Films already finding buyers as fest heats up
TORONTO -- Even before the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival kicked off Thursday with a gala premiere of Paul Gross' wartime romance "Passchendaele," a number of films in the lineup, ranging from the horror film "Vinyan" to the lyric documentary "Of Time and the City," found buyers.
In the number one of what sellers leslie Townes Hope will be a flood tide of Toronto buys, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired domestic and Australian rights to "Vinyan." Fabrice Du Welz's film stars Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart as a twosome searching for their lacking son in a jungle filled with feral children.
Wild Bunch is repping sales for the France-U.K.-Belgium co-production, which premiered final weekend at the Venice Film Festival and bows in Toronto tonight. Release plans haven't yet been determined.
At the opening-night covering of "Passchendaele" at Roy Thomas Hall, the invitation-only audience embraced the heroic romance as a crowd-pleaser, in dividing line to recent years in which homegrown films that opened Toronto underwhelmed.
Canadian actor-director Gross, c. H. Best known for his star turn in the 1990s CBS drama "Due South," appeared on stage to introduce to his fellow cast members, who include Gil Bellows, Caroline Dhavernas and Landon Liboiron.
The film's cast was welcomed onstage by a 20-piece regimental pipe band which played a Vimy Ridge flash in keeping with the First World war theme
The film's producer, Niv Fichman, thanked oil-rich Alberta for injecting $5.5 million into the homegrown movie, which has a $20 1000000 budget.
At the Astral Media pre-gala cocktail, the talk interested how this year's indie offerings would fare in the cheek of a downturn for specialty distributors as the festival's unofficial market gets under way of life Friday.
Three films that had 2008 Festival de Cannes premieres are making their Toronto appearances with impudently inked dispersion deals in tow. Regent Releasing nabbed North American rights to Brillante Mendoza's stark Filipino family dramatic play "Serbis." The official Cannes selection chronicles a family unit forced to turn their dilapidated motion-picture show theater into a hustler-filled porn venue. They grapnel with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, incest and other issues amidst a harsh landscape.
The Philippines/French production has its North American premiere in Toronto tonight, followed by a U.S. premiere Oct. 12 at the New York Film Festival. A theatrical rollout for the foreign-language cinema in blue-ribbon U.S. cities is set for this winter. Regent's Mark Reinhart negotiated the deal with Fortissimo Films' Michael J. Werner.
Strand Releasing picked up U.S. rights to another Cannes premiere, Terence Davies' autobiographical docu "Of Time and the City," which hits Toronto on Sunday. The highly lyrical contain on the director's childhood in Liverpool transitions from black-and-white to color as it moves from the mid-20th century to the present. Strand is planning a January release, with the pic set for an October bow in the U.K. Hanway Films repped the filmmakers in the sell.
Microdistributor the Cinema Guild acquired U.S. rights to "24 City," Jia Zhangke's unusual docu about a weapons factory converted into luxury condos. The flick, which as well premiered in Cannes and has a Sunday Toronto bow, will be shown at the New York Film Festival later this month and released early next class.
While at that place were lamentations in Venice last hebdomad about that fest's lack of star wattage, Toronto shouldn't suffer any such shortage. Brad Pitt comes to town this weekend to ticket tout the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," Keira Knightley follows with "The Duchess," Spike Lee will bring his World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna," Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear will tub-thump for the comedy "Ghost Town," and the hook drama "Pride and Glory" will land Edward Norton and Colin Farrell.
Etan Vlessing reported from Toronto; Gregg Goldstein reported from New York. Steven Zeitchik and Borys Kit in Toronto contributed to this report.
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Sunday, 31 August 2008
Pick of the week: Classical and opera
Seht Die Sonne
Royal Albert Hall, SW7
Saturday 30
The Oslo Philharmonic begins with the UK premiere of Lindberg's latest work.
Berlin Philharmoniker
Royal Albert Hall, SW7
Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3 Sept
Two programmes: the first of Wagner and Messiaen, the second mating Brahms and Shostakovich.
Kashchey The Immortal
Royal Albert Hall, SW7
Friday 5 Sept
Rimsky-Korsakov's one-acter alongside the work it inspired, Stravinsky's The Firebird.
