Friday, 27 June 2008

Not always laughing: talk show host Dick Cavett talks about depression








LINCOLN, Neb. - Funny man and former talk show host Dick Cavett came home to talk about depression, which he calls "the worst agony devised for man."

The 71-year-old Cavett struggled with depression for years, even when he was one of the most well-known figures in television. He spoke Thursday at NET Television Studios to a group of mental health professionals, participating in a statewide summit on depression. He was also back in Nebraska to participate in the first Great American Comedy Festival, which is being held this week in Norfolk.

The cerebral comedian, who grew up in Lincoln, sprinkled jokes into his talk about depression.

"Pharmaceuticals, electroconvulsive therapy - and old Danny Kaye movies," Cavett said when asked how he treated his depression.

"I hate Danny Kaye movies," Cavett added. "Why'd I say that?"

Cavett's first pangs of depression came during his freshman year at Yale University when, during a mild, three-week bout, he considered coming home to Nebraska even though he was enjoying his Ivy League experiences. The condition worsened. Life became lifeless, the simplest daily actions excruciating. He had trouble getting out of bed and eventually was hospitalized under an assumed name.

"The horrendous chore it is to get out of bed - 'Leave me alone,' " Cavett said. "Like a moaning, ill dog."

He considered ending it all as he was driving one day to New York's Long Island. "I remember thinking that if I pull into an oncoming car . . . I'll feel better," he said. Then he told himself, "There's something wrong in this thought."

Doing his shows became a punishing exercise. At times, he was sure he was a disaster, saying the wrong things at the wrong time and looking like a crazy man who had no business being on stage.

After doing a show with actor Laurence Olivier that Cavett was convinced did not go well, he visited actor Marlon Brando. Cavett told Brando about the show and Brando asked, "Have you ever looked at the show?"

Cavett later did.

"I looked absolutely fine," Cavett recalled. He thought to himself, "'You're not coming off as horribly as you think you are."'

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On the Net: Depression Information: http://www.netnebraska.org/extras/depression/

Dick Cavett Blog: http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/










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Emily VanCamp, Dan Byrd and Adam Goldberg join cast





Emily VanCamp, Dan Byrd and Adam Goldberg are starring in the indie coming-of-age drama "Norman."


Byrd plays the title character, a darkly comic teen who deals with his problems by pretending to be dying of cancer. The lie complicates relationships between him and his new high school girlfriend (VanCamp) and between him and his teacher (Goldberg).


Jonathan Segal is directing the feature, which is shooting in Spokane, Wash. Dan Keston and Segal are producing.


VanCamp (ABC's "Brothers and Sisters") will star opposite Chris Pine in the upcoming thriller "Carriers." She is repped by ICM and Thruline Entertainment. Byrd, star of the CW's "Aliens in America," is repped by Innovative and Artistry Entertainment. Goldberg, soon to be seen in the ABC series "The Unusuals," is repped by ICM and Luber/Roklin Management.



Gregg Goldstein reported from New York; Borys Kit reported from Los Angeles.



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Steven Spielberg looks to direct film in planned multimedia, multiauthor series "The 39 Clues"

NEW YORK — A multimedia, multiauthor narrative being planned by the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books has picked up a famous patron: Steven Spielberg.



DreamWorks Studios has acquired the film rights to "The 39 Clues," a mystery series and online game that Scholastic will debut in September. Spielberg, director of "Jaws," "Schindler's List" and the "Indiana Jones" films, says he's hoping to direct.



" 'The 39 Clues' takes creative leaps to expand the story experience from the pages of the books to multiple stages of discovery and imagination," Spielberg said Wednesday in a joint statement issued by DreamWorks and Scholastic Media. "Together with Scholastic, we have the opportunity to develop this property that says 'film,' 'family,' 'fun' and 'franchise.' "



"The 39 Clues," which also features a set of 355 collectible cards, is a planned 10-book series about a powerful, mysterious family that lives in upstate New York. The first installment, "The Maze of Bones," was written by Rick Riordan, author of the best-selling "The Lightning Thief." Jude Watson and Gordon Korman are among those who will write future volumes.








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Alaska's 50th Birthday Bash Begins With Free Wynonna Judd Concert

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23 -- Country music star Wynonna
Judd will be center stage for Alaska's grand celebration of its own stardom
-- the 50th anniversary of statehood, when its star was added to the U.S.
flag.

The Friday, June 27 free public concert falls near the June 30, 1958
anniversary when Congress approved statehood for Alaska, and will be
broadcast worldwide. Coined "Operation Gratitude," the show will honor
Alaska's military and the state of Alaska.

