Pete Wentz - The Things They Say 8369 & other: June 2008

Thursday 26 June 2008

Amy Winehouse's Husband 'Offered Ex-Bouncer Money To Smash Up Pete Doherty'

Blake Fielder-Civil, the husband of Amy Winehouse, reportedly offered an ex-bouncer money to organise an attack Pete Doherty.

Fielder-Civil apparently wanted Doherty “smashed to pieces” following conflicting newspaper reports about the singer's relationship with his wife.

Richard Lyttle, 39, claims he was approached by Fielder-Civil when the pair were inside Pentonville prison.

“We were sitting in my cell and he said, ‘If you get Doherty for me I’ll give you £20,00',” he told the Sun newspaper.

“He kept saying, ‘Can you arrange it?’ and telling me to get some guys to his house. He knew the address. He said, ‘Amy’s obviously sleeping with him.’

“He knew I used to be a doorman and knew some tough people. He said he wanted him smashed to pieces.”

Although the paper claims that Lyttle has since been released, Fielder-Civil is awaiting sentence after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a man and then attempting to cover the incident up.

Fielder-Civil faces a maximum of five years in prison over the assault charge.

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Monday 16 June 2008

Ayaka

Artist: Ayaka

   Genre(s):
Pop: Japan

Discography:

Clap: Love Why

Year: 2007
Tracks: 5

Mikazuki

Year: 2006
Tracks: 4

I believe

Year: 2006
Tracks: 3

First Message

Year: 2006
Tracks: 15

The Voice

Year: 2004
Tracks: 13

Director of new Marvin Gaye biopic revealed

Saturday 7 June 2008

Two join Lindsay Lohan in 'Labor'

Connie Britton, Chris Parnell in comedy

Connie Britton and Chris Parnell will star opposite Lindsay Lohan in "Labor Pains," a Nu Image/Millennium comedy in which Lohan plays a woman who fakes being pregnant.

Fearing she's about to be fired from her job at a military publisher, Lohan's character tells her boss she's with child; not only does she keep her job, her luck begins to turn in other areas as well.

Commercial director Laura Shapiro will helm from a script she wrote with television scribe Stacey Kramer ("Lizzie McGuire"). Overnight Films and Plum Pictures will produce the movie.

The project had originally been set up at Captiol Films, but Avi Lerner's shingle came on board last month as the financial situation at Capitol became more dire. The movie has been granted a SAG waiver, with production scheduled to start next week in Los Angeles.

Lohan had recently withdrawn from a number of roles, including "Manson Girls" and Poor Things;" she is set to star in "Dare to Love Me," an indie biopic about tango.

Parnell is repped by UTA; Britton is repped by William Morris.

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Friday 6 June 2008

E.S.G.

Artist: E.S.G.

   Genre(s):
Other

Discography:

All American Gangsta

Year: 2004
Tracks: 4

L.A. Suing Time Warner Cable

The city of Los Angeles is expected to file a lawsuit against Time Warner Cable today (Thursday) alleging that the company made false and misleading statements to Adelphia Communications subscribers after it acquired the company in 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported today. In a 25-page lawsuit, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo claims that the New York-based cable provider violated its franchise agreement with the city by providing poor customer service and allowing excessive delays in repair work. "Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles residents were ripped off," the Times quoted Delgadillo as saying in a statement. "Time Warner must be held accountable for its promises." According to the newspaper, the cable provider, which is in the process of being spun off by parent Time Warner Inc., could face civil penalties amounting to tens of millions of dollars.

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Tinariwen

Artist: Tinariwen

   Genre(s):
New Age
   Rock
   Other

Discography:

Aman Iman

Year: 2007
Tracks: 12

Womad

Year: 2004
Tracks: 1

Amassakoul

Year: 2004
Tracks: 11

Radio Tisdas Sessions

Year: 2002
Tracks: 10

Tinariwen is a Tuareg group that performs in a Middle Eastern/African elan exchangeable to artists like Ali Farka Toure or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. All of the musicians originating from the southern Sahara, the group's key out, meaning "empty places," is a mirror image of their lands of origin. The band formed in the rebel camps of Colonel Ghadaffi, as each of the musicians had been constrained from their nomadic lifestyle into involuntary military inspection and repair. Surrounded by a displaced nation of their peers, Tinariwen forged a new style of music, trading their traditional lutes and shepherd's flutes for electric guitars and drums. The style that resulted was dubbed Tishoumaren, "the medicine of the unemployed people." Their medicine addressed issues such as political awakening, problems of deportee, repression of their people, and demands of sovereignty. In a realm with no postal or telephony system, their tapes presently became a grassroots voice of insurrection and a rallying point for a voiceless nation. Though unlawful in Algeria and Mali, 2001's The Radio Tisdas Sessions and 2004's Amassakoul are uncommitted to Western audiences.

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Cameron Diaz - Diaz Loses Locks For Movie Role

Hollywood actress CAMERON DIAZ has shed her trademark blonde locks for a new movie role.

The 35-year-old was fitted with a bald cap before shooting scenes for upcoming picture My Sister's Keeper at Los Angeles' Santa Monica Pier.

The movie - also starring Alec Baldwin - is slated for release next year (09).

