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Quentin Tarantino Wants Lady Gaga in His Next Movie
May 14, 2011 | 
Author Tarantino and Gaga are both in Cannes, France, for its famed film festival, where Lady G performed last night for a star-heavy crowd that included Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Uma Thurman and Kanye West.
“It’s no secret Quentin’s been eyeing up Gaga for a role in one of his up-and-coming films,” a source close to Tarantino tells the Daily Mail. “And now they’re both in Cannes, he’s keen to show off his movie star credentials.”
Whether he’s eyeing Gaga for a part in his next feature, the recently announced ‘Django Unchained,’ starring Will Smith, or another of the many projects he has in the works is unknown.
Gaga and Tarantino are said to be old friends. The director got to know the pop star when he lent her the “P***y Wagon” truck used in his ‘Kill Bill’ films for her ‘Telephone’ video last year.
Mr Jones Machine “Monokrom” (Album/Progress Productions)
| Artist: Mr Jones Machine Title: Monokrom Format: Album Label: Progress Productions Genre: Synthpop, New Romantic Release date: March 30, 2011 Available on Spotify!
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The Swedish Synthpop trio Mr Jones Machine are back after some time off. The new album “Monokrom” is, just as the last album “Återvändsgränd”, all with Swedish lyrics.
The album are presented with 10 new tracks, and what a way they do it in. Even if the playtime mearly is 40 minutes, the music really is addictive and will for sure get any fan of the 80?s Swedish pop music. But it is so much more then just that. The band deliver one strong refrain after the other to clever soundscapes in a great way.
“Monokrom” feels very modern and the mixture of more melodic songs like “De Månbleka Tingen” or “Det Kalla Kriget” to the more fast-paced “Vit Citroën” and “Optimister & Pessimister” to some deep and darker tracks in “Vitt Brus” is just great.
The ending track “Gardin Av Järn” is 4 minutes of amazing tunes that bring you both joy and sadness at the same time and the last time I heard something like this was earlier this year. A track that very much can be compared with the Covenant track “The Road”, from their new album. It got the same atmospheric approach and the synthetic soundscapes are just so beautiful.
This is 40 minutes of pleasure of beautifully composed and very catchy synthpop/new romantic that delivers a great atmosphere and strong vocals. Simplicity meets complexity when it is at its best!
Tracklist:
01. De Månbleka Tingen (feat. Susie)
02. Naken
03. Det Kalla Kriget
04. Mannen I Svart
05. Ny Stad
06. Vit Citroën
07. Vitt Brus
08. Optimister & Pessimister
09. Rännstensparad
10. Gardin Av Järn
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9/10 |
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“Around The World” by Guitarsnake (Instrumental Rock Artist)
Guitar virtuoso, Guitarsnake, aka Nicolas Notorianni, releases another spectacular instrumental Rock CD, “Around the World.” Guitarsnake will mesmerize you with his collection of superb music as he fascinates the soul with his captivating talent. He impresses with his ability to make his guitar “sing” these dynamic and well balanced melodic melodies. He opens up the CD with the song, “My Religion,” which has 4 parts to it. Each track is electrifying as it is richly textured with complementing strings that swirl around his entrancing guitar. The title track, “Around the World,” is an enticing song that shimmers with a melodic guitar that evokes emotive ambiance. “Surrounded,” is a song that has slithery guitar hooks and you will like how the delicate strings incorporate a delicate and dreamy tonality. If you like the smooth grooves of Joe Satriani, then you will definitely enjoy the brilliant Rock album, “Around the World.”
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“Ranch Cat” by Brad Dunn and Ellis County (Country Artist)
Brad Dunn and Ellis County release another spectacular Country album, “Ranch Cat.” This CD shines with its finely crafted songs that are vibrant and upbeat, offers exceptional lead vocals and harmonies, and first rate instrumentation. Opening up the album, “3 Days In Mexico,” charms you with its catchy melody and colorful flavors of Country tonality. Another song, “Red White and Blue,” is Country Rock at its best as the lead vocals groove with an in your face attitude. The song, “Knock Em Down,” is another great tune with a fun, bouncy beat and solid vocals. The last song, “Southern Wind,” is a great acoustic song as the guitar, bass, and fiddle complement the charming vocals and harmony. If you are into Country music, then you will find this album to be absolutely entertaining. Fans of George Strait will really enjoy the fantastic collection of Country songs on the superb CD, “Ranch Cat.”
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Britney Spears’ Parents: Our Daughter Is Mentally Unsound
Spears’ ex-manager, Sam Lutfi, is suing Lynne Spears for defamation — she wrote in her memoir, ‘Through the Storm,’ that he was responsible for cutting off her family’s communication with their daughter and over-influencing the already vulnerable and deteriorating star in a negative way.
