Lady Gaga vs. ‘American Idol’: Nobody Wins
By DAVE ITZKOFF
This hasn’t been an easy week to be a behemoth of either pop music or television. On the one hand, you have the colossally popular Lady Gaga, who got the gossip columns buzzing about the amount of time it may or may not have taken her to emerge from her dressing room at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night. On the other, you have the monstrously successful “American Idol,” whose ratings have seen worrisome declines this year amid complaints about a ho-hum lineup of contestants. (But not Crystal Bowersox!)
Put the two phenomena together and you should have a high-wattage hit. But instead the pairing just made the week worse for both parties.
Hours after Lady Gaga appeared Wednesday night on “American Idol” to perform her songs “Bad Romance” and “Alejandro,” she was on her Twitter feed complaining about how she was presented on the show.
“FOX POORLY + AMATEURLY edited+cut my performance/musical arrangement on idol,” Lady Gaga wrote. She also provided a link to the Web site PerezHilton.com, where she said the full unedited performance could be found.
Even in its shortened form, Lady Gaga’s performance was not much help to “American Idol,” which posted its worst Wednesday night ratings since 2002. Fox declined to discuss Lady Gaga’s remarks and a representative for Fremantle Media, which produces the show, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
domingo, maio 16, 2010
RONALDINHO AND CUP
RONALDINHO AND CUP
Ronaldinho’s gap-toothed grin will be missing from the Brazilian team photos from South Africa. The most dazzling player of a generation was omitted from Dunga’s preliminary roster Tuesday, signaling perhaps that supreme talent alone is not enough to be part of the Seleção, and that training habits and commitment may also be important. The striker Adriano was also left off the initial list of 23 players named to the team. Dunga will add seven more later in the day to the preliminary list submitted to FIFA. This signals a new-look Brazil team, with Kaka as the undisputed leader. The Real Madrid player was named along with Robinho, Maicon and his Inter Milan teammate, goalkeeper Julio Cesar.
Ronaldinho, a veteran of the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals, was not the only aging superstar left off the team: Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos, who played in every World Cup since 1998, were left off the team as expected.
Dunga, who won the World Cup as a player in 1994 and helped lead the team to the final in 1998, has carefully re-made the Brazil team since taking over as coach in 2006. Known for a more defensive, physical style as a player, he began phasing out his flashier former teammates and brought in a number of more conservative players willing to play defense. Brazil is still Brazil: quick passing, artful step-overs and keen flicks season their play. But Dunga relies on players like Maicon and Lucio, physical defenders who can win balls and advance directly, to anchor his team, rather than the samba-style practitioners like Ronaldinho.
Though he had been on the outside of the Brazil team for over a year, Ronaldinho showed renewed vigor this season with A.C. Milan, scoring 10 goals in Serie A.
Ronaldinho’s gap-toothed grin will be missing from the Brazilian team photos from South Africa. The most dazzling player of a generation was omitted from Dunga’s preliminary roster Tuesday, signaling perhaps that supreme talent alone is not enough to be part of the Seleção, and that training habits and commitment may also be important. The striker Adriano was also left off the initial list of 23 players named to the team. Dunga will add seven more later in the day to the preliminary list submitted to FIFA. This signals a new-look Brazil team, with Kaka as the undisputed leader. The Real Madrid player was named along with Robinho, Maicon and his Inter Milan teammate, goalkeeper Julio Cesar.
Ronaldinho, a veteran of the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals, was not the only aging superstar left off the team: Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos, who played in every World Cup since 1998, were left off the team as expected.
Dunga, who won the World Cup as a player in 1994 and helped lead the team to the final in 1998, has carefully re-made the Brazil team since taking over as coach in 2006. Known for a more defensive, physical style as a player, he began phasing out his flashier former teammates and brought in a number of more conservative players willing to play defense. Brazil is still Brazil: quick passing, artful step-overs and keen flicks season their play. But Dunga relies on players like Maicon and Lucio, physical defenders who can win balls and advance directly, to anchor his team, rather than the samba-style practitioners like Ronaldinho.
Though he had been on the outside of the Brazil team for over a year, Ronaldinho showed renewed vigor this season with A.C. Milan, scoring 10 goals in Serie A.
