Artist: Flying Scorpions
Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic
Discography:
Lipoptena Cervi
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Kanye booed for late Bonnarroo show
Tuesday 24 June 2008
Flying Scorpions
Artist: Flying Scorpions
Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic
Discography:
Lipoptena Cervi
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Kanye booed for late Bonnarroo show
Biosphere and Higher Intelligence Agency
Artist: Biosphere and Higher Intelligence Agency
Genre(s):
Ambient
Discography:
Birmingham Frequencies
Year: 1999
Tracks: 7
Polar Sequences
Year: 1996
Tracks: 6
Monday 23 June 2008
Koenig To Be Takei's Best Man
Gay actor George Takei will wed his longtime partner in September - and has chosen his Star Trek co-star Walter Koenig as his best man. The 71-year-old star - known for his role as Sulu in the 1960s sci-fi series - will wed partner Brad Altman this summer , after California state authorities lifted the ban on same-sex marriage last month . Takei will marry his partner of 20 years on 14 September and has invited his former castmates to the ceremony. He tells People.com, "The best man is my colleague from Star Trek, Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, and the matron of honour is Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura). And Leonard Nimoy) and his wife Susan are on the (guest) list." And Takei hopes the ceremony will be more romantic than his proposal. He explains, "We knew that the Supreme Court was going to be coming down with their ruling. (We'd heard) that it was probably going to be positive. So I was planning on asking Brad to get married. "We were at home in the kitchen and we had the TV going, and when the word came down suddenly Brad got on his knees in front of me. And I said, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'George, will you marry me?' I said 'Yes. You beat me to it. I meant to ask you.'"
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Outcast
Artist: Outcast
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Hardcore
Discography:
The Love Below
Year: 2003
Tracks: 20
Speakerboxxx
Year: 2003
Tracks: 19
Total Retaliation
Year: 2000
Tracks: 5
Fetal Decay
Simpson Convinced Sister Will Be 'Amazing' Mum
Pop star Jessica Simpson is convinced her sister Ashlee Simpson-wentz will make a great parent - because she "inspires love" in those around her. Singer Ashlee Simpson - who wed rocker Pete Wentz last month - finally confirmed she is expecting her first child with the Fall Out Boy star last Thursday after being dogged by pregnancy rumours for weeks. And 27-year-old Jessica has no doubt her younger sibling, 23, will take to parenthood with ease. She tells People.com, "She'll be amazing, absolutely amazing. "They're just the cutest couple in the world. They are adorable. Anybody would wish to be them and you can only wish them well. Just being around them inspires love and everything I sing about."
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Oscar alters foreign-language, song rules
Only two songs per film can get nominated
A couple of new rules governing the 81st Academy Awards could result in the foreign-language film category becoming more inclusive and the original song category becoming more competitive.
In the wake of the 2007 nominations that saw such critically applauded features as "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" and "Persepolis" left off the shortlist of nine films, the foreign-language committee has made a subtle, but potentially critical, change in its voting procedures that will allow the exec committee to rectify any glaring omissions on the way to the nominations.
Over at the music branch -- where one film in the past two years, 2006's "Dreamgirls" and 2007's "Enchanted," dominated the original song category with three noms each -- a new rule stipulates that only two tunes per movie may be nominated for original song.
Calling the change in the foreign-language nominating process "formidable," foreign-language committee chair Mark Johnson said: "It will ensure that the oversight that we had this past year would not have happened. While I was very proud of our five nominees, I was just more concerned about what we excluded than what we included."
Building on rules that were adopted two years ago to open up the foreign-language nominating process to more Academy members, Phase I of the nominating process will remain open to any Academy member who views a minimum number (probably about 15) of the eligible films. That balloting will produce a list of six films. Once those votes are tallied, members of the 20-member foreign-language committee will step in and nominate three more films -- a move that should allow the committee to rectify any notable exclusions on the initial list.
As it has done in the past two years, the 30-member Phase II committee will then winnow the shortlist of nine down to five nominees.
In the original song category, any number of songs from one movie may be submitted for consideration, but only two songs per film may ultimately be nominated. If more than two songs from one film are in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the nominees.
The music branch also doesn't want its members nominating themselves, either. Another new rule decrees that members who have songs contending for nominations may not vote in the nominating process, though, if nominated, they may participate in the balloting for the final winner.
Finally, in addition to its annual screening event featuring clips of the eligible songs, the music branch will distribute DVDs of those clips to branch members who can't attend.
