CARIBBEAN News, Dec 23, 2011

Hollywood Cruising CruiseMates Cruise Guide Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas is featured as the vacation of choice in Adam Sandler's latest family comedy where Sandler plays a set of twins, one male and one female, with an estranged relationship. Fans of Sandler's goofball humor will ... See all stories on this topic » CruiseMates Cruise Guide

Highest grossing movies of 2011 Beaver County Times "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" ($241 million) Don't forget: These are just domestic-gross figures. The totals from global markets potentially make these pictures wildly profitable. (The final "Potter" installment, for example, ... See all stories on this topic »

Just Who Are the Real Hollywood Stars? TV Technology Only the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise was headed by a big name, Johnny Depp, and even those blockbusters had as much VFX on the screen as swashbuckling. "Alice in Wonderland" also featured Depp, but his star power was not the focus of its ... See all stories on this topic » TV Technology

The Songs of Birds, the Crack of the Bat New York Times The Caribbean room features art from Cuba and the Dominican Republic, but the Brazil room is a work in progress; “I haven't yet captured Brazil,” Mr. Pabón admitted. “I'm thinking of just calling it the Central American room. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Magic is missing in Spielberg's 'Tintin' Cherry Hill Courier Post Based on the Belgian comic-book adventures by Herg, this 3-D motion-capture adaptation feels closer to the elaborately boisterous antics of the “Pirates of theCaribbean” franchise than the classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark” that it seems to aspire to. ... See all stories on this topic »

5 Tips for Surviving Winter Huffington Post (blog) I've got Fodor's Caribbean 2012, with full-color pictures, on my bedside table. Maya Rodale is the author of numerous historical romance novels. She lives in New York City with a rogue of her own and their dog, Penelope. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, ... See all stories on this topic »

Capital Christmas The Guardian (blog) The Irish influence on my household means that over the years I've sometimes found myself in a local Catholic church where African, southern European, Caribbean and Irish-descended Londoners meet, shake hands and warmly wish each other well. ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Queen Elizabeth II hosts traditional Christmas, Kate's first as royal, before ... Washington Post This gives well-wishers a chance to see the royals briefly, and also provides photographers a chance to snap pictures of the queen — and Kate. The family traditionally exchanges gifts at Sandringham on Christmas Eve. After the church service, ... See all stories on this topic »

Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 23-29 New York Times 8) Because of a long renovation of El Museo del Barrio's Fifth Avenue building, four years have passed since the museum's last biannual survey of new Latino,Caribbean and Latin American art. As if to make up for lost time, the new edition is the ... See all stories on this topic »

'Looking forward to another visit to North Korea': Now Jimmy Carter sends ... Daily Mail Cuba and North Korea are two of the world's last communist nations and have maintained good relations since establishing diplomatic ties in 1960, the year after Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution on the Caribbean island. ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Toxic skin-bleaching trade exposed in UK Sky News Australia They are marketed to women from Afro-Caribbean and Indian backgrounds where there can be a perception that fairer skin is more attractive. But there is an illegal market in products which contain stronger ingredients that can cause uneven colour loss, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rise of the Dork Ranger Your Houston News (blog) Movies are my thing, especially ones based on superheroes, Star Trek, Star Wars, cowboys, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, history and space exploration. Costuming is really cool. Your typical cosplyer (costume player) is a dork. ... See all stories on this topic »

Katie Price steps out in London wearing hideous outfit. World not shocked… Mr Paparazzi JB strips off in the Caribbean as he holidays with his JLS bandmates. And his girlfriend. And so the annual photographic onslaught of celebrities sunning themselves in the C ... Everyone seems slightly fascinated at the moment with 17-year-old Harry ... See all stories on this topic » Mr Paparazzi

Photographs Of Caribbean Week In Toronto The Caribbean Tourism Organisation recently concluded Caribbean Week in ...The week of activities took place from December 5 - 10, and was aimed at promoting the Caribbean islands as tourist destinations. ... In The Spotlight ·News ... www.mnialive.com/.../1736-photographs-of-caribbean-week-i...

Journalist Theresa Storm's Guyana Photo Takes Top Honors at ... Calgary, Canada – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has honoured veteran Canadian travel journalist Theresa Storm with an award for excellence in . www.adventuretravelnews.com/journalist-theresa-storm’s-guy...

FNM leader meets with thousands of party supporters on Grand ... BBC Caribbean in pictures · BBC Caribbean's last day on air · BBC News on BBC Caribbean · BBC Caribbean News in Brief · Get on with CCJ, says outgoing ... www.bahamaislandsinfo.com/index.php?...

