Live World Events: May 2012

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Prometheus London Premiere live with Charlize Theron, Ridley Scott, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender

Event: Prometheus London Premiere

When: 31 May 2012

Where: Empire & Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London

For all the red carpet action see: Prometheus Live London Premiere

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris and Rafe Spall.

In the late 21st century, a star map is discovered within the archeological imagery of several otherwise unconnected cultures, which includes the Aztec, Mesopotamian and Magdalenian civilizations. The crew of the spaceship Prometheus is sent on a scientific expedition to follow the map as part of a mission to find the origins of humanity. Exploring the advanced civilization of an extraterrestrial race, they soon face a threat to humanity's very existence.

PinkPop Festival 2012 with The Cure, Kasabian, Linkin Park, Sound Garden, Keane Mumford & Sons and Bruce Springsteen

Event: PinkPop Festival 2012

When: 26 May 2012

Where: Landgraaf, the Netherlands

Line-Up for PinkPop 2012 includes:

26 May

The Cure

Anouk

Kasabian

Kyuss Lives

Moss

Major Tom

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

The Ting Tings

Ben Howard

The Afghan Whigs

Will and the People

27 May

Linkin Park

Soundgarden

Babylon Circus

Kyteman’s Hiphop Orchestra

Racoon

Keane

Mastodon

The BossHoss

The Wombats

Bombay Bicycle Club

Chase & Status

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

28 May

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band

Mumford & Sons

Gers Pardoel

Seasick Steve

The Specials

Blood Red Shoes

Herbert Gronemeyer

James Morrison

Rival Sons

The Hives

Chef’Special

Hungry Kids of Hungary

Jonathan Jeremiah

Mike Snow

Paul Kalkbrenner

Serena Pryne & The Mandevilles

Pinkpop Festival, or Pinkpop for short, is an unusual festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. It is held annually on the Pentecost weekend (Pinksteren in Dutch, hence the name). In 1970, the first festival took place in Geleen, now part of municipality Sittard-Geleen and was held on the Monday following that weekend.

Today, Pinkpop is a 3 day festival, from Saturday to Monday, and visited by approximately 60,000 people a day with performances on 3 separate stages. In 35 years, 1.5 million people have attended Pinkpop. More than 500 musical acts have played at the festival.

In 1994 (the 25th edition), it was decided to sell only 60,000 tickets, to prevent overcrowding due to the popularity of the festival. In 1995, it was made into a 2-day festival. Two years later, in 1997, this was further expanded to three days.

2007 saw a spin-off, later in the year, on 11 August, called Pinkpop Classic, for an older rock audience, with bands that previously performed there in past decades.

In 2008 Pinkpop was for the first time in its history, not held on Pentecost weekend which fell too early that year for the convenience of fans and performers alike.

Rock In Rio Festival in Lisbon 2012 with Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Metallica, Kaiser Chiefs and Lenny Kravitz

Event: Rock In Rio Festival in Lisbon

When: 25 May 2012

Where: Av. Gago Coutinho, Lisboa, Lisbon Portugal

Line Up for 2012 Rock in Rio Festival Lisbon includes:

Linkin Park

Maroon 5

The Offspring

The Smashing Pumkins

Metallica

Evanescence

Kaiser Chiefs

Limp Bizkit

Stevie Wonder

Lenny Kravitz

Bryan Adams

Joss Stone

Sepultura

Mastodon

James

And many more.

Rock in Rio is a series of music festivals held in three cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid in Spain. In 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be the fourth.

Four incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991, 2001 and 2011, four in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and two in Madrid in 2008 and 2010. The shows were organized by Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Medina. In 2011, Rock in Rio returned to its original location, Rio de Janeiro, with a new line-up of singers and groups.

Rock in Rio has been the largest music festival in the world, with 1.5 million people in the first edition, 700,000 in both the second and fourth editions, about 1.2 million in the third, and about 350,000 people in each of the 3 Lisbon editions.

Future editions of the festival will intercalate an international edition with one in Brazil, returning in Lisbon in 2012 and Rio in 2013. Pre-sales for the 2013 tickets started during the 2011 edition, and have already reached 15,000 orders.

amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit gala

Event: amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit gala

When: 24 May 2012 @ 6.30pm

Where: Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Cap d’Antibes, France

The nineteenth annual Cinema Against AIDS, held during the Cannes Film Festival, is a black-tie event featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, and live auction.

