Artist: Georges Rodi
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Electronic Sounds (New Synthesizer Electronic System)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Monday 23 June 2008
Georges Rodi
Artist: Georges Rodi
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Electronic Sounds (New Synthesizer Electronic System)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Monday 16 June 2008
Bow Wow Has Big Love For The Big Screen: 'Acting Is My Number-One Priority'
NEW ORLEANS — Bow Wow's first love has been replaced. After six albums in seven years, the 21-year-old says his focus has shifted from music to acting.
"I love it more than music," he said on the set of "Hurricane Season." "Music is the reason I'm doing movies, I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.
"As of right now, I'm still gonna release another album," he added. "Music is second to me right now. Acting is my number-one priority ... and this is the first time in my acting career I've been able to do movies back to back to back. I don't wanna lose that momentum. I don't know if this opportunity will ever come around again, so I want to abuse it as much as I can."
Bow's last album was Face Off, a duet LP with Omarion. The album only spawned two videos, and its rollout definitely wasn't the extravagant takeover the two had planned. Bow said he wasn't disappointed with the outcome.
"It definitely met my expectations," he said. "Without any support from the label, without any radio, for us to sell the amount of records we did is a win. Would I do it again? It's all about the timing. I felt it [could have been] a better time for us to come out with the album. ... Face Off was for the fans. It wasn't for the critics. It wasn't for nobody else. It was what it was. We got a gold album. Everybody thought we couldn't do it, and we did it."
In New Orleans, Bow was filming scenes in a gymnasium, along with Lil Wayne, for "Hurricane Season." Forest Whitaker is top-lining the project, which centers on members of a high school basketball team in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We see their lives on and off the court.
"It's about believing," Bow described. "We were a bad team. Forest comes in, gives his guidance ... we come together. That's what's important to us: come together as a unit and never give up hope. Never give up.
"I play a kid named Gary who lost everything in the hurricane," he continued. "I grew up with no father. Just me, my little brother and my mom. I'm forced to hurry up and mature very fast. I have no choice, being that I am the second oldest in the house. I feel it is my job to also take care of the family and provide and, when times get tough, try to take that pain and stress way from my mom. And keep my little brother occupied so he has a clear conscience too."
Bow wraps up filming within the next few weeks. He then segues back to the stage with his "Bow Wow as Shad Moss" tour. The trek kicks off July 14 in New York and is slated to end August 24 at Chicago's House of Blues.
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Wednesday 11 June 2008
Stars, dignitaries bid farewell to Yves Saint Laurent at funeral
PARIS — Model-turned-first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, actress Catherine Deneuve and the Shah of Iran's widow were among mourners Thursday at the funeral of legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent.
Applause rose among the arriving guests as Saint Laurent's casket was carried into the flower bedecked Saint-Roche church near the Louvre Museum and Tuileries Gardens and placed before the altar, draped in a decorated yellow cloth.
Saint Laurent was among the most influential designers during the most important era of Parisian fashion, changing the way generations of women dressed, most enduringly by making it glamorous and feminine to wear pants.
Stars, couturiers and dignitaries including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by his wife — who once modeled for Saint Laurent — filled the church in a final homage to the designer four days after he died of cancer at 71.
"He changed couture through his art," said the Rev. Roland Letteron, speaking during the funeral service. Saint Laurent used the art of fashion "to expose the grandeur of life."
"It is more than brocade he prints on silk. It is light," Letteron said.
Designers Vivienne Westwood, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel and John Galliano were among luminaries seen in the crowd as well as Farah Diba Pahlavi, exiled widow of the late Shah of Iran.
Saint Laurent's remains will be cremated and his ashes kept in the Majorelle botanical garden near a home in Marrakech, Morocco, that he and Pierre Berge, his friend of some 40 years and business partner, owned.
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Music Critic Predictably Refuses to Testify in R. Kelly Trial
The Chicago Sun-Times reporter who failed to show up in court Tuesday at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial, angering the judge into saying he would consider ordering his arrest, refused Wednesday to testify, invoking the 5th amendment.
Jim DeRogatis failed to appear in court as scheduled Tuesday, prompting Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan to tell Chicago Sun-Times lawyers that he would even consider ordering the reporter’s arrest.
Gaughan eventually issued a new order for DeRogatis to appear in court the following day. The journalist lawyers’ said his rights as a reporter would be violated if he were ordered to testify, the Associated Press reported.
