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“Customized Classic Children’s Books”
Original at Oz and Ends
• Sat, Nov 29
By noreply@blogger.com (J. L. Bell) Unfortunately, SharedBook doesn't go as far as I'd hoped when I first saw “customized classic children's books.” You can personalize only that one page. But you can't improve the final act of Huckleberry Finn, write yourself into Oz alongside Dorothy, or give a name to The Poky Little Pupp...
Hugh Jackman Hits Broadway As Harry Houdini
Original at Just Jared
• Wed, Nov 26
Hugh, 40, won a 2004 Tony Award for his Broadway portrayal of Australian songwriter and performer Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. Hugh Jackman is rumored to star in a Broadway musical as magic man Harry Houdini, reports FOX. Former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman is writing the music. Form...
Dr. Oz and The Blue Zones Author discuss on ‘Oprah’ how to live longer - Secrets of longevity around the World
Original at Best Syndication
• Tue, Nov 25
By Nicole Wilson Best Syndication News] On the ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’ today we had a truly interesting discussion about Blue Zones, which are locations where it is normal to be over 100 years old and still be functioning and active and healthy. Dr. Oz worked with the author and freelance writer, Dan Buettner,...
Kylie Chats To Molly In Bangkok
Original at theimpossibleprincess (WordPress)
• Tue, Nov 25
By The Impossible Princess Yesterday morning Australian show Sunrise aired an interview that Molly Meldrum recorded with Kylie when he caught up with her after her Bangkok show. During the interview Kylie talks about her amazing year so far, her plans for Christmas and bringing her KYLIEX2008 tour home to Oz in Dec...
»»»»»»» Blue Zones Oprah Dr. Oz Book, Video - Watch Blue Zones Visited by Dr. Oz, Buy Blue Zones Book if You Want It…Original at Watch Free Episodes Online
• Tue, Nov 25
By Christie Love And the snippet video of Dr. Oz on Oprah talking about the blue zones is below. Check the most recent videos put up by Oprah in the past week to see if she loads up more video of her “Blue Zones” show — if not, check good old YouTube! Watch preview video of Dr. Oz “Blue Zones” Oprah show:
TV Things I'm Not Thankful for . . . - TV Gal - Zap2it
Original at From Inside the Box
• Mon, Nov 24
More recently he has been seen in Psych, Desperate Housewives, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Also from the Oz cast, is Lee Tergesen. He played the often victimized Tobias Beecher. He has been on dozens of TV shows over ...
Oprah Disappoints When Celebrating Fat as a Beauty Standard
Original at blogher.com
• Thu, Nov 20
By Maria Niles Oprah's community discusses the show Bloggers are blogging: Wrong. Others enjoyed the show: And, Tinaya was at the taping of the show. Read her Oprah Show Deets and think about whether or not you want to try for tickets when you're at BlogHer in Chicago next year.
Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy
Original at Slashdot
• Thu, Nov 20
By CmdrTaco Da Massive writes "Leading Hollywood film studios Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Disney Enterprises are suing Australia's second largest ISP, iiNet...
‘Australia’ Premieres In OZ
Original at Pink is the New
• Wed, Nov 19
By It's Trent, Bitch! Red carpets were rolled out in Sydney and the dusty outback on Tuesday for the world premiere of the epic movie “Australia” which aims to showcase the rugged continent, its history and indigenous people to the world. Director Baz Luhrmann’s ambitious and grandly named film, the most expe...
OZ (for Judy)
Original at soulintention (WordPress)
• Tue, Nov 18
By soulintention OZ the Tin Man must be rusted the Scarecrow lost his mind so, carry me back to OZ my childhood I need to find in Kansas the wind is blowing everything still black and white and, yes it may be my home, but let me walk that Yellow Brick Road tonight –
Concept Art for Boorman's 'Wizard of Oz'
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Nov 14
By Eugene Novikov So now this is making a bit more sense to me: The Wizard of Oz as straightforward, classic fairy tale. I've put a couple of the images below the fold here, but you're going to have to visit Ain't It Cool News for the rest. Continue reading Concept Art for Boorman's 'Wizard of Oz'
Skyzoo Archives #26- I Still Love Her f. Sic Osyrus (prod. OZ)
Original at 2dopeboyz.com
• Fri, Nov 14
By Meka At #26 in the series, this is “I Still Love Her” featuring Sic Osyrus, produced by OZ. Me and Sic did this in 2007, and it was on his mixtape Sic-O-Nomics pt 2. When he hit me with the record, I liked where the beat was going with the Common and Kanye samples, so it made it easier to write. The “we don’t...
