Week of February 23, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton gets a little angry at Barack Obama - getting a little tough
you might say. She said he was making false and shameful attacks on her
record. "Enough with the speeches and the big rallies and then using tactics right
out of Karl Roves playbook,” she said - referring to the Republican campaign
strategist.
Campaigning in Ohio - Hillary and Obama say that they would use the threat of
opting out of the North American Free Trade Agreement to substantially
renegotiate the treaty.
Sen. John McCain
strongly
denies allegations that he was
warned during his first White
House campaign, in 2000 to avoid
meetings with a female
telecommunications lobbyist who
allegedly claimed to have special
access to the senator and his
aides.
A suicide bombe blows himself up
among Shiite Muslim pilgrims at a
crowded rest stop in Iraq.
Passing - William F. Buckley Jr. - Conservative columnist, novelist and
television talk show host.
Members of The Writers Guild of America approve a new three-year contract -
ending a labor dispute that resulted in Hollywood’s biggest strike in two decades.
Technology
- Disney debuts a digital studio that will develop original content for
the Internet. It’s called State 9 Digital Media and it debuts “Squeegees,” a
comedy series about window-washer slackers on ABC.com and YouTube.
Google debuts a free service designed for high teach neophytes looking for a
simple way to build a website and edit from the Internet.
80
th
Annual Academy Awards this week - some winners:
Best Picture:
• No Country For Old Men
Actor in a Leading Role:
• Daniel Day-Lewis
Week of February 23, 2008
Actor in a Supporting Role:
•
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Actress in a Leading Role:
• Marion Cotillard
Actress in a Supporting Role:
• Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Animated Feature Film:
•Ratatouille
Music news
- Universal Music Group says it
had agreed to buy Univision Communication’s
record division for nearly $140 million.
Passing - Larry Norman - (60) - record the
first Christian rock album - “Upon this Rock.”
Norman had been with a group called People and scored with a top-40 hit - a
cover of the Zombies “I Love You” in 1968.
Passing -
Mike Smith
- lead singer and keyboardist with
the pop 1960’s band “The Dave Clark Five.” He died of
pneumonia at 64. It all came from complications of a 2003
spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. This group is
about to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
On “American Idol” - the audience is wowed by David
Archuleta singing John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Maxim magazine apologizes for publishing a negative
review of the Black Crowes new album - “Warpaint” by a
writer who hadn’t listened to the whole CD. The group
knew the writer had no advance copy - because nobody
did at the time.
Looks like Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Miley will be co-hosting the CMT award
show on April 14.
For the first time - last year - nearly half of all teenagers bought no compact
discs - a dramatic increase from 2006, but legal downloading is picking up
steam. In the last year, iTunes - which sells only digital downloads, jumped
ahead of Best Buy Co. to become the No 2 U.S. music seller - trailing Wall-Mart
Stores. Inc.
Week of February
23,
2008
Top TV -
American Idol (Tue.) - 29.96 million viewers
American Idol (Wed.) - 24.75
Moment of Truth - 14.01
Lost (9pm) - 13.76
Extreme makeover: Home Edition -
13.49
Survivor: Micronesia - 13.18
Deal or No Deal (Mon.) - 13.15
Knight Rider - 12.72
60 Minutes - 12.50
Deal or No deal (Thu.) - 12.18
Two and a Half Men - 11.90
Fox Daytona 500 Post race - 11.76
NCIS - 11.38
Deal or No deal (wed.) - 11.07
CSI - 10.87
Law & Order (Wed.) 10.22
Old Christine - 9.98
Without a Trace - 9.65
Cold Case - 9.75
Dance War - 9.16
Apprentice 7 - 9.11
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - 9.06
Americas Funniest Home Videos - 8.90
American Gladiators - 8.82
Supernanny
- 8.80
CSI: Miami - 8.56.
At the movies -
Vantage Point
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Jumper
Step Up 2 the Streets
Fool’s Gold
Definitely, Maybe
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Juno
Be Kind Rewind
There Will Be Blood.
Week of February 23, 2008
