Week of August 15, 2004

Hurricane Charley cuts a broad swath of destruction across Florida leaving some

13 dead and thousands homeless.

Long awaited - President Bush announces his plan to remove as many as

70,000 U.S. troops from Europe and Asia in a sweeping reorganization that he

said would better prepare the military to handle crises

Renews focus - President Bush focuses on a years-old national security conflict,

charging that opponents of a satellite-guided missile defense system were “living

in the past.”

Rebel cleric Muqtada Sadr announces that he would accept demands to vacate

Najaf’s Imam Ali Mosque and disarm his militia - but wants further negotiations

on how such a plan would be implemented.

A U.S. appeals court says software used to swap songs and movies online does

not violate copyright law in a setback for the entertainment industry.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insists that he would press efforts to pull out of

the Gaza Strip despite a vote by his Likud party against bringing the Labor party

into the ruling coalition to ensure support for the withdrawal.

The campaign for Democratic presidential candidate

John F. Kerry says it will file a complaint with the

Federal Election Commission, charging that a

Vietnam veterans group had been illegally

coordinating its ad campaign about Kerry’s military

record with President Bush .

Sports -

Winter games at Athens - Swimmer Michael Phelps

earns his seventh gold medal. U.s. gymnast Paul

Hamm overcomes a dramatic fall on his vault and

becomes the first American man to win a gold medal

in the individual all-around competition.

Technology - Apple and Motorola are partnering to introduce the iTunes music

player on Motorola’s next generation phones and will mark the first U.S. mass-

market attempt to merge an MP3 player with a cell phone.

Stock market debut as Google stock hits $100.34 on its first day of Nasdaq

trading.

Week of August 15, 2004

Television news -

Carly Patterson’s gold medal win in the

women’s gymnastics finals in Athens propels

NBC’s coverage to its best numbers yet for

its 2004 Olympic coverage.

This week’s “Live with Regis and Kelly”

gives Regis something for the record books

- logging 15,188 hours on television. He

gets the Guinness world record for most

hours on camera, passing broadcaster Hugh

Downs for the record.

Monday night television -

CBS - Still standing, Yes, Dear, Everybody

Love Raymond, Two and a Half Men, CSI:

Miami, Late Show, Craig Ferguson

NBC - XXVII Summer Olympics

ABC - Best TV Shows That Never Were,

Murasic Park III, Nightline, Jimmy Kimmel

PBS - History Detectives, Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose

Fox - That ‘70’s Show, The Casino

WB - 7 th Heaven, Summerland

Disney - Lizzie McGuire, Sister Sister, That’s So Raven

Fox News - G. Van Susteren, O’Reilly Factor, special Report, Neil Cavuto,

Hannity & Colmes

David Letterman - Matt Damon, Carmel Anthony and musical guests the Hives

On Dr. Phil - Parenting 101.

At the movies this week in 2004 -

Alien vs. Predator

The Princess diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Collateral

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie

The Bourne supremacy

The Village

The Manchurian Candidate

I, Robot

Little Black Book

Week of August 15, 2004

Spider-Man 2

Music news -

Hollywood Records’ emerging rock band Breaking Benjamin is providing 11

tracks from its first two albums to Buena Vista games’ “Tron 2.0: Killer App”

videogame. “Tron 2.0” is due this fall exclusively for Xbox live.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts (63) is suffering from throat cancer but

he’ll recover after radiotherapy - so says a band spokesperson.

Dr Phil McGaw selects “Shine” by Meredith Brooks as the theme song to the

upcoming season. The song came out in

2002.

Children’s DVD’s -

The Cheetah Girls

Scooby-Doo & The Loch Ness

Monster

Dora The Explorer: Silly Fiesta

Spiderman Vs. Doc Ock

Spongebob Squarepants:

Spongeguard on Duty

Dora the Explorer - Dora’s Pirate

Adventure

Thomas & The Jet Plane

What’s New Scooby Doo? Safari So

Good

Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker

DVD sales -

Starsky & Hutch (Widescreen)

Confessions of a Teenage Drama

Queen

Dirty Dancing Havana Nights

Bourne identity (Widescreen Extended

Version)

Starsky & Hutch (Pan & Scan)

Butterfly Effect (director’s Cut)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 2. (Collector’s edition)

Week of August 15, 2004

Music news -

Hot hits this week in 2004 -

Low Motion - Juvenile Ft. Souja Slim

Lean Back - Terror Squad

Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle Ft. Spraggs Benz

Goodies - Ciara Ft. Petey Pablo

Dip It Low - Christine Milian

Move Ya Body - Nina Sky Ft. Jabba

Confessions Part II - Usher

The Reason - Hoobastank

If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys

My Place - Nelly Ft. Jaheim

Diary - Alicia Keys Ft. Tony! Toni! Tone!

Pieces of Me - Ashlee Simpson

I Like That - Houston - Ft. Chingy, Nate

Dogg & I-20

This Love - Maroon5

Burn - Usher

She Will Be Loved - Maroon5

Meant to Live - Switchfoot

On Fire - Lloyd Banks

Top albums this week in 2004 -

Confessions - Usher

Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson

Now 16 - Various artists

License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett

Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne

Here For The Party - Gretchen Wilson

Musicology - Prince

Horse of a Different Color - Big & Rich

The Hunger For More - Lloyd Banks

Los Lonely Boys

Where You Want To Be - Talking Back Sunday

Songs About Jane - Maroon5

True story - Terror Squad

Kevin Lyttle

Best of Both Worlds - Van Halen

D12 World - D12

Week of August 15, 2004

A Cinderella Story - Soundtrack

Elephunk- Black Eye Peas

JoJo - Jo Jo

Kiss of Death - Jadakiss

Mud on the Tires - Brad Paisley

Contraband - Velvet Revolver

Spider-Man 2 - Soundtrack

Top Country this week in

2004

I Go Back - Kenny Chesney

Live Like You Were Dying -

Tim McGraw

I Want to Live - Josh Gracin

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley

Ft. Alison Krause

I Got a Feelin’ - Billy Currington

Days Go By - Keith Urban

Somebody - Reba McEntire

Girls Lie Too - Terri Clark

She Thinks She Needs Me -

Andy Griggs

Too Much of a Good Thing -

Alan Jackson

Here For the Party - Gretchen

Wilson

Save A Horse (Ride a Cowboy) - Big & Rich

R&B/Hip Hop -

Sunshine Lil’ Flip Ft. Lea

Lean Back - Terror Squad

Jesus Walks - Kanye West

Slow Motion - Juvenile Ft. Soulja Slim

Diary - Alicia Keys Ft. Tony! Toni! Tone!

Goodies - Clara Ft. Patsy Pablo

So Sexy - Twista Ft. R. Kelly

U Should’ve Known Better - Monica