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Movie Reviews Madagascar
Critics pretty much roared their disapproval at the first two Madagascar movies, but several are fairly beating the drums for the latest one, Madagascar 3 Europe's Most Wanted. Typical is Andy Webster's review in the...
Dish Network's Ergen Defends Ad-skipping Dvr
DISH Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has indicated that his company introduced its Hopper ad-skipping DVR in an effort to level the playing field between traditional TV and Internet TV. In an interview with today's (Friday)...
New York Post Cnn's Jim Walton Likely To Be Ousted
CNN may finally be preparing to take direct action to deal with its hemorrhaging ratings, although it is unlikely to make any significant moves before the Nov. 6 elections, the New York Post reported today...
Is 'Dallas' Reboot Better Than The Original Series?
Next week marks the return of 'Dallas', the television series that became one of the most popular programmes in America in the 1970s and 1980s. Boasting a mixture of old and new cast-members, including Larry...
Will 'Django Unchained' Win Leonardo Dicaprio An Oscar?
The teaser trailer for 'Django Unchained' - Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming revenge movie - debuted this week, with an interesting first look at LEONARDI DICAPRIO in his first real villainous role. The Hollywood star plays evil...
Jesse Metcalfe In Dallas: Is It His Best Performance Yet?
The first series of the Dallas reboot begins next week on TNT and one of the stars of the show, Jesse Metcalfe has been talking about what it's been like reprising such an iconic series...
Cat Deeleys 'The Choice' Premieres: Will Pauly D Find Love?
Cat Deeley hosts the latest reality dating show 'The Choice' on Fox tonight (June 8, 2012), with a pool of four famous bachelors looking for love. In the season opener, fans will get to see...
Dwayne Johnson Sells Estate For A Cool $4.9 Million
'The Rock' Dwayne Johnson has managed to make big money back on a stunning mansion that he owned in Hidden Hills, Hollywood, selling the property for a reported $4.9 million which isn't far off the...
Dallas Returns With J.r Ewing 'In All His Conniving Glory'
After 20 years away, Dallas returns to television this month with a cast that includes original star Larry Hagman as the scheming J.R Ewing. The series - following the oil-rich Ewing family - ran from...
Did 'America's Got Talent' War Hero Lie About Injuries?
Everyone knows that to get anywhere on reality shows like 'America's Got Talent' you need to have a heart wrenching tale of personal turmoil, or it can certainly help a great deal. So imagine how...
Dear John: Did Taylor Swift Want To Humiliate John Mayer?
John Mayer's new album for 2012 'Born and Raised' has topped the Billboard 200 chart for a second successive week, though it's probably no consolation to the blues musician, who says he feels "humiliated" by...
Report The Internet Presents No Challenge To Tv -- Yet
The notion that the Internet is drawing viewers away from traditional TV is more myth than reality, the president of TVB, the broadcast industry marketing trade group, suggested on Tuesday. Speaking at the SNL Kagan...
Miley Cyrus Engaged: How Did Liam Propose?
Congratulations to Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth who are confirmed to be engaged according to People Magazine. Only 19, Cyrus has already had a fairly chequered dating history - unsurprising given the fact that the...
Exposed: Miss New Zealand Is From South Africa?
Miss Zealand - Avianca Bohm - may be forced to surrender her title because she's not actually from the country. The model won the annual beauty pageant on Saturday (May 9, 2012), but it's since...
Kristen Stewart: Smoking Pot? Big Deal!
Kristen Stewart describes herself as "kind of a weirdo who smokes pot", in the latest issue of Vanity Fair magazine. The Twilight star was reflecting on the moment that she realised the vampire franchise was...
'Hatfields & Mccoys' Pulls In 'Unheard Of' 14.3 Million
Kevin Costner's record breaking miniseries 'Hatfields & MCCoys' is likely to go down as one of the televisual highlights of 2012. The History Channel's first ever scripted program drew 13.9 million viewers on Memorial Day,...
Mary-kate And Ashley Olsen Land Breakthrough Fashion Award
Mary-kate Olsen and twin sister Ashley Olsen were named 2012 womenswear designers of the year at the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) awards in New York this week. The Hollywood celebrities have all...
Scout Willis Arrested For Boozing With Fake Id
Scout Willis, the middle sibling of the Demi Moore and Bruce Willis clan has gotten herself into a bit of bother with the law. Clearly not satisfied with mum Demi and big sister Rumer Willis...
America's Got Talent Unearths Gothic Opera Star Andrew De Leon
'America's Got Talent' and its European counterparts have a habit of unearthing unlikely talent, particularly singers with deceptive outer appearances. Scottish sensation Susan Boyle is perhaps the finest example of this, having gone on to...
Is Online Video Cannibalizing Cable Tv?
Online video sites like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes that offer older TV episodes -- including whole seasons of some series -- are likely hurting cable TV channels that also offer some of the same...
Ratings Slump For Mtv Movie Awards
Facing stiff competition from other cable-TV rivals as well as a concert by Adele and the annual Miss USA pageant on broadcast TV, ratings for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards collapsed Sunday night. The Russell...
Kevin Costner Vs Stephen Baldwin Trail Begins Today
Actors Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin will begin their legal disputes in a New Orleans court today, as Baldwin and his business partner Spyro Contogouris are suing Costner and his partner, Pat Smith, over a...
Gwenyth Paltrow Caught Up In Racism Storm
You never really get the impression that GWYNETH is a racist, however a recent tweet in which she used the N-word has surfaced to challenge any first impressions you once had.At a recent JAY-Z and...
The Hunger Games Are Best In Show At Mtv Movie Awards
Taking home a whopping four awards, THE HUNGER GAMES was the biggest winner at this years MTV Movie Awards. The stars of the film claimed both of the gongs for Best Male and Female performance,...
Jubilee Stencil Could Be A Banksy
A typically Banksy - esque stencil of the Queen, wearing Aladdin Sane-era David Bowie make up has appeared on a wall in the street artists native Bristol in what appears to be a pro-Monarchy nod...
Snow White And The Huntsman Proves To Be Fairest Of Them All
Despite a general feeling that the project would under-perform at the box office, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN proved to be fairer than any of its contemporaries as it topped the box office this week,...
Johnny Depp Joins The Black Keys On Stage
Johnny Depp channelled his inner Keith Richards again, only this time it wasn't for a Pirates of the Caribbean scene, but a performance alongside rockers The Black Keys at this years MTV Movie Awards.Depp was...
Desperate Housewives Actress Kathryn Joosten Dies
US TV actress Kathryn Joosten, best known for her roles in Desperate Housewives and The West Wing, has died. Joosten, who was 72, died in California of lung cancer, following a battle lasting 11 years...
Drew Barrymore Weds Will Kopelman At Home
Drew Barrymore will be hoping its third time lucky in the marriage stakes, as she wed art dealer WILL KOPELMAN in a private ceremony held at her home in Montecito, California. Barrymore, who wanted to...
The Green Lantern Steps Out Of The Closet After 72-Year Repression
One of the most enduring and recognisable superheroes in DC Comic's repertoire, Green Lantern, is set to have quite a drastic reboot in upcoming issues of the comic. After 72 years of fighting crime across...
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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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