Celebrities STOMP Out Bullying With Love Our Children USA
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaims October 5th BLUE SHIRT DAY

NEW YORK September 28 2009: Love Our Children USA announced that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proclaiming October 5th BLUE SHIRT DAY to signify the importance of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, October 4th – 10th.

Love Our Children USA created National Blue Shirt Day on Monday, October 5th, where thousands of kids and adults will wear blue shirts as they make their way to school or to the office as a grassroots national movement to STOMP Out Bullying.

The organization launched the STOMP Out Bullying Campaign in October, 2008 and its new dedicated Web Site this past Monday. STOMP Out Bullying focuses its efforts to reduce Bullying and Cyberbullying, decrease school absenteeism and truancy, educate against homophobia and racism and deter violence in schools, playgrounds and communities across the country. To date over 53,000 have committed to STOMP Out Bullying on the site.

It’s not just our politicians who support STOMP Out Bullying an initiative of Love Our Children USA, but celebrities are out in full force to help.

Teen Celebrities Demi Lovato, JoJo and the latest children’s sensation The Oogieloves participate in the public service campaign which includes TV spots, videos, posters, brochures and wristbands. Additional celebrities such as Brittany Snow, Naturally 7 and others are slated to join the ongoing campaign created by the Geppetto Group.

In order to raise funds for bullying and cyberbullying prevention, education and peer mentoring in schools, Love Our Children USA is holding its Second Annual Celebrity STOMP Out Bullying Auction on CharityFolks from October 5th –16th.

This year’s celebrity contributors include: Elton John, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Ellen Degeneres, Phil Collins, Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Bryan Adams, Metallica, Guster, Dancing With The Stars, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Bye Bye Birdie, Rock Of Ages, the NJ Nets and more.

“Kids who are intimidated, threatened, or harmed by bullies often experience low self-esteem and depression, whereas those doing the bullying may go on to engage in more serious antisocial behaviors. Some kids are so traumatized by being bullied, that they contemplate suicide. Bullies often have been the victims of bullying or other mistreatment themselves” said Ross Ellis, Love Our Children USA Founder and Chief Executive Officer. This campaign’s key purpose is to educate those kids who are being bullied and those who are bullying, that there are choices for them to get help.

Bullying can be so painful and clearly has played a role in school shootings across the country. While boys are more physical, girls use weapons, exclusion, slander, rumors and gossip.

And cyberbullying is on the rise. This social online cruelty is used in the forms of e-mail, cell phone; pager text messages, instant messaging, defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web sites, deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior, and is used by an individual or group — intended to harm others – especially amongst our youth. While most kids use the Internet for friendly interactions, more and more kids are using these communication tools to antagonize, terrorize and intimidate others.

Add that to the hazing going on in high schools and the kids who bring guns to school and our kids are in even more danger of emotional and physical harm.

Bullying Statistics

• 1 out of 4 kids is Bullied.
• 1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some “Bullying.”
• 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
• More youth violence occurs on school grounds as opposed to on the way to school.
• 1/3 of students surveyed said they heard another student threaten to kill someone.
• As many as 160,000 students may stay home on any given day because they’re afraid of their bullies due to the pain of bullying.

Cyberbullying Statistics
• 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
• 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.
• 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages.
• 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online.

Hazing Statistics
• 1.5 million high school students are hazed each year
• 91% of all H.S. students belong to at least one group, and half of them, 48% report being subjected to hazing activities.
• 43% were subjected to humiliating activities and 30% performed potentially illegal acts as part of their initiation

All of this has everyone worried. Not just the kids on its receiving end, but the parents, teachers and others who may not understand how extreme bullying can get. Love Our Children USA is working aggressively to prevent these issues and to help the kids and teens affected by it.

Ellis said “STOMP Out Bullying brings awareness and educates kids, parents and schools about the issue. It offers hope for every kid who experiences the harmful effects of bullying and teaches parents to keep open communication with their children and to look for signs. It also educates school administrators across the country, who have swept this issue under the rug for too long.”

She also added, “Bullying is a form of child abuse and bullies are very likely to grow up as adults who abuse children. By educating our children, we can stop the bullying BEFORE it ever starts. We are grateful to the entertainment industry and with their help we can keep kids safe across the country.”

