Eugene Polley, Inventor Of The TV Remote, Has Died | Complex
22 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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- English: Various remote controls fot TV-set, DVD and VHS. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Eugene Polley, the man who invented the wireless TV remote, died on May 20 of natural causes at the age of 96, according to Deadline. Polley, an engineer, developed the gun-shaped Zenith Flash-Matic wireless remote control in 1955, which allowed television viewers to change the channel without having to stand up and turn the dial.
This invention revolutionized the way people watched TV, and later that design evolved into remotes for computers, video games, VCRs, DVD players, and countless other household items. In 1997, Polley was awarded with an Emmy for his work in TV remotes. It’s an invention that so many of us have taken for granted over the years, so it’s only proper that we recognize the man that dreamed it up.
via Eugene Polley, Inventor Of The TV Remote, Has Died | Complex.
Wireless remote control is biggest freakin’ invention on earth.
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Billboard Awards Winners List 2012! | Just Jared
21 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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It was a fun-filled night at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (May 20) in Las Vegas, Nev.
Big winners included Adele with 12 awards and LMFAO with six.
The evening consisted of scorching performances by the likes of Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Brown, as well as a tribute to the late Whitney Houston, and a once-in-a-generation Icon Award for Stevie Wonder.
2011 Billboard Music Awards Winners List
ARTIST AWARDS:
Top Artist: Adele
Top New Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist: Lil Wayne
Top Female Artist: Adele
Top Duo/Group: LMFAO
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Adele
Top Hot 100 Artist: Adele
Top Digital Songs Artist: Adele
Top Radio Songs Artist: Adele
Top Touring Artist: U2
Top Social Artist: Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist: Rihanna
Top Digital Media Artist: Adele
Top Pop Artist: Adele
Top R&B Artist: Chris Brown
Top Rap Artist: Lil Wayne
Top Country Artist: Lady Antebellum
Top Rock Artist: Coldplay
Top Alternative Artist: Coldplay
Top Latin Artist: Shakira
Top Dance Artist: Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist: Casting Crowns
ALBUMS AWARDS:
Top Billboard 200 Album: Adele — 21
Top Pop Album: Adele — 21
Top R&B Album: Beyonce — 4
Top Rap Album: Lil Wayne — Tha Carter IV
Top Country Album: Jason Aldean — My Kinda Party
Top Rock Album: Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto
Top Alternative Album: Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto
Top Latin Album: Romeo Santos — Formula: Vol. 1
Top Dance Album: Lady Gaga — Born This Way
Top Christian Album: Casting Crowns — Come To The Well
SONG AWARDS:
Top Hot 100 Song: LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Digital Song: LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Radio Song: Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — “Give Me Everything”
Top Streaming Song (Audio): Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Top Streaming Song (Video): Nicki Minaj — “Super Bass”
Top Pop Song: LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — “Party Rock Anthem”
Top R&B Song: Kelly Rowland Feat. Lil Wayne — “Motivation”
Top Rap Song: LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Country Song: Jason Aldean — “Dirt Road Anthem”
Top Rock Song: Foster The People — “Pumped Up Kicks”
Top Alternative Song: Adele — “Rolling In The Deep”
Top Latin Song: Don Omar & Lucenzo — “Danza Kuduro”
Top Dance Song: LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Christian Song: Laura Story — “Blessings”
via Billboard Awards Winners List 2012! | 2012 Billboard Music Awards : Just Jared.
That was a good freaking award show last night. It was amazing and better that the last year.
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Tia Mowry Leaving BET’s The Game – UsMagazine.com
20 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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It’s Game over for actress Tia Mowry.
Featured as Melanie Barnett-Davis on BET’s popular series The Game for the past six years, Mowry has confirmed that she will not be returning for its next season.
“Just wanted to let all my fans know that I will not be returning to The Game for season 6. It was an incredible run and I had lots of fun,” the star, 33, confirmed via Twitter Tuesday, explaining that she’ll use her time to pursue other projects, including an ABC Family movie.
