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50 Cent defends his film 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' of condoning violence and gun crime. Speaking at the UK premiere, he said: "No way was it in my head to capture a film that glorifies violence." His record label said the image was meant to communicate 50 Cent's fight to escape the ghetto. The film mirrors the real life of the rapper, who was jailed for selling drugs before finding fame. That is up to the audience to judge anyways. Fiddy also announced he is to retire from rap music. He is planning to call time on his successful career after recording just two more albums. He said: "I can tell you now you're only gonna get two more albums from me. I'm gonna fulfil my album requirements, with Shady Aftermath records, and then I'm not sure what I'm gonna do." 50 says he isn't sure if he wants to pursue an acting career after retiring from music. He explained to Radio 1: "I'm not sure I'm gonna be working in films afterwards. I think I wanna stay in the music business, just behind the scenes." That would be hard to believe. Maybe he's bored of having no proper competition all this while?

Will Young to be the R.W clone in the Take That tour? That is not gonna happen of course. As good as he is, Will won't be strong enough to fill in those shoes. The offer which he made earlier this week to the boyband has been turned down. Will fancies the idea of jumping onstage to sing hit tune Relight My Fire. He says: "I'd happily join Take That onstage and look after Robbie's place. That would be so much fun, we could all sing together. My favourite Take That song is Relight My Fire, so we could perform that one." But a spokesperson for Take That says: "The band did their last big tour as a four-piece, so they don't think Robbie will really be missed this time round. "They are really flattered by Will's comments though, and hope they can work together in the future." Don't think the reception from the 30-40 year old peeps would be positive seeing a young boy taking up the space of one Rock DJ.

Speaking of boy band members, Stephen Gately has confessed he fancies Kelly Osbourne. The gay Boyzone member who has a boyfriend - thinks the wild child is beautiful and is obsessed with her smooth skin. Goodness me! Was he drunk?? Gately revealed to Hot Stars mag: "I have a secret crush on Kelly Osbourne. I've met her a few times and she has the most amazing skin I've ever seen." That boy needs psychiatric help asap. Gately is not the only gay pop star to have a crush on a famous woman. Westlife's odd member Mark Feehily admits he would prefer to bed Uglylina than the Troy dude. Hard to understand their taste.

Meanwhile, another Osbourne has been on a recent wild night out with...Kate Moss! The model was said to be "all over" Jack Osbourne at nightclub Teddy's at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Katy was also allegedly bumping and grinding with the 20 year old fatass as fellow revellers - including Natalie Portman, Kate Hudson and Jessica Simpson - looked on aghast . Kate and Jack were first seen out together just days after she left rehab in December to battle her drug problem. Kate was snapped shopping in Los Angeles with Jack - who has also been through rehab to quit drink and drugs. How depressed can Doherty be I just wonder..

Stream Arctic Monkeys debut album here!

Artic Monkeys
- Later With Jools Holland video stream (28 Oct 05)
- Performance on KCRW (Jan 6th)

PlanB - Sick2Def acoustic
Wow....Rapping while playing the guitars is no easy task if that is actually him doing both. Think along the same vibes as Mike Skinner. I'm predicting PlanB to be a breath of fresh air in the UK hip hop scene this year. Ya heard?

Lady Sovereign - Random (vid)
Good rapping skills from the S.O.V.

Pretty Girls Make Graves - The Nocturnal House
Now this is good stuff from a new band. This song contains guitar tunes reminiscent of 'The Dead 60s' while the vocals sounds like a sober Karen O (YYYeahs). The chorus has a very voodoo-ish manner of repeating 'Maaaaag-ne-tiiiiiic'....

The Stone Roses vs Kasabian mash-up - Processed Waterfall

Arctic Franzy Strokes unite!










If Paul Banks and Tom Meighan were to join in, they can summon Captain Planet.

Things you should know about music critics. Some funny shite stuff to ponder about.

It took them long enough. The Delays are finally releasing their second CD, titled You See Colours, on March 6 in the UK. The album is preceded by the single "Valentines" (mid-Feb release). Some critics described it as sounding like a Rachel Stevens tune and, indeed, the opening moments are very disco. The track immediately begins to build on itself and get a lil bit harder edged with a sort of Duran2/New Order quality until it goes all choral and then opens back up into an entirely alternate melody!

