SPRINGSTEEN GIANTS STADIUM INFORMATION

GOING TO THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND SHOWS AT GIANTS STADIUM? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
“The Final Concerts at Giants Stadium”

QUICK FACTS
• Dates are September 30, October 2-3, 8-9, 2009
• Parking lots open at 1 PM for all 5 shows
• General Admission line is at gate B
• Stadium gates open at 6:00 PM
• Show time is 7:30 PM



GETTING TO THE STADIUM
Everyone attending the Springsteen concerts will be able to park their vehicles on-site at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Offsite parking that is utilized for Giants and Jets games will not be used for these concerts.

ALL TICKET HOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CAR POOL, USE NJ TRANSIT RAIL OR BUS SERVICE, ARRIVE EARLY AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO THE MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX.


TAKE THE BUS OR THE NEW MEADOWLANDS RAIL SERVICE
Springsteen fans now have 2 NJ TRANSIT travel options to Giants Stadium – take the #351 Special Event Express Bus or take the train! The New Meadowlands Rail Line is the newest option to get to and from the Springsteen concerts. Operated by NJ TRANSIT, trip time to Giants Stadium is just a short 10 minutes from the Frank R. Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction. For schedule and fare information, visit www.njtransit.com.

What fans need to know:
1. The #351 Special Event Express Bus Service from the NY Port Authority Bus Terminal to the Meadowlands WILL operate for the Springsteen concerts. First bus will depart NY Port Authority (board from “Area X” located at 41st Street and 8th Avenue street level) at 4:30 PM. Roundtrip fare is $10 (all customers must purchase roundtrip tickets). After the concert, buses will depart frequently for up to 90 minutes or until all bus customers are accommodated.
2. The new rail line gives New Jersey fans statewide rail access to the Meadowlands Sports Complex with connections at Hoboken Terminal and Secaucus Junction. Fans coming from NYC connect through Penn Station New York.
3. Trains will operate between Hoboken, Secaucus Junction and the Meadowlands Rail Station beginning at 3:30 PM. There will be no dedicated event mass transportation to the Meadowlands Sports Complex prior to 3:30 PM.
4. The Meadowlands Train Station is located near Gate B at Giants Stadium
5. Return rail service begins immediately after the concert ends and will continue to operate for up to 2 hours after the event

Travel tips for the train:
1. Tickets must be purchased at your origin station. You must purchase tickets to the "Meadowlands Sports Complex" - not Secaucus - prior to boarding the train. Use ticket vending machines or see the ticket agent. (On older ticket vending machines, use station code 410.)
2. BUY YOUR ROUND-TRIP TICKETS IN ADVANCE. You'll need a ticket to get home. So will everyone else. Avoid the lines by planning ahead: Buy a roundtrip ticket!
3. Expect large crowds and lines to board trains. Departing the Stadium by rail will take more time with all fans exiting in a short time frame so please be patient.
4. Consider traveling from Hoboken Terminal. Direct rail service to the Meadowlands operates from Hoboken Terminal. Customers traveling from New York can connect via PATH trains from six stations in Manhattan.
5. Arrive as early as possible. Train service begins at 3:20 PM from Hoboken and 3:30 PM from Secaucus.
6. For schedule and fare information, visit www.njtransit.com/meadowlands

PARKING AT GIANTS STADIUM
1. Parking lots open at 1 PM for the 5 shows
2. Parking: $25 cars, limos and RVs, $50 buses
3. No reserved parking permits will be issued for these concerts (as they are for Giants and Jets games)
4. There is no overnight parking permitted.
5. Parking for guests with disabilities is available in Lots 10, 12, 14 and 18.
6. DROP OFF AREA: The location for taxis, limousines and cars to drop off or pick up a patron is adjacent to the walkover bridge on the stadium side of the bridge (near parking lots 10/12).
7. If you park in the IZOD Center parking lots, shuttle buses will be available to transport you to the Stadium side of the Sports Complex. Buses will be available after the concert for reverse trip. You can also cross over using the walkover bridge.
8. OFF-SITE PARKING WILL NOT BE UTILIZED FOR THESE CONCERTS. EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO PARK AT THE MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX.

TICKETMASTER WILL CALL / RESERVATIONS AND TICKET SALES
1. Will Call / Reservations Pick-up is at Giants Stadium gate D (windows 1-8) and gate A (windows 6-10). Windows will open at 5 PM. Government issued photo ID (i.e. drivers license) or the credit card used to purchase the tickets must be shown.
2. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com, charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000, Ticketmaster Ticket Centers and at the IZOD Center Box Office.
3. On the actual day of a show, tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster until approximately 5 PM, at the IZOD Center Box Office from 11 AM - 6 PM and at Giants Stadium gate D beginning at 5 PM. Ticket sales based on availability.
4. Cash only for tickets purchased at Giants Stadium. No credit cards. ATM’s are available.

ENTRY PROCEDURES
1. There are four gates at Giants Stadium: A, B, C and D. All gates will open at 6:00 PM to allow entry into the stadium. Patrons with tickets located in lower tier (100’s) mezzanine (200’s) and upper tier (300’s) may enter through gates A, C or D.
2. All patrons with General Admission (GA) field tickets may only enter through gate B. (This is a change from past years when Gate C was used for GA). Entry to Giants Stadium with GA tickets will be denied at gates A, C and D. Please note that all General Admission tickets are “hard tickets”. There were no GA tickets sold with the Ticketfast print-at-home option for these concerts.

