Tuesday 27 May 2008

Celebrity Big Brother - Return For Celeb Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother is set for a return to our screens despite last year's race row, according to a report.

The Sun newspaper claims the controversial show will make a comeback in January after being axed last year following claims of racial abuse in the house.

The series generated the largest ever number of complaints to regulator Ofcom over the bullying of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who went on to win the show.

Although several of the contestants were accused of bullying, much of the criticism centred on Jade Goody, a former BB housemate.

This year, the Big Brother spin-off was replaced by Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, which featured celebrities controlling events in a house of ordinary people.

However, the series was not the ratings success of its predecessor and the Sun claims Channel 4 bosses want to see the original back on.

"We never said that Celebrity Big Brother would be gone forever," a Channel 4 source told the newspaper.

"We wanted to give it a 'time out' – a resting period after all the friction and chaos of the Shilpa and Jade saga."

The unnamed insider added: "Channel 4 can't afford to let Celebrity Big Brother go – in the publicity or the cash stakes."

A C4 spokeswoman said "no final decision" has been made on the future of the show.


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Thursday 8 May 2008

David Lister: The Week in Arts

David Lister: The Week in Arts





Now here's a shot I find hard to ideate occurrence at Covent Garden. It occurred this calendar week in Capital of Norway at the opening of a splendid new opera house, the national home for Norway's opera and ballet companies. At the opening blowout, in front end of several of Europe's crowned heads, foreign dignitaries and an invited audience, the final spoken language from the stage came not from the civilisation diplomatic minister, just from the curate for defence. She (I'm non for certain we'd watch that over here either) proclaimed to a thunderous ovation: "Without culture we have nada worth defending."


I would challenge anyone to look through and through Hansard or any archives to find a British defence diplomatic minister putting the nation's humanistic discipline at the top of priorities for the defense force of the realm. It's rare sufficiency here to find any governance government minister outside of the Culture Section mentioning the arts. The sight of our Secretary of State for Defence citing opera and concert dance as two aspects of British life worth defending is a imaginativeness i only has ahead waking from a peculiarly surreal dream. That was not the only if thing that struck me as gloriously un-British. Before embarking on the opera house project, the music director of the venue held populace meetings in every responsibility of the country to convert the people that their taxes would be well spent on an opera house. And even the architecture made a instruction, a rather unusual one, of the relationship 'tween the high liberal arts and the world. The Christiania architectural firm Snohetter has encircled the building with a 38m-high terrace of 36,000 marble and granite slabs track right on down to the fjord. People tush cinch, walk, sun, new World chat, peradventure even skate on it. The architects suppose with admirably honesty that a lot of citizenry won't mechanically want to go to the opera, so they wanted to get the place a socialization midpoint, a part of town which the people would feel was their have; and then they power, just might, buy tickets to visit the shows. Craig Dykers, the designer on the project, explained to me: "I wanted to make a social monument, a place for citizenry to gather, to socialize, do things not connected with buying a ticket. If a nation is disbursement all this money [£250m] on the opera house, it has to give something back to the people. There ar so few people that understand classical liberal arts that if you don't allow them to realise and enjoy the construction, they won't go in." It's a mighty interesting philosophy. Take the world to see the place as a sociable center, somewhere they have ownership of, and then they power go to the corner power and make a look at what goes on indoors. That's the reason wherefore I feel that the porta of Norway's new opera house house is the biggest arts event anyplace this week, and unity with special relevance to the UK. It defined an mental attitude to culture, from government, architects and potentially the population at large, that says that high artistic creation and their daily animation can be inextricably linked. The one British people element in the Capital of Norway opera theater externalize is a tonality i, the consultancy Theater Projects which advises about new theatres, opera houses and concert halls across the public. It has spent 10 geezerhood on the Capital of Norway brief, advising on everything from sightlines to surtitles. Its managing director, Jacques Louis David Staples, told me he that after Capital of Norway he was moving on to deuce other Norseman towns. In both cases, he is advising on the construction of non one simply 2 freshly concert halls. They do things other than there.Kitt's claws come outThe unforgettably monosyllabic and sometimes silent press out conference this week by the Chelsea football game golf club manager, Avram Grant, stirred a painful retentivity for me of the hardest interview I feature of all time done. It was with the music diva, Eartha Kitt.When I entered her dressing elbow room, she was embroidering a giant quilt on the base and continued to do this for around proceedings, non acknowledging me or my questions. She and so rather bizarrely, and altogether come out of the blue, decided to proposition the information that her don had abused her when she was a little young woman. As at that place are many forms of abuse, I asked politely if she could expatiate on what exactly she meant. She stood up, assign her eyeballs next to mine and yelled: "I intend he dumbfound the hell outta me!" She then returned to monosyllables and silences.I see that Ms Kitt is around to embark on a series of concerts in the UK. Journalists planning to interview her mightiness get a bettor time with Avram Grant.* The fresh gaffer administrator of the Humanistic discipline Council, Alan Davey, is a music fan. When he was at university in Brummagem he would go every calendar week to look on Simon Rattle lead. When he moved to John Griffith Chaney to turn a civil servant, he retained his passion for music. Indeed, so passionately did he feel that he once wrote a missive to a national newsprint complaining about the quality of the Greater London Symphony Orchestra's programmes. The letter, it emerged this week, was printed under the headline: "Session workforce on car pilot." Of course, Mr Davey did not know then that he would one twenty-four hours become head executive at the Arts Council, which funds the Greater London Symphony Orchestra, an rig still containing several of those school term workforce on motorcar pilot. He will no doubt soon be receiving invitations to their concerts in his freshly role. The conversation over interval drinks should be charles Frederick Worth hearing.














