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BRUNO HAS THE XFACTOR

2011-10-23T22:06:00.000+01:00

I'm sorry.. but I LOOOOVE this!!!

NO ONE can ever take away the fact that Bruno is super talented and an amazing entertainer... no matter how short he is or how high his hair is (Am I the only one that think Bruno looks like a brown Johnny Bravo?! Is that racist?! lol)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY

2011-10-20T19:23:00.000+01:00

World renowned Jimmy Choo celebrates it 15 year anniversary this year!

Thanks to the help of (fictional character) Carrie Bradshaw, and the sexually and emotionally frustrated girls of Sex And the City, Jimmy Choo footwear has become a household name to every fashionista in the world.

And so to celebrate, they have released 'The Jimmy Choo coffee table book'

Now i have to be perfectly honest... I'm not a fan of strappy sandal shoes, so Choo's don't always tickle my spot, but they've had several marketing campaigns that have slyly changed my mind, and made me want to reconsider and blow my monthly salary on a pair - so cudos to you Choo! so I'm posting a few of my favourites ad campaigns (that i can't yet afford *sigh*)

VERSACE OFF THE RACK

2011-10-20T18:38:00.002+01:00

Yay!!! We Finally get a sneek peek at the Versace collection for H&M. In stores from Nov 17...
Who else is counting down besides me?!?!

"dresses come in the Italian label's trademark sunset colours and bright green tropical prints, men can dress head-to-toe in zebra print, and corset-style detailing once again helps accentuate the bust" - LAUREN PAXMAN (Daily Mail)

RHI RHI SKINS OUT IN THE 80s

2011-10-20T17:39:00.000+01:00

I LOOOOOVE THIS VIDEO!!! #thatisall

Not only is the video of an indirect reflection of her 'whirlwind' relationship with Chris brown (with help of C.Breezy look-a-like, Dudley O'Shaughnessy), but also looks like a tribute to the 1990s rave scene in an episode of 'Skins'.

Watch video below...

Can i just say that this girl looks amaaaaaazing!!!

SIN NO EVIL

2011-10-10T19:41:00.000+01:00

Errrmmmm... i have to say that i'm slightly concerned about Angela's new PETA campaign - i love the fact that she's a vegetablist (vegitarian) and is trying to promote it... but it use regligion and 'the bible' to promote this.

Doesn't the bible say something along the lines of "Thou shalt not sell your body" .. and that's exactly what she's doing, all in teh name of saving a few cattle and chicken!

Wonder what would her dad aka 'Rev Run' said about this?!

RACHEL WEISZ IS BULGARI

2011-07-07T13:22:00.000+01:00

Actress Rachel Weisz (who is the new face of Bulgari)...and newly married to James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, looks stunning in their latest fragrance campaign.

Shot by photography duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott

Source: Daily Mail

TOP 5... Looks from Men's Fashion Week 2011

2011-02-08T23:49:00.000Z

Milan & Paris' a/w 2011 Collection... left me speechless, I can't even grade. So i just threw together the five that made the most impact on me [or that I could see my future husband wearing]

Burberry Prorsum

Emporio Armani

Salvatore Ferragamo

Trussardi 1911

ok, i wasn't feeling these looks too much, but they definately made an impact.

Paul Smith - I know bright block colours are in but this just made me think i was watching a Pet Shop Boys Video.

Louis Vuitton - Man Bags were one thing but Man Clutches, I'm not completely sold on those yet... although LV does make them look mighty appealing... hmm...

RASTAMOUSE

2011-02-07T21:51:00.000Z

There's bit a lot of whoo-haa about the new children's animated show that launched in the UK several days ago, called 'Rastamouse'.

The show airs on CBeebies - the show seems to be a hit with the kids and then there's been a bit of a mixbag reaction from the concerning adults about racism and cultralism, etc

Rastamouse originally started as a children's book, were written written in rhyme with a Caribbean accent, by Genevieve Webster (an author and illustrator) and Michael De Souza, a Rastafari swimming instructor!

The show features an all-mouse Reggae band named "Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew" who also indulge in crime fighting (a bit like Batman... more like 'Josie & The Pussycats'). The stories show how people can get on and solve problems, such as those who commit crimes show remorse and explain why they did what they did, and promise not to do it again, then all can be 'easy' again.

Just because Rastamouse wears a Rasta hat, sports dreadlocks and has a Jamaican accent (voiced by Reggie Yates, a current Radio 1 DJ and actor/presenter), there's nothing racist about it!

I think, we as a 'second' generation (I think that's what we are) growing up in the western world aren't exactly used to seeing other cultures portrayed so freely on our TV screens - we grew up with the likes of 'He-man', 'Sherah', 'Postman Pat', 'Fireman Sam', 'Family Ness', 'Penny Crayon', etc... you get the drift, and it has probably thrown a few people off a bit.

We can't be outraged at the fact that there is an entire show teaching children the diversities of culture around us, with good values that teaches kids the difference between right and wrong, especially since many people would be outraged at the fact that in living in the 21st century, in this 'day and age' that we didn't have one before!

This may even spawn a TV series about 'Femi the Nigerian Jungle Cat' or 'Fei Ying the Chinese Panda'... the animated world is our oyster!!!

JAN 2011 ROUND UP

2011-02-06T23:23:00.002Z

What a way to start the year...

Paris & Milan for (Mens) A/W Fashion Week 2011
Get your fix at Wallpaper, I did

"That's Dior Homme, Not Dior Homie!" - Kanye West

The 17th annual Hollywood Issue cover of Vanity Fair (including Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and more)

Spanish player Fernando Torres left Liverpool to join Chelsea for a record British transfer fee of £50 million... making him the most expensive Spanish player in history

Nicki Minaj greets fans outside the Kiss FM studios in London... I'm not mentioning the wig lol!

British comedian, Ricky Gervais, caused a liiiiiitlle bit of controversy at the Golden Globes 2011

And there were more awards (it is award season afterall) :)

The Golden Globes...

