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Take That

Take That have reportedly come up with a song about Amy Winehouse. They said that the song that has just been penned deals with a

character similar to Winehouse’ and is probably even inspired by Amy’s whirlwind rehab life.

The ‘Shine’ hit makers have penned ‘How Did It Come To This’ for their new album ‘Circus’ and hinted it was inspired by the troubled ‘Rehab’ singer.

The track was written by Jason Orange and describes the exploits of a “slightly schizophrenic and OCD girl from Camden Town”, the area of North London where Amy lives her life under the spotlight “a world away”. Her world though in constant spotlight is separated from the world of others. She lives a secluded life with constant indulgence with drugs and pots. She has a life, if we

may at all call it as one, that has more rehab visits and suffering than celeb flash. As an Artist of our times Amy is regarded as a talented singer. But many believe that Amy has started destroying her life and talent. Due to heavy intake of crack cocaine Amy’s voice has started to degrade.

Amy Winehouse

Lyrics to the track include: “All this noise and all these lights/All this talking through the night. All this expectation now it’s making me neurotic/ Tell me have I seen your face before? How did it come to this?/ How did it ever come to this? “Have you turned on your TV?/ Have you seen reality?”

Frontman Gary Barlow is delighted with their forthcoming single ‘Greatest Day’ because it has helped them put their concert set lists together.

He explained: “We’ve got so many songs to choose from to close live shows, but we always struggled for one to open with. ‘Greatest Day’ is that song.”

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Guns N' Roses

Days before its official release in shops Guns N’ Roses have launched their new album on MySpace. This is the band’s first album on Internet. Chinese Democracy is the US based rock band’s first album in 15 years. The fans can purchase the album from various music store across the country from Monday.

The album has been launched in MySpace for the fans to hear the music in web much before its launch. Its been reported that this is one of the highest profile acts opted by the site to launch a record. “The Spaghetti Incident?”, the last album of the band came out in 1993. Tension and disputes among the band members have led to all the original performers except lead singer Axl Rose bidding a goodbye.

Chinese Democracy’s most of the tracks have been already head before with Shackler’s Revenge appearing on the soundtrack of video game Rock Band 2. The album is released in the US on Sunday in an exclusive moor with an electronics chain.

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Coldplay

Coldplay has expressed their desire to play with Take That. They are planning to perform on a big stadium show. Coldplay frontman has posted on the band’s website : “I would open for Take That. We were in the dressing room the other day and, for whatever reason, we started singing ‘Back For Good.’” Chris has written that he would love to perform in a show next summer.

Chris Martin wants to use the Coldplay website as their platform to “…announce that if Take That want us to open for them, we’ll do it…”

Coldplay had failed in an attempt to book legendary concert venue Knebworth House, in Hertfordshire, England. They had planned long before for their proposed 2009 tour. Presently they are looking for the right venue. Take That will perform at London’s Wembley Stadium, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and Sunderland’s Stadium of Light.

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The Beatles

After 41 years an unreleased Beatles track could be made public. All thanks to former Beatles, Paul McCartney. The track was so far regarded as one that was “mythical” by The Beatles fans. But the mythical track awaits the light of release.

Paul McCartney has come out with one of the Beatles’ most revered track (according to Paul). He told BBC Radio that “Carnival of Light” was The Beatles at their most free, “going off piste.”

Paul said that would be great for the track to be made public. He believes that the track was the most ” avant-garde stuff. ” The song was reportedly recorded at London’s Abbey Road studios four decades back.

Paul has confirmed that the master track is with him. The “mythical” track (as regarded by several Beatles fans) which was assumed to be a piece of musical that was not to be found has finally come out. The 14-minute track was made for an electronic music festival. This was the only occasion where the music was made public.

The sound as suggested by McCartney is more like an echo of notes. Beatles recorded the track keeping in mind all forms of stuff. There was a little bit of everything in it starting from bang,boom,shout,hovering over piano chords and all in one.

Paul Mccartney

The track in order to be made public requires a nod from Ringo Starr, and an agreement from the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison. “Carnival of Light” was a track that according to BBC was to be included on The Beatles’ Anthology compilations in the mid-1990s but the band members had then vetoed against it.

