The 1 thing (Boston Globe) THE 1 STAR-IN-THE-MAKING, MTV DIVISION Thanks to a few laugh-out-loud TV promos, Russell Brand has done the unthinkable: He's made the idea of sitting through the MTV Video Music Awards Sept. 7 an intriguing proposition. A big star (and tabloid fixture) across the pond, the garrulous British comedian barely registers with American audiences. But anyone who saw Brand's witty turn ......more...Daily Confusion (The Tech) 08:00?Burton Conner?Miss the cartoons and sugary cereal of your youth? We do. Come join us for some toons and a sugar rush to start off the day!...more... nation and world (Denver Post) Army Sgt. 1st Class Jesse B. Albrecht had built a house in Alaska with his new wife, hoped to hit the links when he left Iraq and planned to become an Army recruiter....more... Hollywood Gets Inside the Minds of Moviegoers (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) "Carl, let me in," whispered actor-director Ben Stiller, grasping at empty air near a sullen teenage boy. "I want to know what makes my little nephew tick."...more... Books Still Rival Movies For Stirring Emotions (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) Books are just as powerful as movies when it comes to their potential to prod our brains into such reactions as delight, pain and disgust, new research suggests. In fact, reading any printed or electronic words, for instance, about someone unknowingly drinking a glass of sour milk is just as likely to make you gag as watching that scene in "There's Something About Mary," when the title ......more... Great-American drive-in tradition still a featured attraction in Utah (The Salt Lake Tribune) Six drive-ins survive in Utah, a fraction of the 34 that operated in the 1950s....more... 08-19-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb) LAURENCE FISHBURNE SEALS 'CSI' DEAL: Contracts are all signed; actor will join cast in ninth episode this fall. *CBS announced Monday that Laurence Fishburne is a go to replace departing actor William Petersen in its top rated drama series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."...more... Curtain Call For Hollywood's Orangutans (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) You might know Rocky, one of the most media-exposed orangutans. Perhaps you saw him with Fergie in a spread for Elle magazine's July 2007 Music Issue. Or maybe you recall him in a tiara in a Capital One credit card commercial....more... Clinton County Spassfest knows how to celebrate (Belleville News-Democrat) It's going to be one of the biggest birthday parties Clinton County has ever seen when Germantown hosts the 41st annual Spassfest this weekend....more... |