The 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards...

The NTA happended...

Annnnddd...

The Brit Award nominations were announced...
And of course the Razzie nominations lol!

Phew! Told you it was a good month ;)

MH MATTRESS MUSIC: ALBUM REVIEW

2011-01-08T18:57:00.000Z

Marques Houston – Mattress Music | Album Review by Tolu Akisanya
Read at Soul Culture

29 year old R&B singer/actor Marques Houston recently released his fifth solo effort, Mattress Music. The album is exactly what it says on the ‘tin’; a project for “serenading”, with tracks like ‘Explosion’, ‘Noize’, ‘Waterfall’ and ‘Made a Mess’… you get the drift.

Mattress Music miraculously is just a 3-man producing/writing crew; Marques Houston, Eric Cire and Chris Stokes, his team from when he released his first solo effort ‘MH’, back in 2003, and actually works pretty well for them all. However, I believe, if Marques was be more willing to work with different producers and writers, he could easily produce an album that help him achieve global/mainstream recognition and put him in the ranks with Trey Songz and Ne-Yo.

The track ‘Explosion’ is pretty basic and didn’t fully capture me on first listen, with lyrics like “lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick you all over” you get a taste of what I mean [pun intended].

The album tries too hard to be the effortless ‘baby-making/slow-jam’ genre of music as previous albums. However, as I got further into the album, I couldn’t figure out if I was still listening to MH or if my iPod had somehow jumped to a Trey Songz single. MH seems to have developed the deep lip-pout, deep-voice, style of singing [that’s my technical term for it] that Trey does so well. It even goes as far as ‘Kicking & Screaming’ sounding like a sample of Trey Songz ‘LOL Smiley Face’ – by this point I’m fully confused.

‘Mess’ may be the most explicit track on the album; hearing it made me spit out my morning coffee. Not exactly appropriate for 8am on a Tuesday morning. While there are strong songs on the album, there are a few tracks to avoid such as ‘Swag Sex’ feat Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em.

Although not my favourite album from Mr. Houston, I do not think this album will adversely hurt career, however nor will it launch him into international stardom.

Memorieeeessss....

NELLY 5.0 : ALBUM REVIEW

2011-01-08T18:37:00.001Z

Nelly – 5.0 | Album Review by Tolu Akisanya
Read at Soul Culture

The sixth studio album by Nelly, 5.0 is probably not as strong as his debut album but is still very much enjoyable. Featuring the likes of Chris Brown, Plies, T.I., T-Pain and Akon, the album begins with Nelly once again claiming to be ‘No. 1’ – but after being away from the music scene for so long, and not having conjured up a number one hit single for several years, I find it a bit over-confident and a little delusional for him to still be trying to hold on to this title.

However, Nelly’s collaborations on the album won’t do him any harm; he reunites with Diddy on ‘1000 stacks’ and again with Kelly Rowland on ‘Gone’, which revisits the magical collaboration that worked so well with ‘Dilemma’ back in 2002. The track uses all the key elements that made the last track a hit, and does not fail. This track could easily be a chart-topper.

‘Move That Body’ could have easily been the best track on the album, however 30 seconds into it and it becomes a concoction of melodies and beats, as it tries too hard to be a club track. For me, I think that there is way too much going on here. This combination of T-Pain and Akon, who feature on the track, should have been a club dream. But sadly it fails. Similarly ‘Broke’ is not a strong track and should perhaps be avoided if possible. The track is very immature and even reflects in the production and lyrics; It took all my strength not to skip the track when Sophie Green sang “I don’t want no broke ni**rs, no, no”. It’s woeful!!!

‘Liv Tonight’, with Keri Hilson, is a super dance track, that took even me by surprise with its European dance style; sounding more like it was re-mixed for the ‘Ministry of Sound’ compilation CD, or on the Venga Boys album, instead of being produced/inspired by Will.i.Am (the pioneer of hip Hop/dance mix). A part of me feels uncomfortable that this track even features on the album, however I found that I couldn’t stop myself from bobbing my head the sound of the beat.

At 36, Nelly seems to have almost lost a part of him during the years, he will never be the same artist who once captured our hearts with his playful charm that got us hooked with ‘Country Grammar’ or trying to pulling our clothes off (not literally) with ‘Hott in Herre’, The album brings us a slightly older, maybe wiser Nelly, but at times I felt a little lost and that maybe Nelly can’t decide to be a grown up or to fall back to what is safe and re-claim former glory…

You decide... But whilst you do that, here's some good old Nelly...

one more...

CHINGY SUCCESS & FAILURE : ALBUM REVIEW

2011-01-08T18:23:00.001Z

Chingy – Success & Failure | Album Review by Tolu Akisanya
Read at Soul Culture

Success & Failure is the fifth studio album from the St. Louis rapper Chingy, since his debut album and hit single, “Right Thurr”, which helped put him on the musical map. Chingy has since, however, been M.I.A. His last few albums seemed to pass the music industry unscathed.

Although billed as an album, Chingy claims that Success & Failure is in fact a ‘mixtape’; a throw-together of old tracks, a taster, I guess, of what is to come. If that’s the case then be sure to be incredibly disappointed.

With this new album, I wasn’t sure if Chingy was hoping to reclaim his status as a feel-good, club-track, pop-rap artist, prove his critics and “haters” wrong about his talent or pocket some extra change since being dropped from his label, either way, I think he failed.

After listening to the first track (after the intro) I was not impressed. After so many years away from the music scene, it sounded as though Chingy hasn’t made any musical growth since his debut album. As an older artist – Chingy turned 30 earlier this year – I expected something different from him, a new direction, an insight into his ‘what makes Chingy’, but instead got exactly where we left him.

“Iced out”, featuring 8ball, is an accolade to all the jewels, girls and money he has – a track I would have expected from the likes of 20-year-old Soulja Boy, a or back during the ‘ringtone’ era of rap music. Rapping about cars, jewels and girls is a bit immature for someone who has been in the game for as long as he has.

