http://www.sticknews.com/ Stick News - categorized list with advanced search of fresh news headlines by various themes, regions, dates and sources. en-us Copyright 2007-2012 StickNews.com http://www.sticknews.com/ http://www.sticknews.com/images/logo.jpg 125 100 http://www.sticknews.com/content/new-ideas-in-the-news-pittsburgh-seeks-soloist-via-youtube-philly-continues-embrace-of-new-opera-68069.htm Hats off to the Opera Company of Philadelphia who announced their 2012-13 season yesterday The companys five productions include the East Coast premiere of Kevin Putss new Silent Night which premiered at the Minnesota Opera inFri, 10 Feb 2012 11:04:39 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/links-nso-with-salerno-sonnenberg-the-piano-beat-68070.htm Charles T Downey attended the NSO concert last night and found much to like in the playing of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg under Christoph Eschenbach Christoph Eschenbach and National Symphony put special spin on familiar works Read full article Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:09:13 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/adele-sings-post-surgery-for-anderson-cooper-video-68067.htm The Grammy Awards on Sunday is technically the first public performance for Adele the much Grammy-nominated singer since she had vocal cord surgery in the fallBut CBS went and scooped itself a few days before the awards telecast as theFri, 10 Feb 2012 09:48:24 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/fox-unveils-more-midseason-programing-plans-68066.htm Fox announced more midseason plans on Friday Among the things we learned The date for Boness return to the lineupWho Died and Made Gordon Ramsay King - okay that ones a question When the countdown officially begins for theFri, 10 Feb 2012 07:25:23 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/american-idol-2012-hollywood-week-take-2-68068.htm Its Group Night on American Idol when the auditioners have to team up and learn a song and a dance routine all in one night This is the most intense stressful punishing night of their lives Voiceover Ryan Seacrest tells usFri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/hey-isnt-that-alonzo-mourning-newt-and-callista-68065.htm o Alonzo Mourning dining at Founding Farmers Wednesday night The former Hoya and NBA star celebrated his 42nd birthday in a booth next to the bar where he and a friend watched a college basketball game during dinner -- fried green tomatoesFri, 10 Feb 2012 03:33:53 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/vips-turn-out-for-fords-theatre-expansion-67847.htm Four days before his 203rd birthday Abraham Lincoln got a present from Fords Theatre An education and leadership center devoted to his legacy Most museums are about things -- this place is about ideas said outgoing board chair WayneThu, 09 Feb 2012 10:59:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/fox-business-network-scrubs-low-rated-primetime-lineup-67850.htm Fox Business Network has scrubbed its low-rated primetime lineup and will instead repeat its better-watched 5-8 pm ET lineup in the primetime block the network announced ThursdayGone are Freedom Watch with Andrew Napolitano PowerThu, 09 Feb 2012 06:51:02 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/clooneys-kitchen-more-interesting-to-viewers-than-jfk-intern-fling-67851.htm Rock Centers big-get interview with Mimi Alford in which she shared with viewers the details of her teenage-intern fling with President John F Kennedy in 1962 only attracted 51 million people to the NBC newsmagazine on WednesdayThu, 09 Feb 2012 05:20:45 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/bravo-orders-second-season-of-real-housewives-of-miami-67852.htm Bravo network finally made it official Its bringing back The Real Housewives of Miami for a second season Returning housewives from the first season include Marysol Patton Lea Black and Audriana de Moura the network said Read fullThu, 09 Feb 2012 05:18:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/rep-billy-long-freshman-wows-with-big-jokes-at-washington-press-club-foundation-dinner-67848.htm Ladies and gentlemen remember this name Billy LongNone of you know me the first-term congressman from Missouri declared in an after-dinner speech Wednesday My chief of staff decided when I first got to Congress I couldnt go onThu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/hey-isnt-that-victoria-jackson-at-cpac-67849.htm o Victoria Jackson drawing a small crowd at CPAC Thursday morning The former Saturday Night Live star now a far-right pundit was making a repeat trip to the annual conservative convention at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel -- she madeThu, 09 Feb 2012 03:58:35 