David Carradine Death Scene Photo. The Professional Forensics hired by David Carradine's family has concluded that the "Kung Fu" actor did not commit suicide, but said that more information was needed from Thai investigators before the cause of death could be determined.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, a former chief medical examiner for New York City, who was hired by David Carradine's family, has released the results of his forensic examination. He has determined that David Carradine's death was not a suicide,

Dr. Michael Baden said the following in a statement released to The Associated Press through David Carradine's brothers, Keith and Robert Carradine:

"To reach a final determination as to the cause and the manner of death we must wait for further information from Thailand, as to the scene findings and the completion of the crime laboratory and toxicology studies that are still being performed."

David Carradine had been found in his Bangkok hotel room last week by a maid. David Carradine body was hanging in the closet of his room. A Thai tabloid, Thai Rath, published a graphic of David Carradine death scene photo that police have said appears to be a leaked forensics image. David Carradine's family was incensed when the photo was released, and promised legal action if it appeared in any U.S.-based media.

Speculation in David Carradine's death ranged from suicide to accidental death while engaged in auto-erotic asphyxiation.

David Carradine starred in the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu.” His was a controversial choice, made when network executives felt that the starring role in the series could not be carried by their first choice, Asian actor Bruce Lee.

In the series, David Carradine played Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West armed only with his skill in martial arts. David Carradine actually had no knowledge of martial arts prior to starring in the series, but developed an interest in it after this experience and became an avid practitioner.

Despite the controversy, the series was pretty successful, at least for a time, and spawned a TV movie and sequels. It also became clear that despite eschewing Bruce Lee as the star, the series was quite provided many acting roles for Asian actors.

David Carradine also had a notable movie career, including, of late, a role in the series of movies, Kill Bill. Of late, he has also done a significant number of voiceovers for animated features.

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Jamie Czerniawski is a former 'Wife Swap' TV contestant. Jamie Czerniawski is accused of stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife. Jamie Czerniawski tells The New York Post it was self-defense. Jamie Czerniawski husband's lawyer denies that.

Jamie Czerniawski says that her husband became jealous and angry after Jamie Czerniawski recieved a phone call from a mutual male friend. Jamie Czerniawski is charged in Monmouth County with aggravated assault and is free on $75,000 bail.

The former Miss Teen New Jersey, Jamie Czerniawski used a kitchen knife to slash her husband, Charles, in their Freehold home on Memorial Day weekend.

Jamie Czerniawski and Charles were featured on "Wife Swap" in 2006. The suspect swapped places with a mom from Arizona who is a tattooed freak show performer.
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Johnny Palermo, 27, dies in a car accident in North Hollywood, California.

Actor Johnny Palermo, who appeared in more than 30 television shows in his brief career, died June 8 in an early morning.

Johnny Palermo's girlfriend, Alessandra Giangrande, who was driving at the time, also was killed, and her brother suffered serious injuries.

Johnny Palermo and Alessandra Giangrande were pronounced dead at the scene.

Johnny Palermo was a regular on the Nickelodeon series ‘Just for Kicks’ and appeared in three episodes of the CW`s ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ as Frank DiPaolo, Chris` overgrown classmate.

Johnny Palermo also appeared in ‘Cold Case,’ ‘General Hospital,’ ‘CSI: Miami,’ ‘Rules of Engagement,’ ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and ‘CSI: NY.’ This fall, the native of Rochester, NY, can be seen in the indie film ‘Pizza With Bullets.’

Look at this Blackberry Pitch Black Leather Vertical Pouch With Belt Clip For Pearl 8100 and Investigating CSI: An Unauthorized Look Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York, its on sale.

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James Von Brunn is reported to be the shooter at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. It is believed that he is a White Supremist. Police have confirmed the identity of the shooter as James Von Brunn. James Von Brunn, 89, is a military veteran - either of the Korean War or World War II.

Surprisingly, for a man of his asserted racial views and apparent conspiratorial bent, James Von Brunn does not appear to be a party in any federal case captured in the PACER system. Too bad, for those seeking a quick peek inside his psyche.

But in excerpts from James Von Brunn autobiography, James Von Brunn recounts his strong feelings about a few Supreme Court justices. For instance, James Von Brunn wrote about his 1968 birthday, when he was at a bar. As Von Brunn recounts"

"Suddenly, the TV was interrupted by "an Important Announcement.' The voice-over excitedly reported that President Lyndon Johnson had nominated Abe Fortas, JEW, to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Johnson, a clod totally controlled by the Illuminati, had lied about the Tonkin Bay "torpedo attack" to embroil us in Viet Nam, ostensibly to halt the spread of Communism, yet James Von Brunn patrons were almost all Marxist/Liberal/Jews bankers. I commented to my next door neighbor that Fortas was a crook."