More information about bullying and how to help your children and students can be found at www.loveourchildrenusa.org and www.stompoutbullying.org

About Love Our Children USA

Love Our Children USA is the national nonprofit leader that honors, respects and protects children. Its mission is to break the cycle of violence against children. Love Our Children USA has become ‘the go-to’ prevention organization for all forms of violence and neglect against children in the U.S. Working to eliminate behaviors that keep children from reaching their potential, it redefines parenting and creates kid success by promoting prevention strategies and positive changes in parenting and family attitudes and behaviors through public education. Empowering and supporting children, teens, parents and families through information, resources, advocacy, and online youth mentoring. Its message is positive …one of prevention, empowerment and hope. Since 1999, Love Our Children USA has paved the way in the prevention of violence and neglect against children … keeping children safe and strengthening families.

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Contact: Media Relations
Love Our Children USA
1.888.347.KIDS (5437) / 212.629.2099
media@loveourchildrenusa.org

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Rolling Stone Mag
Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Kiss Lead 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
9/23/09, 8:00 am EST

The ballot for next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class is one of the most diverse ever: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Kiss and Genesis are up for nomination alongside the Stooges, Donna Summer, ABBA, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, the Chantels, the Hollies and Jimmy Cliff. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their debut release, so all the candidates released their first single no later than 1984. LL Cool J and the Red Hot Chili Peppers both made the ballot on their first year of eligibility.

This is Kiss’ first time on the ballot, and their wait for a nod has frustrated the band and its army of fans. “There are disco bands, rap bands, Yiddish folk song bands in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but not Kiss,” Gene Simmons said last year. “I believe we have more gold records in America than any other group, but it’s OK.” The Stooges made an appearance at the induction ceremony just two years ago, as Iggy Pop and Co. performed a pair of Madonna songs when the Queen of Pop joined the Hall.

If LL Cool J gets inducted he will be the third hip-hop act to get into the Hall, after Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Class of ‘07) and Run-DMC (Clas of ‘08). “I don’t even think I can describe it. In terms of music, it’s probably the happiest moment for me since I got my break,” LL Cool J tells Rolling Stone. “My break was the moment I was called by Rick Rubin and he said, ‘Come down, let’s make some records.’ Now they are nominating me for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it makes me feel like it mattered a little bit. It’s cool. It’s a great feeling.” Watch LL Cool J react to his Rock Hall nomination below.

The final list of inductees — decided by the 500 voters receiving ballots — will be announced in January and the ceremony will once again be held at New York’s Waldorf Astoria on March 15th, 2010. On October 29th and 30th the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will celebrate its 25th anniversary with two concerts at Madison Square Garden that will feature performances by U2, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Metallica, Simon & Garfunkel and many more.

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Full List: Fall Music Preview 2009

September
9/15 Nelly Furtado — Mi Plan
9/20 Pearl Jam — Backspacer
9/22 Mika — The Boy Who Knew Too Much
9/22 Sean Kingston — Tomorrow
9/22 Monsters of Folk — Monsters of Folk
9/22 Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band —
Between My Head and the Sky
9/29 Ghostface Killah —
Ghostdini, Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City
9/29 Kris Kristofferson — Closer to the Bone
9/29 Mariah Carey — Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
9/29 Alice in Chains — Black Gives Way To Blue
9/29 AFI — Crash Love
9/29 Dawes — North Hills
9/29 Miranda Lambert — Revolution
9/29 La Roux — La Roux
9/29 The Avett Brothers — I and Love and You
9/29 Paramore — Brand New Eyes

October
10/6 Air — Love 2
10/6 Backstreet Boys — This Is Us
10/6 Built to Spill — There Is No Enemy 10
10/6 Gossip — Music For Men
10/6 Rosanne Cash — The List
10/6 Kiss — Sonic Boom
10/13 Dead by Sunrise — Out of Ashes
10/13 Shakira — She Wolf
10/13 The Flaming Lips — Embryonic
10/13 Bob Dylan — Christmas in the Heart
10/20 Julian Casablancas — Phrazes for the Young
10/20 The Roots — How I Got Over
10/20 Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar —
One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur
10/20 Tim McGraw — Southern Voice
10/27 Tegan and Sara — Sainthood
10/27 Wolfmother — Cosmic Egg
10/27 Devendra Banhart — What Will We Be
10/27 Creed — Full Circle
10/27 Flyleaf — Memento Mori
10/27 The Swell Season — Strict Joy
10/27 Weezer — Raditude
10/27 Rod Stewart — The Great American Soulbook