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/jean-dujardin-auditions-for-every-film-villain-role-in-funny-or-die-video-67853.htm Jean Dujardin had made a name for himself in Hollywood thanks to his starring turn in the Oscar-nominated film The Artist Also by taking photos like this The question is what will he do nextThe good people at Funny or Die haveThu, 09 Feb 2012 01:05:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/michelle-obama-and-jimmy-fallon-compete-in-a-fitness-challenge-67631.htm You may remember that Michelle Obama challenged Ellen DeGeneres to a push-up contest last week Now on her tour to promote her fitness and healthy eating initiative the First Lady visited Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to compete with theWed, 08 Feb 2012 09:16:52 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/cnn-suspends-roland-martin-over-regrettable-and-offensive-tweets-67629.htm After three days of careful consideration and increasing pressure CNN suspended political contributor Roland Martin for a series of Super Bowl tweets that GLAAD and other groups condemned as homophobic and said promoted anti-LGBTWed, 08 Feb 2012 05:52:01 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/fox-confirms-house-will-end-after-this-season-67630.htm The producers of Foxs doc-drama House announced Wednesday they will pull the plug at the end of this season In this way they avoid beating a dead horseBecause in this its eighth season the Hugh Laurie-starring vehicle is averagingWed, 08 Feb 2012 05:34:48 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/roseanne-barrs-presidential-campaign-long-shot-just-for-the-green-nomination-67402.htm Roseanne Barr is the latest comedian candidate for president -- but to the Green Party shes no jokeLast week it officially recognized the former sitcom star as a bona fide candidate after she announced her campaign on Twitter and filedWed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/hey-isnt-that-michelle-obama-at-the-kennedy-center-67627.htm o Michelle Obama with Sasha and Malia at the opening night Tuesday of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theaters annual Kennedy Center engagement The family took in the performance from the presidents box but did not stay for the galaWed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/quoted-courtney-love-at-michael-saylors-birthday-party-67628.htm I dont know who the expletive Michael Saylor is but happy birthday and thanks for the free drinks-- Courtney Love kicking off a brief gig singing at the MicroStrategy moguls 47th birthday party in Manhattan Saturday nightWed, 08 Feb 2012 01:06:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/discovery-and-natgeo-race-to-get-italian-cruise-ship-disaster-documentaries-on-air-67405.htm Last month just days after the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off a Tuscan island killing 17 people and leaving 15 missing Discovery Channel announced that it would dissect the anatomy of the Friday the 13th disaster and -- withTue, 07 Feb 2012 05:45:47 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/nigel-lythgoe-thrilled-with-idol-ratings-talks-x-factor-and-the-voice-competition-67406.htm Though a Fox publicist reminded everyone that Tuesdays conference call with American Idol exec producer Nigel Lythgoe was about Hollywood Week reporters and bloggers seemed much more interested in finding out Lythgoes thoughts on theTue, 07 Feb 2012 05:34:16 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/quoted-kris-humprhies-on-his-love-match-with-kim-kardashian-67403.htm I mean to me it was real-- Kris Humphries on his 72-day marriage to Kim Kardashian The scorned husband tells Access Hollywood that he would never marry for money but he took a not-so-veiled swipe at his ex I canTue, 07 Feb 2012 05:32:01 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/love-etc-a-boy-for-robert-downey-jr-67404.htm o Born A son to Robert Downey Jr and wife Susan in Los Angeles Tuesday morning People reports First kid for the actor 46 and producer 38 -- theyve saddled him with the vaguely super-hero-esque moniker Exton Elias Downey has anTue, 07 Feb 2012 05:11:56 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/mia-the-middle-finger-and-why-i-hope-the-grammy-awards-are-controversy-free-67408.htm As this Sundays Grammy Awards approach I find myself repeating a single phrase like a mantra Please Let there be no controversyActually maybe the right word is faux-troversy a new term that might better describe the tinyTue, 07 Feb 2012 02:37:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/modern-familys-cam-and-mitch-weigh-in-on-prop-8-tossing-67407.htm After a federal appeals panel in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that Californias Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional Modern Familys made-for-TV couple Cam and Mitch