Monks Of The Abbey Of Notre Dame & other: June 2008

Thursday 19 June 2008

Jen throws tantrum over mag cover

Jennifer Aniston allegedly threatened to pull out of a magazine photo shoot if co-star Jennifer Connelly joined her on the front cover.

The former Friends actress had agreed to appear in a new issue of America's Marie Claire magazine to promote latest movie He's Just Not That Into You but reportedly didn't want Connelly featured in the main photographs.

However, she was happy to pose alongside other female co-stars Drew Barrymore and Ginnifer Goodwin.

A source told Life and Style Weekly magazine: "She threatened to pull out if Jennifer was part of the cover. It was all about getting Jennifer Aniston front and centre and looking as sexy as possible."

Insiders on the movie set claim the two Jennifers didn't hit it off while working together.

One said: "There was no camaraderie between those two whatsoever. They didn't seem like friends in the slightest."

However, Aniston's representative has denied the story, insisting the two actresses became good friends on the movie and the magazine had requested she pose alone.

The representative said: "There is no drama whatsoever. Marie Claire wanted Jennifer Aniston alone. It was our idea to make it a group cover as Jennifer Aniston has a smaller supporting role in the film.

"The magazine only wanted to put three of them on the cover and definitely wanted Drew Barrymore.

"We recommended Ginnifer Goodwin because she is basically the lead role in the film. Jennifer got along great with Jennifer Connelly."

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Thursday 12 June 2008

'Tokyo!' heads to North America

Liberation Entertainment takes rights to film triptych

Friday 6 June 2008

Richie gives birth to a baby girl

Socialite and reality TV star Nicole Richie and her boyfriend, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, have become the parents of a baby daughter.
People magazine quoted a spokesman for Richie's manager as saying that Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Friday.
It is the first child for 26-year-old Richie and 28-year-old Madden.

Tuesday 3 June 2008

Moby: DJing made work fun again

MOBY - Last Night Rating *** 1/2
WITH five hit albums under his belt, Moby got bored.

Bored of never-ending touring and playing to faceless crowds. Bored of the
non-stop travel to soulless cities worldwide and bored of playing the same
songs every night. He wanted a change.

So for his latest album Last Night, he rediscovered his love of New York
clubs, in particular Manhattan’s trendy Lower East side which he has called
home for the past 15 years.

His apartment in Manhattan’s Little Italy doubles as his studio. It’s the hub
of Moby’s life, where he lives, records and entertains.

Gold and platinum discs and Joy Division posters dress the walls while the
only splash of colour in the all-white space is a yellow Andy Warhol/Velvet
Underground banana cushion.

Moby tells me:

Sean Connery - Connery Beats Beckham To Finishing Line

Sean Connery beats David Beckham when it comes to exercise, according to a survey.

Despite being 77, former James Bond actor Connery has topped a poll of celebrities women think about most when working out, beating 33-year-old footballer Beckham who came second.

The survey was commissioned to mark Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2008 series and looked to find out which celebrities would motivate women to get to the finish line.

Fiery chef Gordon Ramsey finished third, while Prince William came fourth in a survey of over 1,000 women by the charity.

Simon Cowell also featured, taking the fifth place spot on the list.

Natasha Woodford, head of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life said of the findings: "It was surprising to find that Sean Connery beat David Beckham, who regularly tops the poll of the world's best looking men.

"But whether it's a famous heartthrob or a family member, it's always a good incentive to have someone waiting for you at the finish line, and we're sure there will be lots of people supporting our Race for Life participants at the events this year."

As well as seeking to find every woman's ideal celebrity that motivates them to get to the finish line, the survey also revealed that women would most like to go for a walk, jog or run with the female cast of Friends, while the Golden Girls came second.

Third place went to those Desperate Housewives and the Sex and the City women and Girls Aloud made it into the chart in fourth and fifth place respectively.

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Lindsay to Sis: Follow My Lead!

Lindsay Lohan actually believes she's a good role model for her younger sister.
Lindsay Lohan: Click to watch

Right, because nothing says "role model" like a twice-arrested, thrice rehabbed grad who's become more known for her off-screen exploits than her actual "work."

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Brett Ratner - Ratner Plans Video Game Movies

Filmmaker BRETT RATNER is planning to make a string of video-game inspired movies, after signing a deal with developer Activision.

The Rush Hour director's new company, Brett Ratner Brands, has created commercials for new Activision game Guitar Hero, which aired on U.S. TV during the finale of reality TV hit American Idol on Wednesday (21May08).

And he is hoping to use his relationship with the company to take a slew of computer games to Hollywood.

Ratner tells industry publication Variety, "The games business is much more exciting than the movie business right now. I will be doing movies that come from videogames, (now) I have access to the Activision brain."

Activision is the company behind the Quake, Doom and Call of Duty video game series.