GENERAL ADMISSION LINE – AT GATE B
1. The field will be all General Admission. There are no reserved seats on the field. Field will be split into a Front GA (a.k.a. “the pit”) and a Back GA.
2. 1:00 PM - On the day of a show, sequentially numbered wristbands will be distributed beginning at 1 PM at gate B (near the walk-over bridge). Approximately 1,000 wristbands will be distributed. If you have a wristband, you do not need to stay in line at Gate B. You must be back for the random number selection at 4:30 PM.
3. 4:30 PM - A starting number will be randomly picked at 4:30 PM, announced and displayed on a placard at gate B. All fans with GA tickets and a wristband should begin lining-up in numerical order beginning with the announced number. The line will be escorted into the GA pit area in front of the stage at approximately 6:00 PM.
4. The starting number will be drawn randomly at 4:30 PM by a fan. The fan holding the wristband that matches the starting number drawn will be first in line (i.e. if #’s 1 - 1000 were issued and number 818 was drawn, the line would start with 818, then 819, 820, 821 through 1000 then 1-817). When the starting number is announced, the line will shift accordingly.
5. If you arrive after the wristbands have been distributed or after 4:30 PM, you will line-up in a secondary line that is first-come, first-served. There is no place-holding (“saving spots”) in this line. One person – one spot. If you want to enter the field with a group, you need to all be together when you join the line. This line will not receive a wristband and will be escorted to the field behind the wristband line. The pit will hold more than the 1,000 people with wristbands so you still have a chance to be in the pit if you are on this line.
6. Large bags, backpacks and coolers are not permitted in the line. If you bring provisions with you for your wait in line, use disposable bags that can be thrown out before you enter the stadium. Please review the list of Prohibited Items so that you have no issues entering the stadium.

ADMISSION POLICIES
1. Due to heightened security measures at the gates, we strongly urge all ticket holders to arrive at the Stadium as early as possible to avoid entrance delays.
2. Physically challenged guests requiring assistance should contact a Guest Services Representative at the gates or Mike Smith, ADA Manager, in advance, at (201) 935-3900.
3. To determine where your seat is within a section, remember that the "higher numbered seat is closer to the higher numbered section." So, if you have seat 1 in section 111, you are on the aisle next to section 110 and seats 2, 3, 4, etc. will be going towards section 112. If you have seat 1 in section 222, you are on the aisle next to section 221 and seats 2, 3, 4, etc. will be going towards section 223.
4. Exit/Re-entry into Giants Stadium is not permitted. All guests entering the Stadium are subject to search. Refusal may be grounds to prohibit admission.

PERMITTED ITEMS (all items are subject to inspection)
The following items may be brought into Giants Stadium: plastic bottles of water (one bottle per fan with cap removed), signs, binoculars, small purses and fanny packs, and Aramark bags containing just-purchased merchandise.




PROHIBITED ITEMS
The following items may not be brought into Giants Stadium: umbrellas, any type of camera, video cameras, LARGE BAGS, BACKPACKS, cans, coolers, laser pointers and any item deemed by management to be dangerous or inappropriate.

PROHIBITED ITEMS THAT ARE DISCOVERED DURING INSPECTIONS AT STADIUM ENTRANCES MUST EITHER BE RETURNED TO THE OWNER’S VEHICLE OR DISCARDED. THE STADIUM WILL NOT PROVIDE A STORAGE AREA FOR THESE ITEMS. UNLAWFUL ITEMS THAT ARE DISCOVERED DURING SECURITY INSPECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO BEING CONFISCATED AND THE PERSON IN POSSESSION OF THOSE ITEMS IS SUBJECT TO ARREST. GUESTS ARRIVING BY TRAIN MUST TAKE PARTICULAR CAUTION NOT TO BRING ANY PROHIBITED ITEMS, AS NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.


TAILGATING
1. Tailgating is permitted provided guests tailgate in the same space occupied by their vehicle – the “one car, one space” rule. Open parking spaces should not be used for tailgating.
2. Tailgating is permitted in IZOD Center surface parking lots. However, tailgating is prohibited in Deck 23 (parking garage next to IZOD Center).
3. Grills are allowed. However, their use near buildings or in any area where guests or property may be damaged is strictly prohibited. Please do not discard hot coals near vehicles or in plastic waste receptacles.
4. Open fires are not permitted.

SMOKING POLICY - Smoking is permitted on the spirals and at ground-level plazas at all gates. Smoking is prohibited in all other areas of Giants Stadium.

TICKET RESALE
1. In accordance with New Jersey state law, the maximum resale value is an additional 20 percent of the face value of the ticket (excluding service charges).
2. Anyone trying to resell tickets for a greater value is subject to arrest.

DROP LINE
1. If fans still wish to wait in a drop line for the possibility of late-release tickets, the drop line will be located at gate D at Giants Stadium.
2. Sequentially numbered wristbands will be distributed beginning at 4 PM to maintain line order. This is not a random process. Line will be set on a first-come, first-served basis.
3. There is no guarantee of tickets being released for any night of the concert series.
4. Tickets, if available, can only be purchased with cash. No credit cards.
5. One wristband per patron. A wristband only guarantees you a place in line. It does not guarantee you a ticket to purchase.

AREA HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS - For information on local hotels and restaurants, go to www.stayinthemeadowlands.com




COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY
Bring 5 Items of Non Perishable Food – Enter to Win Access to the Pit!
The Community Food Bank of New Jersey is collecting food at the first 3 shows (Sept. 30, Oct. 2 and 3), and ticket holders who bring five or more items will have the chance to win access to the pit. There will be a winner each of the 3 nights. The food drive at the May IZOD Center shows brought in 6,000 pounds of food! Please be generous again.


Here’s How it Works:
1. For every five (5) food items you bring, you will get one (1) raffle ticket for a chance to be upgraded to the pit for you and a guest. (10 items=2 raffle tickets, 15 items=3 raffle tickets, etc). Donations under 5 items are still appreciated but you will not receive a raffle ticket.
2. Donations can be dropped off at a Food Bank truck – one at gate C and one at gate D - beginning at 4 PM and at collection bins at gates A and B beginning at 5:30 PM.
3. Please bring non-perishable food items (example: peanut butter, tuna fish, canned meats, soups, or pasta). Food cannot be accepted that is in glass containers or wrapped in cellophane.
4. Before the concert starts, a representative of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey will announce the winning raffle ticket number on stage. The winner and a guest will have access to the pit (if they choose to go) no matter what type of ticket they have.

If Everyone Donated Just $1…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have been large supporters of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey for many years. If everyone at one concert donated just $1, the Food Bank would be able to stock approximately $500,000 worth of food. Please be generous when donating, because a few dollars can significantly help the amount of food the Food Bank can distribute. Volunteers from the Community Food Bank will be at all venue entrances. For more information on the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, go to www.njfoodbank.org


****** Information relating to these and all other Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band shows can be found at www.brucespringsteen.net and www.backstreets.com

ENJOY THE SHOWS!