weighed in Read full article gtgt Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:18:27 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/links-graham-cancels-recital-but-classical-weekend-remains-active-67194.htm Susan Graham alas was felled by laryngitis and her Saturday concert at the Kennedy Center was cancelled at the last minute The Washington Performing Arts Society didnt find out until 1130 in the morning before a 3 pm performanceMon, 06 Feb 2012 10:59:04 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/glass-in-virginia-two-opera-companies-offer-audiences-more-to-love-67195.htm Philip Glass turned 75 last week and there were celebrations and commemorations all over the place notably the exclusive release of his 9th Symphony on iTunes and its American premiere performance at Carnegie Hall The release quickly went to 1Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:56:47 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/super-bowl-xlvi-biggest-tv-audience-ever-updated-67191.htm For the third time in as many years Sundays Super Bowl has been crowned the most watched television broadcast everAn estimated 1113 million people watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots 21-17 Nielsen said MondayMon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/clint-eastwood-denies-political-message-in-chrylser-ad-67189.htm David Axelrod loved it Karl Rove hated it The entire political class was tweeting about it But was Clint Eastwoods Halftime in America ad for Chrysler actually a pro-Obama message In his gravelly Dirty Harry whisper the starMon, 06 Feb 2012 05:12:45 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/randy-travis-apologizes-after-public-intoxication-arrest-67196.htm Country singer Randy Travis was arrested early Monday morning on a charge of public intoxication after police discovered him sitting in a parked car outside a Texas church seemingly drunk and holding an open bottle of wineRead full article Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:21:57 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/in-other-news-randy-travis-arrested-for-being-drunk-in-public-67190.htm o Randy Travis was arrested early Monday after police said they found him seemingly disoriented with an open bottle of wine outside a Texas church reeking of booze and slurring his words Is that illegal Sounds like a pretty decent song TheMon, 06 Feb 2012 02:08:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/old-fashioned-interruption-at-the-nso-67193.htm Cell phone disruptions at concerts are so well last month And after all Alan Gilberts stopping the New York Philharmonic for a patrons cell phone alarm was merely the most recent iteration of an ongoing theme Even variations on theMon, 06 Feb 2012 02:04:53 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/wttg-promotes-sarah-simmons-to-morning-news-anchor-67192.htm A few weeks after losing morning news anchor Steve Cheveney to WJLA Washingtons Fox station WTTG has promoted Sarah Simmons to permanent co-anchor of Fox 5 Morning News Simmons who has already been filling in the position since GurvirMon, 06 Feb 2012 01:45:30 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/in-other-news-ayla-brown-paid-to-sing-for-dads-campaign-66989.htm Ayla Brown the 23-year-old daughter of Sen Scott Brown received 9500 to sing at three of his campaign events during the past year according to campaign finance reports Sure the budding singer/songwriter -- a former American IdolSun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/link-eschenbach-and-nso-offer-a-lot-of-heart-and-some-crackling-beethoven-66689.htm In my review of the NSO concert last night Christoph Eschenbach leads National Symphony Orchestra in emotional program I touch on what you might call the line between art and artifice the idea that presenting actual emotion in performance is notFri, 03 Feb 2012 09:30:37 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/love-etc-sen-susan-collins-engaged-66687.htm Engaged Sen Susan Collins 59 to management consultant Thomas A Daffron 73 The two became friends in the late 1970s as staffers for then-Sen Bill Cohen but they only started dating a few years ago Hes the chief operating officer ofFri, 03 Feb 2012 04:51:52 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/nbc-yanks-the-firm-reboot-from-thursday-night-skeds-awake-66688.htm Right around the time final stats came out on Friday revealing NBCs reboot of The Firm had averaged under 3 million viewers on Thursday night and less than 1 percent of the countrys 18-49 year olds the network announced it had yankedFri, 03 Feb 2012 04:31:05 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/david-johnson-of-dc-wins-spot-on-pizza-hut-super-bowl-ad-video-66479.htm Today hes just a DC bureaucrat but come Super Bowl Sunday