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Sir Paul McCartney Battles Grasshoppers In Brazil
It doesn’t even matter if you’re Sir Paul McCartney, if Brazilian grasshoppers don’t like your music they’re going to let you know about it – so was the message the feisty insects gave to Macca...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th May 2013
![Vin Diesel And Fast And Furious 6 Co-Stars Talk New Movie [Video]](https://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20130507/080513_fast_and_furious_premiere_15/vin-diesel-fast-and-furious-6_3651212.jpg "Vin Diesel And Fast And Furious 6 Co-Stars Talk New Movie [Video]")
Vin Diesel And Fast And Furious 6 Co-Stars Talk New Movie [Video]
Fast and Furious co-stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster have been giving us the low down on the forthcoming new film and the sixth of the franchise, Fast And Furious 6....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th May 2013
Pistol Annies Puzzle Their Fans With Online Album Promotion
Pistol Annies may make country music, a genre steeped in the heritage of America itself, but they’ve been promoting their new album in a very 21st century way, with the group revealing to Mashable the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th May 2013
Ctrl Alt Explode With Joy! The IT Crowd Back For New One-Off Episode!
Everything’s coming back now, some worse than others so we should be thankful that the latest ‘thing’ to announce its return is something very good indeed – The IT Crowd! No before you all get...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th May 2013
Prepare For Arrested Development Season 4 With A Trip To Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand!
Fans eagerly anticipating the return of Arrested Development could end up getting a dose of the comeback earlier than planned should they bump into the Bluth family’s Frozen Banana Stand! That’s right, ahead of the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th May 2013
Carrie Underwood Replacing Faith Hill On Sunday Night Football
Carrie Underwood is to replace Faith Hill on Sunday Night Football – err, not as a host, she’ll be taking over the theme tune that her country contemporary recently vacated. Hill has been singing Waiting...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th May 2013
Madonna-Owned Leger Painting Sells For $7.2 million
Madonna’s done well here, proving not just to be a pop star of almighty magnitude, but also an art dealer of some heft. This because it’s been reported that the 53 year-old has successfully managed...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 8th May 2013
Why Was John Galliano's Parsons College Masterclass Cancelled?
John Galliano’s masterclass at New York’s Parsons College abruptly stopped not long after it was announced that the fashion aficionado had been announced as doing it. The reason? His reluctance to talk about his career...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 8th May 2013
![David Bowie And Gary Oldman Team Up For 'The Next Day' [Video]](https://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20130330/300313_the_saturday_night_show_celebs/gerry-leonard-david-bowie-guitarist-the_3582545.jpg "David Bowie And Gary Oldman Team Up For 'The Next Day' [Video]")
David Bowie And Gary Oldman Team Up For 'The Next Day' [Video]
David Bowie and Gary Oldman in a video together sounds like the thing of dreams to us, so good on you Dave for only going and making it a reality. The Hollywood actor stars with...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 8th May 2013
Matt Groening's Mother And Marge Simpson Inspiration Dies
Matt Groening’s mother Margaret – the inspiration behind the popular cartoon character Marge Simpson in The Simpsons – has passed away aged 94, with the obituary revealing a whole pile of links to Groening’s family...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th May 2013
Tom Cruise Will Be Back For Mission Impossible 5
Tom Cruise will be making a sweet reunion with Mission Impossible after it was confirmed that the actor will be appearing in the fifth installment of the movie, 17 years after the first was released....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th May 2013
Star Trek Game Takes Panning In Reviews
Oh dear. There was much anticipation among gaming circles for the new Star Trek game, which tied in handily with the equally anticipated film Star Trek Into Darkness. But Star Trek The Game has taken...
![Leonardo DiCaprio Praises Great Gatsby Director Baz Luhrmann [Video]](https://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20130501/020513_great_gatsby_premiere_3/leonardo-dicaprio-premiere-of-the-the-great_3640986.jpg "Leonardo DiCaprio Praises Great Gatsby Director Baz Luhrmann [Video]")
Leonardo DiCaprio Praises Great Gatsby Director Baz Luhrmann [Video]
Leonardo DiCaprio has praised director Baz Luhrmann and Martin Scorsese - calling the latter “one of the great Americans” as he spoke to Contact about the pair’s upcoming film The Great Gatsby and his future...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th May 2013
British Tourists Enraged By Rip-Off Italian Ice Cream Prices
The UK complains about ‘99s’ costing the earth these days, but they’ve got nothing on these Italian ice creams we’re about to tell you about.Roger Bannister (presumably not the one who broke the 4 minute-mile...
