John Lennon's former girlfriend May Pang has released a collection of intimate snaps of the late Beatle.
Pang began an 18-month fling with Lennon in 1973, during a separation from his wife Yoko Ono.
After keeping the personal pictures under wraps for 35 years, Pang is sharing her photos of life with the "real John Lennon", along with a collection of his private sketches, in her new book 'Instamatic Karma'.
Talking about the pictures Pang said: "They were literally in a shoebox under my bed. A friend of mine said, 'You've got to get this out. People have got to see the John that you saw.'"
She added: "So this is an intimate portrait of our lives together. You're seeing him through my eyes."
Thursday 29 May 2008
Sunday 25 May 2008
Jimi Hendrix company says sex tape not genuine
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The company that controls rights to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness said on Thursday a purported sex tape of the musician being sold on the Internet was not authentic.
"We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity of the tape," Experience Hendrix said in a statement.
"We view the release as nothing more than a callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased artist who is unable to defend himself against such an outrageous and baseless assertion," the Seattle-based company added.
Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based adult video company Vivid Entertainment released a 45-minute DVD that includes 11 minutes of roughly 40-year-old film footage showing a man resembling Hendrix cavorting with two unidentified brunettes in a dimly lit bedroom.
Vivid said it consulted several experts to authenticate Hendrix's likeness on the tape, including women who knew the guitarist. It said it acquired the tape from an individual who purchased it from a collector who found it.
Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid, said in his own statement on Thursday that Experience Hendrix's comments were "not in any way a refutation of the authenticity" of the tape.
"We are very comfortable this is the real thing," Hirsch said.
Others have also called the tape's authenticity into question, including Charles Cross, author of Hendrix biography "Room Full of Mirrors." He told the New York Times that "it doesn't add up to Jimi" and said he had previously encountered the film himself when he was researching his book.
The sex tape DVD was available for sale online and Vivid said it would be in stores starting next Tuesday.
"We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity of the tape," Experience Hendrix said in a statement.
"We view the release as nothing more than a callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased artist who is unable to defend himself against such an outrageous and baseless assertion," the Seattle-based company added.
Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based adult video company Vivid Entertainment released a 45-minute DVD that includes 11 minutes of roughly 40-year-old film footage showing a man resembling Hendrix cavorting with two unidentified brunettes in a dimly lit bedroom.
Vivid said it consulted several experts to authenticate Hendrix's likeness on the tape, including women who knew the guitarist. It said it acquired the tape from an individual who purchased it from a collector who found it.
Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid, said in his own statement on Thursday that Experience Hendrix's comments were "not in any way a refutation of the authenticity" of the tape.
"We are very comfortable this is the real thing," Hirsch said.
Others have also called the tape's authenticity into question, including Charles Cross, author of Hendrix biography "Room Full of Mirrors." He told the New York Times that "it doesn't add up to Jimi" and said he had previously encountered the film himself when he was researching his book.
The sex tape DVD was available for sale online and Vivid said it would be in stores starting next Tuesday.
Beyonce Knowles - Jay-z Beyonce Buy Marital Home
Superstar couple SHAWN JAY ZCARTER and BEYONCE KNOWLES have bought their first house as husband and wife - in the same New York county that they wed in last month (Apr08).
The newlyweds exchanged vows in a private ceremony at a chapel in Scarsdale Village in Westchester County on 4 April, before holding a reception at the rapper's luxury penthouse apartment in the TriBeCa area of New York City.
And the stars have now decided to call Scarsdale home, after purchasing a modern colonial property measuring 15,000 square-feet in the quiet community, according to website TMZ.com.
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Christina Ricci - Ricci Rituals Prevent Depression
Actress CHRISTINA RICCI is so obsessed with her packing rituals she feels depressed if she doesn't have time to complete them before travelling to a new city.
The Speed Racer star, 28, has admitted to an out-of-control shopping habit, and now says she's gone to extremes, organizing her overflowing closet in order to prevent her from spiralling into a depression.
She says, "I have to make a list of every single item, down to three T-shirts, two sweaters. I look at my list and I check things off. I like order.
