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Cyberbullying PSA Contest

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The 2007 Cyberbullying Public Service Announcement CALL FOR ENTRIES

Presented by Sony Creative Software, the National Crime Prevention Council, and the Ad Council.

Help end cyberbullying by creating a Public Service Announcement on the issue. Sony Creative Software is seeking entries from independent producers and academic institutions. The top submissions will be eligible for national broadcast, and their producers or sponsoring organizations will receive a complete multimedia editing suite for their facility or school. Prize sponsors include Sony Creative Software, Sony Electronics, and Sony VAIO.

Judges to include: Barry Sonnenfeld, director/producer (Men in Black, Addams Family, and others); Steve Oedekerk, producer/writer (Bruce Almighty, Barnyard, and others); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D., noted authority on social networking and cyberbullying; and members of the Ad Council’s Campaign Review Committee.

The call for entries period begins September 17, 2007, and closes January 11, 2008. All entries must be received by January 11, 2008 to be eligible.  Check out more contest info here!

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Want to see Something cool? Mix and match them anyway you like.

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Because watches are no longer just for telling the time.  These are S.t.a.m.p.s watches.  A whole collection of time pieces from Europe that mix and match.  We’re about to film a segment on them but have been wearing them around South Florida and the reaction is awesome.  Zac says they are real chick magnets.   His is a big black band with a Frankenstein watch face!

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Weird Al Yankovic Review: Straight Outta Lynwood

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Weird Al Yankovic: Straight Outta Lynwood A Review by Tommy Monger

If hilarious is the funniest word to describe some thing funny, they need to make up a new word for Weird Al’s new CD. Weird Al Yankovic has had several recognizable and memorable paradises and this CD has songs that rank right up with there with “Eat it” and “The Saga Begins”. “Trapped in the Drive-Thru” and “Confessions Part III” are hilarious from start to finish. In fact, in “Trapped in the Drive-Thru”, Weird Al takes all 12 seemingly endless chapters of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” and puts an amazing spin to it and gives it a whole new life. He also made a parody of Green Days “American Idiot” and made “Canadian Idiot” which should be far from every Canadians #1 spot on there play-list but is #1 on mine.
As usual, Weird Al did pretty much every thing a person can do on a CD. Not only writing but also producing all of his songs. Yankovic went all out while recording this CD at Volcano Entertainment and made sure he covered every thing from multi double voice tracking on “Confessions Part III” to the drip in “Trapped in the Drive-Thru”. I played this CD for everyone from my friends and their friends to my own family and everyone agreed it’s hilarious. So go ahead, get out there, and get your girlfriend, friend, wife, kid, grandfather or any one else for any occasion this CD.

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Boys Like Girls, We the Kings and All Time Low Student Press Conference 10-7-07

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 images1.jpegIf you’re a student journalist in Florida, you can get a FREE invitation to one of the best events around.  Interview and take pictures, film video for your school’s broadcast at our Student Press Conference.  It’s held at Revolution 100 SW 3rd Ave Fort Lauderdale from 3:00pm to 5:00 on Sunday October 7th.  Send us an email at info@therockstarstories.com for your invitation.  Limited to the first 75 journalists so get your invite now!October 17th at Revolution Press Conference with The Academy Is, The Rocket Summer and Sherwood.    Same deal so get your invite now!

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Family Values Tour Review by Simone Palanker

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korn-111505.jpg When the show “Family Values Tour” comes to mind, a person’s first instinct is to think of children and parents in a nice setting, sitting around listening to family music in somewhat of a picnic setting. But when the band Korn puts on the show, it is a completely different story!

The day starts off with a sea of chain metal pants and black clothes and makeup. Mind you it is a 93Degree South Florida day with a chance of rain. The day started with a band called Droid who started off the heavy metal fest with a bang.After the Droid set was over, the tour took a turn to the more pop-y Goth rock type with bands like Flyleaf whose set was surprisingly good and the band Trivium.When the girl-led band Evanescence took the stage, the rain started to fall which added to the dramatic style of lead singer Amy Lee’s voice along with the rock/goth ballads the band is known for. The crowd stood in the rain through it all cheering the band on from start to finish but seemed overjoyed when Evanescence’s set was over because that could mean only one thing. The headliners were about to start.

Korn took the stage in the normal heavy rock band style with flashing lights, loud riffs and a lot of jumping. But all in all, Korn can stil put on a good show despite a new back-up vocalist who was just running around the stage like a mad women, and it was rather distracting. Korn played every hit and every note was perfect with die-hard fans like me singing along. The band played an encore which started one of the largest lawn pits I have ever seen. So no matter what anyone says out there, Korn’s still got it and the Family Values Tour was a hit.