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BBC World News, Dec 23, 2011

Netflix UK Debut Without 'Downton Abbey' Shows Local Grip BusinessWeek Local consumers can already choose from video-streaming services by Amazon.com Inc.'s Lovefilm unit, Channel 4, the BBC, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and ITV, the country's biggest commercial broadcaster. As with theBBC deal, Netflix may only be ... See all stories on this topic »

NPR's “Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me” is on BBC America television tonight Radio-Info.com The weekly radio news quiz show starring Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell will salute its BBC America TV appearance by producing what the Los Angeles Times calls an “Anglo-American video edition subtitled 'A Royal Pain in the News. ... See all stories on this topic »

Would you want work email blocked after work hours? CBC.ca By Community Team Volkswagen in Germany has agreed to stop sending email through its BlackBerry servers to some of its unionized employees after working hours, BBC News reports. Would you want work email to your Blackberry blocked after work hours? ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

CNN's Morgan testimony has little impact San Francisco Chronicle "He's given everybody enough rope to hang him with," said Hewlett, presenter forBBC Radio's "The Media Show." "If anything turns up to show that what he was saying wasn't true, then he's toast," Hewlett said. George Washington's Sesno, however, ... See all stories on this topic »

VIDEO: Leona Lewis Gives Stunning Performance Of 'Run' On 'X Factor USA' Finale TaleTela Leona's version was turned into a single after she wowed the countrywith her performance of the track on BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge. After Leona's performance, Simon Cowell spoke on his protege's success saying: "I can remember being in his position ... See all stories on this topic » TaleTela

Get your kicks... on the M25 The Independent Every Sunday afternoon, Simon presents the UK's only radio travel phone-in programme called The LBC Travel Show with Simon Calder (97.3 FM). He is a regular guest on national TV, often seen on BBC Breakfast, Daybreak, ITV News and Sky News. ... See all stories on this topic »

CNN's Morgan testimony has little impact Seattle Post Intelligencer "He's given everybody enough rope to hang him with," said Hewlett, presenter forBBC Radio's "The Media Show." "If anything turns up to show that what he was saying wasn't true, then he's toast," Hewlett said. George Washington's Sesno, however, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Voice UK: Judges have agreed to be encouraging Daily Mail And Queen of Mean Anne Robinson is also exiting, having filmed the last episode of BBC1 quiz The Weakest Link, which was viewed as not fitting with the new era. An executive at the BBC tells me: 'There's definitely a view that uplifting content works ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Brain teaser 2011 Evening Standard What did Burmese freedom campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi say "made my life more complete"? a) The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. c) Dave Lee Travis's requests show on the BBC World Service. 3. "I don't know if it's my public school ... See all stories on this topic »

22000 views for flash mob video The Birmingham Post Ember's YouTube video showing a festive flash mob bringing Birmingham city centre to a standstill has clocked up more than 22000 views in the first few days. The film, which features the BBC broadcaster Richard Bacon and involved all-over lycra “morph” ... See all stories on this topic »

INDMUSIC Takes On the New YouTube Tubefilter News Martinez led his creators to groundbreaking deals with Digital Broadcast Group, BET Digital, Sony Online Entertainment, and BBC Worldwide, among many others. He can be reached via Twitter at @Awesomeosity. Jon Baltz is Co-Founder and VP of Marketing ... See all stories on this topic »

CMU Review Of The Year 2011: The media and the internet UNLIMITED CMU Former commercial radio chief John Myers undertook a review of theBBC's national music radio stations this year, concluding that the likes of Radios 1 and 2 are vastly over staffed, and proposing a raft of changes, most of which would help the Beeb in ... See all stories on this topic » UNLIMITED CMU

The Real I-Revolt Apps of the Arab Spring Inter Press Service You add to that mix the role played by the 24-hour pan-Arab TV news, especially from the Mubarak-bashing Aljazeera, BBC Arabic, Al-arabiya and even the US-funded Al-Hurra, in spreading the word and you'll get a realistic sense of what a limited role ... See all stories on this topic »

411 Music Ten Deep 12.23.11: The Top 10 Songs for Christmas 411mania.com In October 1984, a BBC report by Michael Buerk was aired in the UK, which highlighted the famine that had hit the people of Ethiopia. Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof (and now of Live Aid fame) saw the report and wanted to raise money. ... See all stories on this topic » 411mania.com

BBC Switching To HTML5 Support For Videos Across Its Websites Gadget Helpline (blog) The BBC is not the first company to change direction with regards to its videoplayers, companies such as Amazon and Lovefilm have already made the switch to HTML5. However, it would appear that the transition may be slow, the BBC are not going to ... See all stories on this topic »

TV.com's Top 100 Everything of 2011, Vol. 5: Items 60-51 TV.com But death is playing a really cruel game with her, and The Big C somehow still manages to make it introspective and funny. The Syfy version of the BBC show took one of the latter's pedophile storylines and twisted it in a way that started off lame: ... See all stories on this topic » TV.com

Gannett gives iPhones, iPads, other gadgets to their journalists DigitalJournal.com BBC is in the process of creating a specialized iPhone and iPad app which allows their journalists to upload video, photo, and audio content to their system while out in the field, according to Poynter. The ever increasing pressure to change how news ... See all stories on this topic » DigitalJournal.com