Over the years, Cinema Against AIDS has become the most eagerly anticipated and well publicized event held during the Cannes Film Festival. Cinema Against AIDS is always marked by unforgettable moments like Sharon Stone dancing along to an impromptu performance by Sir Elton John and Ringo Starr, George Clooney bestowing a kiss on a lucky auction bidder, Mary J. Blige bringing the crowd to its feet during a moving rendition of U2’s anthem One, and Janet Jackson paying a heartfelt tribute to amfAR’s co-founder the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor.

The event consistently has the most exciting and diverse guest list of any party held during the festival. It includes many of the celebrities and personalities associated with the film festival while also attracting familiar faces from the worlds of fashion, music, business, and international society. Since 1993 Cinema Against AIDS events around the world have raised over $70 million for lifesaving AIDS research.

What to expect when you're expecting London premiere, Cameron Diaz, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison and Cheryl Cole attending.

Event: What to expect when you're expecting London premiere

When: 22 May 2012

Where: BFI IMAX, London

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Genesis Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, Anna Kendrick, Ben Falcone, Rodrigo Santoro, Chace Crawford, Joe Manganiello, Chris Rock, Rebel Wilson, Megan Mullally, Rhoda Griffis, Cheryl Cole & Wendy McLendon-Covey

Inspired by the perennial New York Times bestseller of the same name, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING is a hilarious and heartfelt big screen comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood.

Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules (Diaz) and dance show star Evan (Morrison) find that their high-octane celebrity lives don't stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy.

Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy (Banks) gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy's husband, Gary (Falcone), struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who's expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler (Decker).

Photographer Holly (Lopez) is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex (Santoro) isn't so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a "dudes" support group.

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Chelsea Flower Show 2012 Live Stream RHS Royal Hospital Online Feed, Weather

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. It is the most famous such show in the United Kingdom, perhaps the most famous gardening event in the world and part of London's summer social season. Popular parts of the Chelsea Flower Show include the show gardens designed by leading names and the centrepiece of the floral marquee.

The RHS first became involved with the Chelsea Hospital in 1905. Three years before, it had leased the grounds of Holland House in Kensington to hold what was first advertised as a Coronation Rose Show, but which turned into a more general show (with not many roses) by the time it actually opened in June. Two further two-day summer shows took place at Holland House in 1903 and 1904, but then, to the general satisfaction of exhibitors and press, a three-day Summer Show was staged in the Hospital grounds, a more spacious site than Holland House had allowed, with room for five tents. The Summer Shows reverted to Holland House for the years thereafter, except in 1911, when both it and Chelsea proved unavailable, and the Show was held at the Olympia exhibition hall.

The Royal International Horticultural Exhibition of 1912 demonstrated, at a time when the complaints from the Temple were increasing annually, what an excellent site for a show the grounds of the Chelsea Hospital provided. Accordingly, for 1913, the Great Spring Show was moved there, while the Summer Show reverted to Holland House. Despite the First World War, the show was held 1914 - 1916, but was cancelled in 1917 and 1918.

By the roaring 1920s, the Chelsea Flower Show was back in full swing, the famous Chelsea tea parties were established and Royal visits resumed. In 1926 the show was held a week late due to the General Strike.

In 1937, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth celebrated their Coronation Year, and to mark the occasion, a superb Empire Exhibition was staged. It featured wattles from Australia, pines from Canada, brilliant gladioli from East Africa and even a big prickly pear from Palestine.

The show was cancelled during the Second World War, as the land was required by the War Office for an anti-aircraft site. Some doubt arose as to whether the show would resume in 1947. The majority of exhibitors wanted a postponement, as stocks of plants were low, staff much depleted and fuel for greenhouses was obtainable only with special permits, but Lord Aberconway (then RHS President) and the RHS Council felt strongly that the show should resume as soon as possible. As it turned out, the show went ahead in 1947 and it was a great success.

Festivalissimo 2012 Live Stream, La Fiesta Latina Montreal Lineup, Online Feed

Launched in 1996, Festivalissimo has become the most important event in Canada expressing the effervescence of Latin-American, Spanish and Portuguese cultures. The 16th edition will unveil a range of varied events: an Ibero-Latin-American film festival showcasing current and cutting-edge movies, as well as a large-scale outdoor event, la Fiesta Latina.

