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...opening The hot gossip was that Madonna had demanded to open the show, thus bumping Mariah Carey to the second hour. So when the curtain rises we get... cartoon characters? Gorillaz made one of the best albums of 2005, but singer Damon Albarn's insistence that the band perform as its cartoon alter egos is annoying even when there aren't a few million people watching. On top of that, one of the cartoons actually checked his watch during the performance, mimicking the few remaining viewers. When Madonna finally did rise up from a hole in the stage...
...basic idea for the film sounds rather appealing—aging seductress Lady Erlynne (Helen Hunt, “As Good As It Gets”) makes her way down to the Italian Riviera and disrupts the marital bliss of the genteelly tedious Windemeres. Gossip, spying through binoculars, and mistaken identities ensue. It’s a big zany ride through 1930s British society, complete with doddering alcoholic Brits for comic relief. Unfortunately, it all ends up being rather ungainly. This harmless movie won’t provoke any violent reactions, but it is a pitiful tribute to Wilde?...
...personal websites. The information is remarkably easy to access with a refined Google search. The veracity of the internet’s wealth of information, however, is often questionable. Ethical standards blur as the internet continues to grow as an almost unending source of raw information. Sensationalized and instantaneous gossip, available on blogs like Gawker and Jossip, highlight such trends in internet information. Facebook claims to be the industry leader in terms of the protection of privacy. “It’s really important to contextualize facebook,” says Chris R. Hughes...
...authorities in Beijing have a more realistic take on the power of the Net. They realize that most people aren't going to use it to rally for democracy; they're going to do what Americans do: gossip about celebrities, check the weather, play games and score porn. So the Internet police mostly leave that stuff alone. Wu says the state of the Chinese Internet is even more ominous than total control: "It feels almost normal, so people don't think about what it is they can't get." If anything, the Web has been a galvanizing force for Chinese...
...after a day of labor, there were no bars or restaurants to retreat to for cocktails and gossip. Instead she conversed with hikers, sharing tidbits about the history of the trail and environmental conservation...