Mowry has appeared on the show since its premiere in 2006. Costarring Wendy Raquel Robinson and Pooch Hall, The Game aired on The CW from 2006 to 2009 before BET picked it up in 2011.
Though she’s saying goodbye to BET’s primetime audience, Mowry — who split her time filming the series in Atlanta and with her husband and son in Los Angeles — has no plans to stop appearing on TV entirely.
Tia & Tamera, the STYLE network show on which she stars with her twin sister, premieres its second season June 11.
Mowry released a pregnancy advice book, Oh Baby, on Tuesday. She and her husband, Cory Hardrict, welcomed their son Cree in June 2011.
via Tia Mowry Leaving BET’s The Game – UsMagazine.com.
I don’t know whose gonna replace Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry because they are so amazing. After the fifth season of The Game over I won’t be watching the next season. I’m going to miss Derwin and Melanie the best TV couple on earth. I hope that BET gonna cancel the show when the ratings go down. Will you be watching the next season of The Game?
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Robin Gibb Dead at 62 – UsMagazine.com
20 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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The music world lost one of its greats Sunday.
“The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” a rep tells Us Weekly in a statement. “The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time.”
Gibb, 62, was put in a coma after contracting pneumonia in April. In 2010, the tenor had emergency surgery for a blocked bowel and then had an additional operation for a twisted bowel; he also had intestinal surgery on March 26, 2012 to remove a “blood clot that caused perforation.”
Robin’s twin brother, Maurice, died in 2003 at the age of 53 due to complications from a twisted intestine. Their younger brother, Andy, died in 1988 at age 30 of a heart ailment.
The Bee Gees’ soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever was one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s. They have won seven Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
via Robin Gibb Dead at 62 – UsMagazine.com.
Robin Gibb will be missed.
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‘The Avengers’ Tops Box Office for Third Straight Week! | Just Jared
20 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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The Avengers has once again reigned supreme at the weekend box office!
Bringing in an estimated $55.1 million dollars this weekend, the superhero flick took the top slot for the third week in a row. Domestically, the film has grossed $457.1 million. Globally, the flick has brought in $1.18 billion, making it the number four movie of all time, according to THR. Wow!!
Alexander Skarsgard and Rihanna‘s flick Battleship took the number two spot with $25.3 million this weekend. Sacha Baron Cohen‘s The Dictator came in at number three with $17.4 million.
Rounding out the top five was Johnny Depp‘s Dark Shadows and Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz‘s What to Expect When You’re Expecting, grossing $12.8 million and $10.5 million, respectively.
via ‘The Avengers’ Tops Box Office for Third Straight Week! | Box Office, The Avengers : Just Jared.
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Rap-Up.com || Album Cover: Maybach Music Group – ‘Self Made, Vol. 2’
17 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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The summer belongs to Maybach Music Group. Rick Ross and his Untouchable Empire unveil the epic cover art for Self Made, Vol. 2. Due June 26, the follow-up to last year’s Self Made, Vol. 1 features Stalley, Meek Mill, Wale, and MMG’s newest member Omarion. The first single, “Bag of Money,” is currently No. 42 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
via Rap-Up.com || Album Cover: Maybach Music Group – ‘Self Made, Vol. 2’.
Donna Summer Dies at 63 – UsMagazine.com
17 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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The Queen of Disco is gone.
Donna Summer has died at age 63, her family confirmed to the Associated Press on Thursday.
“Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith,” the statement begins. “While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can’t express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time.”
The chart-topping, Grammy-winning singer behind such colossal disco hits as “Hot Stuff,” “Last Dance,” “Bad Girls” and many others — plus 80s smashes like “She Works Hard for the Money” — passed away in Florida after a battle with cancer.
The biggest, most enduring star of the disco era, Summer helped usher disco, dance and later electronic music into the mainstream — influencing the careers and sounds of Madonna, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and countless others.
She is survived by daughters Brooklyn and Amanda, her grown daughters with husband Bruce Sudano, a fellow musician whom she married in 1980, and Mimi, her eldest daughter with first husband, actor Helmuth Sommer.
Summer’s rep had no immediate comment. According to TMZ, Summer had been working on a new album weeks before her passing.
