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California at Washington St.
California (1-0) at Washington St. (0-1), 6:30 p.m. EDT (Fox Sports Northwest)Line: California b...
SportingNews.com – Sep 5, 2008 11:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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California (1-0) at Washington St. (0-1), 6:30 p.m. EDT (Fox Sports Northwest)Line: California b...
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Rick or treat?
Before the crying, lump of peroxide that begged "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" and the Day-Glo, gay Valhalla of Planet Unicorn, "Rick rolling" was the internet viral that kept on giving. Before you could say "Bye bye LOLCATS" people were altered to faked news stories (from "Nasa To Burn Sponsor Logos Into The Surface Of Mars" to "See Paris Making Out With Busta Rhymes!") whose links would be the promo video of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up.Boom boom.Post-April Fool's Day, however, this strange internet phenomenon mutated into various forms with everyone from Hitler to Obama getting their Rick on.But what does the 80s pop master Mr Astley make of all this? "I suppose it's flattering that I've been chosen to be the butt of this joke," he says, when we catch up with him. "Although Peter [Waterman, songwriter] was trying to work out how much money you get from each YouTube play!"Rick left the pop star lifestyle behind ("I've just been to IKEA," he drops in mid-interview) but can still be found occasionally venturing out for 80s nostalgia gigs. "When I perform now its almost like I'm impersonating a guy called Rick Astley. It's like it's not me," he explains.We asked him to talk us through all the Rick rolling that's been a-going on... Basketball rollA college basketball match is interrupted when some red haired dude dressed in a suspiciously familiar grey mac stalks the bleachers miming to... Cue lots of ornery looking parents and confused cheerleaders.Rick: "It's really weird seeing someone impersonating you. But at the same time Vic Reeves' impersonation of me is one of the highlights of my life. I think it's one of the best things ever. I've just been to Manila performing, and there was a guy who was a film star there at the gig. He sang Never Gonna Give You Up with me and he was hilarious. I have fun with my past, I don't carry it around in a bag with me."Barack rollEdited footage of his royal Obamaness, dancing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, spliced with bits of his speeches to look and sound as if he's singing the track.Rick: "I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root. I think it's going to be interesting because he'll be the first black president. I'd be interested to see what black people in America really see him as - a 'black person' or a democrat who happens to have dark skin. I can't get my head around it. I also have a horrible feeling that he won't last very long. It's kind of depressing." Fox rollApril Fool's Day came in hilarious spurts for that famously mirthful news network Fox. "Project Virgle" was the name of the first permanent human colony on Mars co-funded by Virgin and Google. It didn't exist of course but was reported by Fox. "Cut to VT" and it actually cut to...Rick: "Fair play to them for putting it on national TV. The biggest thing I heard on April Fool's Day was that if you went to YouTube every one of the videos on the homepage Rick Roll'd and went to Never Gonna Give You Up. They got in touch with me about that and asked if I wanted to get to do something for it. But I said no thanks - it's been nice to be forgotten." Hitler rollA subverted scene from Oliver Hirschbiegel's film about Hitler's last days, Downfall. Here, Hitler is going over possible rap acts that will play his birthday party (Snoop, a reunited NWA). A henchman tells Adolf that Dr Dre has emailed the Fuhrer a link to his latest release. Hitler doesn't find it very amusing.Rick: "Oh god! That's not as bad as Reich Roll'd though - footage of Hitler giving all his infamous speeches overdubbed with Never Gonna Give You Up. That's pushing it. I'm 42 and I could have had a tangible connection to anything from world war two. For the younger generation though it's ancient history, so it's probably not too distasteful to them." Scientology rollXenu was kicked to the kerb, when a post pointing to a "Scientology Video Channel" was actually... yes you guessed it.Rick: "That's kind of spooky that one. 