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Sunday 24 August 2008
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation : Aug. 21, 2008
�Molecular perceptivity into one form of the hemorrhage disorder von Willebrand disease
Individuals with von Willebrand disease (vWD) are at increased risk of bleeding compared with intelligent individuals, for example, they tend to bruise more than easily and suffer more nosebleeds and bleeding gums. There ar four types of transmitted vWD, and type 2B vWD is caused by genetic mutations that resolution in the generation of mutant forms of the protein vWF that differ from normal vWF in a area of the protein known as the A1 arena. A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, has now characterized in great molecular contingent how the function of mutant forms of vWF found in individuals with type 2B vWD and normal vWF differ, providing insight into why these mutant proteins cause an increased risk of bleeding. In an accompanying comment, Michael Berndt, at the University College Cork, Ireland, and Robert Andrews, at Monash University, Australia, discuss the importance of these results.
TITLE: Platelet glycoprotein Ib-alpha forms catch bonds with human WT vWF just not with type 2B von Villebrand disease vWF
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Cheng Zhu
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Roger P. McEver
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=35754
ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY
TITLE: Platelet adhesion: a game of catch and release
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Michael C. Berndt
University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=36883
Insight into the physiological role of the blood protein Factor XII last revealed
The organization of a blood clabber is the culmination of a series of events that involve a telephone number of proteins in the bloodstream, including Factor XI, which is one of the proteins activated early on in this cascade of events. Surprisingly, Factor XI is activated in different shipway in the body and in a glass screen tube. In a glass test tube, Factor XI is activated by a protein known as Factor XII, which is itself activated when it comes into contact with the glass. However, Factor XII plays no role in Factor XI activation in the torso and its physiologic function and mechanism of activation have non been determined.
New data, generated by Martijn Gebbink and colleagues, at the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, ingest identified the aggregates of misfolded proteins present in the rip of individuals with systemic amyloidosis (a disease in which misfolded blood proteins are abnormally deposited in organs and/or tissues, causing disease) as activators of Factor XII. Interestingly, activation of Factor XII by isolated misfolded proteins and misfolded proteins in the blood of individuals with systemic amyloidosis did not trigger the cascade of events that lead to blood curdle formation. Rather, it triggered another series of events known as the kallikrein-kinin system, which influences the inflammatory reaction. In an accompanying comment, Alvin Schmaier, at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, discusses these results in the circumstance of previously published data.
TITLE: Misfolded proteins activate Factor XII in humans, leading to kallikrein formation without initiating coagulation
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Martijn F.B.G. Gebbink
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=35424
ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY
TITLE: The elusive physiologic role of Factor XII
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Alvin H. Schmaier
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=36617
Source: Karen Honey
Journal of Clinical Investigation
More info
Individuals with von Willebrand disease (vWD) are at increased risk of bleeding compared with intelligent individuals, for example, they tend to bruise more than easily and suffer more nosebleeds and bleeding gums. There ar four types of transmitted vWD, and type 2B vWD is caused by genetic mutations that resolution in the generation of mutant forms of the protein vWF that differ from normal vWF in a area of the protein known as the A1 arena. A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, has now characterized in great molecular contingent how the function of mutant forms of vWF found in individuals with type 2B vWD and normal vWF differ, providing insight into why these mutant proteins cause an increased risk of bleeding. In an accompanying comment, Michael Berndt, at the University College Cork, Ireland, and Robert Andrews, at Monash University, Australia, discuss the importance of these results.
TITLE: Platelet glycoprotein Ib-alpha forms catch bonds with human WT vWF just not with type 2B von Villebrand disease vWF
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Cheng Zhu
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Roger P. McEver
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=35754
ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY
TITLE: Platelet adhesion: a game of catch and release
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Michael C. Berndt
University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=36883
Insight into the physiological role of the blood protein Factor XII last revealed
The organization of a blood clabber is the culmination of a series of events that involve a telephone number of proteins in the bloodstream, including Factor XI, which is one of the proteins activated early on in this cascade of events. Surprisingly, Factor XI is activated in different shipway in the body and in a glass screen tube. In a glass test tube, Factor XI is activated by a protein known as Factor XII, which is itself activated when it comes into contact with the glass. However, Factor XII plays no role in Factor XI activation in the torso and its physiologic function and mechanism of activation have non been determined.
