Having broken into music in an unorthodox way – Naughty Boy won £44k on Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal and used the money to set up his own recording space – Naughty Boy has...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 5th September 2013
Having stunned at Venice, Gravity is now pulling in the rest of us with a compelling new full-length trailer. Before – the teaser - we saw Sandra Bullock and George Clooney eerily drifting in space...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 5th September 2013
With the fourth instalment of the Riddick franchise comes a startling truth: if the series hadn’t worked out – it did, of course, propel its star to Hollywood stardom back in 2000 – then Vin...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
Stephen Hawking is not only the most prominent scientist of a generation; he’s a visionary, a philosopher and an inspiration. The man, who was handed two years to live when diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
Given the build up to Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, there was a slight air of tension as it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. Expectation does horrible things to movies; luckly, this true...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
Seth Rogen has slowly been moving away from the stoner character he half-plays in movies. And when we say half-plays, we mean that in the most affectionate way possible; we just get the impression there’s...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
It’s the end of days, people. Not delighted with the choices of Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson to play the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, fans of 50 Shades of Grey – or...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
Season two of the popular Jack Whitehall comedy, Bad Education, wasn’t your standard affair. The BBC show – having enjoyed a successful first season – debuted its second exclusively on BBC iPlayer before last night’s...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
Yet another controversial hour for music streaming giants Spotify as the Ministry of Sound have confirmed they’re suing over the use of playlists. The record label claim they have been asking Spotify to remove these...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th September 2013
The Toronto Film Festival has grown into one of the most important events in the movie calendar. Following the prestigious and glamorous Cannes and Venice festivals, it’s the sheer scale of Toronto’s slate that gives...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th September 2013
We haven’t seen a disparity in critical response like this since Ryan Gosling’s Only God Forgives – a film that was getting five-star and one-star reviews in the same day. It seems as though Scarlett...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
When Sony signed up the ‘hot talent’ that was Silibil n Brains, they thought they’d struck a veritable goldmine. Little did they know that Silibil n Brains weren’t tour buddies with Eminem; they weren’t best...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
In the first of our Oscars 2014 prediction series, we take a look at American Hustle, David O Russell’s follow up to last year’s highly acclaimed Silver Linings Playbook. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence return...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
Basically, everyone’s been watching Breaking Bad. That’s what’s going on. TMZ report that Lupe Fiasco, the man behind this delightful tune, has been hiding money for a convicted drug kingpin, storing millions of dollars...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd September 2013
Bryan Cranston was in serious danger of typecasting himself as Hal, father of Malcolm in the Middle and his unruly brothers. And in those heady days of Breaking Bad season one, Walter White’s goofy, heavy-handed...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
The biggest Spanish-language opening ever over the Labor Day holiday weekend in the U.S. was achieved by Instructions Not Included, according to studio estimates on Monday, The Huffington Post reports.Eugenio Derbez at the premiere for...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
Forget Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko; this decade won’t be defined by their enigmatic presence. Everyone wants to know what Amanda Bynes is doing, why, where she’s doing it, and...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 3rd September 2013
In an Orwellian twist to the evergreen problem of internet piracy, record labels are asking British Internet providers – such as BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB and Talk Talk – to keep track of their customers’...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd September 2013
Fearne Cotton’s back after doing the whole mum thing. She still has to do the whole mum thing for another 18 years+, but she’s mixing up the mum thing and the DJ thing. And now...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 2nd September 2013
After months of speculation and rumours over who would fill the shoes of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, we finally have our pair: Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam. The author of the raunchy ‘mummy-porn’ book,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
Partygoers were sent home a day early as Sunday’s finale of the Electric Zoo music festival - held on Randalls Island – was cancelled. Jeffrey Russ, 23 - a graduate of Syracuse University, and Olivia...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd September 2013
It’s been a pretty timid week for Lady Gaga fans by her standards. But when your standards are wearing dressed made of meat and modelling fully naked in arty videos, you could do quite a...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd September 2013
Nsync’s Lance Bass, who recently enjoyed a short-lived reunion with the band that made him famous, turned his boyfriend Michael Turchin into his fiancé when he asked him to marry him, U.S Magazine reports.Lance Bass...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 2nd September 2013
Alright, so we realise that nothing can truly be a bargain at £2m, but if you take a look at Billy Connolly’s castle – the one that’s up for sale right now – you might...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
It’s not often that someone deserves the mantle of ‘legend’; it’s an overused adjective and is rarely applied accurately. David Frost, however, was fully deserved his legendary status, and, following his tragic passing from a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
Steve Coogan is known for his seminal character: Alan Partridge. He even mocked the disparity of popularity between his work with a live show entitled ‘Steve Coogan Live - As Alan Partridge And Other Less...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
Idris Elba has hinted that, just because Luther – his popular BBC crime drama – is set to hit the big screen, there may still be some action for small screen fans of the maverick...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
When Jamie Oliver announced his next project – trying to convince the poorer families in the U.K that food could still be wholesome and affordable – he forgot one thing: dumbing down by his standards...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd September 2013
One minute she’s starring naked in a Marina Abramovic kickstarter campaign, the next she’s arguing with Azealia Banks on Twitter about mermaid costumes. Oh the life of Lady Gaga, it doesn’t seem to be filled...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 30th August 2013
Kendrick Lamar got exactly what he wanted when he spat the now-infamous incendiary verse on Big Sean’s ‘Control.’ He told his fellow rappers – some of which he works with – that he’s out to...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 30th August 2013
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
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'.
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.
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...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
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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