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'Slumdog, 'Wall-E' Lead Oscar Music Nominees
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Billboard Magazine
"Slumdog Millionaire" and “Wall-E" are atop the field of music-related Oscar nominees, with both films nominated for best original score. The “Slumdog" score was penned by A.R. Rahman, while Thomas Newman wrote the score for “WALL-E." The two films are the only contenders in the best original song category, with “Down to Earth" from “WALL-E" (performed by Peter Gabriel) up against the “Slumdog" songs “Jai Ho" (performed by Gulzar) and “O Saya" (performed by M.I.A.). ( Read Billboard's Q&A with ...
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'The American Future' on BBC America
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Michael Ricci
The documentary asks: How did we get here? It is set against the presidential election.
British historian Simon Schama never expected Barack Obama to so thoroughly wipe out the Democratic competition during primary season. But as he watched history unfold while filming his latest documentary The American Future: A History, Schama prepared for the unexpected. “This was not going to be an election of business as usual," he said. “Very likely this was going to be an election where Americans ...
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Pianist, John "Johnny Chops" Colianni Featured on "Revolutionary Road" Soundtrack
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JM Creative
TV Alert! Ari Hest on NBC Weekend on January 17th
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Seth Cohen PR
TUNE-IN ALERT! ARI HEST ON NBC4-TV’s WEEKEND TODAY SHOW IN NY, SATURDAY MORNING AT 9AM LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM UPCOMING 3/10 CD ‘TWELVE MONDAYS’ Hest Confirms Two Nights at Joe’s Pub, 3/13 & 14 Tune in tomorrow morning, as ARI HEST performs live on the NBC4-TV’s Weekend Today Show in NY. The program airs at 9am EST - Check local listings. Ari will preview his upcoming CD ‘Twelve Mondays’ – The 3/10 album features re-worked versions of 12 fan-selected songs, culled ...
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Flight of the Conchords Plugs Back In
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Billboard Magazine
Flight Of The Conchords' eponymous HBO show returns to the airwaves on Jan. 18, and this time around, fans will be able to purchase music from each episode the day after it airs, Billboard can reveal. Shortly after the conclusion of the 10-episode season, an as-yet-untitled album featuring 10 tracks from the show plus five additional songs not part of the download promotion will be available on April 14. The first song, “Angels," goes live Jan. 19 on iTunes. Fans ...
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Jazz Video Guy Asks: How Cool is the Monterey Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
The latest installment of the Jazz Video Guys blog is How Cool Is the Monterey Jazz.
Festival featuring highlights from the 51st edition of the extravaganza. Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy reports that he attended his first Monterey Jazz Festival this past September, at the invitation of Jason Olaine, and not surprisingly, I had a ball. The quality and quantity of music, the food, the whole vibe and sense of community made it a tremendously uplifting experience. That's ...
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Supreme Court Refuses to Clear Way for Cable Companies to Copy Shows
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Michael Ricci
The nation's high court asks the Justice Department to weigh in, delaying a decision in the case that could have a major impact on video-on-demand services.
The Supreme Court refused today to clear the way for cable TV companies to copy broadcasts for later viewing by their customers and instead asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether this new video recording service would violate the Copyright Act.
The court's move will delay for months a final decision on ...
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MySpace Pushes Beyond Browser to TV
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HypeBot
MySpace has launched a widget designed on the new Widget Channel TV application framework being co-developed by Intel and Yahoo!. The MySpace Widget for TV allows users to interact with MySpace directly from their TV extending the MySpace experience beyond the browser and making the traditional TV experience more social.
Other social networks will certainly develop their own applications; and while adoption of compatible TV sets will take time, combining social networking with broadcast TV creates a myriad of possibilities ...
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