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Mentionings...
A Thrilling challenge
8:40am Thursday 2nd October 2008
By Cherry Thomas »
Steve Clegg and young members of the Bolton Artistic Roller Skating Club practising their Michael Jackson zombie moves
IT’S close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark...
Don’t worry though, it is not a real zombie — this is Steve Clegg, who along with hundreds of others, will take part in a “Thrillerthon” later this month.
Mr Clegg, aged 54, and fellow members of the “undead” will join a global attempt to perform the largest ever simultaneous dance to Michael Jackson’s hit song Thriller.
Around 400 people are expected to wear spooky make up and fancy dress and gather at Hayward Leisure Centre in Bolton to dance their way into the Guinness Book of World Records on October 25. Mr Clegg, a PVC cleaner and chairman of Bolton Artistic Roller Skating Club, said: “Some of the children at the club were talking about the Thriller dance so I looked it up on the internet for them.
“I found stuff about Thrill The World and it grabbed my attention. It’s so different and I thought it would be brilliant for Bolton to join in.
“The whole idea of becoming a zombie — it’s not something you do in the normal walk of life.”
Thrill The World was started by Canadian dance instructor, Ines Markeljevic, in 2006 and last year more than 1,700 people took part.
It is hoped many more will dance for 2008 and Bolton is signed up alongside Brisbane, Shanghai, New York, Berlin and London.
Tell Us: Is Thriller the best video ever?
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/3720190.A_Thrilling_challenge/
Alton Towers Corkscrew to be taken down
Oct 2 2008
THE Alton Towers Resort announces the end of an era as Europe’s first double loop rollercoaster, the Corkscrew, is to be taken down.
The 1980’s was an era defined by icons; Michael Jackson, Margaret Thatcher…and Europe’s first double-helix rollercoaster, the Corkscrew, at the Alton Towers Resort. After 28 fantastic years of generating exciting family fun and creating profound memories as the first ever rollercoaster experienced by thousands, the time has come for big kids everywhere to say goodbye to Britain’s most iconic ride. On 9th November 2008, the Corkscrew will unleash its double-loop drama for the last time before being taken down...
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/m...rs-corkscrew-to-be-taken-down-66331-21947718/
AKON HAS A DIZZEE SPELL
ABOVE: R&B: Akon
2nd October 2008
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R&B royalty Akon wants to introduce Dizzee Rascal to the States.
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The 34-year-old, who is currently working with Michael Jackson, 50, on his new album, told me: “Dizzee is dope. I really like him. I think that whole grime sound, if it ever breaks outside of the UK, is going to be huge, it’s so new and fresh.
“I want to be the one to bring it over to the US and one way would be to get Dizzee on my album. Give him my number.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/53179/Akon-has-a-Dizzee-spell/
'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' stars have surprising chemistry on-screen
BY Roger Moore • ORLANDO SENTINEL • October 2, 2008
She loved "Mamma Mia!"
"It made me all mushy and weepy," she giggles.
He joined the cult of "Mister Lonely," the movie about the Michael Jackson impersonator who meets Marilyn Monroe and joins her commune in Scotland.
"I love movies that are, youknow, fresh and kind of edgy."
She has Stravinsky and Regina Spektor on her iPod. And he?
"I don't have an iPod. I use iTunes, though. Does that count?"
He's 20, sweet and mousy and Canadian. She's 22, dark, sultry and a Philly girl.
We know what you're saying. It'll never work out.
But somehow, as Nick and Norah, the romantic focus of "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Michael Cera and Kat Dennings click. Their chemistry moved the New York Times to call this pairing of the "nerd du jour" Cera and the "odd, arresting beauty" Dennings a "movie to watch" this fall.
He's settling into stardom after "Juno" and "Superbad" put him there last year. She's been around for years, popping up in films such as August's "The House Bunny." Norah is her second leading lady role (after "Charlie Bartlett") and could be her big break.
