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![Batman Producer Legendary Pictures Gets Into Bed With Universal? [Analysis]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20130226/270213_jack_the_giant_slayer_premiere_5/thomas-tull-jack-the-giant-slayer-premiere_3531513.jpg "Batman Producer Legendary Pictures Gets Into Bed With Universal? [Analysis]")
Batman Producer Legendary Pictures Gets Into Bed With Universal? [Analysis]
Legendary Pictures LLC, the producer behind Batman: The Dark Knight, is getting closer to sealing a partnership with Universal Pictures, according to a source familiar with the negotiations who spoke with the Wall Street Journal....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th July 2013
The Holy Grail! Jay-Z's 'Graduation' Photograph: Cute, Or Just Plain Weird?
A photograph of a very young Jay-Z has surfaced online - and it's at the same time pretty cool, and a bit weird. We say 'surfaced' online - what we actually mean is it was...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 10th July 2013
Lauryn Hill Begins Three Month Jail Term: Five Stars With Tax Problems
Lauryn Hill, the Grammy-winners singer whose only solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill remains a classic of its generation, has begun a three month prison term for failing to pay taxes of around $1...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 9th July 2013
The Real Pub Crawl That Inspired Edgar Wright's 'The World's End'
Edgar Wright's hugely anticipated sci-fi comedy The World's End premieres in London on Wednesday (July 10, 2013) bringing together the British director, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for the final time (for the Cornetto trilogy,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th July 2013
Andy Murray To Appear On Remix of Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'?
Andy Murray. Wimbledon champion. US Open champion. Olympic champion. The greatest tennis player in Britain. Pop-star.Wait, what?Yep, it looks as though old Muzza might be heading into the music business - if Robin Thicke has...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th July 2013
Mariah Carey Hospitalized After Suffering Injury On '#Beautiful' Video Shoot
Mariah Carey was hospitalized in New York on Sunday (July 7, 2013) after suffering an injury on the set of a video shoot for a remix version of her song '#Beautiful' with rapper Young Jeezy....
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th July 2013
'Pacific Rim' Dubbed One Of The Most Memorable Movies In Years
Guillermo del Toro's big-budget sci-fi action movie Pacific Rim should have been horrible. I mean, it really should have been horrible. It costs hundreds of millions to make, it's about monstrous creatures called Kaiju rising...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th July 2013
Country Star Randy Travis In Critical State After Contracting Virus
American country star Randy Travis is in a critical condition in hospital with a heart condition thought to be caused by a virus. The singer-songwriter - who has won several Grammys and Country Music Association...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th July 2013
Jay-Z Ranks 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' His 4th Best Album: Agree?
Jay-Z - easily one of the most inactive Twitter users on the planet given his level of fame - popped up on the micro-blogging website on Monday (July 8, 2013) to answer a handful of...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 9th July 2013
Jim Carrey Reaches Out To Gun-Owners, Though Weapons Stance Remains
Hollywood actor Jim Carrey has reached out to gun-owners following his slew of Twitter tirades over the past year. The Dumb & Dumber star first vented his anger at owners of assault weapons in 2012,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th July 2013
What Links Del Toro's Pacific Rim and UK Soft Rockers Keane?
So there's the question. What links one of the Hollywood's most famous directors - Guillermo del Toro - with British band Keane? Well, we're going to tell you. It's the wave. The Hokusai wave,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th July 2013
Mumford & Sons Take Dig At Glastonbury Crowd During Olympic Park Show
Mumford & Sons headlined a one-day festival at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park last night (July 6, 2013) playing to a 60,000 strong hometown crowd. The band closed out the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th July 2013
Guardians of the Galaxy: Is Chris Pratt The Next Big Hollywood Star?