November
11/3 Say Anything — Say Anything
11/3 Carrie Underwood — Play On
11/9 Robbie Williams — Reality Killed The Video Star
11/10 Bon Jovi — The Circle
11/10 Clipse — Till the Casket Drops
11/17 Norah Jones — The Fall
11/17 Leona Lewis — Echo
11/17 Avril Lavigne — Title TBD
11/17 John Mayer — Battle Studies
11/17 OneRepublic — Waking Up
11/24 30 Seconds to Mars — This Is War
11/24 Adam Lambert — TBD
TBD 50 Cent — Before I Self Destruct
TBD Eminem — Relapse 2
TBD Kris Allen — TBD

December and Beyond
12/1 The Game — R.E.D.
December TBD Michelle Branch —
Everything Comes and Goes
Fall TBD Lil Wayne — Rebirth
Winter TBD Mary J. Blige — Stronger
Winter TBD Diddy — Last Train To Paris
Winter TBD R. Kelly — TBD
Winter TBD Young Jeezy — TBD

Reporting by Steve Appleford, David Browne, Matt Diehl, Jenny Eliscu, Josh Eells, Nicole Frehsée, David Fricke, Caryn Ganz, Andy Greene, Brian Hiatt, Christian Hoard, Melissa Maerz, Kevin O’Donnell, Austin Scaggs, Evan Serpick, Chris Willman, Mikael Wood. Album information and dates confirmed as of press time.

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Gay men ‘can be identified by their Facebook friends’
Homosexual men can be identified just by looking at their Facebook friends, according to unpublished research by two students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
By Matthew Moore
Published: 10:45AM BST 21 Sep 2009

The study found that it was possible to predict men’s sexual orientation by analysing the gender and sexuality of their contacts on the social networking site – even if the rest of the information on their profile is set to private.

The small-scale survey indicates that people who believe they have discreet online habits may still be making personal information about themselves public.

As part of the study the researchers Carter Jernigan and Behram Mistree scanned the Facebook friends of more than 1,500 fellow students who indicated their sexual orientation – straight, gay or bisexual – on their profiles.

This analysis revealed that homosexual men had proportionally more gay friends than straight men, allowing the students to devise a computer programme to predict the sexual orientation of other Facebook users based solely on the sexualities of their friends.

They ran this programme on 10 men who were known to be homosexual but did not reveal this information on their profiles. In each case, the software correctly identified the men to be gay.

“When they first did it, it was absolutely striking – we said, ‘Oh my God – you can actually put some computation behind that,’ ” Hal Abelson, a MIT computer science professor, told the Boston Globe.

“That pulls the rug out from a whole policy and technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information – because you don’t have control over your information.”

In total the researchers ran their software on 947 people who did not disclose their sexual orientation on their profiles, but it failed to accurately identify lesbians or bisexuals of either gender.

Jernigan and Mistree say they are attempting to get their study, titled Gaydar, published in a scientific journal.

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Winners! A Big List From the 2009 Primetime Emmys
Today 7:49 PM PDT by EOL Staff

Outstanding Drama Series: Mad Men

Outstanding Comedy Series: 30 Rock

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Glenn Close, Damages

Writer in a Drama Series: Mad Men

Director in a Drama Series: Rod Holcomb, E.R.

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Cherry Jones, 24

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Michael Emerson, Lost

Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Original Music and Lyrics: 81st Annual Academy Awards, “Hugh Jackman Opening Number”

Writing for Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jessica Lange Mathew Imaging/Getty Images

Directing for Variety, Music or Comedy Series: Bruce Gowers, American Idol

Miniseries: Little Dorrit

Made for Television Movie: Grey Gardens

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie: Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: Dearbhla Walsh, Little Dorrit

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: Andrew Davies, Little Dorrit

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: Ken Howard, Grey Gardens

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie: Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam

Reality Competition Program: The Amazing Race

Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program: Jeff Probst, Survivor

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Toni Collette, United States of Tara

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Matt Hubbard, 30 Rock (“Reunion”)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Blitz, The Office

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Mister D: My friend Gonadra makes my picks for me. As she always says, “Balls to the left, Balls to the right, Balls settle in the middle, There you got your picks!” Sounds good to me!

