Entertainment
One thing we miss about CD’s – yes, we’ve totally gone to the cloud for our music – is the movie soundtrack. Part mix-tape, part reminder of all your favorite moments of your favorite films (and other times the best part of the film), the soundtrack is still worth buying in whole, rather than just picking and choosing your favorite songs.
What are the essential ones for your collection? Here’s our latest list…
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by Bob February 17, 2012
Tags: Easy Rider, film, Last of the Mohicans, Lost in Translation, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, Spirited Away, The Royal Tennenbaums, Vertigo, West Side Story
Music
Lady Gaga topped the awards list at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 in Belfast yesterday, picking up a total of four awards, including the top prize for Best Video.
The pop star won awards for Best Song, Best Video, Best Female and Biggest Fans at the ceremony in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
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by Lana Galea November 7, 2011
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Eminem, Jessie J, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, Linkin Park, MTV EMA, MTV EMA 2011, MTV Europe Music Awards 2011, Queen, Selena Gomez
Music
A video of a group of children aged between eight and 10 performing Metallica’s hit Enter Sandman has gone viral, attracting over a million YouTube views in less than a week.
The group, who go by the stage name Mini Band, consists of eight-year-olds Kieran Fell, Harry Jackson, Zoe Thomson and Harrison Read on lead vocals and ten-year-olds Charlie Emmons on drums and Archie Zolotuhin on bass.
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by Lana Galea October 9, 2011
Tags: Enter Sandman, Metallica, Mini Band, YouTube
Celebrities
One cannot deny the French influence on everything from cinema to music, fashion and social politics in the 20th Century – look back and you’ll see countless recognizable names, too many to mention here.
So who made our cut? And who seems to offer the best chance of picking up and carrying the torch into the future?
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by Maria April 18, 2011
Tags: Audrey Tatou, Brigitte Bardot, Charles Aznavour, Chocolat, Christophe Lemaire, Christopher Mae, Claire Denis, Eva Green, Jean Luc Godard, Jim Jarmusch, Marion Cotillard, Werner Herzog, Yves St. Laurent
Music
Taylor Swift received the top honour at the 46th Academy of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday night, winning the entertainer of the year award.
The 21-year-old songstress beat the likes of Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and even the night’s overall winner, Miranda Lambert, to take home the coveted award.
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by Lana Galea April 5, 2011
Tags: 2011 CMA, 46th Academy of Country Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, Aerosmith, American Idol, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Chace Crawford, Country Music Awards, Jennifer Nettles, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Need You Now, Reba McEntire, Reese Witherspoon, Rihanna, Robert Pattinson, Steven Tyler, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Water for Elephants
Music
A song by a 13-year-old American teenager – dubbed as ‘the worst song ever’ – has gone viral on YouTube, attracting over 30 million views.
The pop song called Friday is sung by Rebecca Black and was uploaded to YouTube last month by Ark Music Factory, a Los Angeles-based company that was hired by the girl’s parents to produce the song for their daughter.
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by Lana Galea March 22, 2011
Tags: Friday, Rebecca Black, worst song ever
Music
US actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays a country singer in the country drama film Country Strong, has just signed a deal with Atlantic Records to record her debut album.
The deal is worth $900,000 and will see her debut album released later this year.
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by Lana Galea March 13, 2011
Tags: Cee Lo Green, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Country Strong, Duets, Forget You, Glee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Holly Holliday
Music
Country trio Lady Antebellum led the winner’s pack at this year’s Grammy Awards, winning a total of five awards, including song of the year and record of the year for their hit Need You Now, at Sunday night’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
In what was a night full of surprises, rapper Eminem, who had the most Grammy nominations leading into the biggest night on the music calendar, walked away with just two awards from 10 nominations.
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by Lana Galea February 15, 2011
Tags: 2011 Grammy Awards, 53rd annual Grammy Awards, Arcade Fire, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Esperanza Spalding, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Bieber, Kate Hudson, Katy Perry, Lady Antebellum, Lady GaGa, Mick Jagger, Muse