“Thurr Dey Go”, “Git It Boy” “All I Know”, continues in equal manner; the combination of trumpets, easy beats, over use of rrr’s, and southern slang become tiresome… even repetitive. The music game has changed so much, that it is impossible for Chingy to even consider competing against modern artists such as Drake, Rick Ross, T.I. and Nicki Minaj.

The rest of the album suffers from predictability, is unimaginative, and unoriginal, as he tries to recapture the young rap audience that has moved on to other gimmicky acts, such as Flo-Rida and T-Pain.

“Anythang” may just be the best track on the entire album – that says a lot – all in all, the album is a major let down, from a former Chingy fan. die-hard fans will be pleased Chingy stayed ‘safe’ and stuck with what he knew, but five albums deep into the game, this is just not good enough.

Soooo... *cough cough* Here's so good old Chingy for nostalga sakes :)

DONELL JONES LYRICS : ALBUM REVIEW

2011-01-08T18:12:00.001Z

Donell Jones – Lyrics | Album Review by Tolu Akisanya
Read at Soul Culture

Hearing that the prince of R&B, Donell Jones had released a new album, conjured up an array of emotions, that ranged from thrilled to nostalgia… and may have even created an impromptu sing-song session of his past hits; you can’t help but be taken back to classics such as ‘In The Hood’ ‘Where I Wanna Be’ and ‘You Know What’s Up’.

When listening to Donell Jones’ new album Lyrics, one of the first things you hear, is the self-titled statement of being the “rebirth of Hip Hop & R&B” …now, on listening to entire album this maybe a far cry from the truth.

Lyrics is Donell’s sixth studio album, which he wrote and produced mostly by himself, and is consistent with his previous albums; romantic and sexual circumstances and situations coupled with smooth vocals, XXX melodies and soft beats.

Some of the tracks on the album may have sat well during the turn of the millennium (late nineties to early ’00s), however 10 to 15 years later his sound is all too familiar, and dare I say it, a little dated – and may struggle to compete against the likes of Trey Songz, Chris Brown and the younger talent producing music for today’s market.

For his loyal fan base, the album gives you a sample of his musical greatness and a taste of how R&B used to be, back in its golden ages. One of my instant favourites, ‘All About Sex’, is reminiscent of the Donell we know and love, and is actually a romantic ballad, no just about sex, but admiration to the one who is mentally and physically in-tune with you, even re-hashing up the word ‘tenderoni’.

Tracks ‘What’s Next’ and ‘Can You Burn’, goes a little too far with ‘trying to keep up with the times’, sounding more like home-made European dance mixes, inspired by ’80s pop. Very different from what we are used to hearing from Donell Jones – obviously taking influence from the influx of R&B stars dipping their musical toes in to the ‘dance’ genre to expand their audience. These tracks remain ‘unclassified’ with my emotions.

Although I was a little disappointed with this album, a part of me will never always remember the great music he brought us and what he did for R&B - and hopeful he’ll bring that to us once again.

PRICELESS INTERVIEW

2011-01-08T18:05:00.000Z

Kelly Price Returns: Interview by Tolu Akisanya
Read at Soul Culture

R&B music in the mid-to-late ’90s was heavily dominated by make-up to break-up songs with soft beats and smooth melodies by the likes of Babyface, Aaron Hall, Blackstreet and Dru Hill, with Keith Sweat, R. Kelly and Mariah Carey dominating the airwaves. Mention the name Kelly Price and expect to recall a string of hits and chart-topping singles.

“Friend Of Mine” (ft. Ronald Isley and R. Kelly), “You Should Have Told Me” and of course the R&B classic “Heartbreak Hotel,” with singing legend Whitney Houston and Faith Evans, are to name only a few of the great work done by the multi-talented mother.

With a new self-titled album on the way in 2010, Soul Culture recently spoke with Kelly on her four-year break from the charts, weight loss, her new album and her admiration for Diddy.

Born into a family of singers and Pentecostal preachers, Kelly [Cherelle] Price’s destiny seemed prematurely set out for her. Now, as an accomplished writer, actress, singer, songwriter,
producer and philanthroper, Kelly plans to make waves in the music charts once again since 2006.

“The way I was raised, we were traditionally Christian. Both my mother and father were preachers and we were always involved within the church. So even though I had always been singing, it was still a bit of a shock to the family to hear that I’d singing R&B and not gospel or something religiously related. No one saw it coming.”

Kelly grafted from a young age, lending her vocals to independent gospel projects and demos for aspiring artists and producers at no charge. By 18, Kelly landed her first major live performance, singing backing for music legend George Michael at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Thereafter Kelly would land Billboard’s top spot multiple times with many artists, including the legendary Isley Brothers, Brandy, Brian McKnight, Sean “Diddy” Combs, LL Cool J, The Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupree, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Gospel music legends Donnie McLurkin and Yolanda Adams and the record breaking R. Kelly.

The release of her debut album Soul of A Woman (1998) boosted her to the forefront of the music industry.

“I began singing professionally around the age of 18. And this was around the same age that all my other friends were going to college and experiencing life,” Kelly explains.

“It was crazy how it all happened because I never wanted to be up front, I was always happy being the backing singer. I sang for so many people like Aretha Franklin, Mary J Blige and Mariah Carey. It was unreal but great to have been so privileged.”

“I would have been the highest paid backing singer at the time because of the reputation I had built and the passion I had for it. Mariah called me back to tour with her on several occasions whilst I was working on other projects – I mean, I also wrote music, and so it got to a point where so many people around me were constantly trying to tell me and encourage me to go forward for myself and sing my own songs.”

Kelly recalls her time on tour with Puffy (now known as Diddy), as his Assistant Musical Director, working with artists such as Lil Kim, 112 and Faith Evans, in the height of Bad Boy’s success, all whilst working on completing her own debut album, Soul of a Woman; “I enjoyed working behind the scenes, I think I learned a lot that way, especially with on the Bad Boy Tour.”

