New Delhi (ANI): It seems that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner can't get over his racy antics. American actress Anna Faris revealed that the 82-year-old "stared at her chest" when they met. The 31-year-old actress shot portion of her new film The House Bunny at the ill-famed Playboy Mansion, reports China Daily.
"Hef was agaze at my chest because I had my Bunny outfit on. But he was very lovely and charming," she said. Faris also dispelled rumours of sleeping with the American porn riley B King. "I would like to say that I slept with Hef but I didn't. I'll dispel that rumour right-hand now," she said.
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Monday, 18 August 2008
Dubliners' folk hero Drew dies
The sound of the rebirth of Irish ethnical confidence in the sixties, the cutting and ruffian voice of Ronnie Drew - lead singer of The Dubliners, was silenced yesterday. His family reported the destruction of the 73-year-old institution father of the folk music group towards the end of the day. He had been in spoilt health for a spell and died at Dublin's St Vincent's Private Hospital at 2pm.
With Drew goes the living embodiment of a mod revival of a traditional movement that still resonates today. The success of the Dubliners, first known as the Ronnie Drew Group, too led to the outside success of more fashionable folk groups such as the Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers and the Pogues, with whom Drew performed.
He was born on 16 September in 1934, near Dublin, in the port town of Dun Laoghaire, where he was elevated. As a teenager he yearned to live a bohemian life-time.
So in the mid 1950s he moved to Spain where he spent three years teaching English, learning Spanish and poring over Flamenco guitar technique. Once back in Dublin, Drew met up with the late John Molloy, an actor, wHO persuaded him to perform in a show at Dublin's Gate Theatre. And it was here, Drew claimed, where he honed his stagecraft.
In 1962 the Dubliners emerged from the back room of O'Donoghue's gin mill on Dublin's Baggot Street and their 1967 single 'Seven Drunken Nights' entered the British Top Ten. Drew was the centrepiece in the classic line up of five whiskery men playing guitars, sn whistles, fiddles and a banjo. They tackled songs already known across Ireland, but made them effectual distinctive due to Drew's vocals, once described by Mary Kenny as 'proper sawdust Dublin', and the firecracker banjo of his fellow founder member, Barney MacKenna.
Drew also appeared in Sean O'Casey's 'Purple Dust' at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin, and in 'Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' at the Gaiety, and he toured widely. He released several solo recordings, including Dirty Rotten Shame, featuring songs written for him by Bono, Elvis Costello and Shane McGowan.
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Friday, 8 August 2008
"Dark Knight" fastest to $300 million
LOS ANGELES () - Batman inhumed his rivals at the North American box office staff for a second weekend on Sunday, racing past $300
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Despite Chemistry, Will Smith Denies Romance With Charlize
Will Smith has laughed off reports that he is romantically involved with his ‘Hancock’ co-star Charlize Theron proclaiming, “I didn’t do that, that’s a rumor!”
The pair have teamed up, along with Jason Bateman, in the new movie about a reluctant super-hero - however, the tabloids have been speculating about more them being more than just co-workers.
“We just have genius chemistry,” Smith tells U.S. tv show ‘Entertainment Tonight.’ “It’s just the tip of the iceberg [of] what we get to do in ‘Hancock.’”
The actor was full of praise for Theron saying, “Charlize [has] just so much range as an actress, the things that she can deliver. You can throw something and she comes back so I’m really interested in us being able to work more, maybe in ‘Hancock 2′ even.”
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
The pair have teamed up, along with Jason Bateman, in the new movie about a reluctant super-hero - however, the tabloids have been speculating about more them being more than just co-workers.
“We just have genius chemistry,” Smith tells U.S. tv show ‘Entertainment Tonight.’ “It’s just the tip of the iceberg [of] what we get to do in ‘Hancock.’”
The actor was full of praise for Theron saying, “Charlize [has] just so much range as an actress, the things that she can deliver. You can throw something and she comes back so I’m really interested in us being able to work more, maybe in ‘Hancock 2′ even.”
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
Friday, 27 June 2008
Bomb the Bass
Artist: Bomb the Bass
Genre(s):
Electronic
Rock
Rap: Hip-Hop
Dance
Discography:
Assorted 12's
Year: 2005
Tracks: 18
Clear
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Unknown Territory
Year: 2001
Tracks: 13
Into the Dragon
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Beat Dis: The Very Best of Bomb the Bass
Year: 2000
Tracks: 15
Beat Dis
Year: 1999
Tracks: 4
Winter In July CDS
Year: 1991
Tracks: 4
Bomb the Bass' Tim Simenon is a sampladelic British hip-hop producer wHO as well co-produced a pair of massive external hits: Neneh Cherry's "American buffalo Stance" and Seal's "Crazy." Born in Brixton of Malaysian and Scottish origin, Simenon grew interested in dance production afterwards perusal studio engineering and DJing at London's Wag Club, a Mecca for fellow breakbeat mavens wish S-Express' Mark Moore and Coldcut's Jonathan More and Matt Black. In 1987, Simenon constructed a medley of a DJ record coroneted "Thrum Dis" which incorporated samples from Public Enemy to Ennio Morricone to classical tv shows Dragnet and The Thunderbirds. Packaged to resemble a white-label import from America, the track became an subway come to and, afterwards its reprint on Rhythm King, a surprising number deuce demolish on the British charts in early 1988. (Coldcut's "Doctorin' the House" and S-Express' "Paper From S-Express" both followed "Beat Dis" into the Top Ten.)