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Fans beg Winehouse to quit drugs after video

Fans of troubled singer Amy Winehouse have begged her to get help after she was caught on video apparently smoking crack cocaine.
Footage obtained by The Sun appears to show her inhaling fumes from a crack pipe after an apparent 19-minute drugs binge in which she snorted ecstasy, cocaine and admitted to taking Valium tablets.
The disturbing images were said to have been filmed during a party at Winehouse's London home in the early hours of last Friday, just before she attended a court hearing for husband Blake Fielder-Civil. He is awaiting trial on charges of assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Looking dishevelled and wearing a grubby black vest in the video, Winehouse was barely able to talk. When friends ask her to go out with them, she is heard to reply: "I'd be useless to you because I've had about six Valium."
On the singer's website, fans warned the 24-year-old that she would die unless she sought help.
One fan said: "That video of you at home, which is now doing the rounds, will hopefully be instrumental in getting you where you need to be."
The fan quoted the mother of the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain, warning Winehouse not to "join that stupid club" of dead rock stars.

Things get hot, heavy at KISS

It was long, but it certainly wasn’t dull. KISS Concert 2008 proved to be nearly nine hours worth of radio hits, hometown reunions, shout-outs to the Boston Celtics [team stats] and search parties for fine young ladies in the house.
The annual music marathon was heavy on hysterics and short sets that kept fans dancing or at least reasonably interested despite a couple of transportation mishaps that kept rapper Flo Rida from taking the stage and delayed Sean Kingston’s set.
Hometown heartthrobs New Kids on the Block unveiled what Donnie Wahlberg deemed the official start of their much-anticipated reunion yesterday, and fans welcomed them with flailing arms.

Anyone who saw the Kids’ performance on Friday’s “Today” show got a virtual repeat on Sunday, as the men mixed up back-in-the-day hits including “Step By Step” with their new single, “Summertime.”
They wore five variations on a black suit, re-emerged in Celtics jerseys after a wardrobe change and danced in synchronicity. Jonathan Knight looked like a banker out of his element, but other than that the fivesome seemed into it. And yes, they still do the side-to-side swinging legs dance.
Fellow hometown heroes Boys Like Girls also took the KISS stage yesterday, breaking out hits including the frantic “Great Escape,” then engaging in the night’s edgiest moment when lead singer Martin Johnson smashed his guitar to pieces.
The sold-out show was friendly to teens, tweens and their adult escorts, with virtually no inappropriate moments and songs that parents could bounce along to and still maintain their dignity, including Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” and the slinky sounds of Maroon 5, whose funk-soul undertones were a nice counterpoint to much of the sugary pop yesterday.
Former teen sensation Jesse McCartney did his best Justin Timberlake impression after the super-sweet “Beautiful Soul,” while sets from Eurodance sensation Cascada and former Fugee Wyclef Jean - who appeared sans his signature dreadlocks and spent the majority of his time in the crowd - helped to keep fans warm.
Nearly every artist was well-received, but the Jonas Brothers appeared to be the main attraction, at least in terms of screams. Songs such as “Hold On,” “Year 3000” and “S.O.S.” were almost afterthoughts beneath all the shrieking for the impossibly cute trio. True, if youre not a die-hard Jonas fan, then the brothers’ bounce-friendly brand of pop feels a little like torture. Otherwise, you’re pretty much in heaven.

Rosana

Artist: Rosana

   Genre(s):
Vocal
   Rock & Roll
   Folk
   Latin
   Other

Discography:

Directo Las Ventas

Year: 2007
Tracks: 14

De Casa a las Ventas CD3

Year: 2007
Tracks: 14

De casa a las ventas CD2

Year: 2007
Tracks: 12

De casa a las Ventas CD1

Year: 2007
Tracks: 19

Magia

Year: 2005
Tracks: 13

Lunas Rotas

Year: 1996
Tracks: 12

Starting as a romantic isaac Bashevis Singer, Rosana too had success in the disco and MPB styles with her gospel-tinged vocal interpretations. Singing since her early teens in her father's group, Casanova's, in 1981 she made her debut in the MPB Shell festival (TV Globo), merely her number one rack up came only with "Nem Um Toque", from a demo mag tape that over up being included in the nationwide TV Globo soap opera Roda de Fogo. The success was confirmed in 1987 with "O Amor e o Poder", for the besides broadly popular soap opera of the same identify. One of the to the highest degree airy songs in that year, it besides was included in her number one LP, CoraÃ§Ã£o Selvagem. Her 1989's LP Onde o Amor me Leva won the Sharp award as the Best Record of the Year, patch she likewise was awarded in the same year with the Globo Radio System trophy as the Best Singer of the Year, followed by performances in Portugal and Mexico. In 1990 he launched the Spanish version of that album for the Latin market place, Por Donde el Amor me Lleva and the unedited Doce Pecado, which had a hit with "Riscos do Amor", included in the soundtrack of the soap opera SalomÃ© (TV Globo). Awarded in the same year with the Imprensa trophy as the Best Singer of the Year, in 1994 Essa Sou Eu brought her the Sharp award in the same class. Her disco-oriented Vende Peixe-se (1996) had a hit with "Linha de Fogo", included in the soundtrack of the TV Globo series MalhaÃ§Ã£o. After a period retired to look after her newborn kid, she returned to the artistic scene in 1999, active in the commemorations of the Banco do Brasil Culture center for the 90 age of Carmen Miranda's birth.

Lees adds star quality to drama school