All information is subject to change


V4 – 9.25.09

SLASH Confirms Lineup For Mirage Concert 10/02/09

SLASH tickets go to www.tixx.com Confirms Lineup For Mirage Concert - Sep. 28, 2009

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has revealed the lineup of musicians who will join him for his all-star concert in Las Vegas on October 2. The concert, billed "Slash & Friends", celebrates the 20th anniversary of Las Vegas hotel, casino and white tiger playground the Mirage.

According to Slash, the "house band" for the Mirage gig will be as follows:

* Tommy Clufetos (ROB ZOMBIE, ALICE COOPER, TED NUGENT) - Drums
* Johnny Griparic (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT) - Bass
* Ted "Zig Zag" Andreadis (GUNS N' ROSES) - Keyboards
* John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON) - Guitar
* Slash - Guitar
* Franky Perez (SCARS ON BROADWAY) - Vocals

Slash's special guests that night are "more or less in this order":

* Rocco Deluca (THE BURDEN)
* Nicole Scherzinger (PUSSYCAT DOLLS)
* Courtney Love (HOLE)
* Rick Nielsen (CHEAP TRICK)
* Robin Zander (CHEAP TRICK)
* Joe Perry (AEROSMITH)

Slash says, "Matt Sorum [VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES] is [also] jamming a couple songs, plus there will be some other surprises. I also just got confirmation that the JOE PERRY PROJECT is playing as well, [so] it promises to be a bitchin' evening."

Slash left GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s, forming SLASH'S SNAKEPIT before later assembling VELVET REVOLVER with several other ex-members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland (who was dismissed in April 2008).

Springsteen Giants stadium information

Bruce and the band will perform one of their classic albums in full each night during the Rock Hall legend’s 5 shows at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium from September 30th to October 9th. The shows are also historic because they’ll mark the last-ever rock concerts at the stadium that has played host to so many great concerts; the venue will be demolished at the end of this NFL football season.

Bruce Springsteen will open up his five-night stand with a full performance of Born to Run, which the band performed in its entirety on September 20th at Chicago’s United Center. “Chicago convinced us that this was really worth doing,” said Landau



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ACDC Rocks Box set 2009 information

AC/DC - Backtracks Website Launched

Rarities




Although tixx.com, reported unconfirmed reports that AC/DC are to release a major box set later this year, the band's MySpace site has added fuel to the (highway to) hellfire!

AC/DC have launched a special website called ACDCBacktracks.com and tells fans that they'll be making an "exciting announcement on September 29th."

Watch an AC/DC Backtracks Sneak Peak video below.

Classicrockmagazine.com said that the aforementioned Amplifier box set would contain three CDs, two DVDs and a vinyl album. There will be a CD of studio rarities, two CDs featuring live rarities, a DVD disc of Family Jewels Part 3 (1992-2009) and a DVD disc featuring a show from 2003 in Circus Krone, Germany. The vinyl album will have all the studio rarities.

In addition, there will be a 164-page book, plus loads of extras, such as three black-and-white lithographs of unpublished photos of the band in Alberts Studio in 1977, a flyer for the 1976 Lock Up Your Daughters UK tour and a poster from the 1977 European Let There Be Rock Tour.

This set will only be sold through the band’s official website: www.acdcrocks.com

There are also plans for a three-disc box version called Best Of The Box Set, which will have the studio rarities CD, one CD of live rarities and the Family Jewels Part 3 DVD.

Stage is open for U2 360 Tour photo from NJ

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NJ transit Giants stadium trains

We were also there, though we took the train from Hoboken. Long, long lines for tickets, and the trains were running every half hour, not every 8 minutes.

But coming home was much, much worse. Trains were also leaving every half hour, which was insane given the amount of people waiting. We got back home to Brooklyn at 2 am.

And here's the thing... WE RECEIVED SIX EMAILS TELLING US TO TAKE THE TRAIN TO THE CONCERT because they were EXPECTING 80,000 PEOPLE. Well, IF YOU TELL 80,000 PEOPLE TO TAKE THE TRAIN, DON'T ACT SHOCKED WHEN ALL THESE PEOPLE SHOW UP TO TAKE THE TRAIN! Is anyone listening over at NJ Transit? Oh, an we also purchased round-trip tickets at Hoboken. They are still in my pocket. No one checked on the way home, that's nonsense.

I hate to admit it, but we're going to Springsteen next week, and we're driving. Sorry, environment. Blame the train

U2 fans overwhelm NJ Transit trains after show at Gaints stadium

U2 fans overwhelm NJ Transit trains after show at Giants stadium,

22,000 U2 fans, no trains when the show ended, then very slow, pushing & shoving. We got out of line and rode on laps in a friends car home. Another friend took the train and got back to Metro Park station at 3:15am!!!

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You can take the train now right to the front door of the stadium