A Week In Music - Alicia Keys Girl On Fire Promotion Still Going, Cayucas Debut Makes For The Perfect Summer Listen And Latest Michael Jackson Court Case Begins
A Week In Videos... She might have just wrapped up her Set The World On Fire tour, but the promotional drive for Alicia Keys fifth album Girl On Fire rolls on, with the multi-million selling...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 7th May 2013
Tom Cruise Re-Teams With Jack Reacher Director For Mission Impossible 5
Tom Cruise has been confirmed to appear in Mission Impossible 5, with the action series showing no sign of losing any steam yet, 17 years after the first movie was released. Last year’s fourth installment...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th May 2013
Bill Clinton Snubbed By Led Zeppelin For Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert
Neither charity nor former President Bill Clinton could persuade Led Zeppelin to reform for last year’s Hurricane Sandy benefit concert, it’s been revealed by the Robin Hood Foundation’s executive director David Saltzman.As you’ll all probably...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 7th May 2013
The James Beard Awards Winner(s) Revealed
The prestigious James Beard Awards announced its winners last night (May 6, 2013) with the much-vaunted Outstanding Chef awards going to David Chang of Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York and Paul Kahan of Blackbird,...
CMT Music Awards 2013 Nominees Revealed!
There’s only one thing the Country music fraternity loves as much as the actual genre itself, and that’s hosting awards shows in honor of it. The CMT nominations have just been announced, the third big...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 7th May 2013
![Ender's Game Teaser Trailer Revealed; Issues Surround Harrison Ford-Starring Film [Video]](https://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20130424/250413_afi_night_at_the_movies_outside/harrison-ford-afi-night-at-the-movies_3626637.jpg "Ender's Game Teaser Trailer Revealed; Issues Surround Harrison Ford-Starring Film [Video]")
Ender's Game Teaser Trailer Revealed; Issues Surround Harrison Ford-Starring Film [Video]
A teaser for a teaser isn’t the most thrilling thing that fans and those keenly anticipating the Ender’s Game movie will have hoped for, but it’s better than nothing (we suppose) as the film adaptation...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd May 2013
The Saturdays Congratulate Frankie Sandford On Pregnancy News
It’s all smiles in The Saturdays camp, with band mates piling on the congrats to Frankie Sandford who has revealed that she and footballer boyfriend Wayne Bridge are having their first child together!As tends to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 3rd May 2013
Kris Kross' Chris Kelly Had Taken Cocaine And Heroin Before Death
The news of Kris Kross’ Chris Kelly’s death this week aged just 34 has taken an even sadder turn, after it was revealed that his mother, Donna Kelly Pratte and his uncle, Lamar Williams, had...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd May 2013
AraabMUZIK Shot In Attempted Robbery Incident
The producer AraabMUZIK has been shot in among the turmoil of an attempted robbery, though he was an innocent bystander in the event. Thankfully the hip-hop man is in hospital from his injuries rather than...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd May 2013
Tributes Pour In For Dead Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman
Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman has died, aged just 49. Hanneman was one of the founding members of the game-changing heavy metal group and his death has been marked with an outpouring of tributes from the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd May 2013
TV Host Sex Addiction Scandal Breaks Over David Tutera
David Tutera has found himself in a TV host sex addiction scandal after it was revealed that documents filed by his long term partner Ryan Jurica claiming that Tutera had an uncontrollable sexual appetite.Tutera had...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd May 2013
![First CGBG Movie Shots Revealed [Pictures]](https://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20130430/020513_cbgb/malin-akerman-taylor-hawkins-cbgb-movie_3641225.jpg "First CGBG Movie Shots Revealed [Pictures]")
First CGBG Movie Shots Revealed [Pictures]
The first pictures of the potentially dodgy looking CBGB movie have been revealed, showing the film's stars filming in the specially built CBGBs nightclub set up. Obviously the most notable star here is Malin Akerman...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd May 2013
John Olivier's Jon Stewart Daily Show Takeover Date Confirmed
Jon Stewart’s departure date from the Daily Show has been confirmed and it’s coming up fearful soon folks. Don’t panic too much though, he’s not gone forever and it’s a safe pair of hands that’ll...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd May 2013
Kris Kross' Chris Kelly Dies Aged 34 - Death Of A Child Star
With the death of Kris Kross’ Chris Kelly goes the life of one of those childhood stars who unfortunately could never make the full transition to becoming a genuine adult sensation. Together with Chris ‘Mac...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd May 2013
"I Told Him I Was Pregnant!" Reese Witherspoon Embarrassed Over DUI Incident
Reese Witherspoon’s clean-cut reputation took a blow recently when she was arrested for DUI in Atlanta, but in her first interview with the incident – which also saw her husband taken in – she did...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 2nd May 2013
Miley Cyrus Refutes Liam Hemsworth Split Rumors ... Again
Miley Cyrus has reacted to rumors that her and boyfriend Liam Hemsworth are on the rocks – when aren’t they rumored to be on the rocks? – in an interview with the print magazine V...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 2nd May 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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