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Mr. Pop Culture Report – June 10
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BP Trying PR Ploy – buys top rankings in Google search - and could be a misstep, according to media watchdogs and industry experts: the company has been buying up the top Internet search terms such as “oil spill” or “BP” – a move that places its corporate website at the top of search results pages. “At minimum, this is in extremely poor taste in the midst of such a disaster,” says Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy. But more important, she says, “it’s highly likely” that the average Internet user doing a search on any of the key terms associated with this spill would mistake the paid link for a genuine source of real information. “Most people assume when you do a search that the things that appear front and center are in some sense the most important,” says Fordham University media maven Paul Levinson. “The average person searching online isn’t aware of the fact that there are ways to manipulate the way things come up in searches,” he adds. The author of “New New Media” says he has never been comfortable with the idea that information placement was for sale on the Internet, adding, “Google ought to rethink its policy.”
This Shoe Was Pre-recorded - A 5,500 year old shoe, the oldest leather shoe in the world, was discovered by a team of international archaeologists and their findings will publish on June 9th in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE. The cow-hide shoe dates back to ~ 3,500 BC (the Chalcolithic period) and is in perfect condition. It was made of a single piece of leather and was shaped to fit the wearer’s foot. It contained grass, although the archaeologists were uncertain as to whether this was to keep the foot warm or to maintain the shape of the shoe.
It’s Understood That Carrie Underwood… At the CMT Awards – Carrie Underwood gets multiple awards – The former “American Idol” champ won the night’s top honor, video of the year for “Cowboy Casanova,” and CMT performance of the year for “Temporary Home” two months after making history by winning her second Academy of Country Music Awards entertainer of the year. Lady Antebellum got group video of the year for the trio’s crossover hit “Need You Now” and Miranda Lambert taking female video of the year for “White Liar,” her first No.1 song. Keith Urban won male video of the year for “‘Til Summer Comes Around.”
Mr. Pop Culture Report – April 19
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All news on radio Station WINS (1010 WINS) NY is 45 years old. It was Monday, April 19, 1965 that WINS became all-news, switching from top-40 music (see below – this week in 1965)
At the 46th Annual Country Music Awards – Lady Antebellum leads with five wins at the 45th ACMs, while Carrie Underwood makes history by becoming the first woman to win entertainer of the year twice. Other winners include Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan and Brooks & Dunn.
Christina Hendricks has been named America’s best-looking woman in an Esquire Cover article, but there’s more than meets the eye with this one. For starters, though the article appears in a men’s magazine, the fiery “Mad Men” star won the best-looking title from a poll of over 10,000 women. Hendricks nabbed 30 percent of the votes that were cast, beating out the likes of Megan Fox, who got 14 percent of the votes, and Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima who got 17 percent. Fox was last year’s title-holder in Esquire‘s annual issue dedicated to the fairer sex.
Facebook – the social networking giant – with 400 million users worldwide – will push its “like” feature onto other Web sites, enabling users to share preferences for news stories, Web sites and products more easily. Currently, Facebook users click the “like” button on Facebook.com to alert their online friends that they find a certain status update, photo or other Facebook item interesting. The reported change would put that functionality on many other Web sites, too, linking a person’s preferences for all kinds of things into the Facebook social network.
This Week In 1965 From The Mr. Pop Culture Archives -
Dark Knight Is The People’s Choice
Thursday, January 8th, 2009 | Hot Pop Culture | No Comments
The Dark Knight” took home top honors at the People’s Choice Awards Wednesday night, walking away with five awards.
The movie, which won high praise and acclaim from critics and fans, won the award for favorite movie, favorite action movie, favorite cast, favorite on screen match-up (Christian Bale and Heath Ledger) and favorite superhero (Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman).
“Here’s to Heath,” Bale said after accepting the award, referring to his co-star, who died of an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.
Host Queen Latifah introduced the movie at the end of the ceremony and all five awards were presented at the same time.
“American Idol” lost to “Dancing With the Stars” for favorite reality TV show, but two of their alums — Jordin Sparks and Carrie Underwood — picked up their own awards.
Underwood, who performed earlier during the show, nabbed two wins early on — one for “Last Name” (favorite country song) and also for favorite female singer.
Country Music Association Winners For 2008
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Kenny Chesney For Entertainer of the Year.
Brad Paisley For Male Vocalist of the Year.
Carrie Underwood For Female Vocalist of the Year (pictured)
Jennifer Nettles For Song of the Year “Stay.”
Troubadour by George Strait gets Album of the Year
Braid Paisley for Music Video of the Year, “Waitin’ on a Woman.”
Rascal Flatts for Vocal Group of the Year.
Lady Antebellum for New Artist of the Year
George Strait’s “I Saw God Today” gets Single of the Year.
Sugarland – Vocal Duo of the Year.
Mac McAnally for Musician of the Year.
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