“Working with Puffy was incredible,” she says. “I learned so much from him, and I truly believe that a big part of who I am today is due to who he was behind the scenes. True he can be tyrannical, but I believe it’s for all the right reasons. He works hard, so everything that you see on his shows like Making The Band is true. It’s like he’s a perfectionist.”

Kelly’s transition from R&B to Gospel music in 2005 may have shocked many of her fans, but Gospel has always been at the heart of Kelly’s career. “It was an easy transition for me to make, because I never really stopped singing Gospel, so the switch wasn’t strange for me. Because of my upbringing, it’s always been with me – I wouldn’t have had such a great career if it wasn’t for my background.”

“I never went away from Christianity, so when I’m not performing or recording and I’m on the road I embrace my faith. This is all I know, its part of my life; it’s who I am. And because many people have seen me go from R&B to Gospel I have gotten a lot of ridicule for it – but I try to make it clear to everyone that my music career is a job that is part of my life and I cannot change it, I cannot do one without the other. It won’t work.”

Besides her music, Kelly’s weight was big news to fans and peers across the industry.
At the beginning of her career Price broke records by reaching Billboard’s top spot twice with the same song ["Friend Of Mine"], before it ever had a music video. At the time music executives told her that although she was talented and beautiful, “no one wants to look at a fat girl or buy her records, no matter how good she sounds” – and constructed a marketing campaign in which Kelly was unseen.

This did not affect Kelly and she went on to top the charts several times with many other artists over the years. However, a year later both her mother and her mother-in-law were diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly, Kelly lost her mother-in-law in October 1999.

“It all happened around a really difficult time for me, my mother-in-law was dying of cancer and my mother was later diagnosed with cancer and I was just in a bad place, that was spiralling down to depression,” Kelly reflects. “After speaking to my mother in law for the very last time on her deathbed, I knew I had to make a change. I re-examined my life and changed my diet.”

She adds, “The weight loss was nothing to do with my image as a recording artist – the main concern was my health. I did it for me and I think it depends on who you ask as to their opinion regarding my image. Music was given to me as a gift, a blessing, and if I can do anything to prolong this blessing and continue doing what I love for longer, then it makes sense to do so.”

Within the four years Kelly was away from the music charts she branched out, expanding her talents in writing and acting and becoming author of Inscriptions of My Heart, in which she questions the “rules” of religion that lock a lot of people out of healthy Christianity and offers a contemporary approach to having a well-rounded prosperous life led by a loving and merciful God, and has starred in the stage play of Why Did I Get Married.

And now, 12 years on since releasing her first album, Kelly describes her new album as “Soul of a Woman plus twelve years.” She laughs. “Out of all my albums, this album is most similar to my first, even though so much has happened since I released my first album. It’s almost the embodying of my 23 years before my first album, and the twelve years in between.

“I’ve lived, achieved and grown up so much. It’s all the things I couldn’t be, all the decisions I was afraid to make, and a way to free myself of my hang-ups and move forward. It was me musically deciding that I want the failure, the fear [and] the depression to stop.”

“Everything I write is from the heart, I believe that I am a writer first, and with all my albums, if you have ever lived you will find a part of yourself in Kelly, because it’s completely honest; all real emotions. There is something that someone can relate to, when you want to laugh, cry, when you feel unwanted. So many things are represented in this album that can affect everyone in the world.”

“I think ‘old school’ Kelly fans would love the new album,” she says, “because I know how they felt about the first one. When I would perform tracks from the first album, it wouldn’t matter where I was, the reaction would be incredible. So with the first track from the album, ‘I’m Tired’, it’s an honest reaction to life. I’m tired! Something that people have been afraid to say but can do it by singing along.”

When asked what was in store in the future, she told me, “In the future I would like to make another Gospel album. I would like to do something for my grandparents to listen to. I’d also like to work with a string of people; Celine Dion, Eminem, Gladis Knight, Elton John, Michael Buble and so many more that people probably wouldn’t expect.”

“I may even go back to school and study for a law degree.”

Kelly Price’s new self-titled album is due for release later this year.

SWWOOOONN!!!

2011-01-08T17:42:00.001Z

*sigh*

errmm... I'm absolutely in LOOOOVVVVEEEEE with this song - it's possibly a-hundred-and-ten-times better than the original!!!

ALEJANDRO'S LIKE A PRAYER

2010-06-21T17:01:00.006+01:00

I'm a huge fan of Miss Gaga, and after watching her last video [Telephone, with Beyonce] I was super excited and eagerly anticipated the release of her next video.

Alejandro is that.

However... In another epic short film - this video is approximately 8 minutes long - I found myself... i dread to say, a little bored. Noooooo!!! Say it isn't so!

The video, to me, felt a little dated...

Fair enough, vintage and retro are all the rage now, however this video felt years old.

It could have passed for a video in the early nineties. I'm not exaggerating! Now, obviously the quality, etc, is ten times much better than our previous decade, but, the video felt very familiar, as though i had already seen it...

When Gaga appeared on Larry King she did comment on the video saying that is a "celebration and an admiration of gay love" - hmmm... slight understantment, isn't it Gaga?! The video, which premeiered on 8th June 2010,is made entirely in black and white, by Steven Klein [who I love by the way...!] is a message of religion, a twist of military-theme and homoerotism (is that a word?!)... It was like a concoction of Madonna videos in from the late 80's to the early 90's - through her erotica 'phase' - in fact the exact statement that came into mind was "Did they cut and paste old Madonna videos and put it together and pass it off as this one?!?!"

Anyone remember 'Erotica', 'Human Nature', 'Like A Prayer', even 'Vogue' - Its like Klein went from filming one of those videos straight to Gaga :/

Now, with a large majority of non-fans claiming that Gaga is a rehash of Madonna for the millennium i suppose this video will not do her any favors, nore convince anyone otherwise.