New data, generated by Martijn Gebbink and colleagues, at the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, ingest identified the aggregates of misfolded proteins present in the rip of individuals with systemic amyloidosis (a disease in which misfolded blood proteins are abnormally deposited in organs and/or tissues, causing disease) as activators of Factor XII. Interestingly, activation of Factor XII by isolated misfolded proteins and misfolded proteins in the blood of individuals with systemic amyloidosis did not trigger the cascade of events that lead to blood curdle formation. Rather, it triggered another series of events known as the kallikrein-kinin system, which influences the inflammatory reaction. In an accompanying comment, Alvin Schmaier, at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, discusses these results in the circumstance of previously published data.
TITLE: Misfolded proteins activate Factor XII in humans, leading to kallikrein formation without initiating coagulation
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Martijn F.B.G. Gebbink
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=35424
ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY
TITLE: The elusive physiologic role of Factor XII
AUTHOR CONTACT:
Alvin H. Schmaier
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=36617
Source: Karen Honey
Journal of Clinical Investigation
More info
Thursday 14 August 2008
Legislation Would Protect Physicians Who Volunteer To Treat Low-Income, Uninsured Patients From Liability Claims
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ranking member Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) recently introduced a bill (S 3354) that would encourage physicians and other medical professionals to volunteer their services to patients who cannot afford or access care, CQ HealthBeat reports. The Volunteer Health Care Program Act would provide grants that states would use in part to wear medical liability risk for physicians and ensure patients can recover damages from medical malpractice.
According to Enzi, the bill would encourage physicians and early medical professionals to volunteer their services at clinics and community health centers, with a focus on recently retired physicians wHO no thirster have medical liability insurance that allows them to offer such care. He said, "There is an overwhelming pauperization for volunteer medical care among the poor in the United States, but medical liability concerns monish doctors from providing voluntary services" (Parnass, CQ HealthBeat, 8/5).
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ranking member Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) recently introduced a bill (S 3354) that would encourage physicians and other medical professionals to volunteer their services to patients who cannot afford or access care, CQ HealthBeat reports. The Volunteer Health Care Program Act would provide grants that states would use in part to wear medical liability risk for physicians and ensure patients can recover damages from medical malpractice.
According to Enzi, the bill would encourage physicians and early medical professionals to volunteer their services at clinics and community health centers, with a focus on recently retired physicians wHO no thirster have medical liability insurance that allows them to offer such care. He said, "There is an overwhelming pauperization for volunteer medical care among the poor in the United States, but medical liability concerns monish doctors from providing voluntary services" (Parnass, CQ HealthBeat, 8/5).
Reprinted with kind permission from hTTP://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or polarity up for email obstetrical delivery at hypertext transfer protocol://www.kaisernetwork.
Wednesday 6 August 2008
New Whitney Houston Song Leaked on Internet
Whitney Houston says it all in a fresh track qualification the rounds online.
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Friday 27 June 2008
Panta Rhei
Artist: Panta Rhei
Genre(s):
Ambient
New Age
Other
Discography:
Epilogus
Year: 1997
Tracks: 17
Rainbow dancers
Year:
Tracks: 12
Radujnaia Tancovshica
Year:
Tracks: 12
Panta Rhei
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Thursday 19 June 2008
Additional 2 Worlds 2 Voices Dates Announced
First Show Goes On Sale June 13th
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 15 -- Entertainment superstars Reba
McEntire and Kelly Clarkson announced today they will play additional 2
Worlds 2 Voices tour dates this fall.
The unique tour, combining both superstar bands and both superstar acts
on one stage for a combined non-stop set, sold out 15 markets from
mid-January to mid-February of 2008. The tour received unanimous rave
reviews. Today, the power vocalists announced 24 additional show dates
beginning September 25 in Winnipeg and ending November 22 in Baltimore.
