It was a tense fight, but this weekend’s box office goes to the Vin Diesel sci-fi action Riddick, meaning Lee Daniels’ The Butler has finished its three-week run. Riddick made $18.7 making it the first...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th September 2013
Snoop Dogg and Franz Ferdinand dominated Saturday at Bestival on the Isle of Wight. Festival goers enjoyed a rare bit of sunshine yesterday (September 7) and Snoop Dogg performed a set, featuring some of his...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th September 2013
Some old questions are raised again this week with the release of Diana, starring Naomi Watts. The film - directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel - focuses of the final years of Diana’s life, her relationships with...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th September 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch has a lot of respect for Julian Assange and believes his portrayal of the WikiLeaks founder in the upcoming film The Fifth Estate to be a celebration of Assange’s work. Even so, Assange...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th September 2013
Kate Winslet honored the unwritten Hollywood tradition of stars not staying to watch the premieres of their own films and skipped out on the Toronto Film Festival showing of Labor Day. However, while many actors...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th September 2013
The Super Bowl is arguably the biggest sports event in the US, so it’s no wonder that with months still left until the big game, announcements have already started to slip – such as Bruno...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th September 2013
Fifty Shades of Grey readers might not be all that happy about the casting of Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam for the lead parts in the film, but the actors themselves couldn’t be more thrilled....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th September 2013
Sacro GRA – an unassuming documentary about life on the ring road, circling Rome, directed by Venice Film Festival regular Gianfranco Rosi, surprisingly came out as the frontrunner and won the festival’s Golden Lion distinction...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th September 2013
Attention Directioners: we know a movie and a new album might be too much to handle withing such a short timeframe, but the 1D guys have announced the upcoming release of Midnight Memories. The lads...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 6th September 2013
With all of Kanye West’s recent success around the release of Yeezus, there was one thing conspicuously missing – an album tour. Of course, West is a new dad, having welcomed baby North with Kim...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 6th September 2013
Carrie Underwood is a talented, rich and beautiful country singer, but she became instantly more relatable to clumsy regular folk everywhere, when she took a rather ungraceful tumble onstage during her Corpus Christi concert on...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 6th September 2013
This is only the latest Kenneth Cole tweet to enrage the masses, but considering the fashion designer used a conflict that has left the Syrian people and scores of refugees in a state of crisis...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 6th September 2013
Alec Baldwin’s own talk show on NBC? What could be better? The network made the announcement on Thursday afternoon, less than two weeks after the birth of the actor's daughter, Carmen Gabriela. It’s a good...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th September 2013
Vin Diesel’s Riddick, which hit theatres this week, was something of a pet project for the actor. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Diesel accuired the rights to the Universal sci-fi franchise with a trade-off –...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th September 2013
Katy Perry’s pop anthem Roar is justifying its name and storming the Billboard chart. The motivational tune, which features lines like: I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire/Cause I...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 6th September 2013
Lamar Odom, whose troubles with substance abuse have received a lot of publicity lately, has now checked into a rehab facility, according to People. The website cites two anonymous sources for confirmation, with one source...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 5th September 2013
Shane Salerno’s oral biography and accompanying feature film about the work, life and trials of J. D. Salinger are both due to be released this week (the biography on Tuesday, while the film will hit...
News posted in Books / Authors on 5th September 2013
The end of last year’s X-Men: First Class saw the shapeshifter Mystique finally come to terms with her identity as a mutant and abandon Charles Xavier for Magneto’s band of rebels. The character’s development will...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th September 2013
Little North West entered the world almost two months ago as the second most highly anticipated baby of the year, with paparazzi tracking Kim Kardashian’s every move at the time. Now, the Keeping Up With...
News posted in Fashion / Beauty on 5th September 2013
There were a few career benchmarks left for Christina Aguilera’s career – a Maxim cover, a greatest hits album, that sort of thing. Now the singer, formerly known as Xtina has ticked one off the...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 5th September 2013
By now it’s a well-known fact that the actors, selected for the lead parts in 50 Shades of Gray – Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam – don’t really appeal to fans’ tastes. In fact, some...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th September 2013
Dancing with the Stars returns with a slightly revamped cast and a slightly younger target demographic, it would seem. The cast in question was revealed Wednesday on Good Morning America. Some of the plucky young...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th September 2013
In news that everyone saw coming, Kate Upton has been named the 2013 Model of the Year. This begs the question however, does anyone remember reading about any other model this year? Miss Upton didn’t...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 4th September 2013
We loved John Oliver on The Daily Show, but let’s be honest – it’s really Jon Stewart’s schtick. Well, fans of the comedian/director/pundit will no doubt be glad to learn that he is finally back...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
It seems that Jack Nicholson is retiring from acting. The reports stating that the actor has filmed his last movie, although yet to be confirmed by a rep or Nicholson himself, have been numerous and...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 4th September 2013
Scarlett Johansson stays as provocative as ever in the newly released trailer for the creepy sci-fi flick Under the Skin. In a nightmarish alien story vaguely reminiscent of the 90s horror Species, Johansson plays what...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
Katie Couric, one of the most respected American journalists, has found love again at the age of 56. Couric, who lost her first husband Jay Monahan to colon cancer in 1998, and 50-year-old financier John...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
Well, it looks like the American Idol mayhem is all over. We can all breathe a little easier, knowing that the American Idol set won’t feature two empty chairs next season, driving poor Keith Urban...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
Lady Gaga’s appearance at London’s iTunes festival has been long teased and long awaited, but the Applause singer went beyond any fan expectations, by premiering several new songs from ARTPOP at the festival. The hour-long...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd September 2013
“All Is Lost” is without a doubt a one-man show – playing on deep seeded fears of loneliness and psychological issues of survival and abandonment, rather than relying on twists and flashy action to hook...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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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