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8 July 2008 3:06 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Wild and wooly, there was little to love, but a lot to look forward to... A lot has happened in the past six months and while there may not have been very many good movies and there were plenty of bad ones there was much more to remember as well as a lot to look forward to. First off, the writers'strike was finally settled, but as we move into the second half of 2008 the actors are now threatening to shut down Hollywood with a strike of their own. We learned of a new kind of woman out in the wild and she is known as a "Twilight Mom", a term that proved it could wreck havoc on your server should you decide to bash any part of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" novels or the film based on said material. I wrote an article called "I Wanna Be a 'Twilight' Mom!

Brad Brevet

8 July 2008 2:22 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

It took all of 19 days for Hollywood to jump on the idea to realize a film based on the life of the recently deceased "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert was necessary. Defamer found a casting call for the role of Maureen Orth, the wife of Russert, on Craigslist with the following: Small independent New York based film company is searching for the role of Maureen Orth, the wife of the late Tim Russert. The film will explore the last 24 hours of Russert's life and Golden Globe winner Randy Quaid is set to play the role of Tim Russert. Randy Quaid must be hurting for cash if he is willing to jump on this one. I guess dropping his lawsuit against the Brokeback Mountain producers was a bad move on his wallet. However, if you are looking for this film in theaters stop right now, the casting post alone tells us enough,

Brad Brevet

26 June 2008 10:38 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Tom Brokaw is insisting that his current stint as Tim Russert's replacement on Meet the Press is only temporary. And while his remarks may have the familiar ring of Diane Sawyer's when she took over hosting duties on Good Morning America and Bob Schieffer, who announced his plans to quit Face the Nation earlier this year, Brokaw maintains that he won't take on the Meet the Press assignment "as a fulltime job under any condition." In an interview with TVNewser website, Brokaw said, "My intention is to get us through the election and give [NBC News president] Steve Capus time to make a decision. If he hasn't made a decision by then, if he needs extra time, I'll give him extra time. I've had my moment in the sun. I've been at this a long time. ... I want to go back to the imperfectly-mapped out plan for my life."

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23 June 2008 10:28 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Tom Brokaw has told the New York Times that he "volunteered" to step in as a temporary replacement for the late Tim Russert as moderator of Meet the Press. "I looked at my calendar and manipulated a couple of personal things, and I told him I can get us through the election," Brokaw said. "A lot has been said in recent days about what Meet the Press means to NBC News and to the nation," NBC News President Steve Capus said in a statement. "To have someone of Tom's stature step up and dedicate himself to ensuring its ongoing success is not only a testament to his loyalty to Tim, but his enduring commitment to NBC News and our viewers."

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23 June 2008 10:28 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

St Paul, MN-based Internet Broadcasting Services, which operates the websites of several NBC affiliates, has fired the employee who posted news of the death of Tim Russert on the Wikipedia website before it was officially announced, the New York Times reported today (Monday). The newspaper quoted a spokeswoman for IBS as saying that the employee had thought that the death was already a matter of public record. The Times further reported that 11 minutes after the Wikipedia website reported Russert's death, another IBS employee updated the site again to make it appear that Russert was still alive. The report touched off angry condemnation by several online news sites. Henry Blodget, publisher of Silicon Valley Insider, wrote: "It's one thing for a news organization to decide to delay reporting news of a staffer's death out of deference to his or her family (this makes sense). It's another for the organization to expect other organizations to follow the same policy. And it is yet another thing for someone to deliberately strike accurate facts from a collective record to appease an upset client, which is what someone at Ibs apparently did." John Biggs, editor of the tech site Crunch Gear, wrote: "NBC, of all organizations, should know what to do with news. They have been a trusted source for decades. For them to fumble in this way ... is an egregious chain of failure that led to what can only be described as a debacle. Fine, can the kid because he updated Wikipedia on the job. That's fair. But don't try to cover your tracks ham-handedly."

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20 June 2008 10:33 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

A study by the MediaCrit.com blog examining criticism that the TV news media's coverage of the death of Meet the Press host Tim Russert was overblown, noted that the three major networks and CNN devoted a total of 1 hour an 17 minutes to his death on the first day of news coverage on June 13 while the same outlets devoted 1 hour and 1 minute to the death of ABC's Peter Jennings in August 2005. The study pointed out that NBC used the entire 28 and a half minutes of NBC Nightly News to report the Russert story while in 2005 ABC World News Tonight saved five minutes for other stories. The report observed: "The results are interesting, given that Jennings had a much longer on-air career, and that he anchored five days a week, compared to Russert's much smaller audiences for a niche Sunday morning program."

