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Monday, January 25, 2010

Morning Roundup: "Hurt Locker" Gets Oscar Boost; Bill Gates at Sundance; "Jersey Shore" Melee; "Hope For Haiti Now" Raises More Than $57 Million - Speakeasy - WSJ

Morning Roundup: "Hurt Locker" Gets Oscar Boost; Bill Gates at Sundance; "Jersey Shore" Melee; "Hope For Haiti Now" Raises More Than $57 Million - Speakeasy - WSJ:


"Bill Gates’ Sun-Dance?: If you’re following Bill Gates on Twitter, then you know he’s at Sundance to check out “Waiting for Superman,” a film about the education system. “An amazing reception for ‘Waiting for Superman’ here at Sundance. not a dry eye in the house,” he tweeted. The businessman and philanthropist may have also found time to party. Drummer ?uestlove, the hip-hop bandleader for the talk show “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” wrote to Gates on Twitter: “Pleasure meeting you. Who knew you knew how to dance your arse off? lol” [Twitter]"