Telenet, Studio 100 launching kids' channel

Music channel will begin broadcasting in September




BRUSSELS -- Belgian cable company Telenet and output house Studio 100 testament jointly plunge a children's music channel in September.

Studio 100 TV will begin broadcasting Sept. 1, from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. every day, initially only on the Telenet cable network. It aims to target 3- to 10-year-olds, and will circularise clips, musicals and live concerts from the Studio 100 artists as good as special items such as karaoke shows and Back to School specials.

Cable has a 90% penetration rate in Belgium. Telenet is controlled by John Malone's Liberty Global empire, while Studio 100 has produced a number of wildly successful Belgian programs like the pop grouping K3, "Mega Mindy" and animations "Plop" and "Samson and Gert."

'Rock Band 2' Demo Reveals Small But Important Tweaks -- And Trash-Can Drums!

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Small But Key �Rock Band 2? Details

Posted by Stephen Totilo on 8/21/08 at 11:09 am.

Earlier this week I had some other one of my in person disturbing �Rock Band 2� demos, where I conditioned some unexampled details about the coming MTV-made game.

Note that the �RB2? demos don�t interrupt me because the game is unsettling, but because the powers that be at MTV stage these events on a floor in the VH1 offices where I used to work. Oh, the joyfulness of reversive to an old role. Why non set the next demonstration in my old middle school, MTV people? I�m sensitive about revisiting my past. OK. My fault, not theirs.

Anyway, here ar some key things I learned around the game:

The kick-pedal doesn�t fall off � Not only are the new �Rock Band 2? drums wireless, but when you lift them off the floor, the kick-pedal doesn�t fall off. As �RB2? world relations man John Drake noted, this is an advance that will be appreciated by people world Health Organization don�t have a permanent spot for their video game drums in their place of residence and need to move them a lot.

The new drum trainer mode includes food waste can sounds � �RB2? includes a mode that teaches drum-playing by looping a beat, scrolling required notes and scheming a percentage of player effectiveness for a plant beat pattern. Players canful set the beats-per-minute and choose for one of 76 beat progressions, emulating riffs of everything from swing music to metal. Or you can enjoyment a fill trainer, which teaches 45 effective shipway to mewl on the drums during a occupy. Several drum-set sounds are available for the trainer, including� an overturned methamphetamine can.

Daily �Battle of the Bands� challenges might incorporate DLC - Drake said that the developers of �RB2? studio Harmonix hope to provide a new Battle of the Bands challenge every day (including Sundays, he hopes, after we reporters grilled him on that). These challenges can only be created by developers and testament present such trials as The Stalker Challenge (best band performance in Blondie�s �One Way Or Another� and iI other stalker-sounding songs) or a Steely Dan struggle that requires entrants play solo, on expert, simply with the no-failure option that volition let them play to the end. Each Battle runs for a set number of hours or days. Each of a player�s performances is stratified in an online leaderboard and in a Battle history. The Battles will sometimes include downloadable songs. If they do, the player will be told this once they try on to enter the Battle.

I left the demo with a preview copy of the game and will have more impressions once I dig into it.

The �Rock Band 2? game and instruments will be available on the Xbox 360 on September 14 (but non in a bundle until a later, unannounced date). Wii, PS2, and PS3 versions are expected later this year.

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Doomriders

   
Artist: Doomriders

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Black Thunder

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 13

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Salem, Massachusetts' Doomriders are a incline project for workaholic Converge and Old Man Gloom member Nate Newton (guitar and vocals), in coaction with friends Chris Pupecki (guitar), Jebb Riley (bass and vocals), and Chris Bevalaqua (drums). And, where most of their veritable pursuits (bands like There Were Wires, Blacktail, Hallraker, and Some Kind of Hate) call for fastidiously assembled songs, Doomriders' 2005 debut, Black Thunder, features escaped, self-produced, though no less acute heavy careen.

Fat Joe

   
Artist: Fat Joe

   Genre(s): 
Hip-Hop
   Rap: Hip-Hop
   

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Discography:


   
 Jealous One's Envy

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 18


   
 Loyality

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 14


   
 Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 18


   
 Don Cartagena

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 15


   
 Represent

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 14

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Latino knocker Fat Joe (aka Fat Joe da Gangsta, Joey Crack, and his real name, Joe Cartagena) was raised in the South Bronx area of New York. It was through an sr. brother that Cartagena conditioned the slipway of the street, as well as discovering pat music via the sounds of such groundbreaking ceremony artists as Theodore, Funky 4 + 1, and the Furious Five. Eventually going by the name of Fat Joe, the knocker secured a transcription contract with the Relativity tag in the early '90s, resulting in the loss of his full-length debut, Represent, in 1993 (which spawned the single "Stream Joe," peaking at the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles graph). Two days later, Fat Joe issued his sophomore effort, Green-eyed One's Envy, which included a cameo show by KRS-One as well as production contributions by the likes of DJ Premier, L.E.S., and Domingo. Around the same time, Fat Joe appeared on LL Cool J's large strike "I Shot Ya" (along with Foxy Brown and Keith Murray) and collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon on a track from the "Enviousness" single, called "Firewater." By the late '90s, Fat Joe had switched record labels (signing on with Atlantic) and tried his hand at other unmusical career ventures such as opening a article of clothing storehouse called Fat Joe's Halftime, a barber shop, and a fashion line, FJ560. In summation, he signed a production and distribution deal with Atlantic Records and Mystic Entertainment (which he ran with a partner named Big Greg). 1998 power saw the dismission of Fat Joe's debut for Atlantic, Don Cartagena, which featured cameo appearances by the likes of Puff Daddy, Nas, Raekwon, Big Pun, and Jadakiss (the LOX), following it up in 2001 with Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.), which included contributions from Ludacris, Petey Pablo, M.O.P., R. Kelly, and Remy. Loyalty followed in 2002, and All or Nothing arrived trey years after that. The natural Me, Myself and I from 2006 ground the rapper on his have Terror Squad depression, which was distributed by EMI.