"When things are messy or a suitcase is exploding, I feel out of sorts. Coming back to a sloppy room is very depressing to me."
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Rico Rodriguez
Artist: Rico Rodriguez
Genre(s):
Reggae
Discography:
Man from Wareika
Year: 2004
Tracks: 9
One of the virtually fecund session players of Jamaica's pre-ska earned run average, trombonist Rico Rodriguez later emerged as a catalyst slow the UK's 2-Tone move of the former 1970s, recording both as a solo artist and as a extremity of the legendary Specials. While attention Kingston's Alpha Cottage School, an institution for contrary boys, he studied trombone under the legendary Don Drummond. In the days to comply, Rodriguez emerged as one of Jamaica's virtually highly regarded session musicians, often running under the direction of the famed producer Duke Reid. While his forte remained jazz, he altered brilliantly to whatever environment, and applied his improvisational skills to productions from notables including Sly & Robbie. In 1977, Rodriguez as well cut a solo LP, Man from Wareika, credited to only "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; " it was followed a class later by Midnight in Ethiopia. In 1979, he appeared on the Specials' cover of "A Message to You Rudy," and presently joined the band as a full-time member; for the group's 2-Tone label, Rodriguez as well helmed his own outfit, Rico and the Rudies, to succumb the albums Blow Your Horn and Brixton Cat.
Steve Miller Band celebrates 40 years with DVD set
DETROIT (Billboard) - As the Steve Miller Band marks the 40th anniversary of the release of its first two albums, it will release its first DVD, "Live From Chicago," a three-disc set due May 20.
The first disc contains live footage shot in July 2007 at Chicago's Ravinia Amphitheater during a two-day stand. Disc two takes viewers on a tour of Chicago by way of a first-person documentary that traces Steve Miller's Chicago blues roots, while the third disc provides bonus footage from the Ravinia gigs.
Portions of the DVD will be broadcast on PBS as part of its spring and summer fundraising drive.
Miller says he initially "wasn't very interested" in doing a concert DVD but was impressed by the previous work of director/producer Daniel E. Catullo III and producer Jack Gulick.
"I was really pleasantly surprised by them and how much work they put into it and what a great job they did," Miller says. "I think they really captured the kind of joy and fun and happiness we have at our concerts ... doing what we do without too much rock 'n' roll posing and that kind of bulls--t. It's a really good, straightforward representation of who the Steve Miller Band is and what we do, period."
Miller and his band are also hoping to release new, blues-oriented recordings shortly. Earlier this year, the group recorded more than three dozen blues tunes on the soundstage at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. The troupe was joined by Sonny Charles of the Checkmates, who's now a full-fledged Steve Miller Band member. Miller tells Billboard.com that he hopes to make the recordings available sooner rather than later.
"I think I'm probably just gonna put them on my Web site and sell it that way," says Miller, who's grouped the songs into three separate albums. "I haven't figured it out yet, but I'm not too worried about it. I'm just gonna make sure everybody that wants to get it can get it."
Miller started the project with about 5,000 songs that he kept on a hard drive and eventually whittled down to the final grouping. "It's such an amazing list of great material. It just makes me laugh every time we put it on," says Miller, adding that the vast majority of tracks are covers.
The first disc contains live footage shot in July 2007 at Chicago's Ravinia Amphitheater during a two-day stand. Disc two takes viewers on a tour of Chicago by way of a first-person documentary that traces Steve Miller's Chicago blues roots, while the third disc provides bonus footage from the Ravinia gigs.
Portions of the DVD will be broadcast on PBS as part of its spring and summer fundraising drive.
Miller says he initially "wasn't very interested" in doing a concert DVD but was impressed by the previous work of director/producer Daniel E. Catullo III and producer Jack Gulick.
"I was really pleasantly surprised by them and how much work they put into it and what a great job they did," Miller says. "I think they really captured the kind of joy and fun and happiness we have at our concerts ... doing what we do without too much rock 'n' roll posing and that kind of bulls--t. It's a really good, straightforward representation of who the Steve Miller Band is and what we do, period."
