Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Reunite : All Five Members Are Back In & other: June 2008

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Britney Spears - Book Author Spears Fears She Wont See Another Birthday

BRITNEY SPEARS fears she won't live to see her 28th birthday, according to the author of a shocking new expose about the troubled pop star.

Biographer and journalist Ian Halperin spent 18 months studying the Toxic singer as an undercover paparazzo, getting close to the star and her inner circle.

And now he's writing all about his findings in a new book which he hopes to have on shelves by Christmas (08).

Amid all the claims of drug abuse, bipolar problems and suicidal tendencies, Halperin states Spears told him personally she fears she will die at 27.

The biographer, who ironically penned a book about Kurt Cobain - who lost his life at 27, tells Life + Style magazine, "She told me she feared she'd die at age 27 (her current age), just like other music stars, like Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain."

Joplin and Cobain aren't the only members of the sinister 27 Club - rock greats Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones all perished before their 28th birthday.

Spears turns 28 on 2 December (08).

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Sunday, 22 June 2008

Leona Lewis - Lewis Beats Winehouse In Bond Track Battle

Pop singer LEONA LEWIS has reportedly triumphed over AMY WINEHOUSE in their drawn-out battle to record the theme song for the forthcoming BOND movie, QUANTUM OF SOLACE.

Rehab hitmaker Winehouse was rumoured to have been dropped as the film's official musical muse after DJ Mark Ronson told reporters last month (May08) he had scrapped his 007 collaboration with the singer, because she was not "ready" to work on music after a recent return to her erratic ways.

Days later (24May08), Winehouse confirmed that she had, in fact, completed the song - but her spokesperson has since admitted the use of her track in the latest superspy offering is "unlikely".

Now industry insiders claim Lewis, the 2006 winner of U.K. TV talent competition The X Factor, has become the favourite to record the title track.

A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "It looks like Leona has finally won the race.

"She is seen as one of the few candidates who has the right profile both sides of the pond to do it.

"Amy was their original choice but she just can't get her act together and hasn't got the right image."

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Saturday, 21 June 2008

Big Mac and McFlys

McFLY have shelved the release of their new album for over two months while
they thrash out a groundbreaking deal with McDonald’s.

The rock boyband had intended to issue Radio:Active at the end of June — but
it will now see the light of day in mid-September.

They were forced to tear up their plans after the burger chain entered into
lucrative negotiations to promote their new material.

A source said: "It was all systems go for a summer release.

"Promotional schedules had been drawn up and an elaborate launch strategy was
put in place.

"However, everything hit the buffers as soon as McDonald’s expressed an
interest in a unique partnership.

"It cost the lads a pretty penny to bin everything at such a late stage but
they hope, with the fast food firm’s muscle behind them, they’ll reap the
benefits in the long term."

The boys — TOM FLETCHER, DANNY JONES, DOUGIE POYNTER
and HARRY JUDD — ditched major label Island in favour of establishing
their own independent imprint Super Records.
It’s an interesting McNugget of music news, this.
The youngsters are following RADIOHEAD and PAUL McCARTNEY by
turning their backs on traditional record company practice.

Last year Macca left the ailing EMI to go into partnership with coffee shop
chain Starbucks and THOM YORKE’s outfit ditched Parlophone to issue
their In Rainbows album for no fixed price on the internet.

The terms of McFly’s unique marketing strategy with the home of the Big Mac
are still to be finalised.

But it will include a free download of one of their songs and their impish
faces being plastered over the chain’s 1,250 UK outlets.
I’m one of the few journalists in the country to have heard the material and
it’s surprisingly impressive.
The lyrics showcase a more grown-up direction while the music hints at a
much heavier new sound. Or should that be meatier?

Friday, 20 June 2008

Fox Business Network Comes To Radio

The Fox Business Network, which has been struggling to attract viewers, may soon be able to attract listeners as a result of a deal between the News Corp-owned cable network and XM Satellite Radio. The two companies announced Wednesday that FBN will debut on the satellite radio service beginning July 14. Noting in a statement that XM already carries the audio of Fox News and Fox News Talk, XM programming exec Eric Logan said, "This is the latest milestone in a long and productive partnership between Fox News and XM."

