Live 8 DVD release set for November
Circle November 8th as the release date of the Live 8 DVD.
The four-disc set, "the biggest live event DVD project of its kind" according to label EMI, will bring together performances from the worldwide series of Live 8 concerts which took place around the world on July 2.
The collection contains three discs of live footage taken from the Live 8 shows staged in London and Philadelphia alongside key highlights from the seven other events staged across the world, including Molson Park in Barrie.
Every artist who performed at London's Hyde Park and Philadelphia's Museum Of Art will appear on the DVD, many of them with their full sets.
'KING OF THE HILL' TO END REIGN
'King of the Hill" creator Mike Judge says this season, the show's 10th, will be its last.
"There is an end in sight here," Judge told The Post yesterday. "I think 10 [seasons] is a good, round number."
Fox officially says that "No decisions have been made regarding the future of 'King of the Hill.' " But whatever the show's future, its fans are, no doubt, anticipating the upcoming Sept. 18 season premiere.
"The only storyline we have right now is Luanne starts going out with this guy, Lucky. Tom Petty does the voice," Judge said. "He's a character we had season-before-last, and we just loved the character and the way Petty did his voice.
"It felt like it really fit."
That's an apt metaphor for "King of the Hill," which carved out a comfortable prime-time niche over the years mixing character-driven, low-key comedy and (occasional) pathos into the lives of patriotic Texas propane salesman Hank Hill, wife Peggy, son Bobby and pals Boomhauer, Bill and Dale. The show has often focused on the relationship between Hank and Bobby — whose decidedly un-Texas-like behavior has often perplexed his dad.
"I think there was a while there when some of the writers were pushing Bobby as being, whatever the polite term is, a sissy, and that went a little too far," Judge said. "I like it better when Bobby's a weird kid who worries Hank, but [Hank] still loves him a lot."
So what, Judge was asked, does he think the show's legacy will be?
"That at a time when TV was constantly trying to shock everybody all the time, we had a show that was kind of a quiet hit and was portraying normal, unhip middle-Americans with dignity — instead of just making fun of them in a crass way."
Canadian broadcasters plan to air special Friday for victims of Katrina
TORONTO (CP) - Canadian broadcasters will join the Katrina relief effort by simulcasting Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast on Friday night.
CBC Television, CHUM Television's A-Channels and Citytv stations, CTV and Global Television announced Wednesday that they'll present the one-hour commercial-free special at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings) on Friday.
Six major U.S. networks and programming services in 95 countries around the world are also airing the special to raise money for people affected by last week's hurricane.
"The entertainment special/fundraising event will salute the brave citizens in the devastated areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and pay tribute to the rescue personnel guiding relief efforts in the region," said a statement issued by the broadcasters.
MuchMoreMusic will rebroadcast the benefit again at 11 p.m. ET.
Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Alicia Keys, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart and Neil Young are among the performers scheduled to appear. The special will be broadcast live from New York City and Los Angeles to eastern and central time zones, and delayed for broadcast in western regions.
Canadian viewers will be able to make donations during and after the show through the Canadian Red Cross via a toll-free number or by visiting www.redcross.ca.