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Saturday 23 August 2008
TMZ Drinks the "Shawn Johnson" Haterade
After acquiring hundreds of hate emails, phone calls, and rage-filled comments o'er the last 24 hours, we at TMZ in conclusion took the hint -- not everybody found the Shawn Johnson/Topo Gigio comparison screaming. Sure, we'll eat the crow you shoved gloomy our throats -- only you gotta check out some of the messages we got in our "contact us" mailbox. We even got a letter from an official Team USA Gymnastics rep!
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
Tom Barabas
Artist: Tom Barabas
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
The Very Best Of
Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
Goodnight My Angel
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Classical Healing
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Weding In Heaven
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Live
Year: 1999
Tracks: 12
Romantic Rhapsodies
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Journey Back To Sedona
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Mosiac
Year: 1995
Tracks: 11
Classica Nouveau
Year: 1994
Tracks: 10
Magic In December
Year: 1991
Tracks: 8
Sedona Suite
Year:
Tracks: 1
Before development a gustatory perception for rock and void, Barabas studied authoritative music at the Caracas Conservatory in Venezuela. His skills as a piano player are admirable; Barabas's economic consumption of synthesizers is not quite so sophisticated only shows some promise. His recordings include 1988's Magic in December, 1992's Sedona Suite, 1995's Mosaic and 1999's Live.
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Thursday 26 June 2008
Elvin Bishop
Artist: Elvin Bishop
Genre(s):
Blues
Discography:
Gettin' My Groove Back
Year: 2005
Tracks: 1
Ace in the Hole
Year: 1995
Tracks: 13
Let It Flow
Year: 1974
Tracks: 11
Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down!
Year:
Tracks: 12
Elvin Bishop was natural in Glendale, CA, on October 21, 1942. He grew up on a farm in Iowa with no electricity and no running water. His folk stirred to Oklahoma when he was ten. Raised in an all-White community of interests, he had no exposure to Blacks or their music demur though the radio where he would hear to sounds from far aside Mexico and blues stations in Shreveport, LA, in special, the piercing levelheaded of Jimmy Reed's mouth harp got his attention. Bishop says it was like a crossword puzzle teaser that he had to number out. What is this music? Who makes it? Where and how do Black hoi polloi live? What is this music all around? He assign the pieces together.
Just it was not until he won a National Merit Scholarship to the University of Chicago in 1959 that he launch the real answers to his questions. Suddenly, there he was correct in the bosom of the Chicago blues scene. Live. It was a dream come true. "The low gear thing I did when I got there was to pull in friends with the mordant guys working in the cafeteria. They took me to all the clubs. I washed-up myself wholly in the vapours life as ready as I could," says Bishop.
After two age of college, he simply dropped extinct and was into euphony full meter. Howlin' Wolf guitarist Smokey Smothers befriended Bishop and taught him the basics of blues guitar. In the early '60s he met and teamed up with Paul Butterfield to become the essence of the Butterfield Blues Band. Although only playing guitar for a few eld, he practiced day and dark on the blues music that he loved. He and Butterfield played together in exactly about every place possible -- campuses, houses, parks, and clubs. They began to become well known in 1963 when they took a job at Big John's on Chicago's North Side and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band was born. Bishop helped to create and played on the number one several Butterfield albums. (The Pigboy Crabshaw is Bishop's countryfied role referred to in the title of the third base Butterfield album.)
When he left the Butterfield isthmus subsequently the In My Own Dream album (1968), Bishop relocated to and settled in the San Francisco area where he appeared often at the Filmore with artists care Eric Clapton, B. B. King, and Jimi Hendrix. He recorded for Epic (quatern albums) and subsequently sign-language with Capricorn in 1974. His recording of "Travel Shoes" (from the album Let It Flow) hit the charts, simply he scored big with the endearing melody "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" (from his album Struttin' My Stuff) in 1976. He was (and is) illustrious for having fun on leg (putt on a swell demonstrate) and letting the good times roll up. Over the next few age the Elvin Bishop Group dissolved. He released his album Best Of in 1979, and was not heard from practically until he gestural with Alligator in 1988.
