Artist: Nicola
Genre(s):
Folk: Moldavian and Romanian
Discography:
Compilatie
Year: 2002
Tracks: 1
First He Swept, Now Boy George Will Sing
Friday, 27 June 2008
Nicola
Artist: Nicola
Genre(s):
Folk: Moldavian and Romanian
Discography:
Compilatie
Year: 2002
Tracks: 1
First He Swept, Now Boy George Will Sing
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Juror asks to be removed from R. Kelly trial
Judge receives note after break in deliberations
CHICAGO -- Two jurors are having issues at R. Kelly's child pornography trial.
One sent a note to the judge after three hours of deliberations Friday that reads: "How can I be removed and go home? I really need to."
Judge Vincent Gaughan called attorneys into the courtroom, told them about the note but adjourned before dealing with the matter. The jury had stopped deliberating for lunch.
Earlier in the morning, the judge called attorneys in to discuss another juror, who became frustrated by slow service during dinner the night before and started banging a bottle on the table and cursing. That juror was allowed to remain on the panel after other jurors indicated they could continue working with him.
CHICAGO -- Two jurors are having issues at R. Kelly's child pornography trial.
One sent a note to the judge after three hours of deliberations Friday that reads: "How can I be removed and go home? I really need to."
Judge Vincent Gaughan called attorneys into the courtroom, told them about the note but adjourned before dealing with the matter. The jury had stopped deliberating for lunch.
Earlier in the morning, the judge called attorneys in to discuss another juror, who became frustrated by slow service during dinner the night before and started banging a bottle on the table and cursing. That juror was allowed to remain on the panel after other jurors indicated they could continue working with him.
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Dizzee Rascal Sets Second US Tour This Year
UK rapper Dizzee Rascal has just finished off a US tour last week and already he's planning his return for later in the Summer.
After some UK festivals this month and next, Dizzee will jet off to the States again in mid-July, to play seven shows.
These shows, as with the recent jaunt, see Rascal promoting the long overdue US release of his third album 'Maths + English' - out now on Def Jux.
July Dates:
18th - New York, NY, Highline Ballroom
19th - Chicago, IL, Pitchfork
20th - Toronto, ON, Rogers Picnic
21st - Austin, TX, Emo's
22nd - Denver, CO, Cervante's
J24th - Los Angeles, CA, Echoplex
25th - San Francisco, CA, Mezzanine
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Sunday, 8 June 2008
Ramy Sabry
Artist: Ramy Sabry
Genre(s):
Folk: Arabic
Discography:
Habibi Al Awalani
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
Towering Inferno At Universal
Friday, 6 June 2008
Varukers
Artist: Varukers
Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock
Hardcore
Discography:
One Struggle One Fight
Year: 1988
Tracks: 13
Prepare For The Attack
Year: 1986
Tracks: 15
Live In Leeds
Year: 1984
Tracks: 20
Bloodsuckers
Year: 1983
Tracks: 12
Die Varukers EP
Year:
Tracks: 2
Deadly Games (The History)
Year:
Tracks: 27
Weinstein to produce Alchemist film
The Weinstein Company will produce Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist in a big-budget adaptation directed by Hollywood star Laurence Fishburne, Harvey Weinstein announced in Cannes.
He said the movie would cost "$60 million-plus" to make and would start shooting in late spring or early summer.
The movie mogul will be hoping to build on his success with other literary adaptations including The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley.
"It's a book that I've been truly inspired by," Weinstein told reporters at the Cannes film festival.
"I will be personally producing. I rarely produce movies, as you know. We cause movies to be produced."
He said that The Alchemist, first published 20 years ago, combined elements that should make it appeal to a broad audience - spirituality, a journey, youth, love and action.
Coelho's novel, which has sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide, tells the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who travels to Africa in search of his dream and meets the alchemist along the way.
Fishburne, who in a video message said he felt like "the luckiest man on the planet", will play the alchemist as well as direct and help develop the script.
Weinstein said he had read earlier screenplays based on the novel over the years, and "hated every one of them".
There was no news on the rest of the cast, although Weinstein indicated he wanted to give a part to Spanish star Penelope Cruz, who has been in Cannes starring in Woody Allen's popular Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
The producer believed the project could act as "a bridge to the Middle East", and said he was determined the film would be true to the original story.
"My loyalty is not to Laurence, my loyalty is not to me, my loyalty is not to anyone other than Paulo Coelho," he said.
Coelho added in a statement issued by The Weinstein Company: "I am very happy that my book will be filmed in the way I intended it to be and I hope the spirit and simplicity of my work will be preserved."
The Weinstein Company holds global motion picture and television rights to the film, and Weinstein said he would use his time in Cannes to talk to international distributors.
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Systems In Blue
Artist: Systems In Blue
Genre(s):
Dance
Pop
Discography:
Sexy Ann (Maxi Fan CD)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Point of No Return
Year: 2005
Tracks: 15
Winner
Year: 2004
Tracks: 4
Eric Clapton invited to play in North Korea
Eric Clapton has been invited to perform in the secretive state of North Korea, it emerged yesterday.
Rock and pop have been banned in the world's most isolated state because of fears over western influences.
But the legendary English singer and guitarist has been asked to perform in the capital Pyongyang next year, according to the Financial Times.
Diplomats believe the overture shows that the communist state wants to build cultural bridges with the West, even though discussions over its nuclear programmes have stalled.
