Television

Simon Cowell & Jada Pinkett Working on DJ Reality Competition

January 26, 2012 By DJ Yoshi 1 Comment

DJ Idol

– Courtesy of Music Week –
Simon Cowell is set to team up with Jada Pinkett-Smith on a new international TV show.
The music mogul took to twitter to announce he will be working with the Hollywood actress to go in search of the world’s greatest DJ, but he has ruled himself out of appearing on the as-yet untitled project, which has been in development for over a year.
He wrote: “Excited to announce new DJ show. I will NOT be judging this show. Excited to be working with @jadapsmith . Stay tuned! (sic).”
The show will be co-produced by Simon’s Syco Entertainment and Jada and her husband Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment company, as well as Sony Pictures Television.
Speaking in a statement, Simon added: “We have been working on this show for over a year and we wanted to partner with the right people. As soon as I met Jada and Miguel from Overbrook, I knew they would be our ideal partners. DJs are the new rock stars, it feels like the right time to make this show.”
Jada is equally as excited to be working with the 52-year-old ‘X Factor’ boss on the new reality program.
The 40-year-old star explained: “This show will comb the world to find a new breed of talent. I am happy to be creating it alongside Simon Cowell, the Sony team, and my partner Miguel Melendez, on behalf of the Overbrook family.”
Andrea Wong, President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television, told Deadline: “We are thrilled to be working with Simon Cowell and our partners at Overbrook on what we know will be a tremendously successful global format.”

*Personally, with my experience in front of TV Cameras and a Live Audience of up to 100,000, I would hope that they take my application to be a judge seriously!
Tweet This If You agree: @SimonCowell @jadapsmith should use @djyoshi as the host or judge of the new DJ competition

Jorge Posada Retires

January 24, 2012 By DJ Yoshi Leave a Comment

Hip Hop Jorge

After 17 seasons, 5 Championships & the end of a four-year $52 million deal, New York Yankees Catcher Jorge Posada officially announced his retirement.
Posada posted career stats that include
.273: Hitting Average
.374: On Base Percentage
.474: Slugging Percentage

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BlackBerry QNX OS Controlling Your Car’s Dashboard

January 11, 2012 By DJ Yoshi Leave a Comment

Porsche Fully Equipped w/ BlackBerry QNX

No Touch Sync, internet Connectivity, Cross-Platform Applications… all at the touch of a button or sound of your voice! Research in Motion’s BlackBerry QNX Operating System steps its game up to be the next generation OS that can control your car!

As the cars of tomorrow gain Internet connections and applications, they’ll need infotainment software that allows them to be as flexible and easily updated as your average smartphone. RIM subsidiary QNX Software Systems Limited thinks that the solution to that problem lies in the HTML5 framework and is showcasing its new HTML5-based QNX CAR 2 application platform at CES 2012.

Designed to be easily reskinned and customized by automotive OEMs, QNX CAR 2 operating system allows automakers to quickly and inexpensively develop and implement HTML5 applications and services for their vehicles’ infotainment system. Likewise, CAR 2 supports Qt, OpenGL ES, and other user interface technologies and rolls in other QNX technologies, including the Neutrino real-time operating system, a multimedia framework, and an acoustic processing library for hands-free systems, hopefully blending each of these technologies in one, seamless user experience

The Porsche Carrera that QNX will be displaying at the BlackBerry booth is a proof of concept for the new platform. It will be powered by the QNX CAR 2 platform and cloud-connected via a smartphone–presumably a BlackBerry model. Near Field Communication (NFC) combines with Bluetooth connectivity for hassle-free pairing of the aforementioned smartphone. Once connected, the system can take advantage of QNX’s ultra HD voice technology, which provides 48KHz full stereo bandwidth for clearer, easier-to-understand hands-free calls.

