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Kitty Wells Death Sparks Tributes From Country Greats
The death of country music singer Kitty Wells has been reported by the Los Angeles Times today (July 17, 2012). Kitty, 92, was one of the first influential and successful female country singers, who scored...
Rising Star Jake Bugg Wasn't Always Into Music
Jake Bugg talks to Contactmusic.com about his musical beginnings ahead of his self-titled debut album set for release this October 22nd (2012).Discussing his roots, influences and initial musical interest, the 18-year-old from Nottingham reveals how...
Folk Legend Bob Dylan Releases 50th Anniversary Album 'The Tempest'
The legendary Bob Dylan is set to release his 35th studio album 'Tempest' on the 50th year of his innovative artistry since his self-titled debut record.Columbia Records made the announcement revealing the album, featuring ten...
'Eddie Murphy Dead', And 5 Other Famous Death Hoaxes
Poor Eddie Murphy - who has not died - must be thinking that people want him dead after yet another death hoax circulated last week about the comic actor's sad demise. Murphy's career might be...
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Not Much Box-office Heat For New Ice Age
Ice Age Continental Drift performed slightly better than its studio, 20th Century Fox, had predicted last week but well below the forecasts of box-office pundits. The animated movie wound up with an estimated $46 million....
Muirdoch-controlled Bskyb To Offer Streaming Video
Britain's BSkyB plans to begin a roll-out of a new service on Tuesday that will eventually make all of its programming available on mobile devices on demand. Dubbed Now TV, the service will initially stream...
Is 'The Dark Knight Rises' Already The Best Film Of 2012?
The first reviews for 'The Dark Knight Rises' have begun to trickle in, with hardly a negative word in sight. It was always expected that Christopher Nolan would deliver something hugely accomplished to sign off...
Microsoft Drops Out Of Msnbc.com
Hit the delete key on the "MS" in MSNBC.com. Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, has acquired from Microsoft the 50 percent of the news website that it didn't already own and has renamed it NBCNews.com....
Is Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' A Prequel To 'Shaft?'
On Saturday (July 14, 2012) at Comic-Con, Quentin Tarantino revealed a little-known secret about his forthcoming movie Django Unchained. In the Hall H panel session, Tarantino drew a secret connection between one of the characters...
Eddie Murphy Death Denied, But Is His Romance Over?
Eddie Murphy is alive and well, despite becoming the victim of the latest celebrity death hoax. Murphy was alleged to have tragically died in a snowboarding accident in Zermatt, Switzerland, though the 'Trading Places' star...
'Iron Man 3' Not Aiming To Outdo 'The Avengers'
Robert Downey Jr joined 'Iron Man 3' director Shane Black, producer Kevin Feige and co-star Don Cheadle at a Comic-Con press conference to discuss the upcoming movie over the weekend.Although highly anticipated, there is much...
Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Receives Standing Ovation At Comic-con
The stars of 'Django Unchained' Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington were in town at the San Diego Comic-Con to enthuse about Quentin Tarantino's new film as it wowed attendees at the four day event over...
Saturday At Comic Con: Hobbits, Vampires And More.
Middle Earth upped sticks to San Diego yesterday, as Saturday's COMIC CON was all about Peter Jackson's follow-up film to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings series; The Hobbit.Along with director Jackson, Ian Mckellen...
Arcade Fire Set Heading To The Studio To Record Fourth Album
Arcade Fire will be heading back into the studio later this year to begin work on their fourth album, the follow-up to 2010's multi-award winning The Suburbs, reports have stated.The news was broken on the...
Movie Reviews Ice Age Continental Drift
Critics have given the fourth Ice Age movie, Continental Drift , a mostly cool-to-cold reception. Sean O'Connell in the Washington Post , suggests that viewers are nonetheless likely to overlook its faults. "Logic [in the...
Wait, Did David Letterman Just Spoil 'Dark Knight Rises' Ending?
Has David Letterman just spoilt the ending of the new Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises?' It's hard to tell, until the movie's released but it certainly seemed as though he might be giving the...
Rza's Movie Debut 'The Man With The Iron Fists' Set For November
Hip-hop legend Rza is making a foray into the world of movie directing and made an appearance at Comic-Con this week to talk about 'The Man with the Iron Fists'. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed...
Chris Rock Thinks Obama Is 'Cleaning Up' The Country
Chris Rock thinks Barack Obama is the right man to 'clean up' the country and supports the US President in the current election campaign.The 'Madagascar' actor talks to Details.com about his support of Obama and...
Tv Stations Add News Jobs While Newspapers Cut Them
While the nation's leading newspapers continued to cut jobs and outsource work during 2011, radio and TV news outlets appeared quite healthy, according to a study conducted by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)...
Dark Knight Rises: Can It Win The Oscar For 'Best Picture'?
With the release of the latest Batman movie now imminent, industry insiders are starting to ask whether it can become the first comic book movie adaptation to walk away with an Oscar. When 'The Dark...
Eddie Murphy Death: Did He Suffer Snowboarding Accident?
Eddie Murphy is the latest celebrity to have their death reported on Twitter, with the 'Trading Places' star apparently losing control of his snowboard and crashing into a tree. The micro-blogging site went into overdrive...
'The Hobbit' Poster Revealed In Time For San Diego Comic-con
Just days after Peter Jackson announced that filming had been wrapped up on the hugely anticipated film adaptation of J.R Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', a new poster has emerged just in time for the huge Comic-Con...
Christopher Nolan Rejects 'Justice League', Leaves Warner In A Pickle
Christopher Nolan has dealt a huge blow to the future of big budget superhero movies after first confirming that The Dark Knight Rises will be the last of his Batman movies, and secondly, rejecting a...
Latitude Festival To Go Ahead Says Organiser Despite Wet Weather Warnings
The main organiser of Suffolk's Latitude Festival has promised that there will be 'absolutely no cancellation' despite the wet weather warnings over Friday and Saturday.Though Thursday looks to remain dry all day, Friday sees heavy...
Chris Moyles Plays Cruel On-air Prank On Nick Grimshaw
Chris Moyles may have announced that he's leaving the BBC Radio One Breakfast show after eight years but he's clearly not content to go quietly. Last night (July 11, 2012), Metro reports, the outspoken radio...
Company Now Delivers Movies To Your Front Door
Time was when you visited your local Blockbuster store, selected a movie, brought it home, then phoned a pizza delivery service. But nowadays even the movie can be delivered, too. Home Media magazine on Tuesday...
Final Hunger Games Movie Will Be Released In Two Parts
The last instalment of the Hunger Games movie franchise will be released in two pars, AFP reported today (July 11, 2012). The films are based on the movie trilogy by Suzanne Collins and in a...
Mac Miller Slapped With $10 Million Lawsuit For 'Kool Aid Song'
In 2010, MAC Miller released a single entitled 'Kool Aid and Frozen Pizza' based on Lord Finesse's own 1995 track 'Hip 2 Da Game,' The song was made available as part of a free internet...
Daniel Tosh 'Sincerely' Apologizes For Rape Joke
DANIEL TOSH, the American comedian best known for hosting his own show 'Tosh' since 2009, has apologized for making a joke about rape during stand-up show in Los Angeles on Friday (July 6, 2012). One...
Uproar As Kate Middleton And Prince Williams Honeymoon Snaps Leak
An Australian magazine has risked the wrath of the British Royal Family by publishing photographs of Kate Middleton and Prince William enjoying their honeymoon in the Seychelles last year. Though the editors of British publications...
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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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