Richard Moody's Favourite Singing Competition Shows

1. Canadian Idol: is a Canadian reality television competition show airing on CTV. The show is based on the popular Fox show American Idol, which in turn is based on the British show Pop Idol. The show is a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada. It is hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons (appearing in comedy skits throughout the show). Elena Juatco assumed the role for season four, Dave Kerr had the role in season five and Jully Black in season six.
The show begins with a cross-Canada tour in which singers audition in front of four judges: Jake Gold, Sass Jordan of Montreal, Quebec, Zack Werner of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Farley Flex of Ajax, Ontario. Eventually the performers are narrowed down to 10 finalists (11 in season one due to a near-tie), with each competitor performing live. Viewers have two hours following the broadcast of the show to phone in their votes for their favourite competitor. On the following night's episode (live again), the competitor with the fewest votes is sent home. After the final two perform, viewers have more than two hours to vote. The next day (five days later in season 4; two days later in season 6), the competitor with the most votes is declared the winner. The show is taped at the John Bassett Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.
In December 2008, CTV announced that Canadian Idol would be "suspended", not airing in the 2009 season due to "the current economic climate", but promising it would return in 2010. Following the announcement, Joel Rubinoff, television critic for the Waterloo Region Record, strongly criticised the show's direction, declaring that it had "bottomed out creatively in every possible way" and "outlived its usefulness".

2. American Idol: is an American singing competition airing on FOX. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television. Part of the Idol franchise, it is a spinoff from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller and first aired in 2001 in the United Kingdom.
The program seeks to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The American public decides the outcomes of the later stages through phone voting. The judges give critiques of the contestants' performances: Grammy award-winning record producer and music manager Randy Jackson; Grammy award-winning pop singer and Emmy award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul; music executive and music manager Simon Cowell; and Grammy award-nominated singer-songwriter and record producer Kara DioGuardi. The format originally featured three judges, with Kara DioGuardi added in the eighth season.
The show is hosted by television personality Ryan Seacrest. Comedian Brian Dunkleman co-hosted with Seacrest during the first season. The American Idol band is led by Rickey Minor.
The show usually airs on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the United States and Canada, Wednesday and Thursday nights in Australia & Asia, Thursday and Friday nights in the United Kingdom and Friday and Saturday nights in Israel.

3. Australian Idol: is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on 27 July 2003. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Australian Idol is televised on Channel 10, and the Austereo Radio Network.
The program seeks to discover the most commercial young singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The outcomes of the later stages of this competition are determined by public voting by phone. The format features three judges who give critiques of the contestants' performances in order to facilitate the voting: former record executive Ian Dickson; singer Marcia Hines; and radio presenter Kyle Sandilands. The show is hosted by Andrew G, James Mathison and former contestant Ricki-Lee Coulter as a backstage presenter. The show airs on Sunday and Monday nights in Australia.

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Richard Moody's Favourite Top 15 Scuzz Music Videos

“Top 15: Rock videos of 2009” 28.03.09


1. My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row
2. Fall Out Boy – America’s Suitehearts
3. The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
4. Five Finger Death Punch – The Bleeding
5. Nickelback – I’d Come For You
6. Funeral For A Friend – Rules and Games
7. Theory of A Dead Man – Hate My Life
8. Papa Roach – Hollywood *****
9. Rise Against – Audience of One
10. William Control – Death Club
11. Shinedown – Sound of Madness
12. Staind – The Way I Am
13. Eagles of Death Metal – Wannabe in L.A.
14. The Rasmus – Livin’ in A World Without You
15. The Prodigy – Omen


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Richard Moody's Favourite TV Cops

Richard David & Duane Ross’s Favorite Canadian TV Cops

1. Night Heat (1985)
2. Street Legal (1987)
3. Due South (1994)
4. Blue Murder (2001)

Richard David & Shway Ross’s Favorite USA TV Cops

1. Mission Impossible (1966)
2. Diagnosis Murder (1993)
3. Ironside (1967)
4. CSI: New York (2004)
5. Without A Trace (2002)
6. Cagney and Lacey (1982)
7. Hawaii Five-O (1968)
8. Hill Street Blues (1981)
9. Kojak (1973)

