Kate Gosselin reality show will premiere this summer on TLC. The new reality show will show Kate Gosselin trying different jobs and how she performs under the new tasks.
The 34-year-old mother of eight has a new hairdo and reality show on TLC. The show has no title yet. The new show will contain an interactive component likely to be determined by the TV audience.
TLC says that the show will entail Kate trying “different jobs and tasks and showing how she performs in the different environments.” The exec also says that, “She’s proven herself to be a celebrity in her own right,” adding, “and, with the interest she generates, she can fit into any role on her own.” I agree with that. She definitely proves her strength and ability to fit into various roles and is a role model for those who so through very tough times.
TV Audience Participation
Gosselin will be not be a wife or homemaker for the new show. The show and daily challenges will be something that the TV audience can relate to. Perhaps, and this is only an assumption, she will be working at different middle class jobs.
Reality shows are popular among middle class women, although there are a lot of male viewers that can get caught up in the drama as well. “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ became an incredible hit with its viewers and finished after five seasons. After ten years of marriage, men and women, watched the pair’s relationship fall apart.
The show is still in development. However, Gosselin was seen working behind the counter at a popular restaurant last December. This could be one of the jobs she works for the upcoming reality series. Kate does have a big following, and there’s no doubt that this show is going to be a big hit. Unless, viewers miss watching the 8 kids.
Someone needs to explain to me how a guy that has been dead for 40 years can record a “new” album. I am a huge Hendrix fan, but come on. Is there really going to be anything “new” on the album? JD
With the exception of James Dean, who made only three films, there might be no pop-culture icon who has done more with less than the late Jimi Hendrix. The ultimate guitar hero released just three studio albums before his death in 1970, but new generations of music fans keep plugging into his amplified legacy.
The volume of Hendrix’s music is about to get turned up.
Today, the Hendrix estate and Sony Music Entertainment will announce the March 9 release of a “new” Hendrix album, “Valleys of Neptune,” which will feature a dozen unreleased recordings.
The late star’s sister, Janie Hendrix, calls the material a “major revelation” about her brother’s musical directions at the time of his death, but the project and Sony’s intense interest in it also reveal plenty about the modern music marketplace — namely that proven stars of the past, even the dead ones, are growing more important to an industry facing an uncertain future.
At last week’s massive 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony chairman and chief executive Howard Stringer opened his company’s presentation by talking about Sony’s Legacy Recordings and its licensing agreement with Experience Hendrix, the Seattle-based company that acts as steward of the estate.
That partnership was first announced last summer, but today marks the real rollout of Sony’s venture into the Hendrix vault. The company also will re-release familiar Hendrix albums bundled with new DVD documentaries, take the star into the online sector aggressively and look for synergy opportunities with the biennial Hendrix all-star tribute tour that begins its national run March 4 in Santa Barbara.
“It’s an auspicious start in fulfilling a shared vision for the Jimi Hendrix catalog going forward,” Legacy general manager Adam Block said.
Perhaps, but it also offers insight into the mind set at the major record labels. There was a major scramble among Sony’s rivals to land the Hendrix deal for the simple reason that icons of the past are viewed as a particularly good investment at a time when CD sales of new music are in continued decline and up-and-coming acts represent limited upside amid the shifting profit realities of the digital-download era.
In other words, the rewind button looks like a safer bet these days.
Nostalgia sells
Warner Music Group has undertaken a major Frank Sinatra revival that is both archival — with the release of vintage recordings — and entrepreneurial with new ventures in advertising, film and perhaps a Las Vegas casino. Michael Jackson was the bestselling artist of last year (8.2 million albums sold in the U.S. alone), and the Beatles came in third (3.3 million); country crossover singer Taylor Swift finished between the two with music that was actually recorded in this century.
The Fab Four also hit the video game market with their Rock Band game, the latest of their seemingly seasonal encores as a pop-culture force.
And now, Hendrix is warming up as a 21st century enterprise.
Born in Seattle in 1942, Johnny Allen Hendrix would take on a persona that matched his trippy guitar feedback. His persona — part gypsy mystic/part cosmic visitor — made him seem somehow both earthy and otherworldly, a combination that made him a touchstone figure for a tie-dyed generation.
When he set his guitar on fire on stage in 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival he truly ignited his career. The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded signature 1960s tracks such as “Purple Haze” and “Foxey Lady,” but their frontman’s fashion influence and guitar innovations made him greater than the sum of those hits.
