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Articles From August 12, 2011
Friday Aug 12, 2011 20:00 PM ET
It's not news that Collins is an inspiration. Starting out as one of James Brown's original J.B.s, he went on to play with Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, and lent his talents to groups like Axiom Funk, Praxis, and Fatboy Slim.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 10:00 PM ET
Microsoft really wants you to buy a Kinect, their fancy motion-centric camera that you can look like an idiot while playing and while talking to. For longtime players though, it's not all that new.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 50:00 PM ET
Disney corrupted us pretty much from birth, training us that we should expect our princes to come rescue us. And now, thanks to Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, and our other favorite leading ladies, we think that we have to rescue our relationships. WE DON’T. Sometimes, just cutting your losses is your smartest course of action.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 30:00 PM ET
It’s always exciting to hear that Jonathan Demme has a new film on the way because it just doesn’t happen enough.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 30:00 PM ET
According to Corgan’s rep, the band will perform a few songs from the Pumpkins' upcoming album Oceania, now due out in early 2012, as well as some of their best loved hits and some surprises and covers.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 55:00 PM ET
When a detective novel lingers in the mind as this book does, you know that you’re in the hands of a master.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 PM ET
Being the mother of a tween/teen girl is probably the emotional equivalent to being thrown on an out-of-control roller coaster, where the rider is forced to hang on in sheer terror.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 PM ET
Being a foodie, my memories are arranged by foods, and for me the best memory of a season is the fresh vegetables Mother Nature gives us. In winter, I am always wishing for the vibrant tastes and bold colors of...
Friday Aug 12, 2011 45:00 PM ET
You hear a voice just out of earshot in a darkened stairway; you see a shadow dart across your bedroom door but no one is there; you feel a chill sieze your body on a hot August night. Is my...
Friday Aug 12, 2011 40:00 PM ET
The Rifles are four lads with two previous albums under their belts, No Love Lost (2006), and Great Escape (2009), both entered high in the UK charts, #26 and #27 respectively. No bad for a rock band that the US is completely unaware of.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 10:00 PM ET
Former Warrant Singer Jani Lane was found dead in a Woodland Hills, CA Comfort in on Thursday Night. Cause of death is not yet known, but authorities are investigating why Lane, who had a home in nearby Redondo Beach, was staying in the seedy hotel room.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 55:00 PM ET
As head of security for Global Dynamics, Erica Cerra's character of Jo Lupo takes on her own set of challenges - and rediscovers what she thought was a lost romance - in season four of Syfy's Eureka.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 35:00 PM ET
Want a sure sign that investors don't understand the very industry they're investing in? Look at Nintendo, a company that's currently riding on an aging Wii unit and sluggish 3DS portable. What does the investor suggest? Port their products to the iOS platform.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 20:00 PM ET
It's not for any lack of publicity or tease that Love in the Wild hasn't managed to grab an audience. Goodness knows there's enough reference to sex, not to mention females running about in tiny bikinis for no reason whatsoever...
Friday Aug 12, 2011 40:00 AM ET
Fantagraphics Books announced that they will be reprinting all of Carl Barks' legendary run of Disney Comics strips featuring Donald Duck, his Uncle Scrooge McDuck, and the other storied denizens of Ducksburg.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 30:00 AM ET
Rancid are back with a new tour, and are just about to go into the studio to record their eighth album.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 45:00 AM ET
Today marks 30 years since IBM rolled out the 5150, its first personal computer with 64K of RAM, an audio cassette to load and save data, and no hard drive.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 AM ET
This week, Jermaine Jackson sings Stevie Wonder, Neil Young sings the blues, Ray Charles falls into that ring of fire, and much, much more...
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 AM ET
Final Destination 5 is a chronicle of carnage in which a group of good looking young people die in the most terrible ways imaginable, usually preceded by the telltale line, "Something's wrong!"
Friday Aug 12, 2011 30:00 AM ET
When I see ten-year-old high fashion models like Thylane Loubry Blondeau or reality TV stars like Toddlers in Tiaras' case study Eden Wood, I often wonder: what kind of emotional turmoil does one experience after reaching one's supposed career peak before having one's first menstrual period?
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 AM ET
This blissful beverage that elicits instant effervescent happiness is simple enough in its composition but incredibly difficult to describe exactly how delicious and uniquely flavored it truly is.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 AM ET
Lemons have been used in many ways throughout history. During the Renaissance, the fashionable ladies used lemons as a way to make their lips red and pronounced. In the early 1900s, an elixir of warm water, fresh lemon juice, and...
Friday Aug 12, 2011 00:00 AM ET
On this day in 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham played together for the first time when they rehearsed at a studio in Lisle Street in London’s West End. The first song they played was...
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