La Rondine
Peacock Theatre, WC2
Friday 5 Sept
John Lloyd Davies directs Puccini's comedy for British Youth Opera.
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Thursday, 21 August 2008
The Stranglers Cover The Kinks
The Stranglers covered The Kinks �All Day and All Night� this afternoon in the glorious cheer of the V Festival Chelmsford site.
Baz Warne performed vocal duties for the impressive cover of the song before cheekily relation the crowd �cheer the fuck up, it�s sunny�.
The band tore through an array of hits including �Peaches�, �No More Heroes� and �Golden Brown�.
Kicking off things on the mo day of the festival, the Punk veterans provided an up-and-coming and much needed kick up the arse for the hungover festival-goers.
Much of the crowd were heard mumbling that the band should have headlined in some capacity, whether it be on the principal stage of a smaller stage, either way the band surely set the bench print for the day.
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Monday, 11 August 2008
Chris Hinze Combination
Artist: Chris Hinze Combination
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Bamboo Magic
Year: 1978
Tracks: 8
Sister Slick
Year: 1974
Tracks: 6
Mission Suite
Year: 1973
Tracks: 5
Stoned Flute
Year: 1970
Tracks: 3
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Joss Stone is joining 'The Tudors'
British soul singer to play Anne of Cleves
In her number 1 major performing gig, British soul and R&B isaac Bashevis Singer Joss Stone is joining the cast of Showtime's drama "The Tudors" for its approaching third season.
Stone will run Anne of Cleves, the fourth married woman of Henry VIII (Rhys Meyers).
A daughter of a German nobleman, Anne was betrothed to Henry in a marriage pact between the Cleves Court and the king's chancellor after Henry was shown a portrait of her.
Upon Anne's arrival to England, Henry was foiled in her looks and soon base a sound way to have the marriage annulled.
According to Showtime, the upcoming season of the racy majestic drama testament follow the king as he weds third queen Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis) and then Anne of Cleves.
Stone, wHO burst onto the music scene in 2003 and has had three gold albums in the U.S., has been looking to cross o'er into playacting. In 2006, she had a role in the fantasy feature "Eragon."
Stone, world Health Organization is working on a new album, is repped by Fortitude and lawyer Bob Myman.
In her number 1 major performing gig, British soul and R&B isaac Bashevis Singer Joss Stone is joining the cast of Showtime's drama "The Tudors" for its approaching third season.
Stone will run Anne of Cleves, the fourth married woman of Henry VIII (Rhys Meyers).
A daughter of a German nobleman, Anne was betrothed to Henry in a marriage pact between the Cleves Court and the king's chancellor after Henry was shown a portrait of her.
Upon Anne's arrival to England, Henry was foiled in her looks and soon base a sound way to have the marriage annulled.
According to Showtime, the upcoming season of the racy majestic drama testament follow the king as he weds third queen Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis) and then Anne of Cleves.
Stone, wHO burst onto the music scene in 2003 and has had three gold albums in the U.S., has been looking to cross o'er into playacting. In 2006, she had a role in the fantasy feature "Eragon."
Stone, world Health Organization is working on a new album, is repped by Fortitude and lawyer Bob Myman.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
My Chemical Romance fans: 'Songs don't cause suicide'
Music fans have spoken out in support for My Chemical Romance, after The Daily Mail and a coroner accused them of encouraging teenager Hannah Bond's suicide.
Almost all the fans commenting about My Chemical Romance's response to the allegations have defended the group.
One NME.COM user, Tiberius, wrote: "Anybody who claims that a band is able to make someone commit suicide is naive and ignorant."
Another fan, Shinkou, said: "Blaming a genre of music or a band is too simplistic. No one 'made this girl commit suicide'. The poor girl had so many things to deal with and felt like she could not reach out to anyone: MCR wasn't causing her problems. How could they be responsible?"
TotalyMCR stated: "They aren't a band wanting to make all their fans kill themselves, they are here to give people a voice...I think this march is a fantastic opportunity for us their fans to repay them for their music and words of advice."
