Top Searched words of the day: March 10, 2008

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Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley was born in Memphis, TN, exactly nine months after her parents May 1, 1967, wedding. Until her parents divorce, she lived at Graceland, Elvis’ Memphis estate. She was very pampered and indulged by her father - he dressed her in fur coats, showered her with jewels, provided her with her own golf cart to ride around the estate, and once flew her to Idaho aboard his private jet — named Lisa Marie — so she could play in the snow.

Kelly Rowland: Kelendria Trene “Kelly” Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destiny’s Child, the best-selling female group of all time, according to the World Music Awards and SonyBMG.

10,000 B.C.: A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

Ron Paul: Originally from the Pittsburgh suburb of Green Tree, Pennsylvania, he studied at Duke University School of Medicine; after his 1961 graduation and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, he became a U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, serving outside the Vietnam War zone. He later represented Texas districts in the U.S. House of Representatives (1976–1977, 1979–1985, and 1997–present). He entered the 1988 presidential election, running as the Libertarian nominee while remaining a registered Republican, and placed a distant third.

Crufts Dog Show 2008: Officially recognised as the world’s largest dog show by the Guinness Book of Records, Crufts 2008 looks forward to expecting almost 23,000 dogs, including 1,165 dogs from overseas. As for human visitors the 2007 show had over 153,000.

Forbes 2008 Billionaires: After 13 years on top, Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. That honor now belongs to his friend and sometimes bridge partner Warren Buffett.

Riding the surging price of Berkshire Hathaway stock, Buffett has seen his fortune swell to an estimated $62 billion, up $10 billion from a year ago.

Bob Dylan: In stores now. Click here for exclusive offer including the Mark Ronson remix. To watch the Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) video and more go to www.dylan07.com.

Daryl Hannah: Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, to producer Susan Metzger, and Don Hannah, a tugboat and barge company owner.[1] Her parents divorced shortly after her birth and her mother remarried Jerrold Wexler, a businessman and brother of Haskell Wexler, a noted cinematographer. Hannah, a vegetarian since age eleven, grew up with siblings Don Hannah and Page Hannah, now married to record producer Lou Adler; as well as half sister Tanya Wexler. She attended school at Francis Parker and the Chicago Latin School in Chicago until 6th grade when she moved to Parker.

Danny Boy: “Danny Boy” is a song whose lyrics are set to the Irish tune “The Derry Air”. The lyrics were originally written for a different tune in 1910 by Frederick Weatherly, an English lawyer who never actually visited Ireland, and modified to fit the Derry Air in 1913. The first recording was made by Ernestine Schumann-Heink in 1915. Weatherly gave the song to Elsie Griffin, who made it one of the most popular in the new century. Weatherly later suggested in 1928 that the second verse would provide a fitting requiem for the actress Ellen Terry.

Wolverine: Wolverine had a cameo appearance on the last page of Incredible Hulk #180 (October 1974) and his first “full” appearance in Incredible Hulk #181 (November 1974). X-Men writer Chris Claremont played a significant role in the character’s subsequent development. Frank Miller also helped to revise the character in the early eighties with the eponymous limited series in which Wolverine’s catch phrase, “I’m the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn’t very nice” was first written. A mutant, Wolverine possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, and a healing factor that allows him to recover from virtually any wound. This healing ability enabled the supersoldier program Weapon X to bond the near indestructible metal alloy adamantium to his skeletal system. He is also a master of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts.

Top Searched words of the day: 03.05.2008

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Paula Abdul: Official site for Paula Abdul with news, discography, and information about Innergy, her jewelry brand and Skirtz, her line of active wear.

Celebrity Rehab: “Celebrity Rehab” is the first television series to chronicle the dramatic, unscripted real life experiences of a group of actual celebrities as they make the life-changing decision to enter themselves into a drug, alcohol and addiction treatment program with the sincere desire to achieve true rehabilitation and recovery.