Gaughan replied the music critic would not appear “as a reporter” but “as a material witness to a crime.”
DeRogatis is being sought to testify in R Kelly’s child pornography trial as the reporter who in 2002 anonymously received the sex tape allegedly showing the R&B singer engage in sexual acts with an underage girl.
DeRogatis turned it over to the police and R Kelly was subsequently charged with child pornography. He has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of child pornography. Both Kelly, 41, and his alleged victim, now 23, deny it is them in the video.
Standing before Gaughan today in court, DeRogatis cited an Illinois “shield law” that governs reporters’ rights and the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, the AP reports, refusing to answer questions.
The judge ruled that DeRogatis does not have to testify based on his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. DeRogatis does have to turn over his notes from interviews about the sex videotape.
Kelly’s lawyers previously said they only wanted to ask DeRogatis whether he had made a copy of the tape and then watched it with a family member of the alleged victim. Gaughan had said he would not be asked about his sources.
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Andy Burrows to play surprise acoustic set at RockNess
Andy Burrows is set to play two gigs in a day this Sunday (June 8) at the RockNess festival.
The drummer is headlining with Razorlight, but has added a last-minute solo acoustic performance to the bill.
The extra show will take place as part of a Carling Strike Cold Sessions, and will see Burrows playing a refrigerated lorry being used for the Cold Beer Amnesty, which is taking place on site.
"I hope I get paid in warm beer, I'd be very happy," Burrows joked to NME.COM. "I'm doing a little 'Colour Of My Dream' thing in the afternoon, then Razorlight are at 9.30, it's a busy day!"
Burrows said the festival set would be a departure from his first solo gig last month.
"The solo gig I did before was brilliant, I couldn't have wished for it to go that well, also I had a full band," he explained. "Sunday will be a bit weird, I'll be totally on my own. I don't even know all the words! [laughs]. It will be lovely, it's good to do two things at totally opposite ends of the spectrum."
The star added he was also looking forward to Razorlight's live return, and their set could include a few surprises.
Razorlight will probably throw in a couple of new songs, but it will be brilliant to get out and play. We've been in the studio for a while so it will be good to play live," said Burrows. "I don't know if I'll do any more solo shows, there's a few offers coming in, but we're full on with Razorlight so it's hard. There won't be many but it's nice to do the occasional thing."
See Carling.com for more information on Burrows' solo set.
Jun 8, 2008 at Rockness Festival, Inverness -
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The drummer is headlining with Razorlight, but has added a last-minute solo acoustic performance to the bill.
The extra show will take place as part of a Carling Strike Cold Sessions, and will see Burrows playing a refrigerated lorry being used for the Cold Beer Amnesty, which is taking place on site.
"I hope I get paid in warm beer, I'd be very happy," Burrows joked to NME.COM. "I'm doing a little 'Colour Of My Dream' thing in the afternoon, then Razorlight are at 9.30, it's a busy day!"
Burrows said the festival set would be a departure from his first solo gig last month.
"The solo gig I did before was brilliant, I couldn't have wished for it to go that well, also I had a full band," he explained. "Sunday will be a bit weird, I'll be totally on my own. I don't even know all the words! [laughs]. It will be lovely, it's good to do two things at totally opposite ends of the spectrum."
The star added he was also looking forward to Razorlight's live return, and their set could include a few surprises.
Razorlight will probably throw in a couple of new songs, but it will be brilliant to get out and play. We've been in the studio for a while so it will be good to play live," said Burrows. "I don't know if I'll do any more solo shows, there's a few offers coming in, but we're full on with Razorlight so it's hard. There won't be many but it's nice to do the occasional thing."
See Carling.com for more information on Burrows' solo set.
Jun 8, 2008 at Rockness Festival, Inverness -
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Ark
Artist: Ark
Genre(s):
Metal: Progressive
Discography:
Burn The Sun
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Ark
Year: 2000
Tracks: 7
T.I. Gets Justice, Bev Hills Style
T.I. is living proof -- felons have more fun.
The dude is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to felony firearms charges. He's on house arrest during the interim, and the restrictions are a son of a bitch. He can go to Mr. Chow, but he's not allowed to go to Villa.
Each day he works, he's allowed to stay out until 1:00 AM. The only major restriction -- he can't go to clubs or bars, but he can go to restaurants that are pretty much just like clubs. Hence Mr. Chow last night.
Lady Justice is indeed blind.