Steve Moore of MEG/AEG LIVE Nashville will again promote the entire
tour.
"We were thrilled to bring this unprecedented concept to the
marketplace earlier this year. The demand for additional shows has been
overwhelming," Moore said.
Concert attendees can again expect to hear each act's biggest hits and
favorite songs performed together in one seamless, no-intermission show.
Tickets for the Winnipeg show go on sale June 13th, with the remaining
on-sales rolling out in the coming weeks. Fans can find out more, including
ticket outlets, by visiting http://www.reba.com or http://www.kellyclarkson.com
Tour dates, cities, venues, and on-sales follow:
DATE CITY VENUE ON SALE
9/25 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre June 13
9/26 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre June 14
9/27 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place June 14
10/9 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena June 20
10/10 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena July 19
10/11 Reno, NV Reno Events Center July 19
10/16 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen Co. War Memorial July 26
10/17 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena August 2
10/18 Reading, PA Sovereign Center July 26
10/23 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena August 16
10/24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center Sept 13
10/25 Moline, IL iWireless Center Sept 13
10/30 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Sept 20
10/31 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center Sept 5
11/1 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard August 23
11/6 Albany, NY Times Union Center Sept 6
11/7 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center Sept 6
11/8 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena Sept 6
11/13 Biloxi, MS MS Coast Coliseum Sept 13
11/14 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena Sept 13
11/15 Little Rock, AR ALLTEL Arena Sept 19
11/20 Columbus, OH Value City Arena Sept 26
11/21 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena Sept 27
11/22 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena Sept 27
Media Contact:
Trisha McClanahan
Trisha_mc@starstruck.net
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 15 -- Entertainment superstars Reba
McEntire and Kelly Clarkson announced today they will play additional 2
Worlds 2 Voices tour dates this fall.
The unique tour, combining both superstar bands and both superstar acts
on one stage for a combined non-stop set, sold out 15 markets from
mid-January to mid-February of 2008. The tour received unanimous rave
reviews. Today, the power vocalists announced 24 additional show dates
beginning September 25 in Winnipeg and ending November 22 in Baltimore.
Steve Moore of MEG/AEG LIVE Nashville will again promote the entire
tour.
"We were thrilled to bring this unprecedented concept to the
marketplace earlier this year. The demand for additional shows has been
overwhelming," Moore said.
Concert attendees can again expect to hear each act's biggest hits and
favorite songs performed together in one seamless, no-intermission show.
Tickets for the Winnipeg show go on sale June 13th, with the remaining
on-sales rolling out in the coming weeks. Fans can find out more, including
ticket outlets, by visiting http://www.reba.com or http://www.kellyclarkson.com
Tour dates, cities, venues, and on-sales follow:
DATE CITY VENUE ON SALE
9/25 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre June 13
9/26 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre June 14
9/27 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place June 14
10/9 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena June 20
10/10 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena July 19
10/11 Reno, NV Reno Events Center July 19
10/16 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen Co. War Memorial July 26
10/17 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena August 2
10/18 Reading, PA Sovereign Center July 26
10/23 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena August 16
10/24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center Sept 13
10/25 Moline, IL iWireless Center Sept 13
10/30 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Sept 20
10/31 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center Sept 5
11/1 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard August 23
11/6 Albany, NY Times Union Center Sept 6
11/7 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center Sept 6
11/8 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena Sept 6
11/13 Biloxi, MS MS Coast Coliseum Sept 13
11/14 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena Sept 13
11/15 Little Rock, AR ALLTEL Arena Sept 19
11/20 Columbus, OH Value City Arena Sept 26
11/21 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena Sept 27
11/22 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena Sept 27
Media Contact:
Trisha McClanahan
Trisha_mc@starstruck.net
See Also
Thursday 12 June 2008
Oliver making cookery show for kids
Jamie Oliver is making a cookery-style TV show for children.
The chef, who tried to turn around the eating habits of the UK's schoolchildren with 'Jamie's School Dinners', hopes the series will get children interested in food.