Paul McCartney ended his interview with Radio 4’s Front Row culture show in an interview to be broadcast on Thursday by saying : “The time has come for it to get its moment.”

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Beyonce

Beyonce Knowles talked about her marriage and the things that she could have done if she was not married. Beyonce Knowles for her tight lipped nature when asked about her marriage has revealed her thoughts about tying the knot. The 27 year old pop star who is married to music mogul Jay-Z said “I feel like you have to get to know yourself, know what you want, spend some time by yourself, and be proud of who you are before you can share that with someone else” about her early marriage.

She said how difficult it was for her “Before the age of 25, I would never get married,” to make the decision when all her life she wanted to do was to wait for the right moment and the right time to settle down with the right person.

We can get an insight into her thoughts about marriage : “I really don’t believe that you will love the same thing when you’re 20 as you do at 30.”

Asked whether she could learn anything about life, from her musical husband, she said , “I guess probably that we’re all human.” “I don’t care if you’re picture-perfect on every magazine cover, and you’re the most handsome, successful, coolest guy,” says Beyoncé. “You still get sad, and you still get your feelings hurt, and you still get confused and vulnerable and nervous and scared. You have to find a person you can make it through the tough times with.”

Beyonce also talked about her star image and her worries about her performances. She said that she found it proper to study her past performances so that she always found ways to improve. “I have my YouTube days, when I watch every performance,” she says. “I listen to my music, and I watch my videos to figure out what I need to do, what I need to fix, and how to become a better singer,” Beyonce said.
Beyonce’s new album comes up on Monday. “I Am … Shasha Fierce” is her new album. She also talked about her upcoming album in her interview. She also said that she always wanted to have a a strong sense of self before making a lifelong commitment to anyone.

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Sir Paul McCartney

The Shrek 4 will cast Sir Paul McCartney and his 5 year old daughter. Beatrice will be singing in the upcoming Shrek movie.

The legendary musician is writing a song for the upcoming squeal the hit animated franchise and is also voicing a character. He has arranged for Beatrice to sing a couple of backing vocals on the track.

“Paul is really pleased to be part of the next Shrek film because it’s Beatrice’s favourite movie. He said she can’t stop talking about it. He wants to go one step further though and make sure she’s part of the film.  Paul’s writing a song for the film and wants Beatrice to sing some of the harmonies. She’s quite a musical kid. She’s very bright. It will be a dream come true for her”, a releable source mentioned.

The voice of McCartney will be heard along with voices of Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas in Shrek 4. McCartney has mentioned that Beatrice is a huge fan of the kindly green ogre. “I’m a huge fan of ‘Shrek’ as my little girl loves it. I can do a really good impression of him - I put on my best Scottish accent!”, he said.

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Nanette Burstein

All the major directors are getting ready for a busy 2009 film schedule. Despite shaky economic conditions the major ones are getting into production. There is absolutely no dearth of interest or enthusiasm for the coming year’s film activity in the film circuit. The flurry of signing ins and production madness are already turning out to be a dampener for the economic depression majorly in the US.

Among the directors signing projects that have been revealed this week goes like this:

Greg Mottola will direct the ET comedy “Paul” for Working Title and Universal Pictures. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the duo behind “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz,” will star.

Greg Mottola

Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell will helm “Nagasaki Deadline,” an action thriller that will be financed by Alcon Entertainment and co-produced with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and 8:38 Prods.

New Line Cinema has pulled in documentarian Nanette Burstein (”American Teen”) to direct the romantic comedy “Going the Distance,” with Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot producing via their Offspring Entertainment shingle.

Inspite of the strikes carried out by SAG and the fact that Feature productions are slowing down there has been a serious attempt to fight against the strike. Studios are putting in and around 40 films into production in the spring and summer.

Motolla’s “Paul” will be filmed from mid-April in New Mexico. Story revolves around two British slackers who, after visiting Comic-Con, go on a road trip to Area 51, where they encounter a small alien named Paul, who enlists them to help him find his way home.
Campbell (”Casino Royale”) will return to work on “Nagasaki”. “Distance,” a romantic comedy under New Line production which will likely go into production early next year, re-teams Shankman and Gibgot with New Line after they produced the upcoming “17 Again.” It was a bold decision taken by New Line to tap a documentarian.

