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Cyberbullying PSA Contest
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!
Weird Al Yankovic Review: Straight Outta Lynwood
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.
Boys Like Girls, We the Kings and All Time Low Student Press Conference 10-7-07
If 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!
UM and FIU Students Debate-Not Another Football Brawl
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich will open and close the first of a new series of debates called “We the Students,” which is being organized and aired by Cleveland’s Open Student Television Network, said OSTN CEO Prashant Chopra.
The debate will air live at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at ostn.tv and on the company’s 24-hour channel of student-produced content, which it delivers to more than 4,500 colleges in 46 countries via ultra-fast networks..
Students from the University of Miami and Florida International University will debate how private enterprise affects American defense, and viewers will be able to chat with the moderator, vote for their favorite debaters by cell phone and even pop in by webcam.
Rep. Kucinich, a Democrat who represents Ohio’s 10th District, is the only presidential candidate who has agreed to host “We the Students” so far, but OSTN is working to secure a Republican for the next installment, Mr. Chopra said