| It's a Star-Studded Extravaganza as TV Land Honors Lucille Ball ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 14 PRNewswire — It was an unforgettable evening as celebrities from television, music and film bestowed special tribute awards tonight to some of television's most iconic series and stars at the fifth annual TV Land Awards. The honorees included Lucille Ball (Legacy of Laughter Award), The Brady Bunch (Pop Culture Award), Roots (Anniversary Award), Hee Haw (Entertainer Award), Taxi (Medallion Award) and Heroes (Future Classic Award). The TV Land Awards was taped at The Barker Hangar on Saturday, April 14 and will premiere on TV Land on Sunday, April 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The show will also be seen on Nick at Nite at 11 p.m. ET/PT. .
Eurythmics co-founder teams with Greenpeace
EXACTLY how Dave Stewart, co-founder of the '80s pop supergroup the Eurythmics, came to launch a new multimedia venture with the environmental crusaders of Greenpeace is a story of Information Age synergy. It is a story of rock star entrepreneurship, MySpace-era interconnectivity and the ecological crisis mind-set that has seized almost every segment of culture since the release of Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
But also, it's the story of how Stewart's birthday wish turned into an Earth Day offering — a nonprofit Greenpeace "anthem" called "Go Green" that will become available for download on iTunes just in time for the observance of the global environmental appreciation holiday Sunday.
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Script with 'just errors'
JIMMY WALES'S life reads like a Hollywood script - which is probably why there's said to be a couple of books and a documentary in the works. Born in 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama, where his father worked in a grocery store, Wales began his education in a small private school which he later described as "an Abe Lincoln type of thing". Called the House of Learning, the school was run by his mother and grandmother and it's where the Wikipedia thing started. "I just spent many, many hours just pouring over the World Book Encyclopedia," he told a C-Span interviewer in 2005. Wales studied finance at university before going to work in Chicago as a futures and options trader. He quit after he had "made enough money". "I'm not a wealthy person but I'm a person who lives within my means," he said.
Regional calendar
Wine lovers can savor a sweet evening at the Philadelphia Wine Festival on Friday. The sixth annual festival features a Grand Tasting Event of more than 100 wines from around the world, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown. Winemakers, winery presidents and other winery representatives will pour samples and discuss their wines with attendees. Participating wineries will include La Chablisienne, Robert Mondavi, Marchesi de Frescobaldi and Clos du Bois. The festival also includes other events, such as the Winemaker Dinner Series at fine Philadelphia restaurants Wednesday and the VIP Tasting Event 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Marriott Philadelphia Downtown is at 1201 Market St. The Grand Tasting Event is $125. The VIP Tasting Event is $225. For Winemaker Dinner Series locations and fees, and for general information and tickets, go to phillymag.com/winefestival.
In Case You Missed It—April 24, 2007
When I tell people I'm from Indiana, I usually get two responses. First, they make some totally wacky comment about corn. But, just to set the record straight before I begin, we grow more soy than we do corn, so you can stop thinking you're so clever for asking about our crops. After that, they usually ask me if I like modern country music. I don't. It is a horrible, talentless genre full of hacks who wave American flags and somehow get to lay claim to American culture. Kenny Chesney is what you get when you slap a cowboy hat on Lance Bass. He is the Backstreet Boys for white trash. Modern country does nothing but ape the same old structures from other genres; it is rock 'n' roll with a southern accent and a steel pedal. It has none of the power, fire, and soul of the old country greats.
AOL Announces Slate of Five New Online Shows
Dulles, Va. - As part of a major strategy push toward online video, AOL on Tuesday announced five new Web-based programs that it will produce in partnership with production companies such as Mark Burnett, DreamWorks Animation and Telepictures.The shows, which will launch on AOL in the fall of 2007 and early 2008, will provide another vehicle for the company to sell online ads. "Of the Big Four online networks, AOL is the only one that is doing this kind of major-scale programming," said Randy Falco, AOL's chairman and CEO. The programs include a tie-in with "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," a game show based on serial numbers of U.S. dollar bills, a show featuring online games based on the new "Shrek" movie, a pop culture trivia game and a game show on which contestants vie to win a tropical island.
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