Below, the nominees for all the major awards at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

COMEDY

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock

Weeds

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Rainn Wilson, The Office

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alan Alda, 30 Rock
Beau Bridges, Desperate Housewives
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
Steve Martin, 30 Rock
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jennifer Aniston, 30 Rock
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Gena Rowlands, Monk
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
Betty White, My Name Is Earl

DRAMA

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Michael Emerson, Lost
William Hurt, Damages
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rose Byrne, Damages
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, 24
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Edward Asner, CSI: NY
Ted Danson, Damages
Ernest Borgnine, ER
Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me
Jimmy Smits, Dexter

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brenda Blethyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Carol Burnett, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sharon Lawrence, Grey’s Anatomy
CCH Pounder, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

REALITY

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Padma Lakshmi (Host) and Tom Colicchio (Co-Host), Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

REALITY SERIES
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
MythBusters

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SPECIAL
Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch
The Kennedy Center Honors
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

MINISERIES OR MOVIE

MINISERIES
Generation Kill
Little Dorrit

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Coco Chanel
Grey Gardens
Into The Storm
Prayers For Bobby
Taking Chance

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac (Great Performances)
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Sir Ian McKellen, King Lear (Great Performances)
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers For Bobby
Chandra Wilson, Accidental Friendship

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Len Cariou, Into the Storm
Tom Courtenay, Little Dorrit
Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
Bob Newhart, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
Andy Serkis, Little Dorrit

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House Of Saddam
Marcia Gay Harden, The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation)
Janet McTeer, Into The Storm
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grey Gardens
Cicely Tyson, Relative Stranger

Go to www.emmys.tv to download the complete list of this year’s Emmy nominees.

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Supporting Actor In Comedy Series
Tracy Morgan, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Jack McBrayer, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Kevin Dillon, “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
Rainn Wilson, “The Office” (NBC)
Jon Cryer, “Two And A Half Men” (CBS)

Supporting Actress In Comedy Series
Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds” (Showtime)

Supporting Actor In Drama Series
William Shatner, “Boston Legal” (ABC)
Christian Clemenson, “Boston Legal” (ABC)
Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
William Hurt, “Damages” (FX)
Michael Emerson, “Lost” (ABC)
John Slattery, “Mad Men” (AMC)

Directing For Variety/Music Series
“American Idol” (Fox)
“Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS)
“Real Time With Bill Maher” (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)

Supporting Actress In Drama Series
Cherry Jones, “24″ (Fox)
Rose Byrne, “Damages” (FX)
Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment” (HBO)
Hope Davis, “In Treatment” (HBO)

Writing For Variety/Music Series
“Late Night With Conan O’Brien” (NBC)
“Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
“Daily Show/Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)

Lead Actress In Miniseries/Movie
Chandra Wilson, “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark)
Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel” (Lifetime)
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers For Bobby” (Lifetime) (

Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
“Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS)
“Real Time With Bill Maher” (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)

Directing For Comedy Series
“30 Rock” Apollo, Apollo episode (NBC)
“30 Rock” Reunion (NBC)
“30 Rock” Generalissimo (NBC)
“Entourage” Tree Trippers (HBO)
“Flight Of Conchords” Tough Brets (HBO)
“The Office” Stress Relief (NBC)

Writing for Comedy Series
“30 Rock” Reunion episode (NBC)
“30 Rock” Apollo, Apollo (NBC)
“30 Rock” Mamma Mia (NBC)
“30 Rock” Kidney Now! (NBC)
“Flight Of Conchords” Prime Minister (HBO)

Made For Television Movie
“Coco Chanel” (Lifetime)
“Grey Gardens” (HBO)
“Into The Storm” (HBO)
“Prayers For Bobby” (Lifetime)
“Taking Chance” (HBO)

Supporting Actor In Miniseries/Movie
Ken Howard, “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Len Cariou, “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Tom Courtenay, “Little Dorrit” (PBS)
Andy Serkis, “Little Dorrit” (PBS)
Bob Newhart, “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice” (TNT)

Directing For Miniseries/Movie/Special
“Generation Kill” (HBO)
“Grey Gardens” (HBO)
“Into The Storm” (HBO)
“Little Dorrit” (PBS)
“Taking Chance” (HBO)
“Wallander: One Step Behind” (PBS)