The concert will be carried live on the Internet at 9:30 p.m. Pacific
Daylight Time/12:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time by AT&T at
http://www.attblueroom.com. The site will carry an archived broadcast of
the concert for 30 days. Broadcast of the concert to a worldwide audience
will occur within a couple of weeks on the American Forces Network and the
Pentagon Channel.

Judd's concert will be held at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base,
located just outside Anchorage. Naomi Judd and the Palmetto State Quartet
will also be on hand.

Only a week after the summer solstice, when Alaskans enjoy
near-constant daylight, the concert will be well lit, to say the least.

Statehood was made official on January 3, 1959, when President
Eisenhower's signature ushered in Alaska as the 49th state.

The concert kicks off the Anchorage statewide celebration of Alaska's
50th anniversary of statehood and a "We're In" weekend of free events in
Anchorage sponsored by the Anchorage Statehood Celebration Committee.
"We're In" weekend will include a reenactment of the pinning of the 49th
star on a U.S. flag strung from a downtown building. Two individuals who
were a part of the Alaska Constitutional Convention will take part in the
ceremony. Alaska's constitution is considered by many historians to be one
of the best in the nation. A complete schedule is available online at
http://www.anchorage.net/50.




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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Peter Seiler feat. Michael Lorenz

Peter Seiler feat. Michael Lorenz   
Artist: Peter Seiler feat. Michael Lorenz

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   



Discography:


Passage   
 Passage

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10




 





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Richard Clayderman

Richard Clayderman   
Artist: Richard Clayderman

   Genre(s): 
Other
   New Age
   Instrumental
   Easy Listening
   Classical
   Pop
   



Discography:


Mon Amour CD2   
 Mon Amour CD2

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 18


Mon Amour CD1   
 Mon Amour CD1

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 19


What A Wonderful World   
 What A Wonderful World

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 17


Christmas   
 Christmas

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 16


The New Romantic Ballads   
 The New Romantic Ballads

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 14


Best Songs   
 Best Songs

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 24


Richard Clayderman   
 Richard Clayderman

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


The Best of A.L. Webber   
 The Best of A.L. Webber

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 12


20 Greatest Hits   
 20 Greatest Hits

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 20


When A Man Loves A Woman   
 When A Man Loves A Woman

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 16


The ABBA Collection   
 The ABBA Collection

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 13


My Classic Collection Vol #2   
 My Classic Collection Vol #2

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 23


My Classic Collection   
 My Classic Collection

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 16


The Love Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber   
 The Love Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 12


The Fantastic Movie Story Of Ennio Morricone   
 The Fantastic Movie Story Of Ennio Morricone

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10


France Mon Amour   
 France Mon Amour

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 14


The Golden Collection   
 The Golden Collection

   Year:    
Tracks: 24


Tango Passion   
 Tango Passion

   Year:    
Tracks: 10


Tango   
 Tango

   Year:    
Tracks: 11


Romantic Melodies   
 Romantic Melodies

   Year:    
Tracks: 12


Richard Clayderman Plays Abba   
 Richard Clayderman Plays Abba

   Year:    
Tracks: 15


Light My Fire   
 Light My Fire

   Year:    
Tracks: 22


Essential 20   
 Essential 20

   Year:    
Tracks: 18


Especially For You   
 Especially For You

   Year:    
Tracks: 20


Classical Passion   
 Classical Passion

   Year:    
Tracks: 12


20 Greatest Hits 2   
 20 Greatest Hits 2

   Year:    
Tracks: 3


20 Greatest Hits 1   
 20 Greatest Hits 1

   Year:    
Tracks: 17




With his profuse, sophisticated, instrumental, approach to pop medicine, Richard Clayderman (innate: Phillipe Pages) is, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, "the most successful piano player in the humans." Clayderman's albums routinely sell millions of copies and his concerts ar rapidly sold kayoed. In a review of his 1985 Carnegie Hall concert, Variety wrote, "(Clayderman's) principal attract lies in his youthfulness and schoolboyish honorable looks...coupled with his gentlemanlike magic spell and his thick French accent, they promise to roach in the romantically inclined middle-aged Yank ladies world Health Organization cotton to this ilk of soothing entertainment." Nancy Reagan referred to Clayderman as "the prince of latinian language." Instructed in classical piano by his father-God, Clayderman enrolled in the Paris Conservatory of Music at the age of twelve. Four eld later, he placed first in a piano challenger at the schooltime. Despite his classical background, Clayderman opted for popular music when he launched his professional life history. A tour as opening play for French rock candy musician Johnny Hollyday introduced him to an outside following. Clayderman's debut album, Ballade Pour Adeline, recorded at the urging of producers and composers Oliver Toussaint and Paul De Senneville in 1977, sold more than twenty gazillion copies and was distributed in 38 countries. Clayderman, world Health Organization took his degree advert from his Swedish nanna, has continued to hitch throughout the world to enthusiastic audiences. A live concert, pass around on Chinese television in 1987 attracted more than 800 billion viewers.