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19 June 2008 6:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Leaving their hotel room in Italy ahead of his wife and son to go back to Washington, D.C., so he could tape that Sunday's Meet the Press, Tim Russert was grabbed by his wife, People reports in its latest issue, on sale Friday. "I said to him, 'I want to give you a hug; maybe I'll never see you again,' " says journalist Maureen Orth, 65, speaking publicly about her husband for the first time since his June 13 passing – the day after he left Italy. "I don't know why I said that to him. I just had a feeling." Russert

18 June 2008 6:57 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The family of revered U.S. newsman Tim Russert will have something to smile about as they bid farewell to the late broadcaster on Wednesday - he'll be among the first celebrity recipients of a patriotic honour.

Officials at the National Museum of Patriotism in Atlanta, Georgia had agreed to give Russert an award before his death last week.

The host of America's political news show Meet The Press will join country singer Lee Greenwood and actor Lou Gossett Jr. among the first celebrities to claim national patriotism awards.

The honours will be handed out at the end of the year.

A private funeral mass and burial for Russert took place on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. A televised memorial service will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington,

D.C. later on Wednesday.

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18 June 2008 12:15 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

A composed, 22-year-old Luke Russert delivered what he termed "my Dad's last speech" at funeral services in Washington, D.C., Wednesday for powerhouse journalist Tim Russert. The elder Russert, longtime host of NBC's Meet the Press, died Friday of a heart attack at age 58. "My dad was my best friend," said the younger Russert, who acknowledged wondering if he were capable of speaking at the service. "Well dad, I am the man for this job." Speaking for his father, he advised parents, journalists and politicians to be their best selves. Saying that "we are all a small part of a grand design,

Susan Keating

17 June 2008 7:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

George Clooney and Bruce Springsteen have joined politicians and journalists in honouring the memory of U.S. political heavyweight Tim Russert, who died last week.

Springsteen, who was the newsman's favourite rocker, took time to pay tribute to Russert during a concert in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday night and then dedicated Thunder Road to the broadcaster.

Russert had once booked his hero to perform at his old Cleveland college in 1975.

Meanwhile, Clooney was among those who sent flowers to a public wake for the Meet The Press host, planned for Tuesday at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C, where President George. W. Bush was among mourners.

A private funeral mass and burial is planned for Wednesday and a televised memorial service will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. later on Wednesday.

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17 June 2008 6:55 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Tim Russert's sudden death came as a shock to friends worldwide – none more than Cardinal John Patrick Foley, who spent time with him during the 58-year-old newsman's recent Italian vacation. "He was in good form and happy to be spending time with his wife and son," the Cardinal (who met up with the Russert clan in Rome) tells People. The Meet the Press host and his wife, Vanity Fair journalist Maureen Orth, were celebrating son Luke's recent graduation from Boston College. Foley – who has known the devout-Catholic Russert for 24 years and even baptized Luke – accompanied the trio to Saint Peter's Square,

Silvia Sansoni

17 June 2008 12:30 AM, PDT | From newser.com | See recent newser news

Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert snatched a prestigious Peabody media award at last night's ceremony hosted by CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl. She stepped in to replace Brian Williams, who opted to spend time with NBC colleagues after Tim Russert's death. Colbert displayed his usual deadpan style, comparing his staff to a "barium enema" for injecting themselves into stories to flush out "truthiness." Other recipients included:

16 June 2008 10:41 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Before the death of veteran NBC newsman Tim Russert was announced by any broadcast or cable news network on Friday, word of his passing took the form of changes on Russert's Wikipedia listing, published reports observed today (Monday). The first official news came from Russert's employer, NBC, when Tom Brokaw broke into programming at 3:39 p.m. (NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is currently on assignment in Afghanistan.) However, the New York Times reported that the Wikipedia site edited Russert's listing with word that he had died and began modifying his entry more than a half hour earlier, at 3:01 p.m. The Times observed that the listing was updated by someone whose Ip address belongs to Internet Broadcast Systems, the company that operates websites for NBC's owned-and-operated stations.

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16 June 2008 9:01 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: The family of late U.S news anchor Tim Russert have paid tribute to the star, hailing him as a much-loved family man.

