Tuesday 24 June 2008

Producer Slams Lindsay Lohan Paparazzi Stalkers

The producer on Lindsay Lohan’s new movie Labor Pains has hit out at paparazzi for stalking the trouble actress, claming the lengths they go to in order to attain the picture picture is “insane”.

Hollywood bigwig Lati Grobman tells People: "It's the most insane thing I've ever seen in my life. They do things that are very, very aggressive.

"I'm not a producer anymore, I'm a policewoman!"

Grobman also talks about Firecrotch’s professionalism on set, explaining: "The difference between her and the other girls that are naughty in the business is that she's actually talented.

"It's not (like) Paris Hilton and the rest of them. We took a chance. It's good that we did. So far, so good."

Monday 23 June 2008

Evil Nine

Evil Nine   
Artist: Evil Nine

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


You Can Be Special Too   
 You Can Be Special Too

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 15




 






Sunday 22 June 2008

Jake Gyllenhaal tops gay icons list

Jake Gyllenhaal has topped a poll of the Hot 100 gay icons.

The 27-year-old actor - who famously starred in a homosexual love scene with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain - came first in the survey of 100,000 people on gay website AfterElton.com, for the second consecutive year.

The website said: "What accounts for Jake’s ongoing appeal to gay men? His doe-eyed, boy next door (yet somehow smouldering) looks certainly don’t hurt, but we suspect what really makes gay men go for him is that he doesn't have an issue going for us.

"Jake has done as much as any actor to show straight guys there isn’t a good reason to be afraid of gay guys or gay roles."

Jake beat Torchwood star John Barrowman and Brothers and Sister's actor Luke McFarlane to the top spot.

Meanwhile, on AfterEllen.com - the lesbian counterpart to AfterElton.com - 30 Rock comedienne Tina Fey came top of the Hot 100 gay women list.

Tina beat US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, her girlfriend Portia de Rossi and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star Kristanna Loken to first place.





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Chris Martin's knee injury delays Coldplay comeback

The mystery of why Coldplay have postponed their forthcoming world tour has finally been solved, and by Bizarre's Smart Gordon no less. Well, we did tell you on Tuesday that he was a super sleuth. Admirable suggestions such as "God is in a generous mood" and "they've realised that they're very, very boring" came in thick and fast from you lot, but it's the Sun man who has the inside scoop as to what's really behind the "production delays". Doesn't he always?












"The frontman has been left hobbling after twisting his knee awkwardly during practice sessions for the quartet's eagerly-awaited first gig in London on Monday." Smarto puts the injury down to Martin's apparent newfound love of trampolining, which is a bit weird to say the least, but also, because it's Chris Martin, totally believable. However, if Martin and co are hoping to have their pre-show nerves soothed by Smarto, they've got another thing coming.

"HMV is banking on the new album being the year's biggest seller. Their stock order is the largest they've placed in the chain's history." And that's not all: "EMI will certainly be hoping they set all sorts of records. They are relying on the album being a hit to raise some much-needed cash after their market share slumped to well below nine per cent in America." Wow, with trampoline injuries and the weight of the music industry's woes on their shoulders, Coldplay's live shows sound like a right laugh.

Punk is dead, long live punk! And then fly it to the Isle of Wight festival in a specially chartered helicopter! That, according to Kim Dawson of Kim Dawson's Playlist, is how the Sex Pistols are planning to make their entrance at the bash this weekend.

"The Pistols heard about the Rolling Stones chartering their own ferry to the festival and decided they too needed to travel in style," a source tells the Star's music columnist. That's nothing, apparently Iggy Pop is getting there by speedboat, though one can only hope the results of his performance aren't as gruesome as this little snippet from the Sun's Bizarre pages. The Stooges frontman tells Smart Gordon: "At an early 70s festival they cleared the crowd and some bikers had lashed a man to a tree and stuck an axe through his heart." It makes Rotten's summary of the Isle as "warm beer, old women and Johnny Rotten's haemorrhoids - yum yum", sound positively bucolic.

The Mirror's 3am team, like many others, have been keeping a close eye on what Lily Allen and her pink head have been up to in LA. It's not hard though, the singer has been blogging regularly about her time in the city, which mainly involves posting pictures of what she's been eating. Clemmie and Danielle have some dirt though: "We hear Lil, 22, had to shut down her impromptu party at a bungalow she is renting at the plush Chateau Marmont in LA because staff complained the noise was too loud." Call that juicy gossip?