Chris Pratt, the 34-year-old actor who has bagged himself some pretty tasty roles in recent years, is bulking up for his role in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Pratt is the latest movie...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2013
The Rolling Stones At Hyde Park: The Rockers Have Plenty More To Offer
It sounds frankly ridiculous to suggest the Rolling Stones should be taken seriously, though thanks to the ageism levelled at the band in recent months you would have been forgiven for assuming Mick Jagger was...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th July 2013
John Mayer Plays New Material On Opening Night of 'Born and Raised' Tour
John Mayer was genuinely emotional after taking to the stage for the first night of his 'Born and Raised' tour in Milwaukee on Saturday evening (July 13, 2013). It was the blues musician's first time...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th July 2013
Michael Parkinson's Doctor: "I Assure You, You Will Not Die Of This"
Michael Parkinson's cancer specialist has assured him he will not die of the prostate cancer he was diagnosed with in May. The legendary chat show host, 78, is expected to be given the all-clear within...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2013
Sir Andy Murray? David Cameron Backs Knighthood For Wimbledon Champion
David Cameron has backed the men's Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to receive a knighthood from the Queen. The Prime Minster - who watched Murray's straight sets win over the world number-one Novak Djokovic - said...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 8th July 2013
![TWA Flight 800: Is This The Biggest Cover Up In U.S. History? [Trailer]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mf/creative_arts_emmy_awards_6_160912/spencer-liff-2012-creative-arts-emmy-awards_5913912.jpg "TWA Flight 800: Is This The Biggest Cover Up In U.S. History? [Trailer]")
TWA Flight 800: Is This The Biggest Cover Up In U.S. History? [Trailer]
You may or may not be familiar with the story of TWA Flight 800, though a new documentary by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Kristina Borjesson into what really happened on July 17 1996 looks to be...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2013
The Jay-Z Subway Woman? Yeah, She Just Reviewed 'Magna Carta Holy Grail'
Ellen Grossman? No, the name doesn't ring a bell? Well, you may remember her as the New Yorker who just so happened to sit next to Jay-Z during his ride on the R train in...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th July 2013
Disney's Ex-Chairman Suspended 'The Lone Ranger' Production Over Budget Fears
Disney's head honchos are reflecting on a "disappointing" and "frustrating" few days after its $250 million budget blockbuster The Lone Ranger took just $48 million over an extended five day weekend. The dismal performance marks...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2013
Song Reader: Beck Plays Album of Sheet Music At London's Barbican
It is perhaps Beck's strangest album. Song Reader - the record made up entirely of sheet music - was played in full at London's Barbican Theatre on Sunday (July 7, 2013), with a huge cast...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th July 2013
Sir Kenneth Branagh Brings Manchester To A Standstill With 'Macbeth'
Sir Kenneth Branagh cemented his reputation as one of Britain's finest actors with a debut performance as Macbeth, at a 281-capacity deconsecrated church in Manchester for the city's international festival. The mud-bath stage ran the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2013
Danny Dyer To Play Contract Killer in 'Brilliantly Slick' 'Assassin'
Danny Dyer has teamed up with noted action movie producers Jonathan Sothcott and J.K Amalou for the hitman thriller Assassin. Sothcott - a ridiculously prolific producer of action flicks - recently worked with Dyer on...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th July 2013
The Lone Ranger Takes $10 Million. Just $205 Million To Go, Then.
The Lone Ranger took another $10 million on the 4th of July to take its overall total to just $20 million heading into the weekend. Gore Verbinski's new movie, starring Johnny Depp as Tonto and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th July 2013
Is It Worth Searching Out Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail?'
Jay-Z's twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail rolled out to Samsung users this week - thanks to a multi-million dollar deal - though critics are beginning to have their say on a record that...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 5th July 2013
![Is Justin Timberlake's 'Tunnel Vision' Unrated Video A Publicity Stunt? [Video]](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/pics/mn/20130630/300613_bet_awards_inside_2/justin-timberlake-the-2013-bet-awards_3742405.jpg "Is Justin Timberlake's 'Tunnel Vision' Unrated Video A Publicity Stunt? [Video]")
Is Justin Timberlake's 'Tunnel Vision' Unrated Video A Publicity Stunt? [Video]
Justin Timberlake's 'Tunnel Vision' video - the unrated version - has been banned by YouTube for violating the website's nudity and sexual content policy.The pop star released a promo for his new song earlier this...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 5th July 2013
Military Personnel and Veterans Get Free Tickets to 'White House Down'
Military veterans and active personnel were granted free access to Roland Emmerich's new movie White House Down on July 4, 2013. In a nice touch from Sony Pictures Entertainment and the four largest U.S. cinema...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th July 2013
Is Ben Wheatley's 'A Field in England' The Finest British Movie of 2013?
It is likely that Ben Wheatley's new movie A Field in England, staring Julian Barratt, will play no part in the major awards ceremonies in 2013 and 2014, though the historical drama has received a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th July 2013
Kanye West Offers Up Glittering Review of Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim'
If you've been frantically refreshing Rotten Tomatoes for reviews of Guillermo del Toro's monsters versus robots movie Pacific Rim, than quit it. Though the movie has garnered some negative press stateside with low tracking numbers,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th July 2013
Why Jessie J Leaving 'The Voice' Is Bad News For The Beeb
Jessie J is to leave her role as coach on BBC1's reality singing contest The Voice, blaming overseas touring and promotional commitments for her new record. In fairness, the BBC was lucky to hang on...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 5th July 2013
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