Celebrate Brazil: Jazz + Art Showcase. Part 1

Celebrate Brazil premiered November 2009 as a major Jazz Music + Art showcase produced by Global Crest, LLC (the parent company of the Diamond Cinema Gallery). Audiences will be in the midst of the rhythm, the passion, and heart of some of the best Brazilian musicians and artists in the world....

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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Lindsays

OPINION - Parents wanting to name their baby "Lindsay" may want to think twice, after E-Trade Financial found itself at the unintended comedic end of a $100M lawsuit brought about by the actress Lindsay Lohan, who claims that the Super Bowl ad for the company defamed her.

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They Rally 'Round your TV, With a Pocket Full of Shells

I couldn't believe there was such a thing as Disney Jail until March 7th, when Disney, the parent company for ABC, stripped the Academy Awards signal from 3.1 million New Yorkers because of cash dispute. Thirteen minutes into programming ABC appeared to relent by restoring the signal to New Yorkers, but has the damage already been done?

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Apple Bans Sexy Apps. But Is It Enough? - Tim Woda

Last month Apple finally made the move to ban sexy applications from the company’s popular App Store. Female customers and parents can claim a big victory here because it was their loud and justifiable chorus of complaints that led to the change. But is it enough?

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ABC pulls the plug on Cablevision, clips Oscars

After an ongoing dispute between Disney (ABC's parent company) and cable TV provider Cablevision failed to be resolved, the network was pulled at midnight on Saturday, Dec. 6. The dispute wasn't settled until Sunday night at 8:43 p.m, almost fifteen

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This Day In History

Personal Rule: King Charles I of England dissolved Parliament and began 11 years of ruling alone (1629)

"Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind."

by Ralph Waldo Emerson