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RealAudio Interviews * Celebrity News * Reviews * What's New * What's Hot
By Don Fass Senior Editor Entertainment Network News (ENN)
APRIL, 2009 ONWARD INSPIRING NEW INTERVIEWS,
OUR OWN SUPERB BENEFIT CDS, PODCASTS, STATIONS & MORE!
We have been doing an exciting, really uplifting series of new interviews with
wonderful pop and rock music.
Included are 2 interviews with Martin Smith of Delirious and CompassionArt, Israeli band
Moshav, Saddleback's Kay Warren (Mrs. Rick Warren) and worship director Rick Muchow,
Salvador, Craig Taubman, Jars of Clay, Jaci Velasquez,, Not for Sale's Mark Wexler,
Hillsong's Darlene Zschech, Newsboys and DC Talk's Michael Tait, Odetta, Sam Glaser,
Bread of Stone,, Anne Graham Lotz, Rabbi Yosef Langer, Destination 7, No More Victims,
Bryan Duncan, Dr. David Smith, the African Childrens Choir, a 10th. anniversary reprise of
our Friends and Family of Columbine, Tom Chapin, and many more!
Find them all at www.reachingup.podomatic.com
and www.celebrateradiofeatures.mypodcast.com
request a free subscription so you get all our new shows as soon as they are
uploaded online!
We've been producing and releasing our own new and exclusive benefit 17-artist music
compilation, documentary and interview CDs as fast as
we can.
In addition to our New Music New Hope, there's Positively Music Volumes 1-5, Faith
Rocks, Shalom, new 40th. Anniversary releases for The Summer of Love San Francisco and
Apollo 11 First Lunar Landing and in challenging times like this, am uplifting
17-artist and speech excerpt Yes We Can CD saluting President Barack Obama! Get all
of them at www.celebrateradio.com/cds.htm
We have also released a single from our Yes We Can album, The Obama Inauguration Remix,
now available to download from Itunes or Rhapsody (just search for Obama Inauguration
Remix) and later this year, watch for our Remember the Sixties Remix single in May and our
On Bleecker Street-Greenwich Village in the 60's interview CD on our www.sixties.net website late Summer!
We've launched GET 2 MUSIC with lots of exciting music, radio and podcast content at www.get2music.com
Our uplifting CELEBRATE RADIO now has 1700 of our Positively Music songs from around
the world and 93 weekly programs including 3 Countdown shows and lots of social
justice and spirituality features at www.celebrateradio.com
and watch there too for our 2 new SHINE and SHALOM 24/7 stations coming this year
......and our new SPIRIT UP Interfaith audio magazine.
We're adding more of or 12-step TEEN-ANON groups for recovering teens around the country
and or newest is starting with a County Juvenile Court in Paris, TN. Need information on
helping youth off drugs, visit our TEEN-ANON website.
And because we are all living in uncertain times but where crisis really does equal
opportunity, visit our ONE HEART FOR KIDS
Initiatives to find dozens of great opportunities to DO GOOD and make this a better world!
EVENTS
Web 2.0 Expo at Moscone West, San Francisco CA March 31-April 2
Spirit West Coast Del Mar, CA in May
Rick Muchow's Saddleback Worship Conference, Lake Forest CA this June
Greg Laurie's 3 day Harvest Festival in Anaheim CA in August
Rock of Ages Music Festival in Calistoga, California early October
Not for Sale's Global Summit on Trafficking Southern California October
and you can contact us at reachingupradio
or celebrateradio any time.
Before we update Backstage and other ENN pages and tell you all
about the latest Britney and Michael, Angelina's latest adoptions and the Anna Nicole
aftermath the latest box office and which groups are re-uniting and which are not, let us
tell you the latest about US!
First up, ENN2's Music, Rock, Liveonthenet, EBiz, Radio, Movies, Nitelife sites (www.enn2.com) are all updated, finally!
Then, we have our very own hot eclectic and inspiring 24/7 Celebrate Radio station up with Positively Music, 4 other music streams, our own exclusive Positively Music compilation CDs with outstanding music and much more!
Don't miss our new Get 2 Music site, packed with current and archived radio, sites for musicians, more music inks and podcasts!
And speaking of podcasts, we now have many of our own series to download and subscribe to including Celebrate Radio's and Reaching Up! and our Sixties On Bleecker Street podcast with more coming!
And we have our own social network, Celebrate, just started. Don't miss it! Join it!
A special San Francisco concert review of an incredible group right here after the Oscars.
Don't miss learning about the future of music right here in about 10 days!
Carlos Santana won 8 Grammy Awards, tieing with
Michael Jackson for most awards ever in one night. Carlos, the gifted, well-liked master
musician won for Best Album ('Supernatural'), Record of the Year ('Smooth') and 6 other
awards.
