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Live Review: Feist - The Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:46:24
Los Angeles public radio powerhouse KCRW set the stage for Leslie Feist to take on the Hollywood Bowl last Sunday as a part of their summer concert series. Even considering the success of her ubiquitous iPod commercial, featuring the catchy “1234,” the Bowl was a large venue for her to tackle, though she has enough talent to fill an arena twice ...more
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Damon Albarn Reveals Details of New Disc
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:45:39
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have announced an album version of their opera Monkey: Journey to the West, which opens at London's Royal Opera House this week. The 55-minute CD will include 22 instrumentals and vocal tracks, as well as deluxe packaging that explores "to the fullest its characters, storylines, themes and inspirations." Hewlett ...more
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Lykke Li Readies Debut LP
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:54
With her debut disc, Youth Novels, finally hitting our shores on August 19 through LL Recordings, Lykke Li has announced a fall North American tour that stretches into early November. While she'll play a pair of record release shows in New York and Los Angeles on August 25 and 28, Li, will return to the states on October 19 to launch a short leg of ...more
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The Pretenders Roll New Record Out in MP3 Form
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:33:34
The Pretenders have announced partnerships with several online companies to release their new record, Break Up the Concrete, in a one-MP3-per-week format. The first song to hit the 'net is "Boots of Chinese Plastic," available for free through Spinner.com and the Pretender's own page now. Expect further tracks through QuickTime, ...more
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50 Cent Files Taco Bell Lawsuit
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:07
50 Cent's legal team has filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell, saying he never agreed to endorse their value menu. In a recent commercial, the company suggests the rapper change his name to "79 Cent," "89 Cent" or "99 Cent"—the three price points in their new promotion. "We know that you adopted the name 50 Cent years ago as a metaphor for change," ...more
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Dr. Dre Drops 'Detox' Details
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:58:27
Dr. Dre has spoke out about his long-delayed Detox disc, telling USA Today, "I'm just now—over the last couple of months—starting to feel that it's going to be right and it's something I can be proud of, and everybody is going to love it … [I'm] shooting for a November or December release." Dre added to expect lots of live drum loops on the ...more
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Barack Obama To Appear At Lollapalooza
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:51:31
Sources close to Barack Obama's presidential campaign have said he plans on making an appearance at Lollapalooza next weekend. According to several reports, Obama is expected to introduce fellow Chicago native Kanye West. "I've met with Kanye," Obama admitted on the TV show What's In It For Us, "And I've talked to other artists about how ...more
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Michelle Williams Partners Up with Beastie Boy Adam Yauch
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:08:24
Michelle Williams has teamed up with Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA of The Beastie Boys, but not for a musical endeavor. Williams' film Wendy and Lucy has been picked up for distribution and marketing by Yauch's start-up film company, Oscilloscope Pictures. The company will handle the North American rights to the film and has planned a limited New York ...more
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New Line Relaunching "Nightmare on Elm Street" Franchise
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:00
New Line hopes to relaunch one of the most successful horror franchises of the '80s and '90s by resurrecting razor-gloved, burn-scarred maniac Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street. The company has hired veteran writer and former rock critic Wesley Strick, who penned the Cape Fear remake as well as Batman Returns, to write the script. New ...more
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Tobey Maguire is a "Crusader"
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:52:44
Tobey Maguire may be trading in his red and blue Spider-Man tights in favor of a power suit. The actor is attached to play a lawyer in Universal's The Crusaders, a drama about the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit which put an end to public school segregation. Maguire would play civil rights attorney Jack Greenberg, the hotshot ...more
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