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...Unknown to the American public a few weeks ago, this 20-year-old Catholic University student and struggling American Idol contestant vaulted in popularity last week on news that she had posed for some revealing photos. Of the top 10 searches to 6,489 news sites in the U.S., the term, "Antonella Barba," was the most popular search term for the week ending March 3, 2007. "Antonella Barba photos," and "Antonella Barba pictures" were also in the top 10 search queries of over 400,000 terms captured last week. The search associated with the stock market drop, simply the query...
...celebrity site visited last week, out of 835 sites in the category. Visitors over the last two weeks were predominantly males (70%) between the ages of 18 and 34 (54%), more likely to engage in online images searches than pick up the phone to vote for the next American Idol. In contrast, visitors to the official American Idol site (the best proxy for potential voters) are predominantly females, 35-44 years...
...achieve," says Cécile Prévost-Thomas, a sociologist specializing in French song. Piaf's success abroad reminds the country of a time when its cultural exports could achieve popularity while remaining defiantly French. The passing of that era is lamented amid the proliferation of American Idol?style reality shows and young French stars singing in English. "Today, songs are detached from the lives of popular singers," says Prévost-Thomas, "but Piaf's are personal and sincere...
...choose to, you too can do more than just watch. You can chat with friends (using existing instant-messaging services like Google Talk) in an unobtrusive transparent window while you watch a game or a mystery. Or you can vote on an American Idol--like contest. It means being able to share shows in real time with friends rather than having to wait until the next morning's watercooler chat...
...remarkable how unremarkable it is that a gay person is hosting the Oscars. True, it's not as if we lack for gay people watching the Oscars, and DeGeneres did host the Emmys in 2001. But the Academy Awards is something else; with the Super Bowl and American Idol, it's one of our last three true mass-media rituals. Its host is the de facto M.C. of mainstream America. And it's not as if homosexuality has faded as an issue. When gay people unite a mass of straight people, it's usually for defense-of-marriage ballot issues...