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Homeland Sabotaged By Graffiti Artists
Three artists were hired to add Arabic slogans to the show's 'refugee camp' sets in Berlin, Germany, but they objected to the depiction of the Muslim world and painted slogans criticising the show...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 October 2015
Germany's Pirate Party Suffers Major Defeat
Germany's Pirate Party, whose platform calls for a far-reaching change in copyright laws, suffered a disastrous defeat in the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday, failing to win a single seat in Germany's Bundestag. Four years...
By Lew Irwin in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 September 2013
At Berlin Film Festival, The Issue Is ...
The Berlin Film Festival is rightly famous for giving exposure to films that mean something. It does so in the face of the fact that most such films rarely achieve significant success at the box...
By Lew Irwin on 11 February 2013
London Is World's Most Fashionable City
London has been voted the world's most fashionable city for the second year running.The UK beat off stiff competition from the likes of New York and Barcelona to retain its crown with the recent London...
By Bang Showbiz on 07 September 2012
Jason Donovan's War Of The Worlds Role
Jason Donovan will return to 'The War Of The World...The New Generation!' musical in a new role.The 43-year-old singer and actor - who previously starred as The Artilleryman - will return as Parson Nathaniel, the...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 May 2012
Katy Perry Wears Wigs To Avoid Paparazzi
Katy Perry goes out in wigs and hats to avoid being seen when she isn't working. The 27-year-old singer - who split from Russell Brand in December 2011 after 14 months of marriage - tries...
By Bang Showbiz on 19 March 2012
Jolie Comes Out Fighting At Berlin News Conference
Angelina Jolie vigorously defended her first film as a writer/director at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday. While she was greeted with customary applause when she entered a packed news conference auditorium, boos could be...
By Lew Irwin on 12 February 2012
Gary Oldman To Star In Motor City
Gary Oldman is set to star as a villain in 'Motor City'. The 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' actor is in talks to take on a role alongside Dominic Cooper and Amber Heard in the movie...
By Bang Showbiz on 02 February 2012
The Ting Tings Deleted Album For Clean Break
The Ting Tings deleted everything they had been working on before moving to Spain to make 'Sounds from Nowheresville'.The 'Hang it Up' duo lived in Berlin, Germany, during their first attempt at writing their second...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 January 2012
Meryl Streep To Receive Prestigious 'Golden Bear'
Meryl Streep is set to receive an honorary Golden Bear award next month. The Oscar-winning actress will be presented with the accolade on February 14 at the Berlin Film Festival in recognition of her career,...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 January 2012
Mike Leigh To Head Jury At Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin Film Festival has selected award-winning British director Mike Leigh to head the jury at next year's annual competition (February 9-17). In a statement, the festival said, "Over the course of his nearly 40-year...
By Lew Irwin on 02 December 2011
The Ting Tings Not Too Serious
The Ting Tings feel people want them to take themselves too seriously. The 'Hang it Up' group have taken almost four years to follow up debut album 'We Started Nothing', but insist they took their...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 November 2011
Coldplay Inspired By Bruce Springsteen
Coldplay's lyrics for 'Mylo Xyloto' were inspired by listening to Bruce Springsteen.The band's singer, Chris Martin, wrote many of the tracks on their latest album from a third person perspective, which he admits comes from...
By Bang Showbiz on 01 November 2011
Toshiba Unveils Glasses-free 3d Tv
Toshiba has apparently leaped far ahead of its competitors with the unveiling of the first large-screen, glasses-free 3D television set. The 55-inch set employs a face-tracking system that it claims delivers a 3D picture that...
By Lew Irwin on 02 September 2011
Metallica Reduced To Tears By Lou Reed
Metallica were reduced to tears by Lou Reed during the recording of 'Lulu'.The legendary New York musician teamed with the Californian heavy metal group for the collaborative album, and guitarist Kirk Hammett admitted he started...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 August 2011
Silent Classic Metropolis To Return -- With Rock Score
The independent film company Kino Lorber, which last year released a restored version of Sergei Eisenstein's classic silent film Battleship Potemkin is now planning both a theatrical re-release and a DVD/Blu-ray release of another classic,...
