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Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are the two additions Simon Cowell made to the judges panel on X Factor for its second season, but the job is already proving too much for the former, it has emerged.
Right after Cowell & Co. made the official announcement of the new lineup at the Fox television upfronts a short while... |
24 May 2012
11:10 GMT |
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These past few months must have been hell for Simon Cowell, but he can rest assured that he has at least one new judge nailed down for the second season of X Factor USA. Britney Spears has signed on the dotted line. Both Us Weekly and E! News have confirmation of the deal but, as it happens, no one directly involve... |
10 May 2012
09:26 GMT |
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The Voice is proving to be a very strong competitor in the ratings for The X Factor in the UK. The other night’s show explains how this came to be, with Ruth Brown bringing tears to the eyes of the judges and audience members alike. She may have been last to perform but she definitely made sure she was the ta... |
29 April 2012
06:30 GMT |
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At 46, most women are spending more time at home than at the gym, but Sharon Madderson is not your regular woman. Having started bodybuilding at 30, she's now vying for the Miss Olympia title – and says she regrets nothing about her life. Mrs. Madderson hails from Cramlington, Northumberland and is alrea... |
19 April 2012
15:01 GMT |
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PhpMySport is a web-based solution for managing a sport league online. It comes with default settings for soccer, basketball and rugby, but it can be adapted to any other sport as well.
A league administrator can manage all the settings and details a sport league might need managing on, all in the confines of a sing... |
7 April 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to announce the 2012 Global Microsoft Next winners, and has just opened voting for “People’s Choice” award in this competition. Driven by the idea of bringing innovation into people’s lives, the company kicked off the Microsoft Next competition, encouraging people ... |
2 April 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Ben Rudolph, Microsoft’s employee behind the latest marketing campaign for Windows Phone, plans on having a better look at a recent event that involved the Santa Clara Microsoft Store and the owner of a Galaxy Nexus smartphone. “Smoked by Windows Phone” is one of the greatest marketing campaigns ... |
26 March 2012
09:49 GMT |
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This is the second year for Christina Aguilera as a mentor / judge on NBC's highly popular singing competition The Voice. Below is a video of an interview she recently did with Jay Leno to talk about it.The singer, who has seen her fair share of bad press in the past couple of years for various issues pertaining... |
24 March 2012
05:16 GMT |
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A 10-year-old girl from Fairlawn, New Jersey, has just set a new world record by weightlifting twice her body weight. Her name is Naomi Kutin and, as her parents put it, she's running with the big dogs now.
Naomi weighs just 97 pounds (43.9 kg), but she can squat an impressive 215 pounds (97.52 kg). Clearly, s... |
22 March 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The American space agency is very interested in developing a new generations of deep space habitat prototypes. These will be structures in which astronauts of the future will be able to work, at locations far away from the relative safety of low-Earth orbit.
But designing, manufacturing, assembling and testing the ... |
20 March 2012
11:52 GMT |
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As Simon Cowell is postponing an announcement regarding the lineup for season 2 of X Factor US, more names are being attached to it. The latest is that of Stacy Keibler, who is reportedly in secret talks with the mogul and the network for a position.
Season 1 of the American version of the show, imported from the U... |
19 March 2012
11:26 GMT |
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Some might say that Simon Cowell's US version of X Factor kicked off on the wrong footing, especially considering that he fired half of his collaborators at the end of the first season. However, given the names now being reportedly considered for replacements, this was probably not a bad thing.
Britney Spears i... |
24 February 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Personally, I had a mixed opinion on crabs until today. After seeing this short YouTube video – which is an excerpt from “Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot,” an episode from Jacques Cousteau's Odyssey series – I have a newfound respect for these creatures.
The video shows a crab being ... |
3 February 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has just announced the winners of its Imagine Cup Grants program, which were finalists at the Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals, and also unveiled plans to continue the competition this year with the Imagine Cup 2012.
The competition is in its tenth year. This anniversary edition will be celebrated at th... |
30 January 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Most people who come to the American Idol auditions do so because they want to get a better shot at becoming recording artists and they believe AI is the perfect launching pad for them. For Jenni Schick, that was only part of the reason. Video of her audition is below. The 24-year-old blonde music teacher, who descri... |
27 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Admittedly, until the live shows of American Idol begin, the best part of the singing competition is when characters like last night's Magic Cyclops show up for auditions. Just check out the video below if you don't believe us, don't take out word for it.The three judges, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez ... |
26 January 2012
09:33 GMT |
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The latest season of American Idol has just started but it's already getting plenty of negative buzz online amidst claims that it's rigged. Bikini girl Jennifer Diley is the latest to speak up in support of such allegations. Shortly after word got out that Jane Carrey, Jim Carrey's daughter, was actu... |
25 January 2012
08:56 GMT |
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The San Diego auditions for American Idol also included a contestant like no other before: Jim Carrey's daughter, Jane, who got a Golden Ticket for Hollywood. Reports online claim she was given preferential treatment by producers. As we also informed you the other day, Jane managed to impress the three judges, R... |
24 January 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Google is gearing up for the second ever Google Science Fair, an international online competition for young people designed to spur scientific creativity and research."Along with our partners CERN, The LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American, today we’re launching the second annual Google Scienc... |
12 January 2012
18:21 GMT |
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The wife of the worldwide known director James Cameron, Suzy Amis Cameron, is announcing the debut of one of the most eco-conscious design contests organized on an annual basis, the 2012 Red Carpet Green Dress Contest.