Hendrix died in London after a night of barbiturate use in September 1970. He was 27 and had no will. His estate, which is now valued somewhere north of $80 million, was caught up in legal battles for years; initially, control went to his father, Al Hendrix, but over the next decade he ceded it to others with results that left Hendrix devotees grumbling.
I was sort of wondering why, in our color blind society, the color of the mayor would matter in the first place. Just a thought.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans’ black political base is one more victim of Hurricane Katrina. The storm decimated once-thriving black, middle-class neighborhoods, undercutting efforts by black candidates to raise money and build voter support.
All of this is coming into play as the mostly black city readies to elect a successor to the very-public political face during and since Katrina—Mayor Ray Nagin. There’s a good chance his successor will be city’s first white mayor in three decades.
Sensing the difficulty in winning, the most prominent black candidate bowed out of the race earlier this month. State Sen. Ed Murray acknowledged that it would have been difficult to beat Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, the scion of a prominent white political family who have been popular among black voters.
While blacks still make up about 62 percent of the voter rolls, white candidates have gained traction since Katrina hit in 2005. Whites gained a 4-3 majority on the City Council in 2007, and a white district attorney was elected in 2008.
In the mayoral election, political analysts say race may be less of a factor as voters consider who can accelerate the city’s recovery from the storm and fight its high crime rate.
“I think African-Americans would prefer voting for an African-American, but one that they feel comfortable would do what has to be done” said City Constable Lambert Boissiere Jr., a former city councilman who was among black leaders who rose to power in the 1970s.
But for a candidate to convince voters he’ll get the job done, he has to know where to find them and what issues matter to them. Boissiere said that can be a challenge in some black middle-class enclaves and poor neighborhoods like the Lower 9th Ward, which are still struggling from the storm and remain thinly populated.
“You don’t know how to reach them,” Boissiere said.
Many residents who scattered, disrupting neighborhood political networks, haven’t come back. The city’s overall population, about 450,000 before the storm, remains down by more than 100,000.
Those who have returned often have less money to contribute to black candidates, said Silas Lee, a professor of public policy at Xavier University who did poll work for Murray. He said the storm exacerbated economic problems for many working- and middle-class blacks.
Boissiere, 66, also blames the weakening of the black power base on factors that predate Katrina. He said his generation of black leaders failed to develop minority-owned businesses—leaving black candidates to the mercy of the white business community at fundraising time.
The group has also fallen short of helping “nurture younger African-American candidates,” he said.
Local leaders often tout New Orleans’ racial harmony, but it has had its share of turmoil, notes Peter Burns, a professor of political science at Loyola University. Desegregation was followed by white flight to the suburbs in the 1960s, and blacks and whites have tended to favor different political candidates, he said.
Racial tensions were evident after Katrina hit, he added, as black residents feared that devastated low-income neighborhoods wouldn’t be redeveloped.
Nagin, who won with heavy white support in 2002, noted those fears as he courted black voters in the 2006 campaign. In January of that year, Nagin notoriously pledged that New Orleans would be a “chocolate city” again, offending many whites.
Murray’s departure leaves three lesser-known African-Americans to face Landrieu and millionaire white businessman John Georges. Nagin, who narrowly defeated Landrieu four years ago, is term-limited.
The field for the Feb. 6 Democratic primary includes black businessman Troy Henry, who blasted reporters at a news conference this week for focusing on race.
“We have a long way to go, and I, for one, will not let this campaign be decided without a fight,” he said.
Georges also said he’s fed up with the white mayor story line.
“I am an African-American candidate,” he said flatly in a recent interview. “What I mean by that is, I am a candidate that African-Americans have voted for and will vote for.”
For his part, Murray said he foresaw an expensive, bruising runoff in March between himself and Landrieu.
“A heated run-off election between Mitch and I would probably become extremely racially divisive whether either of us intended it or not,” said a statement from Murray, who declined an interview request.
Other candidates include former state Judge Nadine Ramsey and fair housing advocate James Perry, both black, and white businessman Rob Couhig, the only major Republican candidate in the race.
But the candidate widely considered the front-runner is the 49-year-old Landrieu, the son of the city’s last white mayor, Moon Landrieu, and brother of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
“Landrieu has universal name recognition and the political pedigree and John Georges has significant resources,” said Edward Chervenak, a University of New Orleans political science professor.
A local political scientist thinks Landrieu would likely lose to a black candidate in a runoff, which would feature the top two primary finishers if no one wins more than 50 percent of the vote. Gary Clark, chairman of the political science department at Dillard University, said he thinks black voters would unite behind the black candidate if the race were narrowed to a showdown between that person and a white candidate.
