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Isn't it an irony that PBS/KCET provides a number of Christmas Specials but their producers and supporters who ask for donations cannot bring themselves to wish its viewers a Merry Christmas? As part of the new Conservative Revolution from Tea- Parties to the Sarah Palin anti-RINOs movement, it's time to bring back the Christ into the Christ Mass . Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat, please put a penny in the PBS hat? No, siree, not a penny from me.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made headlines by announcing he was becoming a woman, then returned to work as a man, has been found dead in a suspected suicide, the paper reported on Saturday.

Susan Boyle Climbs Past 625k, Approaches 675k, Lambert #2, Lady Gaga Two in Top 10 Steve Barnett's Columbia Records and Susan Boyle have a lot to be thankful for this weekend. And that goes for you two, Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga. Going into the weekend, Simon Cowell's gal Boyle is a runaway for #1 on next Tuesday's HITS Album Sales chart, with a total almost three times her closest competitor, 19/RCA/ RMG's Idol runner-up Adam Lambert. Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream is on target for between 625-675k in sales, which would be the year's biggest debut, besting Eminem's 608k...

He needs our help and he is exceptional, it is Joe Dan Gorman of JoeDanMedia, which started up this past August.   Please visit JoeDanMedia and check out a couple of his videos, it ain't no joke. With ZERO budget, and a laptop in the basement, he passed 100,000 Unique Hits on YouTube in less thank 4 months, has a fan page on facebook  and he has done this by creating powerful masterpieces. This is RED MEAT stuff;  And he is under attack by nasty Liberals...so you know he's doing something right! I promise you will like him.  We need...

He needs our help and he is exceptional, it is Joe Dan Gorman of JoeDanMedia, which started up this past August.   Please visit JoeDanMedia and check out a couple of his videos, it ain't no joke. With ZERO budget, and a laptop in the basement, he passed 100,000 Unique Hits on YouTube in less thank 4 months, has a fan page on facebook  and he has done this by creating powerful masterpieces. This is RED MEAT stuff; I promise you will like him.  We need to get him noticed.  He's been doing this for free, but he's out of money....

I have been listening to and collecting Christmas music for over 30 years now. During this time, I have collected well over 3,000 songs. I consider practically every song in my collection to be of high quality and in the spirit of the Christmas season. My point is that there is a huge library out there of excellent Christmas music. My question is, why is so much of what we hear on the radio, at the shopping malls, and even in the movies, so horribly lame? Already there are many radio stations (including two on Sirius satellite radio) playing Christas...

November 27, 2009 Sasha Grey: From Porn Star To Leading Star [Pic in URL] Sasha Gray, the youngest person to win the Adult Video News Awards’ Female Performer of the Year award, goes mainstream The director Steven Soderbergh compared casting the 21-year-old porn actress Sasha Grey as the lead in his latest film to working with Brad Pitt. The interest in the sylph-slim, smoky-eyed actress, he explained, would be greater than the interest in the movie itself, a useful boost given that The Girlfriend Experience is firmly positioned at the defiantly uncommercial end of the Soderbergh spectrum. Grey’s might not...

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- For many, the World's Greatest Rock Band, The Who, will be seen by one of the largest television audiences in history when the group headlines the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show on CBS Sports at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7. The Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime show is one of the most anticipated musical events of the year. More than 151 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories. Many of the...

I wanted to like it. Really, I tried. But I didn't, and now it's all over, at least for me. My understanding is that ABC could possibly air up to nine more episodes of V next spring, but I don't think I'll be watching them — not unless whoever replaces me as the writer of this recap can convince me that the show has become born again good. The winter finale was not without its interesting ideas, though most of them felt borrowed from other, better shows. Agent Evans, Father Jack, Georgie and Ryan formed the nucleus of a new...

Note: This is a great site for information regarding the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

Russian Bride's Revealing Wedding Dress Is Web Sensation A bride’s startlingly revealing wedding dress has become an internet sensation. [Check URL] By Tom Chivers 25 Nov 2009 The bride wore...not a lot. Originally posted on Wedinator a site dedicated to showcasing wedding photo disasters from around the world, the image has now been reposted on hundreds of blogs across the web. The unnamed woman, believed to be Russian, is shown getting out of a limousine wearing a white dress, the top half of which consists of two small, strategically positioned semicircles over a dramatic embonpoint. Predictably the internet’s fashion commentators...

Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie's seal of approval. "She hates him," a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now). She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise," adds the source. But don't expect to see the Salt actress rally against Democrats on Fox News like her staunch Republican father, Jon Voight. "Angie isn't Republican, but she thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors," the source says.

