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...Nobody in Europe likes England. England invented the sport but has never made any impact on world football.' JACK WARNER, vice president of FIFA, soccer's international governing body, stating that he will block an English bid to host the 2018 World...
...jokes, gushed at their stories, joined them in songs--perfecting an easygoing, unironic manner that was seemingly impervious to the winds of change. Far more than a TV personality, though, the former Big Band singer was also a creator and entrepreneur. In 1964 he came up with Jeopardy! (A jack of all trades, he wrote the theme music for the Final Jeopardy answer as well.) A decade later, he invented history's most successful game show, Wheel of Fortune. When he died, he was in the midst of creating a new game, Crosswords. Some called his shows lowest-common-denominator...
...course, in an era of rampant product placement, there are worse things than persuading viewers to buy a less wasteful lightbulb by hanging one over Jack Bauer as he tortures a terrorist. The greatest challenge--for viewers as well as programmers--is not letting entertainment become a substitute for action; making and watching right-minded shows isn't enough in itself. The 2007 Emmy Awards, for a start, aims to be carbon neutral: solar power, biodiesel generators, hybrids for the stars, bikes for production assistants--though the Academy nixed Fox's idea to change the red carpet, no kidding...
This ain't Mika or Kelly Clarkson. Cool teen Londoners are into "credible music," according to Sam Killcoyne, the15-year-old organizer of the Underage events. And the roster of young talent assembled at London's Victoria Park for the festival was dripping with cred. The Young Knives, Jack Peñate and Cajun Dance Party may have already made an impression on the charts, but even the likes of Nottingham's electro-popsters, Late Of The Pier and Brighton's Maths Class have mustered a substantial London following by word of MySpace alone...
...personality, however; he was a creator and entrepreneur who understood television as well as anyone in the medium's history. In 1964 he came up with the idea for Jeopardy! - a game show that supplied the answers and asked contestants to come up with the questions. (A jack-of-all-trades, he even wrote the theme music for the "Final Jeopardy Answer" as well.) A decade later he invented his own version of hangman, creating the most successful game show in TV history, Wheel of Fortune. As usual, his involvement with the show was total; friends used to tell...