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The SAG nominees: Why they chose the wrong actress from 'Inglourious Basterds'
I thought the Screen Actors Guild showed more or less impeccable taste in their nominations this year (though for Best Cast, how could they have possibly forsaken the sublimely acted Up in the Air…and picked the hot warblers of Nine instead?). So in
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Rock City Berlin
The Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag lawn just beyond it comprised a propaganda fulcrum when the city was divided. Although a number of bands performed there, most …
famously, Tangerine Dream played a concert on the Reichstag
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Last Night's Action: Line Change
Wizards 105, Sixers 98: There's changes, and then there's changes -- and just like David Bowie, Wizards head coach Flip Saunders obviously felt like engaging in some strange fascination, fascinating everyone on Tuesday night at the Verizon Center.
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Lady Gaga's multi-pronged campaign for self-awareness
BOSTON -- Almost immediately after she deposited herself in a corner booth at L'Espalier, the restaurant at Boston's Mandarin Oriental Hotel on the December afternoon after the first American date of her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga made a confounding
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When Lady Gaga Appears, So Do Her Many Influences
IN a year when retailing flat-lined, when a flailing economy sent creative types scurrying for aesthetic foxholes, when the most indelible fashion image was of a dead man’s sequin glove, a single unlikely figure raised the flag for style and its power
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NYT: When Lady Gaga appears, so do her many influences
In a year when retailing flat-lined, when a flailing economy sent creative types scurrying for aesthetic foxholes, when the most indelible fashion image was of a dead man’s sequin glove, a single unlikely figure raised the flag for style and its power
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Independent Station’s Power Lies With Its People
Commercial radio, like many other media, is in serious trouble. The prevailing view at the Chicago Independent Radio Project is that traditional radio has created its own problems: beholden to advertisers, disconnected from the community and
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Musical monday #123
Welcome to the 123rd edition of Musical Monday. Elie and I switch off hosting. Check out shortly for answers.
This week the grouping is important. Remember no Googling and enjoy.
1) She's an angel of the first degree
2) Sunday morning you don't look
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Lord Glenconner: Monarch of Mustique
When Princess нMargaret was on her honeymoon cruise with Lord Snowdon in 1960 she visited the Caribbean island home of Lord Glenconner, her former beau. Glenconner, or Colin Tennant to his friends, had bought the island two years previously and decided
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Music listings
Pop/rock
New Year's Eve Bash, Dec. 31, 8 p.m., Showcase live, 23 Patriot Place, Foxboro. Two shoes. Includes champagne toast and dessert. New York Minute, 9-piece band, will perofrm. Free admission to second show if you attend first. Second show
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Formula One king and Status Quo rockers honoured
Formula One world champion Jenson Button and the two remaining original members of veteran rockers Status Quo were recognised in the New Year's Honours List on Thursday.
Button said becoming an MBE, or Member of Order of the British Empire, was the
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An honour? That’s nice, say Status Quo, but we won't change our tune
Early this year two men in their sixties with pronounced hairstyles and a
second skin of denim will arrive at Buckingham Palace to be honoured by the
Queen for their contribution to British culture. Years after the elevation
of Sir Paul McCartney
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2010: The Irish Times' Critics' Choice
The Irish Baroque Orchestra is having a counter-recessionary January. It is putting on a six-concert series at the National Gallery, where it will perform three monuments of baroque music: all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, the full set of
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Peter Gabriel goes orchestral for covers album
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Peter Gabriel eschews traditional rock'n'roll instrumentation on his upcoming album, "Scratch My Back," which sports orchestral covers of material originally recorded by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Radiohead and Arcade
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Peter Gabriel covers Arcade Fire, Radiohead after eight year recording absence
After an eight year absence of albums, Peter Gabriel is returning with a covers record, which contains his orchestral takes on tracks from Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Paul Simon, Regina Spektor, David Bowie and more.
