British actor Michael Sheen is set to make an appearance in the Manic Street Preachers’ new music video.
The Damned United star, who won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Tony Blair in 2006 movie The Queen, will be playing the part of Russian chess player Garry Kasparov in the band’s new single (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love.
The band’s bassist Nicky Wire revealed the surprising news to UK music magazine NME.
He said: “It looks like Michael Sheen is gonna be in the video. We’ve tried to recreate the classic ’70s chess match between Kasparov and [Bobby] Fischer.”
He added: “That’s the kind of vibe behind it. It’s real ’70s Russia – just that idea of ‘It’s not war, just the end of love’, I think a chess game really fits it.”
Everyone’s favorite trashy pop star Ke$ha was interview by Paper Magazine and the singer had all kinds of crap to talk about. She talked about everything from trannies to country music to being a pervert to picking up guys. Let’s stick to what’s most tolerable to read and have a look at what she said about country music. Ke$ha said “I’m really inspired by country music — my mom wrote country music — and I love Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash. I think at some point there might be some country collaborations or records in the future. But I’m also really digging being called, like half jokingly, a white girl rapper. I think it’s really funny and I’m going to ride that train for a little bit.”
Stripper Raven Isis is claiming that she and Amy Winehouse’s current squeeze Reg Traviss have been sleeping together up until last week. The woman also said that they were madly in love until she dumped him a few days ago. An insider said “Amy was fuming with the stripper and is not one to take things lying down, if you’ll pardon the expression. She wanted to know from Reg exactly who this ‘bird’ was as she won’t be taken for a mug. Reg insisted he was innocent, and Amy heard him out. She’s sticking by her man. She had better not come face to face with the stripper though. It will be war.” Considering all the reports of the singer beating people up, I wouldn’t want to face her either. A friend of Reg’s also said “It’s nonsense. They split up ages ago, but Raven has refused to accept that he’s with Amy now. He is adamant that he has never two-timed Amy with her.”
In her latest video Trina is hosting a party for her girlfriends. The video is to the sing “White Girls”, a song created in collaboration with Flo Rida and Git Fresh. Produced by Blackout Movement, “White Girl” is a single extracted from Trina’s fifth album, entitled “Amazin”. Besides P. Diddy, Keri Hilson, Flo Rida and Git Fresh, for her new album Trina collaborated also with Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Monica, Rico Love and Kalenna (Diddy-Dirty Money). You can watch the video for yourself, here is the link to it:
Nigel Lythgoe is reportedly planning a return to American Idol.
The TV producer, 61, is a judge and an executive producer on the US show So You Think You Can Dance but will reportedly rejoin Idol after Simon Cowell left earlier this year.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lythgoe will rejoin the show as an executive producer, after working there for its first six years before leaving.
When I heard that there was going to be another Spice Girls movie, I knew it was too good to be true. Emma Bunton broke what remains of the band’s fans’ hearts when the singer revealed on her Twitter that a sequel to their film ‘Spice World’ is not going to happen. She wrote “Guys I’m sorry but I DID NOT mention that we would be doing another film! But we r very excited about r musical in the theatre!” I guess all the Spice Girls fans out there just have to be content with the West End musical ‘Viva Forever’.
The Aerosmith guitarist, Joe Perry, is thinking about retirement, saying that he has nothing more to achieve as a rock star. Perry declared that he can not become a better musician than he is now, and the fact that last year Steven Tyler took a break, made him think about the future. Perry says that he did what had to be done, regarding his musical career, he had all the girls he wanted, all the money, and drank all the beer he could. At the moment Perry is on tour with Aerosmith in the United States, and he was involved in a motorcycle accident two weeks ago. He did not suffer major injuries.
Taylor Momsen has fired her stylist as the 16-year old former ‘Gossip Girl’ actress turned lead singer of the band Pretty Reckless told MTV that she prefers to dress herself because she knows her style best. She said “I kind of had a freak out…because I was getting molded into this thing that wasn’t who I am and it was fitting into the world that can make you popular or something. I was never a popular chick, so I don’t even know what that means! I still wear pieces from when I was in (expletive) middle school. I modify them.” Well that explains why she’s such a hot mess.
Katy Perry has revealed the cover art for her soon-to-be released album ‘Teenage Dream’. It features the 25-year old singer lying down on a cloud of cotton candy, as if she was wearing nothing. New York based artist Will Cotton created the cover. The pop star originally contacted Will to ask about buying one of his paintings but he ended up becoming much more involved. Katy said “The day I found Will Cotton, I knew I wanted to live in his cinematic cotton candy world. A fantastically art-directed music video and one piece of timeless album artwork later, I can proudly say I am more than a fan. Will has been a sweetheart every step of the way and always open to collaborative ideas. I’m so happy to have discovered his candy-land, and so excited about our creative future together.”