The longtime Meet The Press host died after suffering a heart attack his Washington, D.C office on Friday. He was 58.

The star's sister Kathy Russert-Hughes says the news came as a devastating blow - especially as it came the day before Father's Day.

She says the whole family was planning a visit to see Russert on Sunday.

She tells People.com, "We were going to take him out to eat, drive around, whatever he wanted to do. We were going to spend the time with my dad."

"His family was the most important thing in the world. And he always had time for family.

"Timmy loved life, he loved people. I was very proud to be his sister, it's such a tremendous loss.

"He was always there for me. No matter how busy he was he would always take our calls or call us - family is number one.

"Tim was a great dad, they were the closest a father could be to a son, a bond as strong as I've ever seen. The love was unimaginable from the day he was born."

Russert's son Luke has expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support he and his mother, Maureen Orth, have received.

He says, "We're holding up as best as can be. She grieves like a wife, and I grieve like a son, so we're mourning differently."

Meanwhile it has been revealed that Russert suffered from asymptomatic coronary artery disease.

His physician tells website TMZ.com that he was surprised by Russert's death, because he had a stress test in April that came back normal.

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16 June 2008 5:15 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

The person described as the "light of Tim Russert's life," his son Luke, said he and his mother are "hanging' in there, [we] take it day by day" after the shocking, sudden death of his father, NBC newsman Tim Russert, on Friday. "We're holding up as best as can be." Speaking at the top of Monday morning's Today show, the recent Boston College grad expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support he and his mother, print journalist Maureen Orth, have received, and said that planning for his father's funeral is helping to keep their minds off their sadness. "She grieves like a wife,

Stephen M. Silverman

16 June 2008 4:05 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Private and public services – including a televised memorial – are planned for Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert. A public viewing will be held for Russert on Tuesday at the St. Albans School, Cafritz Refectory, in Washington, D.C., according to NBC. After a private funeral and burial Wednesday, another memorial service will be held for Russert in the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center. That memorial will be broadcast live Wednesday on MSNBC, beginning at 4 p.m. "He may have been the ultimate Washington insider," NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker tells People, "but he wasn't part of the Brie and wine set.

Mark Dagostino and David Chiu

15 June 2008 8:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Behind the desk at Meet The Press, Tim Russert had a knack for shredding even the savviest of politicians. Whether stumping gubernatorial candidate David Duke with a basic economic question in 1991, grilling President Bush on non-existent weapons of mass destruction 11 months after the invasion of Iraq, or tripping up Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on gun control last year, Russert earned his reputation as a TV tough guy. But away from the cameras, friends say, Russert – who died of a heart attack on Friday – was a true family man and a "sweetheart of a guy." That's how newspaper columnist and television commentator Mike Barnicle,

Mark Dagostino

14 June 2008 10:30 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

The plans were set. Sunday morning, Father's Day, Tim Russert would finish taping his NBC show Meet the Press and fly from Washington, D.C., to his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. His sister Kathy Russert-Hughes, 52, would pick Tim up and the pair would spend the day with their dad, Timothy J. Russert, Sr., fondly known as Big Russ. "We were going to take him out to eat, drive around, whatever he wanted to do," Kathy tells People. "We were going to spend the time with my dad." Timmy, as she called him (and he called her Kiki), always spent Father's Day with Big Russ,

Diane Herbst

14 June 2008 9:15 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

TV news star Tim Russert's abrupt collapse at the NBC News studio in Washington, D.C., Friday came as a shock – even to his doctor. In a statement detailing autopsy results, Dr. Michael Newman said his famous patient had passed a stress test on April 29 and had even worked out on a treadmill the morning of his death."Russert, age 58, was known to have asymptomatic coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis), which resulted in hardening of his coronary arteries," Newman said. "The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart and significant atherosclerosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery with (a) fresh clot

Nicole Weisensee Egan

14 June 2008 1:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Newsman Tim Russert was plain-spoken and always determined to get to the truth – qualities, he often said, he inherited from his father, a Buffalo sanitation worker affectionately known as Big Russ. In 2004, Russert, the longtime host of NBC's Meet the Press, wrote the bestselling book Big Russ & Me, about the life lessons he learned from his dad, and how he passed those lessons on to his own son, Luke. The journalist, who died from a heart attack at the age of 58, two days before Father's Day, shared these poignant family stories in Big Russ & Me, and a follow-up book, Wisdom

Alex Tresniowski

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