NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn’t see performing in the area devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.Young and his longtime backing band, Crazy Horse, will hold a benefit concert for the American Red Cross‘ storm relief effort Thursday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. The New Jersey coastline areas were...
Unboxed: Stand-Up Desks Gaining Favor in the Workplace
Label: HealthTHE health studies that conclude that people should sit less, and get up and move around more, have always struck me as fitting into the “well, duh” category. But a closer look at the accumulating research on sitting reveals something more intriguing, and disturbing: the health hazards of sitting for long stretches are significant even for people who are quite active when they’re not sitting...
TV Networks Say DVRs and Weak Shows Explain Low Ratings
Label: BusinessIf you ask several of the top programmers in network television what is going wrong with their ratings this season, they offer a litany of answers: jarring schedule disruptions from debates, election night and Hurricane Sandy, for instance, as well as the ever-increasing defections toward delayed viewing and away from the nightly schedules that have defined network prime time since the days of radio....
Dec
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Boy Scouts' opposition to background checks let pedophiles in
Label: World Amid reports of widespread sexual abuse of children in the late 1980s, several leading youth organizations began conducting...
Geek Culture's 26 Most Awesome Female Ass-Kickers
Label: TechnologyAngelina Jolie extends her reputation as filmdom’s most compelling ass-kicker, Female Division, when Salt opens Friday. Midway through a summer freighted with testosterone, Jolie’s lithe Agent Salt is a potent reminder of the power of feminine fighters.
A minority presence in sci-fi and action realms even in 2010, women warriors remain the exception to the guy-centric rule in film, TV, videogames...
NBC sets premiere date for “Do No Harm” drama
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – NBC will premiere its new drama “Do No Harm” at 10 p.m. on January 31, NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said Friday.The premiere date takes advantage of the one-hour series finale of “30 Rock,” which will air at 8 p.m. on that same night.“Do No Harm” stars “Rescue Me” alum Steven Pasquale as Dr. Jason Cole, a neurosurgeon whose life is going swimmingly until...
Unboxed: Stand-Up Desks Gaining Favor in the Workplace
Label: HealthTHE health studies that conclude that people should sit less, and get up and move around more, have always struck me as fitting into the “well, duh” category. But a closer look at the accumulating research on sitting reveals something more intriguing, and disturbing: the health hazards of sitting for long stretches are significant even for people who are quite active when they’re not...
Nov
30
L.A. County seeing high-risk offenders entering its probation system
Label: World One year into California's state prison realignment program, Los Angeles County is seeing an unexpected number of high-risk...
Only in Vegas: Sprinting Santas and Run-Through Weddings
Label: Technology A sea of Santas in a silly sprint. Fido, it seems, has been very good this year.LAS VEGAS — Only in Sin City would the sight of 8,000 Santas running amok through the streets not raise an eyebrow. Even the Elvis Santas barely drew second glances in this town, where the King is as common as bad buffets and bad judgment.But such things are par for the course when you’re...
“iCarly” and “Victorious” spinoff gets greenlight from Nickelodeon
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Tweens of the world, rejoice: “iCarly” may be relegated to the dustbin of TV-programming history, but a part of it will live on.Nickelodeon has greenlit “Sam & Cat,” a hybrid spinoff of “iCarly” – which ended its run last week – and the Nickelodeon series “Victorious.”The series – from “iCarly” and “Victorious” creator Dan Schneider – will star Jennette McCurdy (who...
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