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Mad Max

Mad Max   
Artist: Mad Max

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Hard-Rock
   Metal: Heavy
   



Discography:


Night Of White Rock   
 Night Of White Rock

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 11


Never Say Never   
 Never Say Never

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 12


Night Of Passion   
 Night Of Passion

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 10


Stormchild   
 Stormchild

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 10


Rollin' Thunder   
 Rollin' Thunder

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


Mad Max   
 Mad Max

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 9




During their everyday work through the eighties, Münster, Germany's Mad Max recorded four albums of pretty footer and cliché-ridden heavy rock: 1982's eponymic debut, 1984's Rollin' Thunder, 1985's Stormchild, and 1987's Night of Passion. The final three of these were released by Roadrunner Records, which put up with the band's incessant personnel department turnover for near quartet years earlier giving up and falling what proved to be the last Mad Max batting order of vocalist/guitarist Michael Voss, guitarist Jurgen Breforth, bassist Roland Bergmann, and drummer Axel Kruse in 1988. The group instantly splintered, only wound up reuniting in the class 2000 to book a rejoinder album, competently named Never Say Never, and once more in 2006 for the more bewilderingly titled Nox of White Rock.






John Wetton and Manzanera

John Wetton and Manzanera   
Artist: John Wetton and Manzanera

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


One World   
 One World

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 1




 






The Enemy, Pigeon Detectives added to Oxegen 2008 line-up

The Enemy, The National, Feeder, The Pigeon Detectives and The Go! Team are among the new acts to be added to the bill for the forthcoming Oxegen festival.

The festival will take place between July 11 and 13 at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare.

Tricky, The Whigs and One Night Only are also amongst the other additions.

The line-up so far is:

July 11

Kings Of Leon
Interpol
Editors
Aphex Twin
Bell X1
Cat Power
Paddy Casey
Groove Armada
The Coronas
dEUS
Battles
Future Kings of Spain
Unkle
Calvin Harris
Annie Mac
MSTRKRFT
Koze
Kosheen
Burns
Sneaky Sound System

July 12:

REM
The Verve
Amy Winehouse
The Prodigy
Manic Street Preachers
Stereophonics
Counting Crows
The Zutons
Newton Faulkner
Panic at the Disco
Feeder
Richard Hawley
Seasick Steve
The Hoosiers
Scouting For Girls
The Charlatans
Powderfinger
Declan O�Rourke
My Morning Jacket
The Ting Tings
Camille O�Sullivan
British Sea Power
Black Kids
Delays
Concerto For Constantine
Paul Heaton
Pendulum
Justice
Bowling For Soup
Boys Noize
Mylo
Slam
Michael Mayer
Kavinsky
The Japanese Popstars

July 13:

Rage Against The Machine
Kaiser Chiefs
The Swell Season featuring Glen Hansard & Mark�ta Irglov
The Fratellis
Ian Brown
The Kooks
MGMT
The Feeling
Kate Nash
Roisin Murphy
Tom Baxter
Reverend and the Makers
Band of Horses
Lightspeed Champion
The Pogues
The Subways
The Stranglers
Ryan Bingham
The Courteeners
Alabama 3
David Guetta
Luciano
Kaz James
Crookers
Radioslave
Quiet Village
Does It Offend You Yeah?
Carl Craig




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Bob Dylan says Obama is redefining U.S. politics, says he's hopeful of change

LONDON - Bob Dylan believes Barack Obama is redefining politics in the United States and could deliver change to a country in upheaval, according to a British newspaper interview published Saturday.

In an interview with the Times of London, the musician is quoted as saying that Obama has changed politics in the United States, though Dylan does not specifically endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee

"Well, you know right now America is in a state of upheaval. Poverty is demoralizing. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor," Dylan is quoted as saying.

"But we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up ... Barack Obama," he was quoted as saying. "He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to."

The newspaper said the interview took place in Denmark during Dylan's current tour of Scandinavia.

"You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future," Dylan said, apparently referring to Obama's campaign.

The 67-year-old singer has an exhibition of his art work opening in London next week.