Ace McWicked wrote: "Regardless of what you think of MCR or what you think their message is - a song does not make someone kill themselves."
However, a handful of those who posted were more critical of the band, with one, Jertum, writing: "I don't believe MCR are totally responsible, but emo music does promote a, shall we say, 'alternative' way of life. It always seems to me that emo bands tend to dabble in things that they don't understand and so give off the wrong messages in their lyrics."
NME.COM user Reder said: "MCR don't have that much an influence on people's lives, they're just not that good."
Fans of My Chemical Romance are staging a demonstration next weekend (May 31) outside the offices of The Daily Mail in London to protest against their comments about emo.
Almost all the fans commenting about My Chemical Romance's response to the allegations have defended the group.
One NME.COM user, Tiberius, wrote: "Anybody who claims that a band is able to make someone commit suicide is naive and ignorant."
Another fan, Shinkou, said: "Blaming a genre of music or a band is too simplistic. No one 'made this girl commit suicide'. The poor girl had so many things to deal with and felt like she could not reach out to anyone: MCR wasn't causing her problems. How could they be responsible?"
TotalyMCR stated: "They aren't a band wanting to make all their fans kill themselves, they are here to give people a voice...I think this march is a fantastic opportunity for us their fans to repay them for their music and words of advice."
Ace McWicked wrote: "Regardless of what you think of MCR or what you think their message is - a song does not make someone kill themselves."
However, a handful of those who posted were more critical of the band, with one, Jertum, writing: "I don't believe MCR are totally responsible, but emo music does promote a, shall we say, 'alternative' way of life. It always seems to me that emo bands tend to dabble in things that they don't understand and so give off the wrong messages in their lyrics."
NME.COM user Reder said: "MCR don't have that much an influence on people's lives, they're just not that good."
Fans of My Chemical Romance are staging a demonstration next weekend (May 31) outside the offices of The Daily Mail in London to protest against their comments about emo.
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Preview : Tuscan son to shine in big arena
With its panoramic ocean views and art deco architecture, Tuscan seaside resort Forte dei Marmi is opera star Andrea Bocelli's home.Half an hour's drive from Pisa, torrential rain greets me upon my arrival on a less than balmy spring afternoon. But, despite the weather, it's easy to see why the 49-year-old tenor - born nearby in the village of Lajatico - doesn't like being away too long from the lavish waterfront mansion he shares with his girlfriend, Veronica Berti."Tuscany has been a big influence on my life so, in that sense, it has helped me to grow peacefully," Bocelli says. "Normally this is a sunny place with lots of fields and lots of green. It's a really nice place to live and this helps considerably when you are growing up."Bocelli will soon be journeying a long way from his beloved Italy when he embarks upon an Australasian tour in August that will include his first visit to New Zealand since he performed in Christchurch in 2002."I am very much looking forward to it because, this time, I hope to bring my children with me," says Bocelli, whose former wife and two sons live next door. "I remember everything about New Zealand. It was a beautiful experience. The atmosphere was tranquil and peaceful."
Accompanying Bocelli in New Zealand will be the Czech National Orchestra along with soprano Paola Sanguinetti and baritone Gianfranco Montresor. "The tour will have a repertoire consisting of some arias, some duets and some Neapolitan songs," he says. "And at the end of the concert, there will be some of the more popular songs that I have done."Although he prefers playing in more intimate surroundings, Bocelli has no qualms about appearing at Auckland's cavernous Vector Arena."There is no doubt that the best place to sing is in a theatre, especially if the singing or the symphony is performed in the orthodox way, that is without any technology. When you play in an arena - whether it's an indoor or outdoor space - something different happens. It is a different experience altogether because you have this feeling of unity. That kind of venue is also ideal for those people who are normally a little reluctant to go see a classical concert so it is a good way to pull in a different crowd."That is perhaps the price that Bocelli, who has sold more 60 million albums since he released his debut album Il Mare Calmo Della Sera in 1992, has had to pay for his considerable success. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's caustic comments about Hayley Westenra and other such popera singers, whom she branded as "the new fakes for the new generation" because they sing with a microphone, made waves around the world with Bocelli recently admitting to the Radio Times that he has sold his talent short.
