Rhys Ifans ran into trouble with the police on a night out on Thursday as friends worry he is failing to deal with his split from Sienna Miller.
The Welsh actor was escorted away by police in tears after throwing a bottle at paparazzi during a night out in London.
An onlooker tells The Sun, “Rhys threw some beer on a photographer, carried on walking, turned around and then threw the bottle at a snapper.
“Luckily he ducked out of the way. The police grabbed Rhys to calm him and escorted him to The Groucho Club.”
With Sienna being linked to her ex-boyfriend and Edge Of Love co-star Matthew Rhys after apparently dumping Ifans over his jealousy, friends of the star are worried over his increasingly erratic behaviour.
One tells The Mail, “I'm really, really worried about him. His life was anarchic already, but now he is going on all these hardcore benders and is inconsolable. He is going to the pub first thing in the morning.
“He is still madly in love with Sienna and can't understand why she would do this to him. They have been apart because of work for some months and he's hoping that the break-up is just a blip.
“He is desperate to get her back and has been doing things to remind her of how in love they are, such as bombarding her with their favourite Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf CDs.
“Since she has been back in the UK to promote her latest film, he has been calling her night and day, but all Sienna does is reply by text message asking if he is OK.”
Tuesday 24 June 2008
Sunday 22 June 2008
Star Wars - Lucas To Take A Turn On Broadway
STAR WARS creator GEORGE LUCAS is planning to lend his directorial talents to a Broadway musical with the help of comedienne WHOOPI GOLDBERG, according to reports.
Goldberg, who has made a number of appearances on the New York stage, is talking to Lucas' motion picture and visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic about a collaboration on musical Bricktop - Queen of the Night, reports the New York Daily News.
The musical centres around a fabled Parisian cabaret owner Ada 'Bricktop' Smith.
A source tells the newspaper, "They're talking about playing with Cubist images and jazz from the (1920's)," adding that Lucas "could do things Broadway has never seen before".
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Saturday 21 June 2008
50 Cent Hits Back At 'sleazy' Taco Bell
Rap superstar 50 CENT is outraged by fast food company Taco Bell's "sleazy" bid to land him for an advertising campaign, and is threatening legal action.
The firm offered to make a $10,000 (GBP5,000) donation to a charity of 50 Cent's choice if he agreed to change his name for one day. They stipulated he must stop by one of the chain's restaurants and rap his order at the drive-thru window - using a new moniker: 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent.
But the star is not amused. A rep tells OK! magazine, "This is a sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt by Taco Bell's president, Greg Creed, whose disingenuous offer was leaked to the press before it was even presented to 50 Cent's agent yesterday."
And 50 Cent himself warns, "When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new corporate slogan: 'We messed with the bull and got the horns!'"
The firm offered to make a $10,000 (GBP5,000) donation to a charity of 50 Cent's choice if he agreed to change his name for one day. They stipulated he must stop by one of the chain's restaurants and rap his order at the drive-thru window - using a new moniker: 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent.
But the star is not amused. A rep tells OK! magazine, "This is a sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt by Taco Bell's president, Greg Creed, whose disingenuous offer was leaked to the press before it was even presented to 50 Cent's agent yesterday."
And 50 Cent himself warns, "When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new corporate slogan: 'We messed with the bull and got the horns!'"
Madina Lake
Artist: Madina Lake
Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
Discography:
From Them Through Us To You
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Fusing the forceful guitars of heavy metallic element with crisp harmonies electronic accents and the musical conceits of indie rock candy, Madina Lake is a conceptually ambitious group whose songs tell the stories of the complex number community of Madina Lake, a privy hamlet in the forest where life is much as it was in the 1950s. However, below the town's peaceable façade lurks a distressing undertow that reflects the most destructive aspects of American polish, which manifest themselves in strange and unexpected ways. The band Madina Lake was formed in Chicago, IL, in 2005 by singer Nathan Leone, his twin brother Matthew Leone on bass, Mateo Camargo on guitar and programming, and Daniel Torelli on drums. The Leone brothers had previously worked unitedly in a isthmus that shared management (and often shared shows) with Camargo and Torelli; the four became close friends and distinct to pool their talents to phase their possess group. The Leone twins first-class honours degree gained countrywide media recognition when they appeared together on a special episode of the tV series Fear Factor, exploitation the money the earned from eating cow gumption and hanging from helicopters to pay for a demonstration for their young band. After respective months of D.I.Y. touring, Madina Lake was invited to go the U.K. as an opening play for Paramore, and soon earned a potent following in England, Scotland, and Wales though their well-received live shows and video exposure on respective British music channels. Upon their revert to America, Madina Lake began attracting a bigger audience though intemperate touring, and gestural a look at with Roadrunner Records. The group self-released their first-class honours degree EP, The Disappearance of Adalia, in the summer of 2006, to facilitate build up buzz about the grouping, and Roadrunner released Madina Lake's first full-length album, From Them, Through Us, to You, in March 2007.