Born to a devoutly Christian family in the Dorchester section of Boston, Summer’s racy music — her breakout hit “Love to Love You, Baby” featured orgasmic moans — often conflicted with the star’s spiritual beliefs. The mezzo-soprano (whose most famous collaborator was producer Giorgio Morodo, who helped create the groundbreaking track “I Feel Love”) declared herself a born-again Christian in 1979.
After a long absence from live performing, Summer returned to the stage in the early 2000s, and re-recorded “Love to Love You Baby” in 2011 for a “Loverdose” fragrance ad for Diesel.
A five-time Grammy winner, Summer became the first artist ever to score three back-to-back number 1 albums. She was nominated (but not chosen) for induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
via Donna Summer Dies at 63 – UsMagazine.com.
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Networks Cancel 20 More Shows
15 May 2012 1 Comment
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Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2012) — The major broadcast networks cancelled 20 more shows over the weekend, including the long-running CSI: Miami which starred David Caruso.
The networks are now setting their schedules for the 2012-2013 fall season, which accounts for the flurry of show cancellations and renewals. In addition to the cancellations, the networks renewed such shows as Body of Proof, Castle, Last Man Standing, Happy Endings, Scandal, CSI; NY, Two and a Half Men, Nikita, Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie. Whitney, Up All Night, The Office and Parks & Recreation.
Here are the weekend cancellations by network:
ABC Cancelled:
Missing
The River
Pan Am
GCB
CW Cancelled:
Ringer
The Secret Circle
NBC Cancelled:
Awake
Are You There, Cheslea
Bent
Best Friends, Forever
Harry’s Law
Fear Factor
The Marriage Ref
Minute to Win It
The Sing-Off
Who Do You Think You Are?
CBS Cancelled:
CSI: Miami
NYC-22
Rob
Unforgettable
Update Monday: Fox Cancels Another Show
Earlier last week, CBS cancelled the rookie drama, A Gifted Man, which starred Patrick Wilson as a doctor who was visited by the ghost of his late wife, while Fox axed Alcatraz, Breaking In, I Hate My Teenaged Daughter and The Finder.
In addition, ABC announced that the comedy Cougar Town is moving to TBS. The cable network has agreed to air 15 new episodes of the show, starting in early 2013.
To see a handy guide of shows that have been cancelled or renewed to date, click: TV Guide.
via Networks Cancel 20 More Shows.
CS: Miami, The Secret Circle and Ringer was three now canceled TV shows that I love.
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‘Scandal’ Renewed for Second Season! | Just Jared
12 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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Kerry Washington‘s drama Scandal has been renewed for a second season by ABC. We’re so excited!
Shonda Rhimes, the show’s creator, tweeted, “Am super proud to say that @ScandalABC has been picked for a 2nd season!!! Am doing a little dance of joy.”
Revenge, Modern Family, Private Practice, Body of Proof, Apartment 23, and Once Upon A Time have also been renewed for additional seasons.
Kristin Chenoweth‘s comedy GCB didn’t make the cut, and Courteney Cox‘s Cougar Town will be moving to TBS.
ABC is picking up several new shows, according to THR. Their new lineup includes Nashville, a family drama that follows the careers of two country music stars, played by Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere.
via ‘Scandal’ Renewed for Second Season! | Kerry Washington, Modern Family, Revenge : Just Jared.
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NBC Also Renewed “Whitney” For Some Reason | Complex
12 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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With every good tidbit of news – Community, Parks and Recreation renewed! – there must also be some bad. In this case, it’s the fact that NBC also decided to renew Whitney. The sitcom, created by series star Whitney Cummings herself, was considered on the bubble for a while, and most thought it was as good as dead. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
In addition to the renewal of Whitney meaning there will be another season of Whitney on the airwaves, it also means that Cummings will have three shows on television next season: Whitney, 2 Broke Girls (for which she is a co-creator), and her new E! talk show, Love You, Mean It With Whitney Cummings. She will have three, and the rest of us…will have none.
via NBC Also Renewed “Whitney” For Some Reason | Complex.
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