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- White Stripes battle US Air Force
Rock band The White Stripes are taking on the US Air Force, complaining that it used one of the group’s songs in a TV advert without permission.
In a statement on their website, the duo said they took "strong insult and objection" to the use of the tune in an ad during the Super Bowl on [...] - Family guy
Cleveland Show enlists music stars
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- BBC reveals total performer pay
The BBC is to reveal the total amount paid to its performers who broadcast on radio and television.
This is thought to be almost £230m a year and, of that figure, £70m goes to the top earners.
The BBC will not disclose individual salaries, saying they are commercially confidential, despite continued pressure from MPs.
However, the [...] - Up wins top prize at Annies
Family film Up has scooped the award for best animated feature at the 37th annual Annie Awards.
The movie’s director Pete Docter also took home the prize for best directing in a feature production.
Coraline and The Princess and the Frog won three Annies each, while Fantastic Mr Fox won an award for best writing.
The [...] - Star war
By Lucy FlemingBBC News
Celebrities like Mia Farrow and George Clooney may have done more to prolong the suffering of Darfur than resolve the crisis in Sudan’s war-torn region, a new book argues.
"The Save Darfur movement with its celebrity supporters came down very clearly on one particular side of the debate," says Rob Crilly, author of [...] - Kat returning to EastEnders
Actress Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie are to reprise the roles of Kat and Alfie in EastEnders this autumn, it has been announced.
Alfie and Kat Moon were last seen on Christmas Day in 2005, when they left Walford for a new life in the US.
Wallace said she was "excited" to "slip back into Kat’s [...]
Learn French by Podcast
- Learn French by Podcast, Lesson 136
The subject of this lesson, lesson 136, is Haïti. Not, in fact, the dreadful tragedy which befell the country in the form of an earthquake, but the reasons why Haïti continues to be such an impoverished country. The dialogue is a rather long one this time, between Arnaud and Élodie. It is a lesson which [...]
- Learn French by Podcast, Lesson 135
The topic of this short lesson is how to explain that you’re running late for an appointment. In our role-play, Mr. Morel is stuck in traffic. He has to pull over and make a quick call to say that he’ll be a little late. Let’s listen. We’ll work with lots of useful expressions and vocabulary, [...]
- Learn French by Podcast, Lesson 134
The subject of this lesson is a remarkable woman, born in the Ukraine but now a resident of the United States. Some say she has raised the bar of musical performance higher than anyone so far. Whether that is indeed true or not, let’s hear a role-play between Ãnora and Paul as they talk about [...]
