Sunday 24 August 2008

Rogers lands lead role at Paradigm

Newly created position is head of motion painting talent




Andrew Rogers has been tapped for a new created stance as head of the motion impression talent department at Paradigm.

A seven-year vet of the agency, Rogers already has helped cut the careers of a number of up-and-comers including Michael Cera ("Juno" and the upcoming "Youth in Revolt"), Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Live Free and Die Hard" and the approaching "Make It Happen") and Moon Bloodgood ("Terminator 4"). He too has worked closely with "ER" regular Mekhi Phifer, who will be the lead in Broadway's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," and Laz Alonso, world Health Organization toplines Spike Lee's forthcoming "Miracle at St. Anna."

In his raw role, Rogers will be responsible for assigning and implementing coverage of flick projects from all the studios and key production companies vis-a-vis talent, making sure that the office is maximising client opportunities in that area, both in footing of acquiring jobs and making the best possible deals.

Rogers continues to be the point agent for his dozen or so clients and will oversee close to 25 agents on both coasts.

He told The Reporter that he -- under Paradigm's encouragement -- has been singularly focused on portion to identify younger gift, nurture their careers and hang on to them as clients. At the same fourth dimension, Rogers has made contributions to expanding opportunities for some of the agency's more established clientele, including getting Chris Cooper tortuous with the movie "Breach."

Paradigm chairperson Sam Gores said Rogers achieves perfect balance betwixt his roles as "an aggressive and relentless" agent and "a creative and thoughtful" guide in steering a client's career.

Rogers will liaise regularly with Steve Small and Michael Lazo, co-heads of the Paradigm talent department, but fundamentally will be empowered to run his department. The loose reporting dynamic is not dissimilar to how department heads interface with more senior agents or agency partners at other top shops around town.

Rogers begins his modern job immediately.


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Thursday 14 August 2008

GTCbio Announces Largest Annual Conference - The 4th Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit - Oct 15-17, 2008, San Diego

�GTCbio just announced the scheduling of one of the largest industry conferences taking place on October 15-17, 2008 in San Diego, CA. The 4th Modern Drug Discovery & Development features six full conferences, trey symposia, sestet stand-alone roger Sessions, and a plenary tonic session presenting some of the leaders in the field.


Now in its fourth year, the summit meeting will in one case again provide a landscape and in-depth industry analysis streaming through different alterative and target areas, examining the current advancements and addressing the question that's on everyone's mind - where is the manufacture headed next?


The Summit's six private tracks will focus on biological therapeutics, translational practice of medicine, drug pattern & lead discovery, emergent targets & therapeutics, pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics, and partnering, licensing & outsourcing. The three symposia taking position the showtime morning of the height will feature article presentations on stem cells as tools for drug discovery, tomography technologies, and regulatory updates in the industry.


Leading presenters from all o'er the world will come to San Diego on the 15th, 16th and 17th to discuss the outlook of the biopharmaceutical market blank space. Presenting organizations include, Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, Eli Lilly, GSK, Aventis, Genentech, Amgen, Biogen Idec, NIH, FDA & many more.


For more info on attending, presenting a poster, or sponsoring, please visit hypertext transfer protocol://www.gtcbio.com.

About GTCbio


GTCbio organizes conferences specifically for the biomedical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our goal is to help the substitution of biopharmaceutical and biomedical intelligence 'tween industry leadership, academic and government organizations, and the financial community.


GTCbio is a subsidiary company of Global Technology Community, LLC, a privately held company founded in 2002.

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Wednesday 6 August 2008

Veterans' Groups File Notice To Overturn Dismissal Of PTSD Care Suit


Two veterans groups on Monday filed a notice with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to overturn the decision of a frown court judge that pink-slipped a stratum action suit seeking to force changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs' health caution system, the Washington Times reports (Hudson, Washington Times, 7/29). U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti in June dismissed the lawsuit, filed by the Veterans for Common Sense and the Veterans United for Truth. Lawyers for the deuce veterans groups said that staff shortages, long waits, inadequate guardianship and an adversarial appeals process for denied aid have created an "epidemic of suicides" among veterans. The case also said that VA was ignoring or delaying treatment of post-traumatic strain disorder for as many as 750,000 veterans. The cause did not seek redress but instead sought for the court to force VA to improve care for veterans, especially those with PTSD and other mental health issues.

