Day: May 9, 2011

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South Park

Oh yeah they will!!!

‘South Park’ spoofs the Royal Wedding — Canada-style!
There was no doubt aboot it: South Park was going to have to skewer the Royal Wedding. While the mass hysteria surrounding the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton has died down substantially, it doesnít mean Trey Parker and Matt Stone still wonít poke fun at it. And poke fun they will ó Comedy Central just offered up a teaser of Wednesday nightís new episode, titled ìRoyal Pudding.î Rest easy, Will and Kate fans, the newlyweds arenít exactly ridiculed. Rather, the Candian versions of them will be!
In the episode, just as the Canadian royalty (heh) are getting ready to walk down the aisle, the ìaboot to be Princess of Canadaî gets kidnapped, causing panic throughout Americaís cap. While it may not exactly be Will and Kate, things look pretty familiar in the clip ó thereís even a Canuck version of the Queen Mum and a Canada-ized Pippa trailing behind the bride. Weíre still waiting to see the Canadian version of this little one.
And no word yet on whether or not their guest list included Terrance and Phillip.

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People

Did not see that one coming!!

Schwarzenegger, Shriver announce separation
LOS ANGELES ñ Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, announced Monday that they are separating.
The statement, issued by a spokesman for Schwarzenegger, said the two were working on the future of their relationship while living apart and would continue to parent their four children together.
“This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us,” the two said in a prepared statement. “After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion, and prayer, we came to this decision together.”
Schwarzenegger, a Republican, finished his seven-year run as governor in January and has been travelling the speech circuit and pursuing various entertainment projects.
During Schwarzenegger’s time as governor, Shriver and the couple’s children never moved to Sacramento, preferring their secluded canyon estate in Los Angeles, a few miles from the Pacific Ocean.
Shriver, a member of the Kennedy political dynasty and the daughter of the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, left her job as an NBC reporter when Schwarzenegger took office. As the state’s first lady, she ran an annual women’s conference that attracted a long list of business, political and entertainment luminaries, along with an audience of thousands.
The separation announcement comes months after the death of Shriver’s father, Peace Corps founder and former vice presidential candidate Sargent Shriver, in January.
Schwarzenegger’s spokesman, Daniel Ketchell, said he wouldn’t answer questions beyond what was said in Monday’s statement.

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Television

It can be very, very tough to leave a TV show!!

Meredith Vieira Announces ‘Today’ Exit; Ann Curry to Replace Her
Meredith Vieira, near tears, announced her exit from NBC’s “Today” Monday after five years of co-anchoring with Matt Lauer. Ann Curry will replace her as co-anchor.
The changes had been expected for months at the top-rated morning show. Vieira has wanted to spend more time with her family, especially her husband, Richard, who is ill.
Curry, who joined “Today” in 1997, will be replaced as its newsreader by Natalie Morales. White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie, a frequent “Today” fill-in, will join the show as a co-host in its third hour.
“I’m going to try to hold myself together here. But after months of personal reflection and private conversations with my family and my friends, I’ve decided to leave ‘Today’ in June,” Vieira said. “And even as I say this and I know that it is the right thing, I’m really sad because for the past — I like to say 10 years but it’s only been five — this has been my second home.”
Curry said after Lauer announced her promotion, “I feel like the high school computer nerd who was just asked to the prom by the quarterback of the football team.”
Vieira replaced Katie Couric, who left the show to host the “CBS Evening News.”

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Games

But I want it now!!!!

‘Rock Band 4’ Will Not Be Released in 2011
No new Rock Band video games, including the anticipated Rock Band 4, will arrive in 2011, says creator Harmonix. This announcement crushes hopes that the popular music game franchise would stage a surprise comeback by the year’s end.
In a recent interview, Chris Rigopulos, VP of strategy and business for the game developer, tells Game Informer magazine that it is instead opting to focus on downloadable content, including additional songs for Rock Band 3. Harmonix will issue new tracks by Lady Gaga, the Foo Fighters and Ozzy Osbourne this month, as well as the 13-minute jam track ìDo You Feel Like We Do,î from Peter Framptonís Frampton Comes Alive album.
Rigopulos further notes that Harmonix has reached a landmark of 100 million songs that have been downloaded for the Rock Band family of games. More than 2,700 individual tracks from roughly 900 artists, including Metallica, the Ramones and Fleetwood Mac, are now available across retail and downloadable outlets, as well as through digital distribution platform the Rock Band Network. According to Harmonix, more than a million players also sign on each month to play Rock Band as well as purchase new music.
These revelations would appear to lend credence to suspicions that music games arenít dead, as some critics have posited, but are merely making the transition to digital, online and social platforms. Harmonix, which is busy repositioning itself after its recent sale by MTV Games, is expected to announce a sequel to the motion-sensing game Dance Central shortly, possibly as soon as the E3 2011 gaming tradeshow in June.