TAKE THE NEW MEADOWLANDS RAIL
Avoid the hassles of driving and take the train to the concert! The New Meadowlands Rail Line is the best way to get to and from the U2 concert. Operated by NJ TRANSIT, trip time to Giants Stadium is just a short 10 minutes from the Frank R. Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction.
What fans need to know:
• The new rail line gives New Jersey fans statewide rail access to the Meadowlands Sports Complex with connections at Hoboken Terminal and Secaucus Junction. Fans coming from NYC connect through Penn Station New York.
• Trains will operate between Hoboken, Secaucus Junction and the Meadowlands Rail Station beginning at 3:20 PM (approximately 3-1/2 hours before the concert). There will be no mass transportation service available to the Meadowlands Sports Complex prior to 3:20 PM.
• The Meadowlands Train Station is located near Gate B at Giants Stadium.
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• Return rail service begins immediately after the concert ends and will continue to operate for 2 hours after the event.
• THERE IS NO EVENT BUS SERVICE (#351) FROM NY PORT AUTHORITY FOR THE U2 CONCERTS.
Travel tips:
• Purchase round-trip tickets in advance from any NJ TRANSIT rail ticket vending machine or ticket office. Select “Meadowlands Sports Complex” as your destination. (On older ticket vending machines, use station code 410.).
• On the train, present your ticket to the conductor. If you are connecting at Secaucus Junction, your ticket will be returned to you.
• Customers connecting from Northeast Corridor or North Jersey Coast Line trains must use their ticket to pass through the fare gates at Secaucus Junction. Each ticket will open the fare gate one time.
• Trains to the Meadowlands depart from the lower level.
• For schedule and fare information, visit www.njtransit.com/meadowlands and use the trip planner to confirm your schedule, for information on connecting trains at Secaucus Junction or Hoboken Terminal, and specific fares.
PARKING AT GIANTS STADIUM
1. Parking lot #16 will open at 8 AM for both shows for General Admission ticket holders only.
2. Parking lots for all other ticket holders will open at 1:30 PM.
3. Parking Fee: $25 cars, limos and RVs; $50 buses
4. No reserved parking permits will be issued for these concerts (as they are for Giants and Jets games).
5. There is no overnight parking permitted.
6. Parking for guests with disabilities is available in Lots 10, 12, 14 and 18.
7. DROP OFF AREA: The location for taxis, limousines and cars to drop off or pick up a patron is adjacent to the walkover bridge on the stadium side of the bridge (near parking lots 10/12).
8. If you park in the IZOD Center parking lots, shuttle buses will be available to transport you to the Stadium side of the Sports Complex. Buses will be available after the concert for reverse trip. You can also cross over using the walkover bridge.
OFF-SITE / SATELLITE PARKING LOT INFORMATION
1. Off-site parking (same location as NFL games) will be utilized for the two U2 concerts.
2. The off-site parking lots are located approximately 2 miles from the Meadowlands Sports Complex at 1050 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071.
3. The cost to park in the off-site parking lots is $20.
4. Courtesy shuttle bus service (load and go school buses) will be provided from and to the off-site parking lots and the Meadowlands Sports Complex (parking lot 17 next to the Timex Performance Center Giants Training Facility).
5. Shuttle buses will begin operating at 5 PM, run continuously through the concert and conclude approximately 1.5 hours after the show.
6. All off-site parking lots will be color coded and specific drop off and pick up information will be provided at these lots.
7. No drinking or eating will be permitted on the shuttle buses.
8. Off-site parking lots will be patrolled by local law enforcement officers.
9. Portable restroom facilities will be available at the off-site lots.
10. ALL FORMS OF TAILGATING WILL BE PROHIBITED AND STRICTLY

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We are looking for fans to tell us the first row in each section of the field box seats at the New Yankees stadium, by fans helping us here we can determin if row 13 is the 13th row from the field or if the section starts with row 8 than you are really only 5 rows aways from the field, please leave a comment on this thread if you know the starting row of a section or if you need to know the starting row of a section at the new Yankees stadium we will find out for you

Danny Gans owned pharmacy died of drug overdose

By Dana Gentry · August 24, 2009 · 3:46 PM

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Danny Gans’ friends and family maintained that the late entertainer had little use personally for prescription drugs, though his death in May was from an overdose of Dilaudid, (the generic is Hydromorphone) a painkiller. The source of the drug that killed Gans has not been identified.

Now the Board of Pharmacy is investigating Gans’ ownership interest in Green Valley Med, a distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to doctors.

Documents we obtained from the state reveal Gans had held a stake in the local pharmacy since 2003. The pharmacy board took Gans’ records from Green Valley Med in June, but will not reveal the nature of the documents seized.

Green Valley Med bills itself on its website as the “largest medical supplier in Southern Nevada.” We wanted to know if it carries Dilaudid. Owner Scot Silber seemed stunned last Monday when I asked about his business relationship with Gans. Silber confirmed the two were partners but wouldn’t say whether Green Valley Med carries Dilaudid. Coincidentally, the very next day Gans’ self-described friend, Channel 3 entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs, detailed Gans’ ownership interest and reluctantly delved into the possibility that Gans obtained the lethal drug through that association.

Attorney Bob Massi, who represents Green Valley Med and doubles as its marketing director, declined to be interviewed but in an e-mail said, “The perception that is being portrayed of Danny Gans is disgusting. He was a great man, an ambassador to Las Vegas, and he is being smeared by an affiliation which was and has been a matter of public record.” Gans’ application for a stake in the pharmacy is posted to the right.

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"This Is It" Trailer To Debut During 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Tickets

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MTV is partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment to exclusively premiere the official trailer from the highly anticipated film Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT during the "2009 Video Music Awards" on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT). The trailer debut on the "Video Music Awards" will provide audiences their first look at the extraordinary new film which opens worldwide in theaters for a two-week limited engagement beginning October 28, 2009.

Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show. Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson's creative partner and the director of the stage show is also directing the film, which is being produced by Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega and Paul Gongaware. Executive producers are John Branca and John McClain. The film will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing. Tickets for the limited two-week engagement of the film go on sale beginning September 27.

The movie website www.thisisit-movie.com will be launched simultaneously with the trailer debut on the Video Music Awards. For more information on the film, please visit the website after the trailer is presented during the show.

The trailer for Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will make its debut in theaters on September 18th with the Sony Pictures Animation release of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

MTV will be promoting the trailer with MTV News and during promotion spots that will air throughout the week leading up to the debut of the Video Music Awards.

As previously announced, comedian Russell Brand will host the show, and Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Green Day, P!nk, Taylor Swift and Muse are confirmed to perform. In addition, Katy Perry, Ne-Yo, Nelly Furtado, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester and Miranda Cosgrove are confirmed presenters. Wale and the legendary go go band UCB are the official VMAs house band and will collaborate with artists including The All-American Rejects, Pitbull and 3OH!3. The "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" will air live on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT) and on Sunday, September 20 at 5pm ET with Spanish subtitles on MTV Tr3?s.

MTV News and V CAST from Verizon Wireless are giving customers an All Access video pass to the 2009 VMAs, with an unprecedented inside look at the making of the biggest music event of the year. Verizon Wireless customers can sign up for VMA text alerts by texting VIP to 8911 to receive VMA news insider reports delivered directly to their Verizon Wireless phones.