Suffice it to say, hassles ensued. By James Von Brunn's account, James Von Brunn ended up slugging a rural Maryland sheriff and serving four months in jail. James Von Brunn wrote:

"The things that went on in the Cambridge jail would make a book. But I have no time for that."

More adventures and misadventures ensued, before the 1981 Federal Reserve episode, which James Von Brunn called a "caper." James Von Brunn contended that following his arrest he was "contacted by a U.S. Senator (who must remain nameless), who offered me a plea bargain If I would plead guilty to one count of gun violation." Declining, James Von Brunn said he then tried without success to subpoena Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volker and former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinksi in his defense.

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Duke Bainum is Honolulu City Councilman. Duke Bainum served in the state House of Representatives from 1990 to 1994. After serving in the House, Duke Bainum was a city council member from 1995 to 2003. Duke Bainum was elected to city council again in 2008.

A special election will have to be held to fill his seat. City council recently held a special election following the death of council member Barbara Marshall earlier this year. Ikaika Anderson won that election.

Duke Bainum ran for mayor in 2004, but lost to Mufi Hannemann. Duke Bainum is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two sons, Z and Kona. A press release was sent out in Arkansas, where Duke Bainum was a managing director of a bank there.

It said the Duke Bainum died from an aortic aneurism, but the details are still coming in. Duke Bainum made an unsuccessful bid for Honolulu mayor in 2004 and was just re-elected to the City Council. Duke Bainum along with the other council members were to convene today to vote on the city budget.

Duke Bainum wiki

Duke Bainum, formally Mark Edmund Duke Bainum (July 21, 1952- June 9, 2009), is an American politician and physician. Duke Bainum served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives as a member of the Hawaii Democratic Party and was elected in a nonpartisan race to the Honolulu City Council and held various committee chairmanships during his tenure. In 2004, Duke Bainum ran for Mayor of Honolulu in the state of Hawaii, but lost to former White House Aide Mufi Hannemann. Duke Bainum is married to Jennifer Toma Bainum.

Duke Bainum born in Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC and raised in Arkansas by Irvin and Evea Bainum, Duke Bainum attended Southern College in Collegedale, Tennessee where Duke Bainum obtained his bachelor of science degree in 1974. Duke Bainum went on to study at the medical school of the University of Maryland at Baltimore where Duke Bainum became a medical doctor. In 1980, Duke Bainum moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend the University of Hawaii Surgical Residency Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, completing his internship in 1982.

Duke Bainum entered elected politics assuming a seat on the McCully-Moiliili Neighborhood Board where Duke Bainum became its chairman from 1989 to 1990. Duke Bainum ran for the Hawaii State Legislature and won a seat in the Hawaii State House of Representatives, an office he served from 1990 to 1994. From 1995 to 2003, Duke Bainum became one of the most vocal members of the Honolulu City Council where Duke Bainum was appointed chairman of the Budget, Customer Service, Health and Safety, Policy, Public Works, Transportation and Zoning Committees.

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Holocaust Museum Shooting - Washington — An elderly gunman opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, gravely wounding a security guard before two other officers returned fire. The assailant and his victim were both hospitalized.

The shooting appears to have occurred near the museum entrance and the victims are a male shooter and a male security guard.

Both men were seriously wounded in the gunfire exchange, they were taken to George Washington University Hospital. A third person suffered minor injury during the Holocaust Museum shooting, possibly from breaking glass.

City police Police Sgt. David Schlosser said the gunman walked into the building carrying "a long gun." The extent of the injuries was not immediately known.

Nor did authorities immediately provide the name or any other biographical information about the assailant, who they said used a "long gun" in the shooting.

Update: Shooter IDed as James W. von Brunn. Apparently, anti-Semite white supremacist.

The episode unfolded inside the Holocaust Museum, which maintains a heavy security presence, with guards positioned inside and out. All visitors are required to pass through metal detectors at the entrance, and bags are screened.

It was not immediately known whether the gunman made it through the detectors before opening fire.

Holocaust Museum, across the street from the National Mall, and within sight of the Washington Monument, was closed for the day after the shooting. Nearby streets were cordoned off by police.

