Rihanna - Rihanna Set To Make Us Pop Chart History

RIHANNA is all set to make pop chart history in America on Thursday (15May08) when she becomes the female artist with the biggest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Her Take a Bow is expected to rocket to the top of the singles chart from a lowly 53, thanks to a whopping 267,000 digital download sales.

The song's jump is the second-best leap to the top, trailing only Rihanna's duet partners Maroon 5 who scored a number one with Makes Me Wonder a year ago (May08) after a 63-position hike from 64.

Rihanna's collaboration with Maroon 5 on If I Never See Your Face Again is expected to be one of the new charts highest debuts when the official countdown is released.

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Indy To Set Box-office Record?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull blasted off Thursday night with signs that it could overtake last year's Spider-Man 3 and set a record for a box-office debut. The Spider-Man sequel opened on a non-holiday weekend last May with $151.6 million. The best Memorial Day results were posted last year by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with $153 million. Paramount figured that midnight shows of Crystal Skull in the U.S. Wednesday night brought in about $4.5 million. The studio did not release any full-day estimates for Thursday but rival studios keeping an eye on ticket sales figured that the film probably took in $25-30 million.


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Carnifex

   
Artist: Carnifex

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Rock
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 Firefight Ep

   Year: 2007   
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 Dead in My Arms

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 10

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Lindsay Lohan Backs Out Of Manson Film

Despite online reports to the contrary, Lindsay Lohan has walked away from a role in a new movie about killer Charles Manson saying that it "didn't come together quickly enough".Lohan, 21, was set to star in "The Manson Girls" as one of his cult member's Nancy Pitman, but instead has chosen a six episode guest role on television's 'Ugly Betty' and has been cast in a new movie entitled 'Labor Pains'. Leslie Sloane, her representative, told Reuters that, "Unfortunately (the Manson movie) didn't come together quickly enough, and she was offered other roles, which she accepted and is looking forward to doing,"  Additionally, Sloane denied online stories claiming that she was dropped from the project due to other actors refusing to work with the actress.Photo courtesy of TriStar Pictures.

Paul Kantner and Grace Slick

   
Artist: Paul Kantner and Grace Slick

   Genre(s): 
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 Baron Von Tollbooth And The Chrome Nun

   Year: 1973   
Tracks: 10

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Shania Twain - Twain Splits From Music Producer Husband

Country star SHANIA TWAIN and her music producer husband ROBERT `MUTT' LANGE have filed for divorce.

The Canadian singer, 42, and music mogul Lange, 59, married in 1993 and share one child together.

In a statement, their spokesperson, Jason Owen, says, "This is a private matter and there will be no further comment at this time."

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Lustra Claims Hannah Montana Stole Song

Los Angeles indie band Lustra [ tickets ] is claiming the Hannah Montana [ tickets ] song "Rockstar" is identical to their song "Scotty Doesn't Know," from their album "Left For Dead," according to a statement issued on the band's behalf. "Scotty Doesn't Know," which was recorded for the movie "Eurotrip," was released in 2004 while "Rockstar" was released in 2006.The band's statement said their unnamed producer, out of Boston, was "connected" to the "Hannah Montana" television show. When confronted, the producer allegedly refused to return phone calls.The band says it is considering various options to rectify the situation.The "Hannah Montana scandal," as Lustra called the situation," hasn't been half-bad for the band, however. When the news broke, Lustra's MySpace page received more than 3 million profile views in less than 24 hours, according to the release.Lustra guitarist Nick Cloutman added his two cents to the situation: "If Annie Liebowitz is interested in photographing us nearly nude, we are certainly open to it and we look forward to her call."

Blur - Celebs Competing For Proms Opportunity

Eight celebrities will compete for the chance to conduct at the last night of the Proms in a new BBC2 reality show.

The winner of Maestro, featuring hip-hop artist Goldie, Blur bassist Alex James and actress Jane Asher, will conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in front of a 30,000-strong live audience on September 13th.

The programme, which is due to air over the summer, will see a judging panel led by eminent conductor Sir Roger Norrington decide which of the eight contestants gets kicked off the show every week.

Newsreader Katie Derham, presenter Peter Snow, actor David Soul, comedienne Sur Perkins and comic actor Bradley Walsh are the other five conducting-wannabes.

"Maestro will take the audience on a fascinating, surprising, thrilling and informative journey into the heart of music-making," commented Peter Maniura, head of BBC Classical Music Television.

"It will delve into the practicalities, magic and mystery of what a conductor actually does to make great music happen."


23/05/2008 16:38:26

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