Lutfi and his legal team have asked Spears to testify to the fact that he was not the manipulating force behind the pop queen’s breakdown. But Spears’ parents believe their daughter is not mentally capable of giving a deposition. But not taking no for an answer, Lutfi has demanded that a judge order Spears to undergo a psychiatric exam to prove her lucidity.
Although her troubled days seem to be behind her, Spears’ father, James Parnell Spears, remains in control of her conservatorship. The crooner’s protective papa doesn’t want his daughter anywhere near Lutfi. But with evidence in the form of Spears’ recent interviews, Lutfi believes that she is more than capable of speaking her mind.
Still Spears’ family may be putting their foot down when it comes to their daughter’s potential mental wellness exam for a different reason — if she does prove capable of testifying, her conservatorship may also be lifted.
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Miranda Lambert Prepares for Wedding Weekend
“I am so excited. Got nails touched up. One last wal mart run and I should be good!” Lambert tweeted earlier this week.
She also showed a bit of her wild side, tweeting, “Last thing loaded for the wedding!!! Harvested by….me!!!!!” and tweeted a picture of a package of deer meat they plan to serve at the reception.
According to PEOPLE, Lambert and Shelton have never been shy about their love for hunting, and have long planned on serving their own wild game at their wedding. That “is the one thing we nailed down,” Lambert said last year. “And we’re going to harvest it ourselves; that’s what we really wanted to do.”
‘The Voice’ coach popped the question to Lambert last May in the woods near her home in Tishomingo, Okla.
“Weddings are great and engagements are great and diamonds are especially great,” Lambert saidwhen the pair announced their engagement. “But I’m just excited to be married because I want to tell Blake I really can love him the rest of my life and be happy and make him happy.”
Check out our AOL Sessions performance with Shelton below.
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Shania Twain Reveals She Is Losing Her Voice
Twain revealed to E! Online that years of suppressing and repressing her voice and emotions had damaged her vocal cords.
The 45-year-old singer revealed that she has a condition called Dysphonia, which brings about an impairment in the ability to produce voice sounds.
The condition manifested itself when she found out that her ex-husband, Robert “Mutt” Lange, was having an inappropriate relationship with one of her closest friends, Marie-Anne Thiébaud.
She talks about how her divorce affected her and in-turn her voice. “During the course of my divorce, I dug a big hole and stopped growing and searching and had given up. I realized I had to climb back out…You can only help yourself. Others can support you. Just asking myself what I was going to do helped make a place for optimism. You start to isolate yourself in your own misery.”
Twain reveals, “I had reached a point in my life where there was a bottleneck, physically, in my throat. Something had to give.”
She said that since her discovery, she is now on the road to recover her lost voice. “I’ve only just discovered what’s wrong. Next comes rehabilitation, which will take a long time. Physical rehabilitation, voice therapy, learning how to breath again…and the singing will come.”
Recently on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ Twain talked about how she felt during her darkest days. “I never contemplated killing myself. But certainly there were moments where I didn’t want to live. I wouldn’t have done anything about it, but I just lost my will to live. But I can understand why people do. Living in silence is very painful.”
Twain has since moved on with her life and is now married to Frederic Thiebaud, the husband of her former friend. The couple got married in Rincon, Puerto Rico, on New Years Day 2011.
Twain wrote on her blog of Thiebaud, “I’m in love! Frederic has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend. Over time, an amazing love has blossomed from this precious friendship.”
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters Reunite Onstage in London (Video)
The pair previously announced that Gilmour would sit-in with Waters for one song at an unspecified date during Waters’ current, worldwide ‘The Wall Live’ tour, which was based largely on Pink Floyd’s 1980 ‘The Wall’ tour. Most people assumed that the collaboration probably wasn’t going to happen during the U.S. leg of the tour last year.
The moment that everyone had been waiting for came — and passed all too quickly — on Thursday (May 12) at the O2 Arena in London.
NME reports that Gilmour joined Waters onstage for a rendition of ‘Comfortably Numb.’ It was the first time that the pair performed together publicly since Pink Floyd briefly reunited for just three songs in 2005, as part of the massive Live 8 benefit concert, which was simulcast live around the world. Gilmour and Waters did, however, perform four songs together last year at a private benefit concert in front of just 200 extremely lucky guests.
London’s O2 Arena is making good on its stated intention to eclipse New York’s Madison Square Garden as the most famous and prestigious arena in the world — the O2 was also where Led Zeppelin chose to reunite, also for one show only, in 2007. And it was also going to be the home of Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ comeback run in 2009 which, of course, tragically never happened.
The reunion between Gilmour and Waters was suspiciously timed — it came during the same week that Pink Floyd launched a massive reissue and archival release campaign, which will feature a virtual treasure trove of unreleased material from the band’s heyday. No matter — when it comes to anything Pink Floyd, the more news, the better.
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