Saturday, April 27

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New Cake Boss Bakery Opens in Greenwich, Though Filming Not Allowed
Business, Lifestyle

New Cake Boss Bakery Opens in Greenwich, Though Filming Not Allowed

There can be a few small downsides to fame -- something Buddy Valastro Jr., better known as the "Cake Boss" of reality TV, knows well enough. Carlo's Bakery, home of the Cake Boss, has been greenlighted for opening its first shop in Greenwich, Connecticut. The agreement with the town is not without stipulations, however. The Planning and Zoning board gave a firm "no" when it came to filming any episodes at the local store, and officials also wanted assurances that special events, such as cake-decorating classes and birthday parties, would occur during non-school hours so as not to aggravate parking and traffic problems. Several zoning officials are worried that cars full of "Cake Boss" fans could create a troublesome bottleneck in an area that is already fairly congested. The ba...
Chicago Schools Set to Cool Down as Mayor Emanuel Orders AC Installation
Lifestyle, Local

Chicago Schools Set to Cool Down as Mayor Emanuel Orders AC Installation

Long afternoons in classrooms are even tougher for kids when the temperature rises. It can be hard enough for kids to focus and stay productive in the classroom when they are comfortable. But now, in order to make sure heat never slows kids down, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ordered Chicago Public Schools to begin installing air conditioners in every classroom by this summer. Over the course of the next five years, according to a spokesperson from the mayor’s office, all of the more than 200 schools that do not have air conditioning in every classroom will. Though it is unclear exactly how much the project will cost as of now, it will be paid for through the CPS capital budget. Currently, 324 of more than 500 schools in the CPS system have full air conditioning. Of the 206 that do not, 162...
One Direction Accused of Plagiarism in Latest Music Video
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One Direction Accused of Plagiarism in Latest Music Video

While the millions of One Direction fans around the world were likely ecstatic to watch the group's latest music video upon its April 18 release, one Australian video production company was less than pleased. Oh Yeah Wow, the production company in question, has accused the British boy band of plagiarizing in its video for "You And I,"according to an April 24 NME article. Oh Yeah Wow claims that One Direction and "You And I" director Ben Winston "regurgitated" a video the company had shot for Clubfeet's song "Everything You Wanted" in January 2013. According to Oh Yeah Wow, the third act of the "You And I" video, in which the band members jump into freeze-frame shots of themselves, directly copies the Clubfeet video. On its blog, Oh Yeah Wow expresses anger that "some affluent y...
Jared Leto Took a Helicopter to the Movie Awards
Fashion, Lifestyle

Jared Leto Took a Helicopter to the Movie Awards

Is he going to accept his award from Helicopter? On 12th of April, Jared Leto arrived at MTV Movie Awards by a Helicopter. When he was hovering over the place of awards ceremony, everyone was unclear that who was coming. Ambiguities happened to be clear when he turned his face out of the cockpit. Actually, he went Coachella to attend some musical shows where he did not perform as a lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars band. On the other hand, a private news agency reported that “Leto did not want to miss the Movie awards; however, he took a helicopter and traveled from the desert to the big show”. In spite of having no performance at Coachella, Jared got a helicopter to reach at the Movie Awards on time.  Basically, he was coming to see the performance of famous band Arcade Fire....