Kate Gosselin. I was lucky enough to catch Kate Gosselin on “The View” which by the way, is way more watchable with the addition of Whoopi Goldberg, where Kate was busy trying to rehab her piss poor public image. It was like watching Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Kate was dodging some pretty hard questions from the annoying yenta’s, all the while struggling to contain the “angry Kate” that we have all seen on Jon and Kate plus Eight.
Kate Gosselin was busy trying to tell the world that the directors and producers of the show edited the show to make her look like a “crazy bitch.” Kate continued to try to convince the yenta’s that she was really a nice, down to earth woman and that the public has her all wrong.
It was Whoopi that took her to task, and you could see that Kate was visibly shaken. Whoopi said that there was no way that the producers could get that much footage of her behaving like a selfish bitch without Kate being just that, a selfish bitch. Kate Gosselin pursed her lips like she does, took a deep breath and tried to move on, but Whoopi would not let it go. Then the always annoying Joy Behar bailed Kate out and made it more about Jon being an asshole.
Kate, you can change your hair, you can change your look, but inside you are a shrew and you always will be a shrew. I feel sorry for your next victim . . . er . . . husband. Good Stuff indeed. JD
Geez. President Barack O’Blunder strikes again. It was leaked to the media late last night after two days of reporting, that the party crashing couple that managed to get into were cleared by the White House to be there in the first place. A White House official confirmed to FoxNews.com on Friday that Michaele and Tareq Salahi were not invited to Tuesday’s star-studded event.
Now correct me if I am wrong, but just yesterday, the white house had said that there was “a lapse in security by the Secret Service.” Now just a few short hours later when the White House realized that the jig was up, they have to admit to FoxNews, who is clearly the only news outlet that will ask President Obama questions that weren’t written by Obama himself, that they were the ones that screwed up.
We here at Brokencountry.com have secured the super secret list of party goers that have been approved by Obama himself to attend the New Years Eve party being thrown by the Obama’s at the white house.
1. Osama Bin Laden
2. Sirhan Sirhan
3. Woody Allen
4. John Wilkes Booth
5. Ebinezer Scrooge
6. Timothy McVeigh
7. Terry Nichols
8. Randy Weaver
9. Charles Manson
10. Ted Kaczynski
11. Patty Hearst
12. Richard Ramirez
13. The Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
14. T. Boone Pickens
15. Saddam Hussein
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Elvis
18. O.J. Simpson
19. Jeffrey Dahmer
20. Jack The Ripper
21. Nelson Kerflunctenpoop
22. Alger Hiss
23. John Wayne
24. Son of Sam
25. Lizzy Borden
26. Ted Bundy
27. John Wayne Gacey
28. David Duke
29. Tom Metzger
30. Harpo Yerfniw
31. Bill Glick
32. Mahatma Gandhi
33. Yasser Arafat
34. Pol Pot
35. Ho Chi Minh
36. Adolph Hitler
37. Idi Amin
38. Hugo Chavez
39. Fidel Castro
40. Barbra Streisand
Thats the list for Obama’s New Years Bash as we have it. Sounds like a rip roaring time for all of the attendees. Of course you probably all know that this is a joke. Most of the people on this list are dead on gone. Thats the joke. I hope all is well with you and yours during this holiday season. JD
President Barack Obama is telling voters in New Jersey that challenging economic times are worrying parents who want to send their kids to college and plan for their own retirement.
Obama is campaigning on behalf of New Jersey’s Democratic governor, Jon Corzine, who is in a tough bid for re-election. Corzine is tied in polls with his Republican opponent, Chris Christie.
At a rally in Camden on Sunday, Obama blamed the economic downturn on trickle-down policies and lax regulation favored by Christie’s Republican Party. The president praised Corzine for moving the state forward on education and economic issues.
Corzine draws criticism for his handling of state finances. The top issue for voters is the state’s high property tax.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making a last-minute campaign appearance for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s re-election bid.
Obama’s scheduled to appear Sunday at a pair of rallies for the only incumbent governor seeking re-election. Just one of two governors’ offices on the ballot for Tuesday’s elections, the White House is aware Democratic losses would be spun as a referendum on Obama.
The results could also foreshadow next year’s elections, when 37 governorships come up for grabs.
The president plans to appear with Corzine at two New Jersey campaign stops, in Camden and Newark, before returning to the White House.
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