Viewers can vote for the "Best New Artist" category throughout the show, live on September 13.

MTV, Pepsi and Rock BandT have created a new category at this year's VMAs, "Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video" that allows fans, for the first time, a chance to win their very own Moonman. This summer, contestants entered their original Rock BandT music videos, which fans voted on to select the ultimate winner. The winning band will travel to the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards," walk the red carpet, receive their Moonman, and be featured in an MTV produced promotional spot airing the night of the show.

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Rhapsody now available on the iphone

My favorite music service is now available on the iphone, its amazinf what happens when the FCC is now watching every move Apple makes

RealNetworks Inc.'s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices in the United States.
The initial download will be free but new subscribers will have to pay $14.99 a month if they want to try it for longer than seven days.
The service will allow users to queue up any of some 8 million songs, and create custom playlists that will stream to the device as long as the user is receiving a cellular signal or is in a WiFi hot spot.
The application is an improvement on Rhapsody To Go, which allows subscribers to load songs onto their Windows Media Player-enabled phones and MP3 players when connected to a computer for later playback.
Seattle-based RealNetworks is planning to allow subscribers to load songs over the air for later playback in a new version by the end of the year.
Current Rhapsody To Go subscribers will be able to use the new app right away without an extra charge.
"This breaks us out of the non-Apple MP3 player segment and now we can reach the iPod Touch and iPhone audience that was unavailable to us before," said Neil Smith, vice president of business management for Rhapsody America.
RealNetworks currently has some 750,000 subscribers of its unlimited song streaming service. Some pay $12.99 a month for computer-only access but others pay $14.99 for the ability to move those songs to mobile devices.
The songs will be streamed at 64 kilobits per second, which is lower quality than the 256 kbps for songs offered on iTunes, but will help prevent interruptions.
Rhapsody app users will also be offered the ability to buy songs from the iTunes store. RealNetworks will share in the revenue from such sales.
"We're giving you the ability to listen to any song you want. The ones you really like, you can plunk down the extra $1.29 and buy," Smith said.

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Washington Redskins ticket office, clubbing fans with Club Seat contracts

For Redskins Fans, Hard Luck Runs Into Team's Hard Line
By James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 3, 2009

It would be hard to find a more loyal fan of the Washington Redskins than real estate agent Pat Hill. She's had season tickets since the early 1960s, when her daughter danced in the halftime shows at the old D.C. Stadium, before it was renamed in memory of Robert F. Kennedy.

In the hallway of her modest home south of Alexandria, the 72-year-old grandmother points out the burgundy-and-gold Redskins hook rug she made. In her bedroom, she shows off the pennants from two Redskins Super Bowl games she attended, and she opens a music box on her dresser that plays "Hail to the Redskins."

Now, Hill says, her beloved Redskins are forcing her into bankruptcy.

Last year, Hill's real estate sales were hit hard by the housing market crash, and she told the team that she could no longer afford her $5,300-a-year contract for two loge seats behind the end zone. Hill said she asked the Redskins to waive her contract for a year or two.

The sales office declined.

On Oct. 8, the Redskins sued Hill in Prince George's County Circuit Court for backing out of a 10-year ticket-renewal agreement after the first year. The team sought payment for every season through 2017, plus interest, attorneys' fees and court costs.

Hill couldn't afford a lawyer. She did not fight the lawsuit or even respond to it because, she said, she believes that the Bible says that it is morally wrong not to pay your debts. The team won a default judgment of $66,364.

"It really breaks my heart," Hill said, her voice cracking as the tears well and spill. "I don't even believe in bankruptcy.

"We are supposed to pay our bills. I ain't trying to get out of anything."

Hill is one of 125 season ticket holders who asked to be released from multiyear contracts and were sued by the Redskins in the past five years. The Washington Post interviewed about two dozen of them. Most said that they were victims of the economic downturn, having lost a job or experiencing some other financial hardship.

Redskins General Counsel David Donovan said the lawsuits are a last resort that involve a small percentage of the team's 20,000 annual premium seat contracts. He added that the team has accommodated people in hard-luck circumstances hundreds of times. He said he was unaware of Pat Hill's case.

"The Washington Redskins routinely works out payment plans and alternate arrangements with hundreds of ticket holders every year," Donovan said. "For every one we sue, I would guess we work out a deal with half a dozen."

Donovan said the team has agreed to reduce the number of seats in a contract, waived contracts for a year, shortened contracts and terminated contracts early. Most of the lawsuits are filed after people "simply refuse to negotiate with us. They've been made an offer, but they just said no," he said.

"A lot of it is a judgment call you make when meeting them, or on the phone, about the legitimacy of the situation," he said. "It does happen that we get lied to by people who identify reasons for wanting to get out of a contract. They don't always tell us the truth."

He added: "I can't say everyone gets dealt with exactly the same. I can't guarantee everyone gets dealt with the appropriate level of compassion, but that is our goal."

Many of the sued fans who were interviewed by The Post said that when they requested relief, they were offered settlements that required them to make hefty payments over time.

Among those sued are mortgage brokers, real estate developers, government workers, plumbers, construction contractors, lobbyists, lawyers and several car salesmen.

Donovan said other teams sue their fans. "I don't know of any pro football team that doesn't," he said.

But spokesmen for the following National Football League teams said they do not sue their fans over season ticket contracts: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants and Jets, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans.

The New England Patriots have sued multiyear premium ticket holders. A Chicago Bears spokesman said, "In rare instances, we have sued."

Officials with the Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts declined to comment on the query. Other teams did not respond.

Officials of most Washington area sports franchises that have season ticket accounts said they generally avoid such lawsuits. Nate Ewell, spokesman for the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals, said he could not think of a reason to sue a ticket holder. When a season ticket holder fails to make payments, the team cancels the tickets and resells them.

"Lawsuits are generally a last resort sort of thing," said Peter Biché, president of business operations for Washington Sports and Entertainment, which runs Verizon Center, where the Capitals and the National Basketball Association's Wizards play. "We're not in the lawsuit business. That's not how we run our business."