See for yourself.

I may be wrong, check out the videos of Gaga's predicessor... ?

JUSTIFY MY LOVE VIDEO click here

EROTICA click here

MY FRIEND... THE ARTIST

2010-03-20T14:37:00.005Z

My friend is probably one of the most... no no - is the most artistic illustrators I know.

So I just wanted to show off some of his amazing work.

LADY GAGA FT. BEYONCE - TELEPHONE [MUSIC VIDEO]

2010-03-16T19:09:00.005Z

Ok, so you must have been living under a rock... like on an asteroid... in outta space... shooting through the infinate galaxies and milky-ways to have not seen the new Lady Gaga video [featuring beyonce].

Since it's premier on Thursday night (I think), I can only describe my viewing experience as... Hmm... one word to define and summerise my feelings caused by the video content...

INCREDIBLE!

and as for the video it's self...

PHENOMENAL!!!

From the 'Jail House Rock' prison scene to the patriotic trailor-trash denim-clag dancers, the paper-mache head-gear, to the even the use of "The Bride's" 'Pussy Wagon' from Kill Bill.

Inspired by (my favourite movi director & writer, Quentin Tarantino), the epic nine-minute whirlwind of sex, glamour, colours, glitter, violence, dance and even basic dialect, comes from director Jonas Akerlund, who Gaga teamed with on “Paparazzi” - another amazing video, in it's own right.

Seeee....

I genuinely think this could go in the Tate as a peice of moving art! Just makes me think what the hell happend in Beyonce's 'Video Phone' video... a good video, in it's own right... but next to Gaga's, its a poor man's attempt at ambitious, and failing.

Sorry Bey, I love you, but this video has it hands down - I'll be outraged if this video doesn't pick up a few gongs come awards season. However, we are only three months into the year, and definately a few ablums and videos away from prematurely declaring it 'The Best of 2010', however until then Gaga has my vote.

[FEATURE] CELEBRITY DATING DIRECT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS VH1

2010-02-23T22:03:00.007Z

Former member of R&B group TLC, Chilli is reported to become a reality star…

TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, ex-girlfriend of R&B star, Usher, who has a child with producer Dalla Austin, is working with VH1 on a reality show called ‘What Chilli Wants’, featuring the star’s search for love, with the help of relationship expert Tionna Smalls.

My first thought was “Nooooo Chilli Don’t do it! For the love of God, don’t do it!!!”

Chilli is the latest celebrity to land a reality show trying to find “true love” ... 0_o

HA!

I remember back in the day when celebrities were known for being… well, talented, the world was graced with incredibly gifted and entertaining people; who sang, danced and kept us smiling.

But as the years went on and time passed and the world has become incredibly more celebrity-engrossed and media savvy; the once gifted stars of the last decade or so, have been replaced with wealthy socialites, size-zero celebutantes, and reality stars.

Former favorites, Salt & Pepa, Brandy, Hulk Hogan [former WWE wrestler], Tommy Lee [former drummer for Mötley Crüe and Methods of Mayhem], Pamela Anderson, Carmon Electra, Denise Richards [actress], Tori Spelling [actress], even Playboy owner Hugh Hefner have all resulted in signing on to become reality stars to reinstate their stardom from the clutches of demise.

Although reality has always been a form of entertainment for many years, [I believe that] the public really began to pay attention to reality TV hit when MTV thought to throw a medley of people together in one awesome house to create ‘The Real World’, which then created an explosion of reality shows such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Pop Stars’, ‘American Idol’, ‘Fear Factor’, ‘Survivor’, “Temptation Island’, ‘The Apprentice’. Which lead to reality shows for “real people”, such as ‘Laguna Beach’, ‘The Hills’, and eventually onto celebrity reality shows, ‘The Anna Nicole Show’, ‘The Osbournes’, ‘Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica’, although not specifically in that order, but you get my drift.

Reality TV eventually branched out to become the twenty-first century’s form of celebrity dating.

In 2006, when ‘Flavor of Love’ first aired, the rapper (formerly of Public Enemy) had twenty suitors (all female) to compete in weekly tasks for Flavor Flav’s (ahem) heart, and then eliminated one by one until only one final suitor remained. The show also helped spin off a string of similar VH1 "Love" shows, such as ‘I Love New York’ and ‘Rock of Love.

Now, the people (if you wish to call them that) in these shows are all odd, fame-hungry, questionable people [including the men who appeared in ‘I Love New York’], who are humiliated, disgraced and ridiculed, just for their search for their fifteen minutes [of fame].

‘I love New York’ is one dating show spin-off dating reality show with the former contestant from ‘Flavor of Love’, Tiffany “New York” Pollard (she was infact a finalist in two consecutive seasons of ‘Flavor of Love’). In both seasons of her show, Tiffany failed to secure a love interest/soul mate.

‘For The Love of Ray j’ is yet another dating reality show, this one featuring Ray J (brother of R&B singer Brandy) that aired in 2009.

The winner of Ray J’s show was 26 year-old, Joanna “Cocktail” Hernandez; however, the relationship soon came to an end when rumors circulated that Ray J and Tila Tequila were together. Also late last year, a contestant from the show, Monica “Danger” Leon reportedly spread rumors questioning Ray J’s sexuality as well as proclaiming to the media tat she was in fact ‘pregnant with Ray J’s child’.

*sigh* Am I on my own when I say that reality TV has become a misnomer and even ironic, as many scenes are infact “scripted” or “planned”, where the producers are trying so hard for ratings they carefully calculate and devise scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviors and conflicts. (ahem, The Hills – but still love this show though). It’s now become a load of old saturated nonsense.

Chilli may not have been the strongest vocalist in TLC, but look at Madonna, she doesn’t but somehow she has become an icon, with great styling, producers, backing singers and few babies. There are other ways to get back on the scene… consult your manager Chill!