In addition to its component film competition, Festivalissimo presented for the first time this year-Feria Fiesta del baile, a large free outdoor event held in downtown on St. Catherine Street West. For four days the festival-goers danced to the rhythms of tango, flamenco, salsa and samba. Many stalls and entertainment graced the site colorful neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Havana and Seville. Festivalissimo, the biggest event Ibero-Latin American in Canada, was created in 1997 by Ms. Elisa Pierna under the name of cultural Muestra Ibero-Latin Americana de Montreal . With the support of the community and the consular corps Ibero-Latin American Montreal, he quickly became a broadcaster par excellence of cultural cinema in Spain, Portugal and 24 Latin American countries.

In 2000, he marked his entry into the new millennium by incorporating components Entertainment and Visual Arts at its annual programming. He also created educational workshops for students of all levels of Quebec and American high schools. More than 10 000 students attended.

In addition to support two dozen private companies, the agency received in 2001 his first government grants. It was during this same year that the crop mustra adopted the official name of Festivalissimo .

Consequently, the popularity of Festivalissimo knew unbridled growth. An impressive array of movies, shows and exhibitions was presented in 2001 to an estimated audience of 140 000 participants. From 2002 to 2004, the number of films and countries represented increased by 300%. So much so that in 2005 the 298,130 festival-goers urged not to take part in one of the three strands of programming.

EDC New York 2012 Live Stream, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim Online Feed NYC

Electric Daisy Carnival was originally just a single annual electronic dance music festival held in the South West United States on the last weekend of June. The event was held in Southern California from 1997 to 2010, and was moved to Las Vegas in 2011. In 2012,for the first time ever, Electric Daisy Carnival will be held in New York on May 18th 19th and 20th.

Electric Daisy Carnival’s inaugural New York City offshoot will run May 19-20th at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Avicii, Armin van Buuren, Fatboy Slim, Bassnectar, Calvin Harris, Afrojack and Chase and Status top the bill. Other heavyweights include Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, John Digweed, Sebastian Ingrosso, ATB, Alesso Boris, and DJ sets by Pendulum and Nero. Also on the lineup are Steve Angello, Gareth Emery, Markus Schulz, Erick Morillo, Thomas Gold, Subfocus, Dirty South, Danny Tenaglia, Chuckie, Loco Dice, Fedde le Grand, Madeon, Borgore, R3hab, Seth Troxler, Art Department, and Jaguar Skills.

MetLife Stadium is a stadium in the New York Metropolitan Area, part of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and is adjacent to the site of the former Giants Stadium, which was home to the Giants from 1976 until December 2009 and the Jets from 1984 until January 2010. Like its predecessor, the new stadium is the only NFL stadium shared by two teams. However, unlike Giants Stadium, in which the Jets were tenants of the NJSEA, the new stadium is a 50/50 partnership between both teams. The first concert at the New Meadowlands was New Jersey natives Bon Jovi, who performed four shows at the venue on their The Circle Tour. The second concert at the stadium was Hot 97's Summer Jam. Eagles performed here on June 10 as part of their summer tour. U2 performed at the stadium on July 20, 2011 on their U2 360° Tour. The show was originally to be held on July 19, 2010, but had to be postponed following Bono's emergency back surgery. The show was the third to visit the Meadowlands on the U2 360° Tour, the first two being at Giants Stadium on September 23 and 24, 2009.

Champion's League Final 2012 Live Stream, Chelsea v Bayern Munich Allianz Arena Online Feed

The 2012 UEFA Champions League Final will be a football match played on 19 May 2012 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany to decide the winner of the 2011–12 season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club tournament organised annually by the UEFA confederation. The winners receive the European Champion Clubs' Cup (the European Cup). The game is the culmination of the 57th season of the tournament, and the 20th since it was renamed the Champions League.

The match will kick off at 20:45 local time and will be contested by English club Chelsea and Bayern Munich of Germany. It's the first Champions League Final to be held in the Allianz Arena (known as "Fußball Arena München" for the final) which opened in 2005. With Bayern being one of two tenants of the Arena, it's also the first time a Champions League finalist has had home stadium advantage.

The Allianz Arena was announced by UEFA as the venue of the 2012 final on 30 January 2010, although the stadium will be referred to as "Fußball Arena München" for the match, as UEFA does not recognise sponsorship by companies that are not among its partner organisations. The stadium, which opened in 2005, is the home stadium of both Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, and was used for six matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup including the opening match. The stadium will host its first major European final. The Olympiastadion in Munich, the previous home of Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, hosted three European Cup Finals in 1979, 1993 and 1997.

During the match, the stadium will be illuminated in green and turquoise to represent the official UEFA emblem of the Munich final, as the outer shell of the Allianz Arena can change colour. For this reason, the illuminants have to be changed, because the Allianz Arena could only glow in different forms of red, white and pale blue, so far.

Billboard Music Awards 2012 Live Stream, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Usher Online Feed

The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011. Janet Jackson has won the most awards. Unlike other awards, such as the Grammy Award, which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received, the Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, number of downloads and total airplay. Awards were given for the top album/artist/single in different genres.

Since 1992, the awards also give out a Billboard Century Award, the magazine's highest honor for creative achievement and named for Billboard's centennial in 1994. The award was renamed the Icon Award in 2011. On February 17, 2011, Billboard announced that it would bring the BMAs back to television, moving from its original home on Fox to its new network, ABC, on May 22, 2011, and in 2012 airs live May 20 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET from the MGM Grand Arena.

In 2012 Katy Perry is to Debut her new song at the Billboard Music Awards. Other performers include Chris Brown, Usher, Justin Bieber, Stevie Wonder Receiving Icon Honor, Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park and Nelly Furtado, CeeLo Green, Carrie Underwood. 'Modern Family' Duo Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell will be hosting the awards ceremony.

MGM Grand Garden Arena is located in the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada, USA, and is patterned after New York's Madison Square Garden. The arena has a seating capacity of 16,800 people and is located at 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South. The MGM Grand Garden Arena has held events such as the Billboard Music Awards, the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit, the VH1 Divas Las Vegas shows, and other sporting and special events such as Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) PPV events. From 1996-2000, it hosted wrestling's WCW Halloween Havoc PPV event. The UWF television event Backjack Brawl was held at the venue in 1994. For the last three years it has held the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMA) in May. On December 6, 2010 it hosted the first ever American Country Awards.

Hangout Festival 2012 Live Stream Gulf Shores Alabama Online Feed, Lineup

The Hangout Music Festival, styled as the Hangout Music Fest, is an annual three day music festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. It is the first major music festival held on the beach in the city. The festival was attended by 13,000–15,000 people per day in 2010. Attendance in 2011 had to be capped at 35,000 per day, an unprecedented number for the second year of a music festival in the region, due to safety concerns. The 2011 event was estimated to have generated approximately $30 million for the Gulf Shores area economy. Advance tickets for the 2012 event, which continues to be capped at 35,000 attendees per day, sold out within one hour. General admission tickets sold out on February 21, 2012, almost three months prior to the event.

The festival has five stages for 2012. They include the Hangout (Main) Stage, "Letting Go" Stage, Chevrolet Stage, and Xbox Stage. The BP Shaka Island Kids Stage is for children. The 2012 festival will take place May 18-20, 2012. The three main headliners were announced to be Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Dave Matthews Band. Other scheduled performers include: Alabama Shakes, Skrillex, The String Cheese Incident, Wilco, Paul Oakenfold, Archnemesis, The Flaming Lips, Chris Cornell, STS9, Dispatch, Gogol Bordello, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Mac Miller, Flogging Molly, Coheed and Cambria, G. Love and Special Sauce, Randy Newman, Young The Giant, Dr. Dog, Cage The Elephant, M. Ward, Yelawolf, Switchfoot, Julian Marley, Zeds Dead, Mavis Staples, Shpongle, Gary Clark Jr., Rebelution, Allan Stone, Big Freedia, Steve Winwood, The Devil Makes Three, Paper Diamond, Futurebirds, Tribal Seeds, Hey Rosetta!, Sleeper Agent, The Lumineers.

Gulf Shores is a coastal city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 5,044. However, since the year 2000, Baldwin County as a whole, has experienced rapid population growth, second only to Shelby County in Alabama. The location of Gulf Shores on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico makes it vulnerable to hurricanes. In September 1979, Hurricane Frederic leveled most of the town. In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan caused extensive wind and flooding damage. In 2005, while still cleaning up from Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage and flooding.

Monday, 14 May 2012

Billy Bob Thornton live in LA for book signing of A Cave Full of Ghosts

Event: Billy Bob Thornton live in LA for book signing

When: 21 May 2012 @ 7pm

Where: Barnes and Noble located at 189 The Grove Drive, Grove shopping center, Los Angeles.

Raised in small-town Arkansas, Billy Bob Thornton grew up amid a rich storytelling tradition. See, the South is just different than other places. . . . You can feel the ghosts there. As a kid, he would sit on the porch listening to his family or some old man down the road spinning yarns about colorful neighbors. These stories didn't have to be made up. The characters were already there, so the stories just came out of the characters we knew. Thus was borne his Oscar®-winning masterpiece Sling Blade and now The Billy Bob Tapes—a narrative based on late-night conversations with Kinky Friedman and other friends who gathered 'round to hear Billy mine a cave full of ghosts.

Billy grew up shooting squirrels, playing drums in VFW clubs, and dreaming of rock 'n' roll stardom or pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals. Then at sixteen he took a drama class to meet chicks—and met Mrs. Treadway, who noticed the young man's talent and encouraged him as an actor and writer. "You don't know what it's like to be a drama teacher in a small town in Arkansas where nobody really cares," she said, "but let me tell you something. You can do this." Everything I've accomplished since, I can trace back to this woman, Maudie Treadway.

The colorful characters, stories, and experiences of his youth would find their way into Billy's work, in his films and music, and in his perspective and attitude. It's like the old saying goes: you can take the boy out of the hills, but you can't take the hills out of the boy. That boy did leave the hills—for Hollywood Hills. A true fish out of water, he recalls stories of miserable jobs, the cheapest accommodations, and physical hunger—but also a devoted writing partner Tom Epperson, a life-changing acting teacher in L.A., and a compassionate nurse who snuck him milk shakes when he was near starvation. But there was always the dream of being an actor, and his fortunes turned when he served hors d'oeuvres as a catering waiter to legendary director Billy Wilder, who advised him, "Write about your interesting life."

Billy's long career in Hollywood yields stories of inspired collaborations and failed ones, true friendships with other actors and musicians, and good friends gone too soon. In The Billy Bob Tapes, he reflects on the critics, the culture around fame, and the challenges of conveying an artistic vision in film. Most striking is Billy's clear-eyed perspective about the magic of entertainment, and how we perceive it in a rapidly changing world. With passion, unvarnished honesty, wry humor, and a little help from friends Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall, Dwight Yoakam, Tom Epperson, and Daniel Lanois, Billy Bob finally talks.

New York Aids Walk 2012, Keri Hilson, Nick Jonas & Vincent Kartheiser attending

Event: New York Aids Walk 2012

When: 20 May 2012

Where: Starts and ends at Central Park. Enter 59^th Street and 5^th Avenue, New York

Schedule of the day:

8:30 a.m. Sign-In

9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremony Begins

10:00 a.m. AIDS Walk New York Begins

Confirmed celebrities participating in this years walk include:

Nick Jonas

Wendy Williams

Keri Hilson

Vincent Kartheiser (Madmen)

Barrett Foa (NCIS: Los Angeles)

Dot-Marie Jones (Glee)

David Hyde Pierce (Emmy Award Winner)

Audra McDonald (Tony Award Winner)

Michael Urie (Ugly Betty)

Carolee Carmello (Sister Act)

AIDS Walk New York is an annual fundraising walkathon that benefits Gay Men's Health Crisis and over 50 other local AIDS service organizations. Founded in 1986, it's now the largest walkathon in the world, and the largest AIDS fundraiser in the world by participation.

Ironman Texas 2012 Live Stream, The Woodlands Online Feed, Course, Weather

The Woodlands area of Texas is the site of the Texas Ironman 70.3, where the athletes will begin with a 2.4-mile swim in Lake Woodlands. Next is a 112-mile bike course that will take participants west through the scenic, rolling farmland of east Texas. The day ends with a 26.2-mile run course entirely within The Woodlands that concludes with a spectacular finish on Market Street.

An Ironman 70.3, also known as a Half Ironman, is one of a series of middle-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The "70.3" refers to the total distance in miles (113.0 km) covered in the race, consisting of a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim, a 56-mile (90 km) bike ride, and a 13.1-mile (21.1 km) run. Each distance of the swim, bike, and run segments are half the distances of those segments found in an Ironman triathlon. The Ironman 70.3 series culminates each year with a World Championship competition, of which competitors qualify for during the 70.3 series in the 12 months prior to the championship race. In addition to the World Championship race, Ironman 70.3 championship competitions are also held for the European and the Asia-Pacific regions.

The Woodlands is a master-planned community and a Census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population of the CDP was 55,649 at the 2000 census, a 90 percent increase over its 1990 population. According to the 2010 census, The Woodlands' population rose by 68.6% from 55,649 in 2000 to 93,847 in 2010.[5] Much of The Woodlands is located in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), but small portions of the development extends into the ETJ of Shenandoah and Conroe.

The Woodlands is located 28 miles (45 km) north of Houston along Interstate 45. Though it began as a suburban development and a bedroom community, it also has attracted corporations to the area.

Ironman Lanzarote 2012 Live Stream, Triathlon Canarias Online Feed, Weather

Lanzarote is the home of the Lanzarote Ironman, also known as the Ironman Lanzarote Canarias, an annual triathlon Ironman (3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km run), which takes place in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote in Spain. The lanzarote Ironman is the only triathlon held in Spain where the scoring counts for the Hawaii Ironman. Nowhere else is the awesome power of nature to create and to destroy more apparent than on Lanzarote. One of the seven Canary Islands belonging to Spain, Lanzarote is only 120 km from the West Coast of Africa. On this island that captivates visitors with its dramatic scenery, picturesque villages and unique style, probably one of the toughest races in the world is held every year.

The Ironman Lanzarote Spain Triathlon is an official qualifying competition in Europe for the Ironman Triathlon World Championship on Hawaii. Lanzarote is situated at 29°00' north, 13°40' west. It is located 11 km north-east of Fuerteventura and 1 mile from Graciosa. The dimensions of the island are 60 km from north to south and 25 km from west to east. Lanzarote has 213 km of coastline, of which 10 km are sand, 16.5 km are beach, and the remainder are rocky. Its dramatic landscape includes the mountain ranges of Famara (671 m) in the north and Ajaches (608 m) to the south. South of the Famara massif is the El Jable desert which separates Famara and Montañas del Fuego.

The mountainous area of Lanzarote is called Timanfaya National Park. The tallest mountain is Peñas del Chache elevating 670 m above sea level. The "Tunnel of Atlantis" is the largest submerged volcanic tunnel in the world. Lanzarote is the easternmost island of the Canary Islands and has volcanic origin. It was born out of fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations.

New York City Dance Parade 2012 Live Stream, NYC Dancefest Route, Date, Online Feed

The Dance parade is an annual parade and festival that showcases dance of all kinds as an expression of art and culture. It takes place in New York City each May, on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Greg Miller, a social entrepreneur and dance aficionado, established the non-profit organization in December, 2006 and led an all-volunteer group that produced the inaugural parade on May 19, 2007.

Over 2300 dancers from 75 organizations made their way down Manhattan’s Broadway and Fifth Avenue on and around eight floats. Ending in front of the Washington Square Memorial Arch, the parade culminated in 31 performances highlighting native New York dance styles such as hip-hop, jazz dance, break dancing, and salsa. Participants included the original B-boys, DJs Danny Tenaglia and Kool Herc; and Frieda Williams.

As defined by its Board of Directors, Dance parade’s mission is “to promote dance as an expressive and unifying art form by showcasing all forms of dance, educating the general public about the opportunities to experience dance, and celebrating diversity of dance in New York City by sponsoring a yearly city-wide dance parade and dance festival”. The parade route starts on 21st street, then progresses in the history of dance order and boogie our way down Broadway.

The parade is designed to celebrate the history of dance. The order of the parade reflects the history of dance, with the earliest forms African/Japanese/etc up through modern times. By showcasing various different genres, cultures and styles, the parade unifies the world of dance. It also provides the general public the opportunity to experience and participate in a day of dance.

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Seattle International Film Festival 2012

Event; Seattle International Film Festival

When: 17 May 2012

Where: Various across Seattle

Festival Venues include: SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Film Center, Pacific Place Cinemas, Harvard Exit Theatres and the Egyptian Theatre.

Opening Night Red Carpet Event on 17 May 2012 at 5.30pm at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall followed by the Opening Night Gala.

The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees.

In recent years, the SIFF has run for more than three weeks (24 days), in May/June, and features a diverse assortment of predominantly independent and foreign films and, in recent years, a strong contingent of documentaries.

SIFF 2006 included 300+ films and was the first SIFF to include a venue in neighboring Bellevue, Washington, after an ill-fated early attempt. However, in 2008, the festival was back to being entirely in Seattle, and had a slight decrease in the number of feature films. The 2010 festival featured over 400 films, shown primarily in downtown Seattle and its nearby neighborhoods, but also in West Seattle, Everett, Kirkland, and Juanita Beach Park.

Bamboozle 2012 Live Stream, Blink-182, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Skrillex Festival Online

The Bamboozle is an annual rain-or-shine, three-day music festival held in New Jersey. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days. The event evolved out of the Skate and Surf Festival. The Bamboozle has many different characters within the festival planning. Some of these characters are real people with false identities, who work to plan and operate the festival, while others are completely fictional, and serve as a means to give the public clues as to who may be playing at The Bamboozle.

On November 7th 2011, John D, the founder, tweeted a picture from Asbury Park, New Jersey hinting that the festival would return there to help celebrate it's 10 year anniversary. It was later confirmed on their website and in various chats with John D. The three-day music and pop culture event will be staged at North Beach Asbury Park, New Jersey, May 18, 19 and 20, 2012 with Incubus, Foo Fighters, Mac Miller, Skrillex, Bon Jovi, Brand New and Blink-182 as the headliners.

Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 16,116. The city is known for its rich musical history, including its association with Bruce Springsteen. It was ranked the sixth-best beach in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.

2012 Bamboozle Line-Up includes:

May 18th

Skrillex
Incubus
MacMiller
Aer
Aiden Chance
Anamanaguchi
Armor For Sleep
Big Freedia & The Divas
David Garibaldi
DJ Prime
Casey Veggies
Gonzo Kreayshawn
Mike Posner
Miss May I
Sailesh The Uncensored Hypnotist
Stray From The Path
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Wonder Years
Timeflies
V-Nasty
Volbeat
We Came As Romans
Whitechapel

May 19th
Foo Fighters
Blink-182
A Great Big Pile of Leaves
A$ap Rocky
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Volvo World Match Play Championship 2012 Live Stream, Finca Cortesín Golf Club Online Feed

The Volvo World Match Play Championship is the current name of an annual match play men's professional golf tournament. From 2009 the event will be played at the Finca Cortesín Golf Club in Casares near Málaga, Spain, having previously been played at Wentworth Club near London. The event is traditionally played in the autumn, usually in October but sometimes in September, and is an official money event on the European Tour.

The tournament was founded by sports agent, Mark McCormack, as a showcase for the players he managed. The inaugural event in 1964 was won by Arnold Palmer, who was McCormack's first client. The calibre of the winners has consistently been very high, with the majority of the tournaments being won by players who have been ranked in the top two in the Official World Golf Ranking or its predecessor Mark McCormack's world golf rankings.

In 2003, the tournament was given a major overhaul. Greatly increased sponsorship was secured from the largest British based bank, HSBC, and the winner's prize was increased to £1 million, which was then easily the largest in world golf (although the Nedbank Golf Challenge had had a $2 million first prize from 2000-02). In 2004, the field was increased to sixteen players, all of whom need to play eight rounds of golf to win, to eliminate the advantage previously given to seeds. A qualifying system based primarily on performances in the four majors, replaced the invitations of the past. World ranking points were allocated to the event (for the first time since 1999), and the championship became an official money European Tour Order of Merit event - not however the actual prize money, as the first prize is far higher than for the other events on the tour, but scaled down amounts intended to be more proportionate. In recent years Americans have tended to decline their invitations. In 2005, no Americans took part at all, and with stalwart Ernie Els injured and Vijay Singh and Sergio García also absent, the field was one of the weakest seen at the event, with just one player from the world top ten. The 2006 event had a considerably stronger field with six of the world's top ten players headed by the world's top two ranked players Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. But in January 2007 HSBC activated a break clause in its ten year contract and withdrew from sponsorship after the 2007 even.

Men in Black 3 London Premiere with Will Smith, Josh Brolin, Alice Eve & Emma Thompson, watch red carpet arrivals with live stream

Event: Men in Black 3 London Premiere

When:16 May 2012

Where: Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London

Will Smith, Alice Eve, Emma Thompson and Josh Brolin confirmed as attending.

Catch all the action with the live red carpet stream

Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Lady Gaga, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nicole Scherzinger, Yuri Lowenthal, Kevin Covais, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Lenny Venito & Keone Young.

