DIVA TALK: 'A Christmas Carol''s Jacke, 'Pippin' in Concert, Divas on Disc and News of McDonald and Ripley
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Playbill - News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
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Britney Spears&#39; MySpace blog came to life Wednesday with an announcement that Gimme More is available on iTunes, along with a new promo shot of Spears. Former View host Rosie O&#39;Donnell takes on the daytime chatfest in a post challenging the show&#39;s claim that ratings are up without her. And Dancing With the Stars contestant Jane Seymour concedes that she had serious nerves for her debut foxtrot this week.
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Arts & entertainment: Stuart Jeffries investigates the phenomenon of the Christmas bestseller and wonders what this year's big successes will be
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Madonna's daughter has written a story which is featured in a Christmas charity fund-raising book. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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Scarlett Johansson to star opposite Ewan McGregor.  Plus news in brief on Sandra Bullock and the Black Eyed Peas.
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Beyonce injures her hamstring. Plus other news in brief on Michael Douglas, Chaka Khan and Paul Daniels.
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The Brummie lovely will appear on the re-recording of Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas? after The Darkness, Coldplay and Travis said they&#39;d perform on it.
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The Singing Regulators probably won't get their own network television reality show. Still, about a dozen staff members at the Federal Communications Commission have developed a growing audience for their annual telecom-themed Christmas carols.
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During the past two years, old tunes have breathed new life into the careers of Rod Stewart and Michael McDonald. Both artists return to the musical well this month for a new round of classics.
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Tycho: Some of you have probably already heard it, since I put it up yesterday - but we're trying new hosting for the podcast, and I wanted to make sure everything made sense before I dropped it on the front page. The podcast is for Wednesday's strip, "The Ungift, Part Two." You can download it here, or subscribe to the feed here. The levels are a little crazy in a couple spots, for which I apologize. I think we've got those ironed out, now. (CW)TB
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Entertainment highlights during the week of Jan. 20-26:
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Madonna ends her world tour in Lisbon. Plus entertainment news in brief on Monica Bellucci and Jessica Simpson.
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Arts & entertainment: Frankenstein gets an update, theatre gets filthy and Sibelius gets everywhere - our critics pick the 50 hottest acts to catch this autumn.
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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What actress and musician Minnie Driver is reading, watching, and listening to...
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Book seller is a buyer, Plant will tour without Zeppelin, Senegal bars a singer and more culture news.
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roundup Plus: More colleges get cheap online music...Glitches hit some EarthLink-hosted sites...More money for fuel cells...Linux release features Windows support.