Van Tango

Get to know more about Lily Allen through this lengthy article [link]. Lily Allen has packed a lifetime's experiences into her 21 years, and now she's set to provide the soundtrack to your summer. Miranda Sawyer meets pop's most precocious young star.

Ahead of Natasha Thomas' 'Playin' With Fire' album release on Friday (May 26) in Germany, Viva.tv is offering 90-second audio clips to the disc's 16 tracks [link]. Not too bad for this Danish pop singer.

The Charlatans have written a song for DPT frontman Carl Barat. The song 'Hard To Be You (Song For Carl)' will feature on the band's next single, 'NYC (There's No Need To Stop)' due to be released June 26th. Respect.

Razorlight Johnny Borrell has been mouthing off again, this time his intended target would be Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys. When asked whether he considered A.M as worthy rivals of his band he apparently retorted "Of course I f***ing don't," before going on to say he didn't rate them against other bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes or The Libertines either. Things some people have to do to get the much needed publicity. Turner & gang should be getting back to him anytime soon..

First Listen: Muse - Black Holes And Revelations [link]

Muse - Supermassive Black Hole [real stream]

This video reminds me of Suede's 'the drowners/metal mickey' days.

The Concretes - On The Radio [vid]

Check out this brilliant real life stage enactment of Super Mario Bros!










Jennifer Aniston wearing a sexy short black dress at a recent David Letterman show [Part 1 / Part 2] . That dude must have been thanking the heavens. Here's a video clip [link] of Jenn leaving her hotel in New York on her way to the show.











Paris Hilton on a day out at sea with some pals. Here's a video clip [link] of Paris waving goodbye as she leaves her boat after her stay at the Cannes Film Festival in France.


Nicole Kidman looks like she's been getting lessons from the cast of Baywatch as she films scenes for her latest movie - Untitled Noah Baumbach Project [vid]. Nicole helps pull the youngster from an outdoor swimming pool and takes him away to safety. She looked cold as she wore just a swimsuit and a towel and colorful hat as she filmed the scenes in a house close to New York. It is set for release in the US in November 2007.

Simon Cowell with some ladies on his way to the Rolls-Royce [vid]. He has a friendly chat with the reporters who asked him about some stuff.

Pete Doherty invites somes girls in his tour-coach [ vid1 / vid2 ] during a recent trip to Hamburg, Germany. He later brought two of them out shopping [vid3] at night.


Looks like Keira Knightley wants to do theatre. But then, she is too scared to go for a stage role because she has failed auditions in the past. She confessed to Britain's Times magazine: "I'm desperate to do theatre. The trouble is, I never got offered anything. I used to go up for auditions and never get them. The last one was when I was 15-years-old and I completely blew it. It's a hard transition. And the more successful I get in films, the more afraid I become." Keira would also love to star in one of her mother's plays - but she thinks it would be too "corny". She revealed: "I'd love to be in one of mother's plays, for sentimental reasons and because she's a good writer, but that would be a bit corny for my first outing." Don't see any reason for her not to try it out again. Probably just not mentally ready. If she could bring out the 'Domino' attitude, it might help..


What a loving hubby Ashton Kutcher is... When he heard Demi was ovulating, Ashton reportedly jetted across the US to Louisiana, where she is shooting her new movie. Reason? He's desperate to have a baby before her 'time' runs out. The Punk'd star allegedly decided he couldn't be away from the actress while she was at her most fertile. America's Star mag reported: "Demi Moore was ovulating - and he rushed to Louisiana, where she is filming 'Mr Brooks', to be by her side." However, Kutcher's representative has denied the story. The same old denial of course. Silence is easy.


Here's Kylie Minogue leaving the famous French cabaret 'Le Lido' on the Champs-Elysees.
Guess what? Glastonbury 2007 will have Kylie on the list!


Ashlee or Jessy? You should nose... know it after a while.


Alias Season Finale - Goodbye Friends (Recap & Spoilers) [link]

Interview with Halle Berry on "X-Men - The Last Stand" [link]

Well waddayaknow? 50 Cent has been named 'songwriter of the year' by top industry names. He was awarded the coveted title by the respected American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) at a star-studded ceremony on Monday. The gangsta lyricist raps about enjoying a 'p.i.m.p' lifestyle and growing up in the 'hood'. Even though his movies have been causing anger amongst the community, the music still stayed strong.

Ronan Keating isn't interested in X-Factor or Pop Idol. He told BANG Showbiz: "I don't watch them, I have never watched either of them." However, Ronan did confess to having a few hoodies in his wardrobe. Don't see nothing wrong about that anyway. When speaking about the good work of the trust he said: "There is all this negativity towards youngsters wearing hoodies in the shopping centres and we need to take the negativity away." Asked whether he had any of the hooded jumpers in his collection he said: "Yeah sure, I have a couple." Shhh....don't let Lady Sovereign know about this or she'll be writing some anti-ronan tunes. Just ask Jentina..

TOTP interview with Ronan Keating [link]

Nice to see Jamie Cullum and R.K hanging out in a London pub. They were working together in a studio and decided to test out a new track the Jolly Maltster in West London. A source said: "Ronan and Jamie are very similar, they both like to work hard and play hard. They were so thrilled at the end result of the song that they dived into the black stuff. After a few pints they thought they'd get some opinions and did a rendition of the track for the bar staff. They got the thumbs-up from the locals, so it sealed the songs position on the album." Jamie plays the piano on several tracks on Ronan's new album and the Irishman has admitted being indebted to his friend. He said: "I was amazed when Jamie said he would play piano for me. He's a brilliant musician and a good friend. I am indebted to him for doing such an amazing job." Could this be the beginning of a beautiful relationship?


Timothy Dalton almost killed James Bond! His movies were so unsuccessful, film-makers considered never making another Bond movie. Recently found letters written by Kenneth Maidment, former vice-president of Columbia Pictures, have shown how perilously close to death the infamous spy movie became. But thanks to Pierce Brosnan, the Bond franchise was saved. Maidment writes: "The prospect of a further Bond film seems highly uncertain. I pointed out in my 1984 valuation that there was a big question mark over the future of James Bond films. The last two pictures have starred Timothy Dalton but sadly the results have, unfortunately not had the same box-office success." Quite true. T.D really made the two Bond movies he acted in looked ordinary. The big question now is... Daniel Craig = Timothy Dalton II?