The San Francisco resident, in accepting the Grammys, said the awards demonstrate 'the
healing power of music.'
Congratulations, Carlos!
Santana's Site
The Grammy Site
Hours before his last Peanuts cartoon was to appear in Sunday newspapers, creator of the
Peanuts gang, Charles Schulz died in Sonoma County. He had been battling cancer and lost
vision and drawing ability from a series of strokes.
The cartoonist created his beloved characters fifty years ago in 1950: Good old Charlie
Brown, Lucy, Snoopy, Woodstock, Linus, the red-haired girl and others. Since then, the
cartoon and TV specials have run around the world, translated into dozens of languages.
Charlie Brown and his friends never quite grew up and perhaps mirrored that innocense in a
generation of Baby Boomers Snoopy could fly his dog house or start to write the great
novel (always with "One Stormy Night,', Linus always needed his security blanket,
Snoopy's little bird friend was named after Woodstock, Charlie Brown never quite got
together with argumentative Lucy ("the psychiatrist is in'), instead dreaming of his
unrequitted love for his Little Red Haired Girl.
Each one of us could identify with att least one of those characters and their search for
identity or the fufillment of their dreams.
In Schulz's agreement with his publishers, Peanuts was to cease upon his death. Reprint
and rebroadcast is uncertain.
On March 27, every other newspaper comic strip will include a tribute to Peanuts and
Charles Schulz, a man who gave joy to millions of people across many generatiuons
Snoopy.Com
James Doohan, the venerable chief engineer, Scotty, on Star Trek (The Original TV series)
and his wife have 'beamed one up.' Doohan and his wife, who is 44 have just had a baby!
What's so cool about that is that Doohan is 80 years old.
Can't you just hear Scotty saying 'Jim, I'm trying as hard as I can. Man, I'm giving it
all I've got!"
Congratulations, James Doohan.
Beverly Hills---The surprise TV winners at this year's 57th.Annual Golden Globe Awards
were both cable series, The Sopranos and SexI n The City with City star Sarah Jessica
Parker winning Best Actress, TV Comedy. Michael J. Fox, who just announced he was leaving
'Spin City' because of his illness, was a popular winner for Best Actor, TV Comedy as was
Jack Lemmon for Best Actor, TV Dramatic Movie ('Inherit the Wind').
Barbra Streisand was honored for Lifetime Achievement. Ruben Hurricane Carter got a
standing ovation for the film about his life, Hurricane, in which Denzel Washington plays
the fighter who was imprisoned, despite his innocence for 20 years.
In movie awards that are often a pre-cursor to the Oscars, Jim Carrey took Best Actor in a
Comedy Film honors for 'Man on the Moon,' Tom Cruise won Best Supporting Actor, Dramatic
Movie for 'Magnolia' Best Actor, Drama went to Denzel Washington for 'The Hurricane,' Best
Actress, Comedy to Janet McTeer for 'Tumbleweeds,.' Drama to Hilary Swank for 'Boys Don't
Cry.' Best Director, Film, was awarded to Sam Mendes for 'American Beauty.'
The Golden Globe for Best Film, Comedy went to 'Toy Story 2' and for fthe Best Film, Drama
to 'American Beauty.'
DULLES, VIRGINIA and NEW YORK, NEW YORK January 10, 2000 - America Online, Inc. [NYSE:AOL]
and Time Warner Inc. [NYSE:TWX] today announced a strategic merger of equals to create the
world's first fully integrated media and communications company for the Internet Century
in an all-stock combination valued at $350 billion.
To be named AOL Time Warner Inc. with combined revenues of over $30 billion, this unique
new enterprise will be the premier global company delivering branded information,
entertainment and communications services across rapidly converging media platforms.
The merger will combine Time Warner's vast array of world-class media, entertainment and
news brands and its technologically advanced broadband delivery systems with America
Online's extensive Internet franchises, technology and infrastructure, including the
world's premier consumer online brands, the largest community in cyberspace, and unmatched
e-commerce capabilities. AOL Time Warner's unparalleled resources of creative and
journalistic talent, technology assets and expertise, and management experience will
enable the new company to dramatically enhance consumers' access to the broadest selection
of high-quality content and interactive services.
By merging the world's leading Internet and media companies, AOL Time Warner will be
uniquely positioned to speed the development of the interactive medium and the growth of
all its businesses. The new company will provide an important new broadband distribution
platform for America Online's interactive services and drive subscriber growth through
cross-marketing with Time Warner's pre-eminent brands.