In his ruling, Conti agreed with the veterans groups' claims that there was a high veteran suicide and PTSD rate; that the VA was short-handed; and that there were long wait periods for hearing veterans' appeals of benefit denials. In addition, Conti found that members of the two groups "have faced significant delays in receiving disability benefits and medical care from the VA," often with "dire consequences." However, he noted that a absolute majority of veterans have been seen inside 30 years. He added that although the delays were "significant," they did not violate a veteran's right to due sue because thither was no consensus on how "timely" processing would be defined (Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 6/26).

A statement from the veterans groups said that a "flood of veterans with mental health problems will proceed to increment" as soldiers continue to be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan for multiple tours of duty (Washington Times, 7/29).


Reprinted with kind permission from hTTP://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or polarity up for email delivery at hTTP://www.kaisernetwork.

Friday 27 June 2008

Airbourne

Airbourne   
Artist: Airbourne

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


Runnin' Wild   
 Runnin' Wild

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11




Airbourne is a straightforward rock band in the Aussie gin mill rock custom of AC/DC, the Angels, and Rose Tattoo: four-spot guys with beers in hand world Health Organization would instead die than be caught wearing a pinko shirt.


The brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe grew up in the land town of Warrnambool, with a collection of classical Australian rock albums stolen from their uncle. When everyone about them was listening to current medicine, they were hard entrenched in the music of the '70s and '80s they longed to re-create. Joel took on vocals and lead guitar and Ryan the drums while silent in school, earning them the hostility of their neighbors, world Health Organization sent the constabulary around with noise complaints multiple times.


Second base guitar player David Roads was sourced from the local public house, where Joel O'Keeffe worked. Bass role player Justin Street was encountered in the town's sand dunes by Ryan O'Keeffe while drunkenly rolling down them, and with his addition Airbourne was discharge. The four-spot presently moved to the metropolis of Melbourne to find venues uncoerced to bear them.


Steadily acting, they EP called Ready to Rock in 2004. Hard work paying off with support slots for acts of the Apostles including the Rolling Stones and Mötley Crüe and a billing at the Big Day Out festival in 2006. That yr they were invited to the U.S.A. by Capitol Records to book their debut album, Runnin' Wild, with producer Bob Marlette.


When Capitol merged with Virgin they were one of several artists dropped, though they managed to quickly sign a new shrink with Roadrunner Records to secure a general exit for their album. Runnin' Wild proven popular with video recording game producers, and songs were licensed for use in the games NHL 08, Madden NFL 08, and Skate.





Barbara Tucker Feat. Darryl D'Bonneau

Friday 13 June 2008

Good enough to make you cry


Ken Imaizumi knew after all the long hours he and hundreds of others had worked on making Metal Gear Solid 4 something special had paid off when they made a woman cry. The veteran video game producer said he knew because the woman in question was from the Japanese ratings board.

�She watches the videos for all the new games � up to 5,000 games a year � and when she watched the video of this game, and she got to the end, she cried,� Imaizumi told Metro at a Konami preview event recently in San Francisco.

�She said: �This is not just a game.�� This emotion-packed stealth/action game, the latest in a franchise that has sold more than 20 million units over the last decade and a half, hits the streets exclusively for PlayStation 3 tomorrow and assistant producer Ryan Payton definitely agrees the creators have come up with something special.

�It�s not your normal game,� Payton said. �There are so many elements, layers and layers of complexity and jokes and story. It was really an epic development experience and it�s an epic game playing experience as well.�

As for what fans can expect from MGS4, the producer said, simply, the end.

�This is Solid Snake�s final mission,� Imaizumi noted.

�His saga is finished.�










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Friday 6 June 2008

AT&T Delivers Live Nation Concert Series Exclusive Webcasts

AT&T blue room Offers Fans a Virtual Front-Row Seat to Some of Today's
Hottest Concerts Featuring Performances by John Mayer, The Black Crowes,
Seether and More

SAN ANTONIO, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To build on the company's
reputation as a leader in webcasting exclusive music performances from
today's top artists and music festivals, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced
today that the AT&T blue room (http://www.attblueroom.com) will once again
be home to the Live Nation Weekly Concert Series, June 5 - Nov. 28, 2008.

Beginning June 6, blue room will webcast the Live Nation Weekly Concert
Series across a variety of musical genres. The performance footage from
each webcast will be archived on the site for 30 days, with a new
performance added weekly through late November. Artists scheduled to appear
in June include:


-- June 6: John Mayer
-- June 13: Coheed & Cambria
-- June 20: Seether
-- June 27: The Black Crowes

Additional artists will be added to the series lineup throughout the
next several months. Stop by http://www.attblueroom.com/music frequently to
check the updated schedule.