In a statement, Holocaust Museum spokesman Andrew Hollinger said an assailant shot a Holocaust Museum security officer and "two Holocaust Museum security officers returned fire, hitting the assailant."

At the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs said he informed President Barack Obama of the events and said the chief executive was "obviously saddened by what has happened."

Holocaust Museum houses exhibits and records relating to the Holocaust more than a half century ago in which more than six million Jews were killed by the Nazis.

Mark Lippert of LaSalle, Ill., who was in the Holocaust Museum, said he heard several loud pops and saw several schoolchildren running toward him, three with horrified looks on their faces.

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Palau Island has agreed to accept an American offer to absorb 17 trained Al-Qaeda members in exchange for some US$200 million. According to the AP, Palau Island will accept a group of Chinese Muslims who have been detained for years in Guantanamo Bay.

Palau President Johnson Toribiong said on Wednesday his country will temporarily accept the Chinese in a gesture for the Obama administration.

It should be noted that the Palau island consists of some 200 islands located in the western Pacific Ocean, 650 km southeast of the Philippines. Just less than 10 islands are permanently inhabited.

Mr. Toribiong agreed to Washington's request to accept the Uighurs after talks with U.S. diplomat Daniel Fried, who is leading the U.S. State Department's effort to resettle the Guantanamo detainees. U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered Guantanamo to be shut down by January of next year.

The Bush administration refused to designate the Uighurs as "enemy combatants." It was in late 2008 when a U.S. federal judge ordered the men to be released into the United States. That ruling was eventually overturned by an appeals court.

Palau's minister of state, Sandra Pierantozzi said "If they want to settle in Palau Island we would welcome them," Pierantozzi said. "This is very much in line with the culture of Palau Island, where people who drift in and who needs settlement and place are welcome to our shores and our tradition will take care of them and insert them into our society."

The Uighurs are from China's western Xinjiang province. Beijing has accused the Uighurs, who dominate the province, as separatists who want to create an independent "East Turkestan." Washington is refusing to send the Uighurs back to China, fearing they would be persecuted.

Palau Island, a former U.S. trust territory until achieving independence in 1994, maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, China's longtime rival, rather than Beijing. Pierantozzi says her nation is not concerned over China's likely displeasure over the resettlement of the Uighurs.

In 2006, Albania accepted five Uighur detainees from Guantanamo but has since balked at taking others, partly for fear of diplomatic repercussions from China. Palau Island is one of a handful of mainly Pacific island, Latin American and African countries that does not recognize China and maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

The State Department said last week that Daniel Fried, the career diplomat who was named earlier this year by Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to oversee Guantanamo’s closure, had visited Palau Island but offered no details on his mission. Fried has been negotiating with third countries to accept many of the Guantanamo detainees.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Fried had visited Australia and Palau as part of a tour of the Pacific. The three officials said Fried had been discussing the disposition of Uighurs.

Australia has already twice rejected U.S. appeals to resettle the Uighurs, but its foreign minister said late last month it would consider a new request to take in 10 Uighurs. The previous requests were turned down on immigration and security grounds and it is not clear if a new Australian review of the Uighurs would have different results.

Justice Department spokesman Matt Miller declined to comment and an official at the Embassy of Palau in Washington said he had no information about the negotiations.

A former U.S. trust territory in the Pacific, Palau Island has retained close ties with the United States since independence in 1994 when it signed a Free Compact of Association with the United States.

While it is independent, it relies heavily on U.S. aid and is dependent on the United States for its defense. Native-born Palauans are allowed to enter the United States without passports or visas.

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As Barack Obama fights a recession and attempts to fix the auto industry, Republicans have taken the fight to the president.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Obama's plan to fix the economy through stimulus dollars and investing federal money into bankrupt companies like GM has "already failed."

"Bureaucrats managing companies does not work, politicians dominating the economy does not work," said Gingrich at a fundraising dinner with about 2,000 Republicans in attendance at the Washington Convention Center Monday night.

This is not the first time in recent weeks that Gingrich has taken a shot at the president. He called Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a 'racist,' before dialing back his comments.

Actor Jon Voight, the master of ceremonies at the GOP event, set the tone of the evening with a number of sharp jabs at the president.

"We are becoming a weak nation," said Voight, calling Obama a "false prophet." Republicans need to find their way back to power to free the nation from "this Obama oppression," he said.

Both Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, who followed Voight, seemed pleasantly surprised.

