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Friday 27 June 2008

McAvoy Denies Hobbit Role

Scottish actor James McAvoy has denied reports he is to take the lead role in the new movie version of Lord Of The Rings prequel The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien's novel is set to be turned into a major blockbuster under the direction of Guillermo Del Toro and filming is due to begin in New Zealand later this year . McAvoy was reportedly favourite to take on the lead role of hobbit Bilbo Baggins - while Sir Ian McKellen will reprise his role as Gandalf . But McAvoy denies he has been approached by producers for the project. He tells TheCelebrityTruth.com, "I'm a huge fan of the Tolkien saga, everything to do with Middle Earth. But no, there's no truth in the fact that they've approached me yet."

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Tuesday 24 June 2008

Gamma Ray

Artist: Gamma Ray

   Genre(s):
Metal
   Rock
   Metal: Heavy
   Metal: Power

Discography:

Majestic

Year: 2005
Tracks: 10

Skeletons In The Closet (CD 2)

Year: 2003
Tracks: 10

Skeletons In The Closet (CD 1)

Year: 2003
Tracks: 9

No World Order

Year: 2001
Tracks: 11

New World Order

Year: 2001
Tracks: 11

Singles Collection

Year: 2000
Tracks: 15

CD1

Year: 2000
Tracks: 11

Blast From The Past CD2

Year: 2000
Tracks: 10

Blast From The Past CD1

Year: 2000
Tracks: 10

Blast From The Past - Disc 2

Year: 2000
Tracks: 10

Blast From The Past (Japanese Edition) (CD 2)

Year: 2000
Tracks: 10

Blast From The Past (Japanese Edition) (CD 1)

Year: 2000
Tracks: 11

Power Plant

Year: 1999
Tracks: 11

Hansen Out In France (Bootleg)

Year: 1998
Tracks: 10

Valley Of The Kings (EP)

Year: 1997
Tracks: 4

The Karaoke Album

Year: 1997
Tracks: 10

Somewhere Out In Space

Year: 1997
Tracks: 15

Rebellion In Sao Paulo

Year: 1997
Tracks: 10

Silent Miracles (EP)

Year: 1996
Tracks: 4

Rebellion In Dreamland (ep)

Year: 1995
Tracks: 4

Land Of The Free

Year: 1995
Tracks: 12

Alive '95

Year: 1995
Tracks: 12

Lust for Live

Year: 1994
Tracks: 11

[1993] Insanity And Genius

Year: 1993
Tracks: 12

Insanity And Genius

Year: 1993
Tracks: 11

Future Madhouse

Year: 1993
Tracks: 3

The Spirit

Year: 1991
Tracks: 2

Sigh No More

Year: 1991
Tracks: 10

Who Do You Think You Are ?

Year: 1990
Tracks: 3

Heaven Can Wait

Year: 1990
Tracks: 6

Heading For Tommorow

Year: 1990
Tracks: 10

Headling For Tomorrow

Year: 1989
Tracks: 10

Collection

Year:
Tracks: 18

Kai Hansen formed Helloween in 1984, playing guitar and vocalizing on the speed-metal band's first base quartet albums. He left hand in early 1989, however, and founded Gamma Ray with vocaliser Ralf Scheepers (erstwhile with Tyran Pace). The duo intended to record a one-off project that Hansen originated patch in Helloween, so they recruited bassist Uwe Wessel, drummer Matthias Burchardt and various other musicians. The album, Head for Tomorrow, was released in 1990 and proven a hit with fans and critics, so very much so that Hansen, Scheepers and Wessel decided to circuit the record album with added members Dirk Schlacter (guitar) and Uli Kusch (drums). During the turn the Heaven Can Wait EP was released. By 1991, Gamma Ray produced some other album of new material, entitled Sigh No More. Following 1993's Insanity and Genius, vocaliser Scheepers gone to try out for Judas Priest; he didn't fix the gig, merely opted to shape a new band called Primal Fear rather than rejoin to the bend, departure Hansen to exact over vocal duties on 1995's Land of the Free. Further recordings with Hansen as atomic number 82 vocalist followed, including 1997's Somewhere Out in Space, 1998's Valley of the Kings, and 1999's Power Plant. Crucify from the Past was released in 2000. Gamma Ray returned to a raging New Wave of British Heavy Metal style for 2001's No World Order, and followed that album with the live limit Skeleton in the Closet. Gamma Ray returned in 2005 with Majestic, the button of which was attended by a reality tour.