"We are proud to consistently bring music fans the opportunity to
experience their favorite music where and when they want it," said Dan
York, head of Content and Programming, AT&T. "Through our continued
relationship with Live Nation, AT&T is able to take music fans front row to
some of the best concerts in the country's hottest venues without ever
having to leave the comforts of home."

Michael Abrams, President of Live Nation Studios, added: "Connecting
fans to their favorite artists in exciting new ways is integral to our
mission at Live Nation. By delivering our Live Nation Weekly Concert Series
to AT&T's millions of customers, Live Nation Studios extends the excitement
of the live concert experience way beyond the two hours of the actual show
and helps artists build their fan bases along the way."

Live Nation offers the most live concerts, music venues and festivals
in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the Web.
This is the second consecutive year AT&T has webcast the Live Nation Weekly
Concert Series via the AT&T blue room.

The blue room is an online music and sports destination that has helped
fuel the sales of the company's core offerings -- high speed Internet,
wireless, voice and video -- while building an affinity for the AT&T brand
in the entertainment space. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit
http://www.att.com.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In
2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and
the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is
available at http://www.att.com.

(C) 2008 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the
AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T
Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.

Note: This AT&T news release and other announcements are available as
part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. For more information, please
review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at
http://www.att.com/newsroom.

About Live Nation

Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live
concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most
comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is
revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in
Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." Additional information about the
company can be found at http://www.livenation.com under the "About Us"
section.




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Saturday 31 May 2008

Pete Wentz - Wentz Slams Mtv Bosses

Newlywed PETE WENTZ has taken time out of celebrating his nuptials to launch a scathing attack on music network MTV.

The Fall Out Boy bassist is "frustrated" by bosses at the channel because of the small amount of airtime actually dedicated to playing music.

The 28-year-old has even started a poll on his online blog, asking fans, "What's the number one thing you hate about MTV?"

And Wentz says, "I could only assume that you would be completely frustrated with the same things I am with MTV. It is a network called music television that does not play music videos. And when they do play videos, it is in 30 second clips on (show) TRL or underneath the credits of whatever reality show.

"The truth is whole videos should be played. Bands should play live. Premieres should be a big deal like they used to be, not just a snippet of a video. Artists should be able to let their imaginations go and know that people will be able to see what they have crafted. Artists should talk about their videos. we should and can make the music video important again."




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Friday 23 May 2008

The Strokes team up with Santogold

The Strokes team up with Santogold




Santogold has teamed up with The Strokes' Julian Casablancas for a sung dynasty about Converse trainers.

Pharrell Roger Williams as well features on the lead, reports the Shielder.

Speechmaking about the song Santogold said: "Everybody on it does their possess fork thing and we didn't do it together so it ends up organism just now this weird long song with sort of everybody with piles of their own personalities divide."

She described the untitled birdsong as "such a Pharrell rails".

The isaac Bashevis Singer also said that she wasn't worried about doing a sung for a brand.

"It's like single of the main ways to dumbfound our music heard now," she explained, "and so it's dullard for artists to shy away from that."

A picture has as well been shooting for the track.







Friday 9 May 2008

Without Face

Without Face   
Artist: Without Face

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Gothic
   



Discography:


Astronomicon   
 Astronomicon

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 6




Without Face is unity of the forerunners of the Magyar metallic constituent aspect. The chemical substance chemical group plays space age, atmospheric, and grandiose alloy lED by frontwoman Juliette. With supernal vocals and close musicianship, the isthmus crafts a entirely sound -- Enya meets Fe Maiden. Without Facial expression was formed by Juliette, isaac Merrit Singer Andras, guitarist Roommate, bassist Akos, keyboardist Sasza, and drummer Cock in 1997, and by ahead of time 1998, they'd recorded a demonstration. In June 2000, the isthmus released their debut, Deep Within, in their home earth on Hammer Medicine Productions. The attention-grabbing disk, both benighted and uplifting, was later put out in America by Dark Symphonies. Astronomicon followed in 2002. With effervescent keyboards place against heavy riffs, the appeal of progressive tense alloy draws themes from H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Edgar Allan Poe for a sometimes gloomy, sometimes surpassing astral journey of operatic proportions.






