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Entertainment News in Brief
2/8 - 2/15
Miley Cyrus angers seatbelt advocates
Miley Cyrus, playing Hannah Montana, appeared on screen in a
Range Rover not wearing a seatbelt. Her father in the movie, also
in the car. was not wearing a seatbelt either. A blog item posted by
“Consumer Reports" Monday reacted in outrage. "It seems to us
that Miley. her father and Disney had a perfect opportunity to help
influence teens and counteract - rather than encourage this
trend." says the blog.
Jaws actor Roy Schneider dies
Actor Roy Schneider, best known for his role as a police chief in
Jaws, died in an Arizona hospital at 75. He received two Oscar
nominations for his work in 1971's The French Connection and
All That Ja:z in 1979. His excellent performance in Jaws helped
the movie to be the first to earn $lOO million in the box office. It
also contained one of the most famous movie quotes: “You're
gonna need a bigger boat."
Expensive artwork valuing $163 million stolen
A heist in Switzerland which police describe as “spectacular"
resulted in the loss of paintings by Van Gogh. Degas. Cezanne,
and Monet. There is a standing reward of $91,000 for any infor
mation about the thieves.
Sources: CNN.com ,
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Witless
Protection
-Feb. 22-
A small-town sheriff (Larry
the Cable Guy) is dragged
into a FBI case in his small
town when he attempts to
save a woman from being
kidnapped.
Rating: PG-13
Music
Mountain
Goats
-Feb. 19-
“Heretic Pride”
Jon Stewart
Vantage Point
-Feb. 22-
Two Secret Service mem
bers (Dennis Quaid,
Mathew Fox) attempt to
find the truth behind an
assassination attempt of the
President of the United
States.
Rating: PG-13
Rick Ross
-Feb. 19-
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Writers’ Strike ends, shows scramble for content
Most shows hope
to return for
spring season
The infamous Writers Guild of
America Strike has finally
reached its end, as a landslide
decision by its members
approved returning to work last
Tuesday. Upwards of 92 percent
of the members who cast ballots
voted to end the 3-month-old
strike, which centered around
residual payments for online
clips and DVDs.
“The strike is over,” Patric
Verrone, president of the WGA's
West chapter, declared. “Our
membership has voted, and writ
ers can go back to work.”
The deal addressed the core
issues which writers have been
worried about for months. While
neither side got entirely what
they want, both factions believe
the deal is acceptable. CBS exec
utive officer Leslie Moonves told
The Associate Press, “At the end
of the day, everyone won. It was
In what has ended up being the
third least-watched Grammys
award show ever, the top-album
controversy failed to draw
enough viewers to make the show
popular again.
The 50th anniversary of the
Grammys featured many
reminders of the event’s past, but
even the anniversary celebration
failed to draw viewers.
Approximately 17.5 million
people watched the show. By
comparison. American Idol drew
at least 26 million viewers for
each of its shows last week, and
House nabbed 23 million.
Singer Amy Winehouse won
the most awards. “I can’t believe
I won five awards,” the 24-year
old performer said.
Long time jazzist Quincy Jones
had the honor of announcing the
night’s “Best Album” award, and
was thrilled to announce that the
winner was his co-musician
Herbie Hancock, for his album
River: The Joni Letters.
“Unbelievable,” said Jones after
reading Hancock’s name. “That’s
just unbelievable, man.”
Many viewers felt that artists
Kanye West and Amy Winehouse
should have received the Best
Album award. Since River sold
under 60,000 copies, and West’s
Graduation sold over two mil
lion, those objections are wide
spread.
One suggestion is that
Winehouse's Back in Black and
West’s Graduation split the vote,
allowing Hancock to grab just
enough votes to win the album.
West, who has been denied the
Best Album award before, won
four awards, but was still bitter
about his loss. He skipped post
show interviews, and quietly
responded “I’m good” to ques
tions about how he felt.
The rapper's drama apparently
wasn’t interesting enough to
draw viewers, however. More
remains to be seen on how much
of the show’s poor turnout of
viewers was due to the WGA
strike. Next year, we’ll see what
the Grammys award show resorts
to in order to get viewers back.
By Connor Sattely
entertainment editor
cisso6o@psu.edu
Grammys
fail to draw
audiences
Hancock’s River
delivers shocking
win over Kanye,
Winehouse
By Connor Sattely
entertainment editor
cisso6o(S'psu.edu
a fair deal and one that the com-
panies can live with.”
So. the question is, when will
popular TV shows return to the
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shows such as Bionic Woman and
Moonlight, for example, may not
return till fall, if they return at all.
Producers and show creators
got a new
contract, but what does it mean
for Behrend students? According
to the NY Times' Bill Carter, the
first show to return will likely be
WGA Writers vote on whether to return to work Tuesday. Feb. 22
The decision ended up in favor of the proposed tentative contract
The Golden Man - Who won big on Wednesday?
Album of (be Year: River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
Song of the Year: “Rehab” - Amy Winehouse
Best Female-Pop Vocal Performance: “Rehab” - Amy Winehouse
Best Male Pop Vocal Performances: “What Goes Around...” - J. Timberlake
Best Pop Instrumental Album: The Mix-Up - The Beastie Boys
Best Metal Performance: “Final Six” - Slayer
Best Rock Song: “Radio Nowhere” - Bruce Springsteen
returns on February 23rd. Expect
popular shows like Desperate
Housewives. Grey's Anatomy.
and CSI to return and finish the
Friday, February 15, 2008
shows back on the air as fast as
they can. Chuck Lorre, creator of
Two and a Half Men and The Big
Bang Theory, insists that his top
priority is to put on a good show.
His next priority, he says, is to
“put people back to work as
much as possible.” according to
the Times. "1 intend to work
seven days a week, nights and
weekends,” Lorre said, in an
effort to send new episodes of
both of his shows as quickly as
possible. He hopes to put out six
episodes this spring.
The Office will immediately
start producing the script which
was ready to shoot when the
strike began. Greg Daniels, the
show's executive producer, pre
dicts that the popular sitcom will
attempt to fit at least six episodes
in by the end of spring."
Steven Albani. a spokesman
for Comedy Central, claimed that
both Jon Stewart's The Daily
Show and Steven Colbert's The
Colbert Report will be ready to
"welcome writers with open arms
Monday." With hope, the shows
will be returning to their regular
production schedule within the
next few days.