Archive for April, 2009
Bob The Builder Show Cancelled
Bob the Builder LIVE! originally scheduled for the Memorial Auditorium has been cancelled.
UNC, Chapel Hill To Welcome Home Anoop Desai
Chapel Hill native, Anoop Desai is coming back home after appearing on the top rated reality TV show, American Idol.
Anoopography
(Provided by Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau):
Anoop Desai (born December 20, 1986) was a contestant on the eighth season of American Idol, placing 6th. Desai has credited his decision to audition for American Idol to the death of a friend, Eve Carson, who was murdered. During the broadcast of the wild card round on March [...]
Publisher Drops War Game Created In Raleigh
The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war’s fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called “Six Days in Fallujah.”
A spokeswoman for Japanese game company Konami Corp. confirmed Tuesday the company is no longer publishing the game, which was set to go on sale early next year.
Anoop Desai Makes The Rounds On TV
Chapel Hill’s own Anoop Desai has been busy making the rounds on TV talk shows ever since he was booted from American Idol last week.
Durham Students To Be Featured On TLC
Students in Beth Spataro’s 7th grade class at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham will be filmed for an upcoming TLC episode of “Designing Spaces, Kids Spaces Series”.
Directors, Actors Stay True To Foote’s Script
John Doyle frets about plenty of things while directing his first movie. Bringing Horton Foote’s final screenplay to life is not one of them.
“He tells you in the writing what he’s trying to say so I don’t feel intimidated by the lack of his presence,” Doyle said in an interview on the first day of [...]
Raleigh Man Appears In Reality Show
A 29-year-old Marine veteran and bar manager from Raleigh is one of 20 young men vying to win the heart of a much older woman on TV Land’s “The Cougar” reality show.
Anoop’s Luck Ends On ‘American Idol’
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “American Idol” finalists Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai aren’t closer to becoming household names. Both singers were dismissed Wednesday after it was revealed they received the fewest number of viewer votes on the popular Fox singing competition.
UPDATE: Kathy Griffin Announces New DPAC Date
After postponing her April 23 show at the DPAC due to strep throat, comedian Kathy Griffin announced the show will be rescheduled for Oct. 16.
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