"Scratch My Back" will be
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Peter Gabriel Plans Orchestral Concerts To Promote Covers Album
Peter Gabriel will perform selections from his upcoming covers album Scratch My Back with a full orchestra in Berlin, London and Paris in March (10).
The rocker's first new album in eight years will be released next month (Feb10) and features
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Atlas Sound:
"Christmas Synths" (MP3) (Download)
Not much information is available on the instrumental song, aside from a note saying it’s an outtake from “Christmas season Notown demo sessions.” The track is a low-key piece of burbling electonica that is somewhat reminiscent of krautrock
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David Bowie and Rolling Stones on UK postage stamps
Stamp collectors and rock music fans will be clamoring for a new set of stamps, issued January 7, featuring classic record album artwork. Will this encourage people to use the postal service instead of email and the internet?
The concept intends to
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Lady GaGa Does 944
"Lady Gaga has liberated music and fashion the way David Bowie and other Brit Glam rockers did in the seventies -- using costume, artifice and drama while bending gender norms and conventions. But she also one ups everyone with her phenomenal vocal
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Album covers part of U.K. stamp program
LONDON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The United Kingdom's postal service, the Royal Mail, says its 2010 stamp program features postage based on classic album covers.
The Royal Mail said in a release its stamp program announced Thursday includes first-class stamps
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BRAVO EXPANDS UNSCRIPTED PROGRAMMING BY 20%
PASADENA, CALIF. - January 10, 2010 - Having just celebrated its fourth consecutive best year ever in 2009 - ranked as the No. 18 cable entertainment network among adults 18-49 in primetime, and the fastest growing cable entertainment network among
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Moon film up for Bafta
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Bulls on Parade: Live From MSG's Arena Rock Rodeo
When you picture a bull-riding competition, does it have a Coldplay soundtrack? How about Rihanna? Britney Spears? Prince? Donna Summer? Lady Gaga? I didn't think so either; I was expecting George Strait, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry,
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Own a Monster-Sized Piece of MGMT History
Remember MGMT’s music video for “Kids”? It’s been a while, so we’ll give you a quick refresher: It opens with fire and some scary quotes about monsters. Then there’s a Sesame Street-style countdown, and we see a toddler in a crib. Except the kid isn’t
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Music interview: Europe
"We've had a bit of snow here," says the softly-spoken singer of rock band Europe, "but I was in Stockholm over Christmas – there was major snow. We were quite comfy. We had a white Christmas. We were doing two shows in Gothenburg and Stockholm. I
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Peter Gabriel Confirms Covers Album Details, Ropes in Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt to Cover “Not One of Us”
Back in late October, we told you that ex-Genesis art-rock legend Peter Gabriel was working on a covers album that demonstrated what we called his “impeccable taste.” It was to feature orchestral versions of songs by the likes of Radiohead,
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Dave Grohl finds his Nirvana
"We just love to play with each other and when you look up at us you will see it in our eyes and the way we play and how hard I punish my instrument that I am truly in love with what I am doing right now.''
Them Crooked Vultures, who released their
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On this day in History - Jan. 17
1501 - Leonhart Fuchs was born (d. 10 May 1566). German botanist and physician whose botanical work Historia Stirpium (1542) is a landmark in the development of natural history.
1536 - François Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III & allowed
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Music: New award for video games music
Organisers of the Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate the cream of songwriting, will introduce a gong for “best original video game score” for the first time to reflect the changing world of music.
The 55th awards ceremony will recognise the growing
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Wes Anderson makes indelible endings a trademark
NEW YORK (AP) -- As the credits of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" began to roll and the Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance" blared through the theater at a recent showing of the movie, a young girl leapt to her feet and joined the on-screen characters, dancing in
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Wes Anderson makes indelible endings a trademark
Anderson's endings - where emotion soars and music plays - get at a particular joy of moviegoing: exiting the theater with a warm feeling and dancing in the aisles like a toddler - or at least tapping your foot.
