After deliberating for about three hours, the US Supreme Court has denied Troy Davis ‘ final appeal to cancel his execution. Davis’ attorneys entered their final appeal to the US Supreme Court around 6:30pm on Wednesday night, just 30 minutes before he was originally set to be put to death. As a result, Davis’ execution was delayed by over three hours. While awaiting a decision, hundreds of peaceful protesters remained camped out outside of the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Georgia as the number of police officers present continued to increase. The final decision was handed down around 10:20pm and was received in absolute silence. This is the fourth time Troy Davis has faced his death. In 2007, he received a stay of execution the day before he was scheduled to die. In 2008, both the US Supreme Court and the Federal Court Of Appeals spared his life momentarily, once less than 3 hours before he was to be taken to the chamber, and once with three days to spare. At this time, we await announcement of Troy Davis’ death.
Electro musician (and Italians Do It Better label owner) Johnny Jewel elaborated on the Drive score he was commissioned to compose by director Nicolas Winding Refn . “Nic flew to Montreal and we rented a movie theater and he and I watched the movie twice in a row, back-to-back. We talked about every single scene and all the music. So then from there, I had a month to finish the score.” Although Refn opted to use Cliff Martinez’s score for the final film, fans will get another Refn-Jewel collaboration when Jewel scores another upcoming Refn film: Logan’s Run .
With one of the best personal stories in show history, along with one of the smoothest voices, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. is your 2011 America’s Got Talent champion! The jazz singer surprised many by overcoming the favorites, Team iLuminate, who only finished in third place. Did you see Sharon Osbourne’s face when that result was announced? Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. and Patti Labelle Said the shocked crooner, who says he’ll use the $1 million to “invest” in his “kids’ future,” immediately after the results were announced: “Thank you so much for supporting me and believing in me, and helping me believe in myself on national television, in front of the whole world… This has been a long, hard journey. I been busting my butt out here doing this for so long, ever since I was a kid, and it’s finally paying off.” So, you tell us: Did the right act win?
This season of Big Brother was one of many twists. At times too many. The golden keys. The duo format. The one-week return of the duo format. It all felt a little convoluted at times – even by BB standards. Things really picked up in recent weeks, however, beginning with the double eviction mayhem that ousted both Daniele and Jeff, making it anyone’s game. At that point, the Big Brother 13 house was essentially Rachel Reilly and a crew of true floaters. America’s Most Hated was somehow in the driver’s seat. Not that Rache was undeserving. She came in as a painful Big Brother villain of yesteryear (okay, last year). But she was always a fierce competitor, and had morphed into someone who actually understands the social elements! In short, as we noted weeks ago, she could really win this thing! IF she could make it happen and win the final Head of Household battle against Adam Poch and Porsche Briggs, Big Brother 13 was hers to lose. But did she? She did. Rachel won part one, then part three against Porsche, then chose to face off against Porsche for the $500,000 prize, henceforth evicting Adam. “If I was in the final two, I would’ve won,” Adam said, hilariously, to Julie Chen. He’s a likable dude, but going up against Rachel, that’s a dubious claim. In any event, it came down to a jury vote between Rachel and Porsche, who may not even understand how the game works, but did deserve to be there. She floated for half the season, but really turned it up of late. Not the best strategist, no, but a mid-level contestant who opportunistically caught fire. “I hope you see something good in me also to compete in life and do something good with it,” Porsche pleaded with the jury, somewhat convincingly. In truth, the seven-member panel likely saw this as an easy call. Brendon was going with his Boo-Key, and Jeff and Jordan were clearly on Team Rachel . That meant Porsche needed everyone else. Kalia and Dani were locks to vote for her, and did so. Adam also did, for reasons unknown, knotting it at 3-3. Shelly Moore was the dealbreaker for Porsche in the end. Despite issues with Rachel, Shelly voted with her brain and handed the redhead a half million. It’s hard not to be mildly annoyed at this, given her cattiness the last two summers. At the same time, would you have preferred Adam or Porsche win? Rachel Reilly deserves due credit for doing more than win absurd games to control power. She formed alliances and kept the peace from mid-August on. Meanwhile, Jeff won $25,000 as America’s Favorite Houseguest, which fans voted for online. That was far less of a surprise than Rachel winning it all. What do you think of Reilly’s triumph, which seemed impossible a few months ago? Did the jury make the right call? Did Rachel deserve to win BB13?
We know that Conan O’Brien is something of an Apple fan; he has spoofed iPad 2 commercials and added his own touches to the issues that plagued users when they upgraded their Final Cut Pro editing software. With reports that Apple lost another of its iPhone prototypes, Conan and his team thought it would be Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Next Web Discovery Date : 09/09/2011 08:56 Number of articles : 5
“Going To The Store” is a bizzare short film by David Lewandowski that he created for the final episode of “Everything”, an anthology series at Channel 101. This guy looks like he might be from The Ministry of Silly Walks (video). via Videogum Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 02/09/2011 17:38 Number of articles : 3
This time, Fuse and Reebok got Common to recall the process of recording the album that revamped his career, Be. He says Kanye made “The Corner” off of 30 minutes of sleep, after he had been partying all night long. “In 2005, Common released his sixth studio album, and second gold record, Be. In Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MissInfo.tv Discovery Date : 01/09/2011 19:37 Number of articles : 2
Wondering what those two Nexus S units were doing aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on the final mission for NASA’s human-manned program? Google gathered up the souls who wanted to employ the Nexus S for the mission (and future uses) and had them talk about why they chose the Nexus S and what they’d use it Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Android Phone Fans Discovery Date : 01/09/2011 20:05 Number of articles : 2
OK, we have reached the Final 16. Now remember fellas, this is a bikini showdown. Not a popularity contest. So make sure to vote with your wang and not your heart. Some of these will be odd pairings and a few of you will get upset calling them mismatches. But remember this is the most important competition on the web and whoever wins, will probably be the next love interest in some superhero blockbuster movie. And will most likely not thank us for making it happen. Today, we have long shot cutie Rachel Bilson vs. curvy Brit Kelly Brook. Yes an odd pairing but because we’re still so early in the competition we have to say good bye to the pretenders. So make sure to vote by commenting your choice below . Top 16 Round 1 Contestants Rachel Bilson Kelly Brook Round 16 Winner Sara Jean Underwood defeats Hilary Duff View past Bikini Showdowns
