Guillemots, the four-piece band by Fyfe Dangerfield, Magrão, Aristazabal Hawkes and Greig Stewart, are set to release their eagerly awaited third album, ‘Walk the River’ on April 18th on the Geffen label.
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WITH A SEXY NEW ROLE IN ZACK SNYDER’S SUCKER PUNCH, 22-YEAR-OLD STARLET VANESSA HUDGENS BEST KNOWN FOR HER PUPPY-LOVE ROMANCE WITH ZAC EFRON IS FINALLY SHEDDING HER SQUEAKY-CLEAN IMAGE IN DETAILS MAGAZINE MARCH ISSUE.
Hudgens, now 22, has internalized the strict and soapy image-control politics impressed upon her by the studio of youth. We mostly know her only from movies.
And face-wash ads. And paparazzi shots of lots of hand-holding. Symbolically save for the occasional salacious Google search return it’s as if her virginity is still intact.
Hudgens props her feet up on an adjacent potted plant, takes her feet down, kicks them up again. She runs her hand through her long black hair, pokes at the wad of blue gum she’s affixed to the lid of her coffee cup.
She raps her silver fingernails on her iPhone, then throws her arms in the air, retracts her shoulder blades, stretches, and grunts. Excessive fidgeting usually betrays some pathology. “I’m not nervous,” she says. “I’m excited. I get excited. I’m, like, a very hyper, energetic, crazy type of crazy. I have a lot going on. Always. I’ll dance on a table sober.”
Which is exactly the kind of reasonably burlesque thing Hudgens is doing in this month’s Sucker Punch, a Zack Snyder film about five female inmates escaping from an asylum that mashes up The Lord of the Rings, Showgirls, and Girl, Interrupted meaning we get a lot of crazy chicks wielding phallic weaponry and fighting dragons.
More recently, Hudgens has been filming the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth in Hawaii, improbably bonding with Michael Caine.
“He’s uh-mazing,” Hudgens says, habitually stretching that one word into two. “Not only is he uh-mazingly, stupidly talented, but he still kind of hits on me. All the time. If it was anybody else, I’d be like, ‘Who the hell do you think you are?’ But because it’s Michael Caine, I’m like, ‘Sock it to me more, baby, come on!’
Throughout this whole movie we’re trudging through the jungle. So, of course, we’re sweating. I can’t tell you how much time is spent putting oil on my chest. And Evian. Spraying Evian bottles on my chest and my arms and my forehead, but mostly my chest. Just to look like I’m sweating. But your boobs don’t really sweat, cleavage doesn’t sweat. So it’s kind of funny. But Michael’s always telling the makeup artists that he’ll take over and do it. I. Frickin’. Love. Him.”
Asking Hudgens about Efron yields a less detailed response. The way she delivers those nice-girl-just-got-hit-by-a-truck, post-breakup lines “We’re still friends,” “Who knows what the future will bring,” “We’re figuring things out” makes her sound like all the rest of the cake-eaters in here: hurt but hopeful.
“After the Oscars we were at Madonna’s party. Quentin Tarantino was there, and I was talking to him for a while, probably after a few drinks, and I told him, ‘We’ve gotta do something together.’ And he was like, ‘I would love to. That would be really great.’ So it’s been put out there,” Hudgens says. “Slowly, I’ve gained balls. I used to be very shy.”
BY HOWIE KAHN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERIC RAY DAVIDSON
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Hailing from the Bristol scene, First Place is a musical collaboration between producer OD Hunte, singer Allegra, 19 year old rapper Frenzee and tattooed frontman Yomi Davies.
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The role of a wrestling manager has an awful lot to it, much more than it looks when you see them stroll to the ring with their charge.
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Emily Baker Winner, Arts Foundation Songwriting Award 2009 presented by Annie Lennox has announced she will be touring her album release ‘House Of Cards’.
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It’s your last chance to bag VIP tickets to @CapitalOfficial ‘s Summertime ball. Enter here roadtrip.capitalfm.com
The nice people at Capital FM are giving listeners the chance to win tickets to see Lady Gaga in Mexico on the last night of her Monster Ball Tour.
They are also giving away ten tickets to see Katy Perry on her UK sell out tour.
All you have to do to win is pinpoint on the Capital FM hotpsot map where you enjoy the sounds of Capital FM, whether it’s your home, your workplace, your college – anywhere! This then becomes your hotspot.
You can then encourage your friends to join your hotspot, upload photos and leave comments.
There are two ways to win:
To win tickets to see Lady GaGa in Mexico sign in to the map and either join an existing hotspot or create your own. Once you are part of a hotspot you will be entered in a draw to win tickets.
Secondly Capital FM will be rewarding the person with the highest ranking hotspot – this is based on photos uploaded and comments received. In each region the biggest hotspot wins 10 tickets to see Katy Perry perform live.
Sign up and join or register for a hotspot to be in with a chance of winning at capitalhotspots.capitalfm.com
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London financial district was taken back in time with Cirque du Soleil pop-up performance.
The spectacular Cirque du Soleil took to the streets of London to bring a taste of its evolution themed show TOTEM to the highly evolved financial district.
The outdoor, pop up event on Broadgate at Liverpool Street Station was a rare chance to see the unique Cirque du Soleil performers outside of their London home at the Royal Albert Hall, where TOTEM is running until Thursday 17th February 2011.
Passers by were surprised to find monkeys and gorillas tackling the escalators while Neanderthal men got to grips with commuter essentials such as coffee, Oyster cards and the daily papers.
An unsuspecting business man appeared to be stripped of his belongings until the undercover acrobat was revealed as part of the show’s cast.
The new TOTEM show, which premiered in the UK earlier this month, has amazed hundreds of thousands of people since its world premiere in Montreal last year.
TOTEM will perform at the Royal Albert Hall:
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 20:00 / Wednesdays, Fridays to Saturdays at 15:30 and 20:00 / Sundays at 15:00 and 19:30
Mondays No performances.
Tickets for all performances are now available at www.cirquedusoleil.com or at the Cirque du Soleil ticket line: 0845 501 5008 and Royal Albert Hall: 0207 838 3122.
MCD and OBAM announced one of the world’s greatest live superstar performers, Neil Diamond will perform at Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Saturday 25 June, 2011.
Across a musical career stretching nearly 50 years, Neil Diamond has sold more than 128 million albums worldwide. He has charted a staggering 37 Top 10 singles and 16 Top 10 albums.
Diamond’s many other achievements include a Golden Globe Award and 12 Grammy nominations. Neil was recently nominated for the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and inductees will be announced in December.
Neil Diamond’s eclectic and universally beloved songs as well as his charismatic and openhearted performances of them continue to make him an international force both as a record maker and a live entertainer.
Neil Diamond LIVE is a chance for fans to take a trip down memory lane as Neil performs the songs that have made him one of the world’s greatest live performers still today – Cherry Cherry, Holly Holy, Cracklin Rosie, Song Sung Blue, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Solitary Man, Sweet Caroline, Love on the Rocks, Desiree, Shilo and many more.
Neil Diamond live at Aviva Stadium, Dublin. The perfect gift for the one you love this Valentines Day!
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NEIL DIAMOND
AVIVA STADIUM, DUBLIN
SATURDAY 25 JUNE, 2011
TICKETS LIMITED TO 8 PER PERSON
ON SALE THIS VALENTINES MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY AT 8.00AM
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WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin recently spoke with WWE’s website about Tough Enough. Here is the interview:
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