QNX’s CAR 2 application platform already boasts the support of a variety of software and hardware companies, including TeleCommunication Systems, Texas Instruments, Vlingo, and Audi–which already uses QNX technology in its current infotainment systems. App partners demonstrating software on the concept Porsche include Poynt virtual personal assistant, Weather Network, and streaming Internet radio from Pandora, NoBex, Slacker, and TuneIn.

Myspace TV

January 11, 2012 By DJ Yoshi Leave a Comment

Myspace is Back… w/ Justin Timberlake

– via PC Mag – LAS VEGAS
MySpace was the biggest social network of…several years ago. Since then it has gone into a long, slow decline and has changed hands and been generally ignored in favor of Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking services. Panasonic has announced at CES 2012 that it is stepping in to bring MySpace back to the forefront of online socializing with a new MySpace service that isn’t about social networking; instead, MySpace is being reinvented as social television viewing.
Myspace is starting by dropping the second capital (and underlining the “space” part of its logo), rebranding MySpace from a social network web site to a way to watch TV with friends. The new service is called Myspace TV, and it will work with Panasonic HDTVs as part of Viera Connect.
Myspace CEO Tim Vanderhook and co-owner Justin Timberlake (yes, the singer/actor) showed up at the Panasonic press conference on Monday to announce Myspace TV. The two purchased MySpace from NewsCorp earlier this year, in one of the stranger sales/merger stories of the year.
CES 2012The service will focus on music at first, with music channels on Myspace TV using the company’s rights to 100,000 music videos and 42,000,000 songs. Users will be able to watch/listen to these songs and comment on what they think about them simultaneously, creating an audience experience. It will be expanded to television and movies, with additional channels featuring news, sports, and reality TV.
A Myspace TV app will be released on tablets and smartphones, serving as a companion to the Viera Connect app and letting users sync their content. It will still require a Panasonic HDTV with Viera Connect for use. Panasonic and Myspace will launch Myspace TV in the first half of 2012.

Rutgers All American WR Mohamed Sanu Enters NFL Draft

January 3, 2012 By DJ Yoshi Leave a Comment

Sanu: Ready For the NFL

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (January 3, 2012) – Junior All-America wide receiver Mohamed Sanu (South Brunswick, N.J.) has elected to forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2012 NFL Draft. Sanu is the fourth player in the Greg Schiano era at Rutgers to leave school early and enter the NFL Draft.

The three Scarlet Knights prior to Sanu who elected to forego their final year of eligibility under Schiano’s watch have enjoyed a tremendous amount of success at the next level. Ray Rice left Rutgers following his junior season in 2007 and was a second round draft selection of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2008 NFL Draft. Kenny Britt declared for the 2009 NFL Draft and was a first round pick of the Tennessee Titans while Anthony Davis was selected with the 11th overall pick of the 2010 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.

Sanu finishes his career as Rutgers’ and the BIG EAST’s all-time leader in career receptions with 210 after he moved past current NFL running back Brian Leonard (204) in Rutgers’ 27-13 victory over Iowa State in the 2011 New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Sanu was part of two Rutgers’ bowl victories as the Scarlet Knights own the nation’s longest current bowl winning streak at five games with Mississippi State.

The 2011 Maxwell Club Tri-State Player of the Year, Sanu ended the 2011 season with 115 receptions (school and BIG EAST record) for 1,206 yards. The 1,206 yards receiving place Sanu third in RU single-season history and eighth in BIG EAST single-season history. He is currently fourth nationally with 115 receptions and 69 of his receptions in 2011 went for first downs.

A unanimous All-BIG EAST selection in 2011, Sanu was named a Fourth Team All-America selection by Phil Steele and an honorable mention All-America pick by SI.com. Sanu won two major team awards in 2011 as he was named the team’s most valuable offensive player in addition to winning the Homer Hazel Trophy as the team’s most valuable player.

A Freshman All-America selection in 2009 by CollegeFootballNews.com, Sanu set a new BIG EAST record for receptions in a game with 16 in Rutgers’ victory over Ohio in September of this season.

