Dead and Divine & other: June 2008

Wednesday 25 June 2008

Fashion wrap: Trendsetters have off day

This week's fashion wrap proves that even style icons have off days with Sienna Miller doing her best impression of a lampshade and Nicole Richie impersonating a curtain.

She's just split up from fiancé Rhys Ifans, so maybe she was distracted, but at the premiere of her new film The Edge of Love in Edinburgh, Sienna Miller wore black leggings topped with a fringed floor-length over-dress and a hat.

Fringing is supposed to be a big trend this winter, but the waistcoat was taking things to the extreme.

Another celebrity making a dodgy outfit choice was trend-setter Nicole Richie.

At the Women in Film Awards in Beverly Hills she chose a satin, printed caftan dress - which drowned her petite frame and drew attention away from her new-mum glow.

The awards honour outstanding women for their contribution to the entertainment industry.

Cameron Diaz was at the same event - she chose a demure strapless tea dress (forties big skirts are another big trend this season) accessorised with a matching red wrap.

Charlize Theron is a permanent fixture on 'best dressed' lists, this week she's been jet-setting around Europe promoting her new movie Hancock with Will Smith, on the red carpet for the German premiere she proved yet again why she regularly tops the 'most stylish woman' lists.

But the 'What were you thinking?' award this week goes to singer Rhianna, during her appearance on The Today Show it looks like she pinned paper flowers to the bottom of her short black dress, and the cap doesn't complement the quirky dress.

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Sunday 22 June 2008

Megan Fox on Michael Bay, World’s Best Director

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"His main note to me is just to look hot, so I try my best." —Megan Fox on her Transformers 2 director Michael Bay [Movies Blog/MTV]

"I must say, there's a particular satisfaction in beating up somebody in the government." —Alan Arkin [LAT]

"He was saying, 'If you quit the show, you have the clout to get me back on.' And I said, 'You're fartin' way higher than your ass on that one, because everybody is disposable.'" —Billy West, the voice of Ren and Stimpy, on John Kricfalusi [A.V. Club]

"I apologize to anybody that was on the train that got a weird delay, but when I had an idea, I had an idea, and I just had to write it down. So that train that wasn't moving, that was me." —transit worker turned screenwriter Michael Martin [NY1]

"It's true in Death Race that we don't run over a huge amount of pedestrians. It's true. But if you watch the end of the trailer, there's a man on foot, and it doesn't look good for him." —Paul W.S. Anderson responds to the criticism that Death Race won't have enough pedestrian carnage [MTV]

Friday 20 June 2008

Alphabeat Sign New US Record Deal

Danish group Alphabeat have signed with Warner Bros vice president and co-founder of Sire Records, Seymour Stein, for a new US record deal.

Stein, who first signed Madonna, along with The Smiths and Talking Heads, apparantly fell in love with Alphabeat after seeing them live in Brighton, England.

Their debut album 'This Is Alphabeat' was released this week and is expected to chart highly.

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Jackson To Star In MTV Reality Series

R&B singer Janet Jackson is set to star in an upcoming reality TV series for MTV. The project will follow Jackson as she mentors a group of aspiring singers and dancers in search of the next pop superstar through unconventional means. Executive producer Dave Broome says of the series, "It's really about finding who's the next Janet Jackson or Justin Timberlake or Usher. And we'll find it from a pool of people who you wouldn't typically find it from. We'll go to Ymcas, church groups, local community centres and try to cast the show." The winner of the series will receive a prize yet to be determined, although producers are entertaining the idea of relating it to Jackson's upcoming world tour - which kicks off on 10 September . Jackson's show signals a turnaround from her turbulent relationship with the network. She was rumoured to be blacklisted by the station after her infamous wardrobe malfunction during a performance with Justin Timberlake at the 2004 Superbowl halftime show the network produced.

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Hoffman Buys Diners' Food

Kindhearted Dustin Hoffman has offered to buy 50 people dinner - if they order his namesake dish from the menu. The Rainman star will buy food for diners at West Hollywood's pricey Kumo Restaurant, reports Tmz.com. But he will only pay the bill if they order the Dustin Hoffman Roll.

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Eddy Woo and Jeff Fusion

Artist: Eddy Woo and Jeff Fusion

   Genre(s):
Drum & Bass

Discography:

HLT002

Year: 2006
Tracks: 2

Fred Morrison

Artist: Fred Morrison

   Genre(s):
Celtic

Discography:

The sound of the Sun

Year: 1999
Tracks: 12

One of Scotland's most respected pipers, Fred Morrison played with Capercallie and Ceolas in front venturing out on his have to make solo albums. His solo debut, The Sound of the Sun, was issued by KRL Records in 1999.

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