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Prince Harry Just Slept In A Fridge. Yep, He Did That.
You may have thought we were going to report on Prince Harry getting home from a night out in an exotic location and bedding down in a fridge to cool off, but fear not, it's...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th September 2013
Wait, Is The TV Version of 'Sleepy Hollow' The Next Big Thing?
Fox's new drama Sleepy Hollow appears to have come out of nowhere. It premiered this week to rave reviews from critics, though can it maintain the quality and eclipse - or at least match -...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
![Grudge Match: Robert De Niro Versus Sly Stallone - But Who Wins? [Trailer]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20130822/2208013_expendables_3_film_set/bulgaria-sylvester-stallone-expendables-3-an-action_3829286.jpg "Grudge Match: Robert De Niro Versus Sly Stallone - But Who Wins? [Trailer]")
Grudge Match: Robert De Niro Versus Sly Stallone - But Who Wins? [Trailer]
It's one of those silly hypothetical pop culture questions isn't it? Who'd win in a fight between Rocky and Jake LaMotta? Sylvester Stallone's Philadelphia brawler, or Robert De Niro's swashbuckling middleweight? The Italian Stallion or...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
Indian-American Nina Davuluri Is Miss America 2014, And America Is ANGRY
Miss New York, the Indian-American model Nina Davuluri won the Miss America 2014 pageant on Sunday (September 15, 2013). The field was narrowed down to Davuluri - the second Miss New York winner in successive...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th September 2013
Man Booker Prize To Include American Authors, But Will It Lose Its Identity?
In a move that could potentially see American literary heavyweights including Jonathan Franzen, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo being honoured for their work in the UK, organizers of the Man Booker Prize - Britain's most...
News posted in Books / Authors on 16th September 2013
Cote de Pablo's NCIS Exit Really Doesn't Concern Mark Harmon
Cote de Pablo's NCIS exit doesn't really concern Mark Harmon. In fact, the top-dog isn't even breaking a sweat, despite commentators labelling the transitional period a bit of a crisis for the CBS crime-drama.De Pablo's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
After Cancer Surgery, Billy Connolly Is Diagnosed With Parkinson's Disease
Comedian and actor Billy Connolly, a British treasure, has undergone successful surgery for prostate cancer though has now been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The 70-year-old, who famously began his working life as a welder in...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th September 2013
"God Help Them" - Is Kevin Shields Right About The Mercury Music Prize?
Kevin Shields, the singer and guitarist with the influential shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine, has accused the Mercury Music prize of "banning" his band's music from consideration for the award. Sheilds' band were left off...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 13th September 2013
Warning, Once You See Nicolas Cage in Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball, You Can't UNSEE It
Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' was always ripe for memes. It was almost too perfect for memes. Hannah Montana swinging naked on a demolition ball, crying her eyes out and licking a hammer? Pass the video...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 13th September 2013
Morrissey Cancels Sale of Autobiography 3 Days Before Release Date
Morrissey, the former Smiths frontman, has ditched plans to release his autobiography just three days before it was due to be published.The memoirs were set to document the 54-year-old's life growing up in Manchester, his...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 13th September 2013
Meet Carl Wu. The Cycling Photographer Who Knocked Down Nicole Kidman.
Carl Wu. He's the vigilante paparazzi photographer who rides around Gotham City all day on his bike trying to get a killer shot of the biggest celebrities around. This week, being New York Fashion Week,...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 13th September 2013
'The Family': Who Says Robert De Niro Doesn't Make Good Movies Anymore?
Thinking of heading to the theater this weekend to catch a new release? Well, as the major studios prepare their premium Oscar-bait for the November and December release dates, there isn't a whole lot to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th September 2013
Selma Blair Fired From Anger Management? Charlie Sheen Says NO!
Charlie Sheen has denied that a rift between himself and actress Selma Blair led to her being fired from hit FX show Anger Management. In June, it was confirmed that Blair was leaving the sitcom...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th September 2013
Does Anyone Still Believe Suge Knight Killed Tupac Shakur?
Another year, another Suge Knight arrested story huh? This time, the founder of Death Row Records was stopped shortly before midnight in Los Angeles on Wednesday (September 11, 2013) on an outstanding warrant. According to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12th September 2013
Mumford & Sons Ejected From Strip Club For Using Smartphone Cameras
It's difficult to call Mumford & Sons "clean-cut" given the amount of facial hair in the band, though they're hardly Led Zeppelin.All the more surprisingly then was news that the London folk-rockers were thrown out...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th September 2013
Inside The Fifty Shades of Grey Auditions. "I Really Can't Do This"
The Fifty Shades of Grey auditions were shrouded in mystery - nobody really knew who auditioned, until now of course. With Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson now the proud owners of two of the biggest...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
Just When You Thought You Didn't Like Kristen Stewart Much, She Does THIS.