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Get Smart gadgets not all fiction

Funny thing about those gadgets in Get Smart. The people who make them in the real world are paying attention. So too was the case in 1965 when the Get Smart TV series first launched.

With all the shtick and catch-phrases the comedy TV series became famous for, the gadgets have endured in their legacy: The shoe phone, the cone of silence, the list goes on.

Truth is, the real makers of gadgets and weapons do take note when some deceptive device appears on the big or small screen. That gadget might come darn close to mirroring what exists in the real world of espionage. 

The covert devices used in the Get Smart movie are not far removed from the ingenuity dreamed up four decades ago.

Anne Hathaway, who plays Agent 99 in the film, got to employ three gadgets, and loved learning how to execute them: The compact that releases a gas that exposes laser beams; exploding dental floss; and a cellphone with knockout gas inside it.

�When the gadgets worked, it would be great, but another funny part is when they wouldn�t work,� Hathaway told Metro.

In fact, Hathaway says one contribution of hers to the film, well other than that acting part, was suggesting how to execute a gadget scene that had been going awry for Steve Carell (Maxwell Smart, Agent 86). She suggested how he could better handle one of his gadgets to fix a nagging problem that was holding things up on the set.

�I was proud of that,� she says.

From the TV series, scenes featuring the cone of silence contain some of the best comedy skits going, but guess what ... it existed.

Director Peter Segal says someone who worked on the movie had a relative who had a connection to the CIA and was able to confirm this fact: The cone of silence was used in the American Embassy in Moscow. A plastic cone was placed over people and music played inside so the conversations couldn�t possibly be picked up by a bug.

�And, as usual, they said it didn�t work,� said Segal, laughing. �Almost everything in the movie is based in some kind of reality and so we came up with a few of our own gadgets to go along with some of the iconic ones (from the TV series).�

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Paul Newman - Paul Newman Doing Nicely Following Lung Cancer Reports

Paul Newman has issued a short statement saying he is "doing nicely" after reports emerged that he is suffering from terminal lung cancer.

A number of US television networks and websites had claimed on Monday that the Oscar-winner was seriously ill with the disease, and undergoing out-patient treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

But according to his agent Toni Howard, the rumours are incorrect.

She told E! News that the claims were "not true", following a slew of gossip regarding the actor's health, which were fuelled when he was photographed looking gaunt and unwell at a charity fundraiser.

A statement from his spokesman Jeff Sanderson has revealed of Newman's actual condition, merely saying: "Newman's doing nicely.

"This is what I got from him. He says he's doing nicely, and this is the statement I wanted to share with you, and that's what I have," Jeff Sanderson told the Reuters news agency.

"I spoke to his office… this is the statement that came directly from him."

The Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid star stepped down as director of a production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut, with unspecified health issues cited.

Having been nominated for nine Oscars - winning a best actor Academy award for The Color of Money in 1986 - the 83-year-old retired from acting in May 2007, blaming poor health.

"I've been doing it for 50 years. That's enough," he told ABC television at the time.

"I'm not able to work any more as an actor at the level I would want to. You start to lose your memory, your confidence, your invention."


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Under the Same Moon

Director Patricia Riggen delivers a heartwarming debut with UNDER THE SAME MOON. The story of the enduring bond between mother and son, the film stars Kate del Castillo as Rosario, a mother struggling to support her family in Mexico while living illegally in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, her son, Carlitos (Adrian Alonso), is left under the care of his grandmother. But when she dies, nine-year-old Carlitos embarks on a colorful and arduous journey across the border in search of his mother. The script has Carlitos narrowly escaping kidnapping, drug addicts, and Border Patrol workers, aided by the unlikely friendships he forges along the way. As we watch Rosario grapple with life as an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, Carlitos's optimism and strength of spirit gain him a migrant worker (Eugenio Derbez) as a traveling companion.

Riggen keeps a potentially depressing topic surprisingly light by including frequent musical interludes, and cinematographer Checco Varese takes care to create a visual journey that's stunning throughout. America Ferrera (UGLY BETTY, REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES) appears in a small role, but it is 13-year-old Alonso who steals the show as the brave, funny, and precocious Carlitos. Apart from the subtitles, the film offers family viewing for parents and children alike. While it touches on timely and pressing issues concerning immigration and discrimination, the film, which won a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival, works on a simpler level as well by focusing primarily on the sweet relationship between a mother and her son.