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," based on a novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, may have a title that's a pun on the old "Thin Man" Nick and Nora Charles romance mysteries. But it's a thoroughly modern love-me, love-my-music romance, a film in which the would-be lovers share mix CDs long before they share a kiss.
"The only thing that can lead to romance is chemistry," says Dennings. "But it's definitely a plus if you have the same taste in music."
"Music doesn't necessarily have that much to do with romance," counters Cera. "It's a great way to click with someone, especially if you share unusual tastes in music."
But Cera's into Human Highway and Alan Price, who used to be keyboardist for the Animals. Denning's all about "Bowie, David Bowie." There's just no way to get these two kids together. Off the screen, anyway.
"For Nick and Norah, music is a huge deal," Dennings says, laughing. "It's what gets Norah's attention before she even meets Nick. And Nick, once he finds out she's been listening to his mix CDs, he has to think about her differently."
"I think Norah likes the fact that Nick is in a band, that he plays bass," Cera offers after an awkward pause. "Girls like musicians, don't they?"
Dennings and Cera and the cast and crew of "Nick and Norah" enjoyed "29 freezing nights" on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Cera says. They filmed in real nightclubs as Nick and Norah meet and traverse the city in the wee small hours of the morning, looking for love, searching for a friend who's had too much to drink and trying to find a legendary band that they love that's about to perform an after-hours gig.
"I can totally understand that, bossing about a band or a musician," says Cera. But the slightly older Dennings is the one who connects that phrase "It's about the music" with people the age of the characters in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
"Being really into a band in your teens is like being into holidays and birthdays," she says. "You outgrow it. I stopped caring about big birthdays a few years ago. And as obsessed as you might be with this band or that one, that's the thing with obsession. It wears out."
this one is kinda jukie so I'll give ya the link but I'm not posting the article. It assumes about Michael's happiness.
Mind Set: Go for total wealth
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t_Go_for_total_wealth/articleshow/1872089.cms
Mentionings...
A Thrilling challenge
8:40am Thursday 2nd October 2008
By Cherry Thomas »
IT’S close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark...
Don’t worry though, it is not a real zombie — this is Steve Clegg, who along with hundreds of others, will take part in a “Thrillerthon” later this month.
Mr Clegg, aged 54, and fellow members of the “undead” will join a global attempt to perform the largest ever simultaneous dance to Michael Jackson’s hit song Thriller.
Around 400 people are expected to wear spooky make up and fancy dress and gather at Hayward Leisure Centre in Bolton to dance their way into the Guinness Book of World Records on October 25. Mr Clegg, a PVC cleaner and chairman of Bolton Artistic Roller Skating Club, said: “Some of the children at the club were talking about the Thriller dance so I looked it up on the internet for them.
“I found stuff about Thrill The World and it grabbed my attention. It’s so different and I thought it would be brilliant for Bolton to join in.
“The whole idea of becoming a zombie — it’s not something you do in the normal walk of life.”
Thrill The World was started by Canadian dance instructor, Ines Markeljevic, in 2006 and last year more than 1,700 people took part.
It is hoped many more will dance for 2008 and Bolton is signed up alongside Brisbane, Shanghai, New York, Berlin and London.
Tell Us: Is Thriller the best video ever?
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/3720190.A_Thrilling_challenge/
Alton Towers Corkscrew to be taken down
Oct 2 2008
THE Alton Towers Resort announces the end of an era as Europe’s first double loop rollercoaster, the Corkscrew, is to be taken down.
The 1980’s was an era defined by icons; Michael Jackson, Margaret Thatcher…and Europe’s first double-helix rollercoaster, the Corkscrew, at the Alton Towers Resort. After 28 fantastic years of generating exciting family fun and creating profound memories as the first ever rollercoaster experienced by thousands, the time has come for big kids everywhere to say goodbye to Britain’s most iconic ride. On 9th November 2008, the Corkscrew will unleash its double-loop drama for the last time before being taken down...
