Rock Hall Of Fame 2013 Inductees Streamed Online At Greatgold.fm
WISCREPORT.COM (01/01/2013) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio will hold a ceremony to celebrate 2013 Inductees in April. Performers to be honored include Heart, Albert King, Randy Newman, Public Enemy, Rush, and Donna Summer. Winners are in the regular playlist at GreatGold.fm Internet Radio, streaming online since 2008. For more see inside the online pages of WisconsinReport.com, informing internet readers since 2001. (read more)...
Albert King, Joan Jett, Heart, Donna Summer Among Rock Hall Nominees
WISCREPORT.COM (10/04/2012) - The 2012 nominees for membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Cleveland, Ohio, include The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chic, Deep Purple, Heart, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Albert King, The Marvelettes, Procal Harum, Rush, and Donna Summer, among others. Fans can vote through December 3, 2012 for the nominees they wish to be inducted into the Rock Hall next year. For more on this story, see inside WisconsinReport.com, informing internet readers since 2001. (read more)...
D N C Hilites: 15.5 Ton Sand Sculpture; Taylor; Blige; Earth, Wind And Fire
WISCREPORT.COM (09/03/2012) - Republicans are not the only ones to have quality entertainment at a convention. The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina is sporting North Carolina native James Taylor, as well as Mary J. Blige, the Foo Fighters, Earth, Wind and Fire, Marc Antony, and Branford Marsalis. Plus, a 15.5 ton sand sculpture of President Obama from Myrtle Beach. For more on this story, see inside WisconsinReport.com, informing internet readers since 2001. (read more)...
Oak Ridge Boys, 3 Doors Down, G. E. Smith Band Do It At G O P Convention
WISCREPORT.COM (08/26/2012) - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says there will be plenty of entertainment at the 2012 Republican National Convention taking place in Tampa, Florida August 27-30, 2012. Performers will cover the spectrum of music genres, from pop and rock to country and gospel. For more on this story, see inside the online pages of WisconsinReport.com, informing internet readers since 2001. (read more)...
2012 Rock Hall Winners: Freddie King, Faces, Nyro, Donovan, Kirschner, Guns, Etc.
WISCREPORT.COM (12/10/2011) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct additional performers and musical luminaries to the already overflowing group of musical greats who have created the music that has made life more bearable for many of us. The 2012 inductees include the Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N’ Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and The Small Faces/The Faces, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd, and Glyn Johns. The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in Cleveland and premiere on HBO in early May. The 2012 ceremony will again be open to the public. See more inside WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
March 2012 Film Fest To Generate $150,000 For Area And Raise State Profile
WISCREPORT.COM (10/25/2011) - Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett presented Film Green Bay with a 15,903 dollar Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grant for the Green Bay Film Festival to be held March 23-25, 2012. The event is expected to generate an economic impact of almost 150,000 dollars from traveler spending at area hotels, restaurants and stores. The mission of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism is to market the state as the Midwest’s premier travel destination by executing industry-leading marketing programs and establishing strategic partnerships. For more, see the online pages of WisconsinReport.com, informing internet readers since 2001. (read more)...