She has revealed her eagerness to select some of the best gown designs, manufactured using only 1... |
5 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Bikes are always a greener alternative to big, polluting cars. However, their manufacturing process is not entirely eco-conscious, because it often involves the usage of virgin materials.
Supplementary seats made of leather are so yesterday, since sustainable options are now widely available.
He may not have inven... |
5 January 2012
05:25 GMT |
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The second season of X Factor USA might bring more changes than Steve Jones' replacement with another host. Chances are Nicole Scherzinger too will be out of the picture, in order to focus more on her solo music career.While producers are still mum on which of the faces featured on the first season will return f... |
28 December 2011
05:23 GMT |
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The first season of X Factor USA has just wrapped up. After some drama, lots of tension and the expected amount of quality artists, this season has crowned a winner: Melanie Amaro. With mentors / judges Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger competing in the big finale with Amaro and Josh Krajcik as finalists, the compe... |
23 December 2011
09:35 GMT |
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The first season of X Factor USA debuted with a few hiccups, but it went to win over audiences. As is usually the case, there's plenty of speculation already on whether the second season will return in the same format. As it turns out, host Steve Jones might be replaced, show insiders tell the media, as cited by... |
21 December 2011
05:32 GMT |
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Once again, Valve has kicked off the traditional Steam Winter Holiday Sale, with the digital distribution service being host to a series of daily discounts on great titles, as well as to price cuts for many other games and even a special competition that has a huge prize.Steam has always marked special occasions with... |
20 December 2011
06:25 GMT |
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The latest drama on X Factor USA continues to generate plenty of controversy because, this time, it centered around 13-year-old aspiring singer Rachel Crow. As it turns out, Nicole Scherzinger didn't even take the time to think through the decision: she just did what she was told to do. As we also informed you... |
13 December 2011
03:52 GMT |
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Those who've watched the entire season of X Factor UK must have seen something was a bit off with judge and mentor Kelly Rowland last night, on the season finale. To those saying she was drunk, she has just one thing to say: no, she wasn't. Various reports in the British media claim that Kelly was acting ... |
12 December 2011
10:02 GMT |
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Rachel Crow is out of X Factor USA, after the decision for the elimination went to deadlock. While her time on the show will be a cherished memory for her supporters, her departure will also be remembered by many, especially since she had such a hard time coming to terms with it.Video of the elimination is below &nda... |
9 December 2011
06:06 GMT |
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Most of the eco-conscious people from Maryland are far from being pleased with what Miss Maryland is wearing. The prize she obtained after winning the pageant is an expensive, luxurious fur coat that makes PETA activists feel like fainting. Last week, when she arrived at the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown for a hi... |
7 December 2011
09:50 GMT |
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With X Factor USA now down to the final 5, a new report indicates that whoever wins it will be set for life – or, at the very least, for the next 5 years, for the duration of the contract. Producers are offering the winner $5 million (€3.73 million) in advance, it has emerged.Even before the show started i... |
6 December 2011
06:02 GMT |
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A team called All Your Shreds Are Belong To U.S. managed to develop an algorithm to solve the DARPA challenge that required contestants to reconstruct shredded documents.
By looking at similar edge shapes and distinctive marks on the more than 10,000 bits of paper, the team suggested the potential matches for any pi... |
6 December 2011
05:13 GMT |
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Another spectacular season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars has come to an end. War veteran J.R. Martinez and partner Karina Smirnoff took home the mirrorball trophy, while Rob Kardashian was runner-up. Surprisingly, Ricki Lake and partner Derek Hough were the first pair to leave the show on the grand night of th... |
24 November 2011
07:20 GMT |
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The people have spoken again: with just weeks before the grand final, another pair is sent packing. This time, it's sportswoman Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who made a very grateful exit from the show, as the video below will confirm.With Hope going against J.R. Martinez in the bottom two, it was a relief ... |
16 November 2011
08:07 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that adults continue to engage in competitive risk-taking behaviors until they reach the age of 50, sometimes ever more. These results show that this trend extends for several more decades that originally thought.