'Scientology' always makes me think of that movie V where that woman takes off her mask of human flesh to reveal her true, alien self. I know that I'll probably be off Tom Cruise's Christmas list for saying that. Did I see the Oprah couch jump? No it's kind of hard to watch that... You never know if that was a publicity stunt or whatever. But he can do whatever he wants - he's one of the biggest, most bankable stars in the world isn't he? Station rollA huge crowd of "real" people get together at Liverpool Street Station in London to sing Never Gonna Give You Up in unison. Lots of camera phones, drunk City boys and missed trains to Wivenhoe.Rick: "Someone emailed me about this. He'd received a chain email and called me up a couple of days before. It happened on a Friday at 6pm. By the evening it was all over YouTube. I watched those, it was so funny to get everyone in Liverpool Street Station to sing a pop song from 1987." · See also: KISS get rolled; New York Met fans vote on a new theme... all these and more can be found at tinyurl.com/guiderickrollsRelated StoriesGames preview: Braid, Mercenaries 2 and PleoInternet. Blog roll: Photo ProjectsInternet review: Strong Bad EmailsInternet review: London Shite; london-shite.comInternet: What we learned on the web this week
The Guardian – Sep 5, 2008 11:04 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Before the crying, lump of peroxide that begged "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" and the Day-Glo, gay Valhalla of Planet Unicorn, "Rick rolling" was the internet viral that kept on giving. Before you could say "Bye bye LOLCATS" people were altered to faked news stories (from "Nasa To Burn Sponsor Logos Into The Surface Of Mars" to "See Paris Making Out With Busta Rhymes!") whose links would be the promo video of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up.Boom boom.Post-April Fool's Day, however, this strange internet phenomenon mutated into various forms with everyone from Hitler to Obama getting their Rick on.But what does the 80s pop master Mr Astley make of all this? "I suppose it's flattering that I've been chosen to be the butt of this joke," he says, when we catch up with him. "Although Peter [Waterman, songwriter] was trying to work out how much money you get from each YouTube play!"Rick left the pop star lifestyle behind ("I've just been to IKEA," he drops in mid-interview) but can still be found occasionally venturing out for 80s nostalgia gigs. "When I perform now its almost like I'm impersonating a guy called Rick Astley. It's like it's not me," he explains.We asked him to talk us through all the Rick rolling that's been a-going on... Basketball rollA college basketball match is interrupted when some red haired dude dressed in a suspiciously familiar grey mac stalks the bleachers miming to... Cue lots of ornery looking parents and confused cheerleaders.Rick: "It's really weird seeing someone impersonating you. But at the same time Vic Reeves' impersonation of me is one of the highlights of my life. I think it's one of the best things ever. I've just been to Manila performing, and there was a guy who was a film star there at the gig. He sang Never Gonna Give You Up with me and he was hilarious. I have fun with my past, I don't carry it around in a bag with me."Barack rollEdited footage of his royal Obamaness, dancing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, spliced with bits of his speeches to look and sound as if he's singing the track.Rick: "I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root. I think it's going to be interesting because he'll be the first black president. I'd be interested to see what black people in America really see him as - a 'black person' or a democrat who happens to have dark skin. I can't get my head around it. I also have a horrible feeling that he won't last very long. It's kind of depressing." Fox rollApril Fool's Day came in hilarious spurts for that famously mirthful news network Fox. "Project Virgle" was the name of the first permanent human colony on Mars co-funded by Virgin and Google. It didn't exist of course but was reported by Fox. "Cut to VT" and it actually cut to...Rick: "Fair play to them for putting it on national TV. The biggest thing I heard on April Fool's Day was that if you went to YouTube every one of the videos on the homepage Rick Roll'd and went to Never Gonna Give You Up. They got in touch with me about that and asked if I wanted to get to do something for it. But I said no thanks - it's been nice to be forgotten." Hitler rollA subverted scene from Oliver Hirschbiegel's film about Hitler's last days, Downfall. Here, Hitler is going over possible rap acts that will play his birthday party (Snoop, a reunited NWA). A henchman tells Adolf that Dr Dre has emailed the Fuhrer a link to his latest release. Hitler doesn't find it very amusing.Rick: "Oh god! That's not as bad as Reich Roll'd though - footage of Hitler giving all his infamous speeches overdubbed with Never Gonna Give You Up. That's pushing it. I'm 42 and I could have had a tangible connection to anything from world war two. For the younger generation though it's ancient history, so it's probably not too distasteful to them." Scientology rollXenu was kicked to the kerb, when a post pointing to a "Scientology Video Channel" was actually... yes you guessed it.Rick: "That's kind of spooky that one. 