Bomb hoax disrupts Rolling Stones show
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A bomb hoax interrupted a Rolling Stones concert in Charlottesville, Va., but after about an hour the stadium was rocking again.
Early into the set Thursday night, Stones frontman Mick Jagger told the 55,000 fans at the University of Virginia's Scott Stadium they were taking a 10-minute break for a "technical problem," the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported Friday.
Bomb-sniffing dogs were brought on stage and about a third of the seats on the floor were evacuated as police searched the stadium, the newspaper said.
Nothing was found, however, and the Stones resumed the concert about an hour later.
David Frost joining al-Jazeera
DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Veteran British broadcaster David Frost plans to join the Arab-language TV station al-Jazeera when it launches its English-speaking channel next spring.
The Qatar-based channel said Frost, who broadcast his final Breakfast with Frost program for the BBC in May, would be among the "key on-air talent." Frost was quoted as saying he felt "excitement" about his new role.
Frost came to prominence on television in the early 1960s when he presented the satirical BBC show "That Was the Week that Was." He presented a series of news and current affairs programs in Britain and the United States and won acclaim for his interviews with former U.S. President Richard Nixon after the Watergate affair.
Launched in 1996, al-Jazeera is best widely viewed in the Arab world.
McLaren sued by French composer
ANGERS, France, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren was accused in a French court of plagiarizing "About Her," a song on the "Kill Bill 2" soundtrack.
French musician Benjamin Beduneau, who goes by the name Lancelot, told a court in Angers, France, he gave the song "Smith Ballad" to McLaren for an old project that never reached fruition, the BBC reported Friday.
McLaren, however, claimed they worked together on the piece and he actually wrote the song from music samples Lancelot provided.
When Lancelot said he registered "Smith Ballad" with the French performers' rights group Sacem in 2003, McLaren's attorney countered his client copyrighted "About Her" in both Britain and the United States.
The next hearing in the case was scheduled for Nov. 10.
Warner Bros. to support Blu-ray and HD-DVD
TOKYO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Warner Brothers Entertainment says it is likely to release its movies in both high definition DVD and the rival Blu-ray format.
Another Hollywood giant, Paramount Pictures Corp., made a similar decision earlier this month.
The two companies' decisions could give the Blu-ray camp a strong grip on most Hollywood studios, the Asahi Shimbun reported Friday.
HD-DVD, developed by Toshiba and NEC, is fighting Blu-ray, developed by Sony, for supremacy as the next-generation video format.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., The Walt Disney Co., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and other U.S. studios already support the Blu-ray format. It is unclear if they also plan to release their movies in the HD-DVD format.
Universal Studios still officially backs HD-DVD, but industry experts speculate the company will probably follow the moves of Paramount and Warner Brothers and also release its movies for Blu-ray formatted DVD players.
However, HD-DVD gained momentum last month when it received strong support from two information technology giants, Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.
