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Monday, 16 June 2008

Bloc Party / The Futureheads

Artist: Bloc Party / The Futureheads

   Genre(s):
Indie

Discography:

Like Eating Glass / Decent Days And Nights VLS

Year: 2006
Tracks: 2

SAG fact-checks AFTRA deal

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Jonas Brothers choose first single

'Burnin' Up' due June 20 on radio outlets

NEW YORK -- The Jonas Brothers have selected "Burnin' Up" as the first single from their next album, "A Little Bit Longer," due Aug. 12 via Hollywood. The track will be augmented with an "action-packed James Bond-esque adventure" video, according to the label.
"Burnin' Up" (which will be shipped June 20 to U.S. radio outlets), "Little Bit Longer" and "Pushing Me Away" all debuted on the group's most recent tour. The new album was executive produced by John Fields; some of the recording was done in the fall on a Gibson-outfitted tour bus.
The Jonas Brothers are already sizzling with "We Rock," the first single from their made-for-Disney Channel movie "Camp Rock." The track debuts this week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart after 11,000 sales in an exclusive Wal-Mart edition.
The "Camp Rock" soundtrack is due June 17 via Walt Disney Records, while the movie premieres three days later. Meanwhile, the Jonas Brothers begin their "Burning Up" arena tour July 4 in Toronto with special guest Demi Lovato, who also appears in "Camp Rock."

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Ethan Hawke to become a father again

Actor Ethan Hawke and his partner Ryan Shawhughes are reportedly expecting a baby together.
According to People magazine, Hawke's representative Mara Buxbaum said: "I can confirm and they are thrilled. No further details will be made available."
Hawke already has two children with his ex-wife Uma Thurman, a nine-year-old daughter called Maya and a five-year-old son called Levon.

Friday, 23 May 2008

Radiohead's stunt was 'one-off'

Radiohead won't replicate their decision to let fans choose what to pay for their downloads, frontman Thom Yorke told The Hollywood Reporter.

Thursday, 1 May 2008

Spears' father to retain control over affairs

Britney Spears' father will hold back control over her affairs for about ternary to a greater extent weeks, according to a courtyard opinion yesterday.
Jamie Spears was granted "temporary conservatorship" all over the 26-year-old singer's affairs two weeks ago when she was in a Los Angeles infirmary for psychiatric rating.
Yesterday Los Angeles Royal court Commissioner Reva Goetz extended that conservatorship, which gives the star's founding father control o'er her business, finances and about personal affairs until 10 March.
Spears' 30-year-old brother Bryan was been named co-trustee of his sister's trustingness along with Los Angeles attorney Ivan Taback.
Reuters reports that, in a related filing, lawyer Jon Eardley said the case should be moved to fed courtroom because the egress on which Jamie Spears was granted conservatorship centres on medicine Spears is supposed to take.
The attorney claims that restrictions placed on Spears by her father-God "step in with the strength of the scheduled medications".
Eardley's filing said that under the conservatorship, the isaac M. Singer has been denied the right to meet freely with friends, make and receive speech sound calls, force a car and gain memory access to money or credit card game.
A instance for Eardley said that he was "not at autonomy to talk about" wHO hired the attorney.

Ana Gabriel

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Busy touring season ahead for Feist

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