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Mobile Video Streaming Firm NexGenVS Lands Angel Funding
Blacksburg, Va. - NexGenVS, a mobile video technology start-up, said on Friday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding from the Virginia Active Angel Network (VAAN).
http://www.vidrunner.com/
Wes Anderson Interviews Owen Wilson for MySpace Series
Los Angeles, Calif. In his first interview since an attempted suicide, Owen Wilson sat down with friend, writer, and director Wes Anderson, with whom he has worked many times. The interview is part of MySpace's Artist on Artist series, and will air tomorrow night at midnight. Among their projects are The Darjeeling Limited, the most recent film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, which they co-wrote, and Bottle Rocket.
http://www.myspace.com/artistonartist
The Orchard to Distribute Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
New York - The Orchard, a digital distributor of independent label music and video, announced this week that it has signed an agreement to distribute the entire library of Boosey & Hawkes Production Music. The deal comprises a total of over 100,000 tracks, including the Cavendish, Sonoton and Abaco Music libraries, as well as theme songs from "SpongeBob SquarePants," "The Archers" and "Ski Sunday."
http://www.theorchard.com
http://music.booseytracks.com/home
Friendster to Launch Developer Program Next Month
San Francisco - Following in the footsteps of rival social networks Facebook and, asl of last week, MySpace, Friendster announced on Thursday that it will launch a developer program next month to allow third-party applications to be added to its social networking service.
The company said that developers can immediately access the initial set of APIs and a testing environment for the Friendster Developer Program.
http://developers.friendster.com
http://www.friendster.com
Saul Williams Offers New Album as Free (or $5) Download
New York - Independent record label The Fader, part of Fader Magazine, announced on Thursday that its roster artist Saul Williams has released his new album exclusively as a download, which is available either completely for free, or with a $5 contribution to support the artist. Downloads of "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust," which was produced by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, will be powered by Musicane and made available in three download formats: 192kbit/s MP3, 320kbit/s MP3 and Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC). All versions will also include a PDF with artwork and lyrics.
http://www.thefader.com
http://www.musicane.com
http://www.saulwilliams.com
 Movie Review: Why Did I Get Married? The standard for Black Films has been set with "Why Did I Get Married?" as the film brought in 21.5 million it's first weekend and sits at 1 at the box office. Check out my review below on this wonderful film.
Hot Dog and soda in hand, I turned to my right to ask him where we should sit, a question I always ask. Yet this time he wasn't to my right, nor my left, then I remembered I told him he could stay home and work while I go to see Tyler Perry's "Why Did We Get Married?". So I chose a seat, took off my coat, and devoured my hot dog. Mustard dripped on my shirt and I waited for him to start laughing, but the only sound I heard were there loving whispers of couples around me. At that moment I knew the answer for myself of "Why Did I Get Married?"; of why I plan on getting married. My purpose for seeing the film was to just write a review but I ended up walking away with so much more than just a review in mind. The movie allowed me to walk away with a better understanding of the tools and dedication it takes to sustain a solid and functional relationship.
Tyler Perry hit home with this movie for a lot of couples, even those not married. "Why Did I Get Married?" shined light on the key principles of relationships through the trials of the couples in the movie. Patricia (Janet Jackson) and husband Gavin (Malik Yoba) were the perfect couple in the movie. Well it appeared they were the perfect couple until their lack of communication was exposed when Patricia found out that Mike blamed her for the accidental death of their son. Selfishness was evident in the relationship between Terry (Tyler Perry) and his wife Dianne (Sharon Leal). Dianne was so career driven that Terry and their daughter had to make an appointment for mommy time. Terry wanted another child yet Dianne didn't want to compromise.
NEVER sleep again… Veoh has all the gory, nasty, creepy, weird stuff you need to get your Halloween on! WATCH everything from horror classics to slasher flicks and exclusive scary movies. If you're feeling extra ghoulish, check out the zombie makeovers.
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Revolt of the Zombies Movie
In this classic horror flick, an ancient potion is turning people into zombies. A joint international coalition is formed to destroy the formula before the entire world is turned into zombies.
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Foxy Brown Placed In Solitary Confinement
 The staff at the Rose M. Singer facility, however — where Brown has been jailed since August 22 before her sentencing— don't seem to be as patient. The rapper's manager, Chaz Williams of Blackhand Entertainment, confirmed to MTV News that Foxy has been ordered into solitary confinement, although he did not confirm some details that the New York Post reported on Wednesday (October 23).
The paper said Foxy is set to remain in solitary for 76 days due to three separate infractions that occurred over the past 30 days, according to a source. The first of the three incidents that Brown is being disciplined for occurred October 3, according to the Post, when the rapper and another female inmate got into a scuffle that had to be broken up by prison officials. The next day, Brown was accused of verbally assaulting officials and refusing to take a mandatory drug test.
(The infractions do not include her recent late arrival to a court date in Brooklyn. She allegedly refused to leave her cell until she'd changed into a different outfit and applied makeup, leading her to miss a bus scheduled to transport her to the courthouse. She then refused to leave the facility without eating lunch first.)
The Department of Correction reviewed matters and placed the rapper in "punitive segregation." She is only permitted to leave for one hour each day to see visitors, meet with her attorney or partake in a limited number of recreation options. The other inmate involved in the fight was given 11 days of solitary confinement.
A call placed to the Department of Correction by MTV News did not confirm whether Foxy (real name: Inga Marchand) was placed in solitary confinement. Her lawyer, New York State Senator Jack Sampson, was unavailable at press time, according to a representative at his office.
Halloween used to mean beating underclassmen with flower socks and egging our annoying neighbors windows. Now as we get too old to go from door-to-door, we're going whore-to-whore with the holiday's sluttiest getups. We showed you the infamous Anna Rexia costume, but if your chick-of-the-moment is too self conscious to rock that costume, here's some more options that bring out her inner promiscuity.
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 Denzel Washington is featured on the cover of the November issue of Men's Vogue and talks Malcolm X to Training Day to American Gangster. "I like seeing other people do well. I think that's why I coach and work with kids," he says.
"Maybe it's because of where I am at this point in my life. 'Cause I'm straight, I'm cool. Coming from the theater, I never thought I would be where I am. I never wanted it."
Read the full article at MensVogue.com.
XXL Decade of Dominance
 Having retired a year-and-a-half ago from his day job as the greatest rapper alive (you can imagine how boring that could get), Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has been putting his focus elsewhere of late. On top of his co-ownership of Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear clothing, the 40/40 Club and Armadale Vodka, he signed a major sneaker deal with Reebok and took a minority stake in an NBA franchise, the New Jersey Nets, which he plans to help relocate to his home borough of Brooklyn.
But early this year, the world got perhaps its best look yet at the intelligence that Jay-Z has. Folks have been predicting the dissolution of the Roc-A-Fella empire since 2002. That summer, while he was on a yacht in the Mediterranean—the first real vacation he'd ever taken, he said—his longtime partner Damon Dash fired a slew of staffers and announced the promotion of an old Harlem cohort, the rapper Cam'ron, to vice president. Jay vetoed the move when he got home, and the rift became public. Over the next year, rumors spread that Jay was leaving the Roc—and its joint-venture agreement with Def Jam Records—to start a new label, S. Carter Records, under Warner Bros. Music (Warner Bros. having recently been taken over by Jay's friend and mentor, former Def Jam chief Lyor Cohen.)
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