“I’m still just reveling that someone from Hollywood made a speech like that. I hope you’re going to be able to find work after this,” said McConnell. “I really enjoyed that.”

Senator John Cornyn of Texas told Bloomberg News that the speech was "refreshing."

The Obama administration didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by Bloomberg News.

A spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Ryan Rudominer, said the comments by Gingrich and other Republican speakers at the dinner showed they "would rather bank on failure than work with Democrats."

Congressional Republicans have "no new ideas," Rudominer said.

Meanwhile, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin was making a similar argument in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity.

"When you consider that the federal government is about $11 trillion in debt, and we're borrowing more to spend more ... it defies any sensible economic policy any of us ever learned through college," the former VP candidate said.

"[Spending in a recession] defies economy practices and principles that ya 'you gotta quit digging that hole when you are in that financial hole.'"

At one point Palin described Obama as "a very nice man," but warned voters to "pay attention to his policies."

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North Brother Island is an island in the East River situated between the Bronx and Riker's Island. Its companion, South Brother Island, is a short distance away. North Brother Island was uninhabited until 1885, when Riverside Hospital moved there from North Brother Island now known as Roosevelt Island. Riverside Hospital was founded in the 1850s as the Smallpox Hospital to treat and isolate victims of that disease; its mission eventually expanded to other quarantinable diseases. Typhoid Mary was confined to the island for over two decades until she died there in 1938. The hospital closed shortly thereafter.

After World War II, North Brother Island housed war veterans who were students at local colleges, and their families. Once the nationwide housing shortage abated North Brother Island was abandoned again.

In the 1950s a center opened to treat adolescent drug users. The facility claimed to be the first to offer treatment, rehabilitation, and education facilities to young drug offenders. By the early 1960s widespread staff corruption and patient recidivism forced the facility to close.

North Brother Island is currently abandoned and off-limits to the public. A dense forest conceals the ruined hospital buildings, but supports one of the area's largest nesting colonies of Black-crowned Night Heron.

North Brother Island was also the site of the wreck of the General Slocum which burned on June 15, 1904. Over 1,000 people died either from the fire onboard the ship or from drowning before the ship was beached on the island's shores.

Together, North Brother Island and South Brother Island, have a land area of 20.12 acres (81,400 m2)."

This Jinx Project - North Brother Island

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David Carradine Death Photo Thairath - Bangkok Thai Tabloid Forensic Photo

Thailand tabloid “ThaiRath“ has released a photo of David Carradine’s dead body. Apparently, this incident outraged Carradine’s relatives. I’ve read somewhere the the members of David Carradine’s family have threatened legal action to the Thai newspaper (Thai Rath) , and a certain website that showed David Carradine’s Forensic Photo. Thai police said that it was a picture of Carradine’s dead body taken by the thai forensic team. I guess the question is who is that person in the Thai forensic team who gave the media a copy of those photos?

Like you, I’ve search the web for those David Carradine death photo. A lot of website owners and bloggers are not willing to show any of the photos because it may not be the right thing to do. Besides, the family of David Carradine is already outraged by this and some bloggers might be in deep trouble if they post a copy of the Thai Rath forensic photo of David Carradine.

Let’s respect the request of David’s relatives. If you can, pls have a moment of silence and pray for the soul of David Carradine. I guess that would be a good thing to do for the moment.

This is what David Carradine left special for you David Carradine Kung Fu 16x20 Photo and also David Carradine 24x36 Color Poster Print. For David Carradine Kung Fu fans, this Kung Fu - The Complete Series Collection for you. May God Bless David Carradine.

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Whos Jon Voight? Jon Voight is Angelina Jolie's father. Jon Voight is slowly becoming one of the leading voices of the Republican Party in United States. Jon Voight, a solid Hollywood actor has aligned himself with the Republican Party in full. Jon Voight was the host of the GOP Congressional Dinner, a fundraiser in Washington, DC last night and did not hold his tongue when it came to President Obama.

Jon Voight repeated a speech he had given earlier that day before the congressional committee, setting the paranoid tone for the evening. Jon Voight provided a dire doomsday message throughout his speech, calling for fellow Republicans to “free this nation from this Obama oppression,”

Who called President Obama a prophet in the first place? It is a reminder of campaign rhetoric created by the Republican Party from 2008, which did not stick.

Jon Voight went on to call Obama’s policies “wildly radical.” “Obama thinks he is a soft spoken Julius Caesar,” said Jon Voight who plans to conquer the world with his “…sweet talk.”