Writing for Miniseries/Movie/Special
“Generation Kill” (HBO)
“Grey Gardens” (HBO)
“Into The Storm” (HBO)
“Little Dorrit” (PBS)
“Taking Chance” (HBO)

Supporting Actress in Miniseries/Movie
Jeanne Tripplehorn, “Grey Gardens” (HBO)
Shohreh Aghdashloo, “House Of Saddam” (HBO)
Janet McTeer, “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Cicely Tyson, “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark)
Marcia Gay Harden, “The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler” (CBS)

Reality/Competition Program
The News…I could care less
“American Idol” (Fox)
“Dancing With The Stars” (ABC)
“Project Runway” (Bravo)
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) (
“Top Chef” (Bravo)

Miniseries
“Generation Kill” (HBO) (
“Little Dorrit” (PBS)

Original Music And Lyrics
“81st Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
“A Colbert Christmas” (Comedy Central) (
“A Muppets Christmas” (NBC)
“Flight Of The Conchords” (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The 2008 ESPYS” (ESPN)

Directing For A Drama Series
“Battlestar Galactica” Daybreak (Syfy) (Penny’s Pick)
“Boston Legal” Made In China (ABC)
“Damages” Trust Me (FX)
“ER” And In The End (NBC)
“Mad Men” The Jet Set (AMC)

Writing for Drama Series
“Lost” The Incident episode (ABC)
“Mad Men” A Night To Remember (AMC)
“Mad Men” Six Month Leave (AMC)
“Mad Men” The Jet Set (AMC)
“Mad Men” Meditations Emergency (AMC)

Lead Actor In Miniseries/Movie
Kiefer Sutherland, “24: Redemption” (Fox)
Kevin Kline, “Cyrano de Bergerac” (PBS)
Brendan Gleeson, “Into The Storm” (HBO)
Ian McKellen, “King Lear” (PBS)
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance” (HBO)
Kenneth Branagh, “Wallander: One Step Behind” (PBS)

Lead Actor In Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” (NBC) )
Jemaine Clement, “Flight of the Conchords” (HBO)
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk” (USA)
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
Steve Carell, “The Office” (NBC)
Charlie Sheen, “Two And A Half Men” (CBS)

Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Glenn Close, “Damages” (FX) (
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men” (AMC)
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace” (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer” (TNT)

Lead Actor In Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” (AMC) (
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter” (Showtime)
Hugh Laurie, “House” (Fox)
Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment” (HBO)
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men” (AMC)
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist” (CBS)

Lead Actress In Comedy Series
Tina Fey, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?” (ABC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures Of Old Christine” (CBS)
Sarah Silverman, “The Sarah Silverman Program” (Comedy Central)
Toni Collette, “United States Of Tara” (Showtime) (
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds” (Showtime)

Host For Reality Program
Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol” (Fox)
Tom Bergeron, “Dancing With The Stars” (ABC)
Heidi Klum, “Project Runway” (Bravo)
Jeff Probst, “Survivor” (CBS) (
Phil Keoghan, “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio, “Top Chef” (Bravo)

Comedy Series
“30 Rock” (NBC)
“Entourage” (HBO)
“Family Guy” (Fox)
“Flight Of The Conchords” (HBO)
“How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
“The Office” (NBC)
“Weeds” (Showtime)

Drama Series
“Big Love” (HBO)
“Breaking Bad” (AMC)
“Damages” (FX)
“Dexter” (Showtime)
“House” (Fox)
“Lost” (ABC)

Also I see The Academy Awards winning Best Writing as well as Best Musical Special

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In Full: 2009 MTV VMAs – The Winners

Sunday, September 13 2009, 11:43pm EDT

By Neil Wilkes, Editor

A full list of winners from the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, fronted by Russell Brand in New York, follows:

Video Of The Year
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’ – WINNER!
Britney Spears – ‘Womanizer’
Eminem – ‘We Made You’
Kanye West – ‘Love Lockdown’
Lady Gaga – ‘Poker Face’

Best Female Video
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Katy Perry – ‘Hot N Cold’
Kelly Clarkson – ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’
Lady Gaga – ‘Poker Face’
P!nk – ‘So What’
Taylor Swift – ‘You Belong With Me’ – WINNER!

Best Male Video
Eminem – ‘We Made You’
Jay-Z – ‘D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)’
Kanye West – ‘Love Lockdown’
Ne-Yo – ‘Miss Independent’
T.I. feat. Rihanna – ‘Live Your Life’ – WINNER!