Accompanying Bocelli in New Zealand will be the Czech National Orchestra along with soprano Paola Sanguinetti and baritone Gianfranco Montresor. "The tour will have a repertoire consisting of some arias, some duets and some Neapolitan songs," he says. "And at the end of the concert, there will be some of the more popular songs that I have done."Although he prefers playing in more intimate surroundings, Bocelli has no qualms about appearing at Auckland's cavernous Vector Arena."There is no doubt that the best place to sing is in a theatre, especially if the singing or the symphony is performed in the orthodox way, that is without any technology. When you play in an arena - whether it's an indoor or outdoor space - something different happens. It is a different experience altogether because you have this feeling of unity. That kind of venue is also ideal for those people who are normally a little reluctant to go see a classical concert so it is a good way to pull in a different crowd."That is perhaps the price that Bocelli, who has sold more 60 million albums since he released his debut album Il Mare Calmo Della Sera in 1992, has had to pay for his considerable success. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's caustic comments about Hayley Westenra and other such popera singers, whom she branded as "the new fakes for the new generation" because they sing with a microphone, made waves around the world with Bocelli recently admitting to the Radio Times that he has sold his talent short.
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Claude Challe and Friends
Artist: Claude Challe and Friends
Genre(s):
Dance
Other
New Age
Discography:
Les Remixes
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
L'original
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Je Nous Aime (CD2)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
Heater Mills advices woman seeking divorce
Guitar great Jeff Healey dies, 41
Jeff Healey, the Canadian guitarist who sold over a million copies of his debut album 'See the Light' and starred opposite Patrick Swayze in 'Road House', has died.
Healey, who was 41, had battled cancer throughout his life and died on Sunday in Toronto.
As an infant Healey lost his eyesight due to retino blastoma, a rare form of cancer.
He began playing the guitar when he was three-years-old and developed a style of playing the guitar across his lap while seated.
Discovered by the legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Toronto bar at 15, Healey put together his first band at 17 and later found fame with his trio The Jeff Healey Band.
The trio's debut, 'See the Light', was Grammy-nominated and gave them a US hit with the track 'Angel Eyes'.
Healey explored early jazz on his later albums but had completed work on his first rock and blues album in eight years, 'Mess of Blues'. It was due for release in Europe on 20 March.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Healey, who was 41, had battled cancer throughout his life and died on Sunday in Toronto.
As an infant Healey lost his eyesight due to retino blastoma, a rare form of cancer.
He began playing the guitar when he was three-years-old and developed a style of playing the guitar across his lap while seated.
Discovered by the legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Toronto bar at 15, Healey put together his first band at 17 and later found fame with his trio The Jeff Healey Band.
The trio's debut, 'See the Light', was Grammy-nominated and gave them a US hit with the track 'Angel Eyes'.
Healey explored early jazz on his later albums but had completed work on his first rock and blues album in eight years, 'Mess of Blues'. It was due for release in Europe on 20 March.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Gabriella Cilmi - sweet at 16
Gabriella Cilmi is excited to see her debut album, Lessons to be Learned (including her latest single, the incredibly catchy Sweet About Me) on shelves in stores. "It's very cool," she says. The album debuted at number 3 in her Australian homeland, and number 8 in the UK (where she has been living for the past year), and charted at a respectable number 13 here in New Zealand."It was a long time coming and a lot of hard work," she reveals. Small point worth mentioning: since she's only 16, the "long time coming" refers to the fact that the Italian-Australian songstress was signed to a record label when she was just 13."My family's Italian, and every year we go to this festival," she says, explaining her big break. "People get up, they do their thing, although most of them are just auctioning off jams and chutneys for charity," she says, pausing to have a laugh. "One of my uncles pushed me up to sing. I did Jumpin' Jack Flash and I think only one person there liked it. But he happened to work for Warner Brothers so that was a bit of a blessing."
