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Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor – Video
Posted: February 29, 2012 at 12:23 am
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Can your extreme performance computer run for 2 to 4 hours while you walk – Video
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Brian Tracy: Authority on Peak Performance – Video
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New Sea-Doo RXP-X – ITS LIKE THAT – Usable Power with Cody Hawkins – don’t spin your wheels – Video
Posted: February 28, 2012 at 10:07 am
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America’s High Performance Coach | Cheryl Hunter – Video
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After personal meeting, mystery musician rocks Romney rally
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By NBC's Garrett Haake
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – In the hours before addressing several hundred Tea Party activists in Milford, Mich. last Thursday, Mitt Romney had another important meeting with a much smaller audience.
In a suburban Michigan home, and in the company of senior aides, Romney spoke for an hour with Bob Ritchie, a Michigander of humble roots and a checkered past, who had risen to prominence in the entertainment industry. According to a Romney aide, the two men spoke for an hour – about Michigan, bringing back Detroit, and about U.S. troops overseas.
“The other day I got in my car and I drove out to a home of a fellow that lives in this area, and I asked him whether he might come here tonight,” Romney told the crowd at a rally here tonight. “I think you know him pretty well. He’s a native son of Detroit, loves Michigan, loves Detroit."
And tonight that meeting paid dividends for Romney. Ritchie, better known as Kid Rock – an often-R-rated musician known his off-stage antics and brushes with the law as much as his musical successes – performed a rousing rendition of his hit song "Born Free" at the conclusion of Romney's final rally before the polls open here in Michigan.
The two struck an odd image together on stage, with Romney in a blazer and button-down shirt, and Kid Rock scruffy in his trademark hat, battered jeans and a leather jacket over a white t-shirt. The two men shared handshakes before and after the performance, and Kid Rock planted a hesitant kiss on Ann Romney's cheek.
But somehow, it all worked, and the single-song concert roused more than a thousand Michiganders to their feet for Kid Rock (and for Romney), just hours before votes are cast in what has become a pivotal primary state.
"Mitt, if you’re elected president, will you help me help the state of Michigan?” Romney said the rock star asked him at their meeting. "I said I would. He said, ‘If you’re elected president, will you help me help the city of Detroit?’ I said I would.
"Then I turned to him, and I said, ‘By the way, given the fact that I’m willing to do those things, will you come here and perform a concert tonight for my friends, and he said he would," Romney continued.
A Romney aide told reporters Kid Rock e-mailed Romney personally the day after their meeting to confirm he would perform at today's event. Since then, the identity of the final rally's "Mystery Musical Guest" had been a closely-guarded secret, with campaign staffers sworn to secrecy. Even the marquee here at the Royal Oak Music Theatre promoted only Romney, and an anonymous musical guest.
Reporters speculated that Kid Rock might be the mystery guest. His song "Born Free" has introduced Romney at nearly every campaign event since December, and the two men's shared affinity for all things Michigan seemed to offer a bridge between their wildly divergent worlds.
Tonight, with the politics behind them (there was a political rally here -- largely forgotten after the musical performance), Mitt and Ann Romney took in the performance from the front row, surrounded by Secret Service agents. They smiled and nodded along to the music, clapping to the beat and taking it all in.
Tomorrow, Michigan votes, and the tune could change.
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Doug Trenary: Inspiring, Practical, Proven Sales, Service, and Leadership Strategies – Video
Posted: February 27, 2012 at 10:02 pm
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Xperia™ U – Powerful and personal – 3D – Video
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Personal Project Performance #1 (Cast #1) – Video
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Esperanza Spalding’s moving Oscar performance of ‘What a Wonderful World’
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This year’s Oscar “In Memoriam” tribute to stars who had died — including Whitney Houston, Sidney Lumet and Elizabeth Taylor — was presented to the sound of a Grammy-winning yet still under the radar star: Esperanza Spalding.
Esperanza Spalding sings a song for the memorial segment at the 84th Academy Awards. (Gary Hershorn - Reuters)
Spalding, to fans of Justin Bieber, will always be remembered as the person who beat the tween heartthrob for the Best New Artist Grammy in 2011. After she won, her Wikipedia page was attacked by angry Bieber fans.
Spalding sang the classic Louis Armstrong song “What a Wonderful World” at an Oscar ceremony with few live performances, other than a Billy Crystal song and a presentation from Cirque du Soleil. None of the nominations for best song were performed, and many of the sketches from host Billy Crystal and others were pre-taped.
Spalding’s performance was praised by critics. “It was a performance that allowed millions to see what Grammy voters had already seen in her last year,” wrote MTV News. See it here.
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