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John Oliver Goes After Elected State Judges on 'Last Week Tonight'
John Oliver focused his ire on elected state judges during Sunday's Last Week Tonight. It's one of the most unique aspects of US democracy, though Oliver argued that it forced judges to take tough stances...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th February 2015
Why Was Joan Rivers Left Out of 'In Memoriam' Oscars Tribute?
Joan Rivers, the late comedienne who interviewed countless A-listers at the Oscars over the years, was surprisingly left out of the 'In Memoriam' tribute at the 87th annual Academy Awards. Rivers was not mentioned in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th February 2015
![Birdman: Michael Keaton Putting His Oscars Speech Back in Pocket [Video]](https://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mn/20150222/2015oscararrivals_220215_12/michael-keaton-87th-annual-oscars-red-carpet-arrivals_4599492.jpg "Birdman: Michael Keaton Putting His Oscars Speech Back in Pocket [Video]")
Birdman: Michael Keaton Putting His Oscars Speech Back in Pocket [Video]
Maybe Michael Keaton hadn't checked the bookmakers odds for a while. The veteran Hollywood star had long been considered the favourite to win best actor at the Oscars for his stellar turn in Birdman, though...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th February 2015
Jeremy Clarkson Said Stupid Things About Liverpool. Gets Heat.
Another week, another round of Jeremy-Clarkson says something stupid and then gets attacked for it on Twitter. This time, the Top Gear presenter accused Liverpool Echo journalists of being "f*cktards" after they attacked comments that...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd February 2015
Graham Moore Reveals Suicide Attempt in 'Imitation Game' Oscars Speech
Graham Moore used his acceptance speech at the 87th Academy Awards to reveal that he attempted suicide as an awkward, unhappy teenager. Moore won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for The Imitation Game and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd February 2015
Sean Penn's 'Green Card' Joke Causes Controversy at Oscars 2015
Sean Penn's green card joke was one of the more controversial jokes at the Oscars 2015 though it could be argued it kicked some life into a ceremony that was otherwise something of a snoozefest...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd February 2015
Jon Stewart Basically Calls Out WWE Star Seth Rollins
Jon Stewart, the soon-to-be former host of the Daily Show, has called out Seth Rollins after the WWE star described himself as "untouchable" and claimed he could take over Stewart's spot on the satirical news...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th February 2015
Jason Momoa Looks Awesome as Aquaman in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'
Zack Snyder has taken to Twitter once again to give us the latest look at Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. This time, we got a pretty epic image of Jason Momoa as Aquaman -...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th February 2015
Bomb Scare Near Oscars Venue Proves to be False Alarm
A bomb scare near the venue for the Oscars ceremony on Sunday (February 22) proved to be a false alarm though a man was detained by police. Bomb squad investigators cordoned off several storefronts and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th February 2015
Harris Wittels, 'Parks and Recreation' Producer, Found Dead Aged 30
Harris Wittels, the comedian and co-executive producer of NBC's Parks and Recreation, has been found dead at his Los Angeles home. He was 30.Harris Wittels [L] is embraced by Sarah Silverman [Getty/Ethan Miller]Wittels' body was...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th February 2015
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson Treated for Cancer, Prognosis "Extremely Good"
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has been undergoing cancer treatments since just before Christmas, recently completing a seven-week course for chemotherapy and radiology. A statement on the band's website said tests discovered a small tumor...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th February 2015
Afroman Just Punched a Woman On Stage. Thought It Was A Guy.
The rapper Afroman, best known for his hit Because I Got High, was arrested on Tuesday night after punching a female fan on stage during a concert in Biloxi. A video shows the rapper taking...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 19th February 2015
Blur Announce New Album 'The Magic Whip' in Chinese Restaurant
Blur have announced details of The Magic Whip, their first album in 12 years. In a hastily arranged press conference in a London Chinese restaurant, the band said the follow up to 2003's Think Tank...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Is 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' The Worst Movie of the Year?
Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Oh, you didn't know it was happening? Well it is. This one actually got green-lit, which probably fills genuine interesting independent filmmakers with a sense of despair, pointlessness and anger....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Foo Fighters Confirmed for Glastonbury 2015, Adele in Talks
US rockers Foo Fighters have self-confirmed to play Glastonbury this year after being named best international band at the NME awards on Wednesday night. Frontman Dave Grohl revealed the news in a video message recorded...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Neill Blomkamp Will Direct 'Aliens' Film, Set After 'Prometheus 2'
Neill Blomkamp's next project will be an Aliens movie set after the events of the upcoming Prometheus 2. Sources say Ridley Scott's Scott Free will produce the picture, though there's still plenty of work to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Vanilla Ice Took Some Stuff from a House. Says it was "Misunderstanding"
Robert Van Winkle, better known to you guys as rapper Vanilla Ice, says his arrest on suspicion of burglary and theft in Florida was "a misunderstanding." The singer is suspected of stealing property in the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Academy Awards Voting Process Under-Fire after Insider Profile Published
The Academy Awards voting process gets more depressing the more we learn about it. It's becoming more apparent that some of the people given the opportunity to have a say in the Oscars race don't...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Adele Dazeem: Will John Travolta Make His Second Oscars Flub?
It's strange how TV works. Though John Travolta made one of the biggest, most nonsensical flubs at last year's Oscars - announcing Frozen singer Idina Menzel as "Adele Dazeem" - the actor has been invited...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19th February 2015
Pierce Brosnan: "Next Bond Should be Idris Elba or Colin Salmon"
Pierce Brosnan, whom previously played 007 four times between 1995 and 2002, says the next James Bond should be played by one of two black actors: Idris Elba or Colin Salmon. The Luther star remains...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th February 2015
Danny Dyer Becomes Station Announcer at Bromley-By-Bow Tube Station
Commuters using the Bromley-By-Bow tube station this morning may have heard a familiar voice over the Tannoy. Eastenders star Danny Dyer paid the station a visit to remind travellers to be mindful of the gaps...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th February 2015
Kodi Smit-McPhee to Play Nightcrawler in 'X-Men Apocalypse'
Kodi Smit-McPhee, probably best known for starring opposite Viggo Mortensen in The Road, has been cast as Nightcrawler in Brian Singer's highly anticipated X-Men Apocalpyse. Young Smith-McPhee will appear alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th February 2015
Sam Taylor-Johnson Could Leave 'Fifty Shades' Sequels Over Dispute
The director of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sam Taylor-Johnson, could pull out of the helming the movie's sequels. According to The Sun, a film insider said the director's working relationship with original author E.L James...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th February 2015
Matthew Perry's 'The Odd Couple' Savaged By Critics
A remake of the classic sitcom and movie about two divorced men who become roommates even though they are polar opposites. Sounds dreadful doesn't it? 'Remake' is enough to send the alarm bells ringing but...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th February 2015
Noel Gallagher on Nigel Farage, "He's Mentally Incapable of Running a Corner Shop"
Noel Gallagher has dismissed Nigel Farage's chances of being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, saying the UKIP leader is "mentally capable of running a corner shop, far less a f*cking country." In an interview...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th February 2015
Drake Releases New Album 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late'
Drake seemingly dropped a new album titled If You're Reading This It's Too Late via Twitter just before midnight on Thursday (February 12). The project clocks in at 17 tracks and features collaboration with Lil...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th February 2015
Zane Lowe on Why He's Swapping Radio 1 for Apple
Last weekend, Zane Lowe, Radio 1's stalwart presenter, announced that he is to leave the station and relocate to Los Angeles to take up a new position at Apple. As comfortably one of the UK's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th February 2015
Women Arrested After Fight At 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Screening
Three women were arrested at Glasgow's Grosvenor Cinema after a screening of Fifty Shades of Grey ended in chaos. Witnesses claim that a man was attacked after asking three "worse for the wear" women to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th February 2015
Clint Eastwood Persuaded to Change Gory 'American Sniper' Ending
Clint Eastwood and the team behind the box-office smash American Sniper changed the movie's ending following a request from the widow of Chris Kyle. The final scene showed the death of the US navy seal...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th February 2015
Florence and the Machine To Return for Radio 1's Big Weekend
Florence and the Machine are set to make their British live return at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich. The group will join the previously announced headliner Taylor Swift for the event in the south...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th February 2015
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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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