Later that class, Simenon followed with an LP (Into the Dragon) featuring an expanded Bomb the Bass batting order: producer Jonathan Saul Kane (wHO later recorded as Depth Charge) and vocalists Maureen Walsh and Lauraine Macintosh. Two singles from the album, "Megablast" and an inventive cover of the Burt Bacharach-Dionne Warwick classical "State a Little Prayer," collide with the British Top Ten as well. Also in 1988, Simenon co-produced deuce tracks for the debut of Neneh Cherry, stepdaughter of unblock malarkey trumpeter Don Cherry. Both singles, "Buffalo Stance" and "Manchild," became British Top Ten hits. After complementary operate on his have studio, he too produced a cut for Adamski ("Sea wolf") and interracial a single named "Crazy" for an Adamski protégé, Seal.
With all the outside recording commissions, it took nearly trey age for Simenon to ready a follow-up to the number one Bomb the Bass LP. Unknown Territory finally dropped in 1991, light-emitting diode by some other Top Ten individual, "Winter in July," and card-playing a mid-tempo hip-hop esthetic that would only earn critical attention several years afterward later on existence dubbed trip-hop. He as well produced a range of mountains of acts, from Eternal to Sinead O'Connor during the early '90s, and more fruits of his collaborative nature arrived in 1995 with the third base Bomb the Bass album, Clear. The album featured vocal tracks featuring O'Connor, Justin Warfield, Bernard Fowler, Bim Sherman, and Leslie Winer, as well as the subservient input of Tackhead/On-U Sound compatriots Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish, and Skip McDonald. Simenon once more turned to international work during the late '90s, remixing and producing for David Bowie, Depeche Mode, U2, Gavin Friday, Curve, Booth & The Bad Angel, and Hardfloor.
Zubin Mehta
Artist: Zubin Mehta
Genre(s):
Classical
Discography:
New Year's Concert 2007
Year: 2007
Tracks: 19
Taylor Tells It to the Judge -- Gets Probation, Fine
James Hardway
Artist: James Hardway
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
Welcome To The Neon Lounge
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
Drum'n'bass fusionary James Hardway deeds near often with cool jazz textures, though he is largely immune to the purist poses of many jungle producers. Known before the mid-'90s under his birthing nominate David Harrow (and reportedly related to Al Capone), Hardway has worked with an impressive cast of British producers, from Genesis P-Orridge to Adrian Sherwood and Jah Wobble to Andrew Weatherall. During the early '80s, Hardway lived in Germany and acted in films before acquiring into the Berlin medicine fit. He recorded an album in 1983 (as David Harrow), and worked with European electro-pop star Anne Clark on several albums. Hardway besides appeared with Jah Wobble on the continent, merely resettled to London by 1986, where he was swept up by the acid-house phenomenon.
Hardway shared out his time during the later '80s and early '90s 'tween dub units (Edgar Douglas Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound System, Lee Perry) and the burgeoning electronic community, working as a producer with Psychic TV and many others. After ranging into jungle/drum'n'bass during 1995, he debuted his James Hardway pretense with an impressive 1996 LP, Deeper, Wider, Smoother, Shit. The record album was all the more than noteworthy considering he played all live instruments (take out for fluting) and covered programming as well. Hardway displayed a gift for writing songs too, with a credit for Billie Ray Martin's 1996 club strike "Your Loving Arms." After the release of his second, 1997's Welcome to the Neon Lounge, Hardway earned an American contract through Shadow. The label collected tracks from his deuce albums to appointment for the 1998 digest Wanton Is a Four Letter Word. After the practically obligatory remix assemblage Reshuffle and Spin Again, Hardway returned with his one-third proper record album, A Positive Sweat. For the recording of 2001's Moors + Christians, he assembled a practical studio stripe by gather recordings unitedly from a journey to Cuba and Jamaica. Hardway's recordings as Technova own besides appeared on Andrew Weatherall's Emissions Audio Output Records.
Irs Examiner Arrested For Snooping In Celebrity Files
Alec Baldwin, Sally Field and tennis star Steffi Graff are among a long list of celebrities whose confidential tax files were reportedly uncovered illegally by an Internal Revenue Service (Irs) tax examiner. John Snyder was arrested in Kentucky on Thursday after allegedly peering into the financial records of over 200 celebrities and professional athletes. Snyder, 56, has been employed by the U.S. government agency since 1981. He faces one year in jail and $250,000 (?125,000) in fines if he is charged.
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Thursday, 26 June 2008
Citibank sues Ed McMahon for outstanding debts
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Citibank is suing Ed McMahon, seeking to recoup nearly $200,000 lent to the financially strapped Hollywood icon, court records show. Citibank filed the lawsuit against McMahon in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 9, according to the documents. The bank's suit seeks at least $179,687 in damages as well as attorney's fees on debt incurred within the past four years.
