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Minogue nominated for ARIA awards
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London Singer Kylie Minogue is on a career high as she has bagged two nominations at this year’s ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Awards.
The 42-year-old has been nominated for best female artist category and best pop release for her latest album “Aphrodite”, reports contactmusic.com.
Aussie rockers “The...
Dawn Baskin to lead Draftfcb’s business development efforts
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Chicago raftfcb Chicago has announced that it has elevated SVP, Group Management Director Dawn Baskin to lead the agency’s business development efforts. In her new role, Baskin will be a member of the agency’s senior leadership team and report to agency President Michael Fassnacht, while continuing to work closely with Nick Paul, who...
2010 4A’s O’Toole Awards Announced
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Winners of the 2010 4A’s O’Toole Awards for Creative Excellence were announced last night during a ceremony at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
The event, presented by Yahoo!, marked the first night of Advertising Week 2010. Winners were announced by Chuck Porter, Chairman, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, LLC, and Chairman of 4A’s.
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US may allow FBI to tap e-mails, websites
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London : The US may allow its intelligence agencies such as FBI to tap text messages, e-mails and networking websites under new powers being considered by the Barack Obama administration, a media report said Tuesday.
The FBI says extremists and drug cartels are increasingly communicating online rather than using telephones, leaving US investigators...
5,300 British web users shared porn movies online
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London : Over 5,300 people who use the Sky network’s internet service in Britain downloaded pornographic films and illegally shared them online.
The personal details – names, addresses and the titles of pornographic films they downloaded – have now been leaked on the internet, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.
The list...
Google Earth helps discover massive meteor crater
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London: Google Earth has helped spot a meteor crater in Egypt that lay undiscovered, which could help scientists size up risks of potentially catastrophic impacts.
The unknown Kamil crater, 52 feet deep and 150 feet wide, is deep within the Egyptian desert.
Caused by a 10-tonne chunk of iron travelling at more than 12,070 kmph, or nearly...
‘Titanic’ actress Gloria Stuart dies age 100
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Los Angeles: Gloria Stuart, the Oscar-nominated actress who revived a long-dormant career to play an elderly survivor in the film “Titanic”, has died at the age of 100.
Stuart died Sunday at her West Los Angeles home, her niece Sylvia Thompson told the Los Angeles Times. The cause of death was unclear, though Stuart was diagnosed...
Paris Hilton settles lawsuit with Hallmark
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London : Socialite Paris Hilton has settled a lawsuit she had filed against greeting cards manufacturer Hallmark for allegedly using her image without permission.
The hotel heiress sued bosses at the firm in 2007 claiming they used her picture and her catchphrase, “That’s Hot!”, on a card which was captioned “Paris’s...
Demi Moore settles lawsuit against New Idea magazine
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London : Actress Demi Moore has reportedly settled her lawsuit against an Australian publication for printing her photographs without her permission.
The actress sued Pacific Magazines after their publication New Idea printed a series of black and white photographs of her from the 2008 Oscars party without her permission. She is said to have...
Google to help develop New Zealand’s pedal monorail
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Auckland : Internet giant Google will grant a sum of $1 million to develop a first-of-its-kind pedal-system monorail for use in “traffic-clogged, skyscraper-strewn cities” in New Zealand.
A New Zealand company, Shweeb Holdings, which has been operating a monorail at an adventure park in Rotorua since 2007, beat over 150,000 other...