COPA DEL MONDO
COPA DEL MONDO
Los hermanos brasileños, pardon el mal portugués. ¿Pero convenhamos que el país del mejor jugador del mundo en una Copa, Maradona (86), siempre estaría tomando a ventaja si el sistema de la desputa del mundo foste por los puntos corridos, porquê las Eliminatorias? ¿El Brasil sería pentacampeon? Jamás... Vejan el fútbol de la selección del Dunga en esta eliminatoria y hacen una media. ¿Quién juega más bonito? La Argentina, solamente olé de torcido... El Brasil, vaias, show de vaias cuando juega en el Brasil. ¿Todos saben, el FIFA ayuda siempre al Brasil en los arbitrajes, no saben? Pienso ciertamente eso. ¡Besos, muchos besos a las brasileñas de Floripa!
Los hermanos brasileños, pardon el mal portugués. ¿Pero convenhamos que el país del mejor jugador del mundo en una Copa, Maradona (86), siempre estaría tomando a ventaja si el sistema de la desputa del mundo foste por los puntos corridos, porquê las Eliminatorias? ¿El Brasil sería pentacampeon? Jamás... Vejan el fútbol de la selección del Dunga en esta eliminatoria y hacen una media. ¿Quién juega más bonito? La Argentina, solamente olé de torcido... El Brasil, vaias, show de vaias cuando juega en el Brasil. ¿Todos saben, el FIFA ayuda siempre al Brasil en los arbitrajes, no saben? Pienso ciertamente eso. ¡Besos, muchos besos a las brasileñas de Floripa!
CANCIÓN POR LA PAZ
CANCIÓN POR LA PAZ
Por ésa PAZ que anhelaba,
un gran hombre de verdad.
Por ésa ilusión soñada,
es que hoy lo recuerdo más.
Fé en Dios siempre la ha tenido,
y fé en su Pueblo capaz.
Pero quienes no han querido…
…Lo trataron de matar.
Señor, tú que estas en todos,
y siempre Justicia das
Encamina al Ser Humano,
cada día un poco más.
En ésta Noche Suprema
Te pido mi "Buen Señor"
Que la pureza se adueñe
¡ De la Paz y del Perdón !
Ana María Zacagnino
http://www.zacagnino.com
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Por ésa PAZ que anhelaba,
un gran hombre de verdad.
Por ésa ilusión soñada,
es que hoy lo recuerdo más.
Fé en Dios siempre la ha tenido,
y fé en su Pueblo capaz.
Pero quienes no han querido…
…Lo trataron de matar.
Señor, tú que estas en todos,
y siempre Justicia das
Encamina al Ser Humano,
cada día un poco más.
En ésta Noche Suprema
Te pido mi "Buen Señor"
Que la pureza se adueñe
¡ De la Paz y del Perdón !
Ana María Zacagnino
http://www.zacagnino.com
Buenos Aires - Argentina
AMISTAD
AMISTAD
Es la palabra…
…Que debes tú valorar.
Contemplando la armonía.
de los hombres al hablar.
No te dejes llevar nunca,
por ternuras inmediatas.
Esas que pronto se apagan,
y no hay ninguna que lata.
Mira la vida Interior,
de los seres de éste mundo.
Y cosecha lo mejor,
aún, sin ir a lo profundo.
Amistad, palabra sana,
llena de "Luz y Armonía".
Vístete con ésa "Dama"
Y harás que ella te sonría.
No pienses en las mentiras,
o vaivenes de éste Mundo
pues alguien en las alturas,
ha de saber que es profundo.
Tu sentir y tu conciencia
Que permiten comparar,
al que Siempre será "Amigo"…
…Y en los Años... "Será igual".
Ana María Zacagnino
http://www.zacagnino.com
Es la palabra…
…Que debes tú valorar.
Contemplando la armonía.
de los hombres al hablar.
No te dejes llevar nunca,
por ternuras inmediatas.
Esas que pronto se apagan,
y no hay ninguna que lata.
Mira la vida Interior,
de los seres de éste mundo.
Y cosecha lo mejor,
aún, sin ir a lo profundo.
Amistad, palabra sana,
llena de "Luz y Armonía".
Vístete con ésa "Dama"
Y harás que ella te sonría.
No pienses en las mentiras,
o vaivenes de éste Mundo
pues alguien en las alturas,
ha de saber que es profundo.
Tu sentir y tu conciencia
Que permiten comparar,
al que Siempre será "Amigo"…
…Y en los Años... "Será igual".
Ana María Zacagnino
http://www.zacagnino.com
terça-feira, maio 11, 2010
terça-feira, março 23, 2010
ANIVERSÁRIO DE NÁGILA
Foi muito bom ver a comunidade Polivalente homenageando sua diretora. Parabéns Nágila.
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