Despite a serious stoppage in feature film activity the above mentioned scenario is sure to lighten the mood and joyously mark the return of filmic activity despite aborted circumstances.

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Will Smith & His Son Jaden

Who haven’t enjoyed  the “Karate Kid” movies? You would hardly find any who would say ‘ I have not’. Karate Kid was released in 1984. And now there would be a remake of  Karate Kid and the director choose none other than the son of Will Smith himself, Jaden Smith, to star in the movie.

The news is circulating in the air  since September, but Variety has confirmed that the 10-years is all set to star as the next Karate Kid. The new movie will be produced by Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment, as well as Jerry Weintraub, who have also launched the first movies.

The remake of Karate Kid will start shooting in Beijing in China, as well as a host of other countriesfrom next year. It is being said that the plot will be similar to the original movie. It has not yet been decided who will play the role of Jaden’s eccentric mentor.

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Fergie

The Black Eyed Peas singer, Fergie has put on 13lbs for her role in musical movie ‘Nine’. She stars alongside Nicole Kidman.  She had to be on calorific diets to get her perfect weight for her role as a prostitute Saraghina.

She said: “I have to give the bad food up now! So, yeah - I’m in that phase! Back to diet designs - my food delivery service!…”

33 year old singer found it hard to maintain her strict food regime. She said everything else seemed just fine except for the fact that she loved pumpkin pie.

She added to Usmagazine.com : “I like a good pumpkin pie - that’s my favourite - with homemade whipped cream. Whipped cream from scratch. I’ll eat it for breakfast, always.”

Fergie revealed her desperate attempt to lose weight before she weds fiance Josh Duhamel. She admitted she had to have several things that she never could have before. She ate all things fried like fish and chips.

Her mouth-wattering reminiscence of good food resounded in her words : “You can do creative things with food though. You know, turkey isn’t fattening - you can do that. A little bit of gravy. Or have a nice big salad!” She singer was sad for being able to indulge herself in good food/food of her choice.

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Nicole Kidman And Charlize Theron

The hottest in in Hollywood these days is that the  first post-op transsexual of the world, Nicole Kidman, is married to Charlize Theron. Please don’t shock yourself to death now. Thats the latest movie where Nicole will be starring opposite to Charlize portraying a transsexual character.

Nicole Kidman, along with acting, with also produce this film, which has been named as “The  Danish Girl”. The plot is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener.  Einar (played by  Kidman), whose marriage takes a bitter turn after she meets the female model that Greta (played by Theron) whom  Einar was about to paint. After the portrait becomes popular in Copenhagen in 1920, Greta asks her husband to adopt Einar. Something that had began as a harmless game finally extended Einer to a transfiguration and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.

The film will be directed by Anand Tucker. Preproduction work has already begun.

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Will Smith and Steven Spielberg

Authentic sources have reported that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are teaming up to work together for their upcoming project. They are looking forward to remake Korean director Chan-Wook Park’s Oldboy. The remake rights are being processed by the DreamWorks, reported Variety.

Oldboy was released in 2003. The story speaks about a man who is kidnapped and held in a dirty hotel room for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly one day, he’s released with some money, a cell phone and clothes. He sets off to find out who ruined his life to take his revenge.

Spielberg was looking forward to work with Smith, who would play the title role, since a long time. Initially the film was set to be directed by the  Fast and Furious director Justin Lin. The original Oldboy won a blagged a number of international awards including the Cannes Grand Jury Prize.

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Sex and the City Stars

Sarah Jessica Parker has just denied speculations on a sequel of the movie based on the TV series. The denial has sparked off a reported row because co-star Kim Cattrall had confirmed the report on British TV. In an interview on The Paul O’Grady Show on Tuesday, Kim told Mel B, former Spice Girl about the former’s cast mates being available for the shoot scheduled to start sometime in 2009. She talked about the plans for the sequel to Sex and the City: The Movie.

