Sum 41′s Deryck Whibley Hospitalized With Pneumonia Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley has had another mishap… just in time to coincide with the release of their fifth-full length album in 10 years, Screaming Bloody Murder . Whibley has contracted a nasty case of pneumonia that has him holed up in a Sydney, Australia hospital bed for, well… it looks like a while. A statement on Sum 41′s website lets fans know the band were cancelling their upcoming Australian tour dates due to Whibley’s illness. The notice also features a tiny black & white photo of Whibley, sprawled out in the aforementioned hospital bed and hooked up to a barrage of wires to prove he’s really not faking it. While we wish Whibley a speedy recovery, it should be brought to attention that this isn’t his first time calling in sick to work. Last August, Whibley faced a sneak attack in a Japanese bar that lead to a brief hospitalization. Weeks prior, some Vans Warped Tour Dates had to be scrapped while Whibley tried to get over a bout of bronchitis. Going back further, there were a slew of concert cancellations in 2005 and 2007 while the singer tried to recoup from a ruptured vocal cord and a back injury, respectively. Dude has been in rough shape for a long time and needs to start taking better care of himself, or an onslaught of those pesky celebrity death rumours will start flying again. Sum 41 are also scheduled to play this year’s Vans Warped Tour. Here’s hoping Whibley’s better in time to perform. Screaming Bloody Murder comes out March 29. Here are Sum 41′s cancelled dates: March 4 Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival) March 5 Adelaide, Australia @ Bonython Park (Soundwave Festival) March 7 Perth, Australia @ Claremont Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival) These Sum 41 dates remain unaffected by Whibley’s illness (for now at least): March 12 Valencia, Spain @ Ciudad De Las Artes Y De Las Ciencias (free) March 16 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace March 18 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit March 25 Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre March 26 Las Vegas, NV @ Desert Breeze Skate Park (Extreme Thing Sports & Music Festival) March 27 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues San Diego March 29 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House May 17 Sapporo, Japan @ Sapporo Zepp May 19 Sendai, Japan @ Sendai Zepp May 20 Yokohama, Japan @ Yokohama Blitz May 21 Nagoya, Japan @ Nagoya Zepp May 23 Fukuoka, Japan @ Fukuoka Zepp May 24-25 Osaka, Japan @ Osaka Hatch May 27 Tokyo, Japan @ Studio Coast May 28 Tokyo, Japan @ Tokyo Zepp July 2 Nove Mesto Nad Vahom, Slovakia @ Top Fest July 3 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic @ Hradec Kralove Airport July 9 Knebworth, England @ Knebworth House (Sonisphere) Source : Chart Attack
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Continue reading …Facebook experiments with streaming movies (NBC) – More than a half-billion people use Facebook to keep up with friends and family. Now, Warner Bros. Pictures wants to find out if those same Facebook users might use the social website to watch Movies . The company is now offering the film ” The Dark Knight ” for rental online to Facebook users. It costs 30 Facebook credits, the equivalent of $3, with Facebook getting one-third of the take. “If people show interest in watching ‘ The Dark Knight ,’ then potentially movie studios will want to offer other movies, either temporarily or permanently on Facebook , and Facebook would love this kind of profit,” said CNET.com’s Caroline McCarthy . It’s an experiment with lots of potential in the still-emerging world of online video. With more than 20 million subscribers, Netflix has been the front runner in video streaming rentals. Recently, Amazon has challenged with a similar offering. If Warner’s test with ” The Dark Knight ” proves successful, it could make Facebook a game changer for online movie distribution. “It certainly could become a threat as the video business evolves, and you have these 500 million users and the wisdom of friends,” said The Hollywood Reporter’s Marisa Guthrie . Facebook users who rent ” The Dark Knight ” have 48 hours to view it as many times as they want. Warner Bros. is already saying they plan to roll out other titles both for rent and purchase on Facebook in the months ahead. Copyright 2011 NBC. All rights reserved.
Continue reading …Facebook experiments with streaming movies (NBC) – More than a half-billion people use Facebook to keep up with friends and family. Now, Warner Bros. Pictures wants to find out if those same Facebook users might use the social website to watch Movies . The company is now offering the film ” The Dark Knight ” for rental online to Facebook users. It costs 30 Facebook credits, the equivalent of $3, with Facebook getting one-third of the take. “If people show interest in watching ‘ The Dark Knight ,’ then potentially movie studios will want to offer other movies, either temporarily or permanently on Facebook , and Facebook would love this kind of profit,” said CNET.com’s Caroline McCarthy . It’s an experiment with lots of potential in the still-emerging world of online video. With more than 20 million subscribers, Netflix has been the front runner in video streaming rentals. Recently, Amazon has challenged with a similar offering. If Warner’s test with ” The Dark Knight ” proves successful, it could make Facebook a game changer for online movie distribution. “It certainly could become a threat as the video business evolves, and you have these 500 million users and the wisdom of friends,” said The Hollywood Reporter’s Marisa Guthrie . Facebook users who rent ” The Dark Knight ” have 48 hours to view it as many times as they want. Warner Bros. is already saying they plan to roll out other titles both for rent and purchase on Facebook in the months ahead. Copyright 2011 NBC. All rights reserved.