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Adele - 19

Flushing aside the myriad of female singer-songwriters on the market at the moment, Adele could be something special. As it stands she enters the marketplace searching for the element of uniqueness among the saturation and therefore seems to have more to prove. Her debut album '19' goes a long way towards stamping her musical talent on the public awareness.
From the outset we can feel a gutsy, angst-ridden vibe from the young singer, infusing her music with a brash, funky kind of girl power (for want of a better phrase), built around the strength of the female voice - gravelly and coarse, therefore setting her in a different bracket to the aforementioned plethora of female talent currently championing the charts.
While her debut chart-topping single 'Chasing Pavements' is a great catchy pop song, it is on the more simplistic and bare tracks that Adele's vocal range is really evident. The teenage singer works a range of music styles here from the blues-inflections of 'Crazy for You' to the stripped-back 'First Love', creating a sound that is mature and soulful.
What is refreshing is that Adele isn't afraid to present her raw voice, exposed - without instrumentals clouding the sound. The result is plenty of stripped-back material, that is reliant on the natural strength of her voice to carry the stories she tells in her songs.
If you're now thinking that '19' sounds like a whine-fest then have a listen to the brighter and bolder tracks like 'Right As Rain' and 'Cold Shoulder' before making a judgement. Filled with big beats, they offer a fresh vibe before the album has a chance to become tired.
She has Mark Ronson's stamp of approval, she has a sound that is far older than her 19 years and she isn't afraid to speak her mind - Adele has the potential to go far and she certainly seems to have her head screwed on in terms of the fame game. We can probably expect much more creative material from her as 19 becomes 20-something.
Linda McGee

Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network Into Rock County, Wis.

JANESVILLE, Wis., June 3 -- Verizon Wireless today
announced it has activated three new cell sites in Rock County that bring
the nation's most reliable network to area residents. This new coverage
area is in the southeastern portions of Rock County and includes the
communities of Johnstown Center, Lima Center, Avalon, Emerald Grove,
Harmony and Bradford.

In March, Verizon Wireless announced plans to expand coverage to
approximately 59,000 residents in Rock, Walworth and Jefferson counties by
mid-June. "With such a large demand for reliable wireless coverage in this
area we pushed to complete the expansion ahead of schedule," said T.J. Fox,
president-Wisconsin/Illinois Region, Verizon Wireless. "We are continually
investing in and perfecting our network so our customers can take advantage
of all our services, no matter where they live or travel."

Expanding its network into Rock County is part of Verizon Wireless'
effort to enlarge its coverage area, improve indoor reception, increase
capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in
Wisconsin and throughout the country. Since the company was formed in 2000,
Verizon Wireless has invested more than $222 million in Wisconsin on
improvements to its network to increase coverage and capacity, and to add
new services. More than $37 million of this investment was spent in
Wisconsin in 2007.

High-Speed Features: BroadbandAccess, V CAST

With this expansion, Verizon Wireless customers in Rock County can now
access the company's high-speed wireless network and enjoy two prime
services: BroadbandAccess and V CAST multimedia services.

Based on Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network
technology, BroadbandAccess provides mobile users access to their
information as if they were attached to this data via a high-speed wired
connection but with the freedom of true mobility. Developed with a range of
users in mind, the service enables large enterprises, small to medium-sized
businesses and mobile professionals to conduct business anytime, anywhere
in the BroadbandAccess coverage area through a secure, high-speed data
connection.

With BroadbandAccess, users can expect average download speeds of 600
kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per second and average upload
speeds of 500-800 kbps. Customers can download a 1 Megabyte email
attachment -- the equivalent of a small PowerPoint(R) presentation or a
large PDF file -- in about eight seconds, and upload the same-sized file in
less than 13 seconds. Customers who travel outside the BroadbandAccess
coverage area with an EV-DO device will switch seamlessly to Verizon
Wireless' existing NationalAccess network.

The company's high-speed network also enables its V CAST multimedia
services, which offers customers the ability to download full song tracks,
play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips straight to their handset
with top transmission speeds. With content updated daily, customers can
watch dozens of on-demand videos, including breaking news, weather, sports
highlights and the hottest entertainment clips.

Customers with V CAST Music can download song tracks directly to their
Verizon Wireless handsets or to PCs equipped with Windows(R) XP or Vista
operating systems. The V CAST Music on-demand service includes access to a
catalog of more than 3 million songs.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 67.2 million customers. Headquartered in Basking
Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint
venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE:
VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com . To
preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution
stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless
Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia .

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Corrie's David puts Gail's life in danger

'Coronation Street' is set for a very dramatic storyline next week when David Platt decides to take revenge on his mother Gail for keeping Tina's pregnancy secret from him.
According to reports, David (played by Jack P Shepherd) overhears Gail telling Jason that Tina (Michelle Keegan) has decided to have an abortion.
Gail (Helen Worth) wants to clear the air with Jason because he thinks that it is his wife Sarah who is hiding a pregnancy from him.
When David overhears the conversation he confronts his mother about taking his girlfriend Tina to have a secret abortion.
After a blazing row, David storms upstairs to pack his bags. Gail follows him to try to persuade him to change his mind.
But David launches into a tirade of abuse and then pushes Gail down the stairs.
As she lies motionless at the bottom of the stairs, David screams at her to wake her up.
When Gail doesn't respond, David flees the scene without even calling an ambulance.
Eventually Gail's neighbours find her and she is taken to hospital where doctors fight to save her life.
For more on 'Coronation Street' click here.