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Nicole Kidman: 'I Cried When I Saw My Ultrasound Picture'

Nicole Kidman admits that she cried when she saw the ultrasound of the baby she is carrying.

The pregnant actress, who is expecting her first child with her husband Keith Urban, suffered two miscarriages when she was with Tom Cruise and was convinced she wouldn’t be able to conceive a biological baby.

She tells Vogue: "I didn't think I'd get to experience that in my lifetime," she admits.

"I like the unpredictable nature of it. To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I'm going to embrace that completely."

Nicole’s baby is reportedly due next month. See pictures of the blooming mother-to-be here.

Beyonce Knowles - Beyonces Sister Stalks Cee-lo

BEYONCE KNOWLES' little sister SOLANGE had to "stalk" GNARLS BARKLEY star CEE-LO GREEN when she wanted him to pen her a hit for her new album - because he wouldn't take her calls.

The singer had dreamed of collaborating with the Crazy singer on her upcoming album but fears his managers didn't like the idea of him working with Beyonce's sibling.

So she cut new tracks with random producers and hunted Green down with a demo.

She says, "I had to stalk him because a lot of the producers that I wanted to work with for the record are very credible and artistic producers and I understood why they were like, 'Huh? Beyonce's little sister?'

"So I worked on it with some unknown producers and I saw him at a club one day... and I was like, `Listen to my music before you judge me.'

"He loved it and he wrote two of the songs on the record."

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Al Green Single-handedly Responsible for Overpopulation

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"There were lots of kids being born around then!" —Al Green on the legacy of his love songs [Rolling Stone]

"Until I start writing songs about being famous or how hard it is to tour or until I turn in, like, Bob Seger songs, I think we'll be OK." —Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard promises not to turn out any night moves [Detroit Free Press via Pop Matters ]

"In a way, I feel like this is my most fleshed out and the most satisfied I've been with a role." —Jack Black on Kung Fu Panda [AP via Yahoo]

"You know, I thought long ago you could change the world by writing songs. Oh, you can inspire a few people, get some of them to change their thinking about something, but you can't change the world by writing songs. But we could change it with this car." —Neil Young on developing his own electric car [WENN via Starpulse]

"Just ask any of the women who melted in the hallway at his audition. And if I had more time I could think of 10 more inches — I mean reasons — why I cast him." —Sex and the City director Michael Patrick King on casting Gilles Marini as Samantha's sexy neighbor [E!]

“The entire world saw the movie. This morning, I could not work out. I went to my gym, and everybody came up to talk to me, and they just talked and talked. That is not going to help with my abs.” —Gilles Marini [E!]

Coldplay - The Things They Say 8589

"We got caught up in things we didn't enjoy, like people talking about share prices and investors... This time, we were hungry to disassociate ourselves from anything other than improving someone's holiday or bath time." COLDPLAY star CHRIS MARTIN insists the band have stopped taking things so seriously when recording and releasing albums. The group's label, EMI, was taken over by a private equity group shortly after the release of their last album.

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We Don't Care

Year: 2001
Tracks: 10

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Angelina Jolie - Jolie Pitt To Become Foster Parents

ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT are doubtful their love of children can ever be fulfilled - so they are planning to care for foster kids once their own brood grow up.

Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, six, Pax, four, Zahara, three, as well as biological daughter Shiloh, two - and the actress is currently pregnant with twins.

But despite their soon-to-be six-strong family unit, Jolie insists she will always want to have kids around - so she is contemplating opening up her home to care for foster children.

She says, "We keep thinking, 'Is there ever going to be a time when we don't have kids in the house?'

"Maybe we'll eventually start a foster home or something. We have a clinic that handles children so there are ways of looking after kids without actually physically having them in your home and we're doing more and more of that."

And Jolie insists that despite having two babies on the way, she would still like to have more children of her own.

She adds, "I'd like to do it again."

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