Archive for August, 2007

Former AOL, Fox execs to work with General Atlantic (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Reuters - General Atlantic said on Friday that
two former high-flying Internet executives would advise the
private equity firm's media and consumer unit on investments in
the online sector.

Houston rapper perfects art of self-promotion (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Rapper Chingo Bling performs at the 14th annual ASCAP Latin Music awards in Beverly Hills March 7, 2006. Drive around Houston or Dallas and you're bound to see Chingo Bling's strategically placed billboard: 'They Can't Deport Us All,' it says, over a caricature of a man jumping a fence. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Drive around Houston or Dallas and
you're bound to see the strategically placed billboard: "They
Can't Deport Us All," it says, over a caricature of a man
jumping a fence.

Houston rapper perfects art of self-promotion (Reuters)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Rapper Chingo Bling performs at the 14th annual ASCAP Latin Music awards in Beverly Hills March 7, 2006. Drive around Houston or Dallas and you're bound to see Chingo Bling's strategically placed billboard: 'They Can't Deport Us All,' it says, over a caricature of a man jumping a fence. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Drive around Houston or Dallas and
you're bound to see the strategically placed billboard: "They
Can't Deport Us All," it says, over a caricature of a man
jumping a fence.

TNT to air Thompson on 'Law & Order' (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Former United States Senator Fred Thompson, right, performs in a scene opposite actress Melissa Errico, left, on the set of the television show Law & Order in New York in this  Feb. 19, 2003 file photo. While Thompson's 'Law & Order' character disappears from NBC starting Saturday because of concerns over federal equal time provisions, cable viewers will still have plenty of opportunities to see his District Attorney Arthur Branch. (AP Photo/Matt Moyer,File)AP - While Fred Thompson’s “Law & Order” character disappears from NBC starting Saturday because of concerns over federal equal time provisions, cable viewers will still have plenty of opportunities to see his District Attorney Arthur Branch.

TNT to air Thompson on 'Law & Order' (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Former United States Senator Fred Thompson, right, performs in a scene opposite actress Melissa Errico, left, on the set of the television show Law & Order in New York in this  Feb. 19, 2003 file photo. While Thompson's 'Law & Order' character disappears from NBC starting Saturday because of concerns over federal equal time provisions, cable viewers will still have plenty of opportunities to see his District Attorney Arthur Branch. (AP Photo/Matt Moyer,File)AP - While Fred Thompson’s “Law & Order” character disappears from NBC starting Saturday because of concerns over federal equal time provisions, cable viewers will still have plenty of opportunities to see his District Attorney Arthur Branch.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Summer Slowdown (Playbill)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Playbill - The theatre doesn't shut down in the summer the way it used to once upon a time, but there's no stopping show folk from taking a week or two before and after Labor Day. So, right now, the tourists own Shubert Alley, and the pigeons reign in Duffy Square.

CBS looks at morning changes (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - CBS News is expected to change management at its morning show, bringing a hard-charging former “Good Morning America” executive producer to help a program that’s spent generations stuck in third place.

Memoir details reporting on spaceflight (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Only one person on the planet has covered every manned launch out of Cape Canaveral and now, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of spaceflight, he’s written a book about it.

`Michael Clayton' premieres at Venice (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Actors George Clooney, left, and Tilda Swinton arrive for the screening of their latest movie 'Michael Clayton' in competition at the 64th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Friday, Aug 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - First-time director Tony Gilroy was more interested in a story about making peace with how you earn a buck in his legal thriller “Michael Clayton,” rather than some tale about corporate evil.

`Michael Clayton' premieres at Venice (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Actors George Clooney, left, and Tilda Swinton arrive for the screening of their latest movie 'Michael Clayton' in competition at the 64th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Friday, Aug 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - First-time director Tony Gilroy was more interested in a story about making peace with how you earn a buck in his legal thriller “Michael Clayton,” rather than some tale about corporate evil.