Bishop then released Big Fun (1988) and Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down (1991), which were well standard. He as well participated in Alligator's 1992 twentieth Anniversary cross-country tour. His up-to-the-minute release is Ace in the Hole (1995). Over the age, Bishop has graced the albums of many great bluesmen including Clifton Chenier and John Lee Hooker. He toured with B.B. King in 1995. Bishop is known for his sense of sense of humour, his unique way of slide guitar, and fusion of blues, creed, R&B, and country flavors. He lives with his wife and household in the San Francisco area, is a colossal gardener, and continues to meet dates in the U.S. and afield, issue The Skin I'm In in 1998. The following year saw the passing of Hometown Boy Makes Good and That's My Partner in 2000. After a basketball team year hiatus, Bishop released Gettin' My Groove Back in 2005 on Blind Pig Records.
Thursday 19 June 2008
Wolfstone
Artist: Wolfstone
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Terra Firma
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Over the course of nine-spot years, Wolfstone dragged Scottish music -- sometimes kicking and screaming, only invariably quite an obstreperously -- into the world of rock 'n' roll. They were loud and proud and transferred Seattle's filth ethic from the Pacific Northwest to the Highlands, applying it to both traditional and their original music. It all began when tinkerer Duncan Chisholm put together a ceilidh band to play dances in the Highlands, adding pipes and bass and drums into the mix -- a compounding that was well-received. Along with original bassist David Foster, Chisholm brought in Stuart Eaglesham on guitars, his brother Struan Eaglesham on keyboards, and the guitarist/songwriter Ivan Drever to round of golf out the lineup.
The group's 1991 debut, Unleashed, proved to be the biggest vendor ever for bantam Iona Records, garnering the band a silver platter (iI to begin with collections, Wolfstone I and Wolfstone II, circulated one time the band became famous. However, they distanced themselves from the material, recorded in their very formative stages). A year later they issued The Chase and took their more developed effectual international, with a more refined mix of blatant instrumentals grounded by the heavy cycle section and Drever's songs, including "The Prophet" and "Tinnie Run." They played around Europe and made their kickoff maraud to America, a station they'd visit several times over the side by side few age. Wolfstone: Captured Alive Video, a video of their alive show from the period, illustrates the power of their performances -- not to a fault subtle, simply able to catch to the the great unwashed.
1994 brought two U.S. releases, Wolfstone and the massive Year of the Dog, which had spate of scraunch on songs like "The Sea King." It also introduced iI new members, Wayne MacKenzie on bass part, and Steve Saint on pipes. It made them into even more than of a careen band, and producer Phil Cunningham let the guitars ring loud and deformed. The Half Tail, two geezerhood later, had a richer, slicker well-grounded, with one verbalize standout piece, "Bonnie Ship the Diamond." It put a raw stamp on Scots music. Unfortunately, the stamp in the buff but a yr by and by, thanks in large part to problems with the platter ship's company and management squabbles. However, that was far from the end of the tale. Drever and Chisholm worked together, and 1998 and 1999 both brought new Wolfstone albums, This Strange Place and Seven (the first reportedly a contract-filler), undermentioned on from a best-of set. While the stripe has played occasional shows since, they've non gotten back together.
Wednesday 11 June 2008
'Dog Eat Dog' world for IFC
In final negotiations to acquire Colombian thriller
NEW YORK -- IFC Films is in final negotiations to acquire the Colombian thriller "Dog Eat Dog" (Perro Come Perro), which debuted in the World Cinema dramatic competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Carlos Moreno's violent Spanish-language feature follows a crime lord who puts a death sentence on two hoods after a job gone wrong. Diego Ramirez produced the feature.
IFC declined to comment.
