MOVIE PICK - 10th FEBRUARY

First up this week is actually out on the 9th, the re-release of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, now in full 3D. We all know what this is, and I’ve said my piece on it. Let... more
Posted by PC - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 12:15 - comments

Labels: A Dangerous Method, American Evil, Big Miracle, Casablanca, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Girl Model, new movies, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Muppets, The Vow, The Woman in Black

IT’S ALL ABOUT TULISA

A spot on the X Factor launched the career of Cheryl Cole minus her four band mates and it looks like Tulisa will be traveling down the same path. She recently signed a three book deal with Headline for her autobiography and two novels. Not quite sure how they will turn out but good for her.... more
Posted by MJC - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 07:41 - comments

Labels: book deal, Cheryl Cole, Headline, Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Rihanna, Tulisa, X Factor star

LANA SCORES BIG

The critics have slammed her new album, Born to Die, but Lana Del Rey is having the last laugh, selling over 117k of the album in one week  here in the UK, making her obviously, number one on the album chart and the biggest selling album of 2012. Granted there isn’t much competition... more
Posted by MJC - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 07:38 - comments

Labels: albums, Born to Die, charts, Lana Del Rey, music, releases, singles

HITTING THE TWEET SPOT

Interesting article in Friday’s Metro when it comes to Twitter. A report carried out in the US states that only 36% of the tweets we receive are of any interest to us. Personally I find that result quite high, 25% would have been more realistic. Using information from 1500 users, those wh... more
Posted by MJC - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 07:33 - comments

Labels: better tweeters, etiquette, Metro, twitter

THE RICHEST ROCKER

Bono invested £59 million in Facebook back in 2009 which will make him the richest rock star on the planet when the social networking company floats on the stock exchange. The value of those shares on paper will propel the U2 rocker £189 million richer than the current wealthiest ro... more
Posted by MJC - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 07:31 - comments

Labels: Bono, Facebook, shares, stock exchange

SPORTING ROUND UP

Hard to ignore the sporting events that have gone on over the last few days, so thought it best to put them all in one post as opposed to multiple posts. First off, John Terry was stripped of his England arm band on Friday due to his pending legal battle. Terry is charged with a public order of... more
Posted by MJC - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 07:29 - comments

Labels: Eli Manning, Football, John Terry, Rugby, sports, Stuart Lancaster

BLONDE MOMENT

I feel that the world will soon be awash with bleached blonde hair now Ri-Ri has shed the red locks for the blonde. Personally I think it looks kind of bleurgh on her but if it means I am not going to see and abundance of red dye on women who are old enough to be Ri's Grandmother then fanas... more
Posted by MJC - Friday, February 3, 2012 - 16:52 - comments

Labels: hair-dye, red dye, Rihanna, style, trends

IS BEYONCE REALLY WORH HALF A BILLION

Rumour has it, Simon Cowell, who fired three of the US X Factor staff this week, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones is eager to see Beyonce sit her bootylicious self down beside himself and LA Reid as a judge when the show returns. Cowell has aparently offered the new mother $100 m... more
Posted by MJC - Friday, February 3, 2012 - 16:44 - comments

Labels: Beyonce, contracts, half a billion dollars, Simon Cowell, X Factor USA

LOVED WAKING UP TO THIS

So Coldplay have unveiled the new video to Charlie Brown, the third single from their fifth studio album Mylo Xyoto. And boy has it put a smile on my face this morning. Directed byMat Whitecross the video shows the band playing the song in amongst their fans who are rocking the trademark neon w... more
Posted by MJC - Friday, February 3, 2012 - 08:45 - comments

Labels: Charlie Brown, Coldplay, Mat Whitecorss

NEW MACY GRAY ALBUM

I love Macy Gray, love her voice, love her ‘I don’t give a f**k attitude,’ just love her. So now she is releasing a new album which I hope does better than her last album, The Sellout which sold only 37k copies two years ago. The album sees the six foot plus singer co... more
Posted by MJC - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 15:19 - comments

Labels: Arcade Fire, cover versions, Covered, Idris Elba, new Macy Gray album