Archive for June, 2007

Four new exhibits to open in July at Museum of Contemporary Art

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Four new exhibits to open in July at Museum of Contemporary Art 23 minutes ago

The
Museum of Contemporary Art
in
San Diego
(MCASD) is opening four new exhibitions in July, including original work by local artist Harold Cohen.
On view at MCASD’s downtown location from July 15 through Sept. 23, the “Harold Cohen” exhibit features art created by Cohen’s celebrated AARON program, the first computer program to create original art. Cohen, former director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at the University of California, San Diego, is one of the first artists to use artificial intelligence for making art.

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Death of WWE Star Chris Benoit Dominates Search Activity; Online Interest in Benoit and WWE Skyrockets 3,638% Over Past …

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

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Indiana Briefs

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Jeffersonville Main Street Inc. and the Jeffersonville Parks Department are presenting a Concert in the Park series at 7:30 p.m. Fridays in Warder Park at Spring Street and Court Avenue. This week, the Signature Jazz Orchestra will perform big band standards. Next week’s concert will be by the 202nd Kentucky National Guard Band. For more information, call 283-0301.

Charlestown is holding Founders Day festival

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Kelly Ripa and Rosie O’Donnell Duke it Out

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

It was a clash of the talk show titans Tuesday morning, as Kelly Ripa and Rosie O’Donnell engaged in an intense war of the words live on “The View.”
“I think what you said is downright outrageous,” Kelly fired at Rosie.
The daytime dust-up was ignited by a now infamous exchange last Friday between Kelly and her celebrity co-host for the day, Clay Aiken.

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Jimmy Kimmel comes back from appendectomy tonight

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

last week, a large number of well-wishing comments came in from an unusual source: Clay Aiken fans. Apparently, a link to the post showed up on an Aiken fan site and Claymaniacs from all over decided to show their love for Kimmel, who apparently has gotten awfully “close” to the singer when he appears on
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Well, the Claymaniacs and the rest of Jimmy’s fans can rest easy; Kimmel

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Musical idolizes feats of Clay Aiken

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

We’re talking “IDOL: The Musical.” We’re talking Off Broadway. The legit production — which bowed earlier this month in unlikely tryout spot Syracuse, N.Y. — follows nine wildly different high schoolers (the jock, the tomboy, the genius, etc.) in Steubenville, Ohio, bonded by their intense devotion to the “Idol” runner-up.
With alums of the Fox reality skein appearing with increasing frequency on Broadway, an “Idol” musical was probably inevitable.

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Clay Aiken Fans, The ‘Claymates,’ To Be The Focus Of A New Musical

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

American Idol star Clay Aiken’s fans have inspired a new Broadway musical.  The ‘Claymates’ will be the focus of a new stageshow, called Idol: The Musical.

The project is described as “a satirical musical comedy that focuses on the outrageous and delusional fan base of American Idol”.
Set in Ohio, the show follows a group of devoted high school kids obsessed by Idol and Aiken.
To pass the time, the group gathers in a barn to ‘worship’ a shrine to Aiken, who represents their dreams of leaving home and becoming stars.

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Jimmy Kimmel has an emergency appendectomy

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Jimmy Kimmel is one of the hardest working men in show business, and that’s not just some BS title. The guy works overtime on
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
, no matter how he feels; he even came in the day after a reaction to pain medication
swelled his face so badly he couldn’t open his eyes
But even Kimmel can get knocked out by an inflamed appendix. I just got a note from Kimmel’s PR rep, Lewis Kay, explaining that Kimmel had to undergo an emergency appendectomy last night, and that the remaining tapings of

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Who Wants A Kurt Cobain Lunchbox? Paul McCartney To Release …

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Who Wants A Kurt Cobain Lunchbox? Paul McCartney To Release Another Album With Starbucks? And More
Imagine the most tasteless exploitation of Kurt Cobain’s image? Now get ready
to see it come to life
. Cobain — wearing his trademark flannel shirt — apparently now appears on lunchboxes, his likeness is memorialized via action figure, and there’s even a Kurt Cobain key chain that doubles as a liquor flask. Collect all three!

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Clay-based musical opens off-Broadway in July

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

, a self-described "satirical musical comedy that focuses on the outrageous and delusional fan base of the hit television show," begins off-Broadway previews July 5.
If that description weren’t ominous enough, the premise of the show appears to revolve around the worship of Clay Aiken. Courtesy of broadwayworld.com and the official press notes for the show when it was making casting calls, there’s much more

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