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  With his deep baritone voice and powerful message, Josh Turner earned two standing ovations at the Grand Ole Opry for “Long Black Train.” Learn what the Opry already knows by checking out Turner’s new video and his certified-gold debut album in the iTunes Music Store.   Joss Stone fell in love with a boy who’s in love with the world. Luckily this 16-year-old UK soul singer has The Roots, Betty Wright and Angie Stone to back her up during the experience. Enjoy the video for “Fell In Love With A Boy” from Stone’s new album, “Soul Sessions,” available on the iTunes Music Store.  Peter, Paul and Mary, the most celebrated folk-singing group ever, just released their first studio album in nearly a decade. Break out your Birkenstocks for the listening party featuring all 12 new tracks from “In These Times.” You can also find classic PP&M hits, such as “Puff the Magic Dragon,” at the iTunes Music Store.  As the daughter of Peter Yarrow (from Peter, Paul and Mary), Bethany Yarrow spent years running away from the folk music her father epitomized. Now she infuses folk into her own style of haunting electronic pop. Let Yarrow’s video for “Rock Island” mesmerize you, along with the listening party of her complete debut album (available at the iTunes Music Store).  There’s no turning back for the Scottish band Speedway led by Jill Jackson’s smooth flowing vocals and her songwriting collaboration with drummer Jim Duguid. From Speedway’s forthcoming album, “Save Yourself,” check out the video for the single “Can’t Turn Back.”  With a diverse blend of heavy rock, punk and hip-hop, Toronto-based Thousand Foot Krutch is creating a fresh new musical genre of its own. Hear the sound when the rawk hits in TFK’s “Rawkfist” video.  In the mood for some jazz? Then don’t miss Wynton Marsalis’ listening party featuring all eight tracks from “The Magic Hour” album. For more jazz-jazz-jazz from Marsalis, visit the iTunes Music Store.  “Hey Hey What Can I Do,” “Only Wanna To Be With You,” “Hold My Hand” — just three top hits featured in the 17-track listening party for “The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish (1993 Thru 2003).” There’s more Hootie & the Blowfish in the iTunes Music Store, too.  Junkie XL wanted to capture a “pirate radio feel” in his new progressive dance music album. Catch the video for the song “Catch Up To My Step” (featuring soul legend Solomon Burke) and a storming “guerilla set” live in the streets of Junkie XL’s native Amsterdam. Enjoy additional tracks from Junkie XL’s new album, “Radio JXL — A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin,” in the iTunes Music Store.  Los Angeles producer, remixer and DJ Richard Humpty Vission just released his eighth mix album, “Big Floor Funk,” featuring the single “Never Let Me Down.” You won’t be let down by the intriguing video for this new club anthem. If you enjoy the video, you can pick up two versions of the song at the iTunes Music Store.  Best known for his melodic and soulful influence in hits by rappers Jay-Z and Scarface, Chicago native Kanye West debuts as a solo artist, producing, writing and performing his own lyrics and music on “The College Dropout” (available on the iTunes Music Store). Watch his videos “Through The Wire” and “Slow Jamz.”    Did you know that QuickTime lets you add over 200 digital media capabilities and components to your Mac or PC? Besides playing MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and MP3 content, QuickTime also supports timecode tracks, MIDI standards, digital video content (including DV camcorder formats) and key standards for web streaming. Additionally, you can use QuickTime to open images in major file formats such as JPEG, BMP, PICT and GIF. Learn more. |
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  Are you suffering from winter blues? There’s only one cure for that — a dose of paradise. What flavor would you like — exotic beaches, warm turquoise waters, lush tropical jungles or mystic ancient ruins? If you can’t plan a dream vacation today, you can at least enjoy a virtual getaway to paradise via QuickTime VRs. Start your journey in the Pacific islands of Hawaii, Tahiti, Bora Bora and Fiji. Next stop — Thailand to explore the luxurious palaces of Thai royalty. Wind your way over to the gorgeous French Riviera to bask in the sun on a yacht. Then cruise over to Italy to see the Coliseum in Rome and the leaning tower of Pisa. All that ancient history in Italy will put you in the mood for the great pyramids of Egypt. And if you like those pyramids, don’t miss the mystic Mayan ruins of Tikal, Guatemala. While you’re in Central America, visit the Costa Rican rain forests and a volcano. Want to see it all in one place? Well, in Las Vegas you can find beaches, jungles, gondolas, a pyramid, a volcano, the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, Elvis and much more. Doctor’s final orders: Chase that winter blues cure with a tourist-style fruity drink sporting a paper-umbrella.
  
