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Thursday, September 18, 2008
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Sunday, September 07, 2008
AFI's 100 Years of Musicals
Yesterday, we watched (for the 10th or so times) Moulin Rouge! upon the request of Andrea. I also found out that it is included in the American Film Institute's 100 Years of Musicals. It ranked 25th. The only other musical from 2000-present to be included in that list is Chicago at 12th position.
The top 10 are:
1.Singin' in the Rain
2. West Side Story
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. The Sound of Music
5. Cabaret
6. Mary Poppins
7. A Star is Born
8. My Fair Lady
9. An American in Paris
10. Meet Me in St. Louis
(Image is from the Moulin Rouge entry in Wikipedia)
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Chris Brown's Forever at Number one
According to MediaBase, as aired on its program American Top 40, the number one song in US for the week ending August 30, 2008 is .... (not much surprise)....Forever by Chris Brown.
Chris Brown is probably THE artist of the year in terms of number one songs. For the period covering January 1 - August 30, 2008, he has appeared in three (3) number one songs:
With You (5 weeks, March 22 to April 19)
No Air by Jordin Sparks (1 week, May 3) as featured artist
Forever (August 30 - )
*Chris Brown made his debut in the film "Stomp the Yard". He is famous among American teens. In 2007, he won the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Music: Male Artist, and R&B Artist. This year, he won again in the Teen Choice Awards for R&B Track - "Forever", and for Rap/Hip Hop Track, "Shawty Get Loose" (shared with Lil Mama and T-Pain.
**Mediabase is a music industry website based on the monitoring of more than 1,800 radio stations across the US and Canada.
Image here is from the Wren's Nest. The author said that the person who took this picture is anonymous. Hence, let me join him in saying thank you to anonymous.
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