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Wednesday 4 June 2008
RomaCinemaFest taps Rondi as president
Replaces Goffredo Bettini, who resigned Tuesday
ROME -- Gian Luigi Rondi, the dean of Italian film critics and president of the David di Donatello Awards, will replace Goffredo Bettini as president of the three-year-old RomaCinemaFest, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The official announcement will be made Monday at the mayor's office at Rome's historic Campidoglio, when Bettini's resignation will be accepted. Bettini met with newly elected Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno on Tuesday and agreed to step down to assure City Hall's continued backing of the event.
The 86-year-old Rondi appears to be a compromise candidate, after polarizing film director Pasquale Squitieri was removed from consideration because of his criticism of the festival. Rome Chamber of Commerce director Andrea Mondello was another leading candidate, but in the end Rondi appears to have won out becase of his stronger ties to the cinema industry.
Rondi's selection will likely result in stronger ties between the festival and the Donatello Awards, Italy's highest film honors -- a key desire for Alemanno. Those ties and a new structure for the festival that will put increased emphasis on Italian productions also are likely to be announced Monday, sources said.
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Sunday 1 June 2008
Man With No Name
Artist: Man With No Name
Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic
Trance
Dance
Discography:
Interstate Highway
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
Teleportation
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Vavoom Part 2 (Ep)
Year: 1999
Tracks: 3
A Freaky2K Christmas '99 Gift
Year: 1999
Tracks: 2
Earth Moving the Sun
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Moment Of Truth
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
Floor Essence (Ep)
Year: 1996
Tracks: 2
Paint A Picture(Cdm)
Year: 1995
Tracks: 2
Paint A Picture (EP)
Year: 1995
Tracks: 3
Way Out West Ep
Year:
Tracks: 2
Jonah Hill To Adapt '21 Jump Street' For The Big Screen: Report
Today, somewhere, Richard Grieco is probably smiling, and Johnny Depp just might be cringing. According to Entertainment Weekly, there is a big-screen version of the classic '80s TV series "21 Jump Street" in the works. And the man supposedly behind it all might just be oddest part of this latest '80s revival: "Superbad" star Jonah Hill.
The EW report indicates that the 24-year-old actor is in negotiations with Sony to write the screenplay and serve as executive producer of the film. It is unclear at this time whether Hill would star in the project. Also yet to be clarified is whether Hill's take on the series will be comedic one (as one would expect from the actor's resume thus far), dramatic or, most plausibly, a blend of the two. Hill's "Superbad" co-star Seth Rogen is similarly trying to stretch a bit through an existing property, the "Green Hornet" film he is writing and plans to star in.
"21 Jump Street" holds a special place for anyone who came of age in the late '80s. The series ran for five seasons from 1987-1991 on the fledgling Fox network (it was one of the net's first well-known properties) and followed a group of undercover cops who posed as students in high schools and colleges. Featuring an attractive group of young actors, led by Depp, Holly Robinson, Peter DeLuise and Grieco (as loose cannon Dennis Booker), the show was a unique hybrid of television archetypes: the classic cop show and the teen-issue show. The cast had more than its share of shakeups. Grieco left the show for an infamous spin-off called — what else — "Booker," which lasted only one season.
Of course, not every "Jump Street" alum suffered the fate of Grieco. Depp, clearly a reluctant teen heartthrob, was an almost immediate magazine-cover favorite thanks to his brooding portrayal of Tom Hanson, and he left the show in 1990 to pursue a movie career.
No word yet on whether the show's impossible-to-forget theme song will be included in Hill's incarnation. The original featured memorable vocals by cast member Holly Robinson, reportedly aided by DeLuise and Depp chiming in on the word "jump." And we wonder why some shows are destined for infamy.
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Kevin Spacey - Spacey Pulls Out Of Diana Drama
Actor KEVIN SPACEY has pulled out of a planned role in a new movie about the death of late British royal DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES.