Influential Songwriter Bob Dylan, A Product Of Minnesota, Is 70 Years Wise
WISCREPORT.COM (05/24/2011) - One of the most revered musical artists of the 20th Century who has roots in the Wisconsin - Minnesota area, Bob Dylan, is celebrating a birthday today (May 24th). As rock and roll legend Bob Dylan celebrates turning 70, Copia, the groundbreaking social eReading platform and web site, is honoring the event with a gift to fans of the American Icon. See inside the internet pages of WisconsinReport.com for more. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (01/15/2011) - Betty White is at it again. The successful internet campaign of fans to get Betty White to host Saturday Night Live has now given way to well-wishers of a different kind. The Hot In Cleveland co-star is the subject of fans flocking to the Hot In Cleveland Facebook page to wish the Golden Girl a happy 89th birthday. Betty White turns another golden age January 17th. It could be argued that White will turn 89 years young. See inside the internet pages of WisconsinReport.com for more. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (12/17/2010) - A recent poll indicates that some people who voted the way they did in the November 2010 election were likely doing so due to misinformation or lack of understanding of the details presented them by news organizations. The poll, conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org, based at the University of Maryland, and Knowledge Networks, shows that many voters were misinformed on key issues regarding the stimulus, health reform, the economy, climate change, taxes, the GM bailout, and other issues. See inside WisconsinReport.com for more. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (12/15/2010) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced the names of performers to be inducted into the 2011 Rock Hall of Fame. They are, the Alice Cooper Band, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love and Tom Waits. Also being inducted as individual recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award are Jac Holzman and Art Rupe. The Award for Musical Excellence (previously the Sidemen category) will be presented to Leon Russell. Even though the winners were announced Dec. 15, 2010, the induction ceremony will be held in March of 2011. Read more inside WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (11/18/2010) - The Kohl Department Stores chain of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and Music Entertainment Sports Holdings (MESH), a division of LF USA, have plans to launch two multi-department contemporary lifestyle brands with globally-recognized entertainers Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. This is the first celebrity couple to simultaneously design collections for one retailer. To find out more about this story, see inside WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (10/28/2010) - Thousands of people want to see Neil Diamond in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That is, thousands of people at Facebook have clicked on LIKE, but, if they want their names included on a petition to be sent to the Hall of Fame Committee, they must also go to the website outside of Facebook and sign up. The website to go to is at neil2011.com, and the place to hear his music is in the mix at GreatGoldHits.com. See the story at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (10/15/2010) - The question for today is, how can the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pick 2011 inductees from the fabulous list of nominees? The nominee list includes Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi, Chic, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Dr. John, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits, and Chuck Willis. A select group of 500 voters get to select the artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 26th Annual Induction Ceremony. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (09/06/2010) - Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children, and the AAA, Cookie Jar Entertainment, the Busytown Mysteries animated series, CBS Television, and ThisTv, are cooperating in an effort to remind people to safely secure young passengers. Starting Saturday, September 11, a new public service announcement (PSA) is scheduled to air during CBS Saturday morning shows and on ThisTV digital network. Read more by clicking on the headline above. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (06/23/2010) - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen Parker and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer will co-host a spirited, nightly roundtable discussion program on CNN/U.S., according to Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. The new program, set to debut this fall, will air weeknights at 8pm Eastern time (7 CDT, etc.). Democrat Spitzer, a prosecutor and governor, and Parker, a conservative commentator, will host an exchange of opinions and analyses of the news of the day between themselves and guests and regular contributors. Click on the headline above to read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (06/03/2010) - Now you can hear Pop Rock from the Greatest Five Decades of Hit Music on your computer while surfing the web. A Super Mix of your favorite Top 40 songs from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s is available on the internet at GreatGold.fm 24 hours everyday. The internet radio station plays Classic Hit Oldies (Pop Rock), which is the best of the Greatest Hits that made it onto Popular Rock Top 40 Charts from the beginning of the rock era in the mid-50s through the end of the 20th Century. All you need are headphones or speakers attached to your computer and you're ready to enjoy the music. Click on the headline above for more on this story. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (05/07/2010) - One of the finest play by play baseball broadcasters and comedy and baseball personalities has been released from the hospital after successful heart surgery. Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker expressed thanks to fans and his doctors after being released from Milwaukee Froedtert Hospital Thursday, six days after a six hour heart surgery. His aortic valve, aortic root and part of his ascending aorta were removed. Click on the headline above to read more about Uecker and his surgery at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/14/2010) - People in the United States and in countries around the world are looking to assist in the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti. Many are unable to actively go to the country to help in digging out citizens from under the rubble of the buildings, but money and goods are needed to help survivors cope with being without lodging, food, water, and other basic needs. InterAction has a list of member organizations online that accept donations. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/17/2009) - A 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has witnessed the best and worst aspects of society will deliver the Black History Month keynote address at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Eugene Robinson is a frequent guest commentator on the MSNBC Morning Joe Show with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brezenski and company. Robinson started out in the segregated south and made his way up the ladder to outstanding reporting prowess, breaking barriers along the journey. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/26/2009) - Michael Jackson, who seemed like a timeless entertainer that would go on forever, died yesterday at the age of 50. Early reports indicate he apparently collapsed and was taken to a Los Angeles hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Michael Jackson started in the music business at the age of 11 with his brothers as a member of the Jackson 5. As a solo act he went on to even greater stardom. Five of his solo albums, Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and HIStory, all with Epic Records, a Sony Music label, are among the top-sellers of all time. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/14/08) - To draw attention to America’s sub-par education system, Strong American Schools has launched a campaign of television, radio, print and online ads that feature Jamie Lee Curtis. The new ad campaign, One Nation Left Behind, will be running in 16 markets in seven states including: Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, New Mexico, Virginia and Wisconsin, with a total expenditure of more than $5 million. Ads are also expected to run later this summer in Minnesota. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/13/08) - ABC Television News Anchor Charles Gibson has now joined the ranks of NBC's Tim Russert, who passed away of an apparent heart attack while at work today. As the news of Russert's death was being announced on NBC by former anchor Tom Brokow and friends, Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University was presenting its 15th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award to ABC's Charles Gibson. Russert had received the award in 2005. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/30/08) - USA Network will kick-off a summer of scripted originals by launching its new drama series IN PLAIN SIGHT with an aggressive interactive marketing campaign developed in conjunction with digital innovators Big Spaceship, Electric Artists and The Hyperfactory. The multiplatform effort will feature robust interactive, viral and mobile elements focused on aggressive promotional extensions to immerse viewers in the world of the witness protection program. IN PLAIN SIGHT, a new original series, premieres Sunday, June 1st at 9:00 Central Time on USA Network. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story and others. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/30/08) - Democratic Presidential hopeful, U.S. Senator Barack Obama, struck a blow April 29th against those who have associated him with attitudes, theories and comments made by his former pastor Reverand Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., senior pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Obama said Wright does not speak for him or for his candidacy, and he found many points made by Wright at the National Press Club breakfast the day before were completely out of line. Obama has disassociated himself from Wright, saying the man who performed at the event was not the man he met twenty years ago. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/21/08) - The Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) has named Gene Purcell as Executive Director of the agency. Purcell joined the ECB as deputy director in April, 2006, and became Interim Director a year ago when the director left. The Educational Communications Board (ECB) is the state agency responsible for ensuring that public radio and television programs and instructional technology services are made available throughout Wisconsin, and that these programs and services reflect and respond to the educational and cultural needs of the state’s residents. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/10/08) - Wisconsin's Attorney General is concerned about a proposed merger of the only two satellite radio companies providing the service in the United States. He is so concerned that he's stepping in to try to stop the merger of Sirius and XM. Citing concerns about anti-competitive and anti-consumer effects, Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to utilize its role to carefully review the proposed license transfer between Sirius and XM now that the federal Justice Department Antitrust Division has chosen to look the other way. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/26/08) - Three more video service providers – CTC Telecom, S and K TV Systems, and Western Wisconsin Communications – have all applied for cable franchises in Wisconsin as a result of cable competition legislation which passed through the State Legislature and was signed into law by Governor Doyle late last year. These providers join Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable, AT and T, CenturyTel, and Comcast Cable, who have already applied for and received franchises from the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions under the new statewide rules regulating cable tv operations in Wisconsin. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/17/08) - Granite Broadcasting Corporation has announced that each of its 23 stations in the United States, including the Duluth-Superior area, will continue its tradition of providing free air time to qualified, major candidates running for public office during the 2008 general election. First established in 1998, this Granite Broadcasting Corporation program is designed to serve the public interest by facilitating an open and vigorous exchange of ideas. The Granite Broadcasting Corporation Duluth-Superior area stations are KBJR-NBC6, KRII-Range11, KDLH-CBS3, and My9. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/26/08) - Universal Pictures has committed to shoot portions of its upcoming film Public Enemies in Wisconsin. The motion picture will be directed and produced by University of Wisconsin alumnus Michael Mann and star Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. The company reached agreement today with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce on tax credits from the new Film Production Services Tax Credit Program. The movie script, director and actors, will bring to life the story of John Dillinger who robbed banks and was hunted by the FBI in the 1930s. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/18/08) - Ed Schultz of the syndicated Ed Schultz Show is the only Progressive talk show personality among the Talkers Magazine top ten. He is ahead of Neil Boortz, who just barely made the top ten. The rest of the top 10 includes Conservative big guns, Rush Limbaugh (number one), followed by Sean Hannity (2), and Michael Savage (3). Others in the Top 10, include Dr. Laura Sschlessinger (4), Glenn Beck (5), Laura Ingraham (6), and Don Imus (7), followed by Ed Schultz (8), Mike Gallagher (9), then Boortz to round out the top ten. Bill O'Reilly is number eleven. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/13/08) - Yesterday was more than just another day of primary wins for Barack Obama, in what seems to be an upset of Hillary Clinton's plan to take the presidency. The membership of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5th last year. 3,775 writers turned out in Los Angeles and New York to cast ballots or fax in proxies, with 92.5 percent voting in favor of ending the work stoppage. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/09/08) - Women, children, teens and men throughout Wisconsin, and the rest of the country may soon be watching more than just reruns, pilots for shows that were in the can before the writer's strike, reality tv shows, quiz shows, contrived competitions, and the like. The presidents of the Writers Guild of America, west and east, have sent a joint letter to WGA members, that states the WGA negotiators and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have worked out a tentative deal. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/05/08) - The New York City independent film community will once again be a thriving community. Some of the city's leading independent film companies reached interim agreements with the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW), enabling them to resume business immediately. Agreements have been signed with GreeneStreet Films, Killer Films, Open City Films, and This Is That Corporation. Meanwhile, as of this date, talks are still ongoing between the Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/02/08) - Presidential candidates have spent $107 million on television advertising so far this season, with nearly all of it having been spent in the weeks and months leading up to the earliest primaries and caucuses and almost none of it on Super Tuesday states. Although Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton spent somewhat similarly on TV (Obama only slightly higher), Republican Mitt Romney spent as much as all of his opponents combined - and almost four times as much as John McCain in Florida. Yet McCain bested Romney in Florida, as he did in New Hampshire and South Carolina, despite the ad disadvantage. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/01/08) - The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced they have reached interim agreements with The Film Department and Intermedia. The Guilds continue to sign agreements with companies that value the essential role writers play in making films, television programs, and content for new media. Negotiations between WGA representatives and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers team is still underway again. However, there is a blackout on any news of the details of the current sessions, imposed by agreement of both parties. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/22/08) - Director and producer Doug Liman is forming a new media company, Jackson Bites, which will create television-style programming for alternative distribution. He will serve as co-owner of the venture with the support of a wide range of new media and business investors. Liman also announced that the new company has entered into an agreement with the Writers Guild of America (WGA), effective immediately. The Jackson Bites company is another addition to the slowly growing number of show business production firms that Writers Guild members can now be employed by during the strike going on against most of the rest of the industry. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/22/08) - The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has concluded a tentative agreement on the terms of a new 3-year collective bargaining agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The Directors Guild agreement involves how directors would be paid for New Media distribution, which includes productions downloaded from the Internet. Writers Guild of America members are currently on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers due to negotiations breaking down over fair compensation to writers for New Media distribution of their works. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/14/08) - The production company that produced Spy Kids, Scary Movie and Scream, has come to agreement with the Writers Guild of America. The terms of the agreement are similar to the Guild’s recent deals with Worldwide Pants and United Artists. Writers Guild members are now able to work with The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films. Meanwhile, the Writer's Guild strike continues on companies that have not yet come to agreement with the writers union, and, now the Directors Guild is also starting its own negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/08/08) - The Writers Guild of America and legendary United Artists Films have reached a mutually beneficial independent agreement. While the details have not been disclosed in the initial announcement, the comprehensive agreement addresses the issues important to writers, including New Media. As a result of this agreement, Writers Guild members will be able to work with United Artists while the strike against other companies continues. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/20/07) - The Federal Communications Commission has adopted rules to promote video programming diversity which the commission hopes will ensure that new video programmers can enter and compete in the video market. The Order adopted by the Commission (Tues,Dec 18,2007) sets the number of subscribers a cable operator may serve at 30 percent nationwide. In a further notice also adopted, the Commission seeks comment on vertical ownership limits and cable and broadcast attribution rules. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/20/07) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has amended the 32-year-old absolute ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership by crafting an approach that would allow a newspaper to own one television station or one radio station in the 20 largest markets, subject to strict criteria and limitations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Court), affirmed the Commission’s determination that this blanket ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership was no longer in the public interest while remanding the specific cross-media ownership limits drawn by the Commission in 2003. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/20/07) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order (Order) which will expand opportunities for participation in the broadcasting industry by new entrants and small businesses, including minority and women-owned businesses, to own broadcast outlets. The new rules will help eligible entities with access to financing and availability of spectrum. An eligible entity is any entity that would qualify as a small business consistent with Small Business Administration standards for its industry grouping, based on revenue. WisconsinReport has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/20/07) - The Federal Communications Commission (the Commission) is trying to help ensure that broadcast stations offer programming that is responsive to the needs and interests of the communities that they are licensed to serve. The Report on Broadcast Localism and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Report) contains proposals to increase local programming content and diversity in communities across America. The FCC received 83,000 written comments and heard the testimony of 500 panelists during six field hearings on localism before coming to the conclusions in the Report. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/13/07) - Television fans gave studio moguls from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) an unexpected early Christmas present: more than half a million pencils. Over 200 fans and writers gathered in Johnny Carson Park in Burbank this week to transform a 20-foot long, five-foot-high wall of boxed pencils into six giant delivery baskets full of pencils. Pencils 2 Media Moguls was organized by UnitedHollywood.com. The website launched the pencil drive as a show of fan support for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, now in its sixth week. WisconsinReport has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/6/07) - The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and Writers Guild of America negotiators are meeting again today to try to resolve differences so the striking writers can leave picket lines. Both sides are anxious to get back to work on scripts for drama, comedy and talk-variety shows that depend on comedy writers to give the star relevant humor. Negotiations took place through yesterday. The sides are interested in reaching a fair and reasonable deal for both writers and production companies so viewers in Wisconsin and the rest of the country can get back to enjoying all of their favorite shows. Click on the headline for more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/4/07) - The writers strike that has been going on for several weeks will soon be even more evident to television viewers in Wisconsin and around the world. More and more production companies are running out of new shows and will either go into reruns or the shows will be replaced by reality shows, which don't need writers. To try to reverse that trend, writers of such classic films as Diamonds Are Forever, and '60s TV favorites The Big Valley and The Danny Thomas Hour, are showing their support for the Writers Guild of America strike. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/3/07) - Don Imus brought his morning show back to the radio airwaves and television today after being fired by his former employers following the turmoil that erupted when he uttered a racial slur against the Rutgers womens team. The show airs live on weekdays from 5-9 am (CST) on WABC radio and is syndicated nationally. The morning show is simulcast on the RFD TV Network, and rebroadcast in the evening in primetime. RFD is also offering the show on video on demand, enabling west coast viewers and millions of fans to experience the show at their convenience. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/26/07) - Merriam-Webster OnLine, the leading source for English language reference on the Web, is asking its visitors to vote for the one word they feel best sums up the past eleven months and most deserves the distinction of becoming Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007. Last year voters chose TRUTHINESS, introduced by Stephan Colbert on the debut of Comedy Central's Colbert Report. This year visitors to the website may choose from a list of this year's most looked up words, as well as submissions from Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/19/07) - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has growing concern over Federal Communications Commission encouragement to big business to own more and more radio and television stations. That practice, in many cases, takes away local control of news and programming aired on broadcast stations throughout the country. Senator Feingold supports Senator Dorgan’s Media Ownership Act to improve transparency in media ownership rulemaking. Feingold says he will push for passage of the Dorgan bill and will continue efforts to ensure diverse and open media. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (11/12/07) - The television commercials for a new motion picture opening this month look like a somewhat sophisticated cartoon or video game. However, a University of Wisconsin - Madison professor is suggesting that the film might do justice to the famous poem that it is based on. The movie, Beowulf, stars Angelina Jolie, and features a combination of live action and illustration in what Professor John Niles says is a sexed up version of the story. Read more about this critique and other news stories at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (10/30/07) - Letters, photos and other documents donated to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research by Kirk Douglas can now be seen online. The website tells the story of his career both in front of and behind the cameras. The man, who these days is well known for being the father of actor and producer Michael Douglas, is the dimple chinned movie star who starred in the original Spartacus. Kirk Douglas was also a powerful producer who blazed a trail and took command of his own acting career in the era that followed the demise of the old Hollywood studio system. (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM (10/2/07) – Wisconsin’s own Bradley Whitford, former regular on West Wing and actor on many television programs and motion pictures, no longer has a regular job, again. If you are one of those viewers who have been looking for Studio 60 to return to your weekly fix, the show, which also starred Matthew Perry from Friends, was canceled by NBC after Studio 60’s ratings dipped considerably from its debut to the end of the run (or is it on hiatus?). (read more)...
WISCREPORT.COM - One of the television and movie viewers favorites, Michael J. Fox was in Milwaukee to encourage Wisconsin voters to put Democrat Steve Kagen, MD, in the halls of the U.S. House of Representatives. As a vocal proponent of medical research, Fox is supporting candidates who support all forms of stem cell research. (read more)...
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