Are video games taking the place of films? For the same price as a night out at the movies, you can enjoy hours of gameplay. But Iron Man proved that there may be room for both.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Tony Stewart's fans would've given him the rock-star treatment no matter how he finished Sunday's Amp Energy 500, but he seemed more appreciative of the screams of followers greeting him on the way to a postrace interview. After seeing potential wins elude him with increasing...
What's hot... Concrete and Glass The new SXSW - in Shoreditch! One hundred hip bands fill east London's warehouses, disused shops and venues (www.concreteandglass.co.uk) Supreme Silverman Queue up for the acid-tongued, politically incorrect American comedian Sarah Silverman's right...
JEFFREY LEWIS AND THE JACKALS The Scala, London ***** Ten minutes before his set is due to begin, the gangly Jeffrey Lewis emerges, blinking, on to the rose-lit stage. In a humble gesture, he sets up his equipment, instantly erasing any rock-star mystique. Then again, with...
Pupils at exclusive private colleges stage YouTube tributes to Nickelback smash hit Benenden and Harrow are better known for their blazers and boaters than for their budding rock stars. But the boys and girls of those legendary educational institutions are laying down their hockey sticks and...
Stand-up Special to Tape in November in New York City NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh off his hugely successful performance as the host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, COMEDY CENTRAL has signed charismatic and controversial comedian Russell Brand to shoot a one-hour stand-up...
*Actress dispenses lifestyle advice on personal website She may boast a rock-star husband and successful Hollywood career, but Gwyneth Paltrow is learning the hard way that celebrity alone does not qualify you to dispense day-to-day advice to the hard- pressed modern housewife. The...
MONTEREY, Calif. AP -- Australia's Mat Mladin won the AMA Superbike season-finale Sunday, leading every lap on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's 11-turn, 2.238-mile course. Starting from pole position, the six-time AMA Superbike champion nailed the start and built an insurmountable lead, while Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Ben...
IRN-BRU maker AG BARR unveiled betterthan-expected profits of GBP11.1 million for the six months to July 31, a 9.8per cent increase over the first half of 2007, with sales increasing 5.8per cent to GBP82.4m. While poor summer weather saw sales of the Cumbernauld-based company's Strathmore mineral water brand slump 10per...
Byline: VAL JAVIN How a family history book turned into one about bowls before settling on rock bands ... Marsden born writer and broadcaster Simon Armitage will be a star speaker at the Huddersfield Examiner's Literary Luncheon at the Galpharm Stadium on October 7. He spoke to VAL...
Black Tide bassist Zachary "Zakk" Sandler listened to anything he could when he was a kid. "It didn't matter what it was," Sandler said during a phone call from Asheville, N.C. "I mean I liked Van Halen to Meat Loaf, basically anything I could get my hands...
NEW YORK -- Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Microsoft proudly present the Grand Theft Auto IV LIVE Weekend exclusively on Xbox LIVE[R] online entertainment network beginning Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28 in the United States and Canada. This special weekend...
Customized Vehicle is the Grand Prize in the Midnight Club LA Sweepstakes DALLAS, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut is teaming up with Rockstar Games to celebrate one of the year's most-anticipated video game launches with the Pizza Hut and Rockstar Games' Midnight Club LA Sweepstakes. ...
Live DVD + CD -- Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough -- Out Now BURBANK, Calif. -- Avenged Sevenfold has announced upcoming tour dates begin October 15th in Osaka Japan. After a brief Southeast Asian tour, the band will embark on a series of co-headlining...
The plan for Sarah Palin—rock-star Republican—was to do a series of swing-state events with John McCain, record the campaign’s regular weekend radio address and then go home. “We kind of shanghaied her out of Alaska,” Steve Schmidt, the McCain-Palin campaign manager, told me. “She needs to go back for a...
After billions spent on research and decades of hit-or-miss treatments, it’s time to rethink the war on cancer. There is a blueprint for writing about cancer, one that calls for an uplifting account of, say, a woman whose breast tumor was detected early by one of the mammograms...
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Denny's has partnered with popular musicians to introduce the Allnighter Rockstar Menu, the latest move in its marketing efforts to increase business among younger consumers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rock bands such as the All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Plain White T's and the Eagles...
Over the last decade, energy drinks--such as Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar--have become nearly ubiquitous on college campuses. The global market for these types of drinks currently exceeds $3,000,000,000 a year and new products are introduced annually. "The principal demographic for energy drinks is young adults ages 18-25,...
Rock bands team up with Denny's to create new late-night menu items SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) introduces a new line-up of chefs in their kitchen with the launch of the Rockstar menu. Top musicians, such as the All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Plain White T's, and the...
DENVER, Colorado AFP — Barack Obama's status as the rock-star candidate of the US election campaign is highlighted yet again with an array of celebrities descending on Denver for the Democratic Convention. Yet as Hollywood prepares to decamp to Colorado for a series of VIP events held on...
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