Sunday 22 June 2008

Memory Garden - Tides

Artist: Memory Garden - Tides

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Tides - Forever

Year: 1995
Tracks: 4

Divercia

Saturday 21 June 2008

Stars Gather To Mourn Saint Laurent

A host of celebrities, designers and supermodels including Claudia Schiffer and Catherine Deneuve have gathered in France to attend the funeral of late style maestro Yves Saint Laurent. The legendary fashion designer died on Sunday after battling a brain tumour - and his loss has been felt by stars from all over the entertainment industry. Saint Laurent's funeral took place in Paris, France on Thursday at the city's Saint-Roch church - with Paris' shops closing for two hours to pay their respects to the design icon. The 71-year-old's fellow designers Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Sonia and Nathalie Rykiel, Kenzo Takada and Valentino all turned out to honour their late rival. Deneuve - a close friend of Saint Laurent - read out a poem in homage to the man who created her outfits for cult 1967 movie Belle De Jour. Saint Laurent will be cremated and his ashes scattered in a botanical garden in Marrakech, Morocco, close to a house he owned in the region.

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Friday 20 June 2008

Shyamalan flips the formula for The Happening

The Happening
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo
** 1 / 2

There was once a punk rock novelty song recorded by a fellow named John Otway with the unlikely title Beware Of The Flowers �Cos I�m Sure They�re Gonna Get You Yeah. It was a daft rave-up that still managed to keep your head bobbing even after the humour of the chorus had worn off, but no one ever imagined that someone would make a whole movie based on its premise. This little gag � a very little one, I�ll shamefully admit - was the only thing that kept me smiling once the pivotal premise of The Happening revealed itself.

The very great problem with M. Night Shyamalan�s films is that once he departs from the nameless dread so painstakingly created in their setup, they�ve lost most of their reason to exist. He�s a horror director uninterested in shocking you silly as well as a maker of thrillers with one big plot point on which everything pivots, instead of a few dozen smaller ones meant to keep you intrigued. Sadly, once you�ve passed over the fulcrum of that pivot, his films often disintegrate into unintentional humour.

The Happening begins with a high school science teacher (Mark Wahlberg) quizzing his students about some inexplicable and ominous disturbances in nature�s balance, just as several cities in the U.S. northeast are being hit with what looks like a chemical attack. Things get serious fast, and he flees the city with his wife (Zooey Deschanel) and best friend (John Leguizamo), and they quickly find themselves stranded in the country as the suicide-inducing contagion closes in on them.

The film is a bit of a departure for the director, since he reveals the big premise early on, sparing the audience the eye-rolling revelations that made Signs and The Village so retroactively disappointing. Unfortunately that means you can start rolling your eyes and giggling earlier... at the first film that makes itself the punch line to global warming�s joke.

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Black Lips close day two of The Great Escape

Black Lips battled through a series of technical problems in the early hours of this morning (May 17) at Club NME at the Barfly in Brighton. The band were closing the second day of musical action at The Great Escape festival.

The band took the stage at 1:55am (BST) after having to play an extended sound-check just before their set, after technical difficulties had delayed their start time.

The problems persisted throughout the set, but fans in the rammed venue still responded with mass singalongs, crowd surfing and stage invasions. Singer/guitarist Cole Alexander asked the sound engineers for "a bit more magic" between songs to ensure the electricals were all working.

Everyone in the venue was sweltering, with hundreds of fans queuing outside hoping for a chance to see the band. After Black Lips played 'I Saw A Ghost (Lean)', three songs into the set, one fan passed out due to dehydration and had to be carried to safety by a security guard.

Later in the set, during 'Bad Kids', one male crowd member managed to get on stage and dance manically with the band, before being dragged off by security. He then went to the back of the crowd and crowd surfed all the way to the front, much to the delight of the band, who dedicated the song to him.