If you want to stay up to date with the latest in entertainment and
technology news, as well as exciting events in the QuickTime world,
simply launch QuickTime. Every time you start the application,
you’ll get a peek at fresh and intriguing music, movies, DVDs, video
games, technology and more. Try it now.
 
The ambitious editors of NBC hit comedy series “Scrubs” know the
best solution for editing a top-ten network show: Final Cut Pro and
QuickTime. This solution gives the editing crew the ability to
easily add special effects such as sped-up action, pop-ups to
fantasies or flashbacks, voice-overs and more. “We push deadlines to
the nth, nth, nth degree,” editor Rick Blue says. “It would be
difficult to do without this type of technology.” In addition to
lowering production costs, the technology also allows the editors
more flexibility to work off-site on their own schedule.
 
The British Pathe archive consists of 3,500 hours of historical
videos and more than 12 million still photographs documenting the past 75
years, including footage of the Titanic, the D-Day Landings and the
Beatles. Using Macs and Xserves, engineers are encoding all the
video content into QuickTime files for the British Pathe archive web
site, where the public can purchase video clips for personal or
licensed commercial use.
 
Sheltered high-school outcast Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch,
“Emperor’s Club”) doesn’t know what he is in for when the beautiful
girl next door, Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert, “Old School”), catches
his peeping eyes on her as she undresses. As it turns out, Danielle
isn’t quite the stereotypical wholesome girl next door; she’s
actually a porn star considering a career change. Will there be
romantic love? Dangerous car chases with the police? Daring
encounters with porn producers? Comical episodes of teen life?
You’ll have to find out what happens when “The Girl Next Door” opens
in theaters March 12.
 
A guaranteed necessity for Xena fans, the complete third season of
“Xena: Warrior Princess” is available on DVD. The nine disc set
includes all 22 episodes, plus more than nine hours of extra content. See
what kind of exclusive bonus footage you can expect by watching
three interview clips with cast members Renee O’Connor, Ted Raimi
and Xena herself, Lucy Lawless.
The Man of Steel meets the guy next door — must be “Superman: Son of
Krypton.” Now available for the first time ever on DVD are the first
three episodes from this animated series that ran on WB Kids in the
late ‘90s. The DVD includes the game “Escape from Planet Krypton” and detailed bios of Superman’s family, friends and foes. You don’t have to have super powers to draw Superman thanks to the special DVD extra explaining “How to Draw Superman.” Sneak a peek at clips of the how-to and more.
“Dirty Old Town” documents a day in the life of Ted Leo and his band
the Pharmacists as they play at the third annual Siren Music
Festival at Coney Island, New York. The full-length concert film
stitches together in-depth interviews with Ted Leo and a slideshow
of Coney Island. Special features on the DVD include Ted Leo solo
performances, notably one in NYC during the Blackout of 2003. Find
out what Ted Leo is all about in his lyrics, stories, music and
politics.
More on DVD  
With QT Playlist Maker from Qtilities, you can organize how you want
your audio and video clips on the web, in multimedia applications
and on CDs or DVDs. If you’re a GarageBand rock star, you can post
your music album on the web, making it accessible to all listeners
on both Mac and Windows operating systems with QuickTime. At
presentations or trade shows you can seamlessly play a series of
video clips and even set them to loop continuously. Since the
playlists only refer to the media files on your hard drive or web
site, it’s easy to alter playlists at any time. Download a demo from
Qtilities.
 
Check out some of the most amazing basketball dunks ever on the “NBA
Street Series: Dunks” DVD featuring priceless video footage
collected over decades and interviews with NBA superstars. Preview
four clips from the DVD online: “Dunks History,” “Little Dunkers”
(that’s right — a tribute to vertically challenged superstars) and
interviews with Jason Kidd and Steve Francis.
If you’ve always wanted to be a powerful military general, now’s
your chance in “Command and Conquer Generals.” In a fictional modern
war, go head to head online in 3D multiplayer battles as you command
the forces of the U.S., China or the Global Liberation Army (GLA).
Think you have the courage to accept the mission? Find out by
watching the game trailer.
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