James Gandolfini - Gandolfini To Star In Big Screen Sitcom & other: 2008

Saturday 6 September 2008

Michael Moore - Moore To Release New Film Online For Free

Moviemaker MICHAEL MOORE has decided to post his new political documentary online so fans can download it for free.

Slacker Uprising, which chronicles Moore's attempts to firing up the youth of America to vote during the 2004 election, will be available as a free download for triad weeks from 23 September (08).

Moore says, "I thinking it'd be a skillful way to celebrate my 20th year of doing this, and also avail get out the ballot for November. I've been thinking about what I want to do to help with the election this class."

Moore's move first Baron Marks of Broughton the first time a major moving-picture show is released in such a way.

The director's last film, Sicko, was leaked online and downloaded illegally in large numbers.

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Wednesday 27 August 2008

Is Russell Crowe Channeling J.T. Walsh in �Body of Lies�?

Who is who?Photos: Warner Bros. (Body of Lies); Getty Images (Walsh)

We admit we don't exactly know what's going on in Ridley Scott's upcoming thriller Body of Lies. We know it's based on a novel by frequently awesome Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, and we know from the trailer that Leonardo DiCaprio plays a CIA agent and Russell Crowe plays his handler, who seems a little shady. We're obviously meant to wonder if Crowe's character is a good guy or a bad guy, but we already know that he's a bad guy. How do we know that? Because Russell Crowe seems to have modeled his look and his performance after beloved shifty character actor J.T Walsh.

Walsh spent most of the eighties and nineties playing morally corrupt lawmen, businessmen, politicians, and lawyers in movies like Red Rock West, The Last Seduction, The Client, The Negotiator, and Pleasantville. It should give you some sense of the roles he played to know that in Nixon, Oliver Stone cast him as John Erlichmann. He's the original Hey! It's That Guy!, a character actor who played the same role over and over and over. And Crowe's performance in Body of Lies' trailer is a dead ringer for Walsh. The silvery crew cut, the growl, the habit of looking over his glasses at people as if they're morons: It's all there. We look forward to the scene in Body of Lies in which Crowe double-crosses DiCaprio and gives him a speech about why it's for the greater good. And from way up in Character Actor Heaven, J.T. Walsh will smile.

Body of Lies trailer [Apple.com]

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Sunday 17 August 2008

Mp3 music: Moodymann

Artist: Moodymann: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

House

Moodymann's discography:

Black Mahogani

Year: 2004

Tracks: 10

Kenny Dixon, Jr.'s straight-from-the-shoulder views on the state of matter of calamitous techno and his distaste to promotional material put him in a league occupied by few Detroit producers other than Underground Resistance supremo "Sore" Mike Banks, though his tech-house productions as Moodymann ar soulful in a league few could expect. Dixon began producing early in the '90s, and inaugurated his possess KDJ Records in 1994 with the Moody Trax EP. Following singles like "The Day We Lost the Soul" and "I Can't Kick This Feelin When It Hits" proven one of the topper fusers of short, soulful disco samples to the harder minimalist Detroit techno. Further singles for After Midnight, Music Is..., and Carl Craig's Planet E Records (including the brilliant Dem Young Sconies EP) solidified Dixon's place in Detroit techno, though his position on furtherance remained unshakable. Much of his KDJ yield appeared on 1997's A Silent Introduction, patch the following year's Mahogany tree Brown brought much modern material. Forevernevermore, released in 2000, self-possessed more of his KDJ material and added several fresh tracks as well.

Thursday 7 August 2008

Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dark Knight Breaks Further Records

The Dark Knight has broken up to now another box office record in North America.

The young batman film has passed the $300 million (�151 million) mark faster than any other film in history, arrival the milestone in just ten years after beingness released.

The previous record had been held by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which took 16 days.

Unsurprisingly, The Dark Knight remained at the number unitary in the US loge office this weekend pickings $75.6 million (�38.1 million).

Christian Bale's mantle crusader beat off contest from Will Ferrell's new project Step Brothers and the long-awaited return of Mulder and Scully in The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

After only

Monday 30 June 2008

Sigourney Weaver - Weaver Makes Bid For Space Travel

Actress SIGOURNEY WEAVER is begging Virgin tycoon SIR RICHARD BRANSON to let her be next celebrity to venture into space.

The Aliens star has been inspired by Branson's adventurous pursuits, including hot-air balloon flights and space travel under his Virgin banner.

And she admits that a rumour she was planning space travel actually inspired her to try it out for real.

Weaver says, "I'd love to go (to space). Sure, if I had the opportunity. I read somewhere that I was going... I apparently was on the passenger list. I was apparently on the invitation (from Branson)."

But the actress has a back-up plan if she never receives the alleged call from the Virgin boss. She muses, "I'm building my own (spaceship) in my backyard."

