Every time a new Coen brothers film is announced, and any time Justin Timberlake or Marcus Mumford make new music, there is excitement. So when all three parties combine in a music & film synergy,...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 27th February 2013
Seth MacFarlane was always a risky choice as Oscars host; his brash, unflinching style of humor was designed to suck in a younger audience, expanding on that coveted demographic, but what actually happened is...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 27th February 2013
Bobby Brown – ex-husband to the late Whitney Houston – has been sentenced to 55 days in jail after being charged with a DUI offence, according to celebrity gossip site, TMZ.Brown's license had been suspended...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 27th February 2013
Adele celebrated her Oscar win like so many others: tears and thankyous. But did she only win because of the Bond tribute that punctuated The 85th Academy Awards? If so, what should it have been?Well...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th February 2013
Seth Macfarlance hosted The Oscars, and he hosted them badly; at least that’s the general consensus amongst the critics, so it comes as no surprise that The Family Guy creator won’t be donning that black...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th February 2013
The Onion have seemingly taken their shtick too far, but, considering it’s their unflinching, satirical take on the news that won them such a large audience in the first place, we’d be fools not to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th February 2013
It’s kind of an unwritten rule: when you win an Oscar, you thank all the people who helped you ‘make it’, even though they’re secretly thanking you for getting the film so much extra publicity.So...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th February 2013
Issue No. 8 of the “Batman Incorporated,” will see Robin The Boy Wonder – otherwise known as Damien Wayne – die in a blaze of glory. And anyone annoyed with us, and thinks this is...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th February 2013
David Bowie continues his resurgence with The Stars Are Out Tonight – the second single to be taken from his upcoming album, The Next Day – his first studio album in almost 10 years.The...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th February 2013
If there’s anything worse that winning just one Oscar after your film was nominated for five, it's winning Best Sound Editing, and if there’s anything more embarrassing that that, it’s winning Best Sound Editing in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th February 2013
Janet Jackson married her Qatari billionaire boyfriend last year without telling anybody. Rumours were surrounding the pop-singer, suggesting she was about to wed, but Jackson put things straight in a statement, according to Sky News."Last...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th February 2013
Poor Quvenzhane Wallis; first of all, Hollywood managed to convince her that she might be in with a chance of an Oscar for Best Actress, then The Onion call her a “c**t”. “Everyone else seems...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th February 2013
Anyone who bet against Daniel Day Lewis – you are a bad, bad person. Either that or the guy who hired to fix it didn’t do his job. Anyway, it’s DDL’s night for his turn...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2013
Is this a shock? It kind of is. Ang Lee has taken the Best Director Oscar for Life of Pi, ahead of Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, who was the hot favorite to win the award.Not...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2013
This was supposed to be Steven Spielberg’s night; his film Lincoln was supposed to win everything, but it hasn’t turned out that way, and Argo has taken Best Film after a late surge.Ben Affleck seemed...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2013
And the award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables! This is Hathaway’s first Oscar having been previously as Best Actress of 2008 for her performance in "Rachel Getting Married."Picking up...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2013
And the award for Best Supporting Actor goes to Christoph Waltz for his role in Django Unchained. This was an award comprising some real Oscars pedigree, with every single nominee owning at least one award,...
Everyone seems to have taken to Justin Timberlake’s comeback pretty well; his single Suit & Tie had people claiming: ‘he’s still got it’, but one person not enamoured with the Timberlake-Jay Z collaboration is Kanye...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th February 2013
50 Cent has endured one of the more embarrassing things in life. To be left hanging for a high-five is one thing, walking on stage before your name is called is another (and this writer...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25th February 2013
Ahead of what could be the biggest night in Quvenzhané Wallis’ fledgling career, it has been announced that the young starlet will indeed star in Sony Picture’s upcoming version of Annie.Wallis got the film world...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25th February 2013
So did Lady Gaga’s A-Rod pep talk help at all? We’ll probably never know, but the news is she’s undergone surgery to fix the problem which lead to the cancellation of many dates on her...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
There are going to be more disappointed Beyonce fans than happy ones this afternoon, as the U.K dates for her tour sold out in 10 minutes. Pre-sale tickets on 02, alongside ticket touts, are to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
Game of Thrones season 3 is on it’s way, and if the dark television adverts aren’t enough to convince you, then the new trailer will have to do. And it’s good; oh it’s good. If...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
Steven Tyler has opened up on his drug usage during his pomp as a global rock star. The Aerosmith frontman suggests he snorted “half of Peru”, according to celeb gossip site, TMZ.Talking on Australia's "60...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
It would appear Anne Hathaway’s turn as Fantine in Les Miserables has attracted more musical attention. She’s now set for music-based movie called Song One, which is being produced by her husband Adam Shulman.She will...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
James McAvoy in Macbeth is causing quite a stir. Both the critics and the stars in the audience have lavished praise over the Scottish actor who has applied his trade in Hollywood, in X Men...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
We don’t like to hear about a Johnny Depp close call; it means there could have been world without Depp – and we hate that world. Still, he’s a natural storyteller, and that’s exactly what...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
There’s something truly fascinating about Ant and Dec. It’s not that they’ve been a comedy-entertainment partnership for 25 years; it’s not even that they used to write really, really bad songs, or that they still...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
A founding member of the Chicago soul group, the Staple Singers, Cleotha Staples, died on Wednesday after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer's, Rolling Stone report.Known for their hits, “I’ll Take You There,” “Respect Yourself” and...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd February 2013
Anyone bothered to check the Oscars 2013 news today – the day before the ceremony – has seen both Argo and Lincoln. We have, and we loved them both. But there’s an air of controversy...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd February 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...
Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for the band's reunion shows are being asked a trivia question to secure access to a pre-sale ballot.
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...
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