Archive for February, 2010

Fox dominates indecency complaints (Reuters)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Reuters - Members of the “tea party” don’t like MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s use of the word “teabagging.”

Fox dominates indecency complaints (Reuters)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Animated characters Stewie (L) and Brian from the series 'Family Guy' are shown on the screen at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 16, 2007. REUTERS/Mike BlakeReuters - Members of the “tea party” don’t like MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s use of the word “teabagging.”

Music museum expands reach with archive, library (AP)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, architect, Robert Madison discusses the new library and archives, in Cleveland. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recently completed library and archives share a high-tech building with Cuyahoga Community College's creative arts programs and will open to the public later this year. The library/archives include photos, recordings, albums and covers, oral histories, scrap books and contracts.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - There’s always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” jacket and John Lennon’s Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage.

Music museum expands reach with archive, library (AP)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, architect, Robert Madison discusses the new library and archives, in Cleveland. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recently completed library and archives share a high-tech building with Cuyahoga Community College's creative arts programs and will open to the public later this year. The library/archives include photos, recordings, albums and covers, oral histories, scrap books and contracts.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - There’s always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” jacket and John Lennon’s Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage.

Music museum expands reach with archive, library (AP)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, architect, Robert Madison discusses the new library and archives, in Cleveland. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recently completed library and archives share a high-tech building with Cuyahoga Community College's creative arts programs and will open to the public later this year. The library/archives include photos, recordings, albums and covers, oral histories, scrap books and contracts.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - There’s always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” jacket and John Lennon’s Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage.

Lil Wayne set to test how jails handle celebs (AP)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court in New York. The Grammy Award Winning performer will be the latest in a string of rappers to go to jail after rising to fame, and the latest celebrity inmate to test the line between affording special treatment and recognizing potential risks to high-profile convicts. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)AP - Lil Wayne may be a self-professed gangsta with the gunshot wound to prove it, but he’s made plenty clear how he feels about doing time behind bars.

"Shutter Island" still captivates moviegoers (Reuters)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Reuters - Martin Scorsese’s suspense thriller “Shutter Island” led the North American box office for a second consecutive weekend on Sunday, while “Avatar” was the top choice internationally for an 11th weekend.

Roger Ebert gets 'voice' grandkids can recognize (AP)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

In this photo released by Harpo Productions, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, and film critic Roger Ebert are seen during taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' at Harpo Studios in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. The show will air nationally on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.  (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns)AP - Film critic Roger Ebert says computer programmers have captured his voice from movie commentary tracks so he can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a voice that sounds like him.

King Tut's grandfather's statue head surfaces in Luxor (Reuters)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Reuters - A colossal 3000-year-old red granite head of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun, has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt’s Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Sunday.

Mexican author Carlos Montemayor dies at 62 (AP)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

AP - Mexican author and guerrilla movement scholar Carlos Montemayor died Sunday, his publisher said. He was 62.