Manga Nation: November 11 Edition
Original at PinkKryptonite.com
• Thu, Nov 13
By Il Palazzo YEN PRESS Alice On Deadlines TP Vol 4, $10.99 Comic GN Vol 4 (resolicited), $10.95 Goong GN Vol 3 Royal Palace (resolicited), $10.99 Higurashi When They Cry GN Vol 1, $10.99 Hissing GN Vol 5 (resolicited), $10.99 Moon Boy GN Vol 5 (resolicited), $10.99 Sunshine Sketch TP Vol 2, $10.99
Oz (1997) DVD5 / NTSC The Complete Third Season
Original at BitHQ.org
• Mon, Nov 10
A volatile men-in-prison soap opera, fueled by testosterone and lubricated by blood, HBO's Oz is addictive viewing. The third season of the most violent show on cable TV, set in a cage of concrete and steel and glass, opens with echoes of violence past. Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo) is in so...
Oz (1997) DVD5 / NTSC The Complete Fourth Season
Original at BitHQ.org
• Sun, Nov 9
The heightened reality of Oz remains consistently engrossing in the fourth season of HBO's volatile prison drama. All 16 episodes were written or cowritten by series creator Tom Fontana, and are bookended by the wisely sardonic observations of paraplegic prisoner Augustus Hill (Haro...
Maguire Talks Lions
Original at Oz and Ends
• Fri, Nov 7
By noreply@blogger.com (J. L. Bell) In other words, I use children's stories as kind of a snare and temptation and illusion to draw in readers who say this is going to be easy...and it's going to be fun. And indeed I hope it is fun. But once I get people involved in the plot, I hope to also communicate some of the questions I have about the...
Wizard of OzOriginal at weathereye (WordPress)
• Thu, Nov 6
By weathereye 2. The first movie, from 1910. It even had sequels: Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz, The Land of Oz, and John Dough and the Cherub. They're gone, long lost like so many silent movies. Later, someone made The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Magic Cloak of Oz and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, in 1914. Als...
Stylometry for Fun and Profit
Original at Oz and Ends
• Mon, Nov 3
By noreply@blogger.com (J. L. Bell) The offer to Millican to prove that Ayers wrote Obama’s book was made by Robert Fox, a California businessman and brother-in-law of Chris Cannon, a Republican congressman from Utah. He hoped to corroborate a theory advanced by Jack Cashill, an American writer.
Sneak Peek: Halloween and The Emerald City
Original at jenrinaldiphotography (WordPress)
• Sun, Nov 2
By JRP Halloween is a special day for their 2 friends who put on an amazing treat for the city of Hightstown, NJ. The front of their house was transformed into the Emerald City - complete with awesome characters in costume, lights, fog machines, the Wizard of Oz playing on a big screen, along with mu...
LAist Interview: Amie Miriello
Original at LAist
• Thu, Oct 16
By Michele Reverte recently caught up with Miriello and learned about the new album, her gig at the Key Club this week and the time she had to play the part of the actual yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz. Now, I read in your bio that you played the part of the actual yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz when you wer...
Schenectady Civic Players presents 'Moonlight and Magnolias'
Original at Albany Times Union
• Thu, Oct 16
There are also a lot of references in the play to Judy Garland," Fava says, "because Fleming was working on 'The Wizard of Oz' at the same time, and Selznick was producing it, so I have a lot of 'Wizard of Oz' stuff and a lot of Judy Garland memorabilia that will be on display, too."
The Wizard of W.
Original at New York Observer
• Tue, Oct 14
By Sara Vilkomerson Regarding the past seven years, the answer seems clear. “I think Bush is in charge because he ultimately says yes or no, but it’s clear that he lost control. I think Cheney had more actual practical power because of the appointments he was able to control. … Cheney played [Bush] very, very well....
Scaredy-cat tackles big issues
Original at Albany Times Union
• Sun, Oct 12
But be forewarned: This is a dark satire, if not completely a black one. It's no coincidence the magic tome at the heart of Brrr's quest is called the Grimmerie. Maguire's novels and Grimm's original fairy tales share the common ground of decidedly adult stories disguised as children's fab...
Heineken & Palestine
Original at Sabbah's Blog
• Fri, Oct 10
By Haitham Sabbah CSR is a process whereby a company assumes responsibility, across its entire supply chain and within its operational “sphere of influence” to ensure it is not complicit in, amongst other things, human rights abuses. The primary normative basis for the responsibility of corporate enti...
Newly Assembled Wizard of Oz
Original at Oz and Ends
• Wed, Oct 8
By noreply@blogger.com (J. L. Bell) Today the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London was going to host a panel discussion on this topic: So many of us find powerful significances and lost worlds within The Wizard of Oz, both the film and the book. Why is this story still so important and so resonant a fable? Among the schedule...
