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2:35 PM EST, NYC: Cut all programming. It’s live every second, every move, with hundreds of paparazzi and media swarming the Sheriff’s car with a handcuffed prisoner in the back, being taken to face the judge. Photographers and reporters were trampled outside the Hilton’s Hollywood Hills estate, and a couple of frenzied paparazzi even ran after [...]

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It was reported this morning that Paris Hilton would not leave her house for a 9 a.m. (Pacific time) court session with the judge who originally sentenced her and that she would instead testify by phone. But at 8:45 a.m., the judge rejected that arrangement and ordered the sheriff to pick Hilton up and bring her to court. [...]

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The reports, mostly from news-driven gossip celeb central TMZ.com, were intially grim. Paris was complaining that she was freezing cold, the lights were always on, she had no pillow, the loudspeaker was blaring ”You have one minute left,” when she was on the phone. She was crying and she couldn’t sleep. She spent two hours with [...]

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I have been to several conferences and meetings lately where somebody is stumbling around trying to explain RSS to the uninitiated. Really Simple Syndication is powering all the information bouncing around the web, says the RSS cult, yet like a cultish secret nobody seems able to explain it in a really simple way. Well, leave [...]

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Don’t forget the Cruxy Cantina Thursday, June 7th, between 7 and 9pm at Jimmy’s No 43 (43 East 7th street, Manhattan), a funky underground (literally) space that is a regular host to independent performers. Jimmy’s also has handcrafted beer and organic cuisine.
The Cruxy Cantina is about screening popular videos, listening to music (both recorded and live), and talking about [...]

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One of the greatest public relations skills is being able to discern ‘the wind.’ You may think you have a greatest argument in the world – you are so absolutely, totally, completely right  – and lose if it is the wrong argument. The ‘wind,’ blowing against you, will make you eat your words. Michael Kempner, [...]

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Definite drama brewing as competing media mogul families duke it out with a $5 billion pot in the middle and a jewel brand as the prize. It’s not the Montagues and Capulets, although there is no love lost between the two families and the battle can be Shakespearian in proportion. That’s what we have this week with [...]

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