THE BUZZ.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services HEEEERE'S GOLLUM!: Tonight's 8 p.m. showing of ``The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' at the Arclight Hollywood The ArcLight Hollywood is a 14-screen multiplex located at 6360 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California in the United States of America. All 14 screens feature stadium seating and carry a THX certification for optimal sound and picture presentation. will feature a live Q&A session with Andy Serkis Andy Serkis (born 20 April, 1964) is an English actor and director best known for his work with Peter Jackson. Biography Serkis was born and brought up in Ruislip Manor, Middlesex, England. , who provided the voice and movement for the film's computer-generated, slithery slith·er v. slith·ered, slith·er·ing, slith·ers v.intr. 1. To glide or slide like a reptile. See Synonyms at slide. 2. To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait. 3. creature Gollum. Serkis will introduce the movie and answer questions afterward. 6360 Sunset Blvd Sunset BLVD is unreleased material and remixes by the rapper 2Pac. It was released on September 12, 2005 internationally and the United States. Track listing
THOSE ENDURING MELODIES: The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced 21 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame, including Peter, Paul & Mary's 1963 version of ``Blowin' in the Wind'' and Led Zeppelin's ``Stairway to Heaven.'' Selections - which now number 606 - are drawn from all major categories of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression. Six of this year's picks are from the 1960s. Besides ``Blowin' in the Wind,'' they include Judy Collins' 1968 generational touchstone ``Both Sides Now,'' Henry Mancini's 1963 film theme ``Days of Wine and Roses'' and Petula Clark's 1964 single ``Downtown.'' Eleven of the inductees are from the 1970s, including Carole King's ``It's Too Late''; Bruce Springsteen's 1975 breakthrough album, ``Born to Run''; Zeppelin's ``Stairway,'' one of the most heavily played album tracks of the rock era; Ike and Tina Turner's 1971 revamp of ``Proud Mary''; Paul Simon's ``Still Crazy After All These Years,'' his first solo recording to be inducted; Elton John's 1973 double album ``Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''; Fleetwood Mac's 1977 blockbuster ``Rumours''; and Patti LaBelle's 1975 r&b single ``Lady Marmalade.'' Four entries come from earlier decades, including Ethel Waters' 1933 version of ``Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time),'' the oldest recording to be inducted this year. Also on the list is jazz legend Thelonious Monk's 1949 album ``The Genius of Modern Music, Vols. 1 & 2''; the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Philharmonic's 1956 recording of ``Shostakovich: Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99''; and the Flamingos' 1959 single ``I Only Have Eyes for You.'' FALLING FOR 'IDOL': The first TV battle between Simon and Trista was no contest. Fox's ``American Idol'' continues to be a sensation, drawing just under 25 million viewers for the second night of its second season on Wednesday. The night before, it had a record-setting 26.5 million. The reality series starring insult-snapping Simon Cowell Simon Cowell (born 7 October, 1959) is a British artist and repertoire ("A&R") executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol went head-to-head with ABC's hit ``The Bachelorette'' in twin 90-minute episodes. Titular tit·u·lar adj. 1. Relating to, having the nature of, or constituting a title. 2. a. Existing in name only; nominal: the titular head of the family. b. star Trista Rehn drew 13.4 million viewers on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Wednesday. While still respectable, that was 4 million fewer than watched last week, according to Nielsen Media Research. YO, WILBUR, THAT IS WACK wack Slang n. A person regarded as eccentric. adj. wack·er, wack·est Very bad: walked out of a really wack movie. : An updated version of CBS' 1961-65 ``Mister Ed'' - about architect Wilbur Post (Alan Young) and his talking horse, Mister Ed (voice by Allan ``Rocky'' Lane), who spoke only to Wilbur - is being developed at Fox. ``Saturday Night Live's'' Jack Handey (creator of ``Toonces, the Driving Cat'') will write the pilot. This time, Ed will have a ``more urban voice,'' Fox says, like Eddie Murphy or Eddie Griffin. (Is it coincidence that they're all Eds? Maybe not.) YOU CAN DANCE TO IT: Dance music is back on the FM dial at 103.1, the radio frequency that once broadcast edgy rhythmic formats Groove Radio and Mars FM as well as album alternative KACD. The station, now known as KSSC, offered Spanish pop until Jan. 17, when owners Entravision flipped the format to English-language dance-pop by the likes of Madonna, Moby and Bob Marley. KSSC-FM (103.1) is patterned on the Santa Monica media company's Dallas outlet, which has seen a ratings bump since changing its playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. to what it calls ``new party-dance.'' FEEDBACK FOR TURTLES: Thanks to the efforts of Mexican rock band Mana's Selva Negra Foundation, more than 198,000 endangered baby sea turtles were released into the Pacific Ocean over the holidays. Last year's numbers were lower than usual because many female turtles were unable to reach the beaches to lay their eggs when Hurricane Kena hit the shores of Mexico. But expectations are high for the next season, which begins in June 2003. A NEW BLUEPRINT: Hip-hop sensation Jay-Z says he will quit the music business after his next album, ``The Black Album.'' He recently told NME NME Name NME Enemy NME New Musical Express NME Neisseria Meningitidis NME New Molecular Entities (US FDA New Drug Approval reports) NME Network Management Ethernet NME New Music Express .com that he plans to pursue a career acting in feature films, saying, ``There comes a time when you've got to go and challenge yourself in other areas.'' For his farewell album, Jay-Z says he hopes to work with Prince. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Gollum from ``The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'') (2) no caption (scene from original ``Mister Ed'') |
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