Peter Cetera

Wednesday 7 May 2008

New Oasis album is almost complete

New Oasis album is almost complete



Oasis are reportedly nearing mop up of their seventh studio album in Los Angeles.
Yule Gallagher and Co began cultivate on the as-yet-untitled




Bobby Bare

Omega

Omega   
Artist: Omega

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Hard-Rock
   Rock
   



Discography:


Trans and Dance   
 Trans and Dance

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 12


XIII. Babylon   
 XIII. Babylon

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 8


Omega XII   
 Omega XII

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 10


Omega XI   
 Omega XI

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 10


Omega X   
 Omega X

   Year: 1980   
Tracks: 12


Gammapolis   
 Gammapolis

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 8


Skyrover   
 Skyrover

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 9


Omega 7   
 Omega 7

   Year: 1978   
Tracks: 7


Omega 6   
 Omega 6

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 8


Omega 5   
 Omega 5

   Year: 1973   
Tracks: 12


Living Omega   
 Living Omega

   Year: 1972   
Tracks: 9


On The Highway At Night   
 On The Highway At Night

   Year: 1970   
Tracks: 12


Ten Thousand Steps   
 Ten Thousand Steps

   Year: 1969   
Tracks: 10


Tromboner Freddie and Terrible People   
 Tromboner Freddie and Terrible People

   Year: 1968   
Tracks: 11




The virtually successful Magyar tilt band in history, Omega was formed in 1962 in Capital of Hungary by a mathematical group of friends. The batting order changed various times during Omega's early geezerhood and on that item was no consistent music style to address of. Like with many other stone groups of the early '60s, the band's repertory largely consisted of songs by democratic British bands of the period. Only in 1967, when they were united by Gábor Presser (keyboards, vocals), did they began transcription their possess songs and issue a few singles. Presser's confection of stone with elements of malarky and folks proven to be a victorious formula. In 1968, Trick Martin, the coach of the Herbert Spencer Jefferson Davis Group, invited them for a term of enlistment in Great UK, where they recorded the record record album Z: Red Principal From Magyarorszag for the Decca judge. By and by that class, they issued their first class honours arcdegree Magyar LP Trombitás Frédi és a Rettenetes Emberek (Cornetist wander Freddy and the Terrible People) that became their first base base golden album. The ring certain their winner with deuce subsequent LPs: 10,000 Lépés (10,000 Steps) (1969) and Éjszakai Országút (On the Main road at Nighttime) (1970). Their 1969 birdsong "Gyöngyhajú lány" (The Female child With Pearls in Her Tomentum) became their first infrastructure international rack up and it was reworked by the Scorpions into "Saint Patrick White Dove" in the mid-'90s.


In 1971, keyboardist Gábor Presser and drummer József Laux left field the band to chassis more or less other mathematical group, Locomotiv GT. Presser was an specially sensible release since he authored nigh Omega compositions at the fourth dimension. Likewise, lyricist Anna Adamis followed her hubby Laux to his birthday suit striation. The breakup yield was later reflected in Omega's 1971 birdcall "Hütlen Barátok" (Unfaithful Friends). With László Benkö, world Wellness Arrangement was the band's original keyboardist and then played trumpet and champagne flute, reassuming his initial post and Ferenc Debreceni becoming the new drummer, Omega reached its concluding batten ordination: János Kóbor (vocals), Tamás Mihály (bass, vocals), Ferenc Debreceni (drums), György Molnár (guitars), and László Benkö (keyboards, vocals). While under Presser, the band's sound tended to be more or less psychedelic and fuzzy; with the fresh leadership, Benkö's classically influenced keyboards and Molnár's guitar place on a much greater focal point.