Indeed. Cilmi (it's pronounced "chill-me") is a rarity in that, at 16, she is interested in music from the 1970s, rather than singing trumped-up pop on the Disney channel."I just grew up with things like Janis Joplin, The Sweet, T-Rex, Cat Stevens - and I just love all that stuff." She tells me that if she could start adding covers to future albums she would want to take on The Doors' Moonlight Drive and "anything by Led Zep". Odd, but reassuring choices for a precocious teen. "I'm pleased to have started out young; it means I have heaps of options, different paths that I can go down," she says.The rising star has played support slots for James Blunt, The Sugarbabes and Rufus Wainwright so far, all of which have "been a blast, such good exposure and experience". She returns home to Australia in October for her first national tour. "And we'll be doing New Zealand shows, too," she adds. "I can't wait."So what does she do in the little spare time that exists in between shows and promo stopovers around Europe?"My homework! Don't laugh; I have to email it through most days."Gabriella Cilmi's album, Lessons to be Learned, is in stores now.
Indeed. Cilmi (it's pronounced "chill-me") is a rarity in that, at 16, she is interested in music from the 1970s, rather than singing trumped-up pop on the Disney channel."I just grew up with things like Janis Joplin, The Sweet, T-Rex, Cat Stevens - and I just love all that stuff." She tells me that if she could start adding covers to future albums she would want to take on The Doors' Moonlight Drive and "anything by Led Zep". Odd, but reassuring choices for a precocious teen. "I'm pleased to have started out young; it means I have heaps of options, different paths that I can go down," she says.The rising star has played support slots for James Blunt, The Sugarbabes and Rufus Wainwright so far, all of which have "been a blast, such good exposure and experience". She returns home to Australia in October for her first national tour. "And we'll be doing New Zealand shows, too," she adds. "I can't wait."So what does she do in the little spare time that exists in between shows and promo stopovers around Europe?"My homework! Don't laugh; I have to email it through most days."Gabriella Cilmi's album, Lessons to be Learned, is in stores now.
Bonnaroo to be televised for first time
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival is going to be nationally televised for the first time this year, it was announced today (May 19).
The annual Tennessee event features headliners Kanye West, Pearl Jam and Metallica. Now those unable to attend the three-day festival have the option to watch it from their own homes on national cable television channel Fuse TV.
Fuse plans to televise six hours of programming from the festival, ranging from performances to interviews with the artists, and will broadcast live from the event, reports the Associated Press.
The festival is set to take place June 12-15 in Manchester, Tennessee and also includes performances by MIA, My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, !!!, Death Cab For Cutie, Sigur Ros, Rilo Kiley and The Raconteurs, as previously reported.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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The annual Tennessee event features headliners Kanye West, Pearl Jam and Metallica. Now those unable to attend the three-day festival have the option to watch it from their own homes on national cable television channel Fuse TV.
Fuse plans to televise six hours of programming from the festival, ranging from performances to interviews with the artists, and will broadcast live from the event, reports the Associated Press.
The festival is set to take place June 12-15 in Manchester, Tennessee and also includes performances by MIA, My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, !!!, Death Cab For Cutie, Sigur Ros, Rilo Kiley and The Raconteurs, as previously reported.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Kung Fu Panda - 6/7/2008
It's surprising that Hollywood has taken until 2008 to come up with Kung Fu Panda. Taking your factory-issue period-piece martial arts plot -- wherein schlubby protagonist finds his inner warrior as a means of expressing filial piety and ensuring the harmonious survival of his village -- and combining it with supercharged computer animation, PG-friendly combat, and a flurry of cute animals just makes good business sense. One could argue about the logic of surrounding Jackie Chan (voicing a monkey who's also a kung fu master) with a Hollywood stew of A-list talent eager to scoop up some easy voice-actor money, but when the film's star is an overweight panda voiced by Jack Black, such kvetching is almost beside the point.
Blazing across the screen with eye-popping, sublime artwork, Kung Fu Panda sets itself apart from the modern domestic animation trend with its sheer beauty. From an opening dream sequence whose abstract style seems culled straight from a modern manga, the film enters instant classic status as some of the most gorgeous animation Hollywood has produced since the golden age of Disney. Eschewing the cold and severe art of Dreamworks' Shrek films, the makers of Kung Fu Panda fill the screen with painterly backdrops of mountain vistas and fluttering leaves that give Zhang Yimou a run for his money. It somehow makes it all the funnier to have the titular panda, Po (Black), come huffing and wheezing through the impeccable and non-specific ancient China landscapes like a less-active relative of Hurley on Lost.