For someone as gorgeous, smart, classy and respected as Chilli to fall into the pitfalls of Reality TV, not only does it immediately make you lose respect for her, but also makes you consider just how bad her life is to result to this. I seriously think we’re in trouble here. The audience (who would even old enough remember her) are already over-saturated with constant celebrity-endorsed adverts, publicity-stunts, multi-million-pound-magazine-deals, fake celebrity relationships for column-inches, internet based gadgets, blogs, tabloids AND un-reality celebrity TV, I think it’s safe to say… are “over it”.

GAGA GOES TOPLESS ON Q

2010-02-23T21:55:00.003Z

My favourite crazy person, Lady Gaga reveals (almost) all on the latest cover of Q magazine (UK).

Would have liked to see her in more of an bizarre-style-eccentric-out-of-there-outfit. Never mind... the boots are pretty awesome though.

AND THE OSCAR NOMINEES ARE...

2010-02-03T20:03:00.002Z

The elegant Anne Hathaway announced the nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards earleir this week. Check out the full list of nominees below.

The Awards show will be co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin [oooh! unlikely duo... but I likey!] and will take place Sunday 7 March. For more info check out Oscars.org

Best Picture

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

A Serious Man

Up in the Air

Best Director

James Cameron: Avatar

Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds

Lee Daniels: Precious

Jason Reitman: Up in the Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart

George Clooney: Up in the Air

Colin Firth: A Single Man

Morgan Freeman: Invictus

Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock: The Blind Side

Helen Mirren: The Last Station

Carey Mulligan: An Education

Gabourey Sidibe: Precious

Meryl Streep: Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon: Invictus

Woody Harrelson: The Messenger

Christopher Plummer: The Last Station

Stanley Tucci: The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz: Nine

Vera Farmiga: Up in the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick: Up in the Air

Mo'Nique: Preciuos

Best Animated Feature Film

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Best Foreign Film

Ajami

El Secreto De Sus Ojos

The Milk of Sorrow

Un Prophete

The White Ribbon

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal: The Hurt Locker Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds

Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman: The Messenger

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen: A Serious Man

Bob Peterson, Pete Docter: Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell: District 9

Nick Hornby: An Education

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche: In the Loop

Geoffrey Fletcher: Precious

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner: Up in the Air

LOVE ME 8 TIMES OVER

2010-02-01T20:42:00.007Z

Whooooooaaaa!!! Check out Love Magazine's third issue...

A collectors edition with 8 different covers, shot by Mert & Marcus. The covers feature Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Krsiten Stewart, Amber Valletta, Natalia Vodianova, Daria Werbowy, Jeneil Williams and Lara Stone.

The new issue is out February 8th.

THE GRAMMYS [2010] GOES TO...

2010-02-01T20:05:00.007Z

R&B singer, and Queen, Beyonce won an unprecedented SIX awards at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, including 'Song of the Year', while country star Taylor Swift won 'Album of the Year'.

And the rest of the Grammys went to:

Album of the Year: Fearless — Taylor Swift

Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best Solo Rock Performance: “Working on a Dream” — Bruce Springsteen

Record of the Year: “Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon

Best Country Album: Fearless — Taylor Swift

Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown — Green Day

Best Hard Rock Performance: “War Machine” — AC/DC

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town” — Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Dance Recording: “Poker Face” — Lady Gaga

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Halo” — Beyoncé

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon

Best New Artist: Zac Brown Band

Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame — Lady Gaga

Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — Phoenix

Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Beyoncé

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Gotta Feeling” — The Black Eyed Peas

Best Rock Song: “Use Somebody” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Pretty Wings” — Maxwell

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Blame It” — Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “At Last” — Beyoncé

Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “A Day in the Life” — Jeff Beck

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: “Pearls” — India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore

Best R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best Rap Solo Performance: “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” — Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: “Crack a Bottle” — Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent

Best Rap Song: “Run This Town” — Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)

Best Rap Album: Relapse — Eminem

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Make It Mine” — Jason Mraz

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Lucky” — Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Best Female Country Vocal Performance: “White Horse” — Taylor Swift

Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Sweet Thing” — Keith Urban

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden — Michael Bublé

Best Metal Performance: “Dissident Aggressor” — Judas Priest

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Run to You” — Lady Antebellum

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: “I Told You So” — Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis

Best Country Song: “White Horse” — Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt — Levon Helm

Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free— The Derek Trucks Band

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire — Various Artists, A.R. Rahman, producer

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: “Jai Ho” (From Slumdog Millionaire) — Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)

Best Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) — Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)

Best Short Form Music Video: “Boom Boom Pow” — The Black Eyed Peas

Best Long Form Music Video: “The Beatles Love – All Together Now” — (Various Artists)

Best Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! — Stephen Colbert

And on the Red Carpet...

those who maybe should have stayed off the Red Carpet...

AFRICAN PEPSI FOOTBALL CLUB

2010-01-30T06:09:00.004Z

Pepsi is releasing its Africa-and-football themed music track globally on Sunday (31 January 2010) as part of its plans to "hijack the 2010 Fifa World Cup, sponsored by rival Coca-Cola" - that's their own words, not mine. lol!

The charity song, 'Oh Africa', performed by Akon, Keri Hilson and the Soweto Gospel Choir, with proceeds (from the sale of the track) going towards charities, including Akon's Konfidence Foundation, helping underprivileged African youths.

The music video features cameo appearances from Pepsi brand ambassadors Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres.

SCARLETT COLOURED MANGO

2010-01-28T16:06:00.006Z

The Spring/Summer 2010 Mango ads, featuring Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson was shot by Mario Sorrenti in New York, with a lot of up-side-down poses (if you ask me).

Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson replaced Penelope Cruz a few seasons ago as the face of Mango.

Mango is calling the look of the season "retro-marine" and says it's inspired by the hues of the Mediterranean.

HIS & HERS 10

2010-01-28T15:58:00.003Z

10 magazine celebrates its 10th anniversary in style, with His & Hers matching cover shots with Mr & Mrs Beckham (aka David and victoria).