If you're not a Twilight fan, it's difficult to really like Kristen Stewart. "Oh, Kristen Stewart is really really good in that cool drama," said nobody, ever. But for all the moody expressions and bad...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
A Week In News: Miley's Wrecking Ball, Jurassic World and Arsenio's Back!
Wrecking Ball: Hurtling through the pop world this week like a.well, wrecking ball, is of course Miss Miley Cyrus. The 20-year-old, who's been mired in controversy over the past few weeks, has turned things up...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 11th September 2013
#Ladz: Radio 1 'Regrets' Tweet About London Grammar's Hannah Reid
If for some reason you were still searching for that reason to stop listening to Radio 1, than the good people at the BBC have just handed it to you on a plate.The station has...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 11th September 2013
Van Gogh Masterpiece Found In Attic, Three Other Hidden Art Treasures
A previously unknown landscape painting found in an attic in Norway has been attributed ot the master painter Vincent Van Gogh. 'Sunset at Montmajour' - which depicts trees, bushes and a swirling sky - has...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
'The Voice' Snags Kylie Minogue, But Is She The Right Choice?
Pop star Kylie Minogue has signed on to replace Jessie J as a coach for the third series of The Voice, joining Will.i.am and Tom Jones.The pop star, who has sold 68 million hits worldwide,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
James Corden Didn't Become World Class Tenor For 'One Chance'. Deal With It.
The British media went into frenzy early on Tuesday (September 10, 2013) when James Corden had the guile to admit that he didn't provide the opera for his new movie One Chance, based on the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th September 2013
Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Asks London Crowd to 'Wake Up' At iTunes Gig
London gig crowds are notorious for their, shall we say, subdued reaction to the music being played on-stage, though one plucky northerner tried to change all that at the iTunes Festival at Camden's Roundhouse last...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th September 2013
Jim Crace Tipped To Win Man Booker Prize, Though Smart Money is Elsewhere
The Hertfordshire born author Jim Crace has been installed as the bookies favourite for this year's Man Booker Prize for his novel Harvest, which he says will be his last. The book tells the story...
News posted in Books / Authors on 10th September 2013
Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' Video Is The Zenith of Hypocrisy
Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' music video, in which she swings sexually in the nude from a giant...wrecking ball...has been dubbed her 'raciest' and most adult work yet. It's no surprise that it's come from the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th September 2013
Universal's Adam Fogelson Mingled in Toronto, Oblivious of Firing
Poor old Adam Fogelson. The guy had flown on Universal's company plane with Ron Meyer and Donna Langley to attend the Toronto premiere of Ron Howard's Formula 1 movie, Rush, on Sunday night (September 8,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th September 2013
Is Sandra Bullock's 'Gravity' Really The Best Space Movie Ever?
The Gravity promotional bus rolled into the Toronto International Film Festival this week on the back of sensational reviews at Telluride and Venice including a suggestion from Oscar winning director James Cameron that it is...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th September 2013
Miley Cyrus Out of Vogue as Anna Wintour Shows Her Teeth
Miley Cyrus should have heeded one of the all-important rules in life - don't mess with Anna Wintour. It's like, respect your elders, don't steal...or something, and please for god's sake don't mess with Anna...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 9th September 2013
![Bezerk: Can Anyone Explain Eminem's ESPN Interview Yet? [Video]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/me/lollapalooza_day_two_070811/eminem_5701446.jpg "Bezerk: Can Anyone Explain Eminem's ESPN Interview Yet? [Video]")
Bezerk: Can Anyone Explain Eminem's ESPN Interview Yet? [Video]
Viewers of ESPN's Michigan-Notre Dame halftime show got plenty more than the usual punditry and analysis this past weekend. Detroit native Eminem dropped into the studio to give a sneak preview of his new music...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th September 2013
Howard Jacobson Is About To...Oh, I Don't Know, REWRITE SHAKESPEARE?
Booker Prize winning novelists Howard Jacobson and Margaret Atwood have been given th enviable task - or perhaps, unenviable job depending on which way you look at it - of rewriting Shakespeare into modern prose.Jacobson...
News posted in Books / Authors on 9th September 2013
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Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
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![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
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Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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