Continue reading …The Great Gatsby mansion in NY set to be destroyed The beautiful 25-room mansion on Long Island that has been claimed to inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale ” The Great Gatsby ” is getting ready to be demolished to make room for a subdivision. Cincinnati local Mary H stated ” This is sad. that home is a beautiful piece of history. Why does it have to be destroyed, why not made into a museum or an inn.? I hate when nice historical structures are wasted .” Yahoo News reported that Randy Bond , who is the Sands point village clerk on New York;s Long Island has revealed that in place of the mansion five houses worth about $10 million each will be built on the propriety location. The Great Gatsby Movie Trailer It has been claimed by some experts that F. Scott Fitzgerald was believed to have used the 1902 property as a model of the home of Gatsby character Daisy Buchanan . Today’s property owner has stated that he believes the ” Gatsby Mansion ” connection is exaggerated. The current owner’s name is David Brodsky , he reveals that his family purchased the mansion in 2004, and has listed the property condition as beyond repair. Newsday reported that historians in the area have revealed that numerous mansions in the area have been lost in the past 50 years because of rising taxes and the high cost of maintaining the properties. Cincinnati what do you think a great loss of a superb piece of history? Is this just another piece of history lost to laziness and greed? Share your thoughts here with others. Source : Examiner
Continue reading …The Great Gatsby mansion in NY set to be destroyed The beautiful 25-room mansion on Long Island that has been claimed to inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale ” The Great Gatsby ” is getting ready to be demolished to make room for a subdivision. Cincinnati local Mary H stated ” This is sad. that home is a beautiful piece of history. Why does it have to be destroyed, why not made into a museum or an inn.? I hate when nice historical structures are wasted .” Yahoo News reported that Randy Bond , who is the Sands point village clerk on New York;s Long Island has revealed that in place of the mansion five houses worth about $10 million each will be built on the propriety location. The Great Gatsby Movie Trailer It has been claimed by some experts that F. Scott Fitzgerald was believed to have used the 1902 property as a model of the home of Gatsby character Daisy Buchanan . Today’s property owner has stated that he believes the ” Gatsby Mansion ” connection is exaggerated. The current owner’s name is David Brodsky , he reveals that his family purchased the mansion in 2004, and has listed the property condition as beyond repair. Newsday reported that historians in the area have revealed that numerous mansions in the area have been lost in the past 50 years because of rising taxes and the high cost of maintaining the properties. Cincinnati what do you think a great loss of a superb piece of history? Is this just another piece of history lost to laziness and greed? Share your thoughts here with others. Source : Examiner
Continue reading …Target is blasting back at Lady Gaga who dumped a business deal with the discount retailer because she says the corporation didn’t live up to promises to support the gay and lesbian community. “Target remains committed to the LGBT community as demonstrated by our contributions to LGBT organizations, our Policy…
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Since an undercover sting video was released on Tuesday showing National Public Radio executive Ron Schiller calling conservatives “seriously racist people” – for which he resigned – CBS News has failed to utter a single word about the controversy on its broadcasts. That despite NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation to Ron) also being forced out on Wednesday. In contrast, ABC had a full story on Wednesday's Good Morning America and it led World News that night. On NBC Wednesday, Today only featured a news brief on the scandal, but a full story was featured on the Nightly News. CBS was clearly aware of the story, as reporter Brian Montopoli posted an article on the CBSNews.com Political Hotsheet blog entitled, “Should NPR lose its federal funding?” Montopoli opened the piece: “Even before conservative activist James O'Keefe released a hidden camera video showing now-former National Public Radio executive Ron Schiller criticizing the Tea Party and Republicans – and saying 'we would be better off in the long-run without federal funding' – NPR was facing perhaps the greatest threat to its taxpayer subsidy in its history.” Montopoli went on to quote from Media Research Center President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell calling on Congress to stop funding the “left-wing playground” of NPR. Considering the ongoing debate in Congress over whether or not public broadcasting deserves federal funding, and such high-profile resignations at NPR, it is stunning that CBS News would choose to leave the story out of its on-air programming. What did CBS choose to focus on instead? Wednesday's Early Show did a full four-minute story on the latest troubles for the Spiderman Broadway show. On the Evening News, anchor Katie Couric squeezed in a news brief on a new marriage survey.
Continue reading …The people at Food & Wine , giving the taxing task of singling out America’s best burger, from roadside joints to posh restaurants serving Kobe beef burgers, have picked the top 25. First prize goes to cheeseburgers from West Coast chain In-N-Out Burger , famed for its made-to-order burgers of Harris Ranch…
Continue reading …A bank robber would probably be free and counting his money today if he’d taken his urine with him along with the loot. The Swedish man and an accomplice spent a weekend hiding in the vault of a Copenhagen bank, emptying safety deposit boxes and using plastic bags when nature…
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