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Celeb Style Steal: Do “Blue Dress + Silver Shoes” Like Katherine McPhee (blog.stylehive.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:47:00 GMT

At the the Grammy Foundation’s Starry Night Benefit honoring Sir George Martin , American Idol runner up - more recently known as the new Neutrogena girl Katherine McPhee - sparkled like royalty in her royal blue and silver get-up. Bold blue paired with shimmery silver is a super hot color-combo this summer, especially when done like Katherine who paired this beautiful dress with elegant strappy silver...

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Thalía's Post-Baby Bliss (And Her Diet Secrets) (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From her days as a member of the popular singing group Timbiriche to her expanding solo music career -- and more recently her marriage to music producer Tommy Mottola -- Thalía has worn several different hats. Her favorite? That of motherhood, she tells Ocean Drive Espanol. After giving birth to...

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Nigel Godrich's "From the Basement" Series to air on IFC (It's hard to Find a Friend)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:09:00 GMT

The wonderful "From the Basement" series first caught my eye when the special In Rainbows episode aired on a channel simply called "music: high definition." Apparently it will now be available, multiple episodes, for anyone who is paying for cable on IFC's new lineup. The series which has featured Radiohead, Sonic Youth, The Shins, PJ Harvey, The White Stripes, Jarvis Cocker, Jose Gonzelez, Eels &...

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10Videotape (Today's Blog Music)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:09:00 GMT

in post Nigel Godrich's "From the Basement" Series to air on IFC from It's hard to Find a Friend .

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Nigel Godrich's "From the Basement" Coming to Cable (Pitchfork)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

To us Yanks unwilling to plunk down the extra dough for HD cable, Nigel Godrich 's basement sounds like a realm of great mystery, like Kraftwerk's studio, or wherever Kevin Shields has been holed up for the last decade. But, every so often, the superproducer/gracious host lets folks slip down the stairs for a little program he calls "From the Basement" , featuring sets from the likes of Thom Yorke,...

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CSN + Rick Rubin = More Genius? (Rock Sellout)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:50:55 GMT

Rick Rubin, who’s bestowed his magical bearded touch on Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond, is taking oldsters Crosby, Stills & Nash under his wing for an album of covers. Fresh off the documentary “CSNY: Deja Vu“, the perennial tour dogs are, as usual, on the road. All three are currently doing dates with [...]

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Explore : Artists, Country, Johnny Cash, Music, Rock and Pop

'Mamma' meager (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:49:49 GMT

You may find that the movie version of "Mamma Mia!" brings out your inner Simon Cowell. It's likely to happen any time Pierce Brosnan gets his mitts on a melody. "You no longer have a license to kill, Mr. Brosnan, and someone should revoke your license to sing."

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Explore : Actors and Actresses, Amanda Seyfried, Cinema, Entertainment, Music

Metallica Reveal Death Magnetic Cover, Claim We're All Gonna Die Someday (Stereogum)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:57:18 GMT

Earlier this week, we heard Metallica's new Rick Rubin-produced album will be available for Guitar Hero III the same day it hits stores. If you wanna know what it sounds like, try Google cache . The unpublishing of Death Magnetic buzz is suspect, but Dave and Chris will be first in line for it anyway. Blabbermouth gives us the first look at the album cover...

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Crosby, Stills, And Nash Ask Rick Rubin To Help Them Restore Their Dignity [American Recordings] (Idolator)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:30:00 GMT

When I read that Rick Rubin was going to produce the new Crosby, Stills, and Nash record, for a split second I got excited, thanks to imagining the trio harmonizing sweetly over the top of some badass "99 Problems" boom-bap. For better or worse, that is not the case. Instead, they'll be teaming with Rubin to record an album of covers—so what we'll probably get is a ripoff of Johnny Cash's dour,...

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Crosby Stills and Nash to record covers record with Rick Rubin... (The Daily Swarm)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:04:55 GMT

Crosby, Stills & Nash are plotting their first studio album since 1994—a covers set for Columbia Records helmed by Rick Rubin. “Rick Rubin’s a brilliant man,” Graham Nash tells Billboard.com, “and what he wants is an album with no CSN songs. He wants to do an album of all the songs we love, all the songs we wish we’ve written. It’s brilliant from this point of view because we usually wait five years...

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WILSON’S PRAISE FOR SPECTOR (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:33:23 GMT

BEACH BOYS star BRIAN WILSON has hailed accused murderer PHIL SPECTOR as the most important musician of all time. Spector, 67, is accused of murdering actress Lana Clarkson at his Alhambra, California mansion, in 2003 but he has denied the charges - claiming her death was suicide. He is facing a re-trial in October (08) after [...]

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BB Jen 'wants to bed Simon Cowell' (Digital Spy)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:09:00 GMT

Evicted Big Brother contestant Jennifer Clark admits to having a crush on Simon Cowell.

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Girls Aloud Heading for Small Screen, to Star in New Drama 'The Secret World Of Sam King' (Aceshowbiz.com)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:29:04 GMT

The fivesome are set to star in a new TV series, titled "The Secret World Of Sam King," which will base its main character on American Idol judge Simon Cowell.

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GIRLS ALOUD SET FOR TEEN TV SOAP (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:12:18 GMT

British girl band GIRLS ALOUD will star in a teenage soap set in the music business - with the main character based on AMERICAN IDOL judge SIMON COWELL. The drama series, entitled The Secret World Of Sam King, will be shown exclusively to users of teen social networking site Bebo and will be set inside their [...]

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IFC plans to add youth-friendly bro-gramming, including new shows from noted young people like Radiohead guru Nigel Godrich and Henry Rollins. (Paper Thin Walls Bullhorn)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:00:33 GMT

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From The Basement, the Nigel Godrich-produced ... [Programming Notes] (Idolator)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT

From The Basement , the Nigel Godrich-produced music performance series that's featured bands like the White Stripes, PJ Harvey, and Radiohead in the past, will become a cable-TV staple in September; IFC is adding the series to its new programming block Automat, which is apparently designed to appeal to the young-male demographic. Well, thank God someone's finally serving that woefully under-pandered-to...

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Britain’s Got Talent winner stars in (German) TV ad (Mobile Phones Blog)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:44:34 GMT

Back in 2007, Carphone Warehouse employee Paul Potts melted even the steely heart of Britian’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell with his rendition of opera classic Nessun Dorma. This year he’s been combining his two roles as salesman and singer in a major TV advertising campaign for German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. The first commercial uses [...]

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Spector faces new witness in murder trial (The First Post)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:07:35 GMT

Phil Spector (pictured), the legendary music producer, is facing a second legal battle over his alleged murder of Lana Clarkson, the struggling B-movie actress who was found dead from a…

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Spector's lawyers want to bar 'the most damaging' testimony (LA Times)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:28:00 GMT

Five women who took the stand in his murder trial last year said he'd threatened them with guns. The attorneys say the circumstances were different from prosecutors' theory on Lana Clarkson's death. Phil Spector's attorneys want to keep what they call "the most damaging evidence" against the music producer out of his retrial in the slaying of an actress.

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Sense of doubt... (Cloudland Blue - A Diary)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:08:00 GMT

Playlist David Bowie - Hunky Dory David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Pin Ups David Bowie - The Best Of The Spiders From Mars 1971-73 (CD-R) David Bowie - David Live David Bowie - Stage Inspired by Tony Visconti's Autobiography, which I was reading on Sunday night before retiring around 1 am, I purchased the re-issues of David Bowie's two 70's live albums today...

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