Best New Artist
3OH!3 – ‘Don’t Trust Me’
Asher Roth – ‘I Love College’
Drake – ‘Best I Ever Had’
Kid Cudi – ‘Day N’ Nite’
Lady Gaga – ‘Poker Face’ – WINNER!

Best Hip-Hop Video
Asher Roth – ‘I Love College’
Eminem – ‘We Made You’ – WINNER!
Flo Rida – ‘Right Round’
Jay-Z – ‘D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)’
Kanye West – ‘Love Lockdown’

Best Pop Video
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Britney Spears – ‘Womanizer’ – WINNER!
Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester -’Good Girls Go Bad’
Lady Gaga – ‘Poker Face’
Wisin y Yandel – ‘Abusadora’

Best Rock Video
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida‘
Fall Out Boy – ‘I Don’t Care’
Green Day – ’21 Guns’ – WINNER!
Kings of Leon – ‘Use Somebody’
Paramore – ‘Decode’

Breakthrough Video
Anjulie – ‘Boom’
Bat for Lashes – ‘Daniel’
Chairlift – ‘Evident Utensil’
Cold War Kids – ‘I’ve Seen Enough’
Death Cab for Cute – ‘Grapevine Fires’
Gnarls Barkley – ‘Who’s Gonna Save My Soul’
Major Lazer – ‘Hold the Line’
Matt and Kim – ‘Lessons Learned’ – WINNER!
Passion Pit – ‘The Reeling’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Heads Will Roll’

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)
Beastie Boys – ‘Sabotage’ – WINNER!
Bjork – ‘Human Behavior’
David Lee Roth – ‘California Girls’
Dr. Dre – ‘Nuthin’ But a G Thang’
Foo Fighters – ‘Everlong’
George Michael – ‘Freedom’
OK Go – ‘Here It Goes Again’
Radiohead – ‘Karma Police’
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – ‘Into the Great Wide Open’
U2 – ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’

Best Art Direction
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Britney Spears – ‘Circus‘
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’
Gnarls Barkley – ‘Who’s Gonna Save My Soul’
Lady Gaga – ‘Paparazzi’ – WINNER!

Best Choreography
A.R. Rahm & Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger – ‘Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)’
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’ – WINNER!
Britney Spears – ‘Circus’
Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake – ‘Love Sex Magic’
Kristinia DeBarge – ‘Goodbye’

Best Cinematography
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Britney Spears – ‘Circus’
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’
Green Day – ’21 Guns’ – WINNER!
Lady Gaga – ‘Paparazzi’

Best Direction
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Britney Spears – ‘Circus’
Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester – ‘Good Girls Go Bad’
Green Day – ’21 Guns’ – WINNER!

Best Editing
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’ – WINNER!
Britney Spears – ‘Circus’
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’
Lady Gaga – ‘Paparazzi’
Miley Cyrus – ’7 Things’

Best Special Effects
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Eminem – ‘We Made You’
Gnarls Barkley – ‘Who’s Gonna Save My Soul’
Kanye West ft. Mr Hudson – ‘Paranoid’
Lady Gaga – ‘Paparazzi’ – WINNER!

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CASH FOR CANDY
Local Dentist Takes a Stand Against Sweets this Halloween
Nashville, TN

One area dentist is redefining the phrase “put your money where your mouth is.” This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can
bring their excess candy to The Aesthetic Dental Center in Nashville, TN and receive $1 per pound. Ann K Tucker, DDS is leading this anti-decay movement by giving away dollars and toothbrushes in exchange for cavity-provoking
candy.

“Ditch the candy, that’s what we’re saying. Visiting your dentist twice a year and brushing daily are great preventative
measures, but doing away with excess sweets altogether would really give your teeth a healthy boost,” says Ann K Tucker, DDS from The Aesthetic Dental Center. “Kids can still have all of the fun of trick-or-treating, and now their piggy banks will benefit as well.

Global sugar consumption for kids increases by about 2% annually and currently sits at 50 million tons per year, which
means parents need to be sure their kids teeth are being cared for more than ever. Candy, as well as hurting children’s
teeth, can lead to hyperactivity and weight gain. In some cases, the wrong types of candy can also lead to broken teeth and damaged braces.