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Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera   
Artist: Christina Aguilera

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   Pop
   Dance: Pop
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   



Discography:


Back to Basics   
 Back to Basics

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 22


The Voice Within   
 The Voice Within

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 2


My Reflection   
 My Reflection

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 23


Fighter   
 Fighter

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 2


Can't Hold Us Down   
 Can't Hold Us Down

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 4


Stripped   
 Stripped

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 20


Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (Single)   
 Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (Single)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 3


Nobody Wants To Be Lonely   
 Nobody Wants To Be Lonely

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 3


Lady Marmalade (Single)   
 Lady Marmalade (Single)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 4


My Kind Of Christmas   
 My Kind Of Christmas

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 11


Mi Reflejo   
 Mi Reflejo

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 11


Christina Aguilera   
 Christina Aguilera

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 6


Christina Aguilera   
 Christina Aguilera

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 20


Just Be Free   
 Just Be Free

   Year:    
Tracks: 12


Christina Aguilera (Bonus CD)   
 Christina Aguilera (Bonus CD)

   Year:    
Tracks: 6




After Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera was the to the highest degree popular female isaac Merrit Singer of the late-'90s teenager pop revival meeting. Unlike many of her generation, Aguilera was a technically skilled isaac Bashevis Singer with a really hefty voice, belting out her uptempo saltation numbers and ballads with a diva's panache. Born Christina Maria Aguilera on December 18, 1980, on Staten Island, her parents were of Irish and Ecuadorian fund and her father's military career meant the syndicate stirred rather a bit during her childhood. They eventually settled in Pittsburgh, PA, where Aguilera began performing in endowment shows at old age six, with considerable success. She appeared on Star Search in 1988 (though she didn't win) and in 1992 united the cast of the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club, which also included Spears, succeeding *NSYNC members Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, and Felicitousness star Keri Russell.


Later on two years, Aguilera touched to Japan, where she recorded the hit duet "All I Wanna Do" with kill star Keizo Nakanishi. Returning to the U.S. in 1998, Aguilera recorded the song "Reflexion" for Disney's Mulan; her carrying into action helped bring in her a record deal with RCA. Her self-titled debut album was released in the summertime of 1999, and with teen-oriented dance-pop all the rage, the lead single "Djinny in a Bottle" shooter to the top of the charts for five weeks; the album too collide with number one on its way to gross revenue of over octad 1000000 copies in the U.S. only. The followup, "What a Girl Wants," was the number one number unitary individual of the twelvemonth 2000 and Aguilera consolidated her near-instant stardom by performing at the White House Christmas gala and the Super Bowl halftime demonstrate, and winning a Grammy for Best New Artist. Further hits followed in "I Turn to You" and another number ane, "Occur on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)."


In September 2000, seeking a place in that year's Latin pop boom, the part-Ecuadorian Aguilera recorded a Spanish-language album called Mi Reflejo, encyclopedism the lyrics phonetically since she didn't speak Spanish. It was followed promptly by the holiday record album My Kind of Christmas; both sold extremely well, a testament to Aguilera's popularity. In the spring of 2001, Aguilera was featured -- along with Pink, Mya, and Lil' Kim -- on the chart-topping blockbuster remake of Patti LaBelle's "Madam Marmalade" featured on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Aguilera was by right away a habitue at medicine industry awards shows; as she enjoyed her celebrity, a assemblage of older demos -- recorded when she was 14 and 15 -- was released under the claim Simply Be Free, despite Aguilera's vehement objections.


Aguilera attempted to discourage the mass media's expectations when she issued her second studio album in return 2002. Stripped, which appeared in October on RCA, was promptly criticized for its adult yet positive approach. Aguilera's count had departed from calendered to mealy. She appeared bare-breasted on the cover of the record album and went nude for a come down way out of Rolling Stone. Debut individual "Dirrty" revealed her new sexual power and became a chart smash, piece "Beautiful" showed her softer side. For her adjacent disc, notwithstanding, Aguilera split from producer Scott Storch and went to work with DJ Premier and Linda Perry, among others, for the 2006 Back to Basics, which debuted at routine one on the Billboard two hundred. The album, a two-disc put that explored her influences, primarily '20s, '30s, and '40s jazz and blues in the flair of Etta James or Billie Holiday, depicted a more grow -- so far at the same time provocative -- vocalist. The popular unmarried "Ain't No Other Man" north Korean won Aguilera the twenty-five percent Grammy Award of her career, and she dog-tired often of the following twelvemonth on the route, releasing the Plump for to Basics: Live and Down Under concert DVD to document the tour in late 2007.





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