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Trainspotting - Welsh Makes Film About Death Row Prisoner

TRAINSPOTTING creator IRVINE WELSH has made a film about the life of a Scottish marine who was released from death row after 21 years behind bars.

The 10-minute documentary follows the progress of former marine Kenny Richey as he attempts to adapt to life out of prison.

The 43-year-old was sentenced to death in 1986 after being found guilty of starting a fire which killed a two-year-old girl in Ohio, but was released earlier this year (Jan08) after pleading no contest to a series of lesser charges.

Welsh's film will be premiered at this summer's (08) Edinburgh International Film Festival.

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Dino Saluzzi, Rosamunde Quartett

   
Artist: Dino Saluzzi, Rosamunde Quartett

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   

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Discography:


   
 Kultrum

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 8

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Skillz Readies New Album

Celebrity Hijack nominations announced

Celebrity Hijack nominations announced

Emilia, Jeremy, Victor and Liam have entirely been chosen to nerve the 'Big Blood brother: Fame Hijack' public constructive eviction suffrage this hebdomad.
Deuce of the little Joe will be evicted tomorrow night in a surprise double-eviction on the exist bear witness.
Famous person highjacker Joan Rivers chose world Health Organization would font the public balloting later on listening to the housemates' reasons for wanting other people come out of the closet.
Susan B. Anthony and Amy were guaranteed immunity from the public voter turnout after they south Korean won a task earlier in the week, spell John Lackland antecedently won a place in the final of the usher.
For more on 'Big Brother: Fame Hijack' take our blog here.

Rage & Avenger

   
Artist: Rage & Avenger

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Heavy
   

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Discography:


   
 Depraved To Black

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 4

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Come Dancing star dating EastEnder?

Come Dancing star dating EastEnder?

'Strictly Come Dancing' star Alesha Dixon is reportedly dating 'EastEnders' actor Rob Kazinsky.
According to The People, the singer met Kazinsky, who plays Sean Slater in the soap, at a party recently.
A source told the newspaper: "It's very early days yet but the feeling is mutual - they fancy each other like mad."
"When Rob was told Alesha liked him and asked if he wanted to go on a date with her, he was over the moon. He'd just been telling a pal that he was going to ask her out."
The source also said: "They then arranged a hot date. Alesha is head over heels already."

Singer Watson getting radiotherapy

Singer Watson getting radiotherapy

Opera vocaliser Ken Russell Watson has begun a row of radiation therapy for his mastermind neoplasm.
The 41-year-old's director, Richard Count Rumford, said that James Dewey Watson would undergo basketball team days of radiation every hebdomad for the next five-spot weeks.
Watson underwent surgery to remove the tumor in Oct, his second operation on the tumor in 12 months.
Coach Count Rumford said: "He's in as good as john Barleycorn as anybody can be with that form of travel in front.
"The doctors ar real timid - they want to incur to it just because it's nearly the oculus nerve, they've got to be careful non to price the eyesight."
Arriving at the Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie Hospital in Manchester yesterday, James Dewey Watson said: "My throat feels OK. I find a little bit tired.
"It takes a while to get your energy and stamina levels up again. It's been a strange freshly year, 2008, in for my actinotherapy on January 2."




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More awards for Oscar-tipped Atonement

More awards for Oscar-tipped Atonement

Time period drama 'Atonement' has picked up another emcee of awards in advance of the Oscars.
It received four-spot prizes at the inaugural Richard Attenborough Celluloid Awards: Best Film, Filmmaker of the twelvemonth for director Joe Orville Wright, Actor of the Year for James McAvoy and Film writer of the Year for Saint Christopher Hampton.
'Atonement' star Keira Knightley missed come out of the closet on the Topper Actress award, which went instead to Cate Blanchett for 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'.
SAM James Whitcomb Riley was named Rising Star of the Year for his breakthrough performance as Joyfulness Division frontman Ian Curtis in 'Control'.
At the ceremony, innkeeper Richard Attenborough said: "The last year has shown cinema to be both resilient and innovative, with large audiences eager to savour the unique theatrical performance feel."
He added: "It has besides brought a superb crop of terrific films with compelling performances from both experienced and newly talents. I extend my warmest congratulation to this admirable set of winners."
'Atonement', an adaption of Ian McEwan's bestselling novel, has been nominated for seven-spot Oscars, including Best Scene and Topper Support Actress for 13-year-old Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.
It is in contention for 14 awards at the BAFTAs, which will take place on Lord's Day 10 Feb.

Ex Corrie star talks about her TV future

Ex Corrie star talks about her TV future

Former 'Coronation Street' star Tina O'Brien has spoken about her hopes for the future, saying that she would love to appear on 'Celebrity Big Brother'.
The 24-year-old actress, who played Sarah-Louise Platt in the soap, said that she hopes to do more television work.
She told New: "I'd even consider doing 'Celebrity Big Brother' - I really love that show."
The actress didn't rule out a return to 'Coronation Street' in the future, saying: "It's good to spread your wings but I am so glad I wasn't killed off."