'Scientology' always makes me think of that movie V where that woman takes off her mask of human flesh to reveal her true, alien self. I know that I'll probably be off Tom Cruise's Christmas list for saying that. Did I see the Oprah couch jump? No it's kind of hard to watch that... You never know if that was a publicity stunt or whatever. But he can do whatever he wants - he's one of the biggest, most bankable stars in the world isn't he? Station rollA huge crowd of "real" people get together at Liverpool Street Station in London to sing Never Gonna Give You Up in unison. Lots of camera phones, drunk City boys and missed trains to Wivenhoe.Rick: "Someone emailed me about this. He'd received a chain email and called me up a couple of days before. It happened on a Friday at 6pm. By the evening it was all over YouTube. I watched those, it was so funny to get everyone in Liverpool Street Station to sing a pop song from 1987." · See also: KISS get rolled; New York Met fans vote on a new theme... all these and more can be found at tinyurl.com/guiderickrollsRelated StoriesGames preview: Braid, Mercenaries 2 and PleoInternet. Blog roll: Photo ProjectsInternet review: Strong Bad EmailsInternet review: London Shite; london-shite.comInternet: What we learned on the web this week
The Guardian – Sep 5, 2008 11:04 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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FOX NFL Sunday Roundtable: Week 1
The FOX Roundtable is back, with ex-players Michael and Terry challenging ex-coach Jimmy on the Brett Favre saga.
Fox Sports – Sep 5, 2008 10:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The FOX Roundtable is back, with ex-players Michael and Terry challenging ex-coach Jimmy on the Brett Favre saga.
Fox Sports – Sep 5, 2008 10:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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San Jose State at Nebraska
San Jose State (1-0) at Nebraska (1-0), 12:40 p.m. EDT (Fox Sports Net PPV)Line: Nebraska by 26....
SportingNews.com – Sep 5, 2008 7:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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San Jose State (1-0) at Nebraska (1-0), 12:40 p.m. EDT (Fox Sports Net PPV)Line: Nebraska by 26....
SportingNews.com – Sep 5, 2008 7:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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McCain speech's TV audience outdraws Obama
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Republican Presidential nominee John McCain's acceptance speech Thursday night drew a total of more than 38.9 million viewers on eight television networks, surpassing the 38.3 million that tuned in for Sen. Barack Obama's convention address a week earlier, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. McCain's address was seen on ABC , CBS , NBC , CNN , MSNBC, Univision, Telemundo, Fox News and PBS.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Sep 5, 2008 6:47 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Republican Presidential nominee John McCain's acceptance speech Thursday night drew a total of more than 38.9 million viewers on eight television networks, surpassing the 38.3 million that tuned in for Sen. Barack Obama's convention address a week earlier, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. McCain's address was seen on ABC , CBS , NBC , CNN , MSNBC, Univision, Telemundo, Fox News and PBS.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Sep 5, 2008 6:47 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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TheTonz's video leads to poker show spot
"TheTonz," as his screen name goes on UltimateBet poker, will join regulars from Fox's Best Damn Sports Show Period when they film Season 2 of the Best Damn Poker Show later this month in California. Wind won his way onto the show by creating a video titled "The Neverland Ranch Poker Invitational." You can see it here. It's an idea similar to the one employed by Keith Woernle, who won his way on to the first season of the Best Damn Poker Show with a video filled with shoddy impersonations of famous poker pros such as Scotty Nguyen and Eli Elezra. You can see that video here. The only ingredients Wind needed were a couple of old Halloween costumes, a dollop of imagination and some free time. "With the exception of Macaulay Culkin, those were my last Halloween costumes," says Wind. "I figured why not go ahead and put them to use?" Pretty good use all right. It's safe to say hanging out