Adults are more than willing... |
12 November 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Another week, another round of eliminations on ABC's Dancing With the Stars. This time, the public decided it was time to go for Nancy Grace, the television personality, who made a very graceful exit and recalled to thank everyone in her final speech. Grace, of whom many said she didn't deserve to make it t... |
9 November 2011
06:01 GMT |
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She's gorgeous, she's talented and has a very generous heart: Miss Venezuela Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares is an orphan and was educated in a nunnery - and she's just been crowned Miss World 2011 in London.Colmenares beat contestants from over 110 countries to the much coveted titles, showing the jur... |
7 November 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Another week, more questions on whether Dancing With the Stars eliminations are fair. On last night's eliminations show, David Arquette and partner Kym Johnson were sent home. Television personality Nancy Grace, who was in the bottom of the chart after Monday's performance, escaped elimination and, as vario... |
2 November 2011
05:33 GMT |
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“The Voice” proved to be a huge hit with audiences, even if it came on a market already saturated as far as singing competitions go. For season 2, producers have some major surprises for fans. Producer Mark Burnett and the four judges / mentors on the show held a press junket on Friday to talk about what ... |
31 October 2011
11:52 GMT |
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After Monday's disastrous results during Broadway Night, Chaz Bono was voted off the competition in the Dancing With the Stars results show. He claims he was voted off because audiences and judges had been biased against him. His accusations (see the video below for his interview with Access Hollywood right afte... |
26 October 2011
04:50 GMT |
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On last night's Broadway Night on Dancing With the Stars, pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy had an outburst when judge Len Goodman called his and partner Hope Solo's rumba the worst of the season. He was completely off base, his fellow dancers believe. As we also informed you earlier today, the outburst came ... |
25 October 2011
08:24 GMT |
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy doesn't have a reputation for being too hot-tempered for his own good, even so, he totally went nuts the other night on DWTS, as the judges critiqued his and partner Hope Solo's rumba on Broadway Night. Video of the entire thing is below, embedded at the end of the article. Culminating ... |
25 October 2011
06:54 GMT |
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A group of researchers at the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, says that paying too much attention to what you are doing can sometimes prevent you from performing at optimal levels in that particular task. What this implies is that, at times, too much attention can indeed be detrimental to performance... |
24 October 2011
08:27 GMT |
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Another night, another elimination on Dancing With the Stars. After a fun and fabulous run on the latest season, television personality Carson Kressely was sent home after he failed to get public support to make it through to week 6. On Monday’s ‘80s night, Carson and partner Anna Trebunksya put on a very... |
19 October 2011
04:26 GMT |
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Analysts are yet unsure who will win the first person shooter crown this year but they believe that the fierce competition between Battlefield 3, from DICE and Electronic Arts, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward and Activision, is good for the health of the industry.John Taylor, who is an analyst ... |
18 October 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Yet another shocking elimination took place on the latest show of Dancing With the Stars on ABC. Chynna Phillips and partner Tony Dovolani were taxed for their tango by audiences and set home. On movie theme night, the two chose the theme song to “Mission: Impossible” to dance the tango to, as the video b... |
12 October 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Overclocking can be a fickle mistress at times, since many things can go wrong, but this doesn't take away from the prestige that people who pull it off gain, and this applies to the winners and all other contestants, of this year's MSI Overclocking Arena.Micro-Star International held an overclocking compe... |
8 October 2011
07:34 GMT |
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Despite delivering a superb samba on Monday’s show, Kristin Cavallari is the latest celebrity to be voted off ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. She and Mark Ballas were the strongest performers of the season, but they lacked public support. Video of their samba, performed to Beyonce’s “Crazy in Lo... |
5 October 2011
07:10 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced a new content linked to Cabela's Big Game Hunter, which will offer a prize of 50,000 dollars (close to 37,000 Euro) to one lucky gamer in the United States who can find a hidden golden buck in the game world.Players need to play through the Story Mode of the... |
4 October 2011
03:23 GMT |
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It was a night to remember on Dancing With the Stars, as contestants chose routines inspired by the most memorable years of their life. Soldier turned actor J.R. Martinez and partner Karina Smirnoff dedicated their dance to all the soldiers in Iraq. Martinez was badly injured by a landmine when he served in Iraq, whe... |
4 October 2011
02:26 GMT |
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She said she was determined to prove she was a worthy adversary on Dancing With the Stars, but Elisabetta Canalis’ dreams of ever winning the mirrorball trophy were shattered last night, when viewers’ vote got her booted from the show. Though doing a decent quickstep on Monday, which earned her and partne... |
28 September 2011
07:43 GMT |
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