Candy will be collected at The Aesthetic Dental Center the Monday following Halloweener from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The candy must be unopened. Please no bites. It will then be shipped to our troops overseas as a special treat for them!

Ann K Tucker, DDS emphasizes general family dental care as well as cosmetic procedures. She is available to provide more information at (615) 646-2944, or visit The Aesthetic Dental Center on-line at www.drannktucker.com

Don T Bradshaw

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Not they I know shit about half these lips incing clowns, some do stand out, and could win just because…
Aside from all the awards I deserved. Still waiting for them to call me up and say they made a mistake..oops, I think someone said that already, but hell, there’s always a cover version right?
Here are my predictions. It seems the voters will go Gaga over Beyonce

Video of the Year:
**Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Eminem, “We Made You”
Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”

Best New Artist:
**Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
3OH!3, “Don’t Trust Me”
Asher Roth, “I Love College”
Drake, “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi, “Day N’ Nite”

Best Male Video:
Eminem, “We Made You”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent”
**Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
T.I. featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
.

Best Female Video:
Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold”
Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
**Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
**Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Pink, “So What (deserves it)
*This should be tie, and should be called the “Lady Beyonce Gaga” Award

Best Hip-Hop Video:
Eminem, “We Made You”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Flo Rida, “Right Round”
**Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
Asher Roth, “I Love College”

Best Pop Video:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
Wisin Y Yandel, “Abusadora”
**Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester, “Good Girls Go Bad”

Best Rock Video:
Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
Green Day, “21 Guns”
Paramore, “Decode”
**Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Fall Out Boy, “I Don’t Care”

Best Choreography:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake, “Love Sex Magic”
Kristina DeBarge, “Goodbye”
Britney Spears, “Circus”
**AR Rahman & Pussy Cat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger, “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)”

Best Direction:
**Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Green Day, “21 Guns”
Britney Spears, “Circus”
Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester, “Good Girls Go Bad”

Best Editing:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Miley Cyrus, “7 Things”
Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
Britney Spears, “Circus”
**Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
.

Best Special Effects:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
**Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
Kanye West featuring Mr. Hudson, “Paranoid”
Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Eminem, “We Made You”

Best Cinematography:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
Britney Spears, “Circus”
**Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
Green Day, “21 Guns.

Best Art Direction:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)”
Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
**Britney Spears, “Circus”
Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”

Breakthrough Video:
Death Cab For Cutie, “Grapevine Fires”
Cold War Kids, “I’ve Seen Enough”
Chairlift, “Evident Utensil”
Major Lazer, “Hold The Line”
Matt & Kim, “Lessons Learned”
Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Anjulie, “Boom”
Bat For Lashes, “Daniel”
Passion Pit, “The Reeling”
**Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Heads Will Roll”

Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)
**Bette Midler/Mick Jagger:” Beat of Burden
**U2, “Where the Streets Have No Name”
Beastie Boys, “Sabotage”
Radiohead, “Karma Police”
Foo Fighters, “Everlong”
OK Go, “Here It Goes Again”
Dr. Dre, “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”
Bjork, “Human Behavior”
**George Michael, “Freedom”
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, “Into The Great Wide Open”
David Lee Roth, “California Girls

Best Hype/Longest Video
Michael Jackson‘s memorial concert, the funeral, CNN/Larry King hours of interviews, and of course,
THIS IS IT…hopefully,
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“The 43rd Annual CMA Awards” will be broadcast live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov.11 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network. Reigning CMA Male and Female Vocalist of the Year Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood return for a second year to host “County Music’s Biggest Night™.”

The final nominees for the 2009 CMA Awards are:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

George Strait

Taylor Swift

Keith Urban

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Miranda Lambert

Martina McBride

Reba McEntire

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

Darius Rucker

George Strait

Keith Urban

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Randy Houser

Jamey Johnson

Jake Owen

Darius Rucker

Zac Brown Band

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

Eagles

Lady Antebellum

Little Big Town

Rascal Flatts

Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

Big & Rich

Brooks & Dunn

Joey + Rory

Montgomery Gentry

Sugarland

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

(Award goes to Artist and Producer)

“Chicken Fried”

Zac Brown Band

Produced by Keith Stegall

Atlantic Records

“I Run To You”

Lady Antebellum

Produced by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley

Capitol Records Nashville

“In Color”

Jamey Johnson

Produced by The Kent Hardly Playboys

Mercury Nashville

“People Are Crazy”