AOL Time Warner's brands will include AOL, Time, CNN, CompuServe, Warner Bros., Netscape,
Sports Illustrated, People, HBO, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, AOL MovieFone, TBS, TNT,
Cartoon Network, Digital City, Warner Music Group, Spinner, Winamp, Fortune, AOL.COM,
Entertainment Weekly, and Looney Tunes. In addition to fully integrating its brands into a
digital environment and bringing them closer to consumers, AOL Time Warner will have a
wealth of creative resources to develop products specifically suited to interactive media.
Under the terms of a definitive merger agreement approved by unanimous votes at meetings
of each company's board of directors, Time Warner and America Online stock will be
converted to AOL Time Warner stock at fixed exchange ratios. The Time Warner shareholders
will receive 1.5 shares of AOL Time Warner for each share of Time Warner stock they own.
America Online shareholders will receive one share of AOL Time Warner stock for each share
of America Online stock they own. The merger will be effected on a tax-free basis to
shareholders. When complete, America Online's shareholders will own approximately 55% and
Time Warner's shareholders will own approximately 45% of the new company. The stock will
be traded under the symbol AOL on the New York Stock Exchange.
The merger will be accounted for as a purchase transaction and is expected to be accretive
to America Online's cash earnings per share before the amortization of goodwill. This
transaction is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and
the approval of America Online and Time Warner shareholders, and is expected to close by
the end of the year. Mr. Ted Turner, Vice Chairman of Time Warner, has agreed to vote his
Time Warner shares, representing approximately 9% of the company's outstanding common
stock, in favor of the merger.
Steve Case, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of America Online, will become Chairman
of the Board of the new company. Gerald M. Levin, Time Warner's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, will become AOL Time Warner's Chief Executive Officer. As Chairman, Mr.
Case will play an active role in helping to build and lead AOL Time Warner, focusing
particularly on the technological developments and policy initiatives driving the global
expansion of the interactive medium. As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Levin will set the
company's strategy, working closely with Mr. Case, and will oversee the management of the
company. Mr. Levin will report to the board consisting of 16 members, with eight appointed
by each of the current America Online and Time Warner boards.
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Actor DeForest Kelley, beloved by millions for his portrayal of the crusty deep-space
doctor ''Leonard 'Bones' McCoy'' on the original Star Trek TV series, died Friday at age
79 in Los Angeles.
The day after Kelley's death, his fellow Star Trek crew members, Mr. Sulu, Ohura, Scotty
and Chekov fondly remembered 'Bones McCoy' at a Star Trek Convention in San Francisco.
'Ohura,' (actress Nicele) sang a moving acapella farewell to Kelley, as fellow actors
James Doohan, George Takei and Walter Koenig remembered all their great stories about
Kelly during the original TV series and several Trek motion pictures.
DeForest Kelley is the first Star Trek original cast member to 'beam up' to that great
next dimension.
Officials at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital said he died after a long
illness. His wife of 55 years, Carolyn, also a patient at the hospital being treated for a
broken leg, was at his side.
Kelley played ``Dr McCoy'' from 1966 to 1969 on the original series but never left
American TV screens thanks to an endless number of syndicated repeats.
He also appeared in six ``Star Trek'' movies and made countless appearances at ``Star
Trek'' conventions where die-hard fans would get his autograph or even sometimes ask him
for medical advice.
He was known for two catch phrases addressed to Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the
Starship USS Enterprise: ``He's dead, Jim'' and variations on ``Damn it, Jim, I'm a
doctor, not a bricklayer.''
Kelley also was the argumentative foil to the Vulcan Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy and
often hectored Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, about the humanitarian aspects of
a given crisis.
``He represented humanity and it fitted him well,'' Nimoy said. ``He was a decent, loving,
caring partner and will be deeply missed.''
Kelley's character was one of the best liked on ``Star Trek,'' the most popular science
fiction series ever made and one which spawned several successful spin-offs and still
maintains a fervent worldwide following.
Born DeForest Jackson Kelley in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 20, 1920, his career dream was to
become a doctor like the uncle who delivered him.
But his family did not have the funds to send him to medical school and Kelley drifted
into singing and theater. A Paramount scout spotted him in a Navy training film and signed
him to a contract at the studio as a bit player.
The first picture he did for Paramount was a small picture called 'Fear of the Night,' And
then he just did a lot of things and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry saw him and put
him with Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner on 'Star Trek.'''
Kelley appeared in about 75 features and 75 television shows in addition to ``Star Trek,''
including a series of westerns in which he often played the bad guy.
He was a great heavy, in total contrast to what he was like in person.
Among his earlier film credits are ``Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,'' with Burt Lancaster
and Kirk Douglas and ``Raintree County'' with Elizabeth Taylor.
A current documentary film, 'Trekkies,' takes an-depth and touching lookat the Star Trek
phenomenon, now 32 years old and the fans who love theTrekker Universe.