Airborne Refund: The makers of “airborne” are now paying $20 million dollars to settle a false advertising lawsuit.
“Airborne,” like other remedies, is classified as a dietary supplement not a drug.
Meaning, as long as, the company doesn’t make specific health claims they don’t have to prove it work.
However, the supplement’s original packagin calls the supplement a “miracle cold buster.”

Wanted Trailer: Official site of the 2008 movie Wanted, about a fraternity of superpowered assassins. Starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, and Angelina Jolie.

Gnarls Barkley: Gnarls has wrapped the video for “Run”, the first single from The Odd Couple. The concept is the perfect match for the energetic surrealism of “Run,” casting Gnarls in an imaginary early ‘90s public access show called City Vibin’. Contrary to rumor, MTV and VH1 censors did not reject the video because of liability issues related to strobe effects and seizures. “Initially, there were fears the video was going to fail the Harding Test,” says a spokesperson for the band. “But, for the moment, indications lead us to believe the video passed.”

Pancreatic Cancer: The pancreas is a gland about 6 inches long that is shaped like a thin pear lying on its side. The wider end of the pancreas is called the head, the middle section is called the body, and the narrow end is called the tail. The pancreas lies behind the stomach and in front of the spine.

24: “24,” the Emmy Award-winning series from Imagine and Twentieth Century Fox Television, will strive to become the first television production ever to save enough energy and reduce enough carbon emissions over the course of a season to render its entire season finale “carbon neutral,” it was announced today. In addition to making significant changes to its own production practices, the series aims to educate and inspire its millions of viewers to take climate change and the fight against global warming seriously and personally, before it’s too late, said executive producer/show-runner Howard Gordon and Twentieth Century Fox Television Chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman.

Easter Cakes: You’ll need cake batter for a two-layer cake, from a recipe or cake mix; frosting for a 2 layer cake; a 7 oz. bag of coconut,. The coconut can be used as is, for a white Easter bonnet, tinted with food coloring for a pastel Easter bonnet, or toasted for a straw-look Easter bonnet, as in the picture.

Helen Keller: The story of how Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of The Miracle Worker.
What is less well known is how Keller’s life developed after she completed her education. A prolific author, she was well traveled, and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women’s suffrage, workers’ rights and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.

Jim Verraros: “American Idol Rewind” hits the airways on September 30, 2006 on Fox affiliates across the country and is scheduled to air for 26 weeks in 90 countries around the world. The show will rewind time and replay the first season of the hit reality TV show where Kelly Clarkson catapulted from American Idol Winner to Grammy Award Winner. Producers have followed up with all the contestants to see where they are now and will combine the original show with present day interviews, and never-before-seen footage from season one. American Idol Rewind recently interviewed Jim in Los Angeles and then flew a camera crew out to Chicago to capture Jim in the recording studio and during a fashion shoot with well known Chicago Photographer Paul Sherman. Jim introduces the season from Chicago aboard the luxury yacht “The Mystic Blue” with Lake Michigan and the Chicago Skyline as the backdrop.

Top Searched words of the day: 03.05.2008

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Jeri Ryan: Jeri Lynn Zimmerman was born on February 22, 1968 in Munich, Germany to Jeri and Sharon Zimmerman. She and her brother Mark grew up on several Military bases, including Kansas, Maryland, Georgia and Texas. Finally, at the age of 11, her family settled down in Paducah, Kentucky. Later, after graduating from Lone Oak High School in 1986, she attended Northwestern University Chicago as a National Merit Scholar. While studying there, she won a number of beauty contests (a.o.- 6th annual Miss Northwestern Alpha Delta Phi Pageant in 1989).

Patrick Swayze: His mother is choreographer Patsy Swayze. His education included the Harkness Ballet School, the Joffrey Ballet School, and San Jacinto College. He first performed as a dancer in Disney on Parade. After playing in the Broadway production of “Grease”, he made his film debut as Ace in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979). Eight years later, after considerable movie and television work, including choreography for Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as the dance instructor Johnny Castle in the steamy musical-drama Dirty Dancing (1987). He received a second nomination for his portrayal of the ghost Sam Wheat in the boxoffice/video success Ghost (1990). He has been a solidly established box office star throughout the nineties.