Jon Voight ended his exercise in demagoguery by shouting out to his right wing FOX heroes, including Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Glen Beck and Michelle Malkin, praising them for keeping up the fight to defeat the “…false prophet Obama.”

Disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as the keynote speaker, continued Voight’s bashing of President Obama claiming Obama’s policies to fix the economy have “already failed.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell referred to President Obama’s policies as a “radical agenda.”

McConnell, Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator John Cornyn praised Jon Voight’s speech as “refreshing.”

When Jon Voight was introduced, Jon Voight was praised for his inspiring movie roles, such as his portrayal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the film Pearl Harbor.

However, last night Jon Voight more resembled his villainous character on the FOX show 24, Jonas Hodges, a deranged right-wing industrialist, turned domestic terrorist, who seeks to overtake the U.S. government.


For Jon Voight, who still believes this in his mind, that the Democrats targeted young people for propaganda is well, utterly ridiculous. How about this? The Democrats won the hearts and minds of young voters because we stand with young voters and their issues. Issues like gay rights, gay marriage, college loan reform, the environment, climate change, the realization of SCIENCE in our schools, just to name a few. What about that, Mr. Jon Voight? Oh, Angie, I feel for you. I bet growing up with Jon Voight as a father was a piece of work.

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Houston Dome Can Help Environment? How Houston Dome can help environment of Houston?
Mega engineering says we can save Houston with a Dome. Imagine building a huge Dome that covers the entire city, that is higher than Houston's skyscrapers.

One solution to counter the almost overwhelming environmental challenges facing Houston is to cover it with a giant geodesic dome. You can watch the video at the Discovery channel and explore how a giant geodesic dome may save the city from a grim environmental future.

Houston is in peril. The country's fourth most populous city faces heat, hurricanes and other natural disasters. Houston has always been vulnerable to hurricanes and severe weather.

Houston city center shut down for nearly a week from last year's hurricane. It caused the city a 10 billion dollar damage. It's not only the hurricanes, but also heat and humidity that keep oppressing this great city. On nearly 100 days each year the temperature climbs above 90 degrees.

Air conditioning helps, but it comes at a very high cost. Houston is using more electricity than Los Angeles.

This is why some scientists think the only way to save the city is to move it indoors, in other words to build a huge dome for Houston. Houston Dome area will stretch over 21 Million square feet, making it the biggest structure with the largest roof in the world.

Houston Dome's broadest panels will be 15 feet across. It will take 147,000 panels to cover the city of Houston. Glass will not work for Houston Dome. It will be so heavy that it can't hold. Houston Dome will require a much lighter material. It may come from the German city of Bremen, from a factory of Vector Foil Company.

Vector Foiltec invented the use of Texlon® ETFE, the climatic envelope, over twenty five years ago and has successfully developed and promoted the use of this innovative technology worldwide. This is light polymer and is the future of glass.

This material, called ETFE is the only material that will make a fuller city-size dome possible, even for a city like Houston. At just one percent of glass, ETFE is described as 99 percent nothing. Without ETF the Houston dome can never become reality. It is so light that 99 percent lighter than glass is tremendous change.

Since it's not possible to stop the life in Houston to build the Dome and army of dirigibles will be used to complete the construction.

Houston Dome will take years of construction and billions of dollars. The Dome is designed to protect a city from a category-5 hurricane. The ETFEpanels and the space-frame steel structure that supports them are the key. ETFE can withstand winds of 180 miles per hour. This is higher velocity than the strongest category 5 hurricane.

Houston Dome idea is very intriguing. But I am just left with one idea. Will Houston ever see rain? If no, is it possible to sustain an ecosystem of such a size without rain?

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Lisa Ling's sister Laura Ling and Euna Lee were convicted in last week's trial and sentenced to 12 years intensifying the reclusive nation's confrontation with the United States. Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be at North Korean prison.

Calling it a "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the Central Court of North Korea convicted and sentenced the two reporters in a trial that began last Thursday. The U.S. State Department said that outside observers were not allowed to witness the trial's proceedings.

Friends and family of Laura Ling and Euna Lee insist that their border crossing was accidental and have been publicly pleading with the North Koreans for mercy in recent days.

Current TV employees, including company Chairman Al Gore, had been ordered by their legal team to remain quiet about the situation with Lisa Ling and Euna Lee, a stance that they held fast to both individually and as a company, despite some public outcry.

Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said the former vice president has no comment. The South Korean government also did not comment. Alanna Zahn, a spokeswoman for the journalists' families, said the family members have no immediate comment.

The two were reporting about the trafficking of women at the time of their arrest, and it's unclear if they strayed into the North or were grabbed by aggressive border guards who crossed into China.

U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Washington was trying to confirm press reports of the sentencing.

Kelly said the U.S. was "deeply concerned" about the sentences and that officials would "engage in all possible channels" to free the women.

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Winners of the 2009 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Sunday.

God of Carnage
Author: Yasmina Reza

Best MusicalBilly
Elliot, The Musical

Best Book of a Musical
Billy Elliot, The MusicalLee Hall

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Next to Normal Music: Tom Kitt
Lyrics: Brian Yorkey

Best Revival of a Play
The Norman Conquests

Best Revival of a Musical
Hair

Best Special Theatrical Event
Liza's at The Palace

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Geoffrey Rush Exit the King

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Marcia Gay Harden God of Carnage

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Alice Ripley Next to Normal

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Roger Robinson Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Angela Lansbury Blithe Spirit

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Gregory Jbara Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Karen Olivo West Side Story

Best Direction of a Play
Matthew Warchus God of Carnage

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Choreography
Peter Darling Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Orchestrations
Martin KochBilly Elliot, The Musical
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt Next to Normal

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Derek McLane 33 Variations

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Ian MacNeil Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play
Anthony Ward Mary Stuart

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Hatley Shrek The Musical

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Brian MacDevitt Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Rick Fisher Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play
Gregory Clarke Equus

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Paul Arditti Billy Elliot, The Musical

Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Jerry Herman

Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va.

Isabelle Stevenson Award
Phyllis Newman

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Shirley Herz

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The nominations for the 2009 Tony Awards have now been released, and we have the complete list here. Don’t forget to check back for the list of winners, coming right after the awards show airs. Read more about the 2009 Tony Awards and see nominee here.

2009 Tony Awards Nominations

The act that received that most nominations, with an insane 15 nods is called Billy Elliot, the Musical. The only other show that came close was Next to Normal, with an impressive 11 nominations.

Also making a lot of noise at the 2009 Tony Awards is Next to Normal, whose cast is expected to perform live on
tonight’s show. Next to Normal, is about the plight of a mother with bipolar disorder, who tries desperately to minimize the effects of her condition on her family. Next to Normal’s director was also responsible for the direction of the infamous rock musical, RENT.

The 2009 Tony Awards, a ceremony that gives recognition to the best live theatre performances in America will be broadcasted tonight at 8PM (est) on CBS.

Do you think Billy Elliot deserves all of the extra attention? If not, which show does?

2009 Tony Awards: Nominations

Best play
“Dividing the Estate” by Horton Foote
“God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza
“reasons to be pretty” by Neil LaBute
“33 Variations” by Moises Kaufman

Best musical
“Billy Elliot”
“Next to Normal”
“Rock of Ages”
“Shrek the Musical”

Play revival
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
“Mary Stuart”
“The Norman Conquests”
“Waiting for Godot”

Musical revival
“Guys and Dolls”
“Hair”
“Pal Joey”
“West Side Story”

Leading actor in a play
Jeff Daniels, “God of Carnage”
Raúl Esparza, “Speed-the-Plow”
James Gandolfini, “God of Carnage”
Geoffrey Rush, “Exit the King”
Thomas Sadoski, “reasons to be pretty”

Leading actress in a play
Hope Davis, “God of Carnage”
Jane Fonda, “33 Variations”
Marsha Gay Harden, “God of Carnage”
Janet McTeer, “Mary Stuart”
Harriet Walter, “Mary Stuart”

Leading actor in a musical
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, “Billy Elliot”
Gavin Creel, “Hair”
Brian d’Arcy James, “Shrek the Musical”
Constantine Maroulis, “Rock of Ages”
J. Robert Spencer, “Next to Normal”

Leading actress in a musical
Stockard Channing, “Pal Joey”
Sutton Foster, “Shrek the Musical”
Allison Janney, “9 to 5″
Alice Ripley, “Next to Normal”
Josefina Scaglione, “West Side Story”

Score
“Billy Elliot”
“Next to Normal”
“9 to 5″
“Shrek the Musical”

Featured actor in a play
John Glover, “Waiting for Godot”
Zach Grenier, “33 Variations”
Stephen Mangan, “The Norman Conquests”
Paul Ritter, “The Norman Conquests”
Roger Robinson, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”