But Parker has created a controversy by warning fans not to fall for the news so seriously. She suggests that the fans must not let their hopes fly very high since the production is yet to start and finalise and has not yet been given the green light.

Parker also insisted that a sequel was definitely a possibility and she said:  “I’m thrilled to know Kim is excited but all the deals are not yet done.”
She told she was confident that their first film which had grossed over $400 million at the BO would surely be a thing for sequel set up.
Lastly she just jummed up by saying : “We wanted to (do it) the first time, and now we’re hopefully doing it again for the second time.”

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Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas is reportedly talking out his plans to play the artist in Simon West’s indie biopic “Dali.” The film will be produced by Media 8 Entertainment (”Monster”) alongside Simon West. The film is needed to have more colours to bring in the Artistic effect. For this music will be mixed along with the CGI sequences so that the inventiveness and color of the painter is captured well in the film.

West will co-produce “Dali” with Jib Polhemus (”Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”). The worldwide sales is being handled by Media 8. Pre-sales will begin this week at the American Film Market. Shooting will begin in the first quarter of 2009 in Spain and England. The film is a classic example of an international co-production.

The film will focus not on Dali’s outrageous lifestyle but the focus will be more on his lifelong love affair with Gala, his wife, muse and manipulative manager.

There are other “Dali” works (films) that are on their way. The most notable one being with Al Pacino who is to play the artist in “Dali & I: The Surreal Story,” with Andrew Niccol being on the director’s chair. Robert Pattinson stars as Dali in the upcoming “Little Ashes” which notes the love life of the younger painter and will also record filmmaker Luis Bunuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. Till then Antonio as last reported is in his final negotiations for his film.

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James Gray Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow seems to set the red carpet straight. She dared to wear a see through black and white dress at the premiere of “Two Lovers” in Paris.

The dress was no where near subtle. Nothing more was left to imagine. revealing dresses are a part of tradition on the red carpet. But this time around Paltrow took it a bit far.

The 36-year-old was in loss of her usual pseudo-dignity. Her Pris premiere marks her return to work having two children Apple, four, and Moses, two with husband Chris Martin, frontman of Coldplay.

She seemed desparate to show off and was seen smiling and waving off to fans standing beside U.S. director James Gray. She arrived at the Publicis cinema in Paris seemingly in a do not care attitude.

She had once admiited to being apprenhisive to return to the “cut-throat world” of Hollywood. She said: “Hollywood is pretty cut-throat and everybody’s got a short memory and there’s always somebody younger or hotter … or prettier or whatever.” So her dress fits the bill.

Her revealing outfit at the premieres is suggestively publicising her role in the film where she shows off one of her breasts.

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Will Smith

Will Smith wants to make a Bollywood flick. He had earlier promised to star in one. He is determined to fulfill his promise.He is inspired and being advised by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, according to reports. Hollywood big-wig Will Smith has been planning his cross-over project that could star Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Will himself. He has shown a lot of interest in being a part of a South Asian project since 2006. But his earlier commitments and time crunch made the dream impossible to fulfill. But now is the time that Will has decided to go further on.

Smith had recently asked out Anil Kapoor for his project. Anil has confirmed the reports. Smith sought out Anil to discuss his latest project.
Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was shot in Mumbai. It has convinced Smith so much that he is serious about trying his luck in a different genre of pictures. Smith has made several trips  in India and now his visits are going to pay him off.

“While we were filming there, Will Smith came over twice. There’s a massive coming together of Bollywood and Hollywood. It’ll only take one person to bring them together and it will be huge,” Boyle said.
“Yes, he came to visit us. He came to my residence. Very nice chap,” Anil Kapoor said. Anil sounds excited enough to be part of a Hollywood-Bollywood joint project which is most certainly a big affair. Annually Bollywood grosses billions  overseas. It will be a big affair for both the cultures and film making genres. The I Robots and Pursuit of Happyness star had earlier taken part in Indian events like launching new TV channel Pix and appearing on TV talent show INDIAN IDOL, a visit to the Taj Mahal, to eat an authentic chicken tikka masala, as well as meet Bollywood producers to discuss his Asian film debut.

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