DMX Pleads Guilty In Florida Drug Case

LATEST: Rapper DMX has been sentenced to time served following charges of drug possession in Florida.

The 37-year-old star - real name Earl Simmons - pleaded guilty on Wednesday (27Aug08) to attempted marijuana and cocain possession.

The rapper remains in custody in Miami, Florida jail, where he awaits authorities world Health Organization will quiz him on drug and animal ruthlessness charges in Arizona.

Simmons was denied bail earlier this week (beg25Aug08) due to the striking Arizona warrant.

According to Simmons' lawyer, Bradford Cohen, the rapper would have remained behind parallel bars until his October (08) trial engagement had he not pleaded guilty in the case.

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Showcase Live is coming alive

Since Gillette Stadium open in 2002, everything about the land site off Route 1 in Foxboro has gone big, from the stadium itself to the Patriot Place retail and entertainment building complex that opened last fall.

But the new Showcase Live music locus is taking a Wes Welker-like turn off route toward intimacy.

The state of the art supper order in the shadow of the Big Razor - and the new centerpiece of Patriot Place - gets christened tomorrow night when jazz singer Al Jarreau hits the stage.

Though Showcase Live is billed as an upscale, 16,000-square-foot venture designed to bring elder, established touring acts to the suburbs, its closeness will be its shortest path to success. It features a design that resembles a balcony-less Paradise Rock Club, albeit one with a glitzy Las Vegas makeover, including bon vivant food from former Foxwoods Casino administrator chef Steve Morrissette to augment the live show experience.

The orthogonal room boasts a 28-foot-long stage and 52-foot bar. The farthest any concertgoer will stand from the stage is a mere 35 feet - consanguineous to roughly the 25th row at any major local concert venue.

�That�s the best tail end in the house in many other venues,� said Scott Bernstein, vice president of marketing for the venue�s parent troupe, National Amusements. �There�s just no room outside of Las Vegas this intimate in nature.�

Showcase Live accommodates 508 spectators when filled with

tables, a fitting atmosphere for upcoming performers Chaka Khan (Monday), Boyz II Men (Wednesday) comedian Dave Attell (Aug. 23) and Savion Glover (Aug. 29). Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis, though the four and six-person booths on the sidelines can be reserved.

When somewhat rowdier shows take berth, such as Greg Gillis� spastic sample-slicing laptop dancing party Girl Talk (Nov. 14) and the Pietasters� and Toasters� Skanksgiving concert (Nov. 15), the tables will be cleared to open the floor for 1,000 people.

Booking is being handled by Blue Note Entertainment, which too slots Cambridge�s Regattabar, so don�t expect a slue of punk and hard-rock shows moving forward.

When not hosting bouncy shows, the venue will be used for private parties, VIP receptions and sporting event screenings, made possible by three wall-sized digital projection screens in arrears the stage and 6 LED high-definition screens around the interior.

Go to showcaselive.com for the complete schedule.

Dance to Hotline

Tune in to WFNX-FM on Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight as Hotline�s Michael Marotta joins FNX�s Paul Driscoll on �New England Product,� an minute of Boston�s best local music, and then �First Contact,� 60 minutes of ace new tunes from around the globe. Listen locally at 101.7 FM or online at fnxradio.com.

We�ve got concerts

Tickets to the undermentioned concerts go on sale today at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster (617-931-2000, ticketmaster.com) and Live Nation (livenation.com):

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Broadcast Tv Passes Newspapers In Ad Sales

Broadcast idiot box is expected to receive more ad dollars than newspapers this year, according to a study by the fairness investment firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson. If it does, VSS discovered, it would be the first clock time in U.S. history that newspapers will have been displaced by television. As reported by Reuters, the study predicted that circularise TV will earn around $51 million versus $46.8 million for newspapers. (It was not clear whether the study took into accounting recent reports indicating that the nation's flagging auto companies will likely abridge their spending on advertisement by $3-8 billion by the end of the year.) Both media are likely to fall behind the Internet within two years, the study predicted, with the Internet taking in $59.8 billion in 2009; broadcast TV, 51.2 billion; and newspapers, $43.7 billion.

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DJ Running Man and Van-Da-Flex

   
Artist: DJ Running Man and Van-Da-Flex

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Pilot Preview: CBS’ ‘The Eleventh Hour’ Will Blind You With Science

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This week, Vulture's taking a look at the best and worst of the fall's new picked-up TV shows. Which are good? Can anything replace Cavemen? And, most important, what's worth a season pass?

Title: The Eleventh Hour

Stars: Rufus Sewell (John Adams, Tristan + Isolde) and Marley Shelton (Grindhouse)

Network: CBS, Thursdays at 10 p.m.

The pitch: Dark, sexy scientist is a secret government crime-solving machine. A blonde, sexy gun-wielding machine is his bodyguard.

Pilot report: Dr. Hood (Rufus Sewell) is summoned to Washington state to solve the mystery of nineteen cloned fetuses. His hot bodyguard, while mulling over the relevance of code name "Jepetto," leads Dr. Hood to search for a rich man (Michael O'Keefe, Danny from Caddyshack) trying to clone his dead son. Hot bodyguard can barely remember to unpack her pistol during an on-duty romp, but she can deftly kick another woman's ass in a fistfight. Dr. Hood has a dead wife, and that brings humanity to his cold, Spocky logic.



Representative dialogue: So much to choose from! "Dr. Hood is a high-priority asset. He's a brilliant biophysicist, but he spends most of his time in his head. That's why I have to watch his back." "In science, a negative result is just as important as a positive one." "She's not an experiment. She's a human being." "Playing God has its disadvantages."

Breakout star: Science!

Worth a season pass? It would be if we were watching the British version, which starred Patrick Stewart and was written by Dr. Who vet Stephen Gallagher. Jerry Bruckheimer managed to make his take look and sound like CSI, except instead of creepy know-it-all scientists, there's a creepy know-it-all scientist and a hot chick who will love you and then kick your ass. —Aileen Gallagher

Hendrix's drummer Buddy Miles dies

Buddy Miles, the legendary drummer who played with Jimi Hendrix in the Band of Gypsys, has died. He was 60.
The drummer died at his home in Austin, Texas on Tuesday; he had suffered from congestive heart disease, according to his official website.
A teen prodigy, Miles played with such other greats as Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Muddy Waters, Barry White, Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, and his work is credited with developing acid jazz and funk metal.
Reuters reports that paying to tribute to Miles, his former Band of Gypsys bandmate Billy Cox described him as "an unsung musical genius".
"Jimi Hendrix no longer has to hold auditions as the right drummer has just flown in," said Cox.