From The Horn Book
Original at Oz and Ends
• Fri, Oct 3
By noreply@blogger.com (J. L. Bell) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is without doubt the most successful and influential thing L. Frank Baum ever wrote. It's tempting, therefore, to treat its successful publication as the climax of his life story, the reward for his many failed ventures.
The Adventures of Robin Hood [Blu-ray] (DVD Review)
Original at EDGE Boston
• Wed, Oct 1
In that "The Wizard Of Oz" is not yet on Blu-Ray, this dazzling 1938 spectacle starring the eternally dashing Errol Flynn is a must-have for any HD enthusiast or film nut.
The 2008 US "nationals"
Original at The Oz Report
• Fri, Aug 15
At first I was reluctant to come fly here in Lakeview, although I had flown here many times before (or maybe because I had flown here many times before). I was concerned about the possibility of fires (like last year). I didn't want to go to a meet that was moved to another location. It was a long fo...
Theatre Review (London): The Wizard Of Oz at the Royal Festival Hall
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Aug 7
By Tania Patti The Wizard Of Oz. I've watched the film hundreds of times since I was a little girl, and saw the digitally remastered version at the BFI a couple of years ago, I played the Scarecrow in my high school production and have seen at least four other amateur productions, including one of The Wiz. I'v...
Worlds of What If: Story Ideas & Oz
Original at colleenanderson (WordPress)
• Mon, Jun 2
By colleenanderson Tin Man--SciFi Chanel's three-part reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, premiering Dec. 2, blends steampunk and Buffy. Heroine DG (Zooey Deschanel) battles the evil Sorceress (Kathleen Robertson) to free the oppressed residents of The O.Z. The Tin Man (Neal McDonough) is a more-dreamy-than...
Green Room Chatter for January 18, 2008
Original at TV Series Finale
• Fri, Jan 18
Have the networks run out of new episodes of your favorite shows? The writers strike has brought the current TV season to a standstill but thankfully you can still find performers from cancelled shows. Check out what some of them are doing! Marlon Wayans (The Wayans Bros.) and Joseph Gordon...
Forbes, day one
Original at The Oz Report
• Thu, Jan 3
The first glide was 15 km and I lost 4,000'. I was out in front with Jeff but my glide was not good. No doubt due to my increased drag (harness open and head pulley). I saw Gerolf just gliding great, coming from behind us, staying high and getting in front of us. His glide was magnificent and he flies a...
TNT welcomes back 'Closer,' 'Saving Grace'
Original at Star-Telegram.com
• Sat, Dec 1
Tin Man: Sci Fi Channel repeats part one of this overblown, underwhelming reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, then follows it with the first-run part two, and if you can hang on to the end of that episode, that's when it finally starts getting decent. 6 and 8 p.m., Sci Fi
Sci-Fi's 'Tin Man' gives 'Wizard of Oz' some dark, new twists - Louisville Courier-Journal
Original at Louisville Courier-Journal
• Sat, Dec 1
Sci-Fi's 'Tin Man' gives 'Wizard of Oz' some dark, new twists KY - Courier-Journal TV critic Tom Dorsey is on vacation. His column will resume when he returns. Call him at (502) 582-4474, fax him at (502) 582-4388 or e-mail ...
Original at OH NO!!
• Thu, Nov 22
Dorothy started out in Mother Goose; the Tin Man was supposed to be the Scarecrow, and vice versa; and there's a new Tin Man coming to TV that's more apocalyptic, less your mother's Wizard of Oz … So, if you think you know everything there is to know about Oz, you'd better read on — just to be sur...
'Tin Man' Trailer Shows Sci-Fi Really 'Gets' Younger GenerationOriginal at I Watch Stuff
• Mon, Oct 8
When I first heard the Sci-Fi Channel was making a new take on The Wizard of Oz, as a hip young dude, I simultaneously thought, "Isn't Sci-Fi for nerds?" and, "Isn't Wizard of Oz for old people/gays?" As this trailer for the Tin Man mini-series reveals, I could not have been more wrong! It tur...
Review: Dexter - Season Two Premiere on Showtime
Original at TVaholic.com
• Sun, Sep 30
By Jason the TVaholic Show: Dexter (Showtime) Episode: “It’s Alive!” - Season Premiere (Season 2) Premiere Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Rating: 4 out of 4 stars Quick Synopsis: Dexter hasn’t recently, Debra is still messed up and Rita is conflicted.