Miller and his band are also hoping to release new, blues-oriented recordings shortly. Earlier this year, the group recorded more than three dozen blues tunes on the soundstage at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. The troupe was joined by Sonny Charles of the Checkmates, who's now a full-fledged Steve Miller Band member. Miller tells Billboard.com that he hopes to make the recordings available sooner rather than later.
"I think I'm probably just gonna put them on my Web site and sell it that way," says Miller, who's grouped the songs into three separate albums. "I haven't figured it out yet, but I'm not too worried about it. I'm just gonna make sure everybody that wants to get it can get it."
Miller started the project with about 5,000 songs that he kept on a hard drive and eventually whittled down to the final grouping. "It's such an amazing list of great material. It just makes me laugh every time we put it on," says Miller, adding that the vast majority of tracks are covers.
George Michael to appear on American Idol finale?
George Michael is reportedly set to perform on tomorrow night’s American Idol finale.
Earlier this week, Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe hinted that the “biggest star in the world” was coming to the show, but refused to revealed who the artist would be.
The ‘Careless Whisper’ singer’s appearance would coincide with his 20-city tour which starts June 17 in San Diego; and his recently released two-disc CD, Twenty-Five.
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Renato Zero
Artist: Renato Zero
Genre(s):
Other
Pop
Discography:
Figli del Sogno
Year: 2004
Tracks: 27
La Curva Dell'angelo
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Cattura
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
I Miei Numeri
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Erozero-New Artwork
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Amore Dopo Amore
Year: 2000
Tracks: 13
Amore dopo amore, tour dopo tour (CD 2)
Year: 1999
Tracks: 3
Amore dopo amore, tour dopo tour (CD 1)
Year: 1999
Tracks: 2
Zerolandia
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Trapezio
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Invenzioni
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Zero70 (CD 2)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 15
Zero70 (CD 1)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 17
Le origini
Year: 1996
Tracks: 18
Sulle Tracce Dell'imperfetto
Year: 1995
Tracks: 7
L' Imperfetto
Year: 1994
Tracks: 12
Quando non sei pis di nessuno
Year: 1993
Tracks: 12
Prometeo (CD 2)
Year: 1991
Tracks: 12
Prometeo (CD 1)
Year: 1991
Tracks: 11
Voyeur
Year: 1989
Tracks: 11
Zero (CD 2)
Year: 1987
Tracks: 10
Zero (CD 1)
Year: 1987
Tracks: 8
Soggetti smarriti
Year: 1986
Tracks: 10
Identikit Zero
Year: 1985
Tracks: 16
Calore
Year: 1983
Tracks: 4
Via Tagliamento (CD 2)
Year: 1982
Tracks: 9
Via Tagliamento (CD 1)
Year: 1982
Tracks: 9
Icaro (CD 2)
Year: 1981
Tracks: 9
Icaro (CD 1)
Year: 1981
Tracks: 10
Artide Antartide (CD 2)
Year: 1981
Tracks: 10
Artide Antartide (CD 1)
Year: 1981
Tracks: 10
Tregua (CD 2)
Year: 1980
Tracks: 9
Tregua (CD 1)
Year: 1980
Tracks: 9
Zerofobia
Year: 1977
Tracks: 10
No! Mamma, No!
Year: 1973
Tracks: 11
Primo
Year: 1967
Tracks: 2
Leoni Si Nasce
Year:
Tracks: 12
La Coscienza di Zero
Year:
Tracks: 19
Italian pop singer Renato Zero debuted in 1973 with his record album No! Mamma No!; he had released earlier material though, collected on 1982's Via Tagliamento 1965-1970. He released five extra albums during the '70s (including the hits Trapezio, Zerofobia and Erozero) and strike the eighties in pace with a double-album, Tregua. Zero was regular busier throughout the '80s, with a number of eight-spot albums released during the tenner, among them Artide Antartide, Identikit, Zero and Voyeur. Though he had experient a loss in popularity during the former '80s, he returned in good force with 2 albums during 1991: Prometeo and La Coscienza di Zero. Renato Zero followed up with albums released in each of the iV years from 1993 to 1996, including 1994's L'Imperfetto and 1996's Origini.
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