Van Tango

Rob Schneider believes he may have discovered Britain's next great acting talent in Rachel Stevens and he's tipping her to be the next Tom Cruise. He was impressed with Stevens' acting when she appeared alongside him in Deuce Bigalow : European Gigalow, and he has urged her to hang up her microphone and learn to act properly. "Rachel could do it. But she needs to want to do it and put herself out there. As soon as you do that, things will happen, but it's tough to make the transition. She's a big star in Britain but it's tough being accepted as an actress. It's like Tom Cruise who wasn't the best actor when he started out, but after a while he started to learn his craft." No no no. She should stick to singing. Acting can come sometime in the future. Meanwhile, the pop world needs a huge dosage of her 'funky dory' music. They are just so good, so good, so gooooood...

Hugh Grant wants to play James Bond, if producers agree to make the next movie in the style of the original 007 films. He thinks the more recent Bond films have lost the charm and comedy of those made famous by previous superspies Moore and Connery. But he's more than willing to slip into the currently vacant tuxedo if called upon to recapture the original Bond. "I don't think it's up my alley unless the films are taken back to their original period. I think Bond looks a bit weird now. If you go back to the early ones, that air of chauvinism works better." Yes. Bond needs a charismatic, world class, cool, good looking dude with a good director and scripting like those in the 70s and 80s. But if Hugh were to be Grant-ed that slot, it would spoil the work of the best director and scripting. Next!

Stephanie was fired this week. Alex & that tobacco chewing guy Chris initially had an argument during the pizza delivery sales, where Chris felt jealous about Alex chatting up the women customers and told him to concentrate on taking the calls. But Stephanie did a very weird thing by wasting time travelling some distance to self-deliver the pizzas some people have pre-ordered the day before. The sales takings suffered due to that and she received the dreaded decision. Alex preferred to work with Chris rather than Stephanie. Interesting.

Michelle seems to have PMS during the trip to South Africa. She looks to be very emotional for not being 'in the group'. While travelling in the open space with wild animals, the gang was told to keep quiet when surrounded by lions. Brittnay still kept blabbering and was told to shut up. During the photoshoot, Keenyah's belly was a bit out of shape due to her non-stop eating habits. During the judging, almost all can't act out the word 'aloof'. Christine learnt a new way to get a better look by putting a tissue roll underneath her upper lip. They decided that Michelle was not up to the standard that she was expected to achieve and was sent home.


This quiz thingy is very accurate! It would be a cool idea to have another test to show whether one is good on the dancefloor while dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984..



The new Girls Aloud single is Biology. It will be released on November 14. It was believed to be better than 'Long Hot Summer' and it is not a ballad. Hmmm...at least life did not got colder.

Avril Lavigne celebrates her birthday today. The Canadian pop rocker, whose hits include Sk8r Boi and Complicated, is 21. This lady singer is anything but ordinary. A subtraction from Mr Sum41 would be nice too. She deserves better.

October 24th sees the release of "Drama", the new album from the Queens of Hedonism themselves Bananarama. Packed with pop fuelled tales of lust, madness, mayhem, passion filled dancefloors and disco insanity, "Drama" is a luscious mix of electro beats, happy house, boogie nights and even the occasional ballad.

Tracklisting :
1. Move In My Direction
2. Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
3. Waterfall
4. Frequency
5. Feel For You
6. Don't Step On My Groove
7. Middle Of Nowhere
8. I Love The Way
9. Lovebite
10. Rules Of Attraction
11. Your Love Is Like A Drug
12. Venus (Marc Almonds Hi Nrg Showgirls Mix)
13. Really Saying Something (Solasso Mix)

The second single "Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" it out on Nov 7th. Cool. Their venus popularity is still in the first degree..

Noel G welcomes Kasabian in his studio and there might be a high chance of doing new songs together. Kasabian plan to enter the studio on their return from the tour with Oasis, something guitarist Serge Pizzorno says his band are really looking forward to. "It's nice to just sit in a studio and start crafting and working things out," he explained. "We are so full of ideas - 'difficult second album' has even entered our heads." Step on it, electronic, shakermaker along.. with them.

Babyshambles have confirmed of their long-awaited debut album. 'Down In Albion' is released on Nov 14. A single, 'Albion' will follow two weeks later on November 28. The album contains recent single 'Fuck Forever', a new recording of their first single 'Killamangiro' and other songs including Albion, Pipedown, Loyalty Song, What Katy Did Next, 32nd Of December and Up The Morning. Poetic indie rock tunes coming soon. Woo!

Pete Doherty insists he's still on course to marry his on/off girlfriend Kate Moss this year, despite the recent furore surrounding the publication of pictures of her allegedly taking cocaine. The Babyshambles frontman is determined to wed with his supermodel lover no matter the amount of negative press they might receive. He says: "We are madly in love with each other and can't stand to be apart. We are still planning to get married later this year - a small ceremony with close family and friends. Nobody can split us up." This on/off thingy is more confusing than Radiohead's Kid A.

Bon Jovi and INXS should retire. They are has-beens whose reputations are unexciting anymore. INXS was all about frontman Michael Hutchence. He was the quintessential 80s rock star - cool, good looking and with a hint of sleaze and danger. He dated supermodels and corrupted a 21 year old woman called Kylie. He had a seemingly insatiable appetite for the hedonistic lifestyle, which probably led to his sudden death. Some joker by the name of J.B Fortune(I don't watch the crap show) won the competition to become the new vocalist for the band. Among the rock purists out there, who cares about INXS now? Same goes with Bon Jovi. Yes, they were quality back then in the 80's and early 90's but now they sound too damn cheesy compared to their original standards. That stupid fuzzy hairstyles reminiscent of Def Leppard, Mr Big, Motley Crue, etc should be totally abolished and laid to rest. Look at The Darkness. Almost any high profile band members were making fun of their music and attires. Anyways, Bon Jovi should call it a day before they are remembered as 'a cool unit but turned rubbish in the end'. Give me something for the pain, indeed.