with Phil Hellmuth, John Sally, Chris Rose and Annie Duke on an all-expenses-paid trip to California is going to be a coveted way for a college kid living in Wisconsin to spend a week. But what do the professors at his college think about him missing a week of classes to start his senior year? "They've been really good about it and don't seem to mind at all," says Wind. Hey, if you can help pay their salaries because of it, why would they mind? "It's not a bad way to pay for school. I am not paying off school by any means yet, but poker is pretty much my part-time job." The Best Damn Poker Show's format is somewhat unique in that winners are determined by how pro judges Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth rate their play. Last season saw guys like Keith and Tony mixed in with celebrity and pro players such as Hollywood Dave, Sully Erna of Godsmack, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Jennifer Tilly, Patrick Warburton and Serinda Swan. Wind says he's been playing poker "absolutely as long as he can remember" in family games and still plays plenty at the local casino, as well as online at UltimateBet. He started taking it a little more seriously about five years ago and says WSOP Main Event winner Dan Harrington's book Harrington on Hold 'em was a big help to his game. Still, Wind refers to himself as a pretty small-time guy, mostly playing $20/$30 sit-and-gos. But he did pay off his fiancée's wedding ring in just two months with the money he's won playing poker. And you never know what can happen from a trip to TV land. "A lot of stuff could happen," says Wind, who is also a regular contributor on the PokerListings.com forums. "There's already some pretty cool things happening. I've never done interviews with big poker sites before. If I win I can get a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event and at the Aruba Classic. Big things could come out of that. Another thing is possible sponsorship." Last season's winner Woernle, who claims that in order to make a really good audition video, "You must 1) be an idiot 2) have a lot of free time," is now sponsored by UltimateBet. He won $3k in the first tournament that he played in after the show, and played in this year's L.A. Poker Classic. He's now also nobbing with the hobs at private parties such as Phil Hellmuth's Christmas party. "Believe me … the average online players are probably exactly like me. I mean, not exactly like me, I'm probably taller and hairier, but you get the idea. The fact is that anyone can achieve the same thrills that I have thus far," Woernle said. "I wasn't playing in the Big Game when I went on this show; I was playing low-limit like many other online players. I never would have thought I'd be playing in $1,000 tournaments. But here we are." As for why Wind chose to dis on Jacko and the Neverland Ranch in his audition video, he says he wasn't dissing him at all. "Hey, imitation is the best form of flattery, right?"Visit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Sep 5, 2008 6:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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"TheTonz," as his screen name goes on UltimateBet poker, will join regulars from Fox's Best Damn Sports Show Period when they film Season 2 of the Best Damn Poker Show later this month in California. Wind won his way onto the show by creating a video titled "The Neverland Ranch Poker Invitational." You can see it here. It's an idea similar to the one employed by Keith Woernle, who won his way on to the first season of the Best Damn Poker Show with a video filled with shoddy impersonations of famous poker pros such as Scotty Nguyen and Eli Elezra. You can see that video here. The only ingredients Wind needed were a couple of old Halloween costumes, a dollop of imagination and some free time. "With the exception of Macaulay Culkin, those were my last Halloween costumes," says Wind. "I figured why not go ahead and put them to use?" Pretty good use all right. It's safe to say hanging out with Phil Hellmuth, John Sally, Chris Rose and Annie Duke on an all-expenses-paid trip to California is going to be a coveted way for a college kid living in Wisconsin to spend a week. But what do the professors at his college think about him missing a week of classes to start his senior year? "They've been really good about it and don't seem to mind at all," says Wind. Hey, if you can help pay their salaries because of it, why would they mind? "It's not a bad way to pay for school. I am not paying off school by any means yet, but poker is pretty much my part-time job." The Best Damn Poker Show's format is somewhat unique in that winners are determined by how pro judges Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth rate their play. Last season saw guys