Jay Z remixes Winehouse hit

London (ANI): Jay-Z performed a remix version of Amy Winehouse hit 'Rehab' at Norway's Hove Festival - a warm-up for his Glastonbury gig this weekend. The rapper remixed the Rehab track last year and the result would lend itself to a duet with Winehouse, reports the Sun. She plays Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage before him and a duet is possible - provided she has recovered enough after being diagnosed with emphysema. His headline performance at Hove in Arendal also included reworkings of 'Umbrella', 'Smack My B***h Up' and 'American Boy.' During the middle of the set, a stage visual of George W. Bush morphed into presidential candidate Barack Obama, which prompted cheers from the crowd.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie heading for a trial separation?

Madonna and Guy Ritchie have sparked fresh rumors their seven-year marriage is on the rocks as reports surface the pair are heading for a trial separation.

Madonna and Guy were at the Cannes Film Festival last week and “they did not look like two people who were very happy in each other�s company,” a source said. “She looked frail and pale, like someone under tremendous strain, and he seemed utterly miserable.”

Madonna, 49, is said to be fed up of the constant arguing “about everything” with Guy, who is ten years her junior; and she has often complained the ‘Snatch’ director drinks ‘way too much for his own good.’

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Dancing on Ice stars pick up bug

'Dancing on Ice' stars Gareth Gates and Greg Rusedski may have to miss this week's show after picking up a bug.
According to reports, the skating stars have been too ill to rehearse their routines in recent days and may not be able to take part in Sunday night's live show.
A source told The Mirror: "Gareth and Greg both became poorly yesterday and we're all crossing our fingers they recover for Sunday."
"Sometimes it lasts 24 hours, sometimes three days, and leaves you feeling very weak."
"It's important we stop anyone else going down with it. We're doing everything possible to keep contestants apart so they can't cross-infect."

Broadcasting Titan Pappas Files For Bankruptcy

Pappas Telecasting, one of the nation's leading privately-held broadcasting companies,
has filed for bankruptcy. Although the company owns 30 TV stations, only 13 have
been put into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. All are in medium- to upscale markets, in
cluding Omaha, Sioux City, El Paso, Reno, San Francisco, and Houston. The company
indicated that its stations affiliated with the CW network had been particularly
hard hit given that network's poor ratings. It also blamed the overall "extremely
difficult business climate for television stations across the country," which have been required
to make the costly switch from analog to digital broadcasting even as the current
recession has reduced advertising revenue.

12/05/2008

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Merlons

   
Artist: Merlons

   Genre(s): 
Trance
   

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Discography:


   
 Trance

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 1

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The Merlons of Nehemiah were formed in 1992 in Germany. They speedily made a name for themselves when swerving precipitously from the course taken by many groups natural out of that country's burgeoning early '90s alternate folk-rock setting. While "Deutsche" folk-rock groups like Paddy Goes to Holyhead, An Cat Dubh, Fiddler's Green and Tapsi Turtles borrowed nigh only from their Irish and UK coevals the Merlons john Drew from more far-reaching sources. Utilizing instruments like recorders, lutes, bombarde, dudelsack and drehleyer in addition to diddle, guitar, bass and drums their expressive style could be described as "Alternative Medieval Mystic Folk Rock." Their sound remained constant passim their number one trey albums Cantoney, Eluoami and Romanoir when they were known by their total monicker, The Merlons of Nehemiah. 1996 adage a few changes occur in the ring. Not only did they shorten their name to Merlons their musical expressive style underwent a slim redevelopment as well. The acoustic, folksy instruments were secondhand far more infrequently as they constituted more of a modern john Rock identity. These changes coincided with increasing sake from bigger record labels. In fact after 1996's Water Naked Nature they terminated their longtime affiliation with Musical Tragedies to spill one album for BMG Ariola in 1998. That recording, Sinn-Licht, saw an even more drastic deviation from their mediaeval roots and by the time Spell was released in '99 they eager picayune resemblance to the creative band they were scarcely four-spot eld before. Also released on the same date as Trance was the live album Midgard which was recorded in 1994 and was fundamentally Musical Tragedies' testimonial to the group's groundbreaking origins as well as the labels' fond sayonara to the Merlons ahead they seesawed back to BMG.

Clark Terry

   
Artist: Clark Terry

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   

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Discography:


   
 Yes, The Blues

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 7

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Possessor of the happiest wakeless in idle words, flügelhornist Clark Terry always plays music that is exuberant, swing, and merriment. A brilliant (and identical distinctive) soloist, C.T. gained fame for his "Mumbles" vocals (which started as a caustic remark of the to a lesser extent intelligible ancient vapours singers) and is likewise an enthusiastic pedagog. He gained early on get performing trumpet in the feasible St. Joe Louis jazz view of the early on '40s (where he was an inspiration for Miles Davis) and, later performing in a Navy circle during World War II, he gained a strong repute playacting with the large striation of Charlie Barnet (1947-1948), the orchestra and small groups of Numerate Basie (1948-1951), and peculiarly with Duke Duke Ellington (1951-1959). Terry cloth, a versatile swing/bop soloist earth Health Organisation started specializing on flügelhorn in the mid-'50s, had many features with Ellington (including "Perdido") and started leadership his consume record dates during that epoch. He visited EU with Harold Arlen's unsuccessful The Release & Tardily read of 1959-1960 as percentage of Quincy Jones' Orchestra, and and so joined the staff of NBC where he was a regular member of the Tonight Show Orchestra. He recorded regularly in the sixties including a classical plant with the Academy Award Peterson Trio and several dates with the quintette he co-led with valve trombone player Bobsleigh Brookmeyer. Passim the seventies, '80s, and '90s, C.T. remained a major force, recording and playing in a wide-eyed miscellany of settings including at the wellspring of his short-lived big dance band in the mid-'70s, with all-star groups for Pablo, and as a guest creative person reality Health Organization arse be expected to supply happiness in every short letter he plays.

Hudson confirms dramatic Corrie exit

Hudson confirms dramatic Corrie exit

'Coronation Street' lead Tom Hudson has confirmed that he is leaving the grievous bodily harm in a dramatic storyline.
The 21-year-old player, world Health Organization plays Jack Duckworth's grandson Alice Paul Clayton in the show, will reportedly go away Weatherfield afterward setting Leanne Battersby's Italian eating place on fire.
According to reports, Alice Paul will set up the premises on fire in order to call the insurance money for the weakness eating place.
Hudson River told The Sun: "I've loved it on 'Corrie' merely I've got other things planned."
"Paul's simply like his pop Dame Alice Ellen Terry and he'll in spades return to Weatherfield to cause more trouble for his gramps."
Oral presentation about his exit storyline, Hudson said: "It's a great plot line - precisely the kind of expiration I hoped for."