Donovan said: "I wish we never had to sue anybody. Why would you ever want to do that? But this is a business. And we rely on these contracts for our planning, and we do what we can when somebody gets into a situation where they can't afford to pay."

The Post reviewed lawsuits in which the Daniel M. Snyder-controlled entity WFI Stadium Inc. sued 125 Redskin ticket holders for a total of $3.6 million. The team won judgments totaling $2 million from 34 season ticket holders, most of whom did not hire an attorney and defaulted by not making an appearance in court.

The Post has documented 16 tickets for individual games that were taken from sued fans and resold by the Redskins. The tickets, forfeited by five fans, were bought by an online broker, ASC Ticket Co. of Gaithersburg, according to a printout from the Redskins ticket system. Some of those sued complained that the Redskins had "double-dipped" -- reselling the tickets while obtaining judgments against them for defaulting on the contracts.

Donovan rejected the idea that the Redskins collected twice on the seats, saying that collecting on the judgments has been difficult. "Getting a judgment is not getting paid," he said.

When Companies Default
About a dozen companies bailed out on their luxury skybox leases in the past year, and the cases stand out from the premium ticket holder lawsuits in both size and nature.

The companies include a lobbying firm that went out of business, a telecommunications firm and a Shenandoah coffee roaster owned by a man indicted on charges that he ran a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The Redskins have won $8 million in judgments in eight cases.

Only one defendant is mounting a significant defense: Atlantic Transportation Equipment Ltd., a Maryland bus-maintenance company that rented a 30-seat skybox suite for $149,000 annually to entertain clients and employees. The six-year contract was due to expire next year, and the Redskins sued for the final two seasons, or $269,000 after deducting the deposit.

The case is set for trial next month. Attorney Alan Silverberg argued in pretrial discussions that the team found a tenant for the suite last year and this year and should reduce the damages sought by the amount collected from the new tenant.

"It is basic, fundamental law that [a landlord] can't remain idle when premises are abandoned," Silverberg said. "They can't sit back and say, 'You breached the lease, and you owe for the duration.' "

The team agreed to reduce the damages sought to $74,371.

However, in the cases against the five fans whose tickets were resold to ASC, the Redskins have not reduced the amount they are seeking in court to reflect the proceeds from resold tickets. Donovan said the contract stipulates that the team can collect for the full term if a ticket holder defaults. He also said the team cannot afford to leave seats empty while it pursues judgments that are difficult to collect.

Rodney Hubbard, 37, who defaulted on a 10-year contract after a year, said he thinks that it is unfair "to charge me for the rest of the nine years if I don't go."

For years, Hubbard bought tickets to individual games from his employer, a car dealership. But in 2007, he realized a lifelong dream of getting season tickets. He signed up to buy four club seats on the 30-yard line for $15,000 a year.

A year later, the economy tanked, and so did car sales. Hubbard lost his job and tried opening a used-car lot. But he couldn't make the required full ticket payment, due in April, for the fall season.

Redskins sales agents said he could pay in installments. He made one partial payment of $1,000 over the summer. Later, he said, he scraped together $3,500 in cash and drove to the FedEx ticket office. He was told that he was too late. The seats had been sold to someone else. And he was in default, his debt referred for legal action.

Donovan said he did not believe that the team refused to take Hubbard's money. "I think that's ludicrous," he said. "If he had shown up with his money, we would have gotten him seats."

On Oct. 8, Hubbard was sued in Prince George's County court. His contract specified that the team could collect for the remaining years if he defaulted. The team only sued, however, for the price of two club seats, about $7,100 a year.

For Hubbard, that meant $71,000. The Redskins won a judgment in the full amount when he didn't show up for court.

The judgment has harmed Hubbard's credit rating, and even if he pays up, he won't get the tickets back. "Where are the tickets when I pay it off?" Hubbard said. "That's not right. If that's the case, then nobody should sit in the seats."

Records obtained by The Post show that one set of his tickets, for a St. Louis Rams game, were sold to ASC.

Fans Who Feel Misled
Alonzo Webb, 60, an investigator with the Department of Homeland Security, said he got his tickets for his son when times were good. He bought a six-year contract for two club seats at $5,700 a year. He worried that he wouldn't always be able to afford them, so he asked the sales agent whether he would be able to get out of the contract in bad times.

"I was told by this man, 'If you have issues, if you can't honor your contract, notify us in writing, and we'll see what we can work out with you,' " Webb said.

But when he had problems, the Redskins sued. He didn't contest the lawsuit and was hit with a judgment of $15,721. He paid it with a credit card loan.

Donovan said he would be willing to give Webb tickets for the 2009 season at no additional cost to Webb. "If he's paid his judgment, I would be happy to get him tickets," Donovan said. "I have no desire to take anyone's money and not give him something for it."

Webb responded, "I wouldn't want the damn tickets. It's just the principle of the thing."

Dennis M. Butts, 62, worked as a contractor for the team at Redskins Park, the team headquarters. In 2006, he said he thought he had negotiated a year-to-year contract for four Touchdown Club seats at $8,000 each, for a total of $32,000 a year. After the first year, he said the team informed him that he had signed a six-year contract through 2012. He said the team told him that if he didn't buy the tickets again in 2007, he would owe for the entire contract.

The Redskins, Butts said, offered him a settlement under which he would pay $32,000 and the team would take back the tickets. He agreed but ended up not being able to make the payments, he said.

The Redskins went back to court and won a judgment for the full six years, plus interest and legal fees: $209,351. Butts said he cannot afford to pay it.

Donovan said there is no evidence to support Butts's story. "He signed up for a one-year contract, and three months later he signed up for a six-year contract. I don't know how it could be any clearer."

James Nesbitt, 62, also said he ended up with a six-year contract he didn't want. An accountant who audits company financial statements, Nesbitt accuses the Redskins of changing his contract after he signed it.

Nesbitt said that for years, he had general admission seats in the upper deck while waiting to move to the lower bowl, which is closer to the action. In 2006, he said, the team offered him a deal: Sign up for two years of club seats, and we will move you to the lower bowl afterward.

After the first year, he said he received a contract that he was told was a "renewal." Because the contract came in December 2007, he said, he signed it, thinking that it was for the next season and overlooked that it said 2009.

