Jun 02, 2009 -
Come September, the songs of the Beatles will begin to be released digitally, starting with the album Abbey Road. On Sept. 9, when the Beatles version of Rock Band will be released, "All You Need Is Love" will be available for Xbox 360 users as a downloadable song with proceeds of the single being donated to Doctors Without Borders.
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Oct 30, 2008 -
No, it's not going to be another Rock Band game, though it may not be too far off. MTV Networks is teaming with Harmonix and the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. to develop a video game "based solely and exclusively on the entire Beatles catalog."
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Jul 11, 2008 -
Today Billboard is reporting that more Beatles memorabilia is going for big bucks. For one, "the hand-painted drum skin that appeared on the sleeve of the Beatles' ground-breaking 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold for $1.1 million at auction on Thursday in London, four times its estimate."
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Jul 02, 2008 -
- According to Variety, Josh Hartnett will be starring in a London stage production of the movie Rain Man, taking on the role originally played by Tom Cruise.
- Rapper Young Jeezy will join the cast of Ice Cube's comedy Janky Promoters, Billboard writes.
- Michael Imperioli will join the cast of ABC's Life on Mars, Variety reports.
- Four more actors have joined the cast of the Night at the Museum sequel, including Christopher Guest, ComingSoon reports.
- Entertainment Weekly reports that Criminal Minds looks like the next CBS show to get a spinoff.
- Billboard writes that at a private concert this week, Pearl Jam helped raise $3 million for the poverty-fighting charity the Robin Hood Foundation.
- TNT will remake the British series Cracker, about an abrasive and heavy-drinking detective, with Robert Duvall as an executive producer, Zap2it reports.
- A lost interview with the Beatles has been aired on BBC radio, the Associated Press reports.
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May 31, 2008 -
Music is a very personal thing. What's pleasing to the ears of one person can be nails on a chalkboard to another. Even iPod playlists are like snowflakes: no two alike.
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Mar 24, 2008 -
- Billboard reports that Maroon 5 and Counting Crows are planning a spring and summer tour together starting July 25.
- Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit related to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. According to Reuters, Gibson claims the games "violate a 1999 patent for technology to simulate a musical performance."
- Kristen Bell has herself a leading man in Jon Heder who will play her love interest in Disney's upcoming romantic comedy When in Rome, Variety reports. Hopefully this love interest is nicer to Bell than this guy has been.
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Mar 11, 2008 -
When the top 12 American Idol contestants take the stage tonight, they'll be singing Beatles songs for the first time ever in the competition. I have to say, I'm feeling torn about it. On the one hand, Beatles songs are covered so often and so much I'm becoming desensitized to it (Target's version of "Hello Goodbye" with the pun "good buy" has stopped being so irritating, for example).
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Feb 11, 2008 -
Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points!
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Apr 02, 2007 -
- Variety has news on what's next for Abigail Breslin, including a potential movie with Jodie Foster.
- EMI Music will offer its catalog on iTunes, reports Billboard, but alas, still no Beatles, says the Washington Post.
- "7th Heaven" appears to be canceled (again), says E!'s Kristin Veitch.
- Billboard gets more details about Bjork's next album, Volta.
- Ashton Kutcher's "The Real Wedding Crashers" will debut April 23 on NBC, reports the Futon Critic.
- Variety tells us about Hilary Swank's latest film choice, Intimate Strangers.
- According to Zap2It, "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus is joining the Adventures in Babysitting remake.
- An "American Idol" stylist dishes about which singers have style in the Detroit Free Press.
- Oscar winner Sydney Pollack will take on the 2000 election recount in an HBO film, says the Hollywood Reporter.
- Nelly Furtado rocks Canada's Juno Awards for music, Billboard reports.
- Comedy Central is offering online comedy classes, and the Futon Critic has the details.
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Dec 27, 2006 -
- Nas moves to the top of the Billboard charts with Hip Hop Is Dead.
- Apocalypto fails to play well with the family-friendly holiday movie crowd, says Variety.
- TV Guide ranks the worst TV of 2006.
- Billboard reports that Danger Mouse will debut a new project, called Underground Animals, with a new album next year.
- CBS television pioneer Frank Stanton dies at age 98, according to Zap2It.
- Spike Lees signs on to direct a James Brown biopic, according to Variety.
- A signed Beatles record sells for more than $100,000 at auction, reports USA Today.
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