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Entertainment News in Brief
4/11 -4/18
J.K. Rowling sues fan over Harry Potter encyclopedia
A lan of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series planned to publish an
encyclopedia of all terms and ideas related to the popular novels.
Row ling sued the lan. claiming that "this book constitutes whole
sale theft of seventeen years of my hard work." According to
some reports, the fan. named Stephen Vander Ark. cried on the
witness stand. He chums that his book, titled the "Harry Potter
Lexicon." w ill "enhance the pleasure of readers of the Potter nov
els. and deepen their appreciation of Ms. Rowling s achievement."
Imiul next to HOLLYWOOD sign officially for sale
The land up and to the left of the "H" in Hollywood's famous title
sign is for sale, reports CNN. Official estimates of costs put the
small parcel of hind at around 522 million. Residents of the area
protest the sale due to the loss of the panoramic view and
decreased accessibility to hikers. "This is our Eiffel Tower." said
Councilman Tom Laßonge. "There is the Hollywood sign. There
is the open space. And that's all there is. This is ours and it should
remain ours." The original plan tor the space was to build a man
sion at the top for Howard Hughes to share with Ginger Rogers.
Eventually the idea died out. leaving the giant letters as a world
famous monument to the area.
Source: CNN
Beacon Entertainer of the Week
A 1 Pacino
Upcoming releases:
Movies
Harold and
Kumar
Escape from
Guantanamo Bay
-April 25-
Harold and Kumar get
caught attempting to sneak
a hong on a transatlantic
flight.
Rating: R
Baby Mama
-April 25-
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey
team up to lead a sharp,
witty comedy about two
women trying to support
each other through nine
very difficult months.
Rating: PG-13
Music
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Def Leppard
~ April 29~
Songs from the
Sparkle Lounge
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Madonna
-April 29-
Hard Candy
Digital age u
Viral videos, You Tube
part of a digital
campaign trail
By Connor Sattely
entertainment editor
cisso6(l(<?’ psu.edu
In an age dominated by online
viral videos, forums and
boards, the major candid;
the 2008 election are not
idly. Several of the candii
have utilized digital asset:
helping their campai;
reach a potential onlim
audience of millions.
Senator Hillary Clintoi
(D-NY) declared her can
didacy in an online vide*
titled "I’m in.”
"After six years of Geoi
Bush, it is time to rene'
promise of America," she
the video posted on her '
While it was not avaiL
sharing at the time of its release,
the announcement still received
widespread attention from an
internet audience hungry for
attention from any candidate.
Former Arkansas Governor
Mike Huckabee announced his
candidacy on Meet the Press with
Rising internet attention to
politics gives rise to a new
mad to the White House.
Tim Russert. He wasn't the first:
Presidential Candidate Ralph
Nader and Senator Joe Biden
both used Meet the Press to make
their candidacy declarations this
year.
The proliferation of digital and
broadcasted announcements
seemingly did not reach Obama.
He made his announcement in
sub-zero degee temperatures in
Springfield, IL, in
the same place
that Abraham
Lincoln delivered
his famous
"House Divided"
speech,
"You didn't
come here just for
me," he said to his
crowd
You came here
because you
believe in what
this country can Sen. John McCain declared his candidacy on The Late Show
Who’s endorsing whom?
Sen. Barack
Obama
- Bruce Springsteen
“He has the depth, the
reflectiveness, and the
resilience to be our next
President. He speaks to
the America I've envi
sioned in my music for the
past 35 years.”
* Tom Hanks
- Robert De Niro
- Oprah Winfrey
- Zach BrafF
- Jennifer Aniston
- Halle Berry
- Usher
• Chris Rock
- George Clooney
- Scarlett Johannson
shers in new
Though the two remaining
Democratic candidates used dif
ferent media to announce their
plans to run. both addressed criti
cisms directed at them by oppo
nents. Obama shrugged off com
that his
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Hillary Clinton declared her can
didacy in this online video.
would lead to a “transition peri
od" in the White House. "I know
1 haven't spent a lot of lime learn
ing the ways of Washington."
Obama told his supporters, "but
I've been there long enough to
know that the
Washington must change
Clinton announced that she
would try to fix miscommunica
tion from the government to its
people. "So let's talk." she said in
her video. "Let's chat, let's start a
dialogue about your ideas and
mine, because the conversation in
Washington has been just a little
one-sided lately, don't you
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
chose The Lute Show with David
Lettcrmaii to announce his can-
Celebrity Endorsements
Sen. Hillary
Clinton
- Ted Danson
“When you look at Hillary,
you see that she has literal
ly, for the last 35 years,
woke up and thought about
you. How to mate your
life better. She’s like a
chronic problem-solver.”