Nominations for this year's Oscars will be announced Jan. 22, and the awards will be presented on Feb. 22.
A couple of new rules governing the 81st Academy Awards could result in the foreign-language film category becoming more inclusive and the original song category becoming more competitive.
In the wake of the 2007 nominations that saw such critically applauded features as "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" and "Persepolis" left off the shortlist of nine films, the foreign-language committee has made a subtle, but potentially critical, change in its voting procedures that will allow the exec committee to rectify any glaring omissions on the way to the nominations.
Over at the music branch -- where one film in the past two years, 2006's "Dreamgirls" and 2007's "Enchanted," dominated the original song category with three noms each -- a new rule stipulates that only two tunes per movie may be nominated for original song.
Calling the change in the foreign-language nominating process "formidable," foreign-language committee chair Mark Johnson said: "It will ensure that the oversight that we had this past year would not have happened. While I was very proud of our five nominees, I was just more concerned about what we excluded than what we included."
Building on rules that were adopted two years ago to open up the foreign-language nominating process to more Academy members, Phase I of the nominating process will remain open to any Academy member who views a minimum number (probably about 15) of the eligible films. That balloting will produce a list of six films. Once those votes are tallied, members of the 20-member foreign-language committee will step in and nominate three more films -- a move that should allow the committee to rectify any notable exclusions on the initial list.
As it has done in the past two years, the 30-member Phase II committee will then winnow the shortlist of nine down to five nominees.
In the original song category, any number of songs from one movie may be submitted for consideration, but only two songs per film may ultimately be nominated. If more than two songs from one film are in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the nominees.
The music branch also doesn't want its members nominating themselves, either. Another new rule decrees that members who have songs contending for nominations may not vote in the nominating process, though, if nominated, they may participate in the balloting for the final winner.
Finally, in addition to its annual screening event featuring clips of the eligible songs, the music branch will distribute DVDs of those clips to branch members who can't attend.
Nominations for this year's Oscars will be announced Jan. 22, and the awards will be presented on Feb. 22.
Robert Mirabal and Bill Miller
Artist: Robert Mirabal and Bill Miller
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Native Suite
Year: 1996
Tracks: 4
Gomez
Boy George denied U.S. visa for planned tour
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Culture Club frontman Boy George has been forced to cancel his North American summer tour after U.S. authorities refused to issue him a visa, citing looming legal issues overseas.
George's 24-date North American trek was scheduled to begin July 11 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, and wrap August 23 at the House of Blues in Dallas.
"At the moment, Boy George cannot come to the United States of America because he has been refused permission to enter by the USA Administration," read a statement from the artist's management. "This is not in respect of anything he has done in the past but because he is facing a trial in November in London for something that happened in April last year."
George was arrested last year after a 28-year-old male escort from Norway accused the singer/DJ of false imprisonment and assault. George later denied the allegations and was released on bail.
"George's lawyers in London have absolutely forbidden us to speak about the facts of that case and all I can say is that George is astounded at the decision and is having lawyers here in the States look at it in the hope that someone will change their mind," the statement continued. "George really would love to come to America and repay his American fans loyalty and that is why we are asking the US Authorities to reconsider their decision."
In 2001, George supported the release of his "Essential Mix" collection with a brief DJ-tour of the U.S. George has also toured and performed DJ sets in Australia, Asia, Europe and Canada.
Reuters/Billboard
George's 24-date North American trek was scheduled to begin July 11 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, and wrap August 23 at the House of Blues in Dallas.
"At the moment, Boy George cannot come to the United States of America because he has been refused permission to enter by the USA Administration," read a statement from the artist's management. "This is not in respect of anything he has done in the past but because he is facing a trial in November in London for something that happened in April last year."
George was arrested last year after a 28-year-old male escort from Norway accused the singer/DJ of false imprisonment and assault. George later denied the allegations and was released on bail.
"George's lawyers in London have absolutely forbidden us to speak about the facts of that case and all I can say is that George is astounded at the decision and is having lawyers here in the States look at it in the hope that someone will change their mind," the statement continued. "George really would love to come to America and repay his American fans loyalty and that is why we are asking the US Authorities to reconsider their decision."
In 2001, George supported the release of his "Essential Mix" collection with a brief DJ-tour of the U.S. George has also toured and performed DJ sets in Australia, Asia, Europe and Canada.
Reuters/Billboard
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