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Glastonbury Headliners To Be Confirmed ‘Pretty Soon’

By admin November 10th, 2008

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has revealed that the headliners for next year’s Glastonbury Festival will be confirmed “pretty soon”.
The 29-year-old said the festival is already in talks with “ a few” headliners for 2009, but refused to reveal who they were.
She did however rule out some big names who she categorically hasn’t been talking to, [...]

Paramore to record vampire film soundtrack

By admin November 10th, 2008

Paramore have revealed they are recording songs for the soundtrack of forthcoming film ‘Twilight’.
Writing on her blog, singer Hayley Williams said that the band were having a ‘possible shot’ at the soundtrack at a studio in their hometown of Nashville.
The film is an adaptation of a Stephanie Meyer-penned vampire novel.
“We are back home. Recording again [...]

Madonna made Guys life hell with marriage contract

By admin November 9th, 2008

London (ANI): Madonna used to control Guy Ritchie with a ‘marriage contract’, it has emerged. The Brit director had to apparently alter his behaviour as per the ‘contract’ that included instructions deciding their number of dates and times of sex.
The 40-year-old was further asked to ‘work to enrich his wife’s emotional and spiritual well-being [...]

Icahn’s Lions Gate swoop a Hollywood thriller

By admin November 9th, 2008

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - When Carl Icahn becomes one of your company’s biggest shareholders, speculation over its future heats up pretty quickly.
Clarity over the maverick moneyman’s motives can take longer.
“Where there’s smoke, there’s usually … smoke,” said a wag at Lions Gate Entertainment Corp on Tuesday, a day after news circulated that Icahn had [...]

Sugababes, Catfights And Spotlights

By admin November 8th, 2008

Almost a year to the day after the release of lemon sorbet-flavoured Change, the Sugababes release Spotlights And Catfights, despite, in May, stating that the album would be pushed back until 2009 to give them time to write the new material.
But luckily there’s no sense of the album being rushed out. The Babes continue to [...]

Young entrepreneurs kick-start Boston Music Conference

By admin November 8th, 2008

You don’t become Shakira through hip-shaking alone.

There are music industry hoops you have to jump through before you get to sing duets with Beyonce Knowles, write songs with Gloria Estefan or record with Wyclef Jean.

This weekend, Jody Mendoza, owner of the Boston nightclub Mojitos, wants you to take a break from hip-shaking and kick-start your [...]

Ticketmaster slashing work force

By admin November 7th, 2008

Company reducing $35 mil in expenses
Ticketmaster will cut about 300 jobs as part of a cost-cutting plan announced in August. Those cuts account for about 5% of the ticket company’s global work force, a Ticketmaster spokesperson said.
Ticketmaster’s estimated $35 million reduction in operating expenses is part of the company’s 2008 acquisitions of ticketing companies TicketsNow [...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Offers Help To Jobless Bankers

By admin November 7th, 2008

Unemployed bankers hit by the global financial crisis can take their mind off economic ruin by enjoying a musical, thanks to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The West End impresario is offering free tickets to his productions of The Sound of Music and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for former bank employees laid off in September.
“Free [...]

Samuel L Jackson - Movie Reviews Lakeview Terrace

By admin November 6th, 2008

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Blink 182 man blogs about plane crash recovery

By admin November 6th, 2008

Blink 182’s Travis Barker has been blogging extensively about his recovery experiences after surviving a deadly plane crash last month.
The drummer, who is being treated for burns at a Los Angeles hospital, praised the hospital staff and said he is looking forward to being able to return to his kids.
“Like the doctors said from the [...]