British entrepreneur Branson signed a $28 million (GBP14million) agreement in 2004 to have five Virgin Galactic 'spaceliners' built in the U.S. A trip on the first privately developed carrier is estimated to cost $200,000 (GBP100,000)

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Wednesday 25 June 2008

Waterclime

Artist: Waterclime

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

The Astral Factor

Year: 2006
Tracks: 8

Friday 13 June 2008

Kidman gets Valentine's dedication

Country singer Keith Urban made a Valentine's Day dedication to his pregnant wife Nicole Kidman during a concert at Madison Square Garden last night.
According to People magazine, the singer paid tribute to his film star wife during the concert, which he co-headlined with 'American Idol' star Carrie Underwood.
Urban dedicated the track 'Got It Right This Time' to Kidman, who is currently in her native Australia.
He said: "It's Valentine's Day here tomorrow, but today it's already Valentine's Day in Australia."

Lost creator casts his next series

Two actors have been cast in key roles for 'Fringe', the new series from 'Lost' creator JJ Abrams.
Variety reports that Kirk Acevedo and Tomas Arana have been cast in the series which tells the story of an FBI agent who teams up with a troubled scientist and his estranged son to investigate paranormal phenomena.
The pilot episode of 'Fringe' is due to begin shooting in Toronto next month; the script was written before the writers' strike.
Abrams, who has written 'Fringe', will executive produce the series.

Warren G - Warren G Denies Drugs Were His

LATEST: Rapper WARREN G has protested his innocence over his weekend drug possession arrest, insisting he had nothing to do with the marijuana found in the car he was travelling in.

The Regulate hitmaker - real name Warren Griffin III - and his friend Ryan Butler were pulled over by cops in Hollywood in the early hours of Sunday (09Jun08) after they ran a red light. Police found a large stash of the drug and arrested both men for possession and intent to sell.

The pair has now been released on $20,000 (GBP10,000) bail - but Warren G claims he is not the guilty party.

His representative tells website TMZ.com, "They were in the Hollywood area for Kanye (West)'s party. He was a passenger asleep in the front seat when the car was pulled over.

"Whatever was found wasn't his, it was in the car."

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Light This City

Artist: Light This City

   Genre(s):
Metal

Discography:

Remains Of The Gods

Year: 2005
Tracks: 10

The Hero Cycle

Year: 2003
Tracks: 10

A speedy thrash metal band with decease metal overtones, Light This City ar chiefly notable for beingness peerless of the only bands in their chosen trend with a female lead singer, the dynamic and imposingly leather-lunged Laura Nichol. Formed in San Francisco in 2002 patch several members were noneffervescent in high shoal, the original card of Light This City consisted of Nichol on vocals, guitarists Tyler Gamlen and Steven Shirley, bassist Mike Dias, and drummer Ben Murray. This lineup recorded Light This City's debut, The Hero Cycle, only by the time the record album was released on the Reflections of Ruins mark in the fall of 2003, Gamlen and Shirley had been replaced by Brian Forbes and Steve Hoffman. That lineup of the band signed to the well-thought-of metal indie Prosthetic Records for their second album, 2005's Remains of the Gods. Further lineup changes followed afterwards that waiver, with Dias replaced by Jon Frost and new rhythm guitar player Ryan Hansen taking over for Hoffman. Light This City's third album, Cladding the Thousand, was released in the fall of 2006.

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Carsten Nicolai

Artist: Carsten Nicolai

   Genre(s):
Dance

Discography:

Wohltemperiert - Raster Noton (cdr039)

Year: 2001
Tracks: 15

Hemstock and Jennings

Artist: Hemstock and Jennings

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Babylon__Incl Icone Remix Vinyl

Year: 2006
Tracks: 2

Babylon (Icone Remix ASOT Version)

Year:
Tracks: 1

Spears & Gibson to holiday together?

Takaru

Artist: Takaru

   Genre(s):
Metal

Discography:

There Can Be Only None

Year:
Tracks: 11

Double eviction for BB: Celebrity Hijack

Bulletproof, Dark Times - Desperate Measures

Herald rating: * * * *Label: Uprising/CyanideVerdict: Music that makes you bulletproof and want to save the worldBrrr, it's cold outside. The world is a dark place. But never fear, Auckland drum 'n' bass missionary Bulletproof is dead set on saving us. He's the d 'n' b Marvin Gaye who's come to save the children.With a berserk mix of brutal beats, pummelling ebbs and flows, and smouldering soundscapes, his second album is a call to arms. And along the way you can dance your arse off, which is one way to warm up in these dark times.In contrast to 2007 debut Shake The Foundations, which was a collection of tracks gathered over six or so years, Dark Times - Desperate Measures is a more focused and cohesive album.The two title tracks - Desperate Measures and Dark Times (with a fiery Tiki Taane guest spot) - erupt in a flail of beats, oscillating frequencies, and verbal sparring. There's the nicely mangled Wreckage, which will separate your upper body from your legs if you're not careful, while the lighter flow of Line Of Sight and the darker dubstep moments of Syria and Repeat Offender mean the album is a beautifully balanced beast.

There's nothing particularly revolutionary about Bulletproof's musical approach but it's solid, propulsive and emotive.And compared to Australian drum 'n' bass outfit Pendulum's latest album, it's like a brick wall rather than a fancy, flimsy trellis.