Van Tango

Natasha Hamilton has moved in with her ex-fiance Fran Cosgrave's best mate Calum Best. The new lovers didn't waste any time or spare any feelings upon their decision to move in together. After her split with DJ Fran just four weeks ago, Tash been secretly dating Calum.. spending nights in London at his place. Fran is of course shocked about this after specifically asking Calum to stay away from Tash. A friend of their revealed: "It's not exactly a nice way to treat your mates but then there was nothing that Calum or Tash could do about it. They realised that they had feelings for each other and did their best to keep them under control, but the inevitable happened." Tash and Calum are said to be "well and truly loved up" and really don't seem too bothered about Fran. Does this mean the 'last goodbye'?

50 Cent has revealed that Eminem managed to talk him out of releasing an album early this summer. The hip-hop heavyweight was planning on releasing the album on July 18 before Mr Mathers advised him otherwise. Fiddy continued in the interview with MTV that he thinks most of the new material he's been recording won't make the actual album. He added: "By the time the summer passes, the music that I planned to release will be dated to me and I'll have so many new ideas that I wanna write something else." Ok ok. Just release more quality gangsta tunes when you're ready. Anything else that bothers him? ...50 feels let down by his lack of music awards - but is convinced the recognition will come in due course. He said, "I don't ever receive the credit I'm supposed to receive for my music. I receive all the checks I'm supposed to receive, I just don't receive all the trophies. But I'm cool with it. I just look at it like I should continue to dominate with it more. I'll get lifetime-achievement awards opposed to best-new-artist awards, so it's cool." He would need that p.i.m.p walking stick by then.

Daniel Craig tells The Observer that he will not be wearing 007's trademark tuxedo in Casino Royale. When asked if he had been fitted for a tux, Craig told reporter Jason Solomons, "Actually, he doesn't wear one in this version. I'm not sure if I should tell you that, so there's a scoop for you." The last film to not feature James Bond in a tuxedo was 1973's Live & Let Die which marked the debut of Roger Moore as 007. Sean Connery also went without black-tie in 1967's You Only Live Twice. What the hell?? The two veterans still look cool without the tuxedo but how could Craig not be wearing a tux????

Kristanna Loken - OK Magazine photoshoot
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Scarlett Johansson as Marilyn Monroe - Interview Magazine
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Hard-Fi are set to release new single 'Better Do Better' on 10th April. This is one of the memorable track from the album. It has a incredible song structure with a smirk of cockiness which is always good to have rather than a boring coldplay-ish attitude.

A live recording of a new Arctic Monkeys song has appeared on the web. The downbeat song 'Despair in the Departure Lounge' was recorded on Monday night (March 13) in San Francisco. Arctic Monkeys only went into the impromptu performance because bassist Andy Nicholson broke a string on his guitar, so Alex intervened with the acoustic song. It is such a lovely song; so hopefully it will be out on their next album.

Arctic Monkeys performance on SNL (March 11)
- I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- A Certain Romance

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Liam G interview for a Brazilian newspaper

Folha - Oasis already played in Brazil two times: in 1998 and 2001, in the Rock in Rio. Did you like it? What did you find of the festival?
Liam - It is always good to go to South America, the fans are livened up well with us there, are passionate. I do not remember the festival very much, only that Guns N ' Roses played. But I do not remember well how that was...

Folha - Your last record received good reviews, and you wrote some of the songs. You intend to continue composing?
Gallagher - I wrote only three songs of this last album, so there's plenty more. The best is yet to come. But what I like more is to sing. One or two songs must always enter in each album that we will launch in the future.

Folha - Everybody seems to be speaking about the Arctic Monkeys and as they had gained many fans for the InterNet. You consider them a phenomenon?
Liam - Still I did not hear the record, only saw some of singles of them in the TV. They're gonna play with us in Canada. But I like the band, I prefer them to Franz Ferdinand, for example, that they pretend to play punk rock. Arctic Monkeys reminds me of when we started, some guys from the north of England. They are not trying to deceive anyone. If it is a phenomenon, we're gonna see it next year. :-)
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Those brazilian people are so lucky!! Oasis actually performed "Supersonic" [ youtube / file ] for the first time during the 05-06 DBTT World Tour! The track that was being replaced was GGTIA... *expletives*

Matt Bellamy speaks to NME about Muse fourth album out in July.. and guess what? He's following the '12 Memories' route..

