'Dark Knight' swings past $500 million mark

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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

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

Bodan

   
Artist: Bodan

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Izbor Tea

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 7

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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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Mother's Finest

   
Artist: Mother's Finest

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 The Very Best Of

   Year:    
Tracks: 17


   
 Meta-Funk'n-Physical

   Year:    
Tracks: 14

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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.

Royksopp

   
Artist: Royksopp

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   Easy Listening
   Dance
   House
   Pop
   

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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

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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.

Longoria's husband sues celeb site

Longoria's husband sues celeb site

The husband of 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria, Tony Charles Christopher Parker, is suing a famous person scuttlebutt website for at least $40m over allegations that he had an social occasion with a French model.
The Associated Iron out reports that basketball asterisk Charlie Parker alleges the site X17online posted "false and defamatory" messages around him.
The causa said: "This is faithlessly. It never happened. And X17 had to know that the tale was traitorously, or, at the rattling least, it had to get entertained serious doubts near the credibility of its supposed source."
The causa as well said that the site ne'er contacted the couple or their representatives in front publishing the allegations, and refused to retract them after organism told the allegations were false.

Natalie Pinkham leaves Dancing on Ice

Natalie Pinkham leaves Dancing on Ice

Television set conferrer Natalie Pinkham has been voted come out of the closet of the reality show 'Dancing on Ice'.
She became the bit objector to loss the demonstrate, followers a skate-off against telly donor Tim Vincent.
Trey come out of the five-spot book of Judges chose to preserve Vincent after his minute public presentation, with his bit organism described as "thaumaturgy".

Media watchdog to probe X Factor votes

Media watchdog to probe X Factor votes

Media watchdog Ofcom is investigating complaints from 'X Factor' fans wHO claim that they could not pay off through to vote for the show's eventual second best Rhydian Bartholomew Roberts.
The Welsh Black opera isaac M. Singer had been favourite to deliver the goods the read simply narrowly doomed come out to Scots stripling Leon Thomas J. Jackson last Saturday night.
Ofcom confirmed that o'er 700 complaints had been lodged in relation back to the telephone set vote for the final of the reality render.
A interpreter for Ofcom said: "They expressed concerns about the mathematical operation of the ballot and many said they were struggling to pose through."
An 'X Factor' representative yesterday denied any balloting irregularities.
The production ship's company which makes the testify, Talkback Thames, admitted that just about viewing audience wHO attempted to vote got engaged tones.
The company insisted that this was due to the volume of calls and that the competition was not rigged.
The representative said: "As whole numbers pool go through to the sami lines and vote platform, it is impossible for in that respect to be any preconception in favor or against a specific contestant."
"Phone lines were monitored end-to-end the night and there were no issues on balloting lines."
"We do get a huge heave of calls and depending on speech sound operators close to callers may have experienced an engaged tone or network busy message and consequently crataegus laevigata have to send for back, only these calls should not be charged," the interpreter said.
The ITV web site has reportedly been flooded with complaints from fans of the bear witness wHO attempted to suffrage for Rhydian Roberts simply could non stimulate through.
Check out totally the behind-the-scenes action from 'The X Factor' final in our pic gallery here.

Demi's personal trainer reveals all

Demi's personal trainer reveals all

Famous person trainer Robb Parr, wHO has shaped the likes of Madonna Louise Ciccone and Naomi Watts, has revealed how he turned Demi Dudley Stuart John Moore from a "meaty", middle-aged adult female into a svelte star.
In his upcoming usage rule book, 'Star Quality', Moore's former trainer has claimed that when the actress came to him, the mum-of-three needed roughly john R. Major work on her "thickly" legs and knees, earlier he whipped her into shape.
Talk to the Freshly York Post about how he worked on the 'Ghost' sweetheart to make her look reduce on silver screen he said: "[Demi] lacked a defined shank, carried besides much meat on her thighs, and was, by film star standards, thickly overall."
He added: "To taper her shank, we decided to accent her shoulders, creating a V-shape."
Parr said: "We trimmed her thighs, shaving off or so of the overindulgence adipose tissue from above her knees, and accentuated her butt, further emphasizing her waist".
Public speaking some Blessed Virgin, Parr said: "When [she] and I started workings together, she was very easy . . ."
He said that when Aussie star Naomi Isaac Watts, came to him, she was "fleshy, and we needed to shave and fasten so that she would go the mould of a bikini-clad baby."




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Grey's star Jeffrey Dean Morgan engaged?

Grey's star Jeffrey Dean Morgan engaged?

'Grey's Anatomy' and 'PS, I Honey You' principal Jeffrey Dean Morgan is reportedly set to conjoin 'Weeds' actress Mary-Louise Dorothy Parker.
According to the Newly York Daily News program, the couple, world Health Organization play a husband and wife on the television set picture 'Weeds', hold lately told their friends that they are engaged.
The twin reportedly stock split last June after enjoying a curtly romanticism together but attended the US premiere of 'PS, I Erotic love You' together in Dec,




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Steve Gorn, Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta

   
Artist: Steve Gorn, Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta

   Genre(s): 
Ethnic
   

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Discography:


   
 From The Caves Of The Iron Mountain

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 17

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