- Jack Nicholson
- Madonna
- Jon Bon Jovi
• Rente Zellweger
- Jerry Springer
- Chevy Chase
- Danny DeVito
• Steven Spielberg
• Barbara Streisand
-Magic Johnson
type of race
didaey for President. “I am
announcing that I will be a candi
date for the President of the
United States.” he told
Letterman. He then made it clear
that he would formally announce
his candidacy the following
month in a speech.
mexpenence
Beyond candidacy announce
all candidates used the
let as a core medium of
■ring information about
Republican Mitt
omney used the internet to
lis advantage early in his
■ampaign. He utilized a
‘Five Brothers' Blog." writ
ten by his five sons. His
'il'e also posted, and online
iurces claim that he was the
.t candidate to attain a
book page, something
helped him garner support
:st teens and young adults,
e is no doubt that political
interest through the internet is
growing steadily. The Pew
Research Group announced
results confirming this growth in
early 2008. In 2000. nine percent
of people said that they “regular
ly learned something from" inter
net sources regarding the
Presidential campaign. In 2004.
that number had risen to 13 per
cent; this year, it jumped again to
24 percent. The numbers tend to
be in favor of a younger popula
tion: breaking down the survey
further to 18-24 year old respons
es. a whopping 42 percent fre
quented the net for information
this year, doubled from 2004’s
total.
wavs of
The shift to an online focus in
reaching out to younger voters
may have significant disadvan
tages for the candidates. Negative
videos, including embarassing
moments tend to garner more
attention than
videos promoted
by the candidates.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger
"He's a great American
hero and an extraordinary
leader. We talk about a
great future - this is the
very reason why I am
edorsing Senator McCain.”
• SNL Producer Lome
Michaels
-Tom Selleck
• Sylvester Stallone
• Actor Rip Torn
- Clint Eastwood
• Heidi Mon tag
- George W. Bush ,
• Tom Ridge
-Steve Forbes
• Joelidtowi
policies.
For example, a
You Tube video of
Hillary Clinton
singing the Star
Spangled Banner
out-of-tune has
almost two million
views, while her
candidacy
announcement has
33.000.
Sen. John
McCain
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Country Music Television Awards,
CMT music
big hit with
audience
Monday’s Country
Music Television
awards hail Kellie
Pickier, Taylor Swift
By Evan Koser
copy editor
cmks lloo psu.edu
The Country Music
Television (CMT) Music
Awards aired on television
Monday. April 14. The show
was hosted by father-daughter
duo Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus,
together performing their duet
“Ready. Set. Don't Go." Many
country music artists and a few
unconvential artists such as
Snoop Dogg and Jon Bon Jovi
attended the event, even win
ning some awards. However,
the majority of the awards went
to 18-year-old Taylor Swift and
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Taylor Swift.
A visibly surprised Taylor
Swift won the award for best
female video of the year for
"Our Song." "Are you sure?
Are you serious? Oh my God.
Oh my God. I can't even believe
this," exclaimed Swift. "I wrote
that song in the ninth grade for a
talent show.” she explained. “1
never thought it would be on an
album, never thought I'd record
it. never thought it would be a
single, never thought it would be
No. 1 and certainly never
thought it would win video and
female video of the year.” Her
competition included Martina
Mcßride, former American Idol
winner Carrie Underwood,
LeAnn Rimes and Miranda
Lambert. The song also won
best video, topping Kenny
Chesney’s “Don’t Blink”, Brad
Paisley’s “Online” and
Sugarland’s “Stay”.
Speaking via satellite while
getting ready for Country
Thunder in Arizona, Pickier
said, “This is the first time I ever
won anything in my life. I'm so
excited... Thank you to
American Idol. You are the
rocket that launched my career.”
Pickier also won USA Weekend
Breakthrough Video, Tearjerker
Video of the Year and
Performance of the Year for "I
Wonder,” a song about a daugh
ter's feelings for her mother that
she says connects deeply with
fans. Like Carrie Underwood,
Pickier is a former “American
Idol” contestant.
Also worthy of mention was
Bon Jovi and LeAnn’s collabo
rative song, “Till We Ain’t
Strangers Anymore” which won
the award for Collaborative
Video of the Year.