Billy Currington

Produced by Carson Chamberlain and Billy Currington

Mercury Nashville

“Then”

Brad Paisley

Produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois

Arista Nashville

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

(Award goes to Artist and Producer)

American Saturday Night

Brad Paisley

Produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois

Arista Nashville

Defying Gravity

Keith Urban

Produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban

Capitol Records Nashville

Fearless

Taylor Swift

Produced by Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift

Big Machine Records

Love On The Inside

Sugarland

Produced by Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush, and Jennifer Nettles

Mercury Nashville

That Lonesome Song

Jamey Johnson

Produced by The Kent Hardly Playboys

Mercury Records

SONG OF THE YEAR

(Award goes to Songwriter(s))

“Chicken Fried”

Zac Brown/Wyatt Durrette

“I Told You So”

Randy Travis

“In Color”

Jamey Johnson/Lee Thomas Miller/James Otto

“People Are Crazy”

Bobby Braddock/Troy Jones

“Then”

Brad Paisley/Chris DuBois/Ashley Gorley

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

(Award goes to each Artist)

“Cowgirls Don’t Cry”

Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire

Arista Nashville

“Down The Road”

Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally)

Blue Chair Records, LLC & BNA Records

“Everything But Quits”

Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)

MCA Nashville

“I Told You So”

Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis

19 Recordings/Arista Nashville

“Old Enough”

The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe

Third Man Records/Warner Bros. Records

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

(Award goes to Artist and Director)

“Boots On”

Randy Houser

Directed by Eric Welch

“Love Story”

Taylor Swift

Directed by Trey Fanjoy

“People Are Crazy”

Billy Currington

Directed by The Brads

“Start A Band”

Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban)
by Jim Shea

“Troubadour”

George Strait

Directed by Trey Fanjoy

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

Eddie Bayers– Drums

Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar

Dann Huff – Guitar

Brent Mason – Guitar

Mac McAnally – Guitar

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Mister D: Below is a fundraising letter Jude Jones sent out to raise money for a Happy Birthday Bette fundraiser. However, all it did was bash me. Why this would be of interest to his followers, many who don’t know him, I don’t know. I can take apart this letter piece by piece as I always can do when he goes up against me because truth always wins out in the end. Please don’t make me put up your recent photo that a best friend of yours sent me again. As people will see, nobody would want to stalk you. They might want to keep an eye on you and what you say, but that’s it. I’ve been told he can be very dramatic by, you guessed it, some of his friends:

Jude Jones sent a message to the members of HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETTE MIDLER!!!

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Subject: Hello Everbody!

Just some facts I feel you should know, as I have been publicly attacked by the webmaster of an unofficial Bette Midler fan site, who wants to appropriate my work with this fundraiser:

* I have not written any nasty notes to him, or any notes to him recently.

* I do not waste my time or energy feuding with people.

* I have been doing this fundraiser for NYRP to honor Miss M for over 10 years.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Don’t involve yourself in a shameful public display of bad behavior. He and I had minor differences many years ago. When he couldn’t get a rise out of me, he attacked my Bette friends. That made our differences major. So, I told him I don’t like him, I don’t trust him, and I don’t want anything to do with him (in those words.) Since then, he has been harassing me and stalking me. I have had to block him on many sites, such as Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter. IT’S CREEPY!

* My friends do not communicate with him regarding me. He sometimes tries to get them to send me messages, just another form of his stalking me. The last time he wrote me directly, he wanted to make up with me so that I could help him work on his board. At the same time he was calling me names on his board. It makes no sense.

I guess this is just something one as famous as Bette has to deal with, but I’m not famous and can’t figure out why he won’t let me be. This attempt to appropriate my fundraiser would seem to be his latest effort to stir things up again. Maybe he’s trying to generate hits to his site???

* He and his behavior are well know in the Bette community and by Bette’s people. He feeds on any type of attention, negative or positive. It’s sad, but it’s obvious that he is not “all there”.

So, PLEASE, don’t get in the midst of it. He should be left to his passive aggressive behavior and grandiose delusions. If he wants to do a fundraiser for NYRP, and can’t think of something new, well, maybe he’ll raise a couple of bucks, too. But it’s not a competition. Nor a feud.

It’s a shame he would so publicly do something that reflects so poorly on Bette and her fans.

Nuf sed – thanx 4 listening…

Jude

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