Cher & other: 2008

Tuesday, 2 September 2008

Borders(R) Celebrates the Grand Opening of its New Concept Store at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge Aug. 29-31

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 29 -- Borders will celebrate the
grand opening of its new concept store in Baton Rouge, La., beginning
today, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Aug. 31. The 25,000-square-foot store in the
Mall of Louisiana's newfangled open airwave wing, The Boulevard, set at the
intersection of Picardy Avenue and Bluebonnet Boulevard, represents a
significant enhancement over existing Borders stores inside and knocked out and
fulfills the company's mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and
entertainment.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060208/BORDERSLOGO )

Throughout the weekend-long celebration, Borders will be highlighting
its newly created Destinations within the raw Borders concept
store--Cooking, Travel, Wellness, Graphic Novels and Children's-- with
peculiar activities, in store performances and prizes. These categories are
so popular and speedily growing that Borders has designated them as special
Destinations and granted these categories their have "shop within a shop" look
and feel.

During the grand opening and all yearlong, customers stool explore the
Digital Center -- marked by a cubic, 12-foot well-lighted
fixture with multiple computer kiosks and stations dedicated to digital
services -- and do everything from download music on demand using Mix and
Burn(TM); create personalized picture books with Shutterfly.com; and publish
their own books using "Borders Personal Publishing Powered by Lulu.com(R)."

Customers can recruit to deliver the goods such prizes as i of five Borders' Digital
Services Certificates, one of 2 $250 Borders gift cards, a assemblage of
raging new cookbooks and a copy of Frank Miller's "Absolute Dark Knight." In
addition, Borders volition also be giving out a aggregation of electric current wellness
books and a $200 Paperchase gift purse filled with stationery, card game and
gifts from the new depot.

Grand opening events at Borders in Baton Rouge include the following:

All weekend: All prizes will be granted away on Sunday at approximately
7:00 p.m. with the exception of the Nickelodeon(R) prizes, which will be
awarded Sunday good morning.

-- Enter to advance a "Go Digital!" gift package - includes blue-ribbon Borders
digital services certificates for five lucky winners;

-- Enter to win one of two $250 Borders gift card game;

-- Enter to win a Paperchase $200 giving bag filled with stationery,
cards and gifts;

-- Enter to win a Seattle's Best Coffee(R) $200 gift basket;

-- Enter to win a $300 collection of current cookbooks;

-- Enter to win a $230 aggregation of flow wellness books;
-- Enter to win a copy of "Absolute Dark Knight" by Frank Miller and
illustrated by Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley;

-- Sunday morning, six favorable children will win Nickelodeon(R) Dora and
Diego Cuddle Pillows.

Friday, Aug. 29th:
-- 3 p.m. - Storytime and meet and greet with Curious George;
-- 3:30 p.m. - Face painting fun for kids;
-- 5:30 p.m. - Free candy sample distribution until 9 p.m.; -- 5:30 p.m. - Chefs from the Louisiana Culinary Institute will teach
customers the finer points of making delectable Southern fried chicken;

-- 6 p.m. - Recycle Rouge will lead a discussion on how to keep the
environment safe;

-- 7 p.m. - Two if by Land performs live in our Seattle's Best Coffee
cafe. Hear these rock tunes fill the store as the brace covers many of your
favorite bands;

-- 7 p.m. - Local author Pam Kaster testament discuss and sign her
inspirational kids story "Molly the Pony";

-- 8 p.m. - Local musician Debby Landry will play some original
acoustic music.

Saturday, Aug. 30th:
-- 10 a.m. - Stop by to suffer the crew from WFMF-FM;
-- 10 a.m. - A stilt john Walker will provide excitement for the kids;
-- 11:30 a.m. - Brunch and reading time with Winnie the Pooh;
-- Noon - Dale Curry will sign her book "New Orleans Home Cooking"; -- Noon - Tour the high tech engines of the St. George Fire Protection
District and learn about fire bar and refuge;

-- Noon - Louisiana Culinary Trails will educate customers around the
extraordinary chefs, restaurants, festivals, and gumbo's the state has to
offer;

-- 1 p.m. - Free candy samples will be provided in the coffeehouse;

-- 1 p.m. - Sylvia Frank Rodrigue will sign her book "Images of
America: Baton Rouge";

-- 2 p.m. - Author Danny Heitman will house his newest book "A Summer of
Birds," which details a summer he spent at Louisiana's Oakley Plantation;