David Johnson will be Pizza Huts last best hope to sling pies before kick-off The chain held a contest challenging customers to come up with a catchy new jingle Johnson 31 aThu, 02 Feb 2012 05:46:52 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/madonna-first-female-super-bowl-halftime-star-since-janet-jackson-promises-no-wardrobe-malfunctions-66482.htm How can you guarantee against a wardrobe malfunction given your history one middle-aged guy asked Madonna at a Super Bowl news conference Thursday in Indianapolis as though he suspected she had something up her bustierRead full article Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:43:51 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/person-to-person-announces-lineup-george-clooney-jon-bon-jovi-warren-buffett-66483.htm CBS News announced the lineup for its exhumation of Edward R Murrows celebrites-at-home series Person to Person on Wednesday Feb 8 at 8 pm Anchors Charlie Rose and Lara Logan have been granted access to George ClooneysThu, 02 Feb 2012 05:36:01 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/snooki-and-jwoww-not-welcome-in-hoboken-but-jersey-shore-pa-would-love-to-have-them-66484.htm Two days after Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer fired off a letter emphatically denying MTV and 495 Productions permission to film a planned Jersey Shore spin-off in the public areas of that city Jersey Shore Pa welcomed them with open armsReadThu, 02 Feb 2012 05:31:36 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/hey-isnt-that-john-kerry-alice-waters-66480.htm o John Kerry taking in some culture Wednesday evening at the Phillips Collection The senator toured the new Snapshot Painters and Photography Bonnard to Vuillard collection on its opening night o Alice Waters dining at Proof onThu, 02 Feb 2012 03:53:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/if-you-could-ask-clint-eastwood-one-question-film-legend-opens-new-warner-bros-theater-at-smithsonian-66481.htm The rules for reporters covering the opening of the Smithsonians new Warner Bros Theater were firm You will have the opportunity to ask Clint Eastwood one questionGreat Like the power dynamic isnt brutal enough talking toThu, 02 Feb 2012 01:37:53 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/links-dinnerstein-imani-winds-paolo-pandolfo-and-castiglione-66278.htm A belated roundup of the weekends review links Having reviewed one strikingly popular set of Bachs unaccompanied cello suites by Zuill Bailey at the start of the month Joan Reinthaler returned for a second helping on viola da gamba byWed, 01 Feb 2012 11:11:05 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-dies-66277.htm Soul Train creator Don Cornelius died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head according to police reports He was 75His most famous project long-running Soul Train series was on the air from 1971 to 2006Read fullWed, 01 Feb 2012 10:02:19 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/like-clockwork-reality-tv-goes-to-washington-at-annual-conference-66275.htm For one week every January the epicenter of reality TV is WashingtonThats when network execs producers agents -- and even non-pros convinced theyve got the Next Big Reality-TV Thing -- descend on the Renaissance Hotel in downtownWed, 01 Feb 2012 06:45:48 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/gasland-director-josh-fox-arrested-at-house-hearing-66273.htm A year ago Josh Fox was getting suited up for the Academy Awards On Wednesday he found himself in cuffsThe Oscar-nominated activist-director of the documentary Gasland was arrested on Capitol Hill for trying to film a hearing withoutWed, 01 Feb 2012 05:02:29 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/networks-plan-don-cornelius-tv-tributes-66276.htm After news of Soul Train creator Don Corneliuss dealth spread on Wednesday networks started announcing various ways they will pay tribute over the next few daysWednesday night BET will air a tribute to Cornelius on 106 ampWed, 01 Feb 2012 04:15:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/john-dean-has-unexpected-watergate-reunion-at-nixon-library-66274.htm Well fancy meeting you here The Nixon Library in Yorba Linda Calif was the setting for an unexpected Watergate reunion on SaturdayJohn Dean was in Southern California for a legal symposium when he and a friend decided to check out theWed, 01 Feb 2012 02:23:00 EST http://www.sticknews.com/content/eye-of-the-tiger-writers-sue-newt-gingrich-money-or-pride-at-stake-66049.htm You know that Election 2012 is in full swing when the songwriters start suing the candidates The latest case Survivor vs Newt Gingrich In a suit filed in federal court in Chicago Eye of the Tiger songwriter Frankie Sullivan alleges theWed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST