Media Profile:Billboard Magazine

New York-based Prometheus Global Media owns Billboard magazine.It also owns The Hollywood Reporter and Ad Week magazines.Billboard is a weekly trade publication aimed at music industry professionals such as artists,record company executives,DJs and music retailers.*
Billboard is best known for its weekly charts that gauge the popularity of recordings,as well as the Billboard Music Awards,which were just given out Sunday night in Las Vegas,and the Billboard Latin Music Awards.There are more than 200 Billboard charts,most of them genre-specific.The two most prominent charts,the Billboard Hot 100(singles) and Billboard 200(albums) are genre-neutral.The charts are based on digital downloads,internet streaming and radio airplay,as determined primarily by the Nielsen SoundScan tracking system.*
The Hollywood Reporter covers the entire entertainment industry,from film to television and music,with a notable expertise in the awards circuit,while Ad Week is a trade publication for the media industry.*
Billboard is published in both print and online forms 51 weeks a year.It is available on newsstands in music industry cities such as Los Angeles,New York and Nashville.There are three Billboard websites:billboard.biz for B2B;billboard.com for consumers;and billboardevents.com.*
The Billboard Music Awards 2014 telecast won the ratings sweep Sunday night,and was the most-watched BBMA broadcast in 13 years,according to Billboard.It generated buzz with its hologram of the late Michael Jackson singing "Slave to the Rhythm" from his new posthumous album "Xscape;" as well as performances by Lorde and Jennifer Lopez of their new songs "Tennis Court" and "First Love," respectively.Lopez also won the first BBMA Icon Award.

Birthday People:August 30-31,2013

August 30-Actress Cameron Diaz is 41.August 31-Actor and Comedian Chris Tucker,41.He is best known for the "Rush Hour" movies.He also starred in his good friend Michael Jackson's video "You Rock My World."*Have a great Labor Day weekend.*Take only photographs;leave only footprints.

Elizabeth Taylor Still In Hospital

Elizabeth Taylor,the celebrated Anglo-American actress,remains in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.She was admitted in early February with symptoms of congestive heart failure,a condition she was diagnosed with in 2004.
Dame Elizabeth,79,has battled a number of health issues in recent years,including osteoporosis,a benign brain tumor and pneumonia.Her mind has remained clear and she has maintained a great interest in her lines of jewelry and perfumes,both of which have been quite successful business ventures.
A leading cinematic presence from the 1950s through the 1970s,the British-born star won the Best Actress Oscar twice-for her roles in BUtterfield 8(1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966).Her string of major achievements began at the age of 12 in National Velvet(1944).
In congestive heart failure,which is categorized as a syndrome,the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's oxygen demands,resulting in a build-up of water and sodium from the kidneys' reaction to this inadequate circulation.Potentially fatal,its symptoms may be treated with a number of medications.
A syndrome is a group of signs or symptoms that together indicate or characterize a disease or other abnormal condition.
The daughter of American parents who were living in England,Dame Elizabeth has dual U.K.-U.S. citizenship.As a close friend of the late pop star Michael Jackson,she attended his funeral in 2009.

Health Uncle:Farrah and Michael

America invented celebrities.Now we must deal with the loss of two in one day,shedding all the light we can on them for the common good.Farrah Fawcett,an actress whose alluring poster became the most famous of all time,went on to serious roles and battled cancer with the intensity of a commando-even before she contracted it herself.Michael Jackson knew the stresses of child stardom,but became the master of self-reinvention,carrying it to an extreme,in the estimation of many,by literally altering his face,even as he composed and performed at the highest level.Their boldness in the grip of adversity and the mundane grasp of this life set new standards for the world.
At age 50,Michael Jackson was in the prime age range of 45-55 for sudden cardiac arrest.It can be caused by many different factors:stroke,drugs,blood clots,aneurysm.In sudden cardiac arrest,the heart stops beating,and starts quivering,which is known as ventricular fibrillation.Unless the heart is restarted within a few minutes,the patient goes into a deep coma and dies.Loss of consciousness is immediate in sudden cardiac arrest.Drugs can cause it by constricting the blood vessels or stopping breathing.Family friend and attorney Brian Oxman said the whole Jackson family was concerned about Michael's taking excessive medications.This is what I feared was going to happen,Mr.Oxman remarked.
Michael Jackson's friend Celine Dion noted that since he was little,he's under pressure.I think he lived under pressure all the time,she said.He needed to be surpassing even his own self.If you only live under pressure,he didn't have the balance,Ms.Dion feels.Another friend,Cher,said she didn't relate to him in his later years-his behavior was so strange.He was a great teenager:optimistic and adorable,but not confident.He was a soft spoken boy always,Cher recalls.Cher also remembered the awesome strength of her friend Farrah Fawcett in the face of cancer.She was never sure Farrah wouldn't beat it,she was so resilient.
Two American legends died yesterday.Their lives and deaths were as varied as they were fascinating.Their spirits outshone the notoriety they shared.