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Werner Herzog is the director of more than 50 films
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German director Werner Herzog will head the jury at the Berlin Film Festival next year, organisers have announced. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Oprah Winfrey Show is to end in September 2011, after 25 years on the air.
From controversies to celebrity sofa-jumping, here are some of the most memorable moments from the chat show’s history.
The very first episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show was broadcast on 8 September, 1986. Initially, the format was more akin to a talk show, covering everyday issues with everyday people.
How to Marry the Man or Woman of Your Dreams was described as "a good old fashioned dating show" by producers. The topic struck a chord with viewers, easing the show on to the road to success.
To represent her recent 67lbs (30kg) weight loss, in November 1988, Winfrey wheeled out a wagon carrying the same amount of fat. It was to start a national obsession with her yo-yoing weight.
She later described it as her "biggest, fattest" mistake saying: "I had literally starved myself for four months to get into that pair of size 10 jeans. Two hours after that show, I started eating to celebrate – of course, within two days those jeans no longer fit!"
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Eighteen years after the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, the people of Feltham in west London are preparing to honour him with a commemorative pavement star.
Mercury was born Farrukh Bulsara in Zanzibar, 1946, to parents originally from Mumbai.
He went to boarding school in India, and along with his family moved to west London in 1964 where he enrolled in art college and embarked on his musical career.
The star’s 87-year-old mother, Jer Bulsara, spoke to BBC Asian Network’s Dil Neiyyar about her memories of her famous son.
In a bungalow in a quiet Midlands cul-de sac, an 87-year-old year woman looks longingly at pictures of her son.
Her eyes moisten and her chest fills with pride as her fingers caress the images.
"I’m so proud of him," she whispers.
The pictures are of Freddie Mercury and the woman lingering over them is his mother, Jer Bulsara.
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Sir Edward Elgar might be one of the best known British composers, but playing the trombone did not number among his many musical skills.
About Technology –
Six channels run by universities are also involved in the initial launch.
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YouTube’s parent company Google has announced on its blog that automatic captions are to begin to roll out across the site. Read the rest of this entry »
About Technology –
Facebook has an estimated 250million users worldwide
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Facebook has threatened legal action against a service that sells friends on the social networking site. Read the rest of this entry »
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Linn will stop making CD players, but not turntables for vinyl
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A manufacturer of hi-fi systems has sounded what it said could be the death knell of the compact disc player. Read the rest of this entry »
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Not long ago Second Life was everywhere, with businesses opening branches and bands playing gigs in this virtual world. Today you’d be forgiven for asking if it’s still going.
Once upon a time Second Life had a Twitter level of hype. Even those without a cartoon version of themselves couldn’t plead ignorance due to blanket coverage in newspapers and magazines.
Second Life is a virtual world started by the US firm Linden Lab in 2003, in which users design an avatar to live their "second life" online.
And everything about this world can be customised for a price – new outfits, drinks in a bar, even a luxury mansion can be bought with Linden dollars.
Mentions of Second Life first crept into the UK media mainstream in early 2006.
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Experts warn that universities’ e-mail systems are vulnerable to attacks
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The e-mail system of one the world’s leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Two instruments that served more than 15 years aboard the Hubble telescope have gone on display in the US.
Washington DC’s National Air and Space Museum is the new home for the WFPC-2 and Costar, which once served as the telescope’s eyes and its spectacles.
The two instruments were replaced during a servicing mission in May.
They will depart in December for a brief tour of California before returning permanently to the museum in March 2010.
The Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement, or Costar, was a suite of optics providing the fix for a manufacturing fault that initially stymied Hubble’s mission.
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