of Dilated Peoplesgives tons of insight on their newalbum, label issues, and what he lovesmore... http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.521

HIP HOP NEWS (Updated Daily)
Tuesday, Jan 31 2006
DX Dirt
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3856
Coretta Scott King Dies
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3857
Monday, Jan 30 2006
Cassidy: Freedom Song
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3852
Juelz Speaks on Cam, Calls Out Eminem
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3853
Sharpton Can't Stop The Boondocks
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3854
JD Talks Janet, New Music
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3855
Saturday, Jan 28 2006
No New Jay Z Album in the Works
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3851
Friday, Jan 27 2006
HHDX News Bits (Friday)
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3849
The RZA Speaks
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3850
Thursday, Jan 26 2006
Cam Airs Jay-Z Out In Press Conference
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3845
Jin Rocks With a Legend (EXCLUSIVE)
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3846
Sharpton Up in Arms Over Boondocks
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3847
Apathy's Eastern Philosophy
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3848
Wednesday, Jan 25 2006
DX Dirt
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3841
Nas' Baby Moms Tells All
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3842
Kanye's Passion of the Christ
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3843
Killa Cam Speaks on Beef & Jail Time
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.3844
HIP HOP SINGLES
My Favorite Drug - Styles P
New Brooklyn - Stimuli
Across the Tracks - Papoose f. Nas
Coke Freestyle - Main-O f. Fabulous & Young Jeezy
Runnin Away - Big Boi f. Sleep Brown & Killer Mike
50 Cent Diss - AZ
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio
ALBUM REVIEWS
Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.601
Mary J Blige - The Breakthrough
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.599
VIDEOS
Twista feat Pitbull - Hit The Floor
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/media/