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Michelle Obama Goes Glam For State Dinner (with a dress by little-known designer Naeem Khan) [Pic in URL] by Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff Looking glamorous in an elegant strapless gown by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan, Michelle Obama welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur to the White House Tuesday night and ushered in the Obama administration's first official state dinner. Though she's become known for her (sometimes controversial) high-fashion risk-taking, tonight Mrs.Obama chose a dress with a classic floor-length cut in a subdued gold fabric and paired it with a light shawl. Her makeup was kept...

HERE'S THE GUEST LIST November 24, 2009 From NBC's Mark Murray The White House -- finally! -- has released its guest list for tonight's state dinner. Among the politicians: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Chris Dodd, and Sen. Claire McCaskill. Among the members of the media: NBC's Brian Williams, CBS's Katie Couric, the New York Times' Tom Friedman, CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and ABC's Robin Roberts. Among the celebrities/moguls: David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Gayle King, M. Night Shyamalan, and Steven Spielberg. Below is the entire list... The President & First Lady Michelle Obama...

(picture excerpted due to Free Republic rules...Getty Images are banned) Exclusive: Angelina Jolie Not a Fan of Obama Tuesday – November 24, 2009 – 1:07pm Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie's seal of approval."She hates him," a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now). See Angelina Jolie's early modeling shots!  "She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise," adds the source. See how the Jolie-Pitt kids have grownBut don't expect to see...

Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie's seal of approval. "She hates him," a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now). "She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise," adds the source. But don't expect to see the Salt actress rally against Democrats on Fox News like her staunch Republican father, Jon Voight. "Angie isn't Republican, but she thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors," the source says....

Even those living legends who still rock are in need of a body tune-up every once in awhile. Little Richard, now 76, is recovering at a Vanderbilt University hospital after undergoing hip surgery. In a post to his official Myspace page, a spokesperson has said that although the surgery was successful, the veteran rocker is still in a lot of pain. "Please be praying for a quick and full recovery. He may have a long road ahead of him (i.e. physiotherapy) because he waited so long to have the surgery." Little Richard, a long-time born-again Christian, is asking his fans...

It's easy to understand musician Dhani Harrison's antipathy toward the general concept of being in a rock band. After all, he got loads of priceless firsthand information from his father about the ups and downsides of making it to the absolute peak of pop music success during his tenure with the Beatles. It was George Harrison who famously said, "The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them." He also once observed that "I wanted to be successful, not famous..." It's a group that includes...

My thanks to @girlygeekdom on Twitter for highlighting what must be the most surreal Internet marketing plan ever - British girl band the Sugababes are being used to promote Windows 7. There is a website called 'sugababeslovewindows7' to announce it. I'm as flummoxed as anyone by this. Let's take to one side the fact that I'm a 44 year old man and not at all in the Sugababes' market - what exactly is this trying to say about the brand? That it's easy to use? OK, check - but surely it's no longer acceptable to dismiss young females as incapable...

After sweeping the Country Music Association Awards earlier this month, Swift won five American Music Awards Sunday, including Favorite Artist of the Year.

Since the ACLU doesn't like the word "Christmas", let's send a Christmas Card to them in New York. Make sure the card is all about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! Address: ACLU 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Merry Christmas!

Adam Lambert aimed for the kind of controversy Britney Spears and Madonna are known for generating, completely stunning the audience at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre and the millions watching the American Music Awards live on ABC. Glambert definitely delivered on his promise of a “sexy” performance as he closed the live show with simulated oral sex from a male backup dancer, a brief make-out session with his male keyboardist and a giant mirrored prop so the audience could see the looks on their own shocked faces. Rolling Stone has learned that producers weren’t informed about the guy-on-guy kiss in advance,...

"American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert's vocals weren't top-notch at last night's American Music Awards, but nobody really noticed. How could they, given his over-the-top and in-your-face sexual choreography. Lambert's act during the show, aired on ABC, featured male dancers on leashes, an open-mouth kiss between Lambert and his male keyboardist, and simulated oral sex, both male-on-male and female-on-male. Naturally, boundary-pushing Hollywood hailed Lambert's performance. "As a TV viewer, I thought Lambert's performance was a gas, a delight, a blast of brash vulgarity in the midst of ordinary vulgarity," wrote Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker.

Adam Lambert, the American Idol star, outraged viewers of the American Music Awards with an X-rated performance in which he simulated oral sex with a male dancer. Lambert set out to shock with a risque routine which also saw him kissing a male band mate and walking two men in bondage gear across the stage on dog leads. He was singing his new release, For Your Entertainment. After the performance, his first since American Idol, Lambert said: "I'm hoping people were entertained. For those who weren't, maybe I'm not your cup of tea." If the show was to be censored...

2009 American Music Awards: Grading the Performances November 22, 2009 Grading the performances at the 2009 American Music Awards, typos and all. Janet Jackson. So, supposedly the American Music Awards were going to open with a performance from Janet, and that's technically what happened. Except Janet's performance was largely a commercial for her "Number Ones," in which the singer, in a tan outfit that looked like it was ripped straight from the racks at REI, performed a medley of her hits. Imagine going to Amazon.com and clicking on a bunch of song samples from her two-disc set. That's largely what...