This issue includes a 40-page spread of the smoldering couple, shot by Cedric Buchet, with interviews with both.

HEY DADDY - NEW USHER VIDEO

2010-01-28T15:56:00.001Z

LIPSY LOTT

2010-01-28T15:47:00.003Z

Brit nominated "pop princess" Pixie Lott will co-design two exclusive collections for fashion retailer Lipsy, a Spring/Summer and an Autumn/Winter range.

‘Pixie Festival’ combines vintage dresses, bleached denim and jersey maxi-dresses. The ‘Pixie Party’ line includes animal prints, chiffon dresses and studded vest dresses. Hmmm...

Both ranges will launch this April.

PEACHISSIMO

2010-01-27T22:59:00.007Z

Daughter of former rock star [Bob Geldof] Peaches Geldof, is the face and body of the Miss Ultimo lingerie brand.

Check out her new 'Carousel collection' for spring and summer collection.

The range is available from Debenhams stores and missultimo.com.

HANGOUT WITH IPAD

2010-01-27T19:37:00.002Z

Apple have unveiled the iPad, a touchscreen computer, a tablet device with no keyboard.

The device, which looks like a large iPhone, can be used to watch films, play games and browse the web.

JUSTIN WINS HARVARD AWARD

2010-01-27T19:31:00.002Z

Lush Grammy award-winning pop star Justin Timberlake is to receive the "2010 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award", as "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers."

The prizes are handed out every year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest undergraduate drama troupe in the US, actress Anne Hathaway was named the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year earlier this month.

JOHNNY COMICS

2010-01-26T21:26:00.006Z

TV and radio presenter Johnathan Ross teamed up with with artist Tommy Lee Edwards to produce Turf, a nineteen twenties Chicago-set mobster comic book.

This is no ordinary organised crime plot though, as the mobsters also happen to be vampires who live in the same city as aliens too. Awesome!

Check out the preview copy at Bleedingcool.com

PRADA S/S10 LOOK BOOK

2010-01-25T17:41:00.010Z

I am actually in awe!

See more of Prada's Spring Summer Lookbook at Infashionmedia.com

See more of Prada's Fantasy Lookbook at Infashionmedia.com

ON OLSEN ROW

2010-01-25T17:29:00.004Z

The Olsen twins have launched The Row, for their fashion label.

The twins announced that they will also be putting on their first-ever fashion show next month.

Read the Olsen Twins interview on Style.com

BEY BEY SNAGS NRJ AWARDS

2010-01-25T16:46:00.003Z

Beyonce won the NRJ Greatest Artist of the Decade Award in Cannes, France.

Other performers for the night were Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas, and Kelly Rowland and David Guetta.

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS 2010

2010-01-25T16:08:00.007Z

The 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards/SAG Awards winners:

Female Actor in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique, Precious

Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries: Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance

Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries: Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens

Ensemble in a Drama Series: Mad Men

Male Actor in a Drama Series: Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Female Actor in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Glee

Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Star Trek

Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: 24

NATIONAL JEDWARD ON TELEVISION AWARDS

2010-01-21T13:25:00.005Z

The (UK) National Television Awards aired last night [20 Jan]. I completely missed the whole thing... if you did too, here is what you missed:

National TV Awards 2010 Winners:

Entertainment Programme

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Star Travel Documentary

Stephen Fry In America

Newcomer

Craig Gazey - Coronation Street

Comedy Programme

Gavin & Stacey

Serial Drama Performance

Lacey Turner - EastEnders

Entertainment Presenter

Ant & Dec

Drama Performance

David Tennant - Doctor Who

Factual Programme

Loose Women

Drama

Doctor Who

Talent Show

The X Factor

Serial Drama

Coronation Street

Special Recognition

Stephen Fry

And Jedward [John and Edward Grimes, 18, former X Factor contestants] performed ...and stole the show at the awards gala. Apparantly the twins have been signed to Sony Music and are set to release their debut single in the near future... :/ Lord help us all.

MADONNA'S D&G

2010-01-20T11:38:00.003Z

Check out Madona for the D&G Spring/Summer 2010 collection campaign.

The Italian designer duo announced their new collaboration with Madonna two months ago [conveniently after she was "dropped" by Louis Vittion].

The new campaign was taken by photographer Steven Klein in New York City and is inspired by Italian neo-realism cinema.

I like!!!

BECKHAM'S RELIEF

2010-01-20T11:13:00.004Z

The Beckham's have designed a Sports Relief T-shirt collection for 2010.

Victoria, David, Brooklyn, Romeo and even little Cruz have created a series of tops for Sport Relief creating a unique one-off Beckham family collaboration. ahhhhhh!!!

Each T-shirt features the Beckhams for Sport Relief logo, a combination of the footprints of each family member.

All profits from the T-shirts are available at Sainsbury's, www.sainsburys.co.uk, and TK Maxx, www.tkmaxx.com, priced £9.99, with at least £5 going to Sport Relief.

ADIDAS WARS

2010-01-20T10:59:00.004Z

Adidas has released a new advert featuring [very hott] footballer David Beckham and rap star Snoop Dogg to promote its new 'Star Wars' collection of trainers, tracksuit tops and t-shirts.

There's been so much hype around these trainers, as I suppose it combines trainer fans with Star Wars fans... which personally I think is an odd collaboration... but odd enough to work.

The collection includes images of Star Wars characters and storylines from the three original Star Wars films on classic Adidas Originals styles [Shell Tops]. The footwear from the range references the "light" and "dark" sides, Imperial forces and Rebel Alliance.

I wonder how much they had to pay to get image/name rights from Mr. George Lucas - He's rumored to be a bit of a stickler for his Star Wars brand.

ARMANI RUNNING SHOES PLEASE

2010-01-20T10:51:00.004Z

Italian design label Armani has teamed up with sports label Reebok for a new line of running shoes - which were introduced during the men's fashion shows in Milan.

The new EA7 collection will hit international Reebok and Armani stores as well as select retailers in July.