An alien criminal kills the young Agent K in 1969, altering the timeline, changing the Agency and placing the Earth in danger. Veteran Agent J (Will Smith) must travel back in time to 1969 to before the murder and work with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save him, the Agency, the Earth and humanity itself.

Cannes Film Festival 2012 Live Stream, Red Carpet Webcast Feed, Dates, Weather

Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson is the opening film for the 65th Cannes Festival at the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, while Claude Miller’s Thérèse Desqueyroux will close the Festival de Cannes on 27 May 2012 at the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals.

Marilyn Monroe is the icon of the 65th Festival de Cannes
Jean-Pierre Dardenne will be the president for the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury
Tim Roth to be President of the Un Certain Regard Jury

The Cannes International Film Festival (French: Le Festival International du Film de Cannes or just Festival de Cannes), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival

The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The 2012 Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 16 to May 27, 2012. The President of the Jury is the Italian film director Nanni Moretti.

The festival was relaunched after World War II in 1946, in the old Casino of Cannes, financed by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and the City of Cannes. Although the initial spirit of the French festival was to compete with its Italian counterpart, a secret agreement took place between both nations, so that they will celebrate their international festivals in alternating years. The first Cannes Festival had a considerable success, so when the Franco-Italian agreement was made public it was heavily criticised and considered as a "capitulation of France".

The next year, in 1947, the festival was held again as the Festival du film de Cannes, dropping the international nature, but only in name, as films from sixteen countries were presented. Moreover, the principle of equality was introduced, so that the jury was to be made up only of one representative per country. Also, this year the festival was held at the made-for-the-occasion Palais des Festivals, although the roof was unfinished and blew off during a storm.

What to expect when you're expecting Live Hollywood Premiere with Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Brooklyn Decker & Elizabeth Banks

Event: What to expect when you're expecting Hollywood premiere

When: 14 May 2012

Where: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

Watch the stars as they arrive on the red carpet with this live stream

Photographer Holly (Lopez) is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex (Santoro) isn't so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a "dudes" support group.

Sony Radio Academy Awards 2012

Event: Sony Radio Academy Awards 2012

When: 14 May 2012

Where: Grosvenor House Hotel, London

The evening will be hosted by Chris Evans and stars Gary Barlow, Jessie J and Alexandra Burke will be at the awards ceremony.

The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They were run by ZAFER Associates but are now under the control of The Radio Academy.

The categories for the awards are decided by an annual committee, with the aim to include all the main genres from contemporary music, news and speech through to radio drama, comedy and sport, and not discriminating against station size, or niche categories.

Martin Sheen & Emilio Estevez live at book signing of Along the way

Event: Martin Sheen & Emilio Estevez live at book signing of Along the way

When: 11 May 2012 @ 7pm

Where: Barnes and Noble located at 189 The Grove Drive, Grove shopping center, Los Angeles.

In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and son. In alternating chapters—and in voices that are as eloquent as they are different—they tell stories spanning more than fifty years of family history, and reflect on their journeys into two different kinds of faith.

At twenty-one, still a struggling actor living hand to mouth, Martin and his wife, Janet, welcomed their firstborn, Emilio, an experience of profound joy for the young couple, who soon had three more children: Ramon, Charlie, and Renée. As Martin’s career moved from stage to screen, the family moved from New York City to Malibu, while traveling together to film locations around the world, from Mexico for Catch-22 to Colorado for Badlands to the Philippines for the legendary Apocalypse Now shoot. As the firstborn, Emilio had a special relationship with Martin: They often mirrored each other’s passions and sometimes clashed in their differences. After Martin and Emilio traveled together to India for the movie Gandhi, each felt the beginnings of a spiritual awakening that soon led Martin back to his Catholic roots, and eventually led both men to Spain, from where Martin’s father had emigrated to the

United States

. Along the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage path, Emilio directed Martin in their acclaimed film, The Way, bringing three generations of Estevez men together in the region of Spain where Martin’s father was born, and near where Emilio’s own son had moved to marry and live.

With vivid, behind-the-scenes anecdotes of this multitalented father’s and son’s work with other notable actors and directors, Along the Way is a striking, stirring, funny story—a family saga that readers will recognize as universal in its rebellions and regrets, aspirations and triumphs. Strikingly candid, searchingly honest, this heartfelt portrait reveals two strong-minded, admirable men of many important roles, perhaps the greatest of which are as fathers and sons.