Casts of "Les Mis?rables," "Chicago," "Dreamgirls" set for Oscars' musical tribute

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - This year's Oscars broadcast will go heavy on the jazz hands.

The producers of the telecast have lined up a list of big names for their tribute to "Chicago," "Dreamgirls," "Les Mis?rables" and other film musicals of the past decade. Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls"), Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago"), and Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Tveit and Eddie Redmayne ("Les Mis?rables") will all add some razzle dazzle to the proceedings.

The Oscars will be broadcast on Sunday and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane, who is no slouch in the music department himself.

"We are pleased to have been able to amass so much talent to create the celebration of musicals of the last decade that we envisioned," producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement. "We are thrilled that so many talented actors have agreed to bring our vision to life."

Indeed, the show's producers have done an impressive job of securing big musical names. In addition to the tribute, they have lined up Adele and Norah Jones, convinced Barbra Streisand to perform on the Oscars for the first time in over three decades and enticed Dame Shirley Bassey to make her Oscars debut.

Now all they need to do to make the evening an audatory feast is to ensure Crowe doesn't get a solo during the "Les Mis?rables" section.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/casts-les-mis-rables-chicago-dreamgirls-set-oscars-231945076.html

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Why game makers love Sony's PS4

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FORTUNE -- With gaming on smartphones and tablets growing rapidly, it's not enough for traditional hardware companies like Sony (SNE) to trot out new consoles with better technical capabilities. They have to innovate. Judging from Wednesday night's spectacle of an unveiling, the Japanese electronics company did its best, playing up new social networking features that let players share gameplay to Facebook (FB) and cloud-based technology that streams games to the home.

But is that enough? Fortune asked game makers and pundits for their thoughts.

Scott Steinberg, TechSaavy?strategic innovation consultant
I applaud Sony.?They had a nice coming out party. This is pretty bold for a company that's used to operating purely on selling retail software product. They realize players' habits are changing, and so they're laying groundwork for experiences that offer software in a connected world. ?But was there anything so wildly mind-blowing and out of left-field that the world had to stop and look? Not really.?The hardware is very impressive, but hardware itself has been commoditized -- it's now about the surrounding features.

It's going to be about the software, and I'm not sure we're seeing anything that promises to reignite interest in this space. (These connected features have promise but, it's still a very nascent market.)?The pricing also has to be competitive now. Households are holding on to every dollar.?Price it too high, and oftentimes people will vote with their wallets. I'd like to see it at $299 in this brave new world. Hell, if I had my druthers, I'd price it at $249,?but that's not going to happen.

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Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO
The PlayStation 4 is going to be a huge leap forward for developers like Ubisoft and for gamers. For us, PS4 will let us push past the barriers caused by the somewhat dated architecture of current consoles and develop games that are far more connected and more immersive. We're going to use the PS4 to create games like Watch Dogs that blur the lines between the real and the virtual worlds.

For gamers, PS4 is going to mean more social and more believable games. By combining better graphics, more processing power and memory, touch and motion controls, streaming and many other recent advances into a single package, the PS4 announcement yesterday really gave gamers a glimpse of what the future of play looks like.

Kevin Chou, Kabam CEO
The PS4's new hardware specifications, instant boot and Gaikai integration are promising and give gamers a significant new system to consider. But largely, it's an evolutionary upgrade seven years after the last system.? Of note is third-party publishers' commitment to the system, including Activision's announcement of?Diablo?and [Bungie Studios's]?Destiny?for the system.?However, I think the most remarkable news was that Sony mentioned free to play for the new console because free to play represents the?biggest business disruption?in the gaming industry today.

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I would love to see Sony embrace free to play and provide details of how the console will embrace the dominant business model for gaming now sweeping both tablets and smartphones. Free to play enables consumers to play without making an upfront commitment before they know if they will enjoy the game. Not being fooled out of $60 because of an errant review or sizzling trailer. For the PS4 to really break through, a commitment to a business model for games that serves the consumer's best interest will be truly revolutionary in this as-yet evolutionary announcement of the next generation of hardware.

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Gunman leaves trail of dead in Calif. shooting spree

Three people were killed and another wounded by a California gunman who went an on early morning spree of shooting and carjackings before he killed himself when confronted by police.

Police in Tustin, Calif., have yet to identify the shooter as they work several crime scenes where the gunman stole cars and shot at people using two rifles.

Police received a call about an initial carjacking and shots fired by a suspect carrying "two long guns" at 5:30 am PT, Tustin police said in a statement.

"During this carjacking a bystander was struck by gunfire from the suspect," police spokesman Paul Garaven said in the statement.

The gunman is believed to have soon after stolen another car, killing the driver in that carjacking, police said.

When police received a third call from a carjacking several miles away, they found two victims, one who had died from his wounds and another in critical condition.

"Officers located the suspect in the stolen vehicle and followed him to the city of Orange. When a stop was initiated, the suspect shot and killed himself," cops said.

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California Plans to List BPA as a Health Hazard

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Bisphenonal A, or BPA, a potentially toxic chemical used in plastics and the linings of canned food and already banned from use in children?s drinking cups and baby bottles, may soon be declared a reproductive hazard in the state of California. ?The state?s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) said it would list the compound as a Proposition 65 chemical under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Proposition 65 was enacted on November 4, 1986 as a voters? initiative.? OEHHA is the lead state entity responsible for its implementation. The act requires businesses to provide a warning when they cause exposure to a chemical listed as known to cause either cancer or reproductive toxicity.

Scientists have long stated that BPA?s estrogen-like components can alter reproductive hormones.? According to OEHHA, the agency plans to list BPA as known to California to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65 based on the findings of the National Toxicology Program (NTP).?

A report by the NTP states, ?Although there is no direct evidence that exposure of people to bisphenol A adversely affects reproduction or development, studies with laboratory rodents show that exposure to high-dose levels of bisphenol A during pregnancy and/or lactation can reduce survival birth weight.??

NTP identified eight studies as the basis for the conclusion that there is clear evidence of adverse developmental effects at high doses of BPA in the form of fetal death, a decrease in litter size or a smaller number of live pups per litter in rats and mice, reduced growth in rodents, and delayed puberty in male mice and rates and female rats.?

OEHHA is working on setting an acceptable level of exposure to BPA.?

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Source: http://www.celsias.com/article/california-plans-list-bpa-health-hazard/

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Posted on February 17, 2013 3:03PM by Meghan Rooney ?

Victoria Beckham struck a pose in one of her own designs at the International Woolmark Prize final event today at the ME London hotel. It was a special evening for Victoria, one of the judges for the award that recognises up-and-coming designers from around the world. She was joined on the judging panel by Diane von Furstenberg and Donatella Versace, and Australian designer Dion Lee was in the running, though they selected Christian Wijnants as the International Woolmark Prize winner.

Victoria has kept a hectic work schedule, bouncing from one fashion week to the next. She is fresh off a stay in the Big Apple where she debuted her Fall 2013 Victoria Beckham collection with the support of husband David Beckham and daughter Harper. She also showed her lower-priced line, Victoria Victoria Beckham, before heading back home to the UK.

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