Batman's rich alter ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches. "The Dark Knight" on Sunday became the second film in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box
Thursday 4 September 2008
Thursday 7 August 2008
CO-MED Trial: Two-Drug Test Approach To Depression
�Hoping to answer a question raised by the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have designed the Combining Medication to Enhance Outcomes of Depression (CO-MED) trial to test multiple-medication treatment of depression.
"We are trying two active, Food and Drug Administration-marketed antidepressant medicines available by
"We are trying two active, Food and Drug Administration-marketed antidepressant medicines available by
Sunday 22 June 2008
Paolo Nutini - Rocker Nutini Scraps Us Tour With Matthews
Scottish singer PAOLO NUTINI has been forced to scrap his upcoming U.S. tour with legendary rocker DAVE MATTHEWS due to recording commitments.
The Last Request star was set to accompany Grammy-winner Matthews on several stateside gigs next month (Jul08), but had to pull out because of his hectic schedule recording his second LP.
The star explains in his online blog, "It is with massive regret we've had to pull out of the Dave Matthews tour next month.
"Making the record is the number one priority, so we don't have the time for a month on the road."
Nutini shot to fame in the U.K. in 2006 with the release of his debut album These Streets reaching number three in the U.K. album chart.
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Saturday 14 June 2008
Mother's Finest
Artist: Mother's Finest
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
The Very Best Of
Year:
Tracks: 17
Meta-Funk'n-Physical
Year:
Tracks: 14
Spike Lee Says He'll 'Take The Obama High Road' In Clint Eastwood Spat
Sunday 1 June 2008
Paula Abdul's Flub On 'American Idol': She Says, 'We All Just Screwed Up'; Blogosphere Lights Up With Conspiracy Theories
It was the flub heard 'round the world. On a night when "American Idol" threw viewers yet another curveball by switching up the critique format, the only one who seemed really thrown was perennially positive judge Paula Abdul, who appeared to give Jason Castro poor marks for his second song ... before he even sang it.
The painfully awkward few minutes of classic Paula confusion made for great TV, but also got some fans wondering about exactly what the gaffe meant. Literally within minutes, the blogosphere began lighting up with conspiracy theories and elaborate scenarios suggesting that the pre-tique was part of the producers' secret plans to have a David vs. David ratings-bonanza finale. Before the show was even over, "Idol" blog Rickey.org posted this comment: "I totally did not enjoy tonight's show because Paula Abdul just revealed that this show is rigged."
Abdul quickly shot down the theories, chalking her misstep up to confusion over the last-minute format change — more on that in a minute — but that didn't stop fans from weighing in with comments both supporting and lambasting Abdul and the show.
Posting as take5 on the official "Idol" message boards, one fan was quick to defend Abdul, writing, "What happened was Ryan said the judges will give their critiques of the contestants' 2 songs after the 2nd song. Then the contestants were all gathered after their first song, and the judges were asked their opinions. Paula was locked into what Ryan had said and then was confused when wanting to critique Jason's second song to the point she started searching for her nonexistent notes on it. She just had a huge brain fart — that's all it was."
But Furrypaws99 had a more sinister explanation, speculating that "the AI cat is out of the bag, thanks to Paula. IMO, this is a good thing for Jason. Now everyone will know who the producers want in their finale ... the two Davids, and what underhanded tactics they'll use to achieve that. The producers don't decide for the voters though. Only the voters will determine who winds up in the finale. Jason will be back next week and the Dreadheads will be there to support him."
In another forum, fans were asked to describe the show in one word, and their responses ranged from "debacle," "bizarre," "revealing," "cooked" and "fishy" to "surreal," "gameshow" (perhaps a reference to the 1950s game-show-rigging scandals depicted in the 1994 movie "Quiz Show") and "rushed."
Others, such as boatlady13, wondered if "Idol" producers would have the "guts" to send Castro home Wednesday night. "If they send him home, it could be perceived the show is so rigged and the negative comments were in fact scripted," she wrote. "Everyone who has read the fine print knows the producers reserve the right to pick who stays and goes. So why even vote? They wonder why their ratings have dropped? The producers are taking too much liberty enforcing their will, not the voting public's."
Though "Idol" spokespeople had no comment on the situation, Abdul spoke to "Entertainment Tonight" shortly after Tuesday night's show and said she was simply confused. Smiling as she was whisked from the scene in a chauffeured car, Abdul said, "The producers come up to us in the dark and said, 'We're not going to have you guys judge after each performer, we are going to have all the performers go once, and then all of them go twice, and then at the end you'll critique them.' "
Thrown by the last-minute format change, Abdul said she asked for a pad of paper to write her thoughts down, wondering why the judges were only told about the switch once the show had already begun. "We all wish that someone would have told us," she said, describing how she feverishly wrote notes as the singers performed. "I'm trying to get my critique for Jason Castro, and I scribbled Jason's name, but it was David Cook's critique. We all just screwed up everything. ... But we all went, 'This is live television. It's actually fun!' "
Whether it was a mental mix-up — TMZ.com even speculated on Wednesday (April 30) that a midafternoon martini may have played a role, although at press time that post apparently had been removed from the site — or evidence of some sinister plot, sites such as perennial "Idol" basher VoteForTheWorst.com relished the opportunity to ridicule Abdul and the show, though fellow judge Simon Cowell might have summed it up best when he quipped at the end of the night, "This was officially the strangest show we've ever done."
Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. And relive six seasons of "Idol" hot messes and high notes in six minutes with our video timeline.