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| SPRINGSTEEN AND E-STREET BAND 1999 REUNION TOUR PLANS ANNOUNCED Bruce Springsteen's world tour with The E Street Band will begin April 9 in Barcelona, Spain, and venture to Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, England and Ireland. Dates are confirmed through June 7 though more will be announced later. The U.S. leg will begin in mid-July and continue through the end of September. Springsteen will perform May 18 and 19 at the Earl's Court in London, the paper added. The E Street Band will feature both of the band's most prominent guitarists, Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren, as well as Roy Bittan, Clarence Clemons,Danny Federici, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg. To coincide with the tour, Columbia Records on April 13 will release ``18 Tracks,'' a single CD compilation of highlights from the ``Tracks'' box set plus three other cuts: a 1973 version of ``The Fever,'' a solo acoustic version of ``The Promise'' recorded in February and ``Trouble River,'' a number recorded during sessions for the ``Human Touch'' album. GET YOUR NEW ENTERTAINMENT EMAIL ADDRESS Entertainment Network News has announced that it will make available a number of cool new free email address names to entertainment fans. Like Excite, Hotmail and Yahoo mail, the new ENN Email addresses can be accessed from any internet computer in the world to send and receive email. Addresses available include StarSite, Tunes, TheMusic, Jedi, BeachParty, HollywoodStar, HollywoodMail, Songwriter, TrekkieMail, RapMail, ArtistMail, Klingon, RockandRoll, Nashville, Sixties, MalibuBeach and ActorMail. More new addresses are coming in a few months! Your address can be your chosen ID at whatever address you choose, like Joe@HollywoodStar.zzn.com And you can always access it here on ENN. ENN;s new email is full-featured, with folders, signatures, preferences and more! Automatically, you'll also receive ENN's regular free entertainment newsletter in your new email inbox. You can sign-up at ENN MAIL DUSTY SPRINGFIELD DIES IN LONDON British pop star Dusty Springfield, 59, died in London from cancer. The British singing sensation of the 60's and '70s, had a number of hit songs like 'Wishin' and Hopin' and 'What the World Needs Love' and wrote or co- wrote many other hit songs for other artists. She was scheduled to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. MOVIE CRITIC GENE SISKEL OF SISKEL-EBERT HAS DIED Gene Siskel, the Chicago movie critic, who partnered for many years on TV with fellow movie critic Roger Ebert, has died after hospitalization for a recurring brain tumor. Gene had just taken an indefinite leave of absence from the popular Siskel and Ebert movie review program that awards 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' to the films they review as well as new video releases. ENN MOVIEFIND TO INCLUDE CURRENT FILM REVIEWS AND LOCAL 'WHERE ITS PLAYING' In association with Film Frenzy, ENN's popular Movie Find will include current movie reviews, as well as a search engine to find what's playing (and when) in movie theaters near you, beginning March 10, 1999. The site also allows you to search from a huge database of video releases and preview what's coming next on video. MILLENIUM-AID 2000 CONCERT A 24-hour worldwide Live-Aid style mega-concert is being planned to usher in
the Year 2000. The first artists announced to perform will be Sting, Phil Collins and
Peter Gabriel. There will be many more artists and more details announced later. It is not
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The young actor who
plays the new Anakin Skywalker, Lucas Films people responsible for the art, graphics,
models and costumes of the old and new movies will join first-time ever exhibits of
official Star Wars movie models and a life-size X-Wing Fighter. And, likely, there will be
even more snippets of the new movie, though hardly more hype is necessary. Fans around the
country started lineing up to buy movie ticketss 41 days before the film opens. May the
Force be with them! Stay tuned for coverage of the Denver fan expo and the premiere here
and be sure to sign-up for your 
Joel performed highly energized, electric renditions of his
'Innocent Man,' 'We Didn't Start the Fire,' 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me,' 'Piano Man''
(his encore), "Allentown." "My Life," "Don't Ask Me Why, 'My
Life," "Lullaby (Good Night My Angel)," "She's Got a Way," his
first hit and about 2 dozen more, playing about equally to each side of the Arena, on a
stage ringed with multiple keyboards. He took a few turns on guitar and harmonica, too
plus an impressive imitation of Tony Bennett singing "I Left My Heart in San
Francisco" for the appreciative Silicon Valley crowd. And he introduced us to many of
his band members who have been with him since the very beginning, going back to his teen
group on Long Island, the Hassels or at least 20 years. Billy Joel was one of the
inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. From his latest concert tour,
it's easy to see why. He is a true musical icon. Age may have mellowed him in his private
life, but watching Billy Joel perform, even if he didn't "start the fire", he's
keeping the flames burning hotter than ever.