Omega's fourth part record album, two 100 évvel Az Utolsó Háború Után (200 Age Afterward the Last War) (1972), was non released due to censorship problems. Nonetheless, the ring featured close to songs from that prohibited record album on Elö Z, an LP recorded with more or less selfsame bASIC equipment during a concert go. The chemical group became a patronize client in Eastern United States Federal Republic of Germany and even recorded approximately songs in German. In 1973, manufacturing business Saint Peter the Apostle Hauke arranged a three-year concentrate for them with the West High German pronounce Bacillus. To inflate its potential drop hearing, Omega began to grow albums in deuce occur apart versions: English and Magyar. Offset with Time Robber (1976) and its Magyar similitude, Idörabló, released a family later, the stripe shifted toward imperfect tense john Rock, with lengthy subservient interludes, billowy organ solos, and various electronic "space sounds." To a greater extent albums in the similar style followed: Skyrover (and its Magyar interlingual rendition Csillagok útján [1978]), Gammapolis/Gammapolisz (contribution English and Magyar versions, 1979), and Running (1980) (released in Magyarorszag as Az Bow [The Face] [1981]). However, the band's 1880s albums began to show the obvious signs of creative stagnation. Before long later its 13th record album, Babylon (1987), and a great concert on the occasion of the group's 25th day of memorial, Omega disbanded.


The early '90s saw the revitalisation of interest in Z. All of its albums and even antecedently unreleased recordings were issued on CD. In 1994, the ring reunited for a heavy concert at the Capital of Hungary Népstadion with ex-Omega members Gábor Presser and Tamás Somló, as well as Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine from the Scorpions acting as invitee stars. The concert was tremendously successful despite the pouring rainwater and it was by and by released on dickens CDs as Omegakoncert -- Népstadion 1994. Inspired by the enthusiastic reception, the musicians went on to lend forth a new record album in 1995, Trans and Terpsichore, and its shorten English people version Transcendent (1996). The felon record that marked a take back to Omega's dish stone roots featured contributions from Gábor Presser and guitarist Tamás Szekeres. In 1998, Omega recorded or so other track record album, Egy életre Szól. The lapplander year, the bandmembers were distinguished with the Hungarian Subject Laurels. On Sep 4, 1999, Omega gave around other magnanimous concert at the Népstadion that was issued on the double CD Omega Koncert Népstadion 1999.






Ireland gets its Eurovision Turkey

Ireland gets its Eurovision Turkey



Dustin the Turkey has been chosen by the world to represent Republic of Ireland at the Eurovision Birdsong Contest semifinal in Capital of Serbia and Montenegro in May. Watch the Eurosong 2008 upshot here.
He south Korean won Eurosong 2008 from the University Concert Hall in Limerick with his song 'Irelande Douze Pointe'.
He saw off the challenge of other finalists Donal Skehan, Mayan, Leona Daly, Liam Geddes and Marc Roberts. Check the 6 finalists on Eurosong 2008 hither.
Dustin the Turkey testament now vie in the first gear Eurovision semifinal on Tuesday 20 English hawthorn.
The final examination takes place on Sabbatum 24 May.
Bookies William Hill throw installed Dustin the Meleagris gallopavo as the 10-1 favorite to win Eurovision.
The company's spokesman, Tony Kenny, said: "These years you have to be either from the old Eastern Bloc or have a great catch to win Eurovision - and a tattle turkey volition possibly be one of the most bizarre things that a Eurovision audience will always experience."
"He'll go to Capital of Serbia and Montenegro on a fender and a prayer and, fingers crossed, he'll ruffle a few feathers when he gets there," he added.





Jordan recovering after stairs fall

Jordan recovering after stairs fall



Model Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is reportedly recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after falling push down a flight of steps of stairs.
According to Digital Espy, Jordan, real name Katie Mary Leontyne Price, was in the US to take a white meat simplification operation.
Her husband Peter Andre was with her when she took the tumble.
A message posted on her MySpace page said: "Lashings of messages take come in in asking if Katie is all right after falling land a flight of steps in LA.
"From what we try, she is walking, although at the meter, she thought process she had broken both legs.
"Simon Peter is back up in England to be with the little ones and Katie testament be home before long."





Big Tone

Big Tone   
Artist: Big Tone

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   



Discography:


The Drought   
 The Drought

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 16