Eric LeGrand – Sports Illustrated Moment of the Year

January 3, 2012 By DJ Yoshi Leave a Comment

Eric LeGrand’s Return – S.I. Moment of the Year

NEW YORK – Dec. 20, 2011) – After a voting campaign that engaged influencers with an audience of more than 78 million Facebook users and Twitter followers, the fans have spoken. The return of Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand—one year after he was paralyzed from the neck down in a game vs. Army at Giants Stadium—is Sports Illustrated’s 2011 Moment of the Year. LeGrand will appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s year-end issue—the first time in the 57-year history of Sports Illustrated that the choice for the cover of the magazine has been made by fans. The issue is dated Dec. 26, 2011, and hits newsstands on Wednesday.

For one week, from Dec. 9–16, fans could visit a custom tab on Sports Illustrated’s Facebook page to rank the top five choices, knowing that the winning moment would appear on the Dec. 26 cover. The project produced votes from 178 countries and led more than 6,000 users to post comments on Facebook. In the end, LeGrand beat out two of the world’s most well-known soccer stars (Lionel Messi and Abby Wambach), a record-breaking surfer (Kelly Slater) and a milestone for the captain of the Yankees (Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit), among 15 iconic moments that fans could choose from. Below is a list of the top five first-place vote getters and top 10 highest-voting countries.

Candidate % 1st-Place Votes
1. Eric LeGrand’s return %29.3
2. Lionel Messi/Barcelona %19.2
3. David Freese/Cardinals %16.1
4. Kelly Slater’s 11th title %10.6
5. Abby Wambach’s goal %7.5

5 Highest-Voting Countries
1. United States
2. Canada
3. Serbia
4. Germany
5. United Kingdom

The voting results underscored how global and how social-media-based sports fandom has become. When F.C. Barcelona posted mention of its candidacy on its website and its Facebook page, votes poured in for the Champions League winners from around the world—not just from Spain but also from Syria, Kazakhstan, Peru, Latvia and Indonesia, to name a few.

Others with a direct stake in the voting results took to Twitter to galvanize their fan bases, including LeGrand, Wambach, Slater and Michigan State receiver Keith Nichol (he of the dramatic Hail Mary catch vs. Wisconsin). Like F.C. Barcelona, Jeter and Clippers forward Blake Griffin alerted fans to their candidacies on their official Facebook pages. Support for the candidates came from across the sports world (Wambach received Twitter support from many of her U.S. teammates as well as men’s national team mainstay Jozy Altidore) and beyond (musicians Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper tweeted on behalf of Slater).

During the final two days of voting, a surge of support—highlighted by tweets from two of New Jersey’s most prominent politicians, Governor Chris Christie and Newark mayor Cory Booker—nudged LeGrand over the top. Since his injury the upbeat LeGrand has used the same digital tools that helped galvanize voters to put his story on the cover to not only survive his injury but also thrive. Senior writer Alexander Wolff writes in this week’s cover story: “Voice recognition software helps him text and tweet. His wheelchair is Bluetoothed. He takes classes via Skype and updates his Facebook page regularly. Indeed, the very digital technology that helped put LeGrand’s story on this week’s cover has normalized his life as much as that’s possible. ‘He can control his Twitter, he can control his Facebook,’ says LeGrand’s mother, Karen. ‘It helps him have a sense of independence. It’s something that he can do himself without anybody’s help.’ ”

Wolff concludes: “When Eric LeGrand walks again—not if he does, as he’ll hasten to tell you—he knows exactly what he’ll do. ‘I’ll go to Giants Stadium and find the exact spot on the field where I went down,’ he told SI’s Jon Wertheim in October. ‘I’ll lie there for a second. And then I’ll get up on my own power and walk away.’ It would be quite a moment. A moment made for a reelection campaign.”

About Sports Illustrated

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