The story is that Po wants to be a kung fu master but is stuck instead working at the noodle shop run by his father, a tender-hearted goose (James Hong) whose real relationship to Po is left unexplained (a nicely humorous touch). The village, composed mostly of large-faced and telegenic animals like rabbits and pigs, is threatened by the prophesized return of the dreaded snow leopard villain Tai Lung (Ian McShane, given little to do with an underwritten stock role). Fortunately for Po, there's a kung fu temple called the Jade Palace high above the village (cue many scenes in which Po wheezingly hauls his pudgy frame up the vertiginous staircase), where the aging master Oogway has deemed that Po is in fact not a lard-reared slacker but the Dragon Warrior of legend who will save the village.
Standing at first between Po and his future as a chubby warrior of destiny, however, is not Tai Lung but the star pupils at the Jade Palace, a jealous menagerie of kung fu animal superstars composed of Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Crane (David Cross), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Monkey (Chan). Trained by master Shifu, a diminutive red panda voiced with appropriately embittered edge by Dustin Hoffman, as a lightning-quick squad of kung-fu-coolness, the five resent the panda-come-lately and don't make things easy. Wouldn't you know: Po makes them reconsider their assumptions, and learns a few things about himself, and the true meaning of courage along the way, particularly after the lightning-quick and merciless Tai Lung shows up.
What helps Kung Fu Panda succeed is not just the classic beauty of the animation but also another way it avoids the Shrek pitfall by steering clear of that series' flat irony and tired snark. Po's journey to enlightened martial arts coolness is modeled quite explicitly on old Chan-style films like Drunken Master (the fighting style that Po eventually takes on is actually a more PG-friendly variation of that used by Chan), where family unity and service to the community is prized above all.
Also like Drunken Master, Kung Fu Panda never lets all that wisdom-gathering slow down the pace, and keeps the fights and jokes coming at a wicked pace. It also allows Black to make Po just enough of his own creation to make him stand out from a million other animated heroes. Along the way Black even gets to utter a trademark phrase; after vanquishing a host of enemies and being asked by some grateful villagers what they can do to repay him, he says merely, "There is no charge for awesomeness." Indeed.
There is actually a $10 charge for awesomeness, plus popcorn and soda.
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Ashlee Simpson And Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Get Wedding Congrats From Family, Fans, Bandmates -- And An Ex!
One day after Ashlee Simpson and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz shocked their fans by announcing their engagement via a blog post on FriendsOrEnemies.com, reactions are starting to come in from those who know the couple well ... and from those who think they do.
"All I can really say is I'm totally happy for them," FOB frontman Patrick Stump told MTV News in an e-mail. "And I'm happy for myself, too. I'll probably get to wear a tux."
"My sister is overflowing with joy," Ashlee's older sister, Jessica Simpson, told UsMagazine.com. "Pete is an incredible soul. They naturally bring out the best in each other. I couldn't be happier."
Ashlee's dad, Joe, told the site that Wentz asked for his permission to propose to his daughter, and that "I told him that I would be honored to have him as part of my family."
Even Ryan Cabrera, Ash's former boyfriend, weighed in to the site, giving the newly-engaged couple a resounding thumbs-up.
"I think they're really good together," he told the magazine. "I met [Wentz] a couple times, and he was really nice and intelligent, so I was like, 'Very cool, go for it!'"
Of course, fan reactions to the engagement were decidedly less glossy. On FriendsOrEnemies.com, comments ranged from elation ("FINALLY!!!!! i knew u guys would get married one day! I am happy for both of you!!!!!") to anger ("i hope assslee DIESS IN A F---ING HOLE,") with a few stops in crazytown thrown in for good measure ("I couldn't believe well i guess i didnt want to believe it its kinda weird i mean pete a husband w/ kids can u really picture that and w/ ashlee well maybe u guys will last CONGRATS now im gonna go stalk patrick ha he isnt married").