The term sheet contained three boxes: Six years, eight years and 10 years. He said he did not check any of the boxes.

Nesbitt told The Post that his secretary saved a copy of his original contract, which had been faxed to the Redskins. It is signed, and no box is checked.

This year, he said, he asked for his promised lower bowl seats and was told there was a problem: He had a six-year contract for club seats. He said the team threatened to sue him.

Nesbitt, a member of the board of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and other charities, said he considered fighting in court but decided to tap a connection with the Redskins, a colleague he knew who worked with Donovan, the team lawyer.

The Redskins ultimately offered a compromise: If Nesbitt bought one more year of club seats, he could have lower bowl seats in 2010 if they became available. Nesbitt agreed. He avoided a lawsuit but is unhappy about the whole situation.

"I feel I was cheated and that the Redskins were highly disingenuous," Nesbitt said.

Donovan said he was "floored" to learn that Nesbitt was unhappy, particularly after Nesbitt told Donovan in an e-mail that he was making "good progress thanks to you" and then e-mailed team Vice President Jason Friedman "unconditionally accepting" the offer.

'Really Hard-Core'
William H. Hightower, 36, eagerly signed a six-year contract for two seats at $7,800 a year in 2005. By last year, after leaving the family construction business, he couldn't afford the tickets. He thought the Redskins would let him renegotiate.

"People can work out their mortgage, but these guys were like, 'No, we're taking you to court,' " Hightower said. "I don't think they gave me a fair shake, especially being what the economy was. If it was high times and everyone was making money, I would understand."

The Redskins worked out a settlement: Hightower agreed to pay $12,000, and the team agreed to forgo the $18,000 balance. He's paying $800 a month for tickets to games he will never attend.

Before the season began last year, Reginald Woods, 50, a mortgage broker in Bowie, told the team that he could no longer afford his two club seats, which cost him more than $5,000 a year. He was in the third year of a six-year contract. He said he offered to pay for 2008 if the club would allow him to go to the games and let him out of the rest of the contract. The team sued for $25,000.

"I said, 'How are they going to charge me for tickets I never received?' " Woods said. "They were trying to charge me for 2009, 2010 and 2011, and I was like, 'How can they do that?' They never made any of that stuff clear to me."

After the suit was filed, Woods agreed to pay for the 2008 tickets, although he didn't attend a game. "All of that could have been worked out," Woods said. "Their approach was really hard-core."

Donovan said: "For a mortgage broker, I think that's somewhat ironic. I doubt the bank was just writing off mortgage loans that he placed."

In January 2008, a Montgomery County man wrote the Redskins to say that he was unable to pay for his season tickets. The man said he was unemployed, had been in jail, could not find a job, was on medical assistance and was relying on his 73-year-old mother for rent.

Friedman wrote a letter offering a payment plan "to keep your account in good standing." Friedman suggested that another option would be to transfer the contract to someone else.

In June, the Redskins turned the case over to outside counsel. David A. Slacter was retained to represent the man under the Montgomery County Bar Pro Bono Program.

Slacter mailed the team's attorneys copies of government records saying his client is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who "is not stable for work." Slacter wrote, "It is clear there is nothing to be gained by pursuing" his client.

Slacter requested that his client not be named because of his mental illness.

Two months later, the Redskins filed suit in Prince George's County.

Slacter ultimately persuaded a judge to move the case to Montgomery, where the man lived. The team did not follow up, and the case was dismissed.

"If people sign a contract and they don't abide by the terms, I have no problem," Slacter said. "But once they were informed that my client had severe mental health issues, good business sense -- if not common decency -- dictates that you don't pursue it."

Donovan said he couldn't recall the case.

"There is no motivation for us to pursue litigation against someone who is judgment- proof," he said. "That is a waste of our time and money."

Altered Situations
In 2006, Jorge R. Vasquez Sr., 47, was in jail for embezzlement and wrote to both the Washington Nationals and the Redskins to say he could no longer keep his tickets. He had three loge seats at FedEx and a six-year contract that began in 2003.

The baseball team wrote back to offer him free tickets, according to a letter he sent to the court. The Redskins sued him $12,914.

The Nationals "were able to understand that my situation and status to continue to support their team as a fan had changed," Vasquez wrote to the court. "Instead of getting sued in courts, they extended their sympathy by issuing to me four courtesy tickets; now I have even lost my home and the richest franchise of the National Football League is pursuing 'their loss' through court, while completely forgetting about the fact that all I ever wanted to be was a Fan."

The lawsuit was dismissed because neither party appeared in court, records show.

Real estate developer Randy Clarno, 51, of Eagle, Idaho, wasn't so fortunate. Clarno used to fly to Washington to attend Redskins games. He has been a fan since he was 10 years old, when he decided to cheer against his dad's favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys. "That's my team," he told his father of the Redskins.

He said that a business downturn last year forced him to lay off 20 employees and that he could no longer afford his two club-seat tickets, which cost $8,900 a year. He said he tried to sell them, but "nobody wanted to buy them at the outrageous prices that they charge."

Now, Clarno's team has a judgment against him for $80,837.

"The attitude that they are willing to kick ya while you're down is just incredible to me," Clarno said. "I didn't treat any of my customers like this. When you treat customers right, they come back and they hang around you in the hard times. Especially guys like me."

Donovan said the team has the right to enforce contracts with people who have the ability to pay.

"This is a guy who didn't want to pay his bill," he said. "I don't have any reason to think he couldn't afford to pay his bill. He just declined to do so."

Donovan said that sometimes an agreement cannot be reached. "Everyone that you can identify who is unhappy about the negotiation, I could find you 12 where the fan was appreciative and grateful at the efforts we went to to work out the situation," he said.

Unshakable Loyalty
The phone rings repeatedly in Pat Hill's home off Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. One morning recently, her answering machine picked up a robo call. A recorded voice said, "This is an attempt to collect a debt."

Hill said she never answers the phone. "They call all day like that," she said.

Her Redskins debt of $66,364 weighs on her, but it is one among many.