Richard David, Greg Ross & Tanya Ross’s Favorite USA TV Cops

1. Columbo (1968)
2. Murder She Wrote (1984)
3. Starsky and Hutch (1975)
4. Miami Vice (1984)
5. The Rockford Files (1974)
6. The Fall Guy (1981)

Richard David & Bill Ross Favourite Australian TV Cops

1. Blue Heelers (1994)
2. Funky Squad (1995)
3. Homicide (1964)
4. Cop Shop (1977)

Richard David & Liz Ross’s Favourite Australian TV Cops

1. City Homicide (2007)
2. Murder Call (1997)
3. Division 4 (1969)

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Richard Moody's Favourite Movies

Richard David & Duane Ross’s favourite films

1. Father Of The Bride (1950)
2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
3. The Quiet Man (1952)
4. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Richard David & Shway Ross’s favorite movies

1. The Tunnel of Love (1958)
2. Cinderfella (1960)
3. The Road To Hong Kong (1962)
4. The Nutty Professor (1963)
5. The Americanization of Emily (1964)
6. The Great Race (1965)
7. The Odd Couple (1968)
8. Take The Money and Run (1969)
9. Cactus Flower (1969)
10. The Trouble With Girls (1969)
11. Silver Streak (1976)
12. Goin’ South (1978)
13. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
14. The Frisco Kid (1979)
15. Airplane (1980)
16. Popeye (1980)
17. The Cannonball Run (1981)
18. Private Lessons (1981)
19. Arthur (1981)
20. Stripes (1981)
21. Night Shift (1982)
22. Tootsie (1982)
23. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
24. The Man With Two Brains (1983)
25. National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
26. Smokey And The Bandit Part 3 (1983)
27. Police Academy (1984)
28. Splash (1984)
29. The Lonely Guy (1984)
30. National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985)
31. Spies Like Us (1985)
32. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
33. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
34. Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
35. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
36. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
37. The Secret Of My Succe$s (1987)
38. Rent-A-Cop (1987)
39. Big (1988)
40. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
41. Caddyshack II (1988)
42. The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad! (1988)
43. Moving (1988)
44. Arthur 2: On The Rocks (1988)
45. Dad (1989)
46. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
47. Uncle Buck (1989)
48. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
49. Turner & Hooch (1989)
50. Home Alone (1990)
51. Problem Child (1990)
52. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
53. Father Of The Bride (1991)
54. Boomerang (1992)
55. Coneheads (1993)
56. Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
57. Blank Check (1994)
58. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
59. Tommy Boy (1995)
60. Friday (1995)
61. Happy Gilmore (1996)
62. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
63. George Of The Jungle (1997)
64. Liar Liar (1997)
65. Rushmore (1998)
66. You’ve Got Mail (1998)
67. Almost Heroes (1998)
68. Antz (1998)
69. Man On The Moon (1999)
70. Galaxy Quest (1999)
71. Happy, Texas (1999)
72. Analyze This (1999)
73. Beethoven’s 3rd (2000)
74. Dude Where’s My Car (2000)
75. Mystery, Alaska (2000)
76. Out Cold (2001)
77. Monkeybone (2001)
78. One Night at McCool’s (2001)
79. Like Mike (2002)
80. The New Guy (2002)
81. Ice Age (2002)
82. Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
83. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
84. Beethoven’s 5th (2003)
85. Bringing Down The House (2003)
86. Bruce Almighty (2003)
87. Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)
88. 50 First Dates (2004)
89. Taxi (2004)
90. Barnyard (2006)