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/m...rs-corkscrew-to-be-taken-down-66331-21947718/
AKON HAS A DIZZEE SPELL
ABOVE: R&B: Akon
2nd October 2008
Your Shout ( 0 )
R&B royalty Akon wants to introduce Dizzee Rascal to the States.
#bodycopy a { font-size: 12px; }
The 34-year-old, who is currently working with Michael Jackson, 50, on his new album, told me: “Dizzee is dope. I really like him. I think that whole grime sound, if it ever breaks outside of the UK, is going to be huge, it’s so new and fresh.
“I want to be the one to bring it over to the US and one way would be to get Dizzee on my album. Give him my number.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/53179/Akon-has-a-Dizzee-spell/
'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' stars have surprising chemistry on-screen
BY Roger Moore • ORLANDO SENTINEL • October 2, 2008
She loved "Mamma Mia!"
"It made me all mushy and weepy," she giggles.
He joined the cult of "Mister Lonely," the movie about the Michael Jackson impersonator who meets Marilyn Monroe and joins her commune in Scotland.
"I love movies that are, youknow, fresh and kind of edgy."
She has Stravinsky and Regina Spektor on her iPod. And he?
"I don't have an iPod. I use iTunes, though. Does that count?"
He's 20, sweet and mousy and Canadian. She's 22, dark, sultry and a Philly girl.
We know what you're saying. It'll never work out.
But somehow, as Nick and Norah, the romantic focus of "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Michael Cera and Kat Dennings click. Their chemistry moved the New York Times to call this pairing of the "nerd du jour" Cera and the "odd, arresting beauty" Dennings a "movie to watch" this fall.
He's settling into stardom after "Juno" and "Superbad" put him there last year. She's been around for years, popping up in films such as August's "The House Bunny." Norah is her second leading lady role (after "Charlie Bartlett") and could be her big break.
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," based on a novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, may have a title that's a pun on the old "Thin Man" Nick and Nora Charles romance mysteries. But it's a thoroughly modern love-me, love-my-music romance, a film in which the would-be lovers share mix CDs long before they share a kiss.
"The only thing that can lead to romance is chemistry," says Dennings. "But it's definitely a plus if you have the same taste in music."
"Music doesn't necessarily have that much to do with romance," counters Cera. "It's a great way to click with someone, especially if you share unusual tastes in music."
But Cera's into Human Highway and Alan Price, who used to be keyboardist for the Animals. Denning's all about "Bowie, David Bowie." There's just no way to get these two kids together. Off the screen, anyway.
"For Nick and Norah, music is a huge deal," Dennings says, laughing. "It's what gets Norah's attention before she even meets Nick. And Nick, once he finds out she's been listening to his mix CDs, he has to think about her differently."
"I think Norah likes the fact that Nick is in a band, that he plays bass," Cera offers after an awkward pause. "Girls like musicians, don't they?"
Dennings and Cera and the cast and crew of "Nick and Norah" enjoyed "29 freezing nights" on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Cera says. They filmed in real nightclubs as Nick and Norah meet and traverse the city in the wee small hours of the morning, looking for love, searching for a friend who's had too much to drink and trying to find a legendary band that they love that's about to perform an after-hours gig.
"I can totally understand that, bossing about a band or a musician," says Cera. But the slightly older Dennings is the one who connects that phrase "It's about the music" with people the age of the characters in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
"Being really into a band in your teens is like being into holidays and birthdays," she says. "You outgrow it. I stopped caring about big birthdays a few years ago. And as obsessed as you might be with this band or that one, that's the thing with obsession. It wears out."
this one is kinda jukie so I'll give ya the link but I'm not posting the article. It assumes about Michael's happiness.Mind Set: Go for total wealth
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t_Go_for_total_wealth/articleshow/1872089.cms
Today in
Michael Jackson History
2001 - It was reported that the Michael Jackson: The Solo Years, 30th Anniversary Celebration" tribute concerts, held on September 7 and 10, 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York City had grossed $10,072,105 in ticket sales. 34,844 people attended the two concerts. Michael Jackson History
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