Featured actress in a play
Hallie Foote, “Dividing the Estate”
Jessica Hynes, “The Norman Conquests”
Marin Ireland, “reasons to be pretty”
Angela Lansbury, “Blithe Spirit”
Amanda Root, “The Norman Conquests”

Featured actor in a musical
David Bologna, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Gregory Jbara, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Marc Kudisch, “9 to 5″
Christopher Sieber, “Shrek the Musical”
Will Swenson, “Hair”

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical
Jennifer Damiano, “Next to Normal”
Haydn Gwynne, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Karen Olivo, “West Side Story”
Martha Plimpton, “Pal Joey”
Carole Shelley, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”

Best scenic design of a play
Dale Ferguson, “Exit the King”
Rob Howell, “The Norman Conquests”
Derek McLane, “33 Variations”
Michael Yeargan, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”

Best scenic design of a musical
Robert Brill, “Guys and Dolls”
Ian MacNeil, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Scott Pask, “Pal Joey”
Mark Wendland, “Next to Normal”

Best costume design of a play
Dale Ferguson, “Exit the King”
Jane Greenwood, “Waiting for Godot”
Martin Pakledinaz, “Blithe Spirit”
Anthony Ward, “Mary Stuart”

Best costume design of a musical
Gregory Gale, “Rock of Ages”
Nicky Gillibrand, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Tim Hatley, “Shrek the Musical”
Michael McDonald, “Hair”

Best lighting design of a play
David Hersey, “Equus”
David Lander, “33 Variations”
Brian MacDevitt, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Hugh Vanstone, “Mary Stuart”

Best lighting design of a musical
Kevin Adams, “Hair”
Kevin Adams, “Next to Normal”
Howell Binkley, “West Side Story”
Rick Fisher, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”

Best sound design of a play
Paul Arditti, “Mary Stuart”
Gregory Clarke, “Equus”
Russell Goldsmith, “Exit the King”
Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”

Best sound design of a musical
Acme Sound Partners, “Hair”
Paul Arditti, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Peter Hylenski, “Rock of Ages”
Brian Ronan, “Next to Normal”

Best direction of a play
Phyllida Lloyd, “Mary Stuart”
Bartlett Sher, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Matthew Warchus, “God of Carnage”
Matthew Warchus, “The Norman Conquests”

Best direction of a musical
Stephen Daldry, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Michael Greif, “Next to Normal”
Kristin Hanggi, “Rock of Ages”
Diane Paulus, “Hair”

Best choreography
Karole Armitage, “Hair”
Andy Blankenbuehler, “9 to 5: The Musical”
Peter Darling, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Randy Skinner, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”

Best orchestrations
Larry Blank, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”
Martin Koch, “Billy Elliot: The Musical”
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, “Next to Normal”
Danny Troob and John Clancy, “Shrek the Musical”

Best special theatrical event
“Liza’s at The Palace”
“Slava’s Snowshow”
“Soul of Shaolin”
“You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush”

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Angela Lansbury won the Tony Awards for best featured actress in a play for Blithe Spirit.

Angela Lansbury, known in the UK for the TV series Murder She Wrote, you can get it here Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Tenth Season. Angela Lansbury is a legend on Broadway for musical and other theatre roles. Mame (1966 Original Broadway Cast)

Angela Lansbury is hands down a legend. Angela Lansbury's first film was Gaslight in 1944 and Angela Lansbury received an Academy Award nomination for her performance. In the 1950’s, Angela Lansbury came to Broadway where over the years Angela Lansbury has earned four TONY Awards. Angela Lansbury is currently in the Noel Coward Play, Blithe Spirit. At eighty-three years old, we did not know what exactly to expect seeing Angela Lansbury back on the stage. In seeing Blithe Spirit recently, we were blown away at her agility, whit, and humor. Angela Lansbury (literally) runs circles around the other actors in the show.

Angela Lansbury Book Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury get your copy now.

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The family of actor David Carradine are outraged over the publication of a David Carradine death photo. Forensics photos of the Carradine death scene were published in Thai Rath, a Bangkok tabloid, and his family is threatening to sue any media outlet that reprints the Carradine death photo.

Thairath published Carradine photo in a Bangkok tabloid features Carradine hanging naked and suspended from a bar in a hotel closet. Carradine's face and other parts of his body were obscured.

The Thai tabloid did not credit the photo to a particular source, but Thai authorities said they suspect it was a photo taken by a forensics team that was somehow leaked.

Brother Keith Carradine has said his family will consider legal action over the Thai Rath Carradine photo.