How much do we love the new Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign featuring Scarlett Johansson? She smoulders in front of the camera, all bust and hips and pale flesh, looking unapologetically curvy - and boy, does she look sexy. This return to form marks the start of a backlash against the waif-like models who are used in most fashion campaigns and harks back to an era when women looked glamorous when they went to the shops. Read more:

WOW! Just came across this on the Twitter page of Ron Smith from oldiesmusic.com. Ray is always interesting - most of the time funny, sometimes serious, always worth listening to. But I never knew him to get political like this, and what a joy that he is on our side! This will never get airplay, of course, but we need to spread it around as much as we can.

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What's the difference between Landrieu and a $20 Whore?

Holophonic sound "virtual haircut" Created by QSound Labs ( http://www.qsound.com ) as a demonstration of Binaural audio technology. -requires headphones or earbuds for the sound effects to work. "Binaural recordings are not exactly audio illusions in the sense that they do not ‘trick’ us into hearing sounds which are impossible or non existent. They are, however, extremely cool as the recordings make it sound like you are actually there, in presence of what is making the sound." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA

Telecast March 22, 1952 from Carnegie Hall, New York City

Sarah is everything the libs fear!  She rocks.  And she won't have to worry about Nancy Wilson of Heart throwing a tantrum if she uses their song. Barracuda...or any of the other libnut musicians for that matter.. A New Theme for Sarah, Michelle & the other gorgeous conservative ladies.  What do u think? Right Wing Women Rock!cool short rock vid

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DINWIDDIE, Va. – The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. Sgt. Thomas Molnar said the bus ran off the left side of Interstate 85, struck an embankment and overturned. The accident occurred around 8:15 a.m. in Dinwiddie County, about 40 miles south of Richmond. Speed and weather weren't considered factors. The driver, William G. Douglas, 53, of Austin, Texas, died at the scene, police said.

Barack Obama, oh yeah, say it again He's solid as a rock, Barack Obama If you believe like I believe that children are our future You're ready to move forward Instead of things being like they use to be . . .

The two remaining Beatles have teamed up for a duet on Starr's forthcoming solo album, Y Not. It's a band renuion! Sort of ... Paul McCartney appears on two tracks... "Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to the house and was playing bass on [new song] Peace Dream," Starr explained. "I played him this other track and Paul said, 'Give me the headphones. Give me a pair of cans'. And he went to the mic and he just invented that part where he follows on my vocal. That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing...

EXCLUSIVE: This morning I have more information behind the scenes and about the future of the daytime diva's decision to end her syndicated The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011. (I was first to report this back on November 5th, and she'll announce the news on her show today -- her last live show of the calendar year.) Yesterday, Oprah called the two Hollywood moguls who needed to know. First, her close friend Disney CEO Bob Iger whose owned-and-operated ABC affiliates long have made up Oprah's core station group. And then CBS Inc chairman Les Moonves whom she reached Thursday night...

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I can't believe the Cartwrights sang sooo badly in this!!

High definition, the final frontier. Where nerds can boldly go where no moviegoer has gone before. With the Blu-ray release of the "Star Trek" movie prequel, these brave fans can obsess over the film's tiny details, including whether or not a very famous robot had a cameo that nobody noticed.

WASHINGTON — America's once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, step up their activities, a panel of experts told the House subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Thursday. "Others are catching up fast," said Marty Hauser, vice president for Washington operations at the Space Foundation, an advocacy organization headquarters in Colorado Springs. "Of particular note over the past decade is the emergence of China's human spaceflight capabilities."

Inspired by the beautiful ladies on the right...

...Thousands of the fakes are likely to be in circulation next summer, according to Reg Walker from Iridim Security, who works with several major festivals. He added there was evidence that criminals staged a "test run" in 2009. There was a threat to public order if large volumes of people turned up at events and were denied entry, he added. Speaking at the UK Festival Awards and Conference in London on Thursday, Mr Walker said about 100 wristbands had been seized at this year's Reading Festival. "What's worrying is the quality of the wristband, right down to the barcode. They're...

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In the end, it was "Over the Rainbow" that made Eva Cassidy a star, but it didn't happen until five years after her death in 1993.

Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on December 8 at the New York Public Library. The three will discuss the Velvet Underground's music and legacy with rock journalist David Fricke as part of the "LIVE from the NYPL" series. The reunion of the legendary New York band comes on the heels of the publication of "The Velvet Underground: New York Art," a compendium of previously unseen photographs, poster and cover designs by Andy Warhol, Lou Reed's handwritten music and lyrics, underground press clippings and other reviews, flyers,...

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