"Anybody who knows my movies, they
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Jedward get set to release debut single
The 18 year old Grimes twins, who rose to stardom on the X Factor despite claims from the judges that they couldn’t sing, signed to Sony today and will release the single next month.
Ice, real name Robert Matthew Van Winkle got in touch with the twins
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Celebrity interviews: We're nothing like the Madchester bands of old, says Delphic keyboardist Rick Boardman
We're nothing like the Madchester bands of old, says Delphic keyboardist Rick Boardman Jan 22 2010 John Dingwall DELPHIC lead a new wave of Manchester bands who are set to smash the stereotype created by the beer-swilling Gallagher brothers, according
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New sounds
Gary Numan, performing here in London, released his first solo album in 1979. PA
About 10 years ago, the Bristol trip-hop legend Tricky declared that James Brown, Kraftwerk, Public Enemy and Gary Numan were the most important pop musicians of the 20th
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Rock attitude unifies diverse Paul Smith show
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PARIS -- Paul Smith won't let the music die.
The eccentric British designer, who got his start hawking T-shirts to the likes of The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd back when they were newcomers, delivered Sunday an anarchic
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Sundance Review: The Runaways
I'll be blunt about this: I really wasn't looking forward to this movie. I'm not the biggest fan of lip-chewing, hair-twirling Kristen Stewart, or the wide-eyed, blank face expert Dakota Fanning. I love rock and roll (so put another dime in the
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Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning Rock Movie Fans In "The Runaways"
The movie, about the all-girl teenage rock band of the same name co-founded by Joan Jett in the 1970s, debuted here at the Sundance Film Festival late Sunday to solid reviews, and it hits movie theaters this coming March.
They gained movie
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Love, life and crimes against humanity
Jacques Brel has sold more than 25 million records worldwide. His songs, including standards such as Ne Me Quitte Pas, have been covered by a Who's Who of performers from Scott Walker and Judy Collins to Frank Sinatra and Nina Simone. Musicians
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Berkeley council delays vote on pot club
Measure JJ, which allows medical marijuana dispensaries to be anywhere in the city without a public hearing and which bans them from being within 1,000 feet of a public school but not a private school, is unfair and illegal.
A Berkeley developer and a
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For Tripod, a synergy at MoCA
NORTH ADAMS - It's a long way to go for an out-of-town tryout - Melbourne, Australia to North Adams, Mass. But the way the members of the Australian music- comedy threesome Tripod see it, Mass MoCA is as good a place as any to develop their new rock
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Docu celebrates 40th anniversary of "Soul Train"
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It was the little show that could. Beginning its ride as a local dance show on Chicago's WCIU-TV, "Soul Train" chugged its way to Los Angeles and into pop culture history. The syndicated franchise's impact is chronicled in the
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Got To Dance – The Semi-Finals, 31 January 2010
The first series of Sky One’s foray into reality talent shows is drawing to a close with the second night of semi-finals. I’ll confess, I haven’t seen the show in a couple of weeks, so it’ll be nice to see who’s progressed to this stage of the
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Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift rule Grammy Awards
An R&B goddess, a pop-country pixie and a glammed-out electro sex vixen.
To be sure, Beyonce Knowles, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga made for a tantalizing trio at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards as they competed for the night's top honours.
Three young,
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US jazz supremo introduces automated orchestra
Pat Metheny at the French opening of his world tour in France.
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The 55-year-old jazz supremo and winner of 17 Grammy awards returned to the
stage with his "Orchestrion" machine, complete with piano, a full rhythm
section,
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Jones disappointed over Oscars
David Bowie's filmmaker son Duncan Jones is disappointed that Sam Rockwell didn't land an Oscar nomination.
Frost/Nixon star Sam played a lonely and isolated astronaut in Jones's acclaimed sci-fi film Moon.
Duncan wrote on Twitter that he "did all I
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Adam Lambert is awesome.