The show was a raucous end to the second day of the festival in Brighton. Just before their set London four-some Ipso Facto had played a less frenetic, yet highly-engaging set at the venue.

Their Horrors-esque melodic indie rock went down well with the fans, the band braving the heat to dress in their trademark smart black attire. They were watched by friends including band members of Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man.

Earlier in the day, at Concorde 2, the similarly-garbed White Lies had played an impressive set of Editors-esque rock, taking the stage at 8pm to an already-busy venue.

The band were followed by Reading's Pete And The Pirates, who showed off a small trophy before playing their set, which included 'She Doesn�t Belong To Me' and closer 'Come On Feet'.

The trophy was for winning a penalty shoot-out they had taken part in earlier in the day. The band had beated the likes of Young Knives, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man and The Wombats in the shootout, for which DJ Zane Lowe played in goal.

Earlier in the day Johnny Flynn apologised to fans for queues that had come to characterise the festival. "Sorry you had to queue" he said to fans who managed to get into the Pavilion Theatre venue by 7:15pm to see his set.

However, the atmosphere was lightened when several audience members loudly confessed their love for Flynn's cellist, Joe Zeiltin, much to the amusement of the rest of the band.

After Johnny Flynn and his band played a set including 'The Box', 'Cold Bread' and closer 'Tickle Me Pink' the crowd shouted loudly for more to no avail.

Later on at the Water Margin venue London art-rockers Hatcham Social played a well-received set of taught, Joy Division-esque rock including 'Berlin', 'Wishing Well' and 'Postcard In Colours'.

The band were clearly a hit, with many crowd members waiting patiently to congratulate the band and offer their thanks for the show.

Over at the Honeyclub The Cock 'N' Bull Kid played an early five-song set featuring a fetching glitter-covered guitar. Songs including 'On My Own' and 'Matters Of The Heart' got the crowd dancing to the glamour-pop show.

Sergeant's show at the Brighton Dome didn't go so smoothly, with the band having to halt after just one song due to problems with the PA. However, after engineers fixed the problem the band managed to wrap up their eight-song set.

Alphabeat proved a huge hit with festival-goers. The Hector's House venue, where they played at 11pm, was so full security staff could not close the venue doors.

The windows became increasingly steamy at the band played the likes of '10,000 Nights' wearing multi-coloured baseball caps and t-shirts, much to the delight of those who could make it inside.

The action continues tonight with the likes of Glasvegas, Crystal Castles and The Subways all set to perform. Check NME.COM to keep up with events.

Dead Infection

Artist: Dead Infection

   Genre(s):
Soundtrack

Discography:

The Greatest Shits

Year: 1998
Tracks: 12

A Chapter of Accidents

Year: 1995
Tracks: 18

Three cast in 'Woman'

Josh Meyers, Krysten Ritter, Ian Somerhalder join comedy

NEW YORK -- Josh Meyers, Krysten Ritter and Ian Somerhalder are about to learn "How to Make Love to a Woman" -- with a little help from porn star Jenna Jameson.

In Scott Culver's indie romantic comedy, Meyers plays a music executive with no idea how to satisfy his girlfriend (Ritter). He turns to advice from his musician pals as well as Jameson (who plays herself) but finds that time is running out when her handsome childhood friend (Somerhalder) appears. Eugene Byrd ("8 Mile") plays Meyers' character's best friend.

Newcomer Lindsay Richards also stars in the film, which features appearances by members of the bands Yellowcard, the Red Jumpsuit and Apparatus, Hellogoodbye.

Adam Lawson and Sheri Bryant are producing music video director Culver's feature debut through their I Lied About Everything Pictures shingle. Dennis Kao wrote the script. "Make Love" is shooting in Los Angeles.

"Mad TV" alum Meyers is repped by UTA and Principato/Young Management. Ritter (the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic") is repped by Innovative, the Group Entertainment and Sanders/Armstrong/Caserta Management. Somerhalder (the upcoming indie "Wake") is repped by Innovative and Untitled.

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