Jazz News

Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows “People Are Funny" and “House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97.

His son-in-law Art Hershey says Linkletter died Wednesday at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. “Art Linkletter's House Party," one of television's longest-running variety shows, debuted on radio in 1944 and was seen on CBS-TV from 1952 to 1969. Though it had many features, the best known was the daily interviews with schoolchildren. ...

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F.C.C. Begins Review of Regulations on Media Ownership

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it would begin soliciting public comments as part of a review and possible revision of its media ownership rules, which set limits on the ownership of multiple television and radio stations and newspapers in a single commercial market.

The commission said its review, which by law takes place every four years, would focus on whether the current rules promoted the agency's goals of competition, localism and diversity.

The ownership rules have ...

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Sony Showcases New Rollable, Flexible Screen

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Imagine carrying around a tiny screen that can act as a cellphone or movie display and when its not in use, you can roll it up to the size of a pencil and slip it into your pocket or behind your ear?

Sony's research and development labs is one step closer to this reality with a new fully rollable organic screen the company showcased today.

The display, which is made up of organic thin-film transistors, is a little over four ...

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Radical Paris Was Rich with Song by Yvonne Constant

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Lean and shapely, with silver-blond hair, her face and body lightly dusted with glitter, the Gallic singer Yvonne Constant is the kind of ageless beauty that the French, who worship women of all ages, venerate without having to apply conditional terms like cougar.

Wearing a minidress over a flesh-color body stocking and silver high heels, Ms. Constant, who performed at the Metropolitan Room on Monday evening with the pianist Russ Kassoff, has made few concessions to age. (She is in ...

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Willie Nelson Cuts off His Famed Pigtails

Source: All About Jazz
May 27, 2010

Country singer's long reddish locks have been part of his look for years.

Country music fans have come to expect a little eccentricity from legendary crooner Willie Nelson, but he pulled off a real shocker this time.

He cut his hair.

“Oh Noooooo!," wrote one fan who saw a picture of Nelson's new do on the website of Nashville TV and radio personality Jimmy Carter.

Nelson's waist-deep, reddish pigtails have long been one of the singer-songwriter's signature features. But spokeswoman ...

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Johnny Mathis @ San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino

Source: All About Jazz
May 27, 2010

American cultural icon Johnny Mathis is a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame honoree, comes to the San Manuel Indian Casino.

Mathis with over 50 years of recording experience of romantic ballads and classic standards that continue to transcend generations, including greatest hits “Chances Are," “Wonderful, Wonderful," and “Misty. Featured on the HBO Comedy Festival and past winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival.

Johnny Mathis with Gary Mule Deer

Thu., June 3, 7:30pm San Manuel Indian ...

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New King of Technology: Apple Overtakes Microsoft

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, overtook Microsoft, the computer software giant, on Wednesday to become the world's most valuable technology company.

In intraday trading shortly after 2:30 p.m., Apple shares rose 1.8 percent, which gave the company a value of $227.1 billion. Shares of Microsoft declined about 1 percent, giving the company a market capitalization of $226.3 billion.

The only American company valued higher is Exxon Mobil, with a market capitalization of $282 billion.

This changing of ...

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Electronics Maker Promises Review After Suicides

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Struggling to cope with a rash of suicides at his company's electronics factories here, the chairman of an electronics maker that supplies Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday that he was doing everything possible to find a solution.

We are reviewing everything, Terry Gou, the chairman of the Hon Hai Precision Industry Group of Taiwan and one of Asia's richest men, said after traveling here from the company's headquarters in Taiwan. He said the company was reviewing labor practices, hiring ...

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