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First Ever Chocolate Made 7" Coming Via Innerpartysytem

Strangely, Innerpartysystem are to release a new 7" single that will be pressed on dark chocolate.


Impressively, the 'Don't Stop' 7" actually plays on a normal turntable, although the sound quality is said to be of lower quality than lovers of vinyl will be used to.


Only 100 copies of the 7" (pictured below) will be available in the UK on June 30th and a video of the record being spun (and eaten) has appeared on YouTube here.


Innerpartysystem Chocolate 7"




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The Weinsteins Hear the Neon Lights Are Bright on Broadway

Photo: Getty Images
Bob and Harvey Go Legit: Having run out of hapless Hollywood executives to devour with soul-crushing fury, Bob and Harvey Weinstein have turned their bottomless rage to Broadway. (Truth be told, we're not giving them enough credit, as the Weinstein Company was a minority co-producer in both August: Osage County and Boeing-Boeing, two plays that enjoyed seven Tonys between them.) Now the Weinsteins will dig through the Miramax catalogue and kick off their run with Finding Neverland in 2010, followed by a stage version of Pink Floyd's The Wall, Shakespeare in Love, Chocolat, Cinema Paradiso, and Shall We Dance. Psst, Harvey, you forgot Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. [Variety]

Open-Mike Night for Carrey: Serious dramatic actor Jim Carrey has signed on to an untitled comedy project with Lisa Lampenelli at HBO. In the series, a serious woman unexpectedly inherits a comedy club and must play a motherly role to the resident comics. Since it's no longer 1997, we can only assume Carrey will play the serious woman. [Variety]

My One and Only Bacon: We have an update on My One and Only, George Hamilton's childhood adventure movie that no one under 60 could possibly care about! Guess who's joining the cast! It's — no, it's not Lawrence Welk. No, we're pretty sure Donna Reed is dead. Okay, fine — it's Kevin Bacon! [Variety]



MGM Buys a New Le Car: MGM has purchased a comedy spec from Wayne McClammy and Will Burke, both Jimmy Kimmel writers, McClammy having directed "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" and its Ben Affleck sequel. Their script is designed to "unspool as a found film made in the 1980s," about CIA agents who try to stop an "evil car" from blowing up the Lake Placid Olympics. [HR]

Universal Starts a Family: Universal has snatched up The Family Bond, an adventure spec by Jeff Lowell (John Tucker Must Die) about a "girl who goes on an adventure to rescue her mother, with the father she never knew she had, a Bond-like spy." Yes, this is exactly like Spy Kids. [HR]

History Repeating for Johnson: Have you just stopped caring, Universal? Dave H. Johnson sold Uni a comedy pitch, Repeat After Me, about a "couple who realize they are reliving their disastrous wedding day again and again." How about a movie about a studio that just keeps making Groundhog Day over and over again? [HR]


Socrates

Socrates   
Artist: Socrates

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


Phos   
 Phos

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 8




 





Late Of The Pier thrill at warehouse party

The Horrors go techno this Friday

The Horrors are playing an exclusive techno set this Friday (June 20) at a free warm-up party for the Offset Festival.

The party is taking place at a secret location in east London and, although the event is free, to gain entry you must register on the guestlist. To do so, click over to Offsetfestival.co.uk.

The venue location will be revealed on Thursday June 19.

The Offset Festival takes place from August 30-31 in Hainault Forest Country Park.

The line-up includes Wire, Young Knives and Ipso Facto.

Paula Abdul Splits From Boyfriend

Paul Abdul and her restaurateur boyfriend JT Torregiani have split after more than a year of dating, with his rep telling People magazine that the break-up was caused by their respective hectic work schedules.
“It became too hard to maintain the relationship,” says Torregiani’s rep. “They remain best of friends.”
The couple began dating in 2006.
Abdul had previously described her romantic life to ‘Today’ show host Matt Lauer as “a horror movie”, but said that “things are looking good right now”, as she was dating Torregiani at the time.
Photo courtesy of Bravo TV.


Roving Mars

Roving Mars is a decent thrill ride even when it starts feeling like a commercial plug for NASA's failing space program.