NYC: HIPPEST PLACE TO FILM TV (New York Post)
MORE on the "Ugly Betty" relocation. The pilot was filmed here, and Vanessa Williams lobbied to shoot here, but some ugly suits wanted LA. So, now, it's coming back. Home will be Silvercup Studios. Their people red-eyed in last week to check facilities at Steiner and Silvercup. Steiner they loved, but it was too expensive. The bunch lands here in June, shooting begins July. Future scripts are ...Shoaib Akhtar scripts impressive win for Knight Riders (Calcutta News)
Shoaib Akhtar made an impressive debut as he spearheaded Kolkata Knight Riders' win over Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs in an important Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match here Tuesday.
Akhtar scripts impressive win for Knight Riders (Gulf Times)
Kolkata: Shoaib Akhtar made an impressive debut as he spearheaded Kolkata Knight Riders’ win over Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs in an important Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match here yesterday.
Shoaib Akhtar scripts impressive win for Knight Riders (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Shoaib Akhtar made an impressive debut as he spearheaded Kolkata Knight Riders' win over Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs in an important Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match here Tuesday.
Sofa Store Report, LGBT at the DNC, John McCain | News Blips (Charleston City Paper)
"I'm going to miss writing scripts. I'm going to miss having to read books. I'm going to miss playing with sex toys."
FILM HAS A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT (New York Post)
YOU'VE maybe heard about "W.," Oliver Stone's tough feature film about Bush. Stone calls him "horrible . . . worst in history." Josh Brolin plays W.; Elizabeth Banks, Laura; James Cromwell, papa Bush; Ellen Burstyn, mama Barbara; Thandie Newton, Condoleezza. First-ever movie about a sitting president, shooting in Shreveport, La., is so hush-hush secret that all scripts are embargoed. Watermarked ...
How the RIAA Targets Campus Copyright Violators (Slashdot)
jyosim writes "The Chronicle of Higher Ed got a briefing at RIAA headquarters on how the group catches pirates. They just use LimeWire and other software that pirates use, except that they've set up scripts to search for songs, grab IP numbers, and send out notices to college officials. They claim they don't target specific colleges, though many feel that they do." Read more of this story ...
A new brand of telenovela (New York Daily News)
Telemundo's executives are looking to implant brands in the scripts of their original-programming block as a way to lure advertisers and neutralize viewers' itchy remote fingers.
Celebrities find second life in small-screen reality (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
It wasn't so long ago that actors and singers who were a bit past their career prime had little choice but to turn to infomercials or low-budget cable movies if they wanted steady showbiz work. Who could forget Cher's pre-comeback gig as hair-care product pitchwoman or Dionne Warwick's days shilling the Psychic Friends Network?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Jun 2006 18:30 UTC, submitted by anonymous (New Mobile Computing)
Vista and Office 2007 have many new fonts. NeoSmart takes a look at the ten most popular Vista and/or Office 12 fonts with screenshots, sample usages, and a critique of each font, one-by-one. These 10 fonts are the latin-based scripts that ship with Vista and/or Office 2007.