In the past, Hill has helped others in need. She said she lent $20,000 to an Iraq war veteran to keep his mortgage current so his family would not lose the house.

"She's like an angel," said Muhammed Khan, a former loan officer who used to work with Hill and attended Redskins games with her. "If she has a dollar in her pocket, she will help somebody else. She's given $60,000 or $70,000 to pay other people's mortgages. People would come to her."

In May 2007, Hill's real estate practice in Fairfax County was booming. She had 20 real estate contracts that promised her $200,000 in commissions. She said they all fell through.

Now, Hill is struggling on $3,200 a month from a government pension, plus $400 a month from Social Security. The monthly payment on her adjustable-rate mortgage is $5,019.

"I'm $100,000 behind," she said.

On Friday, she received a note from the mortgage company: She was rejected for a loan modification. She has worked out payment plans with the utilities, and she still makes her car payment.

Every Sunday in the newspaper, she looks for jobs. No luck.

She's trying to sell houses again. "I got a lot of buyers," she said. "I can't get them loans."

And she has started to sell off her Redskins memorabilia.

Hill used to have three Tiffany-style Redskins lamps. Now there's just one. Two were sold "not for very much," she said, to a pawnshop on Route 1 in Woodbridge. She also sold two Redskins jackets to the pawnshop. "I just needed the money so badly."

There was a miniature Redskins village, too, with a little Redskins filling station and a tiny Redskins bakery and a Redskins choo-choo train -- all purchased from a cable shopping channel for more than $1,000. She gave it to a friend to sell.

And she says she was humiliated when a process server arrived at her door notifying her that her favorite team was suing her.

Yet it hasn't dimmed her fidelity. She brightens at the memory of meeting Sonny Jurgensen in the locker room 47 years ago.

"I just love the Redskins."

10 fun facts about the New Dallas Cowboys Stadium , twice the size of the New Yankee Stadium

10 Wonders of Jerry’s World
Unique elements of Cowboys Stadium:
Standing ovations: Behind each end zone are three 15,000- to 20,000-square-foot concourse platforms that can hold up to 20,000 standing-room guests, increasing the stadium’s capacity to 100,000.
Really big screens: Two 1080p HDTV video boards, each 73 feet tall and hung 90 feet above the stadium floor, stretch 160 feet along each sideline. Two 48-foot-long HD screens face each end zone.
How suite they are: More than 300 suites on five levels, including more than 100 at field level or in the lower stadium bowl, in addition to the traditional three levels between the upper and lower decks.
Lunch on the grass: Tailgating spaces are provided in grassy berms at the perimeter of each parking lot, easing traffic congestion within each lot.
Front-door entry: Each end zone features a five-panel glass wall, 180 feet long and 120 feet high, that can be opened to allow stadium entry through two plazas (one 3 acres, one 2.5 acres) behind each end zone.
Enter the gladiators: Teams will enter the playing field through two club lounges at midfield on either side of the stadium floor.
Deluxe digital: In addition to the big boards, the stadium is wired with more than 3,000 digital video monitors that will replace fixed signs and banners for team and stadium sponsors.
Between the lines: With the standing room platforms and glass walls behind each end zone, Most of the stadium’s 80,000 fixed seats are between the goal lines; , compared to about 44,000 at Reliant Stadium, in comparison, has about 44,000.
Lantern’s glow: North and south facades are wrapped in 86-foot-high glass walls, canted outward at a 14-degree angle and treated with a ceramic element that enables the stadium to glow from light at the bottom to dark on top as exterior lights are trained on it at night.
Overarching ambition: The stadium is anchored by a pair of 1,292-foot arches that stretch to an apex nearly 300 feet above street level, creating the world’s largest column-free room at 104 million cubic feet.

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Dead frog found in a Pepsi soda can in Florida

OrlandoSentinel.com

Frog in Diet Pepsi

Frog in Diet Pepsi: 'Mouse' in Pepsi can was frog, FDA says

A Diet Pepsi can consumed by an Ormond Beach man did indeed contain the remains of an animal, believed to be a frog or a toad.

Ludmilla Lelis

Sentinel Staff Writer

11:46 AM EDT, September 2, 2009


The tests are in and a federal report confirms what seems like an urban legend: a Diet Pepsi can consumed by an Ormond Beach man did indeed contain the remains of an animal, believed to be a frog or a toad.

Amy Denegri said she has received a report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with test results showing that the soda can contained a small animal, which they had thought was a rodent.

Her husband, Fred Denegri, regularly drinks Diet Pepsi and popped open the can on July 23 as they were grilling dinner outdoors. He took one sip and thought the soda tasted awful, but what they saw inside the can was even more awful.

They saw the remains of the animal, which had deteriorated, making it difficult to identify it, but the body mass was too large to come out of the hole.

A representative with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the can for further testing and the Denegris received a report that confirmed the findings.

A Pepsi spokesman said the company is aware of the FDA testing and still stands by its manufacturing process. The can was traced back to a plant in Orlando, which runs about 1,250 cans a minute on the production line.

"As we've stated all along, the speed of our production lines and the rigor of our quality control systems make it virtually impossible for this type of thing to happen in a production environment," said Pepsi spokesman Jeff Dahncke.

"The FDA conducted a thorough inspection of our Orlando facility and found no cause for concern. In this case, the FDA simply was unable to determine when or how the specimen entered the package," he said.

However, Amy Denegri is certain the animal was in the can before her husband opened it. He had just pulled the can out of their refrigerator, opened it in her presence and started drinking it right away, so there wasn't an opportunity for something to have crawled in when they weren't looking.

"The report proves that something was in there. We didn't do it," she said. "Obviously, it was too big for us to push inside that small hole."

The can had been part of a case purchased at the Sam's Club in Daytona Beach and Fred Denegri had consumed most of the soda without problems.

When the Diet Pepsi can complaint originally made the news in July, the Denegris said they were upset with accusations that they had faked the incident.

"That really upset us because we're not that kind of people," Amy Denegri said.

Fred Denegri continued to drink Diet Pepsi even after the incident, and the couple didn't intend to sue Pepsi.

However, Amy Denegri said they are receiving legal advice about the matter.

Copyright © 2009, Orlando Sentinel

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