Richard David, Greg Ross & Tanya Ross’s favorite movies

1. Mary Poppins (1964)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. Scarface (1983)
5. Risky Business (1983)
6. The Karate Kid (1984)
7. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
8. Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
9. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
10. Ruthless People (1986)
11. Benji The Hunted (1987)
12. The Untouchables (1987)
13. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
14. Maniac Cop (1988)
15. The Little Mermaid (1989)
16. Parenthood (1989)
17. Johnny Handsome (1989)
18. The Godfather Part III (1990)
19. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
20. Out Of Justice (1991)
21. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
22. Under Siege (1992)
23. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
24. Hocus Pocus (1993)
25. White Fang 2: Myth Of The White Wolf (1994)
26. Natural Born Killers (1994)
27. Casper (1995)
28. Heavyweights (1995)
29. Heat (1995)
30. Homeward Bound II: Lost In San Francisco (1996)
31. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996)
32. First Kid (1996)
33. Flubber (1997)
34. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
35. My Favorite Martian (1999)
36. Cement (1999)
37. The Tigger Movie (2000)
38. Disney’s The Kid (2000)
39. Dinosaur (2000)
40. The Princess Diaries (2001)
41. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
42. Recess: School’s Out (2001)
43. Oceans Eleven (2001)
44. Shrek (2001)
45. Planet Of The Apes (2001)
46. Corky Romano (2001)
47. Snow Dogs (2002)
48. The Country Bears (2002)
49. Return To Never Land (2002)
50. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
51. Crossroad (2002)
52. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
53. Brother Bear (2003)
54. The Italian Job (2003)
55. Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
56. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
57. Teacher’s Pet (2004)
58. National Treasure (2004)
59. Ice Princess (2005)
60. Miami Vice (2006)
61. WALL-E (2008)

Richard David & Bill Ross’s favourite movies

1. The Rescuers (1977)
2. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
3. Caddyshack (1980)
4. Trading Places (1983)
5. Sudden Impact (1983)
6. The Great Outdoors (1988)
7. Speed Zone (1989)
8. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
9. Once Upon A Crime (1992)
10. Fire In The Sky (1993)
11. Cool Running’s (1993)
12. Cop And A Half (1993)
13. Dennis The Menace (1993)
14. Free Willy (1993)
15. Heart And Souls (1993)
16. The Man Without A Face (1993)
17. Last Action Hero (1993)
18. Wagons East (1994)
19. Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
20. Man Of The House (1995)
21. Pocahontas (1995)
22. Ransom (1996)
23. The Fifth Element (1997)
24. Tarzan (1999)
25. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
26. A Knights Tale (2001)
27. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
28. Signs (2002)
29. Big Trouble (2002)
30. The Order (2003)
31. Madagascar (2005)
32. Hitch (2005)
33. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
34. Curious George (2006)
35. 16 Block (2006)
36. Poseidon (2006)
37. Shrek The Third (2007)
38. I Am Legend (2007)
39. Hancock (2008)
40. Bolt (2008)

Richard David & Liz Ross’s favourite movies

1. Back To School (1986)
2. Coming To America (1988)
3. Everyone’s Hero (2006)


Richard’s Friends:
Duane Ross from Canada (Father of Shway Ross, Greg Ross, Tanya Ross, Bill Ross & Liz Ross)
Shway Ross from USA
Greg Ross from USA
Tanya Ross from USA
Bill Ross from Australia (Related to Shway Ross, Greg Ross & Tanya Ross)
Liz Ross from Australia (Related to Shway Ross, Greg Ross & Tanya Ross)

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Richard Moody's Favorite Arquette Family

Lewis Arquette's Father:

Cliff Arquette (1905 - 1974) (TV actor)

Father:

Lewis Arquette (1935 – 2001) (actor)

Lewis Arquette’s Children:

Rosanna Arquette (1959 - ) (actress)
Richmond Arquette (1963 - ) (actor)
Patricia Arquette (1968 - ) (actress)
Alexis Arquette (1969 - ) (actress)
David Arquette (1971 - ) (actor)

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Richard Moody's Favorite Hero & Villian Movies