The American Beauty star had reportedly signed up to play an investigative journalist in a forthcoming film provisionally titled The Death Of Diana, according to producer Mario Kassar.
But Spacey has now allegedly withdrawn from the controversial movie, which is set to be made by Basic Instinct producer Kassar.
A source tells British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, "He decided that he didn't want any part of it. Kassar is now searching for a new actor to take the pivotal role."
Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in Paris, France, in 1997.
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Cassandra's Dream - 5/27/2008
Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters culminates with a warm and fuzzy Thanksgiving dinner scene where all the inner and outer relationship problems plaguing the angst-ridden characters in the film are happily resolved and familial ties are reaffirmed; a tiny beam of light in Allen's dark and bleak tunnel of life. And ever since Hannah and Her Sisters, Allen has been renouncing that happy ending in every film he's made… but never more so than in his two recent dramas, Match Point, and now, Cassandra's Dream (Allen's 42nd film as writer/director).
Cassandra's Dream is Allen's most grim and uncomfortable film to date, surpassing even Crimes and Misdemeanors and Match Point. At least in those films the upper class criminals get away with their deeds and get on with their lives (however psychically diminished those lives may be). Not so in Cassandra's Dream, where two lower-middle-class brothers commit a dark crime (almost a British translation of Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) that not only shatters their humanity but also destroys their family ties and much more.
Terry (Colin Farrell) and Ian (Ewan McGregor) are two brothers who are sick of their lives and want something better (the something better, as is the case in most Allen films, is material gain). Terry is a dull-witted auto mechanic prone to gambling and booze who wants to own a sporting goods store. Ian pretends to be something he is not, driving around in borrowed vintage cars repaired by Terry and claiming to be a real estate investor; he actually works as a manager in his father's downscale restaurant. When Terry wins big at the dog races (betting on a dog named Cassandra's Dream -- Cassandra also being the name of a Greek mythological prognosticator of bad events) the brothers buy a boat they never could have afforded but for Terry's winnings and see this as a sign that there lives will now change. Their rich Uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) arrives for a visit, and Terry and Ian decide to ask him for money to bankroll their dreams. Uncle Howard agrees to help them but at a cost neither of the brothers could have anticipated. All in the name of family.
In this unrelenting and uncompromising film, Allen directs with the ease of a master, filling his trademarked one-take scenes with tight compositions, his actors trapped in doorways and pushed to the side of the frame by walls constricting both the players and the audience in an airless, doom-laden atmosphere. Vilmos Zsigmond's drab and dank cinematography and Philip Glass' unsettling score further enhance Allen's directorial touchstones.
Allen doesn't loosen his chokehold for a moment and even though there are moments of dark humor (a man unknowingly about to be murdered meets his soon-to-be killers and talks about visiting his 91-year-old mother for dinner, saying that he doesn't want to miss dinner with Mom because "at that age you can go at any moment"), the lines stick in your craw, and Allen makes his audience twist in the wind.
The older Allen gets, the more curdled his world view becomes -- more depressing, more bitter, more hopeless. Allen used to look upon the desolation of death and philosophical despair in a bemused, mocking Isaac Bashevis Singer sort of way (his Fiddler on the Roof dance with death that closes Love and Death, for example). But lately, Allen's nihilistic and futile perception of human nature and life traps his films in a hermetic box of woe. In Cassandra's Dream, death and emptiness has engulfed Allen's spirit; the figure in the director's chair is now garbed in a black shroud, carries a scythe, and wears black-rimmed glasses.
Allen can still direct a tightly constructed, concise film of meaning and emotion, but the purchase of a ticket to see Cassandra's Dream should come complete with a loaded revolver.
I dream of Jeannie.
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James goes to Decca for reunion album
Band will introduce material on KCRW next week
NEW YORK -- Veteran U.K. rock act James has inked a U.S. deal with Decca Records for the release of its first new album in seven years. "Hey Ma" will be released Sept. 16 and will be supported by as-yet-unannounced North American tour dates.