Opinion: SoSF Interview With the “Tin Man” Creators Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle
Original at Slice of Scifi
• Tue, Sep 4
By Sam Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle wrote and executive produced the highly anticipated mini-series “Tin Man,” an edgy science-fiction fantasy take on the classic “The Wizard of Oz,” for the SCI FI Channel. “Tin Man” is set to premiere in December 2007 and stars Zooey Deschanel as D...
60 SECONDS: Christopher Meloni
Original at Metro Cafe
• Tue, Aug 7
Actor Christopher Meloni is best known for playing bisexual serial killer Chris Keller in grisly prison drama Oz and for starring as Det Elliot Stabler in channel Five cop show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. ...
'Oz: Season 2' highly watchable
Original at BreakingNews.ie
• Fri, Aug 3
By BreakingNews.ie / TCM Where Prison Break concentrates on what it says on the tin, 'Oz: Season 2' (Paramount, €44.99) focuses on the less pleasant surroundings of Emerald City, or Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility.
Tom Fontana
Original at CNN International
• Wed, Jul 11
They can also be tough to look at, which is why HBO airs "Oz" late at night. It will be on Mondays at 11 p.m. Fontana says if it weren't on cable, it wouldn't be on at all. Ernie Hudson plays the prison warden, Rita Moreno a counseling nun. As cast members, they know that "Oz" takes them well out of the me...
Oz
Original at TV Guide
• Thu, Jun 28
more Oz spoilers, news and recaps (86 total news articles) Oz: TV Listings Loading... Oz: Discussion There are no community posts for Oz.Visit the Oz message board. Advertisement Cast & Details Premiered: July 12, 1997, on HBO Rating: TV-MA Premise: A grim and graphically raw drama abou...
Tom Fontana
Original at cnn
• Tue, Jun 26
They can also be tough to look at, which is why HBO airs "Oz" late at night. It will be on Mondays at 11 p.m. Fontana says if it weren't on cable, it wouldn't be on at all. Ernie Hudson plays the prison warden, Rita Moreno a counseling nun. As cast members, they know that "Oz" takes them well out of the me...
"WIZARD OF OZ" REMAKE NOW CASTING
Original at tpmcafe-Diary (Feedburner)
• Sun, Jun 17
By 1983Merman The Wicked Witch of the East, who has a house dropped on her early in the show, will be played by Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute. Pletka has a solid background in war and fear mongering and the producers thought this part would suit her well.
Guessing the end of the Sopranos
Original at Joho the Blog
• Sun, Jun 10
By self But I have hope. If I had to predict — and I certainly don't have to — I'd say that the show will end tonight as the comedy that it's always essentially been. No comeuppance! So, here's what I think will happen...but, since the writers of The Sopranos are just a tad better at writing The Sopranos than...
Dr. Oz on Oprah TV show – Discusses Acupressure - Shiatsu Massage
Original at Best Syndication
• Tue, May 22
By Nicole Wilson Acupressure is an ancient Fareast medicine. The idea is that there are energy lines called meridians in the body that can become disrupted or blocked. By triggering certain parts in the energy system you could restore energy flow in the body. While Western medicine does not practice energy...
Dr. Oz visits on Oprah TV show – Answered Questions about Worm and Parasite Infections
Original at Best Syndication
• Mon, May 21
By Nicole Wilson Dr. Oz said that 90% of humans will have a problem with parasites at some point in their life. The most common parasite is pinworms. It is common for children to become infected with pinworms. He said around 20% of children will have pinworms.
Dr. Oz visits on Oprah TV show – Audience takes a Health Quiz
Original at Best Syndication
• Wed, May 16
By Nicole Wilson Best Syndication] On yesterday’s Oprah TV show, Dr. Oz turned the tables a bit, and had the audience take a health quiz on a number of questions. Here is a list of the questions asked and the correct answers. Question: What shape should your poop be?
Neti Pot – Nose Bidet – Dr. Oz visits on Oprah TV Show about Nasal Irrigation Pots
Original at Best Syndication
• Fri, Apr 27
By Nicole Wilson Best Syndication] Dr. Oz focused on some alternative medicine on yesterday’s Oprah TV show, one of these items is the neti pot, or as it was called on the show the nose bidet. I am writing a series of articles of the questions that were asked on Oprah yesterday.
Hearing loss from Earbuds – Dr Oz answers questions about MP3 Players and Headphones on Oprah TV show
Original at Best Syndication
• Fri, Apr 27
By Nicole Wilson Dr. Oz asked people on the street if they knew what a cochlea was, and were you could find it. People were not sure and pointed to every location on their body. The cochlea is found in your ear and has tiny hairs in it that help translate sounds into messages that your brain can understand. Loud soun...