-- 2 p.m. - Local cruise experts from Malcolm Travel and Cruise will
provide pointers and advice on how to design the perfect vacation to an
exotic locale;

-- 3 p.m. - A talented group of teen's from Baton Rouge's Big Buddy
Program will exhibit their verse prowess during the Worldplay Poetry Slam;

-- 4 p.m. - Stop by the kid's section for a very particular magic bear witness
with thaumaturge Tim Spinozza;

-- 5:30 p.m. - Learn the tricks of the craft for creating some gamy
and sapid dips and salsas from the chefs at the Louisiana Culinary
Institute;

-- 6:30 p.m. - Lindsay Rae Spurlock testament kick-off an evening of music
in our Seattle's Best Coffee cafe with some soulful indie-pop;

-- 8 p.m. - Customers tin can listen to Blues tunes from the legendary
Henry Gray, whose life history has spanned over 60 years and includes a Grammy
nomination;

-- 9 p.m. - Local Cajun band Tout Les Soir will perform.

Sunday, Aug. 31st:
-- 11 a.m. - A wizardly balloon artist will belly laugh customers of all ages; -- 12:30 p.m. - Join us for a storytime and a meet and greet with
SpongeBob followed by coloring, games and more;

-- 2 p.m. - Chefs from the Louisiana Culinary Institute will show
customers how easy it can be to make some in an elaborate way carved yield and
vegetable dishes;

-- 2 p.m. - Local writer and diary keeper Danny Brown will sign and
hash out his volume "Shooting the Pistol," a photographic history of LSU
basketball legend "Pistol Pete" Maravich;

-- 4 p.m. - Emmy Award-winning author Monica Pierre will preindication her book
"Found my Soul in a Sweet Potato Patch;"

-- 4:30 p.m. - New Orleans-based indie-pop band Big Blue Marble will
execute;

-- 6 p.m. - Special music performances by the young and talented
singers with Baton Rouge Music Studios.

Throughout the grand opening weekend and all year long, the modern Borders
concept entrepot will offer customers in Baton Rouge, La., community benefit
days, educational discounts, diverse events, great choice, special
features and a wonderful place to simply explore. Borders is consecrated to
enhancing the lives of customers through knowledge and entertainment.

About Borders Group, Inc.

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP), is
a leading retail merchant of books, music and movies with more than 28,000
employees. Through its subsidiaries, the caller operates more than 1,100
stores primarily under the Borders(R) and Waldenbooks(R) brand name calling and
lately launched Borders.com for online shopping. For more information,
visit hTTP://www.borders.com/aboutus .

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Saturday, 23 August 2008

McMahon to sell home, but not to Trump

LOS ANGELES �

Ed McMahon is on the move.

McMahon has agreed to a deal with a private buyer for his hilltop home, said Howard Bragman, the former "Tonight" show sidekick's spokesman.

Bragman declined to name the purchaser or the selling terms. But he said it isn't genuine estate mogul Donald Trump, who recently offered to buy McMahon's home and act as a landlord.

"For Mr. Trump, this accomplishment was not business-related, just, as he has declared, was meant to help out an American icon," said Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump. "If another emptor should emerge who testament create the benefit Mr. Trump sought-after for Ed McMahon, then he is clearly pleased."

Bragman said McMahon and his wife, Pamela, will move out of the home when the sale is complete.

The couple's property is located in a hilltop gated community that is also home plate to Britney Spears.

McMahon has faced money woes for months, with creditors filing lawsuits against him for everything from unpaid prescription drug medicines to loans.

His home was lining foreclosure afterward he defaulted on a $4.8 million loan.

McMahon has said he was experiencing fiscal troubles because he was unable to work after falling and breaking his neck in March 2007. The 85-year-old has for years worked as a pitchman and recently resumed that use, appearing with comedian Jimmy Kimmel to advertise Pontiac vehicles.

While McMahon's foray into California's lagging real demesne market whitethorn be near an end, his legal battles ar not.

He sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two doctors in July, accusing them of discharging him with a broken neck after his fall in 2007. He besides alleged the hospital bungled two neck opening surgeries.

The hospital responded in court filings on Wednesday by asking a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to throw out many of McMahon's claims.

Attorneys for Cedars-Sinai wrote that McMahon's lawsuit failed to prove allegations of fraud, shelling, elder mistreat and emotional distress. They also want to keep McMahon from seeking punitive damages.

A listening on the lawsuit is scheduled for Sept. 18.