This week, Coryn was given some 'advice' from a drunk Lisa in the house about her being muscular & thinly which was not well received. Before that, Diane became the photographer for the gang who posed around the house, at one point being topless. Now that's cool. Diane said she was competing with skinny people so she must improve more to stay strong. Next day, Twiggy talked to the gang about her history, how she changed the fashion industry into one that made skinny the 'in thing', 1966 stuff blah blah.. After that, two guest fashion dudes were brought in for them to read all the negative stuff written anonymously by each of them on a paper. Coryn knew that Lisa was the one who wrote the comments about her. Coryn then said it's cool cause she can then not speak to Lisa or be near her from then on. Drama as usual. Next day, they were asked to direct the photographer to show and hide their flaws. Big ears = Jayla, Big eyes = Nik, Big assets = Diane, Too muscular = Coryn, Lazy eye = Lisa, Too white = Nicole, Short Neck = Kyle, Lack of assets = Kim. And the winner is Kyle! She brought Coryn & Kim along to a nice spa session. All 3 talked about Lisa where Coryn+Kim said they just don't like her coz she always try to take control in the wrong way. Jayla, wearing a tight-fitting '19 Italy 84' t-shirt which looks terrific on her, read Tyra mail at night. Next day, Janice Dickinson was the guest photographer who will be in charge for the fake implants photo shoot. Jayla = butt implants, Nicole = tanned up, Nik = long hair to the ground naked covering her boops, Lisa = face lift, Kim = breast implants, Diane = breast reduction, Kyle = Lip injection, Coryn = Botox forehead, Bre = cheek implants. During the evaluation, Diane & Bre looked to be having low morale. When they were told to explain why they should be hired in a test interview with the judges, Kim talked in zzzzzzzzzz snoopy tone. Come the elimination process, first name called = Kyle...then Jayla...then Nik...Lisa..Kim...Nicole...Coryn. Last two were Diane + Bre. And the lack of confidence from Diane seen for a longer period than Bre caused her to be booted out of the competition. No more big mama left.

Paris Hilton has a job as a computer expert. I got nothing to say...

Paris has refused an invitation to strip for Playboy. But then, she already has dozens of homemade nookie shenanigans so why not try out for the bunny mag? "They've asked me a million times," Hilton said. "Hef has been after me since I was 17, and I got offered a lot of money. But I'll never do it." Double H has been begging her to pose since she was a teenager. Asked why she refused the Playboy offer, the star replied: "Because I'm Paris Hilton." (? ? ? ? ? ?)

The Chalets is a quality under-rated band.

From some music site:
# Julian Casablancas, from excitement free indie types The Strokes, is one of only two people in the world to genuinely believe that wearing a military jacket is fashionable.
# The other is Pete Doherty.
# And as Pete also genuinely believes that he's the voice of a generation and that the Babyshambles album is worth paying good money for, his opinion can safely be discounted.

Hah! Military jackets on stage only look good for certain individuals of course.

One thing Julian Casablancas neglected to tell Jay McInerney in New York magazine's cover story about the Strokes was that in 1993 he tried to model for Click Models. The trial lasted for three weeks. Julian Depp?

the next single is...HEART IN A CAGE!!!! Yeah we got left, left, left, left, left, left, left.

Watch The Strokes play an early gig at the Arlene Grocery on April 29th, 2000.
Songlist => Soma - This Life (Trying Your Luck) - New York City Cops - In Her Prime - Sagganuts - The Rhythm Song - Alone Together - A Minor 4-4

Jules prancing around like Fred Durst is so totally not cool.


Remember the media firestorm when Gwyneth Paltrow named her first baby... Apple? Watch the planet go up in flames when she and Chris announce that the name they've chosen for their unborn baby boy is... CAPONE! Apparently, Gwyneth allowed Chris the naming honors and hubby's brainstorm was to pick a name he believes has "character." (Imagine this kid's first day on the playground? "Hey... CAPONE! You packin' heat, tough guy?")




Scarlett Johansson boob feel by a lucky gay dude TV reporter Isaac Mizrahi. In case you missed it, Scarlett Johansson had her boobs squeezed by a gay fashion designer/Channel E! Interviewer at this year's Golden Globe Awards. The groper, Isaac Mizrahi, told Scarlett "I wanna know about the underwear you've got on," in which Scarlett then replied, "Not much." Then Isaac went in for the kill...Shocked, Scarlett asked him what was going on. He said he was just taking notes. So she said "take all the notes you want." Geez, I guess it's ok to fondle women's boobs if you're gay.


Try playing more tennis for those aspiring to have Scarlett's body. She has revealed this secret behind her "nice body, taut legs and great butt". The actress fell in love with the sport while shooting new movie Match Point and claims it has turned her body to steel. She says, "Every day I had to practise on the tennis court - and I'd never held a racket before. Tennis is great. You don't even notice how much you run. You get a nice body, taut legs and great butt. I'll keep on playing if I find a good partner. But I want to win every time. I am very ambitious." A good idea to have a male tennis partner of course. That dude will make her run from one side to the other non-stop. Both parties will be happy.


The White Stripes will feature in an episode of "The Simpsons" that sees Bart learning to play the drums. Jack and Meg are set to star in the Fox cartoon series later this year, in an episode entitled "Jazzy and the Pussycats". For their part in the show, the pair is apparently being caught in the centre of a family dispute between Bart and his parents over the new hobby. Lisa Simpson is apparently furious at Bart's love of drumming, which develops into an unlikely jazz style, and sees him paying homage to the acclaimed Stripes video for "The Hardest Button To Button". He runs into the Detroit duo after bashing the kit in his bedroom, down the street, through Springfield Elementary school and onto the motorway, where he meets Jack and Meg, reports MTV. A spokesperson for FOX has confirmed Jack and Meg recorded their vocals for the show in New York on November 30. Red & White invasion of the best show on the planet. Brilliant.