"I love CHRISTIAN BALE; he's very handsome." DONALD TRUMP's daughter IVANKA has a celebrity crush on BATMAN.
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Monday, 2 June 2008
'Relapsing Addict' JK Rowling Pens New Harry Potter
JK Rowling has joked she felt like a "relapsing addict" after writing a new Harry Potter prequel for a charity auction.
Although the author’s new story only runs to 800 words it is expected to raise up to £1 million for the English PEN and Dyslexia Action charities when it goes under the hammer on 10 June.
However, Rowling - who has vowed there will be no new full Harry Potter novel - says the experience of returning to the boy wizard left her with a peculiar feeling.
“Although I did feel a bit like a relapsing addict as I sat down to write, the words poured from my pen with frightening ease," she admits on her website.
Although the author’s new story only runs to 800 words it is expected to raise up to £1 million for the English PEN and Dyslexia Action charities when it goes under the hammer on 10 June.
However, Rowling - who has vowed there will be no new full Harry Potter novel - says the experience of returning to the boy wizard left her with a peculiar feeling.
“Although I did feel a bit like a relapsing addict as I sat down to write, the words poured from my pen with frightening ease," she admits on her website.
Album Review: Death Cab For Cutie, "Narrow Stairs" (Atlantic)
Pacific Northwest alt-rockers Death Cab for Cutie [ tickets ] return with their seventh studio album, "Narrow Stairs," an altogether darker and more introspective collection of songs than anything the band has attempted to date.On the group's previous album, 2005's "Plans," frontman/lead singer Ben Gibbard traded on the sort of youthful, angsty melancholy that has been a hallmark of his songwriting since the band's beginning; by contrast, "Narrow Stairs" immediately throws listeners into a darker sort of place than they will have ever experienced before on a Death Cab record, with Gibbard retreating to the edge of America on the album's opener, "Bixby Canyon Bridge," to the edge of the Pacific Ocean, but for what? "You wonder if you're missing your dream," he sings as buzzing guitars swirl around him like ocean gales. "You just can't see your dream."The record's centerpiece comes exactly one track later, in the form of "I Will Possess Your Heart," quite simply the grandest undertaking the band has ever tackled. The song, which is the album's first single, clocks in at an audacious eight and a half minutes (the CD single included a shorter, edited version), and is one long groove that recalls early '70s Can, replete with motorik drumming and ping-ponging guitar licks. At 4:34 in, Gibbard makes his first appearance, singing in an assured voice, strangely denied passion in its phrasing, of how an apparently unwilling or indifferent romantic interest will soon belong to him. "You gotta spend some time with me love," Gibbard insists, "I will possess your heart."It is the album's one undisputed masterpiece, and sets the bar very high for the remainder of the set. In places, the band comes close to repeating the complicated and beautiful feelings contained within "Heart," but only close."Cath ...," the disc's fourth song, skates along on a familiar path, displaying the band hasn't lost its touch for power-pop, but Gibbard's suddenly mature voice steers the ship away from the group's past tendencies to go mall-emo at times."I've been slipping through the years and my old clothes don't fit like they once did," Gibbard sings on the dirge-like "You Can Do Better Than Me," which arrives near the album's mid-point. "So they hang like ghosts of the people I've been."This is not your older brother's Death Cab, as the band continues to veer left, right and all over the map throughout the album. The middle stretch bogs down a bit with pathos, but, by the time he gets around to closing the album out with the spare, morose "The Ice is Getting Thinner," Gibbard is practically spelling out the future: "We're not the same, dear," he sings. "The seasons have changed and so have we."
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Madonna's four-letter gig
ABOUT to turn 50, Madonna has still managed to shock the crowds at Radio 1's Big Weekend, with a string of four-letter expletives and scandalous off-stage demands.
Madonna’s alleged diva behaviour sparked outrage at a concert this weekend.The music superstar annoyed organisers and fellow artists on the bill at Radio 1’s Big Weekend free music event, after demanding a helicopter to transport her from her London home to the festival in Maidstone, Kent – just 37 miles away. When she finally arrived for her 20-minute set on Saturday, she issued a string of demands for her 70-strong entourage. A source revealed to Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “She had special Kabbalah water shipped in and demanded bouquets of white roses. While she only ate fresh fruit, the same can’t be said of her friends. “They arrived early and wolfed down free food and alcohol reserved for all the artists.” The 4 Minutes singer also reportedly angered other performers by turning up late for rehearsals, leaving the schedules in disarray. Madonna’s four-letter tirade during the live BBC broadcast caused a headache for the TV and radio bosses. Introducing Hung Up, Madonna said: “You guys are going to have to stop f***ing it up out there because I need to feel some love. I’m going to do an old song, but not too old. F**k the present. Let’s live in the past.” Hosts Zane Lowe and Edith Bowman were forced to issue a hasty apology after the set, saying: “An incredible performance from Madonna. That said, a quick apology for those people who might have felt the content offensive.” The performance was Madonna’s third show to mark the release of her latest album, Hard Candy, following shows in New York and Paris.
Madonna’s alleged diva behaviour sparked outrage at a concert this weekend.The music superstar annoyed organisers and fellow artists on the bill at Radio 1’s Big Weekend free music event, after demanding a helicopter to transport her from her London home to the festival in Maidstone, Kent – just 37 miles away. When she finally arrived for her 20-minute set on Saturday, she issued a string of demands for her 70-strong entourage. A source revealed to Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “She had special Kabbalah water shipped in and demanded bouquets of white roses. While she only ate fresh fruit, the same can’t be said of her friends. “They arrived early and wolfed down free food and alcohol reserved for all the artists.” The 4 Minutes singer also reportedly angered other performers by turning up late for rehearsals, leaving the schedules in disarray. Madonna’s four-letter tirade during the live BBC broadcast caused a headache for the TV and radio bosses. Introducing Hung Up, Madonna said: “You guys are going to have to stop f***ing it up out there because I need to feel some love. I’m going to do an old song, but not too old. F**k the present. Let’s live in the past.” Hosts Zane Lowe and Edith Bowman were forced to issue a hasty apology after the set, saying: “An incredible performance from Madonna. That said, a quick apology for those people who might have felt the content offensive.” The performance was Madonna’s third show to mark the release of her latest album, Hard Candy, following shows in New York and Paris.
Hugh Grant - Grant Threatens Paparazzo
Actor HUGH GRANT came close to losing his temper with the paparazzi on Saturday (31May08) when he reportedly threatened to throw one photographer through a window.
The Notting Hill star, 47, was caught leaving London nightclub Nam Long-Le Shaker with a mystery woman in the early hours when he spotted the snappers taking his photo.
Enraged by their presence, he allegedly raged to one paparazzo: "How about I push you through that window?"
But Grant apparently lost his nerve and turned to run off - abandoning the leggy brunette outside the club.
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