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June Sarpong becomes MSN UK Live Earth Portal Blogger

She’s hip and she’s here: the glossiest lips in showbiz, along with the filthy laugh that so frequently escapes them, have landed at the Live Earth UK blog.   June Sarpong, the unforgettable face of Channel 4’s pop culture phenomenon, T4, has sashayed into the Live Earth UK blog spot. Over the coming weeks, June will be posting Live Earth

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Last Live Earth London tickets available for sale to general public

The latest batch of remaining tickets for this Saturday’s Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium have now been made available through www.ticketmaster.co.uk. They are mostly spare general seating ticekts, no standing and no VIP Tickets as these have all sold out, or at least hard to get hold. Currently no code is required to buy the tickets at the present time, so

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More than 7000 ‘friends of live earth’ events now registered in 129 countries

Live Earth organizers announced today that 7,112 ‘Friends of Live Earth’ events have now been registered in 129 countries and all 50 states of the United States.  Organizers expect the number of registered events to grow even larger in the lead up to the official Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007. Friends of Live Earth is an official Live

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Pledge your commitment the the environment with MSN’s Live Earth Tree

Microsoft, the exclusive online media sponsor for Live Earth, today unveils the MSN Live Earth Tree – an interactive online animation which allows people worldwide to pledge their commitment to the environment and join the battle to halt climate change. The Live Earth Tree can be found at http://www.liveearthtree.com and people are invited to visit the site to design their

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Live Earth – Win Dinner With Spinal Tap

Ladies & gentlemen: this is dinner with spinal tap! In an effort to prevent the planet from spontaneously combusting, the cast members of the cult classic film This Is Spinal Tap, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, along with Rob Reiner, will host a private, exclusive meet-and-greet dinner in Los Angeles for the highest bidder and a guest with

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Al Gore, Kevin Wall Issue Far-Reaching

Live Earth Founder Kevin Wall joined with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Alliance for Climate Protection CEO Cathy Zoi today to announce the Live Earth Call to Action a series of commitments that Live Earth will be asking people across the globe to make to combat the climate crisis. Wall also announced that there are going to be

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Disney Pixars Movie Ratatouille Released Soon!

Have you heard of Pixars newest film for 2007? It’s called Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee) and it is to be the eighth animated feature film produced by Pixar. Ratatouille tells the story of Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt), a rat living in Paris who wants to be a chef. However this is obviously a rather tough dream for a rat. Yet his dreams come true, when a

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Live Earth Official Desktop Wallpapers provided by Ninemsn.com

Find the Live Earth wallpaper you are looking for below. PC: Find the right size for you: right-click on your desktop, select “Properties”, select the “Settings” tab, note the dimensions in “Screen Resolution / Area” Click on the size you want (800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 or 1680×1050) Right-click on the image and click “Set as Background” (or “Set as Wallpaper”) Mac:

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Nunatak plays for Live Earth Antarctica

What must surely be the coolest gig in this summer’s Live Earth concerts takes place at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. On 7 July the science team’s indie-rock house band, Nunatak will debut in the global event that features over 100 of the world’s top musical acts. Concerts from all 7 continents will raise awareness of climate change

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Confirmed performers for Live Earth Lineup

The intention of the Live Earth Music Concert organizers is to invite over 150 of the world’s most famous artists to perform on the concerts. So far, the artists who have confirmed their performances are the following: Wembley Stadium (United Kingdom) FINAL Confirmed Lineup Beastie Boys Black Eyed Peas Bloc Party Corinne Bailey Rae Damien Rice David Gray Duran Duran