The reaction was similar on Wentz's personal blog, where the bassist celebrated his engagement by posting a piece of Pop Art featuring his dog Hemingway. (Uh, congrats?)
"I love the way she makes you smile, bright boy for wanting to keep someone like that around," one commenter wrote.
"Hey Pete, did you hear that? Little emo hearts just broke all over the world," another added. "Much happiness to you and the lady."
"All I can really say is I'm totally happy for them," FOB frontman Patrick Stump told MTV News in an e-mail. "And I'm happy for myself, too. I'll probably get to wear a tux."
"My sister is overflowing with joy," Ashlee's older sister, Jessica Simpson, told UsMagazine.com. "Pete is an incredible soul. They naturally bring out the best in each other. I couldn't be happier."
Ashlee's dad, Joe, told the site that Wentz asked for his permission to propose to his daughter, and that "I told him that I would be honored to have him as part of my family."
Even Ryan Cabrera, Ash's former boyfriend, weighed in to the site, giving the newly-engaged couple a resounding thumbs-up.
"I think they're really good together," he told the magazine. "I met [Wentz] a couple times, and he was really nice and intelligent, so I was like, 'Very cool, go for it!'"
Of course, fan reactions to the engagement were decidedly less glossy. On FriendsOrEnemies.com, comments ranged from elation ("FINALLY!!!!! i knew u guys would get married one day! I am happy for both of you!!!!!") to anger ("i hope assslee DIESS IN A F---ING HOLE,") with a few stops in crazytown thrown in for good measure ("I couldn't believe well i guess i didnt want to believe it its kinda weird i mean pete a husband w/ kids can u really picture that and w/ ashlee well maybe u guys will last CONGRATS now im gonna go stalk patrick ha he isnt married").
The reaction was similar on Wentz's personal blog, where the bassist celebrated his engagement by posting a piece of Pop Art featuring his dog Hemingway. (Uh, congrats?)
"I love the way she makes you smile, bright boy for wanting to keep someone like that around," one commenter wrote.
"Hey Pete, did you hear that? Little emo hearts just broke all over the world," another added. "Much happiness to you and the lady."
Usher Scores Chart Double While Lil Wayne Is Still Top Of The Pops
USHER has scored a TransAtlantic double after taking his new album HERE I STAND to the top of both U.S. and U.K. charts.
The release hit number one in Britain at the beginning of the week (02Jun08) and now it has debuted at the top in America too with impressive 433,000 first-week sales.
It's the second biggest debut of the year, 20,000 copies behind Mariah Carey's E=MC2.
The Sex and the City movie soundtrack debuts at two on the new chart, while last week's number one, 3 Doors Down's eponymous new album, slips to three.
On the singles chart, rapper Lil Wayne's Lollipop begins a fourth week at number one, while Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love remains unmoved at two and Coldplay's Viva La Vida jumps up seven places from 10 to three to round out the new top three.
Lil Wayne also scores the highest debut on the Hot 100 - his Got Money collaboration with T-Pain enters the chart at 13.
The release hit number one in Britain at the beginning of the week (02Jun08) and now it has debuted at the top in America too with impressive 433,000 first-week sales.
It's the second biggest debut of the year, 20,000 copies behind Mariah Carey's E=MC2.
The Sex and the City movie soundtrack debuts at two on the new chart, while last week's number one, 3 Doors Down's eponymous new album, slips to three.
On the singles chart, rapper Lil Wayne's Lollipop begins a fourth week at number one, while Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love remains unmoved at two and Coldplay's Viva La Vida jumps up seven places from 10 to three to round out the new top three.
Lil Wayne also scores the highest debut on the Hot 100 - his Got Money collaboration with T-Pain enters the chart at 13.
Shaw Blades
Artist: Shaw Blades
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Influence
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Studio Outtakes
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Arena rock veterans Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw (Night Ranger and Styx), on hiatus from their stream group Damn Yankees, released a self-titled album in early 1995. The duet wrote and co-produced the album (with Don Gehman), in addition to performing about every instrument. After a long stop from the studio, the couple hooked up in 2006 to record a mellow album of mostly soft rock-and-roll covers. Influence was released in early 2007 on VH1 Classic.
Mel Lewis
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