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The dude is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to felony firearms charges. He's on house arrest during the interim, and the restrictions are a son of a bitch. He can go to Mr. Chow, but he's not allowed to go to Villa.
Each day he works, he's allowed to stay out until 1:00 AM. The only major restriction -- he can't go to clubs or bars, but he can go to restaurants that are pretty much just like clubs. Hence Mr. Chow last night.
Lady Justice is indeed blind.
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Lohan’s unhappy David Letterman called Ali ‘Lindsay’
David Letterman calling Ali Lohan ‘Lindsay’ during a recent interview this week has caused fury in the Lohan camp.
When Ali appeared on The Late Show Tuesday to promote her new reality show, Living Lohan, Letterman mistakenly referred to the 14-year-old as Lindsay; and the pair both laughed it off.
However, the joke is now over, according to a source close to the Lohan family.
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Hayek To Wed?
Salma Hayek and her businessman fiance Francois-henri Pinault are planning to wed in St. Tropez later this summer , according to French reports. The couple became new parents last year when baby daughter Valentina Paloma was born and now Frida star Hayek has reportedly started looking for a wedding gown. Influmedia.com reports the 41-year-old Mexican actress has happily agreed to marry the French millionaire. The couple met in April 2006 but their romance only became public in 2007.
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Led Zeppelin Join The Foo Fighters On Stage In London
After a week of rumours members of Led Zeppelin last night joined Foo Fighters on stage to perform two songs at the second night of their Wembley Stadium takeover.
After a number of hints from Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page took to the stage for renditions of ’Ramble On’ and ‘Rock ’n’ Roll’.
Robert Plant was unable to join the impromptu reunion as he is in America touring.
Early on in the Foo’s set Grohl told the crowd: "We're gonna do something we’ve never done at a Foo Fighters show and it's gonna blow your shit out the door!
Tonight this is gonna be the show that we’re gonna be talking about for the next 20 years!"
After a sixteen song main set, Jones and Page joined the band on stage for the sure to be legendary encore.
During ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’, Grohl took over the drums and Taylor Hawkins switched to being the bands lead singer.
As the Led Zeppelin pair left the stage and the band launched into a firework backed version of ‘Best Of You’, Grohl shouted, "welcome to the greatest fucking day of my life!"
The set list was:
The Pretender
Times Like These
No Way Back
Cheer Up Boys Your Make Up Is Running
Learn To Fly
This Is A Call
Long Road To Ruin
Breakout
Stacked Actors
Skin And Bones
Big Me
Marigold
My Hero
Cold Day In The Sun
Let It Die
Everlong
Monkey Wrench
All My Life
Rock And Roll
Ramble On
Best Of You
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Jamie Oliver - Kate Nash And Jamie Oliver Nominated For Education Award
Kate Nash and Jamie Oliver have been nominated for an award honouring vocational qualifications.
The Foundations singer had criticised academic snobbery while accepting her best female artist award at this year's Brit awards and used her vocational qualification to help her launch her bid for stardom.
And celebrity chef Oliver's vocational qualification was also instrumental in his rise to tackling the health of the nation's schoolchildren and helping youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds into the catering industry.
As a result, Nash and Oliver, along with Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold and hairdresser Charles Worthington, have been nominated for the first VQ Hero awards, due to be handed out at the Royal Opera House on VQ Day on July 23rd.
Nash graduated from the Brit school in Croydon - which also launched the careers of Amy Winehouse, Adele and the Kooks - and used her Brit awards acceptance speech to stress that university attendance is not the only route to success.
"It's really important to have arts in education because not everybody is academic and not all of us get into university life, but don't worry if you don't," she told the audience at London's Earl's Court in February.
And learning of her nomination today, the Mouthwash singer added: "Not everybody is academic and not all of us want to go to university, therefore it's great that vocational qualifications are now getting the recognition they deserve through VQ Day.
"My vocational qualification was the springboard to my current success and I'm thrilled to be considered for a VQ Hero Award."
Gold, meanwhile, said she was a "walking example of someone who didn't need an academic degree to succeed".
"I can't wait to see everyone else with vocational qualifications receive the recognition I have," she added.
The public can vote for which star they believe deserves the celebrity VQ award at vqday.org
Awards will also be presented to two non-celebrity VQ Heroes, one going to an over-25 and one for a person under 25 who has benefited from a vocational qualification.
07/06/2008 00:01:03
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