Archive for July, 2010

Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Ridzuan, contestant of the reality TV show 'Imam Muda' or 'Young Leader', performs during its final live show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 30, 2010. Asyraf won the show and received an all-expenses-paid pilgrimage to Mecca, a car, a job as prayer leader in a major mosque, a scholarship to study in Saudi Arabia, a laptop, and a cash prize. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)AP - An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia’s top role model for young Muslims.

Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Ridzuan, contestant of the reality TV show 'Imam Muda' or 'Young Leader', performs during its final live show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 30, 2010. Asyraf won the show and received an all-expenses-paid pilgrimage to Mecca, a car, a job as prayer leader in a major mosque, a scholarship to study in Saudi Arabia, a laptop, and a cash prize. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)AP - An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia’s top role model for young Muslims.

Spike Lee screens oil spill film in San Diego (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

FILE-This July 10, 2010 file photo shows director Spike Lee entering Cipriani's for the wedding of Carmelo Anthony and LaLa Vasquez, in New York.  Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. The director showed 'If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise' at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in San Diego on Saturday July 31, 2010. It airs in August on HBO. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano,File)AP - Spike Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

Spike Lee screens oil spill film in San Diego (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

FILE-This July 10, 2010 file photo shows director Spike Lee entering Cipriani's for the wedding of Carmelo Anthony and LaLa Vasquez, in New York.  Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. The director showed 'If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise' at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in San Diego on Saturday July 31, 2010. It airs in August on HBO. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano,File)AP - Spike Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

Spike Lee screens oil spill film in San Diego (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

FILE-This July 10, 2010 file photo shows director Spike Lee entering Cipriani's for the wedding of Carmelo Anthony and LaLa Vasquez, in New York.  Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. The director showed 'If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise' at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in San Diego on Saturday July 31, 2010. It airs in August on HBO. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano,File)AP - Spike Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

In this undated photo provided by Bard College, Yamina Maamar, center, as Grete in Franz Schreker’s 1912 opera 'Der Ferne Klang' ('The Distant Sound') in New York.  (AP Photo/ Corey Weaver, Bard College) NO SALESAP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.

Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

In this undated photo provided by Bard College, Yamina Maamar, center, as Grete in Franz Schreker’s 1912 opera 'Der Ferne Klang' ('The Distant Sound') in New York.  (AP Photo/ Corey Weaver, Bard College) NO SALESAP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.

Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico dies (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

AP - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D’Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as “Bicycle Thieves” and “The Leopard,” died Saturday at age 96.

Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Candles and flowers are placed  near the accident site in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, July 26, 2010, where more than a dozen people were killed in a stampede during the Love Parade techno festival on Saturday. Inscription in   background reads ' In Deep Grief'. Word above reads: 'Why'.   (AP Photo/ddp/Clemens Bilan/ddp)AP - Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival.

As Emmys host, Jimmy Fallon aims not to offend (Reuters)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Reuters - Conan O’Brien and David Letterman have provided a valuable lesson for Jimmy Fallon, the comedian told journalists Friday. “The one thing I’ve learned from (O’Brien and Letterman) is (that) hosting ‘Late Night’ is a one-way ticket to not hosting ‘The Tonight Show,” the comedian quipped.