Monday 28 April 2008

Spears flees sons' custody hearing

Spears flees sons' custody hearing



Pop singer Britney Spears will non take her trial rights to her sons restored later she missed a hands auditory sense yesterday.
The troubled isaac Bashevis Singer arrived at the courthouse yesterday for the afternoon transactions merely got back into her machine and left a short time later without entering the building.
According to reports, Spears said: "I'm scared. I want to acquire in the car. I'm exit in the car," after she was met by paparazzi when she arrived at the courthouse.
Law reportedly tried to coax cable the isaac M. Singer to draw back come out of her car later just she shouted "No", before going away the setting.
A court spokesperson by and by said that Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline, world Health Organization testified yesterday, would hold sole legal and physical custody of the deuce boys "indefinitely".
Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said: "The word triumph is non something Mr Federline or his counseling would assign to this situation."
He continued: "His hope is that he will be able to parent the children at close to item in the future with involvement from the mother."





Thursday 24 April 2008

BB housemates predict evictions

BB housemates predict evictions



The 'Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack' housemates have been speaking about the upcoming evictions and trying to predict who will be leaving the house next.
According to the show's official website, Amy and Nathan have been speculating about who is safe and who might be forced to leave.
Speaking about the evictions, Amy said: "I'd rather it be Monday. I can't wait four days."
Nathan replied: "I feel the same way as you but I'm not going to be disappointed."
Amy then said that she "had fears about leaving on the first day" and presumed that she would "probably leave in the middle".
Nathan then suggested that Anthony, John, Amy, Jay and Jeremy would make the final of the show on Monday.
Amy predicted the Calista and Emilia would be evicted tonight.
All of the housemates, except for John and Anthony, are currently facing the public vote ahead of tonight's eviction.
John won immunity from eviction in an earlier task, while Anthony only received one nomination.
For more on Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack read our blog here.





Monday 21 April 2008

Troubled singer Winehouse in rehab

Troubled singer Winehouse in rehab



Days later on she was seen in a video on an alleged do drugs binge, soul singer Amy Winehouse has entered rehab.
In a financial statement released yesterday, Winehouse's disk company Universal Music Group said: "Amy Winehouse's planned appearance at the NRJ Awards in France on Sabbatum has been cancelled as the artist has entered a rehabilitation clinic."
It continued: "Amy decided to enter the facility today afterwards dialogue with her record label, management, family unit and doctors."
"She has amount to translate that she requires specialist treatment to go on her ongoing recuperation from dose addiction and prepare for her planned show at the Grammy Awards," the statement added.





Wednesday 16 April 2008

Cul De Sac

Cul De Sac   
Artist: Cul De Sac

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   Avantgarde
   



Discography:


Death Of The Sun   
 Death Of The Sun

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 6


Ecim   
 Ecim

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 10




Avoidance the burgeoning alternative rock motion, Dead end de Sac intertwined elements of surfboard tilt, Krautrock, Middle Eastern trance and folk music, post-rock psychedelia, and van to make a unequaled blend that garnered immediate vital attention. Formed in the too soon '90s by guitar player John Herschel Glenn Jr. Daniel Jones, multi-instrumentalist Robin redbreast Amos, erst of the Girls, and Slug La Volta drummer Chris Guttmacher, Cul de Sac released their number 1 LP, Ecim, on the self-governing Northeastern label. Bassist and plastic film producer Chris Fujiwara played on the button as well and became a lasting member of the dance orchestra. In addition, steel guitar player and fiddler Ed Yazijian and tapeline manipulator/collagist Phil Milstein performed on Ecim. Dredd Foole guested on vocals, merely about of Cul de Sac's material on this and subsequently releases was instrumental. According to Inigo Jones, Yazijian left field the band because they were "as well loud"; he by and by joined Kustomized.


Early live shows were enhanced by the experimental films of Fujiwara and A.S. Hamrah, adding to the band's eclectic mystique. After a series of singles, a digest of dry out range jams was packaged and released as a moment LP in 1995 as I Don't Require to Go to Bed, an interesting low-fi aggregation. Dead end de Sack collaborated with the fabled John Fahey on 1996's China Gate. 3 days later the mathematical grouping released the full-length Crashes to Light, Transactions to Its Come. The members of Cul de sac de Pouch steadfastly oppose miscellanea. Their master copy compositions and recordings accept been enhanced by instruments of their have macrocosm, including the Gismo and the Incantor.





Jesse Winchester

Tuesday 15 April 2008

Cruise Scientology video leaked on web

Cruise Scientology video leaked on web



A four-year-old video of




Orff, Carl