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50 Cent: A Life Story at the Age of 30

AllHipHop. August 19, 2005

How to Adapt Roald Dahl to the Silver Screen

The Des Moines Register talks to John August about the daunting process of adapting Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to the big screen. August 19, 2005

Blogger Adds Reporting Flag to Blogspot Blogs

Blogger has added a "Flag as Objectionable" button to blogs on BlogSpot. August 18, 2005

J-Walk Analyzes Incoming Links

Every blogger wants to keep track of who is linking to their blog and to a particular entry. August 18, 2005

Site Wants Your Stories About Being Fired

Job search engine Simply Hired has launched a website called Simply Fired as part of a new promotion. August 18, 2005

Steven Spielberg to Direct Munich

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures have announced that the upcoming film being directed by Steven Spielberg will be titled Munich. August 18, 2005

Bloggers Can Tell on Splogs at Splog Reporter

Splog Reporter is a new website where bloggers can report splogs or spam blogs that are clogging up blog search tools. August 17, 2005

How Should Magazines and Newspapers Cite Blogs?

Stephen Baker at Blogspotting has raised an interesting question about blog citation in magazines and newspapers. August 17, 2005

Judith Miller Gets a Visitor

So what do you have to do to score a jail visit from UN Ambassador John Bolton? Ask Judith Miller, the jailed New York Times reporter, because only she knows what she did to land such a high-profile visit. August 17, 2005

Principal Broker Online Appoints Darity Wesley as Editor-in-Chief

Principal Broker Online, a new online publication dedicated to the Real Estate industry, has appointed Darity Wesley, as their Editor-in-Chief. August 17, 2005

The Long-Lost Fiona Apple Album

Finally, after six years, fans will finally hear the new album of singer-songwriter Fiona Apple. August 17, 2005

Cuban Warns Blogspot.com Bloggers About IceRocket.com Exclusion

Mark Cuban calls them splogs and others call them clogs but they are the same thing and create the same problems -- they gum up the works of blog search engines with spam. August 16, 2005

Feedster Debuts Top 500 Blog List

Feedster has debuted its Feedster 500 List. August 16, 2005

10% Of Blog Readers Use Feeds

Slighty over ten percent of blog readers use RSS feeds according to a new Nielsen//NetRatings survey. August 16, 2005

What's President Bush Reading This Summer?

Summer's nearly over but the White House has just released President Bush's summer book list. August 16, 2005

Lions Gate Films and LL Cool J Announce Film Deal

Lions Gate Films has signed a multi-year, multi-picture development and production deal with LL Cool J aka James Todd Smith, it was announced by Michael Paseornek, President of Production, Lions Gate Films. August 16, 2005

Bid Your Way Into A Bestselling Novel

Several bestselling authors are allowing readers to bid on character names on eBay in an effort to raise money for the First Ammendment Project (FAP). August 16, 2005

Dan Brown and the Protesting Nuns

It looks like Dan Brown's troubles with religious figures aren't over yet. August 16, 2005

Can Blogs Make a Love Connection?

Can blogs help people find a date? Adam Norris thinks they can. August 15, 2005

Media General Acquires Advergaming Company

Media General, Inc. August 15, 2005

Terry McMillan Talks About Life With A Man On the Down Low

Terry McMillan, author of The Interruption of Everything (Viking) talked to Newsweek about how her nasty divorce proceedings have affected her writing. August 15, 2005

Jane Yolen Highly Critical of J.K. Rowling

Bestselling children's author Jane Yolen has a few uncomplimentary words about J. August 15, 2005

When Will The Next Gadget Blog Launch?

Is the Internet saturated with gadget blogs? At least a month or so has gone by since the last major gadget blog launched -- Gadgetizer launched in late July. August 14, 2005

Technorati Sale Rumors Include MySpace and News Corp.

Bloggers are posting rumors started by BL Ochman that Technorati is about to be sold. August 12, 2005

Time Covers Cyberbullying Issue

Time has a new article on the rise of cyberbullying, where kids use the anonymity of the Internet to harass and ridicule other kids. August 12, 2005