Blockbuster made a bid out of nowhere for Circuit City, and when they hesitated, Blockbuster took it public. After prodding, Circuit City has finally opened its books to the impudent movie retailer. But that still doesn’t answer the main question – what exactly does Circuit City have that they want?
VH1 CELEBRATES Hip Hop WITH A 5-NIGHT COUNTDOWN EVENT BEGINNING MONDAY, September 29 AT 10PM* Narrated by Fab 5 Freddy Viewers Opportunity to Create Their Own List on VH1.com NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1 is paying tribute to rap royalty by...
BOSTON -- Futuristic 3-D social networking community Worlds.com (OTCBB: WDDD) and PAID, INC. (OTCBB: PAYD) have joined forces to develop a cutting edge, rich immersive 3-D environment for hip-hop legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, who co-founded the pioneering hip hop group Run-DMC. The highly symbiotic relationship is expected to open an...
CULTURE Out go booze, drugs and nudity as big-name artists come together to promote harmony between Islam and the West The simmering mistrust of Islam felt in many parts of middle England will not have been helped last week...
She may have only played it once but to those who like their rock unadulterated it was nothing short of sacrilege. Celine Dion's cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" has officially been voted the worst cover song of all time by a panel...
LONDON AFP — French-Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover version -- a rendition of rockers AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" -- Total Guitar magazine said in a poll. Dion has never released the song as a single but performed...
Bites As random career changes go, hip-hop impresario to gastro-guide publisher is up there. Step forward Steve Plotnicki, one-time boss of Profile Records, the New York label that back in the 1980s was behind rap pioneers Run DMC. Now Plotnicki...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GROWING UP IN DETROIT, I was raped by an adult male next-door neighboor. The incident left me emotionally and mentally paralyzed. But it started a craving and yearning for other teenage boys. I figured it was a phase. Something I would grow out...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The lack of distribution options for African-American filmmakers was the genesis for Jeff Clanagan starting his Codeblack Entertainment three years ago. Today, Codeblack holds the distinction of being the first independent, vertically integrated African-American-owned studio. "[African-Americans] create and come up with...
The Queen of Hip-hop Soul has found a new place to dwell. Mary J. Blige, the six-time Grammy winner recently purchased a mansion in Saddle River, N J, for $12.3 million, according to the New York Daily News. The house was reported to have had an...
Byline: RAY MARSHAL 2007 The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin: (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles. 2005 Akon: Lonely. 2002 Gareth Gates: Unchained Melody. 1998 Run DMC vs Jason Nevins: It's Like That. 1988 The Pet Shop Boys: Heart....
Featuring Special Guests JUST BLAZE, 9TH WONDER, DJ NU-MARK AND DJ REVOLUTION * LOS ANGELES -- Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment in its Guitar Center Sessions series: An evening of dialogue and insight with Pete Rock, featuring special guests Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, DJ...
The Rockefellers. The Carnegies. The Mellons. The Pritzkers. The Hiltons. These are among America's most renowned entrepreneurial dynasties. They collectively represent billions of dollars of wealth that was built, often by lowly, bootstrapping, entrepreneurs of yesteryear, and passed down through several generations to their heirs, many of whom have...
While "Rock 'N Roll Jesus" continues to rackup massive sales, Kid Rock is taking the party to the streets this winterwith his most ambitious tour to date. The greatest show on earth,featuring a different kind of caged animal, is going to be unlike any tourin recent rock 'n roll...
After releasing "ROCK N ROLL JESUS," the bestalbum of his career, and having it debut at #1, appearing on the cover ofRolling Stone, and charming the pants off Ellen not literally, Kid Rockis going to start off 2008 with an even bigger bang -- the biggest tour ofhis career. ...
AAP Sports News Australia11-30-2007Soc: Griffiths steals late goal to earn Jets win over Roar Newcastle Jets striker JOEL GRIFFITHS has stolen a late goal to give his side a 1-0A-League victory over the Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium. The match seemed destined for a scoreless draw...
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Paid, Inc. (OTCBB: PAYD) today announced that its revenues for the third quarter of 2007 were $1,586,600, an increase of $87,400 (6%) over the comparable 2006 quarter. The principal reasons for the increase in third quarter revenues were a $188,800 increase related to tours...
The E-Disk Altima Line Goes Full Speed with the Introduction of the New SATA Interface Boasting 3Gb/sec Burst Rate BEIJING -- BiTMICRO Networks, Inc., pioneer in flash solid state storage solutions, announced today the expansion of its intelligent flash IDE/ATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel SSD...
NEW YORK -- 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that NBA[R] 2K8 is now available at North American retailers for the Xbox 360[R] video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION[R]3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation[R]2 computer entertainment...
BMI URBAN AWARDS: BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), the national performing rights organization, saluted recently this year's hottest R&B, rap and hip-hop songwriters, producers and publishers at its annual Urban Awards ceremony held at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons (above, l) of...
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