Willa Ford: She became known in 2001 as the self-proclaimed “Bad Girl of Pop”, when she released her debut album, Willa Was Here. Aside from her music career, Ford has hosted several reality television shows, posed for Playboy, and competed on ABC’s top-rated Dancing with the Stars in 2006. Ford will also portray Anna Nicole Smith in an upcoming television movie about Smith’s life and death. Willa Ford is married to NHL player Mike Modano.

Project Runway: About face! Provocative prints make a statement. These are clothes that do more than cover the body or sport a trend. Heidi is picture perfect in an eye-catching ensemble where simple accessories let a show stopping dress take the lead.

Avril Lavigne: Avril Lavigne Whibley better known by her birth name of Avril Ramona Lavigne, (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian Grammy award-nominated pop punk singer, musician and actress. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood, and in 2007 she won ninth place in the Jabra Music Contest for the Best Band in the World, based on fan votes from around the world.

Humpback Chub: The humpback chub Gila cypha, is a rare fish found only in fast waters of the Colorado River system in the United States. It takes its name from the prominent hump between the head and dorsal fin, which directs the flow of water over its body in such a way as to help it maintain its position in the swift currents of the Colorado. The body is almost entirely scaleless, retaining only about 80 mid-lateral scales along the lateral line. The fish is very streamlined, with a thin caudal peduncle and a deeply forked tail. The back is a light olive gray, the sides silver, and the belly white. The dorsal fin usually has nine rays, and the anal fin 10 or more. Maximum recorded length is 38 cm.

Hallelujah Lyrics:
I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Cricket: Jamie How fell eight runs short of a maiden Test century as New Zealand closed day one of the opening Test against England on 282 for six, with honours shared between the two sides in Hamilton.

Geneva Motor Show 2008: Zoom
WTCC
Now after a breathtaking third season, the FIA World Touring Car Championship faces its fourth year having consolidated its position alongside the only two other world car racing championships – Formula One and World Rally Championship – as well as increased popularity worldwide.

Springfield Cardinals: Louie, Fetch and all of their Cardinals’ friends have already visited a number of schools in the area, and can’t wait to come read to your classmates and visit your school as part of LOUIE’S LITERACY PROGRAM!

Top Searched words of the day: 03.04.2008

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Rachel Bilson: Welcome to Rachel-Bilson.com, the original online source for all things Rachel Bilson. Mostly known from her role as “Summer” on the hit tv series The OC, we hope to provide you with all the latest!

Academy of Country: “Good Time” is a honky-tonk jam that kicks off Alan Jackson’s new Arista Nashville album for a tremendously easygoing yet edgy five minutes-plus. It’s a Friday night country tune sung by a dog-tired guy who has worked straight through the week yet doesn’t want to sleep-not now; not when “all the conditions are right,” as Jackson sings, for something sweeter. The guy has cashed his check, cleaned his truck, picked up his girl across town, and as the sun goes down, he’s heading out for some fun-some beer, some Bocephus, some relief.

Gay Marriage: “Each individual’s journey through life is unique. Some will make this journey alone, others in loving relationships - maybe in marriage or other forms of commitment. We need to ponder our own choices and try to understand the choices of others. Love has many shapes and colors and is not finite. It can not be measured or defined in terms of sexual orientation.” Find your match.

Simon CowellSimon Cowell: Cowell is notorious for his unsparingly blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults, and wisecracks about contestants and their singing abilities, or lack thereof. He is often parodied in pop culture. He is known for combining activities in the television and music industries, having promoted singles and records for various artists, including television personalities. Listen to American Idol Charity Albums.

Cowell has been the producer and the creative force of many media, most notably Pop Idol and its international offspring. His success since the millennium has brought him worldwide fame and a greatly increased monetary fortune. [img: wikipedia]

Real Housewives of: Five New York women will get their time in the spotlight: Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin of the upper East Side and Alex McCord of Cobble Hill, the sole non- Manhattan show subject and the youngest of the New York “housewives” at 34.