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The third and final leg of the Triple crown is upon us and if you don't have your Belmont Stakes picks yet, don't worry. Let Bodog Racebook's resident experts help you fill out that Belmont Stakes racing form of yours.

There is no Triple Crown contender this year after Mine That Bird came up short in the Preakness. Nevertheless, this is still one of horse racing’s biggest events with some of the best horses in the world competing.

Dave Tuley was the Daily Racing Form's full time Las Vegas correspondent from 2000 through May 2007 and now writes a weekly column for DRF. Here are his Belmont Stakes Picks.

To Win: Charitable Man [3/1] - Has a long stride and is the son of the 1999 Belmont Stakes winner, Lemon Drop Kid. This horse should be fresh and control the pace of the race. He has only run one bad race in 4 career starts and his 3-for-3 on dirt this season. He will also be ridden by jockey Alan Garcia, who won the Belmont last year on Da’Tara, spoiling Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown’s bid.

To Place: Mine That Bird [2/1] - He isn’t flying under the radar anymore. After winning the Kentucky Derby and coming in 2nd in the Preakness, it is obvious this is a talented horse. He’s shown a great closing kick and should be able to handle the added distance. There is some concern that he won’t be as fresh as some of the other horses, particularly those that didn’t run in the Preakness, but it’s tough to bet against this strong competitor in this big race.

To Show: Brave Victory [15/1] - He’s shown a strong ability to close, which suggests he may have the stamina to last through the finish at the Belmont. He has done well at shorter distances, which may scare some away, and I know a lot of people are put off by his low Beyer Speed Figure of 89 last time out. He’s one of the long shots at 15-1, but if Mine That Bird can win at 50-1 in the Kentucky Derby, there’s no reason Brave Victory can’t have a strong showing in the Belmont this season.

For those of you looking to do some Belmont Stakes betting this weekend, be sure to take advantage of the $50 match bonus at Bodog!

Got book here for revision about Belmont Stakes I Rode the Red Horse: Secretatriat's Belmont Race and MP3 to make you feel better Belmont Stakes. Don't forget for your kids here Secretariat - 1973 Triple Crown Champion

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Michael Kevin Kearney (born January 18, 1984, in Paterson, New Jersey, USA) is a former child prodigy known for setting several world records, and teaching college at the age of 17.

The son of a Caucasian father and a Japanese mother, he was home schooled by his parents, especially his mother, and accelerated in his academic career. He was diagnosed with ADD and his parents declined to use the offered prescription of Ritalin.

He spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician “I have a left ear infection” and learned to read at the age of ten months.

When Michael was four, he was given multiple-choice diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious math program. Without having learned the material, Michael achieved a perfect score.

He finished high-school at age six, enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College at the age of six years and seven months, from which he graduated at the age of eight with an Associate of Science in Geology.

He is listed in the Guinness Book as the world’s youngest university graduate at the age of 10, receiving a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of South Alabama.

For a while, he was the world’s youngest postgraduate and the holder of several Guinness world records, but the master’s degree record was broken by Tathagat Avatar Tulsi. Michael Kearney’s 118-page master’s thesis is entitled “Kinetic Isotope Effects of Thymidine Phosphorylase.” His research is focused on an enzyme that could potentially slow or stop the growth of cancer cells without harming health. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a master’s degree in biochemistry at the age of 14, and taught at Vanderbilt University also in Tennessee at 16. He received a second Master’s degree in Computer Science from Vanderbilt when he was 17.

His younger sister, Maeghan, is also a child prodigy.

Michael was a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire which aired on Friday, 25 April, 2008 and 28 April, 2008. He left with $25,000.

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A woman was struck and killed by a Capitol Corridor train Thursday afternoon in unincorporated Hayward, apparently when she was pulled into the path train by a dog she was walking.

The unknown woman, described as in her early to mid-30s, had been walking a pit bull terrier not far from the tracks about 2:15 p.m. on Blossom Way between Meekland and Times avenues.

As the train was approaching at the path, the crossing gates came down and the man apparently rode around the gates and made it across. But the dog wanted to cross as well.

She's trying to hold the dog, but can't control him, It pulled her right in front of the path train. It's very plausible that the dog wanted to follow its owner." said witness.

This is a terrible tragedy that didn't have to happen, people need to understand that it's easy to underestimate the speed of an approaching train and they should never go under the crossing gates

In February, a man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at the San Lorenzo border, about five blocks from the site of Thursday's accident.

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