ALEXA CHUNGS CLOTHES FOR SALE

2010-01-20T10:39:00.003Z

Alexa Chung has teamed up with US label Madwell to create her first fashion line.

Madewell claims the collection, which will be called Alexa Chung for Madewell and launch for A/W 2010, will be a bit 'sexy tomboy' and 'Sixties girls' band'.

Sounds awesome!!!!

ALEXA CHUNG SIGNS WITH PEPE JEANS

2010-01-19T12:14:00.002Z

TV presenter Alexa Chung has signed on to be the face of Pepe Jeans London for spring 2010.

The campaign features Alexa, along with male models Tom Guinness and Boyd Holbrook and was shot by photographer Tom Munro.

Look out for it.

BRIT AWARDS 2010 NOMINATIONS

2010-01-18T18:27:00.003Z

And here are the nominations:

British Male Solo Artist
Calvin Harris
Dizzee Rascal
Mika
Paolo Nutini
Robbie Williams

British Female Solo Artist
Bat for Lashes
Florence & the Machine
Leona Lewis
Lily Allen
Pixie Lott

British Breakthrough Act
Florence & the Machine
Friendly Fires
JLS
La Roux
Pixie Lott

British Group
Doves
Friendly Fires
JLS
Kasabian
Muse

MasterCard British Album
Dizzee Rascal - Tongue n Cheek
Florence & the Machine - Lungs
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up

British Single
Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow
Alexandra Burke Ft Flo Rida - Bad Boys
Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
Joe McElderry - The Climb
JLS - Beat Again
La Roux - In For The Kill
Lily Allen - The Fear
Pixie Lott - Mama Do
Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
Tinchy Stryder Ft N-Dubz - Number 1

BRITs Performance of 30 Years
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive/How Deep is Your Love (1997)
Bros - I Owe you Nothing (1989)
Coldplay - Clocks (2003)
Eurythmics & Stevie Wonder - Angel (1999)
Girls Aloud - The Promise (2009)
Kanye West - Gold Digger (2006)
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of my Head (2002)
Michael Jackson - Earth Song (1996)
Paul McCartney - Live & Let Die (2008)
Pet Shop Boys - Go West (1994)
Robbie Williams & Tom Jones - The Full Monty Medley (1998)
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama (2005)
Spice Girls - Wannabe/Who Do You Think You Are (1997)
Take That - Beatles Medley I Wanna Hold Your Hand/ Hard Day's Night/ She Loves You (1994)
The Who - Who Are You (1988)

International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Jay-Z
Michael Buble
Seasick Steve

International Female Solo Artist
Lady Gaga
Ladyhawke
Norah Jones
Rihanna

International Breakthrough Act

Animal Collective

Daniel Merriweather

Empire of the Sun

Lady Gaga

International Album
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Lady Gaga - The Fame

SMOKING ACES [TRAILER]

2010-01-15T13:12:00.001Z

KNIGHT & DAY [NEW MOVIE TRAILER]

2010-01-15T13:06:00.004Z

Click here to view trailer

About a lonely woman (Diaz), seemingly on a harmless blind date, meets a super spy (Cruise) who takes her on an all-action worldwide journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite power source.

...sounds fun, eh?!

Sorry for the link, the embedding code has been disabled.

SPIELBERG'S COVERING IT

2010-01-15T12:44:00.002Z

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg is to produce a TV documentary series on the rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center, to be shown in 2011.

WHO WANTS TO BE A FOOTBALL MILLIONAIRE

2010-01-15T12:40:00.002Z

Heineken UK has unveiled its "biggest promotion" [to date] with the launch of a 'Who Wants To Be A Football Millionaire?' campaign featuring Chris Tarrant.

Tarrant will also be used as the face of the campaign across promotional material.

The activity, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment (owners of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'), will run across Foster's, John Smith's, Kronenbourg 1664, Strongbow and Bulmers – in the run-up to the Fifa 2010 World Cup.

Consumers can enter a competition by calling a hotline and quoting a promotional barcode. They will then be asked a football-related question and 20 winners will be drawn to play 'Who Wants To Be A Football Millionaire?', hosted by Chris Tarrant.

HOTTEST COUPLE IN THE GAME

2010-01-15T12:33:00.003Z

Beyonce and Jay-z have topped the Forbes list of the top-earning celebrity couples in Hollywood for a second year in a row, according to Forbes Rich List.

Here's the full list [combined income]:

1. Jay-Z and Beyonce- $122 million

2. Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart - $69 million

3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -$55 million

4. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith - $48 million

5. David and Victoria Beckham - $46 million

6. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi - $36 million

7. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson - $35.5 million

8. Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy - $34 million

9. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes - $33.5 million

10. Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow - $33 million

11. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick - $29 million

12. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - $28 million

13. Eva Longoria and Tony Parker - $22 million

14. Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley - $20 million

15. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban - $17 million

Y3 TRAVEL

2010-01-15T12:12:00.004Z

Travel range from Y-3 has been launched.

"The Mobility Line is a durable set of black nylon bags for office and travel in a variety of different shapes and materials, combining functionality with design and the quality of all details and compartments has been improved to guarantee high resistance for smooth travelling."

Dazed Digital

All Products are available from January 15th, 2010 in global Y-3 stores.

ZANDRA GETS A MILLET

2010-01-15T12:01:00.002Z

Outdoor specialist Blacks Leisure has teamed up with designer Zandra Rhodes to launch a collection of women’s outdoorwear for its Millets chain.

I'm not quite sure how this is going to work but... ok?! Zandra Rhodes is one of the most eccentric and colourful designers around... This should make for a very interesting collaboration.

GET YOUR FRONT ROW TICKETS

2010-01-15T11:51:00.003Z

Belgian designer Dirk Bikkembergs is said to be selling tickets to the public for his Sport Couture men’s show in Milan for... 11 euros each!

Deluded, greedy or innovative?