Kanye West dropped the Hype Williams–directed video for “All of the Lights” today: Like the song, it’s epic. It’s emotional, with little girls walking in the snow in black and white while sad violins play. But it’s also flashy, with Tokyo-inspired neon lights straight out of 2 Fast 2 Furious all over the place. (Cop [...]
ESPN announcer Ron Franklin apologized Monday for comments to colleague Jeannine Edwards that got him pulled from Saturday’s radio broadcast of the Fiesta Bowl. In a statement, Franklin said: “I said some things I shouldn’t have and am sorry. I deserved to be taken off the Fiesta Bowl.” Edwards said Monday in an e-mail to [...]
If you received an new Amazon Kindle for Christmas this year, you’re probably on the lookout for some free books to start downloading already. While many titles for the Kindle are priced decently- the majority are for $9.99, although some are priced higher or lower, it’s great to be able to download a bunch of [...]
FRANCE: Court finds Continental Airlines responsible for Concorde crash With our correspondents in Paris. US airline Continental has been found criminally responsible for the fatal 2000 Concorde crash. The crash killed 113 people and bought the era of supersonic passenger flights to an abrupt end. A French court on Monday found Continental Airlines and one [...]
The first week of “Conan” is now in the books (like most of the late night shows on cable, they don’t bother with Friday nights), and though the ratings numbers were a mixed bag (after the show’s huge debut, it lost a full one third of its audience moving into the second night), there’s no [...]