By Lew Irwin on 25 August 2011
Metallica Announce 'Lulu' Release
Metallica and Lou Reed's 'Lulu' album will be released on October 31. The 'Enter Sandman' group collaborated with the former Velvet Underground singer earlier this year -which Lou described as "a marriage made in heaven"...
By Bang Showbiz on 22 August 2011
Madonna's New Movie To Premiere At Venice Film Festival
Madonna's new film will get its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.The 52-year-old singer has directed new movie 'W.E.' - a two-tier tale about Britain's King Edward VIII's relationship with American Wallis Simpson and...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 March 2011
Jennifer Aniston Unveils New Hairstyle
Jennifer Aniston showed off a new short haircut in Spain today (22.02.11).The 42-year-old actress unveiled a chin-length bob style while promoting her latest movie 'Just Go with It' in Madrid.She completed her new look with...
By Bang Showbiz on 22 February 2011
3d Replaces Language In New Wim Wenders Film
Other directors have used 3D to enhance scenes of their films, but director Wim Wenders ( The Buena Vista Social Club; Paris, Texas ) says that 3D was absolutely crucial in the making of his...
By Lew Irwin on 14 February 2011
Dakota Fanning To Play Young Princess Margaret
Dakota Fanning will play Britain's Princess Margaret in an upcoming film.The 16-year-old actress will star as the young princess in 'Girls' Night Out' which tells the story of Margaret and her older sister Elizabeth, who...
By Bang Showbiz on 09 February 2011
Wikileaks Document Focuses On Cruise, Scientology
Raising questions about why it was stamped "Classified" in the first place, Britain's Guardian newspaper today (Friday) published a Wikileaks-leaked memo written in 2007 about efforts by officials in Hamburg, Germany to stamp out Scientology....
By Lew Irwin on 17 December 2010
Jeff Bridges Concerned About John Wayne Comparisons In True Grit
Jeff Bridges wasn't sure it was necessary to remake 'True Grit' before accepting his role. The Oscar-winning actor - who plays a tough marshal helping a 14-year-old girl find the man who murdered her father...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 December 2010
Angelina Jolie To Create Jewellery Line
Angelina Jolie has teamed with Robert Procop to create a new jewellery line.The actress has designed a collection with statement stones for Robert Procop Exceptional Jewels and wore one of the pieces - a faceted...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 December 2010
Bono's Singing Lessons From David Bowie
David Bowie showed Bono how to sing beyond his "man" voice, and add a feminine touch to his vocals. The U2 frontman has spoken about his love of the 'Life on Mars' hitmaker, and how...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 November 2010
Lady Gaga Wants To Control Photos
Lady Gaga has reportedly been contacting ex-boyfriends to stop old photos of her being revealed. The 'Alejandro' singer is said to be embarrassed by pictures of her in her younger days which have surfaced since...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 November 2010
Travie Mccoy Arrested In Berlin
Travie McCoy has been arrested for spraying graffiti on the Berlin Wall.The Gym Class Heroes star was taken into custody by German officers in the country's capital last night (27.10.10) after they witnessed him tag...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 October 2010
R.e.m. Record 'Straight Ahead Rockers'
R.E.M.'s new album will feature "more ballads" but also "straight ahead rockers".The 'Orange Crush' band recorded their 15th album in Berlin earlier this year and manager Bertis Downs last week revealed the title of the...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 October 2010
R.e.m Restrict Recording
R.E.M guitarist Peter Buck refuses to do more than three takes when recording songs.The 'The Great Beyond' rocker has been in the studio with the band recording their 15th album in Berlin, and while he...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 October 2010
Jake Shears Gets Girl Groupies
Scissor Sisters star Jake Shears gets more female groupies than male. The 'Any Which Way' singer can't understand why so many girls are attracted to him and proposition him when he is on tour when...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 October 2010
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