The painfully awkward few minutes of classic Paula confusion made for great TV, but also got some fans wondering about exactly what the gaffe meant. Literally within minutes, the blogosphere began lighting up with conspiracy theories and elaborate scenarios suggesting that the pre-tique was part of the producers' secret plans to have a David vs. David ratings-bonanza finale. Before the show was even over, "Idol" blog Rickey.org posted this comment: "I totally did not enjoy tonight's show because Paula Abdul just revealed that this show is rigged."
Abdul quickly shot down the theories, chalking her misstep up to confusion over the last-minute format change — more on that in a minute — but that didn't stop fans from weighing in with comments both supporting and lambasting Abdul and the show.
Posting as take5 on the official "Idol" message boards, one fan was quick to defend Abdul, writing, "What happened was Ryan said the judges will give their critiques of the contestants' 2 songs after the 2nd song. Then the contestants were all gathered after their first song, and the judges were asked their opinions. Paula was locked into what Ryan had said and then was confused when wanting to critique Jason's second song to the point she started searching for her nonexistent notes on it. She just had a huge brain fart — that's all it was."
But Furrypaws99 had a more sinister explanation, speculating that "the AI cat is out of the bag, thanks to Paula. IMO, this is a good thing for Jason. Now everyone will know who the producers want in their finale ... the two Davids, and what underhanded tactics they'll use to achieve that. The producers don't decide for the voters though. Only the voters will determine who winds up in the finale. Jason will be back next week and the Dreadheads will be there to support him."
In another forum, fans were asked to describe the show in one word, and their responses ranged from "debacle," "bizarre," "revealing," "cooked" and "fishy" to "surreal," "gameshow" (perhaps a reference to the 1950s game-show-rigging scandals depicted in the 1994 movie "Quiz Show") and "rushed."
Others, such as boatlady13, wondered if "Idol" producers would have the "guts" to send Castro home Wednesday night. "If they send him home, it could be perceived the show is so rigged and the negative comments were in fact scripted," she wrote. "Everyone who has read the fine print knows the producers reserve the right to pick who stays and goes. So why even vote? They wonder why their ratings have dropped? The producers are taking too much liberty enforcing their will, not the voting public's."
Though "Idol" spokespeople had no comment on the situation, Abdul spoke to "Entertainment Tonight" shortly after Tuesday night's show and said she was simply confused. Smiling as she was whisked from the scene in a chauffeured car, Abdul said, "The producers come up to us in the dark and said, 'We're not going to have you guys judge after each performer, we are going to have all the performers go once, and then all of them go twice, and then at the end you'll critique them.' "
Thrown by the last-minute format change, Abdul said she asked for a pad of paper to write her thoughts down, wondering why the judges were only told about the switch once the show had already begun. "We all wish that someone would have told us," she said, describing how she feverishly wrote notes as the singers performed. "I'm trying to get my critique for Jason Castro, and I scribbled Jason's name, but it was David Cook's critique. We all just screwed up everything. ... But we all went, 'This is live television. It's actually fun!' "
Whether it was a mental mix-up — TMZ.com even speculated on Wednesday (April 30) that a midafternoon martini may have played a role, although at press time that post apparently had been removed from the site — or evidence of some sinister plot, sites such as perennial "Idol" basher VoteForTheWorst.com relished the opportunity to ridicule Abdul and the show, though fellow judge Simon Cowell might have summed it up best when he quipped at the end of the night, "This was officially the strangest show we've ever done."
Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. And relive six seasons of "Idol" hot messes and high notes in six minutes with our video timeline.
Saturday 24 May 2008
Royksopp
Artist: Royksopp
Genre(s):
Electronic
Easy Listening
Dance
House
Pop
Discography:
Royksopp's Night Out
Year: 2006
Tracks: 9
Beautiful Day Without You CDM
Year: 2006
Tracks: 4
The Understanding
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Only This Moment Vinyl
Year: 2005
Tracks: 3
Only This Moment Promo Vinyl
Year: 2005
Tracks: 3
49 Percent
Year: 2005
Tracks: 6
Sparks (feat. Anneli Drecker)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 3
Remind Me
Year: 2002
Tracks: 2
Melody A.M. CD2
Year: 2002
Tracks: 3
Melody A.M. (CD 2)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 3
Melody A.M. (CD 1)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 10
Eple (EP)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
Melody A.M.
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Poor Leno (The Remixes)
Year:
Tracks: 7
Norwegian duette Röyksopp remunerated for the cold climes of their native Tromsø by making some of the warmest, most inviting downbeat electronica of the new millenary, exemplified by early singles like Eple and Poor Leno. The mate, Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge, both grew up in Tromsø and began transcription in the early '90s. Local-made-good Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) provided charge and virtually convinced the twosome to record for R&S sublabel Apollo. After a few days apart, Brundtland and Berge met up once more in Bergen and re-formed Röyksopp in 1998.
The group released a few singles on Tellé, then gestural up to the magnanimous beat label Wall of Sound. The Röyksopp debut was 2001's Eple single; both "Eple" and another cut ("Poor Leno") earned slots on over a xII chillout compilations that year or the following. Their get-go full-length, Melody A.M., appeared in late 2001. After disbursal a few days acting live and remixing artists including Beck and Annie, Röyksopp returned with new material in 2005: the exclusive Only if This Moment heralded the summer release of the duo's second gear album, The Understanding, which featured more traditionally structured songs than their earlier mould. The alive EP Röyksopp's Night Out appeared a yr after.
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