1. The Crow (1994): On October 30, Devil's Night in Detroit, Sergeant Albrecht (Ernie Hudson) is at the scene of a crime where Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas) has been beaten and raped, and her fiancé Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) is dead on the street outside, having been shot and thrown out of the window. The couple were to be married the following day, on Halloween. As he leaves for the hospital with Shelly, Albrecht meets a young girl, Sarah (Rochelle Davis), who says that she is their friend, and that they take care of her. Albrecht tells her that Shelly is dying.
One year later, a crow taps on the grave stone of Eric Draven; Eric awakens and climbs out of his grave. Meanwhile, a low level street gang, headed by T-Bird (David Patrick Kelly), is setting fires in the city. Eric goes to his old apartment and finds it derelict. He has flashbacks to the murders, remembering that those responsible were T-Bird and his gang: Tin Tin (Laurence Mason), Funboy (Michael Massee) and Skank (Angel David). Eric soon discovers that any wounds he receives heal immediately. Guided by the crow, he sets out to avenge his and Shelly's murders by killing the perpetrators.
The crow helps Eric locate Tin Tin; Eric kills him and then takes his coat. He then goes to the pawn shop where Tin Tin pawned Shelly's engagement ring the year before. Eric forces the owner, Gideon (Jon Polito), to return the ring and blows up the shop, letting Gideon live so that he can warn the others. Eric finds Funboy with Sarah's mother, Darla (Anna Levine). After killing Funboy, Eric talks to Darla, making her realize that Sarah needs her to be a good mother. He visits Albrecht, explaining who he is and why he is here. Albrecht tells him what he knows about Shelly's death and that he watched as she suffered for thirty hours before dying. Eric touches Albrecht and receives from him the pain felt by Shelly during those hours. Sarah and her mother begin to repair their strained relationship. Sarah goes to Eric's apartment and talks to him. She tells him that she misses him and Shelly. Eric explains that, even though they cannot be friends anymore, he still cares about her.
As T-Bird and Skank stop at a convenience store to pick up some supplies, Eric arrives and kidnaps T-Bird. Skank follows the pair and witnesses Eric killing T-Bird; he escapes and goes to Top Dollar (Michael Wincott), a top level criminal who controls all the street gangs in the city. Top Dollar and his lover/half-sister Myca (Bai Ling) have become aware of Eric's actions through various reports from witnesses. Top Dollar holds a meeting with his associates where they discuss new plans for their Devil's Night criminal activities. Eric arrives looking for Skank. A gun fight ensures the deaths of nearly all present, with Eric succeeding in killing Skank. Top Dollar, Myca and Grange (Tony Todd), Top Dollar's right hand man, escape.
Eric, having finished his quest, returns to his grave. Sarah goes to say goodbye to him and he gives her Shelly's engagement ring. She is then abducted by Grange who takes her into the church where Top Dollar and Myca are waiting. Through the crow, Eric realizes what has happened and goes to rescue her. Grange shoots the crow as it flies into the church, making Eric lose his invincibility. Myca grabs the wounded crow, intending to take its mystical power. Albrecht arrives, intending to pay his respects to Eric, just after Eric is shot and wounded. Top Dollar grabs Sarah and climbs the bell tower as a fight ensues, with Grange being killed. The crow escapes Myca's grip, clawing her eyes and sending her down the bell tower to her death. When Albrecht is wounded, Eric climbs to the roof of the church on his own. There, Top Dollar admits ultimate responsibility for what happened to Eric and Shelly. In their fight, Eric gives Top Dollar the thirty hours of pain he absorbed from Albrecht; the sensation sends Top Dollar over the roof of the church to his death. Sarah and Albrecht go to the hospital, and Eric is reunited with Shelley at their graves.