"Hey Ma," which debuted at No. 10 on the U.K. album chart last month, is the follow-up to 2001's "Pleased to Meet You." Sources say there will be an upcoming U.S. TV ad campaign featuring album track "Whiteboy" for an as-yet-unnamed major car manufacturer.
James will introduce the new material to U.S. listeners during a June 5 performance and interview on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic." Additionally, U.K. dates are on tap for mid-December.
Here is the track list for "Hey Ma":
"Bubbles""Hey Ma""Waterfall""Oh My Heart""Boom Boom""Semaphore""Upside""Whiteboy""72""Of Monsters & Heroes & Men""I Wanna Go Home"
NEW YORK -- Veteran U.K. rock act James has inked a U.S. deal with Decca Records for the release of its first new album in seven years. "Hey Ma" will be released Sept. 16 and will be supported by as-yet-unannounced North American tour dates.
"Hey Ma," which debuted at No. 10 on the U.K. album chart last month, is the follow-up to 2001's "Pleased to Meet You." Sources say there will be an upcoming U.S. TV ad campaign featuring album track "Whiteboy" for an as-yet-unnamed major car manufacturer.
James will introduce the new material to U.S. listeners during a June 5 performance and interview on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic." Additionally, U.K. dates are on tap for mid-December.
Here is the track list for "Hey Ma":
"Bubbles""Hey Ma""Waterfall""Oh My Heart""Boom Boom""Semaphore""Upside""Whiteboy""72""Of Monsters & Heroes & Men""I Wanna Go Home"
Puddle Of Mud
Artist: Puddle Of Mud
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Famous
Year: 2007
Tracks: 1
One of the first base acts sign-language to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst's label, Flawless Records, was the alt-metal quartet Puddle of Mudd -- consisting of Wesley Scantlin (guitar and vocals), Paul Phillips (guitar), Douglas Ardito (bass), and Greg Upchurch (drums). While their songs expectedly contain the passion of such contemporaries as Korn and Rage Against the Machine, Scantlin's representative at times is spookily similar to Nirvana's late, great frontman, Kurt Cobain, containing plain elements of traditional hard rock (unlike the other aforesaid band's preference for tap). August 2001 saw the release of their major-label debut, Get Clean (which was preceded by the independent release Abrasive), as they embarked on a European tour with Godsmack a month later, before touring the U.S. as part of the Family Values 2001 tour, alongside Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, and Staind. The band later remained passably busy, cathartic Biography on Display in 2003 and Noted in 2007.
Masseuse called Olsen on finding Ledger's body
The masseuse who found Heath Ledger's body on Tuesday twice rang the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, a friend of the Australian actor, before calling the emergency number 911, it has been reported.
The New York Times online, quoting police officials, said the masseuse Diana Wolozin told Olsen that Ledger was unconscious.Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up.
The Times said Wolozin again shook Ledger, called Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911.
Wolozin called 911 at 3.26pm local time and reported that Ledger was not breathing.
The 911 call was made less than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw Ledger in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Olsen.
The 911 operator urged Wolozin to try to revive Ledger, but she was unsuccessful.
Emergency medical workers arrived at 3.33pm, at the same time a private security guard called by Olsen arrived.
The New York Times online, quoting police officials, said the masseuse Diana Wolozin told Olsen that Ledger was unconscious.Olsen said she would call some private security people she knew in New York, and hung up.
The Times said Wolozin again shook Ledger, called Olsen a second time, and said she believed the situation was grave and would call 911.
Wolozin called 911 at 3.26pm local time and reported that Ledger was not breathing.
The 911 call was made less than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw Ledger in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Olsen.
The 911 operator urged Wolozin to try to revive Ledger, but she was unsuccessful.
Emergency medical workers arrived at 3.33pm, at the same time a private security guard called by Olsen arrived.
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