Adam Lambert is a new kind of star who on first glance resembles exactly an old one. Onstage he lurches like Mick Jagger, glitter-slick face like David Bowie, with a belting Robert Plant yelp, yet the larger-than-life Lambert is being touted as the
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TV: The Office:"Sabre"
For years, fans of The Office have pondered timeless questions like, “Why isn’t Michael Scott fired?” and “How has a tiny, customer service-driven company like Dunder-Mifflin stayed in business in our harsh, cruel, vicious, horrible, unfair, brutal
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Caprica Recap: Killing Zoe
Bottles are flying in the wake of Amanda outing Zoe as a terrorist, but no one wants to duck and cover.
After blurting out that Zoe is a member of the Soldiers of the One on interplanetary television, the Graystones are now personae non gratae.
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Wes Anderson makes indelible endings a trademark
NEW YORK — As the credits of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" began to roll and the Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance" blared through the theater at a recent showing of the movie, a young girl leapt to her feet and joined the on-screen characters, dancing in the
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Marginal Costs and Average Costs
Nate Anderson at Ars Technica has an excellent writeup of the little dustup between me and Sonny Bunch about whether copyright policy should try to serve the interests of consumers or the interests of incumbent producers. I did want to reply, though,
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Yeasayer Lead Us Through Odd Blood, Track By Track
Those in the know have been buzzing about Yeasayer's Odd Blood for months now, ever since the Brooklyn avant-pop aesthetes released the first single, a delightfully loopy slab of weirdness called "Ambling Alp."
Since then, both the
band and the
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57 Sauce goes well on anything, from prog-rock to reggae covers
"No agenda whatsoever -- and we don't do any cover the way it's supposed to be done." -- Quatro, drummer for 57 Sauce
In the evening, Sixth Street is all but deserted. There are blocks of closed industrial shops on
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BRAVO GOES BEHIND THE LENS OF CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHY DUO MARKUS KLINKO AND INDRANI IN NEW DOCU-SERIES...
NEW YORK - February 11, 2010 - Bravo goes behind the lens of celebrity photography duo Markus Klinko and Indrani in the new docu-series "Double Exposure," premiering Monday, April 5 at 10PM ET/PT. The series follows Markus and Indrani, a former couple,
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Olympics with a McTwist: White readies new trick
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Shaun White dropped his iPhone onto the table as David Bowie's "Young Americans" blasted out of the tiny speakers.
Then the world's most famous snowboarder took off his blue Team USA jacket and, with his teammates
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Retribution Gospel Choir: 2
Although Low no longer stick too rigidly to the “what is the absolute slowest
this song can be played?” formula that defined the band’s early albums, it’s
still clear that the singer and songwriter Alan Sparhawk has a lot of music
in him that
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Runway Reviews: Gary Graham, Bensoni
(NEW YORK) Gary Graham
Whether it was a graffiti’ed painting of Peter Stuyvesant or a mugshot of David Bowie from 1974 (looking impossibly glam, we might add), Gary Graham’s inspirations were not typical—and neither was the outcome. Grunge-y layers,
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CD Review: Scratch My Back by Peter Gabriel
If your familiarity with Peter Gabriel ends with his most mainstream work then you’d be forgiven for wondering what good could come of him releasing Scratch My Back, an album of orchestral covers of songs by artists including Elbow, Arcade Fire, David
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What to Download: New Music Today
I've already shared a sampling of the DVDs that are available today, but if you're in the mood for music, these three new releases should provide a little something for everyone.
Nice and easy: Juliana Hatfield proves she's a one-woman show with Peace &
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Beatles 'hero' immortalised in Norwich
He was the UK's first black circus owner and later became immortalised in a Beatles song.