Clapton, whose hits include 'Cocaine', 'Layla', and 'Tears in Heaven', has agreed in principle to the idea, according to the newspaper.
The request comes as the New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang following a request from the country's officials.
The Philharmonic is the first major US cultural group to perform in North Korea, which US President George Bush classed as part of the "axis of evil".
The North Korean State Symphony Orchestra plans to perform in London this summer as part of the orchestra's biggest ever tour, and Clapton has been invited to the country in return.
A North Korean official told the Financial Times: "We want our music to be understood by the western world and we want our people to understand western music."
62-year-old Clapton, nicknamed Slowhand, has been ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame an unprecedented three times as a band member in The Yardbirds and Cream and as a soloist.
Rock and pop have been banned in the world's most isolated state because of fears over western influences.
But the legendary English singer and guitarist has been asked to perform in the capital Pyongyang next year, according to the Financial Times.
Diplomats believe the overture shows that the communist state wants to build cultural bridges with the West, even though discussions over its nuclear programmes have stalled.
Clapton, whose hits include 'Cocaine', 'Layla', and 'Tears in Heaven', has agreed in principle to the idea, according to the newspaper.
The request comes as the New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang following a request from the country's officials.
The Philharmonic is the first major US cultural group to perform in North Korea, which US President George Bush classed as part of the "axis of evil".
The North Korean State Symphony Orchestra plans to perform in London this summer as part of the orchestra's biggest ever tour, and Clapton has been invited to the country in return.
A North Korean official told the Financial Times: "We want our music to be understood by the western world and we want our people to understand western music."
62-year-old Clapton, nicknamed Slowhand, has been ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame an unprecedented three times as a band member in The Yardbirds and Cream and as a soloist.
Uk Police And Prosecution Settle Libel Suit By Tv Producers
In an astounding concession by U.K. public officials, police and prosecution authorities
have agreed to pay the producers of a TV documentary $200,000 to settle a libel suit
and apologize to them in court. West Midlands police and the Crown Prosecution Ser
vice had accused the producers of editing their documentary, Undercover Mosque,
to "completely distort" the comments of British imams appearing in it, filmed with
hidden cameras. (One imam was seen remarking, "As for the Jews, you kill them physical
ly." Another praised the beheading of a British soldier, saying, "The hero of Islam
is the one who separated his head from his shoulders.") The officials also sent their
complaints about the program, produced by Hardcash Productions for Channel Four,
to OFCOM, Britain's broadcasting regulator. It dismissed the complaints, calling the
documentary "a legitimate investigation." The producers then sued sued the officials
for libel.
15/05/2008
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Law & Order star is leaving series
'Law & Order' star Jesse L Martin, who plays Detective Ed Green in the police drama, is leaving the series.
Variety reports that it is expected that 'Transformers' star Anthony Anderson will replace Martin later this season.
Martin has starred in nine seasons of 'Law & Order'.
He is due to shoot one more episode before leaving the series.
Martin is set to play Marvin Gaye in a new film about the last years of the soul legend's life.
'Sexual Healing' will chronicle Gaye's self-imposed exile in Belgium and his return to the big time with the help of promoter Freddy Cousaert (James Gandolfini).
Filming is due to begin in April.
Variety reports that it is expected that 'Transformers' star Anthony Anderson will replace Martin later this season.
Martin has starred in nine seasons of 'Law & Order'.
He is due to shoot one more episode before leaving the series.
Martin is set to play Marvin Gaye in a new film about the last years of the soul legend's life.
'Sexual Healing' will chronicle Gaye's self-imposed exile in Belgium and his return to the big time with the help of promoter Freddy Cousaert (James Gandolfini).
Filming is due to begin in April.
Michael Moore - Madonna To Headline Michael Moore Film Festival
Documentary maker MICHAEL MOORE has landed a big boost for his Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan - MADONNA's coming home for it.
The pop superstar's I am Because We Are documentary, about Aids orphans in Malawi, will headline the alternative film festival in August (08).
And the Material Girl will be there in person.
Thrilled Moore says, "Madonna will present the film, watch it with the audience and conduct a question-and-answer session afterwards.
"It's a huge coup for the Film Festival, and for Traverse City."
And the hard-hitting documentarian, who has taken the U.S. medical profession and President George W. Bush to task in his films, has nothing but praise for Madonna's new release, which recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
He adds, "She spent the past couple of years filming what the people go through, and the efforts to help them. I saw the film about a month ago. It's a fantastic, powerful movie."
Madonna produced and narrated the documentary after travelling to Malawi, where she met toddler David Banda. She and husband Guy Ritchie are adopting the child.
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Cruise Launches New Website As A 'Thank You' To Fans
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has launched a new website to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first starring role in a movie - as a "thank you" to his fans for supporting him throughout his career. Cruise landed his first major part 1983's Risky Business; a role that catapulted him to Hollywood superstardom. He has gone on to appear in over 30 major motion pictures and has become one of the biggest stars in the world. And the 45-year-old has now launched TomCruise.com, writing a personal message to his supporters on the homepage. The note reads, "In celebration of this occasion, and my 27 years of making movies, I created this site as a thank you, to you, for sharing the journey with me and to invite you to continue to explore what the future will bring... My hope with this site is to bring you in and share with you the fun I experience every day during the filmmaking process, from working on the script, to the making of the film, through to what we finally see when we settle into our seats and the lights go down."
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