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'American Idol' runner-up David Archuleta gets his own record deal
SALT LAKE CITY - David Archuleta has a job lined up once his "American Idol" tour is over - not that there was any doubt.
The 17-year-old "Idol" runner-up has signed a deal with 19 Recordings/Jive Records, according to a post on the website of the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller.
Twenty-five-year-old David Cook, a former bartender from Blue Springs, Missouri, won the "American Idol" title when the sixth season of Fox's top-rated singing competition wrapped up May 21.
The title comes with a recording contract.
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Snow Patrol Pestered by Bats While Working on New Album
Rockers Snow Patrol have revealed work on their latest album has been hampered by an invasion of bats.
Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody says the band has been working and living in a little Irish house by a lake as they create new tracks for their forthcoming EP.
He says, "As the sun goes down the bats come out. They swoop just outside the living room windows.
"I went to my room and turned on the light to find a bat. But we got it sorted."
The 'You're All I Have' hitmakers, who say they are excited about their new material, have all of the bat action on tape and have promised to post a video on their fan site.
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Spoken
Artist: Spoken
Genre(s):
Other
Indie
Discography:
Last Chance To Breathe
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
A Moment of Imperfect Clarity
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
Melissa Ferrick
Artist: Melissa Ferrick
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
The Other Side
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
Singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick emerged in 1994 as part of a radical of new female alternative singer/songwriters, very much in the mineral vein of Liz Phair. Ferrick began vocalizing in coffeehouses after falling out of college, eventually rambling up in Boston. Her major discovery arrived one night when she replaced Morrissey's opening act less than an hour before commencement. Ferrick's performance impressed Morrissey and he invited her to exposed for him during the rest of the turn. The term of enlistment earned her a small furor undermentioned as good as a constrict with Atlantic Records. She released her debut album, Massive Blur, in 1994 to good reviews; the critical reception for her stripped s album, Willing to Wait, earned even stronger reviews. Everything I Need followed in 1998, and in early 2000 Ferrick returned with Exemption. Capturing her enigmatic stage persona, Ferrick issued Skinnier, Faster, Live at the B.P.C. in early 2001.
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Defense Rests in R. Kelly Trial
R. Kelly’s attorneys rested their case Monday in the singer’s child pornography trial in Chicago, after two days and twelve witnesses.
Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan sent eh jurors home Monday and they are to return today, when the prosecution plans to call two rebuttal witnesses. Closing arguments could take place on Thursday, Gaughan said.
The defense had a low-key two days in court. They called neither their star client, accused of having videotaped himself engage in sexual acts with an underage girl, nor the alleged victim.
Both Kelly, 41, and the alleged victim, now 23, deny it is them in the video at the center of the prosecution’s case. But neither took the stand to testify before the judge and jurors.
The prosecution’s seven days of questioning 22 witnesses was significantly more spectacular, with singer Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards, a relative of the alleged victim, and Lisa Van Allen, who claimed to have had three-way sex with Kelly and the underage girl, making explosive allegations.
Kelly’s attorneys accused Van Allen of conspiring to extort money from the singer. She denied this but admitted she stole one of his expensive watches.
The prosecution rested its case last week.
The defense has been adamant that the man appearing in the controversial video is a look-alike and not Kelly himself, because he lacks a large mole that the R&B singer has on his back. The attorneys have claimed that the video was digitally altered.
Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of child pornography. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
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Kooks incite VIP bottling at festival
The Kooks hurled abuse at the VIP section of the Isle of Wight Festival while on stage yesterday.
During his band's set, singer Luke Pritchard told the specials guests section: "Hello VIP, how are you doing?"
After the audience booed, the frontman added: "Yeah, f**k off!"
The crowd cheered Pritchard's comments and then proceeded to throw bottles at the VIP tent.
Other acts performing at the event over the weekend included The Sex Pistols, The Police, Sugababes and Kaiser Chiefs.
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During his band's set, singer Luke Pritchard told the specials guests section: "Hello VIP, how are you doing?"
After the audience booed, the frontman added: "Yeah, f**k off!"
The crowd cheered Pritchard's comments and then proceeded to throw bottles at the VIP tent.
Other acts performing at the event over the weekend included The Sex Pistols, The Police, Sugababes and Kaiser Chiefs.
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Space Odyssey
Artist: Space Odyssey
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Space Odyssey
Year: 1998
Tracks: 5
Embrace The Galaxy
Year:
Tracks: 9
One of many projects helmed by Swedish keyboard ace Richard Andersson, Space Odyssey as well consists of vocaliser Patrik Johansson (Astral Doors), guitar player Magnus Nilsson (Talisman), bassist Marcel Jacob (ex-Rising Force), and drummer Zoltan Csorsz (the Flower Kings). Confusingly, Space Odyssey's debut album, 2004's Embrace the Galaxy, seldom bothers itself with anything scientific or space related to, only rather features ultra-technical neoclassic heavy metal in the figure of speech of Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.
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