'Made with Magic' combines computer-generated imagery (CGI) with live action and is set in a fantasy woodland.
Oliver, 32, is an executive producer of the series, which is being made by his TV company Fresh One, but is not expected to appear in the show.
The programme, broadcast on Nickelodeon's pre-school digital TV channel Nick Jr, is designed to make children curious about where food comes from and will be filmed in the UK this year.
It is described as a "pre-school TV show about cookery with a touch of magic".
The chef, who tried to turn around the eating habits of the UK's schoolchildren with 'Jamie's School Dinners', hopes the series will get children interested in food.
'Made with Magic' combines computer-generated imagery (CGI) with live action and is set in a fantasy woodland.
Oliver, 32, is an executive producer of the series, which is being made by his TV company Fresh One, but is not expected to appear in the show.
The programme, broadcast on Nickelodeon's pre-school digital TV channel Nick Jr, is designed to make children curious about where food comes from and will be filmed in the UK this year.
It is described as a "pre-school TV show about cookery with a touch of magic".
Friday 6 June 2008
Networks look to cut reality costs
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Now you know networks are hurting: Reality-show budgets are being cut.
Long considered the cheapest of programming genres, reality programs increasingly are under the gun to cut costs. Producers are being urged to shoot shows faster than ever and use indoor settings to help reduce expenses.
"Every year there's more and more budgetary pressure," said Mark Cronin, producer of such VH1 hits as "Rock of Love" and "I Love New York." "Every network is having its budgetary problems, and that's being pushed back toward all content. So there's a constant pressure to produce more for less."
Networks have been reducing the budgets of comedies and dramas to offset television ratings erosion. Producers on such veteran series as ABC's "Boston Legal" and NBC's "Law & Order" responded by shedding cast members, while others, including the daytime soap "Guiding Light," have overhauled production methods.
But reality shows have a reputation as dirt-cheap alternatives to scripted shows. At least they used to be. CBS' globe-trotting "Survivor" might once have been considered an inexpensive solution to fill a time slot, but by today's reality standards, it's highly ambitious.
Most new reality shows are shot in the vein of NBC's "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad" or Fox's "The Moment of Truth" -- studio-based shows hosted by lesser-known talent, Dan Cortese and Mark L. Walberg, respectively, and touting relatively modest prizes.
"There's been a rise in studio-based shows this past year, which are often less expensive to produce," said Jane Lipsitz, executive producer of Bravo's "Top Chef."
Tighter costs also mean productions taking less time to shoot and edit a show.
Long considered the cheapest of programming genres, reality programs increasingly are under the gun to cut costs. Producers are being urged to shoot shows faster than ever and use indoor settings to help reduce expenses.
"Every year there's more and more budgetary pressure," said Mark Cronin, producer of such VH1 hits as "Rock of Love" and "I Love New York." "Every network is having its budgetary problems, and that's being pushed back toward all content. So there's a constant pressure to produce more for less."
Networks have been reducing the budgets of comedies and dramas to offset television ratings erosion. Producers on such veteran series as ABC's "Boston Legal" and NBC's "Law & Order" responded by shedding cast members, while others, including the daytime soap "Guiding Light," have overhauled production methods.
But reality shows have a reputation as dirt-cheap alternatives to scripted shows. At least they used to be. CBS' globe-trotting "Survivor" might once have been considered an inexpensive solution to fill a time slot, but by today's reality standards, it's highly ambitious.
Most new reality shows are shot in the vein of NBC's "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad" or Fox's "The Moment of Truth" -- studio-based shows hosted by lesser-known talent, Dan Cortese and Mark L. Walberg, respectively, and touting relatively modest prizes.
"There's been a rise in studio-based shows this past year, which are often less expensive to produce," said Jane Lipsitz, executive producer of Bravo's "Top Chef."
Tighter costs also mean productions taking less time to shoot and edit a show.
