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Netflix Offering Dvd-by-mail Package To Streaming Customers
Netflix, which had appeared to be ditching its DVD-by-mail package, has notified its streaming customers that it will give them the mail package for one month free. The mail package includes newer movies and even...
Report Leno's Tonight Is Barely Breaking Even
NBC's Tonight show, which once contributed $100 million annually to NBC's bottom line, is now "barely breaking even," the Los Angeles Times reported today (Tuesday), citing people familiar with the matter. That plunge in revenue...
British Tv Execs Hail Government's Tax-incentive Plan
British television executives attending the Edinburgh International Television Festival are expressing hope that the government's plan to offer major tax credits to TV companies that shoot their productions in the U.K. will significantly boost the...
Whom To Cover -- Isaac Or Mitt?
Television news producers were wrestling with the question of how to apportion coverage of the Republican National Convention on the one hand and Tropical Storm Isaac on the other. Over the weekend, they began sending...
Lawless Star Shia Labeouf On 'The Downfall' Of His Career
Lawless actor Shia Labeouf has admitted his honesty about the state of the movie industry will probably be the downfall of his career. LaBeouf is certainly a controversial character - in June, he stripped naked...
'2016: Obama's America': Can Anti-obama Documentary Bring Down The President?
A new documentary showcasing a vision of how the USA will look if President Barack Obama remains in power is gaining momentum in cinemas across America. Is it a powerful enough documentary to influence the...
Movie Reviews 2016 Barack Obama's America
It was no match for Michael Moore's anti-George Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 , but Dinesh D'Souza's anti-Barack Obama documentary 2016 Obama's America was surprisingly hot over the weekend. Widening to 1,091 theaters, it took in...
The Expendables 2 Stays Atop Of Box Office Despite Weakest Box Office Showing Of 2012
Star studded action flick The Expendables 2 has kept a tight grip on the top of the US Box Office, fending off a host of newcomers that included an anti-Barack Obama documentary.The film, which stars...
Sabrina Bryan Announced As 13th Dancing With The Stars All-stars Contestant
Dancing With The Stars is to return this autumn with a special All-Stars version, featuring celebrities who have wowed both audiences and the judges on previous series of the popular show. This morning, on Good...
Diana Krall Plays 'Fly Me To The Moon' Tribute To Late Neil Armstrong
Jazz singer Diana Krall paid a more than fitting tribute to the late, great Neil Armstrong during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night; just hours after news of the astronaut death broke.Performing...
Oscars Producers Confirmed: But Who Will Scoop The Awards In 2013?
After we reported 'Chicago's Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are to produce the show, Contactmusic.com have had a look at some of the front runners to pick up awards at the 2013 ceremony.The Best Picture...
Zadan And Meron Make An Oscars Awards Show
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have been given the responsibility of curating the 2013 Oscars ceremony, reports the BBC.The executive producers of Chicago, which hauled in an impressive 6 Oscars, including that of Best Picture,...
More Trouble For Fareed Zakaria
Clouds re-formed over CNN reporter Fareed Zakaria on Wednesday after a former Newsweek magazine senior editor disclosed that he wrote an introduction for a 2010 special standalone issue on the environment that was published under...
Vivienne Jolie-pitt To Make Movie Debut In 'Maleficent'
It's probably not hard to get your big break in Hollywood when your mother is Angelina Jolie but still the world's media has gone a little bit weak at the knees with news that Vivienne...
Tj Jackson Secures Part Custody Of Paris And Blanket
TJ Jackson and Katherine Jackson are permanently sharing custody of Michael Jackson's children. A Los Angeles judge just ruled that the temporary custody arrangement should be enforced permanently, meaning that Paris and Blanket are both...
Tj Jackson Secures Part Custody Of Paris And Blanket
TJ Jackson and Katherine Jackson are permanently sharing custody of Michael Jackson's children. A Los Angeles judge just ruled that the temporary custody arrangement should be enforced permanently, meaning that Paris and Blanket are both...
Pirates Find A New Weapon
Every time the Motion Picture Association of America wins an overseas battle to force ISPs to block the Pirate Bay site, users find a way to elude the restriction. One of the most popular methods...
Reports A Replacement For Regis Has Been Found
After nearly a year-long search following the departure of Regis Philbin, ABC has found a permanent co-host for Kelly Ripa on its morning Live! talk show. He's former football star Michael Strahan, who currently appears...
American Idol: Kanye West Negotiating $18 Million Deal?
Kanye West, American Idol? Perhaps not the best fit you may think - but it looks as though it may well be happening. According to TMZ.com, the rapper - currently dating Kim Kardashian - is...
Kristen Bell's 'Hit And Run': What Are The Critics Saying?
Hit and Run, starring Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper hits U.S theatres this week. Contactmusic.com has collated its reviews to find out exactly what the critics think of the new romantic comedy. You wouldn't usually...
Warner Bros Say No To Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower'
After initially showing interest in a multi-movie adaptation of the Stephen King franchise, The Dark Tower, Warner Bros. have changed their temperature from slightly warm to icy cold, and have rejected the proposal completely, reports...
Will Nicki Minaj Really Join Mariah Carey On American Idol?
Could Nicki Minaj really be the next American Idol judge? A report from US Magazine yesterday (August 20, 2012) certainly seems to suggest that a deal is pretty much in the bag for the 'Pound...
Netflix To Do Battle With Sky For Movie Rights
Reed Hastings, the Ceo of media provider Netflix has promised to battle TV giants Sky for the rights to various movies, reports The Telegraph. BskyB, owned by Rupert Murdoch, currently monopolises the rights for Hollywood...
Tribune's Wpix Remains Dark In New York
Another week and another stand-off between a cable or satellite distributor and a content provider. In this case, it's New York-based Cablevision versus Tribune Corp, which owns WPIX in New York and WPHL in Philadelphia,...
Charlie Rose Set For Triple Duty At Conventions
It turns out that Charlie Rose will become arguably the busiest journalist covering the two political conventions beginning next week. Besides continuing as co-host of CBS's morning show, Rose will also be hosting his nightly...
The Hunger Games Ousts Harry Potter As Amazon's Best Seller
The Hunger Games franchise has smashed the record set by the Harry Potter series to become Amazon.com's best-selling series in the online retailer's history, the company announced on Friday (August 18, 2012). Sara Nelson, the...
Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart To Snub Twilight Conventions
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will not attend the four official Twilight conventions set for Detroit, San Antonio, Parsippany and Los Angeles - key dates on the promotional schedule for the final movie 'The Twilight...
Joey Kovar Death Caused By Overdose On Viagra, Cocaine And Alcohol?
Joey Kovar death at the age of 29 sent shockwaves through the television industry this week, and details of the circumstances surrounding his death are beginning to emerge. According to TMZ.com, The Real World star...
Kristen Stewart Remains Silent On Robert Pattinson
Twilight star Kristen Stewart is not going to answer any questions on her controversial break up with fellow actor and former colleague Robert Pattinson, reports gossip God Perez Hilton. The Hollywood couple's recent high profile...
Cnn Reinstates Fareed Zakaria
CNN and corporate sibling Time magazine on Thursday reinstated Fareed Zakaria following the revelation that a paragraph of a recent commentary on gun control that he wrote seemed to have been plagiarized from an essay...
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
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...
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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