N.Y. Film Academy opens Madrid school & other: 2008

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Drug Companies 'Quietly' Increasing Prices Of Some Medications By 100% Or More, USA Today Reports

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Drug makers increased the average wholesale price of 26 trade name drugs by 100% or more in a unmarried cost adaption last year, compared with comparable price increases for 15 drugs in 2004, according to University of Minnesota researchers, USA Today reports. In the number one half of 2008, the average wholesale prices of 17 drugs have increased by at least 100%. According to USA Today, many of the prices that ar "quietly" existence raised ar for older products used to treat rare merely often serious conditions.

Alan Goldbloom, president of Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minnesota, aforesaid, "This does drive up the price of wellness care," adding, "Hospitals are either eating the price or passing game it along to insurers, so you and I are paying it in increased premiums."

According to pharmaceutics benefits manager Express Scripts, the average wholesale prices of 1,344 brand name drugs increased by an average of 7.4% last year. Stephen Schondelmeyer, director the PRIME Institute at the University of Minnesota, said, "There is no uncomplicated explanation" for why certain drugs experienced the bigger increase. "Some companies seem to figure no one is watching so they can catch away with it," Schondelmeyer said. "Drug companies say the price hikes cover the costs of keeping the drugs on the market," USA Today reports.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) last hebdomad asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate cases of large price increases. Klobuchar before this year also asked the Federal Trade Commission to enquire a company that had increased the average wholesale prices of four drugs by up to 3,436% in 2006 (Appleby, USA Today, 8/8).

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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Porno Graffitti

Artist: Porno Graffitti

   Genre(s):
Folk
   Pop: Japan

Discography:

M-Cabi

Year: 2006
Tracks: 18

Yo Bailo

Year: 2005
Tracks: 3

Thumpx

Year: 2005
Tracks: 14

Best Red's

Year: 2004
Tracks: 13

Worldillia

Year: 2003
Tracks: 14

Kumo o mo Tsukamu Tami

Year: 2002
Tracks: 13

Foo?

Year: 2001
Tracks: 12

Romantist Egoist

Year: 2000
Tracks: 13

Bengu

Levantis

Artist: Levantis

   Genre(s):
Easy Listening
   New Age

Discography:

The Sound Of Desert

Year: 2001
Tracks: 12

Aromatherapy Sensual

Year: 2001
Tracks: 11

Aromatherapy Relaxing

Year: 2001
Tracks: 11

Meditation Cd1

Year: 2000
Tracks: 12

Cafe Oceania

Year: 2000
Tracks: 14

Natural Moments

Year: 1999
Tracks: 10

Flashes Of Lightning

Year: 1999
Tracks: 8

Tranquil Moments

Year: 1998
Tracks: 12

Spiritual Moments

Year: 1998
Tracks: 11

Serene Moments

Year: 1998
Tracks: 10

Inspiration 3 Meditation - Relaxation

Year:
Tracks: 11

Matchbook Romance

Cage, Carpenter may team up for prison film

In final negotiations for 'Scared Straight' thriller

Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled "Scared Straight."

Nu Image/Millennium Films would finance the film and is in negotiations with Contrafilm's Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson along with Randall Emmett and George Furla to produce. Avi Lerner also would produce.

"Straight" follows a troubled youth who's sent to prison off the Scared Straight crime-prevention program, which imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of crime. While the teen is there, a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage. A lifer, played by Cage, is forced to help the young man out.

The project was set up at New Line for a couple of years but was let go recently. Contrafilm brought the project to Emmett/Furla Films, which has a deal with Nu Image/ Millennium.

Joe Gazzam wrote the original spec, which was rewritten by Ron Brinkerhoff.

Noah Rosen is exec producing as is Rob Cohen, who was attached to direct at one point.

An October start is being eyed.