Other lawsuits ar seeking more than $750,000 from McMahon for unpaid loans and fees attorneys tell McMahon agreed to pay to handle his daughter's divorce in New York.

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AP Entertainment Writer Josh Dickey contributed to this report.

(This version CORRECTS creditors, sted debtors. AP Video.)

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Thursday, 14 August 2008

Download Michael Sweet

Artist: Michael Sweet: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Other

Discography:

Real

Year: 1995

Tracks: 10

Michael Sweet

Year: 1994

Tracks: 10

The other frontman for the '80s Christian alloy band Stryper, Michael Sweet left the mathematical radical in 1992 to engage a solo career; his self-titled debut followed two age later on, and in 1995 he issued Actual, nominated for a Dove Award as Best Rock Album of the Year. A five-year foramen preceded the vent of Trueness.

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Bush Says He Will Be 'Honored' To Sign Global AIDS Bill

�President Bush on Saturday during his weekly wireless address said that he will be "honored" to sign a bill (HR 5501) to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at $48 billion through and through 2013 into law this week, the AP/Google.com reports (Riechmann, AP/Google.com, 7/27). "We will spread out access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs," Bush said, adding, "We testament help forestall millions of new HIV infections from occurring. And we volition also bolster our efforts to help developing nations combat

Friday, 27 June 2008

Jorn Lande

Artist: Jorn Lande

   Genre(s):
Other
   Metal: Heavy

Discography:

Out To Every Nation

Year: 2004
Tracks: 13

Worldchanger

Year: 2001
Tracks: 9

Much in demand as both a studio and live vocalizer, Norwegian-born JÃ¸rn Lande has turn one of the well-nigh prolific and sough-after journeymen singers of his coevals. Getting his start in the late-80's, with local hard rock stria Hydra, Lande later worked with T.N.T. guitar player Ronni Le Treko in metallic rockers Vagabond, issuing deuce albums during their short run from '94 to â€˜95. A fortuitous hookup with onetime Whitesnake guitarists Bernie Marsden and Mickey Moody followed, and as The Snakes, they toured and recorded behind both hide and original material during '97 and '98. Next on the agendum for Lande was a studio appearance on index alloy stria Mundanus Imperium's 1998 The Spectral Spheres Coronation album, and then a two-record stint with progressive metallic element group Ark, after which he in conclusion issued his starting time solo album in 2000's Starfire. Since then, Lande has continued to lease out his services to any number of projects (Millenium, Beyond Twilight, Masterplan, Yngwie Malmsteen's touring band) spell releasing extra solo efforts in 2001's Worldchanger, and 2004's Out to Every Nation.

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Thursday, 19 June 2008

Cate Blanchett and Australian PM hit rocky patch

By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's
cozy affair with the nation's arts community, in particular
Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett, has hit a rocky patch over an
exhibition of naked photographs of young girls.

Blanchett and 42 other leading arts figures have signed an
open letter critical of Rudd for describing artist Bill
Henson's photographs of naked 12 and 13-year-old children as
"revolting."

Police shut down Henson's exhibition at a Sydney art
gallery last week and confiscated 20 of his photographs as part
of an investigating into whether charges should be laid.

The police raid sparked a heated debate in Australia over
what is art and what is pornography and has seen the arts
community, which publicly backed Rudd's Labor party ahead of
its November election victory, turn on the prime minister for
supporting censorship in the arts.

"The potential prosecution of one of our most respected
artists is no way to build a Creative Australia and does untold
damage to our cultural reputation," said the letter, which was
addressed to Australia's environment minister and the premier
of New South Wales state.

"We should remember that an important index of social
freedom, in earlier times or in repressive regimes elsewhere in
the world, is how artists and art are treated by the state."

The letter is signed by Blanchett, whom Rudd visited in
hospital only days after the birth of her latest baby in April
and whom Rudd invited to Canberra to take part in his national
2020 conference on Australia's future. Other signatories
include Nobel winning writer John Coetzee.

"We wish to make absolutely clear that none of us endorses,
in any way, the abuse of children," they said. "Henson's work
has nothing to do with child pornography and, according to the
judgment of some of the most respected curators and critics in
the world, it is certainly art."

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Sex And The City - Nixons Dramatic Acting Debut

SEX AND THE CITY star CYNTHIA NIXON got her big acting break starring in two Broadway shows at the same time.

