Presenters of the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will include Glenn Close, Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Sacha Baron Cohen, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler and Seth Rogen.
The awards show will be broadcast live on NBC Sunday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. CST.
Steven Spielberg will receive this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his ‘‘outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.’’
Here are some other things to watch for during 2009:
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The North Mississippi Allstars retrospective project "Do It Like We Used To Do," is coming out soon.
The two-CD/single-DVD package will be released on the band's own label, Songs of the South Records, on Jan. 20.
The two discs of music will highlight the band's live performances over their first 10 years together and a full-length documentary DVD on the history of the band. The documentary includes interviews with the Allstars as well as live footage of the band and influential musicians that helped mold them from the beginning. Lead singer Luther Dickinson says the retrospective: "represents survival for a regional art form and tradition that stubbornly preserves and evolves."
A special pre order of "Do It Like We Used To Do" is available at www.nmallstars.com.
The Boss
Bruce Springsteen has another album due out Jan. 27, just 15 months after his last release, "Magic."
He says on his Web site he was energized to put another album together after recording the song "What Love Can Do."
"It was sort of a "love in the time of Bush" meditation. It was a great track but felt more like a first song of new record rather than something that would fit on Magic. So our producer Brendan O'Brien said, "Hey, let's make another one right now!" I thought, no, I haven't done that since my first two records came out in the same year. And usually I don't write that quickly. But that night I went back to my hotel in Atlanta and over the next week, I wrote several songs ("This Life," "My Lucky Day," "Life Itself," along with "Good Eye" and "Tomorrow Never Knows") that formed the beginnings of our new album," says Springsteen on his Web site.
Springsteen will perform during halftime at the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla.
In theaters
I'm looking forward to the new movie, "Star Trek," due for release May 8. This film chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise.
And, for all those who love really stupid, physical comedy as in things like the films "Dumb & Dumber," "There's Something About Mary," "Shallow Hal," and the Three Stooges — you'll be excited to know Peter and Bobby Farrelly, who made the previously mentioned films, have gotten the green light from MGM to direct a stooges film. It's not going to be a biopic, but sort of a reworking of the stooges for a new generation and a new depression. As Peter Farrelly said in a recent interview posted on firstshowing.net, "When the economy started turning, we felt like the world could use a Stooges slapfest."
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'Hairspray' comes to the Temple Feb. 12
The Tony-Award winning "Hairspray" has delighted audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the '50s are out -- and change is in the air.
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2012 official Mississippi Tour Guide available
Start finding your True South with the 2012 Official Mississippi Tour Guide. Published by the Mississippi Development Authority’s Tourism Division in partnership with the Mississippi Tourism Association, the tour guide is a comprehensive handbook of Mississippi attractions, events, accommodations, restaurants, local contacts, maps, mileage charts and other travel information.
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Celebrate Mardi Gras
I would love to hear from you. Please send ideas, questions, or tips to lawhittle@bellsouth.net . Thank you! Here are some suggestions if you are planning a Mardi Gras Celebration.
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Meridian Mardi Gras rolls into downtown Saturday
Meridian Main Street and Meridian/Lauderdale County Tourism Commission present Meridian Mardi Gras, a free, day-long event filled with Mardi Gras festivities, on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. in downtown Meridian.
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'Fox on the Fairway' cast announced
The cast of Ken Ludwig’s madcap comedy “The Fox on the Fairway” was recently announced by Meridian Little Theatre. - Low-carb vegetables and side dishes
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The Pointer Sisters arrive Saturday
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SOPA ...What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again …
Anyone who uses a computer these days should know at least a little bit about the House and Senate proposals, SOPA and PIPA, which are desperately trying to be passed by the government as you read this. If not, put this paper down right now and go do a little research on how it may affect your internet accessibility, constitutional rights and future technological access as well as who is really behind it all.
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British actor to portray Christian writer C. S. Lewis
Renowned British actor David Payne will present his one man drama, “An Evening with C. S. Lewis” on Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 a.m. in the sanctuary of Highland Baptist Church in Meridian. Tickets are $5 for adults. Students are free. All seats are reserved. - More Meridian 360 Headlines
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