And now the name of Norwich-born Pablo Fanque will live on in the city among the latest batch of famous people and sites to be commemorated with blue
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Shakespeare portrait joins exhibition tour of country
« Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery Published Date: 18 February 2010 A world-famous portrait of William Shakespeare will sit alongside pictures of Dizzee Rascal, Amy Winehouse and Sex Pistol John Lydon when it embarks on a year-long tour of
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Shakespeare and Co go on tour
A RENOWNED portrait of William Shakespeare will sit alongside pictures of Dizzee Rascal, Amy Winehouse and Sex Pistol John Lydon when shown in the Westcountry on a tour of England.
The Shakespeare treasure is usually housed in the National Portrait
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Internet killed the radio star, says Kasabian singer
20/02/2010 - 10:06:58
Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan thinks the internet has “killed” rock stars.
The singer does not believe there are any iconic musicians left because artists give out too much information about themselves, thanks to the popularity of
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‘Hurt Locker’’s Bigelow honored in UK
LONDON - Britain's love of the underdog triumphed Sunday as intimate war drama "The Hurt Locker" beat 3D spectacular "Avatar" to take six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.
Kathryn Bigelow won the best-director battle
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Bafta awards: Joy of six as The Hurt Locker beats Avatar
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Richard Thompson curates festival
Richard Thompson, founding member of folk pioneers Fairport Convention, has been announced as the 2010 curator of Meltdown Festival. Previous custodians have included Massive Attack, Scott Walker, David Bowie and, last year, Ornette Coleman. Thompson
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'American Idol's Top 12 female semifinalists take the stage and perform
By Reality TV World staff, 02/24/2010
The Top 12 female semifinalists kicked-off American Idol's ninth-season live performance shows by singing Top 10 hits from Hot 100 chart.
Some semifinalists distinguished themselves from the rest by
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You’re so vague: Carly Simon lets slip a clue to pop’s great mystery
The identity of the man who walked into the party like he was walking on to a yacht in Carly Simon’s 1972 hit You’re So Vain is one of pop’s greatest mysteries, matched only by the price of that doggie in the window and what Meat Loaf would not do for
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Carly Simon whispers name of 'You're So Vain' mystery man
Has one of music's biggest mysteries finally been solved?
The identity of the man who walked into the party like he was walking on to a yacht in Carly Simon's 1972 hit You're So Vain has long been speculated to be Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, Kris
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'You're So Vain': Carly Simon reveals mystery man
ASSOCIATED PRESSOne of pop music's biggest mysteries now has a clue. For almost 40 years, the identity of the mystery man of Carly Simon's hit "You're So Vain" has remained a secret. Until now. In a new version, Simon whispers roughly two and a half
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Anne Hathaway speaks about her 'Alice in Wonderland' role
The beauty plays the White Queen in the Lewis Carroll-inspired flick directed by Tim Burton.
"I worked only two weeks on the movie so I decided to approach each day with absolute and unflappable gratitude that I was there, and not let any nerves get in
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Fanning & Stewart re-record Runaways songs for soundtrack
The songs will be part of the soundtrack of Runaways - Music From The Motion Picture, alongside tunes from David Bowie, MC5, The Stooges, Sex Pistols and Joan Jett.
It's the first time either actress has contributed to the soundtrack of a movie.
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BBC To Axe Two Digital Radio Stations
Hazel Tyldesley, Sky News Online The BBC has confirmed plans to close down the digital radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network as part of wide-ranging cuts. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download
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BBC's new leaner, meaner look is unveiled
In a landmark move prompted by political pressure, Mark Thompson has admitted the BBC has grown too vast, its bureaucracy too bulky and so must return to its core values and key priorities.
In a report to the BBC Trust entitled "Putting Quality Fi
rst",
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Peter Gabriel talks about new covers album
NEW YORK — Peter Gabriel has always been an experimental artist. He pioneered the progressive rock movement in the 1960s with his band Genesis, explored African rhythms with his solo work, and branched into world music later in his career.
Now the
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Interview: Tiesto brings Ibiza to Ingliston
Just look at all he's achieved. He has topped DJ Magazine's prestigious Top 100 poll three times on the bounce.
