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World Record Attempt Goes To Pieces As 40,000 Piece Jigsaw Collapses
Think you’re having a bad day? Well, just think yourself lucky that you’re not Dave Evans from Weymouth. The unlucky craftsman had spent 200 hours putting together a 40,000 piece jigsaw, featuring 33 different images...
British Star Colin Firth Lined Up For New Woody Allen Movie
Following the news that Emma Stone is lined up to star in a Woody Allen movie, Deadline have announced that British actor Colin Firth is also in the running to star in the film. As...
Michael Fassbender Attached to New Macbeth Production
Michael Fassbender will star in a forthcoming screen production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Screen Daily have reported. The new version of the Shakespearian classic will be produced by SeeSaw, the producers of The King’s Speech and...
Weather Scuppers One World Trade Center's Tallest Building Bid
One World Trade Center is already the tallest building in New York. However, it is still missing the remaining pieces of its spire, which will make it the tallest building in the Western hemisphere. The...
Have Daughter Just Made Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' Even Better?
The London based folk band Daughter have covered Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky,’ lending the French duo’s record breaking disco track a sultry, mellow number, with Elena’s distinctive laid-back vocals providing a neat counterpoint to Pharrell’s,...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 29th April 2013
A Week In Music - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Progress From Punky Roots With Mosquito, 30 Seconds To Mars' 'Up In the Air' Comes With A Warning And Daft Punk Break Records With 'Get Lucky'
Albums of Note... Yeah Yeah Yeahs have returned after a lengthy break, with Mosquito. It’s a marked step in the band’s evolution and a further step away from their punky roots. Mosquito has opened up...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 29th April 2013
By Some Miracle I Made It Out Of There - The Shocking Rise And Fall Of Tom Sizemore
Tom Sizemore’s autobiography ‘By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There’ details the actor’s dramatic fall from grace. Known for his roles in movies such as Saving Private Ryan and Natural Born Killers, at...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29th April 2013
Legendary Cellist János Starker Dies, Aged 88
The famous cellist János Starker has died, at the age of 88, Limelight Magazine has reported. Born in Budapest, in 1924, Starker was a child prodigy, who had five cello pupils of his own by...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 29th April 2013
No Ordinary Memoir: The Beastie Boys Plan Book Release For 2015
The Beastie Boys are planning to release a memoir in 2015. However, fans of the band can rest assured that this won’t be some old fashioned straight-up linear history of the Beastie Boys. No sir....
Big Revelations: Victoria Beckham Designs Clothes In The Nude, Insists She's 'Not A Cow'
In what can only be described as the biggest revelation to hit the fashion industry in recent years, the news has broken that Victoria Beckham takes her clothes off, in order to design more new...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29th April 2013
Radio Disney Awards 2013: Selena Gomez Wins Best Female Artist
Proving that there’s life after Justin Bieber (and heaven knows it seems like the girl had a lucky escape, if recent reports are anything to go by), Selena Gomez was one of the big winners...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 29th April 2013
The Strangest Thing In The World: LaToya Jackson Hears Michael Jackson's Ghost Tap-Dancing
La Toya Jackson is convinced that she can hear her late brother’s ghost tap-dancing in the family house. The former Celebrity Apprentice star LaToya was talking on Good Day New York when she confessed that...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th April 2013
Danny O'Donoghue Takes A Shine To Former Hollyoaks Actress Alice Barlow
Danny O’Donoghue seems to be the only member of the judging panel on The Voice that can’t be bothered to keep up the pretence. Once that chair’s turned around and they’re done listening to the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2013
Will Wes Craven Revisit Scream For MTV Series?
MTV announced details of its forthcoming TV schedule last night (April 25, 2013) and it appears that Wes Craven is in talks with Dimension Films to potentially direct the pilot for a new TV series...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2013
Lauryn Hill Defends Sony Deal On Tumblr Site
Rumors that Lauryn Hill has signed a new deal with Sony Music are true, the singer has confirmed. However, the former Fugees star released a statement on her Tumblr page to say that the reported...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2013
Godmother Monster: Elton John Chooses Lady Gaga As Godmother To Elijah
Lady Gaga has obviously proven herself to be excellent godmother material. After choosing her to be godmother to their first son Zachary, Elton John and David Furnish have asked her to take on the role...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th April 2013
A Lucky Escape? 2 Chainz Found Not Guilty On Marijuana Possession
2 Chainz has managed to walk away from his marijuana possession charge an innocent man, thanks to a lack of evidence that the offending items actually belonged to him. The Guardian reports that 2 Chainz...