Cardiff-based band The Automatic release their brand new single 'Raoul' on 27th March via B-Unique. It's the follow-up to underground hit 'Recover', and the band have recently finished recording their debut album. This is a good indie band from Wales. Think along the lines of 'The Cribs'.

Babyshambles B-Sides

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The Raconter
Pronunciation: "ra-"kän-'t&r,
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from raconter to tell,
from Old French, from re- + aconter, acompter to tell,
Meaning: a person who excels in telling anecdotes
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Lady Sovereign has teamed up with Beastie Boys' Ad Rock on new material. The star is currently the only non US artist on their bill. At the moment she's working with Ad Rock at SoHo loft studio and will be strutting her stuff at this weeks SXSW in Austen, before jet-setting it around Miami to work with some more high profile producers on her new album. She will release a limited edition EP - 'Blah Blah' on April 17.

"Kylie + Vanilla Ice" = Jentina. From the fantastic tunes of 'Bad Ass Strippa' to 'French Kisses'...now comes 'Mysterious'... A brilliant song that was never released back then.



Paris Hilton shops @ Kitson during the Simple Life shoot.

Jennifer Aniston's buddies are urging her to pursue George Clooney romantically. There's already major chemistry between the couple. And while George has said he doesn't want to remarry or have kids, an insider says that if anyone can change his mind, Jen can. "Jen and Vince are still seeing each other, but it's not a match made in heaven," the friend said. "None of Jen's friends expects the relationship to last. They think she should dump Vince and move on to George." Even Jen admits that Vince is just a really good, loyal friend. But how true is that? Why is she hiding her face whenever she's spotted hanging out with Vince? I'm thinking that quote was to keep some privacy and perhaps even string he whole Vince mystery out - at least until their June film 'The Break Up' is released.

Elizabeth Hurley has vowed never to succumb to plastic surgery, insisting it makes people look worse than they did before. She is keen to retain her natural features and age gracefully. And she insists the whole thing is a terrifying gamble. Hurley says: "I'd be too scared to have my face altered surgically in case it looked worse. Most surgery looks pretty bad and I can spot it a mile away." I think she has been watching a lot of Pink's stupid girls vid..especially the last part. Here's a video clip of Liz Hurley and partner arriving at a recent Versace's fashion show under the rain.

Simon Cowell made his picks for the three top finalists for AI. According to him, Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks and Kellie Pickler will be the final three singers vying for the top prize in May. "Let me tell you who's gonna be in the finals," Cowell said during Howard Stern's radio show. "The bald-headed kid and the guy with gray hair." A few minutes later, he added: "I think the top three will be the two I mentioned and Kellie Pickler." Usually Simon's opinions and criticism of the talent show's contestants are generally dead-on, which holds tremendous sway with the viewers who decide the final outcome. Simon has rarely been too far off when he goes out on a limb to make predictions. Can't argue much about this. The bald rocker is genuine material, Taylor has the 'soul patrol!' and Kellie is one cutie pie that has great potential.


Mum-to-be Avril? Avril Lavigne is known for pulling pregnancy pranks but now some observers believe they are seeing a possible baby bump. The singer is going through an 'extreme makeover' image wise - trying to soften a bit of her sharper edges - but is a baby part of that plan? Life & Style Mag revealed: "Life might get a little more complicated for Avril Lavigne. The singer, who's engaged to Deryck Whibley, went out of her way to hide a suspicious belly bump while eating at the Beverly Grand restaurant in LA on March 13 - and he's been wearing what appears to be a wedding band. "She insisted on putting on her jacket before she got out of the car," says an eyewitness. "When she did get out, it was like, 'Whoa, she looks so pregnant!'" (Avril's rep denies she's pregnant or already married.) If Avril's not pregnant, could it be just another of her pranks? Last March, she confessed to pulling an April Fools' joke on her mom: "I called her up and told her I was pregnant." The tab concludes - it doesn't seem like a joke this time! Watch this space.