Friday 30 May 2008
Music highlights for Saturday, May 10
SATURDAY, May 10 Nine-piece local indie rock-fusion band Antenna Inn celebrates its new six-song EP, "Do/Work, " at Tipitina's; the bill also includes Big Rock Candy Mountain and the farewell show by Fay Wray. Traditional jazz clarinetist Michael White &...
Tuesday 27 May 2008
Dark Globe
Artist: Dark Globe
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
Nostalgia for the Future CD2 (Remixes)
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Nostalgia for the Future CD1
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
Stars turn out for Empire Film Awards
The annual Empire Film Awards took place in London last night and a host of A-list movie stars turned up for the event.
The Best Film award went to Paul Greengrass' 'The Bourne Ultimatum' and the 'United 93' director was there on the night with his leading man, Matt Damon.
Accepting the award, Damon said: "I want to say thank you to the readers of Empire because I don't get many awards and I don't get nominated for a lot of awards but when I do I tend to lose out to more younger, talented, better-looking guys like James McAvoy."
He added: "I'd also like to salute the one-time loser Paul Greengrass over there, my friend who got out-directed by the other guys in the category he was nominated for."
The Best Director award went to David Yates for 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'.
Damon lost out on the Best Actor gong to James McAvoy who won for his role in 'Atonement' and McAvoy had this to say about the film magazine: "I used to get it all the time as a kid, I still get it now if I'm being honest... this year's been amazing for intelligent film, for good film."
He added: "What Empire has done is to tell people what to see and well done this year for getting people to see the good stuff."
McAvoy's co-star Keira Knightley received the Best Actress award but due to filming commitments was not present at the ceremony.
The Empire Icon Award went to Ewan McGregor and describing the title of the award the magazine said: "...it's in no way a Lifetime Achievement Award with a different name, so he doesn't think that he's about to peg it!"
Accepting the award, McGregor said: "I've been so lucky to work with a great many talented and passionate actors and directors and occasionally producers and so I'd like to thank you all."
'Control's' Sam Riley received the Best Newcomer award for his performance as Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis and the film also picked up the award for Best Soundtrack.
'Hot Fuzz' was voted as Best Comedy and the Best Thriller award went to 'American Gangster'.
The Empire Inspiration Award went to 'Pan's Labyrinth' director Guillermo del Toro.
Check out our Empire Film Awards Gallery here.
The Best Film award went to Paul Greengrass' 'The Bourne Ultimatum' and the 'United 93' director was there on the night with his leading man, Matt Damon.
Accepting the award, Damon said: "I want to say thank you to the readers of Empire because I don't get many awards and I don't get nominated for a lot of awards but when I do I tend to lose out to more younger, talented, better-looking guys like James McAvoy."
He added: "I'd also like to salute the one-time loser Paul Greengrass over there, my friend who got out-directed by the other guys in the category he was nominated for."
The Best Director award went to David Yates for 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'.
Damon lost out on the Best Actor gong to James McAvoy who won for his role in 'Atonement' and McAvoy had this to say about the film magazine: "I used to get it all the time as a kid, I still get it now if I'm being honest... this year's been amazing for intelligent film, for good film."
He added: "What Empire has done is to tell people what to see and well done this year for getting people to see the good stuff."
McAvoy's co-star Keira Knightley received the Best Actress award but due to filming commitments was not present at the ceremony.
The Empire Icon Award went to Ewan McGregor and describing the title of the award the magazine said: "...it's in no way a Lifetime Achievement Award with a different name, so he doesn't think that he's about to peg it!"
Accepting the award, McGregor said: "I've been so lucky to work with a great many talented and passionate actors and directors and occasionally producers and so I'd like to thank you all."
'Control's' Sam Riley received the Best Newcomer award for his performance as Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis and the film also picked up the award for Best Soundtrack.
'Hot Fuzz' was voted as Best Comedy and the Best Thriller award went to 'American Gangster'.
The Empire Inspiration Award went to 'Pan's Labyrinth' director Guillermo del Toro.
Check out our Empire Film Awards Gallery here.