like Keith and Tony mixed in with celebrity and pro players such as Hollywood Dave, Sully Erna of Godsmack, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Jennifer Tilly, Patrick Warburton and Serinda Swan. Wind says he's been playing poker "absolutely as long as he can remember" in family games and still plays plenty at the local casino, as well as online at UltimateBet. He started taking it a little more seriously about five years ago and says WSOP Main Event winner Dan Harrington's book Harrington on Hold 'em was a big help to his game. Still, Wind refers to himself as a pretty small-time guy, mostly playing $20/$30 sit-and-gos. But he did pay off his fiancée's wedding ring in just two months with the money he's won playing poker. And you never know what can happen from a trip to TV land. "A lot of stuff could happen," says Wind, who is also a regular contributor on the PokerListings.com forums. "There's already some pretty cool things happening. I've never done interviews with big poker sites before. If I win I can get a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event and at the Aruba Classic. Big things could come out of that. Another thing is possible sponsorship." Last season's winner Woernle, who claims that in order to make a really good audition video, "You must 1) be an idiot 2) have a lot of free time," is now sponsored by UltimateBet. He won $3k in the first tournament that he played in after the show, and played in this year's L.A. Poker Classic. He's now also nobbing with the hobs at private parties such as Phil Hellmuth's Christmas party. "Believe me … the average online players are probably exactly like me. I mean, not exactly like me, I'm probably taller and hairier, but you get the idea. The fact is that anyone can achieve the same thrills that I have thus far," Woernle said. "I wasn't playing in the Big Game when I went on this show; I was playing low-limit like many other online players. I never would have thought I'd be playing in $1,000 tournaments. But here we are." As for why Wind chose to dis on Jacko and the Neverland Ranch in his audition video, he says he wasn't dissing him at all. "Hey, imitation is the best form of flattery, right?"Visit PokerListings.com
PokerListings.com – Sep 5, 2008 6:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Casting: FOX Fills 'Glee,' CBS Populates 'Island'
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City breaks ground on drainage retention pond
Plans for the city’s storm water continued to progress Thursday morning as city officials gathered to break ground on a new drainage retention pond on the former site of Red Fox Apparel on East Carolina Avenue.
SCnow.com – Sep 5, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Plans for the city’s storm water continued to progress Thursday morning as city officials gathered to break ground on a new drainage retention pond on the former site of Red Fox Apparel on East Carolina Avenue.
SCnow.com – Sep 5, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Hannity '08
ST. PAUL—Here's Sean Hannity, Fox newscaster and conservative hero, signing autographs on the floor of the convention as though he'd just won the nomination."Where in Alabama, darlin? What's your name darlin? Destiny? Your destiny is in politics.""Where you from? I'm from Santa Barbara. High five."Guards told the crowd to "back up. Back up. Ma'am don't push."He was interviewed by a woman from KGMB Channel 9 Hawaii."If I have one word for Sarah Palin, it is 'authentic.' I love Hawaii. I can't wait to get back. Aloha," he said."Sean, you are a great American," said one man."No, you are a great American," said Hannity. read more »
The New York Observer – Sep 5, 2008 3:02 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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ST. PAUL—Here's Sean Hannity, Fox newscaster and conservative hero, signing autographs on the floor of the convention as though he'd just won the nomination."Where in Alabama, darlin? What's your name darlin? Destiny? Your destiny is in politics.""Where you from? I'm from Santa Barbara. High five."Guards told the crowd to "back up. Back up. Ma'am don't push."He was interviewed by a woman from KGMB Channel 9 Hawaii."If I have one word for Sarah Palin, it is 'authentic.' I love Hawaii. I can't wait to get back. Aloha," he said."Sean, you are a great American," said one man."No, you are a great American," said Hannity. read more »
The New York Observer – Sep 5, 2008 3:02 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Mouse Spotted In Movie Bathroom, Teen SaysA teenage girl says she discovered a mouse in a movie theater bathroom Tuesday. | Watch FOX 12 Report
KPTV.com – Sep 5, 2008 2:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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