Video of the day: Season's Greetings from New York City Gadling Think of it as our gift to you. Want to give us something for the holidays? Post a link in the comments below or add photos to our Flickr Group for our next Photo/Video of the Day. Hat tip to our friends across the pond at BBC Travel for tweeting the link. See all stories on this topic »

Euro fears 'affecting UK prospects' WalesOnline Mr Chote told BBC Radio: "The economy looks like it has probably grown by less than 1% during the course of this year and it is not going into next year with a great deal of momentum. "As we look forward into next year, (the question) is whether we do ... See all stories on this topic »

Fair Trade Proving Anything But to Farmers in $6 Billion Market Bloomberg Tackling Child Labor “It has taken longer than we originally planned to get this underway,” Crowther said of the independent review, which she described as not just a response to the BBC report, but “an assessment of Fairtrade's whole approach to ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

La Senza to enter administration WalesOnline He told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's sad because it's a company that I used to consider was my baby back in the early 2000s and it's sad to see it go off the high street. But it's a sign of the times I suppose." Accountants KPMG will continue to workwith ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC News - AT&T ends $39bn bid for T-Mobile USA US telecoms giant AT&T has said it will not pursue its $39bn bid to buy T-Mobile ...Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16279341

BBC News - Free Syrian Army ... A journalist who went undercover with the dissident Free Syrian Army says it is poorly equiped and could be smashed by the Syrian army. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16293998

BBC News - Lucha libre in the US ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip tobbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ... RJ Brewer explains his views in a promotional video for Lucha Libre USA ... going on in the real world and with the experiences that Latinos have as immigrants." ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16097158

Homeless US families find little to cheer at Christmas By Ian Pannell & Ian Sherwood BBC News, Denver and Detroit ... With the gap between rich and poor widening in the US, the world's richest nation is now ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16280580

Is a cure for the common cold on the way? Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip tobbc.co.uk search ... In the northern hemisphere, cold and flu season is upon us. ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16165605

Metal undergoes novel transition under extreme pressure Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip tobbc.co.uk ... Combined with computer simulations of just what was going on withthe material's ... "Our new results show, instead, that iron oxide metallises without any change in ... 24 hours of news images from around the world. ... Video/Audio... www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16265510

MediaShift . Mediatwits #31: BBC World Invades U.S. ... Tagged: bbc, bbc world news, comcast, cord cutters, gadgets, peter horrocks, ...to the U.K., where the BBC is pushing its BBC World cable news channel to an... The BBC recently made a deal with Comcast to increase its reach to 15 millionU.S. homes by the end ... 12:10: BBC's live coverage online getting more dynamic ... www.pbs.org/.../mediatwits-31-bbc-world-invades-us-readwrit...

BBC strikes 'breakthrough' US news deal with cable giant Comcast ... BBC World News to more than double its US reach, to 15m homes, through Comcast's ... guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 13 December 2011 12.12 GMT; Article history ... www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/.../bbc-comcast-world-news

BBC World News to Launch Through Comcast's Xfinity TV - The ... BBC World News is expected to be in nearly 15 million homes in the U.S. by the end of next year. ... and in-depth interviews will be featured on the channel, including BBC World News America with anchor Katty Kay. ... 'Adventures of Tintin' U.K. Premiere ... 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Extended Trailer Released (Video). 4 ... www.hollywoodreporter.com/.../bbc-world-news-comcast-xfin...

ITV and BBC share Euro 2012 rights - UK & World News - News ... The network will again share the rights to the competition with the BBC, ...matches on BBC1 as they give us a strong climax to the event, with both semi- finals, ... Your People.co.uk, great videos and pictures from the UK and around the world, ... www.people.co.uk/.../itv-and-bbc-share-euro-2012-rights-102...

Netflix Signs UK Streaming Deal With the BBC Netflix has signed a licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide to bring a ...Featured in US & World ... too much for the US subscriber but for USshareholders this is great news! ... Facebook Wants You to Know How it Makes Money [VIDEO] 2 ... mashable.com/2011/12/20/netflix-bbc/

BBC.com Promises "Light" Instead of "Heat" on New U.S. Election Site It opens with an introduction to the Republican candidates along with a few topical... It's a redirect to the BBC.co.uk topic page, so it's the same coverage that the ...As the election gears up, the site's content will include articles, video series and... as well as Katty Kay, anchor of the BBC World News America TV program. ... www.readwriteweb.com/.../bbccom_promises_light_instead_o...

BBC, Comcast Ink Deal That Puts 'World News' in Millions of Homes ... The BBC has made a deal with cable operator Comcast to distribute its BBCWorld News ... BBC World News is currently available in about 6 million households, but this pact will ... “We know that US viewers increasingly value the smart and impartial international ... Also Read: 'Law & Order: UK' Coming to BBCAmerica ... www.thewrap.com/.../bbc-comcast-ink-deal-puts-world-news-...

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