Wheatus
Artist: Wheatus
Genre(s):
Other
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
Suck Fony
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Hand Over Your Loved Ones
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Hand Over Your Loved One
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Long Island, NY, Brendan B. Brown put together the foursome Wheatus as a vehicle for his witty, up-and-coming john Rock songs, beginning with his blood brother, Peter Brown, on drums and adding multi-instrumentalist Phil A. Jimenez and bassist Rich Leigey (replaced in July 2000 by Mike McCabe). The radical recorded their self-titled debut record album in the Brown menage, producing it themselves, and it was released by Columbia Records in August 2000; the album was preceded by the single "Teenaged Dirtbag," which was featured in the pic Also-ran. The workweek of the album's liberation, Wheatus embarked on their first national circuit with labelmates Zebrahead. The ring by and by gone Columbia to liberation 2005's Suck Fony.
Leslie Feist
Artist: Leslie Feist
Genre(s):
Rock
Pop
Discography:
Let It Die
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
Monarch
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
'American Idol' Predictions: Who Was Right, And Who Got It Wrong?
It became obvious early on in the seventh season of "American Idol" that Wednesday night's Super Bowl-like finalewould come down to two men who ostensibly share nothing in common beyond a first name.
But which of the Davids would it ultimately be? Would David Archuleta, the 17-year-old talent with the pinch-worthy cheeks, walk away victorious, as expected, or would David Cook, the token rocker with the perennial 5 o'clock shadow and a penchant for post-grunge hard rock, shake things up, capping what was arguably one of the heaviest seasons — talent-wise — with a shocking groin-kick of an upset?
It certainly was unexpected when "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest crowned the comb-over-sportin' Cook this season's champ — especially when you consider that, after Tuesday night's performancesall signs seemed to point to an Archuleta trouncing. Of course, it wasn't Archuleta's time to shine, and Cook — who went to the "Idol" auditions to support his brother, with no intention of going before the judges — pulled off an epic surprise victory, winning the title by a margin of 12 million votes.
In the weeks leading up to this week's finale, MTV News surveyed a number of established artists, celebrities and fans to find out who they'd forecast as the nation's best undiscovered talent.
Last year's champ, Jordin Sparks, told us in early April that she thought the winner would have a Y chromosome. But while she favored Jason Castro's style and approach to the competition, she eventually admitted that a Cook/ Archuleta showdown was more likely.
"I like David Cook," she said. "I think the guys are where it's at this year. I love you, girls — please don't get me wrong — and I could be totally wrong because the show is so unpredictable. [But] it's going to be either David Archuleta or David Cook. ... I guess I'll go with David Cook."
The Jonas Brothers, on the other hand, were split on which David would dominate. "We don't really know who to go for," Kevin Jonas said. "One's the rocker and one's, like, more all-American. You just don't know." But brother Joe, when pressed, did reveal his pick for "Idol": "For me, I would say David Cook."
Actress Denise Richards told MTV News this week that she's a huge fan of the show, and ultimately, a "Cougar for Cook."
"I hope David Cook wins 'American Idol,' " she said. "I'm weighing in on David Cook, though. First of all, both of them are so talented, and they'll both have huge careers, but David Cook is my style of music. I like a bit of an edge. I'm a rocker at heart, and he's very sexy, and he has a great voice."
During a recent visit to Miami, some of our MTV News producers came across quite a character: Paul Martin, [LINK Paul Martin TO http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/05/21/79-year-old-idol-fan-weighs-in-from-miami-and-its-golden/#more-1057] a 79-year-old former corn and soybean farmer. The self-proclaimed "Idol" fanatic liked David Cook before the results came down because he felt Cook was a more rounded performer.
"He knows what's going on," Martin said. "[But] I hear [the vote is split] 50-50." He said he thought Archuleta was too young and was taking too much bad advice from his dad.
So, while Archuleta seemed like the early favorite, it looks as though Cook's triumph wasn't that unexpected after all — at least not for Sparks, Joe Jonas, Richards and Martin.
What did you think of the finale? Head to YouRHere.MTV.com to upload your video reactions to Cook's big win, and check out what other "Idol" fanatics are saying!
Plus, you can get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. And relive six seasons of "Idol" hot messes and high notes in six minutes with our video timeline.