U2’s income was more than 130 million USD in the last year, thus becoming the band withy the greatest income in the world. Though Bono needed an operation, and the band was forced to cancel a few concerts, U2 remained the band with greatest profit in the world. According to Forbes.com, the 4 guys income was more than 130 million dollars in the last 12 months, thanks to the “360 Degree” tour and their 2009 album “No Line On The Horizon”. Second came AC/DC and third Beyonce.
The Shawshank Redemption star Tim Robbins is writing an album of songs based on his mid-life crisis.
The Oscar-winning actor, 51, revealed that he had a mid-life crisis two years ago, shortly before he split with his partner of 23 years, actress Susan Sarandon.
He told BBC Radio Four’s Desert Island Discs: “I asked myself the question, ‘What is it that will make you happy? What is it you have not done that you will regret not doing?’”
He added: “A mid-life crisis – I think we all go through something, it’s inevitable, it’s unavoidable. You’re staring some kind of frightening thing down. It’s when you pass 40…
“At 40, you can imagine 80. You start thinking about how many years you’ve got left, and you start thinking, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’”
Robbins is now writing an album of songs about that period of his life and said that he spent some time thinking about what he should call it.
He said: “I was thinking about calling it The Mid-Life Crisis Album, but then I thought that’s not going to sell any copies.
“Then I thought: ‘How about songs of Love and Misery?’”
For the song “Everybody Dance” it was necessary that Kat Deluna, Elephant Man and RedOne to meet in the studio, hoping to create a song that will bring them success just like “Whine Up” did in 2007. If you listen to the song carefully, you’ll see that they did a great job, but maybe skipped that “something” what made “Whine Up” so great. Though the song is pleasant, full of energy and easy to listen, it is not in RedOne style. Listen to the song and decide for yourself.
Kat DEluna feat. Elephant man – Everybody Dance – song
Funny or Die recently released a viral video called ‘Undercover Karaoke with Jewel’ which featured the singer in disguise and planted in a karaoke bar to perform her own songs to unsuspecting patrons. The clip was such a success that the creator, Eric Appel, and the Funny or Die team are shopping the concept around as a reality TV show. The would-be series would follow the same concept and feature various musicians over the past four decades in disguise and playing their own music at various karaoke bars. I hope someone picks this up quick! I would definitely tune in to see this.
Even though the revival of the Lilith Fair music festival this year has been less than stellar, founder Sarah McLachlan is determined for it to work and is determined on doing it again in 2011. The singer said “I should preface everything I say by saying I’m a live-in-the-moment kind of girl. We’re planning on doing it next year, talking about a five-year plan. Do any of us know where we’re going to be in 15 years? We’re all here right now, and that’s sort of where I’m at. We’re sort of trying to figure out what all the possibilities are this year. We came out loud and proud with a huge roster, with a lot of great artists and a lot of diversity. And came into a tricky time in touring.” That’s right. Don’t let this tour’s problems get you down!
Katy Perry’s relationship with Russell Brand won’t last, their friends believe.
A pal of the couple, who are expected to get married later this year, revealed: “They fight and make up constantly. It’s a cycle.”
The friend said that the pair first sparked fears when they fought in public at the New York wedding of model Janelle Fishman.
“[Russell] got angry with Katy because he thought she had drank too much. She ended up staying with a friend who has a place in New York. [He] went back to the couple’s hotel room alone.
“There have always been fights about other women, despite Russell talking about how much he loves her all the time,” the source told a US newspaper.
The pair are also said to have quarreled before this year’s 2010 MTV Movie Awards, where Perry performed and Brand was a presenter. “Katy suspected Russell of cheating, and it wasn’t the first time,” said the source.
After months of speculation, Nick Cannon is finally revealing that Mariah Carey is not pregnant. The singer sparked rumors of a pregnancy when she pulled out of Tyler Perry’s film ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf’ due to doctor’s orders. Now, her hubby is confirming that “Mariah is not pregnant. The timing has to be right but I can’t wait to be a dad!” You have to wonder when that will be considering how Mariah is already up there with age. But we all know that as a celebrity, there’s always surrogacy or in vitro fertilization.
Charlotte Church recently came out with some new music, with her first song being about her split with Welsh rugby play Gavin Henson. The 24-year old singer’s lyrics goes “I’ll be a single girl and show the world how I can live without you/ I wish I could just hate you, then I could forget you.” Charlotte continues “I find myself in clutches of panic since the break/ I need closure/ I know it could never have worked from the outset/ That doesn’t make this heartache any easier to accept/ I find myself wondering can I call you yet.” Gavin will share his side of the story with News of the World.
Clearly it was very hot on the beech in Malibu, where Jennifer Lopez was having a photo shoot together with her children. The photos taken during a break, clearly shows that Jennifer should have chose a slightly longer dress for the photo shoot. Though many people wished to get a glance of her famous bottom, this is clearly not how we pictured it to be. Though J. Lo is very proud of her “backside”, it is not something to be proud of…at least not anymore. In the end, these pictures prove that celebrities are humans too, and that the passing of time does leave a print on their bodies too.