2. The Dark Knight (2008): In Gotham City, the Joker robs a mob bank with his accomplices, whom he tricks into killing one another, ultimately killing the last one himself. That night, Batman and Lieutenant James Gordon contemplate including new district attorney Harvey Dent in their plan to eradicate the mob. However, Batman wonders if Dent can be trusted. Bruce runs into Rachel Dawes and Dent, who are dating, and after talking to Dent, he realizes Dent's sincerity and decides to host a fund raiser for him.
Mob bosses Sal Maroni, Gambol and the Chechen meet with other underworld gangsters to discuss both Batman and Dent. Lau, a Chinese mafia accountant, informs them that he has hidden their money and fled to Hong Kong in an attempt to pre-empt Gordon's plan to seize the mobsters' funds. In Hong Kong, Batman captures Lau and delivers him to the Gotham City police, where Lau agrees to testify against the mob. In retaliation, the mobsters hire the Joker to kill Batman and Lau. The Joker issues an ultimatum to Gotham, stating that if Batman does not reveal his identity to the public, people will die each day. When Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb, Judge Surillo and Gordon are murdered by corrupt police, the publics increasing pressure prompts Bruce to decide to reveal his identity. Before Bruce can turn himself in Dent announces at a press conference that he is Batman and is arrested as part of a plan to draw the Joker out of hiding. The Joker attempts to ambush the police convoy carrying Dent, but Batman and Gordon, whom had faked his death to protect his family's safety, intervene and capture him. In recognition of his actions, Gordon is appointed the new police commissioner.
Later that night, Dent and Rachel disappear. At the police station, Batman interrogates the Joker, who reveals that Dent and Rachel are in warehouses rigged with explosives on opposite sides of the city—far enough apart so that Batman cannot save them both. Batman leaves to save Rachel, while Gordon and the police head after Dent. With the aid of a smuggled bomb, the Joker escapes police custody with Lau. Batman arrives to save Rachel but instead finds Dent. Batman, furious with himself, successfully saves Dent, but the ensuing explosion disfigures Dent's face. Gordon arrives at Rachel's location too late, and she perishes when the bomb detonates.
Aboard a cargo ship, the Joker burns Lau to death atop a pile of the mob's money and has the Chechen killed, before taking control of his men. The Joker goes to the hospital and frees Dent from his restraints, convincing him to exact revenge on the people responsible for Rachel's death, as well as Batman and Gordon for not saving her. The Joker destroys the hospital on his way out, and then escapes with a hijacked bus full of hospital patients.
Out of the hospital, Dent goes on a personal vendetta confronting Maroni and the corrupt cops one by one. The Joker announces to the public that anyone left in Gotham at nightfall will be subject to his rule. With the bridges and tunnels out of the city closed due to a bomb threat by the Joker, authorities begin evacuating people by ferry. The Joker places explosives on two of the ferries—one ferry with convicts, who were evacuated in an effort to keep the Joker from freeing them, and the other with civilians—telling the passengers the only way to save themselves is to trigger the explosives on the other ferry; otherwise, he will destroy both at midnight. Batman locates the Joker and the hostages he has taken. Realizing the Joker has disguised the hostages as his own men, Batman is forced to attack both Gordon's SWAT team and the Joker's henchmen in order to save the real hostages.
The Joker's plan to destroy the ferries fails after the passengers on both decide not to destroy each other. Batman locates and subdues the Joker, preventing him from destroying both ferries. The Joker acknowledges that Batman is truly incorruptible, but that Dent was not, and that he has unleashed Dent upon the city. Leaving the Joker for the SWAT team, Batman leaves in search of Dent.
At the remains of the building where Rachel died, Batman finds Dent holding Gordon and his family at gunpoint. Dent judges the innocence of Batman, himself, and Gordon's son through three coin tosses. Because of the first two flips, he shoots Batman in the abdomen and spares himself. Before Dent can determine the boy's fate, Batman, who was wearing body armor, tackles him over the side of the building. Gordon's son is saved, but Dent and Batman fall to the ground below resulting in Dent's death. Batman and Gordon realize that the morale of the city will suffer if Dent's murders become known, so Batman persuades Gordon to preserve Dent's image by holding "Batman" responsible for the murders. Gordon smashes the Bat-Signal, and a manhunt for Batman begins.

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The 44th President Barack Obama

Story:

In 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States took place on January 20, 2009, under the provisions of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The inauguration marked the commencement of the four-year term of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden as President and Vice President, respectively. The theme of the inauguration was "A New Birth of Freedom", commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Official inauguration events commenced on January 17 with a train ride beginning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and stopping in Wilmington, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland, before continuing on to Washington, D.C. According to a federal security official, the initial estimate for the number of attendees to the swearing in ceremony was around 1.8 million people. Events were scheduled in Washington from January 18 to 21, 2009.

Richard’s Quotes:

I arrived at home, I had to put BBC One on, I was writing in my diary. I really couldn’t wait for Barack Obama’s speech. I had to use my American flag because I was watching in my bedroom with my American flag on my wall. I was so nervous that he will be the president, I cried the American national anthem with Aretha Franklin, it was so lovely. I was happy for this new president of the United States.

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