The 42-year-old actress was still in college when she landed roles in two big New York productions and tirelessly dashed between the different theatres each night

She explains, "As an 18-year-old, I got parts simultaneously with two Broadway shows. In Hurlyburly, I played a waif in the first act with Chris Walken, Harvey Keitel and Jerry Stiller. Then I zoomed two blocks, changed clothes and played Jeremy Irons' daughter in the very British The Real Thing. Then I ran back to Hurlyburly where I was transformed into the slutty character my waif had then become."

But Nixon eventually resigned because her hectic schedule left no time for college work: "I finally quit because school had to come first."

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Thursday, 5 June 2008

Usher hits out over Noel blast

NOEL GALLAGHER seems to have upset a lot of people by saying JAY-Z is the
wrong choice to headline Glastonbury.

First, Glasto chief MICHAEL EAVIS criticised the OASIS legend on
these pages. Now USHER has hit out.

I think Noel is right but the R&B superstar disagreed, telling me: “It
really shocked me that he said that. Jay-Z is an incredible artist and
headliner.

“I saw him perform at the Hollywood Bowl in LA, and you’re
not getting better than that.”

Usher, who is due to arrive in the UK tomorrow to promote new album Here I
Stand – which hits shops on May 26 – added: “When
we got to work together on my new album, I was sitting there like a fan the
whole time.”

If you’re an Usher fan and want to meet him, I’d start
hitting London’s clubs.

Despite him marrying and becoming a dad last year, the singer has no intention
of slowing his party lifestyle while he’s over here.
Party
A source says: “Usher has requested a list of London’s top
hotspots for him and his 30-strong entourage. And he’ll also be
throwing a huge celebrity party to launch the record.”
I imagine one Bizarre Lord, Noel Gallagher, won’t be on the guest
list.
Meanwhile, Glasto boss Eavis is desperate to make sure AMY WINEHOUSE plays
this year’s festival.

Despite all her personal problems, he says the Back To Black singer even beats
Jay-Z as his No1 pick for the June 27-29 event.

He told me: “We want Amy. I can’t say anything else at
this stage except that she was my first choice when I was starting to
compile a list of artists.”

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Hassan Kassai

Artist: Hassan Kassai

   Genre(s):
Folk

Discography:

Iran: Le Ney and Tombak

Year: 1994
Tracks: 6

Sunday, 18 May 2008

Dragon prove they're Kiwi

It's been exactly one year since '70s bikers Dragon graced us with their presence, just it seems the old boys barely can't aim enough of us, returning to SkyCity for another Auckland evidence.The band testament finally commit paid to the whole Australia-New Zealand deliberate, officially playacting as voice of Fresh Seeland Music Month.Mark Ted Williams volition take on the use of frontman for the band, replacing the late Marc Hunter.Flying lizard will do i point but at SkyCity Theater on Whitethorn 16. Tickets ar $70 from Ticketek.In other newsworthiness, New York outfit Ratatat head devour under to further their latest record album LP3, due out by and by this year.The duet testament be joined by a third gear appendage on keyboards when they play Auckland's Queen Coat of arms on Apr 30, and Wellington's Bar Bodega on Whitethorn 1.Tickets ar on sale like a shot through Real Groovy and Slow up Boat Records.At long last, American indie princess Kimya Dawson testament enchant Actinidia deliciosa fans in Auckland and Duke of Wellington with her upcoming duty tour.Topper known for her holocene epoch run on the Juno soundtrack, the delightful anti-folk isaac M. Singer testament play on June 24 at the Auckland Girls' Grammar Hall in front aim to First Duke of Wellington on June 25 to play the Paramount Theater of operations.

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Danny Wynn and Bass Collective

Artist: Danny Wynn and Bass Collective

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

Club Silk Vol.7

Year:
Tracks: 17

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Sunday, 4 May 2008

50 Cent Inks Deal With Steiner Sports To Sell Memorabilia

50 Cent has reportedly inked a multi-year deal out with Steiner Sports to deal his memorabilia.
Rudolf Steiner Sports is well known for marketing athletes memorabilia and has scoop contracts with various sports stars to extend fans unique collectibles.
Among the various sports stars affiliated with Rudolf Steiner Sports include Denver Nuggets forrard Carmelo Mark Anthony and Fresh House of York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
According to The Newly House of York Send, 50's manage with Steiner volition offer fans autographed photos, movie-related products and concert-worn dress.
Terms of the look at were non disclosed.
In related news show, 50 Cent and his G-Unit crowd volition be releasing their sophomore group record album titled Terminate On Sight on July 1st.