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1. Joaquin Phoenix, whose portrayal of Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" has made him an Oscar front-runner, returned to the scene of one of the musician's most famous concerts -- Folsom State Prison.
2. Guitarist Pete Townshend has warned iPod users that they could end up with hearing problems as bad as his own if they don't turn the volume down of the music they are listening to on earphones. "The Who" guitarist claims his hearing was irreversibly damaged by years of using studio headphones.
3. And Ryan Seacrest's New Year is looking good so far. The "American Idol" host and radio disc jockey signed a deal with E! Entertainment Television that includes producing and hosting the channel's red-carpet awards coverage.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. front-runner
front-runner front-runners
In a competition or contest, the front-runner is the person who seems most likely to win it.
Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
N-COUNT
= favourite
2. guitarist
guitarist guitarists
A guitarist is someone who plays the guitar.
N-COUNT
3. earphone
1 earphone earphones
Earphones are a small piece of equipment which you wear over or inside your ears so that you can listen to a radio or cassette recorder without anyone else hearing.
N-COUNT: usu pl
4. irreversible
irreversible
If a change is irreversible, things cannot be changed back to the way they were before.
She could suffer irreversible brain damage if she is not treated within seven days.
The reforms are irreversible.
ADJ
* reversible
· irreversibly
Television has irreversibly changed our perception of the Royal Family.
ADV: ADV with v
5. headphones
headphones
Headphones are a pair of padded speakers which you wear over your ears in order to listen to a radio, record player, or tape recorder without other people hearing it.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
6. disc jockey
disc jockey disc jockeys
A disc jockey is someone who plays and introduces pop records on the radio or at a disco.
N-COUNT (AM) also disk jockey
= deejay, DJ |