He's the only DJ ever to have sold out a three-month residency at Privilege in Ibiza, where he played to more than 100,000 fans.
He'
s the
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Stars backing Asian Network show
« Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery ADVERTISEMENT Published Date: 06 March 2010 Prominent British Asians called on the BBC to drop its planned closure of digital radio station BBC Asian Network. The group including comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar,
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It’s the leaders’ debates – cue the yawn-ometer
Did you not notice how British democracy was transformed last week? Changed
utterly, and for the better? According to our television companies, or at
least the men and women involved in their political coverage, that is what
has just taken
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Africa: Supermodel Iman Shares Her Story of Fleeing War and Finding Global Fame
In celebration of International Women’s Day today, the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress presents an interview with supermodel and businesswoman Iman, conducted by Co-founder John Prendergast.
The world knows Iman as a
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The Keys to Power
Everyone’s talking about the Rolling Stones’ reissue of “Exile On Main Street,” which has a disc full of bonus tracks, all previously unreleased, some previously unheard, one an old instrumental with a new vocal by Mick Jagger. But there’s another
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SXSW 2010: Camper Van Beethoven
Have you ever met a skinhead? Have you ever played hippie ska for a VFW hall full of them? have, and since forming in 1983 they have never shied away from the outlandish, dangerous or unexpected. The Campers helped birth a genre with their
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Dakota Fanning spills the dirt on kissing Kristen Stewart in 'The Runaways'
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are having a blast. The duo play iconic rockers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie respectively in the new rock 'n' roll biopic "The Runaways" and are currently in the middle of a cross-country publicity tour. Normally,
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8,000 complaints over 6 Music plans
Corporation bosses have now received nearly 8,000 complaints in a week and a half, as people object to the axing of the digital service, and a number of high profile names have voiced their concerns about the closure including Radiohead and David Bowie,
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Ticket inflation – the new rock 'n' roll
We all know about the rising cost of living, with official figures last month revealing that consumer prices inflation (CPI) had leapt to 3.5%. But there is another CPI that seems to be shooting up much faster – concert price inflation.
Many long-time
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Covering his tracks
NEW YORK – Peter Gabriel, 60, has always been an experimental artist.
He pioneered the progressive rock movement in the 1960s with his band Genesis, explored African rhythms with his solo work and branched into world music later in his career.
Now the
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Singer-Songwriter Dan Black Looks for U.S. Breakthrough
PARIS (Reuters) - Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could finally be his big break. Originally a member of British
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Review: Stewart, Fanning glam it up in solid but uninsightful 'The Runaways'
For Stewart as Jett and Fanning as Runaways singer Cherie Currie, the movie is a smart showcase to help them break out of their moulds as they take on more adult roles, Stewart aiming for life after "Twilight" and Fanning seeking to graduate from her
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This is not a biopic, Joan Jett says of big screen take on The Runaways
"Initially, it was misrepresented as a biopic, which to me, sounds like something that focuses mostly on the band workings and would delve more into all the girls' stories and stuff," Jett said in a recent interview from New York.
"It's more of a, I
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Secrets of “The Runaways”: Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart and Co. on the Wild New Biopic
What’s the only thing better than becoming the first all-female rock band? Becoming the first all-female rock band to get your own biopic. At least that was the feeling during Wednesday night’s premiere of The Runaways, the true story of the five
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Rebels, rock 'n' roll
“The Runaways,” chronicling the rise and fall of Joan Jett’s first band, easily could have degenerated into a movie-length music video, with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning merely glam-rock poseurs.
Yet music-video veteran Floria Sigismondi makes
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Scottish News: Tributes paid to secret Scots pop star from Elton John and David Bowie
Tributes paid to secret Scots pop star from Elton John and David Bowie Mar 20 2010 Moira Kerr A QUIET islander's secret past as a top session singer was revealed after Elton John and David Bowie sent tributes to her funeral. Locals on Mull knew Lesley