Van Halen: The Van Halen concerts in Dallas, Cincinnati, Raleigh, and Baltimore have been postponed. According to Eddie Van Halen’s physician, he is undergoing a battery of comprehensive medical tests to determine a defined diagnosis and recommended medical procedures.

Hells AngelsHells Angels: It has been stated that these former servicemen were alleged to have been drunkards, military misfits, and generally speaking substandard soldiers that would not adjust to a return to a peacetime environment. If any person, regardless of their association, considered the content of the statements and inferences made, they would
find these to lack any rational thought or concern for truthful reporting. [img: Hells Angels]

Gas Prices: Every night MSN Autos receives pricing data from over 90,000 gas stations across the nation. Please note that gas prices in your area may change more frequently than we can obtain them.

Nick Cave: Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and his fascination with American music and its roots. He has a reputation, which he disowns, for singing dark, brooding songs which some listeners regard as depressing. His music is characterised by intensity, high energy and a wide variety of influences. He currently lives in Brighton & Hove in England.

Julian Beeve: Julian Beever is an English chalk artist who has been creating trompe-l’oeil chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphosis, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.

Top Searched words of the day: 03.03.2008

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Scarlett Johansson: Johansson’s performance as Grace in The Horse Whisperer (1998) earned her a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. And previously her Manny & Lo (1996) role received a nod by the Independent Spirit Awards. Scarlett has an older brother and sister and a twin brother. Want to have skin like hers?

Amy Winehouse: Winehouse’s 2003 debut album Frank did well, both commercially and critically, in her native Britain. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album Back to Black led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British singer to win five Grammys,[2][3] including three of the “Big Four”: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She has won the Ivor Novello Award twice, among other prestigious distinctions.

Lost Via Domus: Only 2 weeks to go until the release of LOST - Via Domus in the UK. So while we are waiting I have set up the Via Domus Forum where we can discuss all the aspects of the game. If you would like to participate please show your support by clicking the Forum section, registering and checking back regularly!

Volkswagen Golf HybridVolkswagen Golf Hybrid: The Golf TDI Hybrid will in fact be a strong parallel hybrid capable of running off either the diesel engine, an electric motor or both. As expected, start-stop capability is part of the deal. Interestingly the drivetrain uses a 7-speed DSG dual clutch transmission rather than some type of CVT. The Golf TDI Hybrid will apparently achieve fuel consumption of 3.4L/100km or 69mpg (U.S.). VW hasn’t released any photos or other details of the Golf Hybrid yet so we’ll just give you a shot of the Golf BlueMotion for now. [img: autoblog]

Young and the Restless: David is startled when he arrives at the club to find Nikki sitting with Walter discussing David’s past. Later, David warns Walter to stay away from Nikki, and the two men come to blows. David returns to the table and Nikki is shocked when he shows her his cut lip. Nikki knows something is off and finally David admits he has been lying to her. David confesses to her that he owes Walter half a million dollars because he lost it gambling.

Cell Phone Etiquette: I’m a New Yorker — born, bred and proud of it. So when I say it’s time to dial down on all this rude and infernal yakking on mobile phones, you’ll understand that it comes with a high tolerance for urban chatter and in-your-face attitude.

Semi-Pro Movie: Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association’s Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true…Reserve to rent it first.

Penelope: With all odds against her, in order for Penelope to break the family curse, she must find true love with “one of her own kind” and realize the most important life lesson, “I like myself the way I am.” Penelope Wilhern, born to wealthy socialites, is afflicted by the Wilhern spell that can only be broken when she finds love. Hidden away in her family’s estate, the lonely girl meets a string of suitors in her parent’s futile attempt to break the curse. Each eligible bachelor is enamored with Penelope and her sizable dowry; until her curse is revealed. Lemon, a mischievous and eag

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Guitar Tabs: Interviews: 28 years since Bon Scott’s tragic death, some of Australia’s finest rock bands came together to celebrate the man at the concert in Perth.

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