The former "Tonight Show" sidekick and "Star Search" host has faced mounting money problems since it was revealed earlier this month that he was $644,000 behind on payments on his Beverly Hills home. The lender, Countrywide Financial Corp., filed a default notice on the home in late February.
McMahon's publicist Howard Bragman said Friday that the McMahons had not yet been served with the lawsuit and will not comment on their personal finances.
McMahon and his wife, Pamela, went on CNN'S Larry King Live earlier his month and described a litany of financial troubles, including a poor economy and McMahon's inability to work as a pitchman since he broke his neck 18 months ago.
"If you spend more money than you make, you know what happens," McMahon told King.
A phone message left with the San Jose, Calif., law firm representing Citibank was not immediately returned Friday.
The Citibank lawsuit was first reported by the entertainment news Web site CelebTV.com.
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Mika
Artist: Mika
Genre(s):
Rock
Rap: Hip-Hop
Indie
Dance
Other
Discography:
Relax Take It Easy (New Mixes 2007)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 7
Life in Cartoon Motion
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Grace Kelly (Single)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 2
Big Girl You Are Beautiful
Year: 2007
Tracks: 4
Live in Milan
Year: 1981
Tracks: 13
Pop magpie Mika's bright, kaleidoscopical music has drawn comparisons to everyone from Queen and Elton John to the Scissor Sisters and Rufus Wainwright. Born Michael Holbrook Penniman in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and American church Father, Mika and his parents stirred to Paris spell he was still a identical whitney Young child, and finally London by the time he was 9 days old. The frequent moves, incidents like his church Father beingness taken hostage at Kuwait's American Embassy, and bullying at schooling stirred whitney Young Mika to the point where he stopped-up talk and was taken out of school for captain Hicks months. At this point, music became Mika's lifeline, and he before long began courtly musical breeding, which included part lessons. Along with studies at the Royal College of Music, in his teens and early twenties Mika besides recorded with the Royal Opera House and created a doggerel for Orbit mastication gum. He dropped out of schooling to digest on his take on bolt down music, divine by freewheeling songwriters like Prince and Harry Nilsson. His debut single, Relax, Take It Easy, appeared in fall 2006, only it was its reexamination, Good will Kelly, that broke Mika in the U.K. Released in January 2007, the song hit act one on the singles graph thanks to heavy downloading, undermentioned in the footsteps of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Mika's full-length debut, Life story in Cartoon Motion, did precisely as considerably when it was released that February, and was topping the U.K. charts about the time it was released in the U.S. that March.
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TMZ TV Tonite - It's Not the Size of the Wave...
... It's the motion of the ocean! Tonight on TMZ TV, Mini-Me finally becomes a leading man -- in a sex tape, Shaquille O'Neal opens his heart instead of his mouth and a she-giant let's it all hang out -- of her top.
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Technology used to reveal 'Mona Lisa' secrets unearths Leonardo drawing: inventor
TORONTO - A French inventor who claimed last fall to have revealed secrets about the "Mona Lisa" now says his technology has led to the authentication of a Leonardo da Vinci colour drawing owned by a Swiss art collector.
"Profile of a Young Fiancee" was originally purchased for $20,000 about 10 years ago, said Pascal Cotte, who runs the Paris-based company Lumiere Technology.
Cotte used a "multi-spectral" camera to digitalize the chalk drawing, which was done between 1482 and 1485 and restored in the 19th century.
"We can see 'inside' the painting," he said Thursday of the technology. "We can virtually remove the restoration."
Cotte said three art historians have used his images to confirm that the work is a Leonardo. A book with their findings is to be published next month.
Cotte and his business partner Jean Penicaut are in Toronto for Idea City, a gathering of thinkers from various disciplines that is organized by media guru Moses Znaimer.
The Lumiere technology made headlines last fall when Cotte claimed it had uncovered secrets about the "Mona Lisa," including why Leonardo's famously enigmatic subject has no eyebrows.
Cotte said his 240-megapixel scan of the "Mona Lisa" showed traces of her left brow, which had been removed by previous restoration efforts.
News from �The Canadian Press, 2008
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Jason Bonham - Bonham Keeping Fingers Crossed For Led Zeppelin Reunion
Rocker JASON BONHAM is still hopeful of another LED ZEPPELIN reunion, insisting he would drop whatever he was doing "in a heartbeat" for the opportunity.
The drummer replaced his late father John Bonham when he joined the legendary Stairway to Heaven stars at their one-off London gig back in December (07).
Rumours of more reunion dates have been swirling for months, but nothing has been confirmed. And frontman Robert Plant continues to tour with new musical partner Alison Krauss.
But Bonham is still keeping his hopes of being offered another chance to play with Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones alive - because performing with them is always an amazing experience.
He says, "It's up to them but, if it was up to me, I'd love to (reunite).
"I hope that I would be put into the loop at some point. Who knows? All I can say is that it was better than I could have imagined.
"My fingers are crossed and I would do it in a heartbeat."
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