![Back To Basics: Michael Buble On New York Subway [Video]](https://admin.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20130423/230413_michael_buble_cd/michael-buble-michael-buble-signs-copies-of_3624096.jpg "Back To Basics: Michael Buble On New York Subway [Video]")
Back To Basics: Michael Buble On New York Subway [Video]
Presumably inspired by Kim Wilde’s drunken singalong on the London tube over the Christmas period, Michael Buble has taken his jazzy light entertainment vibes to the New York subway, Sky News reports. Taking up position...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2013
Bat-Fanatic: Prince William Revs Batmobile On Royal Visit To Warner Bros Studios
Prince William “could not resist the chance” to take a seat on Batman’s bike in a recent visit to the Warner Bros studios near Watford, The Telegraph reports today (April 26, 2013). Accompanied by his...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th April 2013
What's Your Secret? Willie Nelson Celebrates 80th Birthday, Country Singer Still On The Road
Next week (either April 29 or April 30, depending on who you listen to), Willie Nelson will celebrate a landmark birthday. The legendary country singer turns 80 but, as an Associated Press article reveals, he...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th April 2013
Dance Tribute To Roger Ebert Led By Tilda Swinton, To Barry White Song
If there’s one thing Tilda Swinton knows how to do (and we reckon she knows how to do far more than just the one thing), it’s ‘create a stir’ and that’s exactly what she did...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th April 2013
In Memory Of Paula: Peaches Geldof Opts For Caesarean Section On Paula Yates' Birthday
Peaches Geldof and Thomas Cohen have welcomed their second child into the world. Their son Phaedra was born on Peaches’ late mother Paula Yates’ birthday and a report from The Sun suggests that Peaches had...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th April 2013
Hold The Front Page! Teaser Clip Online Of New 'Arrested Development' Series
Excitement is really starting to mount for Arrested Development fans as the show’s characters get their own person and finally a clip is release online. Netflix have funded a new series of the popular comedy...
Shaun The Sheep Lands His Own Movie: Nick Park Creation Gets Hollywood Treatment
Nick Park’s Shaun the Sheep has ben promoted again. After starring in Wallace & Gromit and then landing his own TV show, the animated farm animal is getting his own movie, The Guardian reports today...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2013
Anne Hathaway Cabaret Rumors Prove False
The Daily Mail has taken down its story regarding Anne Hathaway joining the Broadway show cabaret and now., E! News reports that the rumors are most likely false. Anne’s rep contacted E! to say “it’s...
Bafta Winning Director Asif Kapadia To Direct Amy Winehouse Documentary
The British director Asif Kapadia is due to release a documentary film about the late singer Amy Winehouse, BBC News have reported. Using unseen footage of the singer, the movie is expected to be ‘similar’...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2013
Amazing Spider-Man Star Emma Stone Lands Woody Allen Role
Emma Stone has turned to famed director Woody Allen for her next major movie role. Having already earned her stripes in the blockbuster scene, with movies like The Amazing Spider-Man (and of course its sequel)...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2013
The Funky Bunch To Reunite? 'Why Not?' Says Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg to reprise his Marky Mark persona and reunite with The Funky Bunch? Well, he didn’t exactly rule it out. A TMZ reporter (albeit not a very clued up one) collared him after an...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 25th April 2013
Fashion, Be Damned: January Jones Muddles Image, Media Recoils In Horror
Oh January Jones, how you hath incurred the wrath of the shallow media world today. January and her Mad Men co-stars arrived at the Paley Centre for Media’s screening of the new Mad men show...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th April 2013
'He Needs To Grow Up' - Michael Bay Explains Dwayne Johnson's Absence From Pain And Gain Premiere
Dwayne Johnson had to miss the premiere of his latest movie Pain & Gain because of a hernia operation, E! News reports. The Rock – as he is otherwise known – was notably absent from...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th April 2013
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Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
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'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
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.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
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...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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