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Monday, March 24, 2008
Netflix suffers long website outtage
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s 6:25 p.m.? Do you know where your Netflix is?
For about 11 hours today, the Internet’s DVD rental giant had the same message posted on its website: “The Netflix website is temporarily unavailable.”
That’s a long time for an online server to be down.
According to CNET’s News.com, which was able to contact Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey, the outage was “unanticipated” and “unplanned.” News.com quoted him as saying technical personnel “have been feverishly working on repairing the problem.”
The correction happened at about 9 p.m. Eastern time and the website became usable again.
More than 70 user comments about the outtage were posted so far at Hackingnetflix.com.
NetFlix has more than seven million subscribers.
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Acworth’s Justin Martin to co-star in new ‘High School Musical’ movie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Acworth’s Justin Martin, who recently co-starred in TV’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” is joining Disney’s ultra-popular “High School Musical” franchise.
Martin, 13, has been cast as one of three new sophomore students for “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” which will begin filming soon in Utah for theatrical release in October.
Other new castmembers include Matt Prokop and Jemma McKenzie-Brown. Returning stars include Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Ortega.
Martin, who found his calling as an actor at age 7 when he appeared in a play in a Decatur church, earlier portrayed Young Simba on Broadway in “The Lion King.”
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Mick Jagger talks about the alleged plot to kill him
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mick Jagger says he was never told about a purported attempt by Hells Angels members to kill him not long after the Rolling Stones’ infamous Altamont Speedway Free Concert in 1969.
“Either it is completely untrue, which I suspect, and just a lot of made-up (expletive), or, if it (is true) surely the FBI wasn’t doing a very good job if they didn’t warn you about it at the time,” Jagger said during an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about his new concert film “Shine a Light,” opening nationwide April 4 and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Jagger’s comments are the first he’s made about the death plot report.
Earlier this month, British newspapers reported that the Rolling Stones frontman was the target of an assassination attempt that failed when a boat his would-be attackers were using to sneak onto his vacation home in the New York Hamptons was tossed about in an unexpected storm.
The plot was revealed in the BBC radio series “The FBI at 100” by show presenter Tom Mangold. The source: former special agent Mark Young.
The Hells Angels was allegedly hired as security at Altamont where one concertgoer ended up stabbed and kicked to death in a melee involving some of the motorcycle group’s members. According to the BBC show, the death plot was hatched because Hells Angels members were angered by Jagger’s treatment of them afterwards.
Jagger, speaking by phone from the West Indies while on vacation, scoffed at the purported murder plot.
“Surely you would have said, ‘Oh, there was a failed attack. Maybe we should warn him there could be another one,’” Jagger said. “Since they didn’t do that, it makes me think either they weren’t doing their job or it’s just a load of all bollocks.”
COMING THIS SUNDAY IN THE AJC’S ARTS & BOOKS: The full Mick Jagger interview, in which he talks about his new concert film “Shine a Light,” his love for Atlanta and controlling Keith Richards on stage.
What do you think about the alleged plot to kill Jagger? Do you believe the former FBI agent’s account?
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