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Standard Operating Procedure - movie review
There have been two documentaries thus far that deal specifically with the actions
taken by the group of military police that resulted in the infamous actions and photographs
from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The first, Alex Gibney's acute Taxi to the Dark Side
, focused on the death of an innocent taxi driver at the prison, a high point in
the atrocity exhibition that Vice President Dick Cheney explained away by saying
"We have to work… sort of on the dark side." Using a case study of sorts, Gibney
found a singular key to our current disregard for humanity (not to mention the Geneva
Convention) and rode his expose to an Oscar win last February.
The second film comes from the venerable Errol Morris, who was last seen polling
the political landscape through a heart-to-heart with ex-Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara in his excellent The Fog of War. His latest film is called Standard Operating
Procedure, and, unlike Gibney's film, the director attempts to take the whole mess in while
focusing on what the photographs from Abu Ghraib were really being used for. In his
usual fashion, Morris does away with voice-over and allows the interviewees, many
of whom were part of the MP squad pictured in the photographs, to use their answers
to sculp the unheard question.
The torture is old news but that's half the point: suspected terrorists, one of which
was given the nickname "Gilligan," were put through agonizing forms of torture and
depravation in the hopes of getting information on Al Qaeda, terrorist attacks, or
future attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Waterboarding, sleep depravation, sexual humiliation,
electrodes: that these things happened is not up for debate. Morris believes, with
due evidence, that these things were admitted to call the hounds away from more
devious, unseen acts, namely incidents like the one depicted in Gibney's film.
Stylized by Danny Elfman's sinister-yet-playful score and reenactments of certain
stories, Morris adds a whole gallery of rogues to his menagerie of human amazements.
The most fascinating of them is Lynddie England, the infamous Specialist who posed
for pictures with a prisoner on a leash and again while callously pointing to detainees
forced to masturbate. Only three years after being court martialed, England has transformed
from the skinny paradigm of decayed morality to a scorned and hardened single moth
er; she resembles something like Clarice Starling if she opted for the night shift
at the Piggly Wiggly instead of Langley. When she talks about her one-time fianc�e
and father of her son Private Charles Graner, you can see the black hole where her
sense of right and wrong use to be.
A casualty of the occupation in her own right, Morris paints England as the poster
child for youth-in-conflict. Does this mean that Morris is cutting these guys a whole
lot of slack? Most definitely, but his argument boils down to just that: the schematics of
the current military call for less intelligent people to be wielded by more powerful,
shameless people to carefully execute an undisclosed agenda. To Morris, this group
of "bad apples" is a battalion of patsies. The argument is considerably shaky and in
somuch as Bush, Cheney, and their cronies deserve a portion of blame, the writing's
on the wall.
Engrossing if inexcusably flashy, SOP feels like a stepping stone to a more undeniable
account of Abu Ghraib and its mirroring effect on our torture culture, the way documentaries
like The War Tapes and Iraq in Fragments felt like links leading to Charles H. Ferguson's devastating No End in
Sight. As Hollywood scrambles to comprehend the effects of this war on soldiers (Stop-
Loss), family (In the Valley of Elah) and media (Redacted), Morris stays glued to the military
institution and its unending ability to sacrifice "our boys" for the "greater good."
It's no picnic: You try convincing people that our heads of state are basically a
collective of pointing fingers.
Everyone with the flip-flops.
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Sydney Pollack - Director Pollack Dies
Oscar-winning director SYDNEY POLLACK has died of cancer. He was 73.
Pollack died on Monday (26May08) at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles following a ten month battle with the deadly disease.
Pollack won critical acclaim and two Academy Awards for his epic romance Out Of Africa starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The 1985 movie garnered a staggering 11 nominations and won seven including Best Picture.
He was also famed for directing 1973 classic The Way We Were and 1982's Tootsie starring Dustin Hoffman.
While best remembered as a director, Pollack started out as an actor and continued to perform throughout his career - most recently appearing alongside George Clooney in last year's (07) Oscar-winning picture Michael Clayton.
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