More info

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Special A

Artist: Special A

   Genre(s):
Drum & Bass

Discography:

Special A-BINGO034 Vinyl

Year: 2005
Tracks: 2

Nicolas Cage Is ‘Ghost Rider’ ‘Ghost’ Writer

tekdev69

Artist: tekdev69

   Genre(s):
Techno

Discography:

Warsaw's Souls

Year: 2006
Tracks: 4

Rahman, A.R. and Gulzar

Pharrell Williams To 'Cultivate Skin For New Tattoos'

US producer Pharrell Williams has claimed that he is to cultivate new skin in order to get fresh tattoos on his body.

The N*E*R*D star said he was bored of his current tattoos and has decided to take the drastic action so that he can start again.

"It's going to be pricey, but fuck it, it's worth it. I got fire on my arms, I don't need fire on my arms! I'm a grown man,” he told the Mirror newspaper.

"There's an institute called the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina for Regenerative Skin Treatment.

"It's basically like getting a skin graft, but you're not taking skin from your ass or legs - these guys actually grow the skin for you.

"First you have to give them a sample of your skin, which they then replicate. Once that's been done, they sew it on - and it's seamless."

Would you go to such lengths for a new tattoo? Why not share your thoughts by posting a comment below.

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Tim Mcgraw - Mcgraw I Was Just Trying To Keep The Peace

TIM MCGRAW has spoken out about his attack on a rowdy fan at a show in Washington last week (24Jun08).

The country star has downplayed the incident, during which he helped security staff eject an unruly reveller at a concert in Auburn.

He says, "I was just trying to keep peace and the security guys just couldn't get there in time."

MCGraw took action after he spotted the man assault a woman in the audience.

The incident made headlines last week when footage of it surfaced online.

MCGraw halted his performance of Indian Outlaw to yell for help, screaming, "Get rid of this guy! Security!"

MCGraw's spokeswoman has since revealed the "overly aggressive fan" attacked a female fan, and Tim witnessed the incident.

She says, "Tim called for security, but when they could not respond quick enough, Tim and several crew members removed the fan from the audience."

The "unruly" fan, Marcus Nirschl, 30, insists he didn't deserve MCGraw's wrath.

He explains, "I was getting shoved up against some empty seats, and I may have pushed some people when I was trying to get my balance... but I didn't hit nobody.

"I'm the nicest guy you'll ever meet."

Other fans at the show have disputed his claims.

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Two contestants sent packing this week on 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'

TORONTO - Two more contestants have been sent home on the CBC-TV reality show "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria."

Katie Kerr, a student from Windsor, Ont., and Kyla Tingley of Dartmouth, N.S., received the fewest votes this week, along with Tamara Fifield of Truro, N.S.

The trio then had an "elimination sing-off," performing "Jesus Christ Superstar." Judge Simon Lee spared Fifield, but Kerr and Tingley got the boot.

Kerr is a student at the University of Windsor. Tingley received an East Coast Music Award nomination in 2005 with her group, The Chronicles.

"How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" aims to find a performer to star as nun-turned-governess Maria von Trapp in a production of "The Sound of Music" to be staged in Toronto this fall. It's based on a British series of the same name that Webber co-created.

In addition to Fifield, other members of the Top 6 are: Jayme Armstrong of Vancouver, Donna Lajeunesse, from Bowmanville, Ont.; Vancouver's Elicia MacKenzie, Marisa McIntyre of Waterloo, Ont., and Janna Polzin, originally from Woodstock, Ont., now living in Toronto.

News from �The Canadian Press, 2008

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Gok Wan Likes Breasts

TV fashion guru Gok Wan says he loves women's breasts.

Openly gay Gok, 33, gets very enthusiastic about breasts and women's bodies in general because he enjoys seeing how he can transform them on his hit Channel 4 show 'How To Look Good Naked'.

He says, "I love t**s, I love bodies but I love men's bodies and women's bodies. I love the idea of seeing what I can do with them. For me the body is like a palette, it's like a naked board that I can draw on."

However, despite claiming he never tires of looking at women's breasts, Gok insists he wouldn't want to bury his head in them.

He added, "When I look at a pair of tits, I see them and think, 'Ooh, how can I dress them?' I guess I do the exact opposite of a straight man. I definitely don't want to bury my head in them!"

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