Posts Tagged ‘United Kingdom’

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.: NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Thursday, March 18, 2010 18:25

LYDON AND THE LADS VISIT U.S. TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PiL Since returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom - their first shows in 17 years - Public Image Ltd. (PiL) now continue into 2010 with a headlining North ...

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A. R. RAHMAN’S CHICAGO GIG TICKETS SELL FOR $1,050 EACH

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:23

Some of the tickets for Oscar winner A.R. Rahman’s Chicago (USA) June 18 “Jai Ho Concert” are now selling for 1,050 dollars per person on his official website. This “Jai Ho Circle” ticket includes: no waiting in line – express entry, separate entrance on green carpet, and pre-show service of non-alcoholic ...

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FREIDA PINTO-STARRER YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER ‘GETS SEPT 23 RELEASE DATE’

Saturday, February 27, 2010 7:03

Freida Pinto starrer Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” will be released starting September 23 next, according to reports. Pinto is said to have completed her shooting for this romance film, which also stars Oscar nominated Naomi Watts (21 Grams), Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the ...

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FEB. 24, 1664: STEAM POWER IS NEWCOMEN IN

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:00

1664: Thomas Newcomen, creator of the first practical atmospheric steam engine, is born in Devon, England. Newcomen’s exact birth date is a matter of debate. Some sources say “before Feb. 24,” while others go as late as Feb. 28. What’s more, some list 1663, because dates between Jan. 1 and March 25 ...

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MANULIFE SINGAPORE – CORPORATE MOVES

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:18

Robert Elliott has been appointed senior VP/chief distribution officer wef February 2010 Work experience: VP, Agency Operations, Manulife (International) Ltd; assistant VP, distribution, Manulife Hong Kong; 13 years with Manulife United Kingdom

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JAYA BACHCHAN TO RECEIVE “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” IN LONDON

Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:19

Bollywood legend Jaya Bachchan (Bhaduri) will be honored with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” in a special ceremony in London on March five. Award is for her “outstanding contribution to Cinema spanning over three decades”, which will be presented by “Tongues on Fire” film festival in a gala dinner at Sheraton Hotel ...

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THEM CROOKED VULTURES | 02.08 | NYC

Thursday, February 11, 2010 21:05

Words by: Ryan Dembinsky | Images by: Dino Perrucci Them Crooked Vultures :: 02.08.10 :: Roseland Ballroom :: New York, NY Jones & Grohl - Them Crooked Vultures :: 02.08 :: New York Despite being a supergroup comprised of rock royalty best known ...

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15 WEIRDEST FOREIGN GAME SHOWS

Monday, February 8, 2010 20:34

Here are 15 examples of the weirdest foreign game shows we could find; some of them are so awful that they're fantastic.

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TIM GOLDSWORTHY SPLITS WITH DFA

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 21:05

Together with partner James Murphy, Tim Goldsworthy founded the New York-based production team and record label DFA. As the DFA, the two produced important records by folks like the Rapture and the Juan Maclean and remixes for Le Tigre, ...

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HOW FACEBOOK USERS, MOBILE AD NETWORKS ARE HELPING HAITI

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 20:11

About 40 percent of Facebook users polled in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia have donated money, food or clothing to help the disaster relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake Jan. 12, Nielsen and Facebook report. Meanwhile, AdMob, Eyeblaster, Jumptap, Microsoft Advertising, Millennial ...

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WHAT SHOULD WE MAKE OF OBAMA’S “SPENDING FREEZE”

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 18:45

The big news today is Obama's proposed "spending freeze".Fiscal liberals say this cuts spending at the exact time that we most need to increase it. See this and this.Fiscal conservatives say this doesn't go nearly far enough. See this, this and this....

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AL QAEDA HOME PAKISTAN RISKS TURNING RADICAL: MILIBAND

Saturday, January 23, 2010 5:18

With Al Qaeda pushed into Pakistan’s tribal areas, Islamabad risks slipping into radical hands as it was already home to the terrorist group’s leadership, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned Friday. “We know that Pakistan matters not just because it is the location for the Afghanistan Taliban leadership; it is also ...

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NEW MASTERSOUNDS, TROM SHORTY SALVADOR SANTANA TOUR DATES

Thursday, January 14, 2010 18:09

THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS TOUR WITH TROMBONE SHORTY AND SALVADOR SANTANA The New Mastersounds Kicking off 2010 with an international tour including Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, The New Mastersounds are already jet setting their way across the globe. The band's first U.S. ...

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LINDSAY LOHAN INDIAN CHILD TRAFFICKING DOCUMENTARY SNEAK PEEK

Saturday, January 9, 2010 0:24

The BBC has released a sneak peek of its documentary on Indian child trafficking, narrated by actress-turned-fashionista Lindsay Lohan. The star recently described her visit to India as “the most amazing time of my life.” The Mean Girls star traveled across the continent interviewing people involved in trying to find solutions to ...

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JAN. 8, 1942: BIRTHDAY OF A FIRST-RATE MIND, AND A MEDICAL MARVEL

Friday, January 8, 2010 5:00

1942: British physicist Stephen Hawking is born. Hawking was born in Oxford, where his parents moved to escape the German Blitz on London. His website notes, in an interesting historical aside, that his birth came on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death. Though naturally predisposed to mathematics, young Hawking switched to physics, ...

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GE HEALTHCARE AND INTEL EXPAND INTEL HEALTH GUIDE MARKETING AGREEMENT TO UNITED KINGDOM

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 15:08

CHALFONT ST GILES, U.K. and SANTA CLARA, Calif. Jan 5, 2010 – GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) announced today that they have expanded their sales and marketing agreement for the Intel Health Guide to ...

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BOUSTEAD’S ENERGY ENGINEERING DIVISION SECURES $68M IN LATEST OIL & GAS CONTRACTS

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 2:23

Boustead Singapore says its energy-related engineering division has secured $68 million in contracts from the oil & gas industries globally. The contracts involve the design, engineering and construction of key process equipment for oil refineries, petrochemical and gas processing plants in Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom....

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JAN. 4: BRAILLE, PITMAN BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATE NEW WAYS TO WRITE

Monday, January 4, 2010 5:00

1809: Louis Braille is born. He’ll devise a tactile alphabet for the blind. 1813: Isaac Pitman is born. He’ll devise a shorthand alphabet for quickly writing what people are saying. It’s probably more important that the two men were white, male Europeans of the same era than that they coincidentally shared the ...

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RAHMAN ASSEMBLES INTERNATIONAL FACULTY AT HIS MUSIC CONSERVATORY

Saturday, January 2, 2010 8:52

Oscar winner Oscar winner musician A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) has assembled international faculty at his world famous KM Music Conservatory. Alison Maggart (harp) is from Tennessee (USA) and has attended Eastman School of Music (New York, USA). Michael Lindsey (percussion) is from Indianapolis (USA) and has studied at DePauw University ...

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VAN MORRISON A FATHER AGAIN, AT 64

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:55

Music legend Van Morrison is adding a “Brown Eyed Boy” to his brood. The reclusive Irish singer-songwriter became a father again on Monday at the age of 64 after his manager gave birth to a son described as a “spitting image of his daddy.” “Gigi (Lee) and Van Morrison are proud ...

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