Category: Music
Lindsay Lohan would be best remembered to have started her career on the hit 1998 movie The Parent Trap where she played a dual role of twin sisters trying to get their parents back together again. A promising child star at that time, Lohan made a good account for herself which signaled her rise to stardom on the big screen. She eventually made a couple of movies as well like Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Herbie Fully Loaded. She is among the top pop idols that most teenagers look towards to today.
To date, Lohan has been the center of a couple of controversies and has been headlining almost all the celebrity section of leading gossip magazines and newspapers. All grown up now, she has been linked to several actors and has without a doubt made her mark as one of the more popular icons of the celebrity industry.
Among her upcoming movies include Georgia Rule and A Praire Home Companion promises to further boost her career as she truly comes of age and continued to make a mark in the world of showbiz.
A proposed law has the bloggers and iPod users agitated. Senator Carl Kruger’s bill proposes that anyone using an iPod or similar music player, Blackberry or mobile phones, portable game players or any electronic gadget of the like at crosswalks should be fined $100. The senator says that this bill was triggered by the death of three pedestrians after they stepped off the curb without checking the street since they were distracted by their portable entertainment gadget.
While everyone agrees that the senator has good intentions, many feel that his bill should not become law. Can you imagine the police trying to stop every person who uses one of the mentioned devices? It is a law that punishes the many because a few do not use common sense.
Rather than make this a law, Michael Rose of New York, who blogs at Tuaw.com, the Unofficial Apple Blog, suggests that they put together a targeted PR campaign to remind users of these gadgets to “‘Turn down & tune in’ while navigating the mean streets”. Other bloggers point out that pedestrians have right of way no matter what, whether they are using any of the types of gadgets listed above or not.
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While Walt Disney may originally have been focused on getting animation up on the big screen and later, expanding animation’s hold on the people’s hearts, he probably had an inkling of how important the music of these shows would be. From Steamboat Willie to Mary Poppins to the Little Mermaid to Tarzan and further down the line, the music of Disney has stayed with many of us, long after we finished watching the shows.
There is a very special exhibit in Seattle Washington. Titled Disney: The Music Behind the Magic, it is the first exhibit of its kind. Anyone can go and experience being a music producer for Disney for a short time.?Test your knowledge of songs from the various?shows in?a Disney music trivia game. There are?four interactive displays to help you get a feel of the work that goes into creating the sound effects for any Disney production; and there’s still more to experience.?There has never been a museum exhibit as fun as this, and it is indeed a very special part of our history.
Anyone interested to enjoy this exhibit can go to?the Experience Music Project?at the Frank Gehry building, 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109.
The year is almost over and everywhere people are getting ready to countdown to a brand new year. 2006 has been quite an eventual year indeed for many.
There are parties going on everywhere. All the major cities have plans for fantastic fireworks displays and celebrations. Whether you go to London, New York, Paris or down under to Syndey, the new year will be welcomed in with a bang. In New York’s Times Square, plans for 19 stellar performances from some of the Grammy award winners are lined up including Christina Aguilera, the Rascal Flatts and more.
For those who will be joining the London celebration, good news. You need not worry if you don’t have a car since the public transportation system will be running later than usual. In fact, NatWest is sponsoring transportation on the 31st via the London Underground, London Buses, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and via the tram. Just don’t wait til the last minute since there is bound to be quite a crowd.
You’re sure to be partying hard on this last night of the year but do keep yourself safe. This can easily be done by following a few simple safety tips:
- Stay with your friends. There is always safety in numbers.
- Keep your valuables safely at home or very carefully guarded. There are often pickpockets at crowded events such as these.
- Drink responsibly. No point in getting so drunk you miss out on all the fun. That’s no way to start a new year.
- Wear shoes that you’ll be comfortable in. You’ll have a long night ahead of you. There is no reason not to be both stylish and comfortable.
- Dress warmly. No point in catching a cold when a little common sense will keep you from this annoying bug.
It is always great to have legends among us. There is a lot of music around but they truly don’t make them like they used to and Tony Bennett is proving this saying very true.
Tony Bennett just recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Many would say 80 is too old, he should already be retired. Maybe that would be true for most, but not this man. He’s still got that beautiful voice and in fact his most recent album “TONY BENNETT: DUETS/An American Classic” has gone platinum with over 1,000,000 copies sold according to the RIAA.
Tony Bennett began performing in the 1950’s and he is still going strong. He is still very passionate about his music. That passion has now translated into 3 Grammy Award nominations for the music icon including Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for his duet with Stevie Wonder in “For Once in My Life”.
His music spans over 50 years and his voice and music still strike a chord in our hearts. Truly the oldies are still goodies.
