Thursday, July 22, 2010
Paramore front woman Hayley Williams has claimed her first U.K. number one single her collaboration with rapper B.o.B has climbed to the top spot in the rundown.
"Airplanes" entered the chart at number 23 seven weeks ago but has slowly been moving up the list, reaching third place last week.
The track has now topped the chart, while Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP's "We No Speak Americano" moved up to second position and Eminem's track with Rihanna, "Love the Way You Lie", dropped from number one to the third slot. Katy Perry's collaboration with Snoop Dogg, "CaliforniaGurls", took fourth place, while Professor Green rounded out the top five with his Lily Allen duet "Just Be Good to Green".
In the British album chart Eminem returned to the top with "Recovery", after Kylie Minogue's "Aphrodite" pushed the rapper from the number one spot last week.
The Australian pop star is now in second place, while Eliza Doolittle scored the highest debut with her self-titled record "Eliza Doolittle". Plan B's "The Defamation of Strickland Banks" and Lady GaGa's "The Fame" were also in the top five albums.
Paramore's Hayley Williams, Mark Ronson vying for UK Number One
0 comments Posted by MENDEM at 3:01 AMParamore's Hayley Williams is on course to have a Number One single this Sunday (July 18), if her collaboration with BoB – 'Airplanes' – manages to hold onto its midweek lead.
The song is currently beating Eminem's 'Love The Way You Lie' into second place in the official midweek update today (July 14). However, soon-to-be new entry 'Bang Bang Bang' by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl is also vying for the top spot.In the album chart, 'Flaws' by Bombay Bicycle Club is at the midweek Number Five, with Eminem's 'Recovery' climbing one place to Number One.
Is there a more hard-working band on the planet than Paramore? The group is about to head off on yet another cross-country trek, as their headlining gig on the annual Honda Civic Tour kicks off next Friday, July 23, at the Raleigh Boutique Amphitheater in Raleigh, North Carolina (they'll be joined by Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory and Kadawatha). And even when the group isn't in front of a horde of screaming fans, they still make an incredible effort to stay connected to their followers (especially singer Hayley Williams, who has mastered the art of Twitter jiu-jitsu).
But even the most committed artists need a day off once in a while, and for Williams, today is that day. Before she called it a night on Tuesday (July 13), she tweeted, "Tomorrow is my first real day off in so long that I'm sort of nervous about it." We know the feeling, Hayley. When you work that hard, sometimes down time can almost feel like a burden. You've got so many things you'd like to catch up on that it all seems overwhelming (we typically end up watching reruns of "The Office" and playing "UFC Undisputed 2010" on XBox, when we should really be working on book projects or re-upholstering the furniture). But there's no need for you to worry! You should enjoy your day of leisure, but if you need a little guidance or inspiration, here are a handful of things you could do to fill your time on this quiet Wednesday.
Of course Hayley Williams' talent would have shone through no matter what, but still when we hear the name 'Paramore' we think of a flash of bright orange hair that has become the signature look for the band's lead singer.
There's no doubt that her look is what helps the songstress stand out and many of us dream of being able to pull off those bold locks.However, you know how girls with curly hair always wish for straight hair, and girls with straight hair always wish for curly hair? Well, like all of us never-satisfied girls, Hayley also thinks of her own 'do as no biggie, and you'll be surprised to hear how much time she really spends styling it.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Rihanna Love The Way You Lie Music Video with Eminem Coming – Rihanna who is canceling tour dates left and right was spotted in a one piece bikini at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas over the weekend resting and enjoying few drinks.
As always the Barbadian princess left nothing to the imagination, squeezing her curves in a leopard swimsuit.
In related news the Disturbia singer will team up with Eminem to film a music video for his song called “Love the Way You Lie” on Tuesday, July 21st in Los Angeles.
-”Got off a call. Emergency music video. Gonna write and turn in a treatment in three hours to shoot asap.”
-”Video is gonna happen. Lots of work to do now.”
- “Video is awarded. Starts shooting Tuesday. Eminem & Rihanna. Off we go!”
Eminem and Rihanna will reportedly team up to shoot their video to song 'Love The Way You Lie' next week.
According to director Joseph Kahn, the pair, who recorded the track for the rapper's Recovery album, are speculated to film the video on July 21.
Kahn announced on Twitter: "Got off a call. Emergency music video. Gonna write and turn in a treatment in three hours to shoot asap.
B.o.B is competing with Eminem to claim the Official Singles Chart number one this weekend.
Em’s duet with Rihanna Love The Way You Lie is currently a few thousand copies behind B.o.B’s own duet with Paramore’s Hayley Williams Airplanes.
Mark Ronson’s Bang Bang Bang and Professor Green and Lily Allen’s Just Be Good To Green look set to hit the Top 10.
Slim Shady does however look certain to recapture the album chart top spot with Recovery, after headlining T In The Park Festival last week.New albums from M.I.A and Bombay Bicycle Club look set to crash the Top 20 while Eliza Doolittle will score a Top five hit with her self-titled debut.
Superstar singer Pink took what appeared to be a serious fall at a concert in Nuremberg, Germany, according to People magazine. Pink was attached to a harness that would have allowed her to go airborne during a song but instead ending up crashing into a steel barrier that keeps fans off of the stage. You can see footage of the incident on the People website.
Rihanna is another recent case of spills. The website Black Voices reports that she hurt her ribs in April while in Switzerland. A few days after that she slipped while onstage in France. Then again on May 10th in London Rihanna fell down a flight of stairs while performing "Te Amo."
Rihanna is tough and apparently can't stop showing off that she can recover from a fall. Ever since her highly publicized incident with Chris Brown in early 2009, Rihanna has always been shown as a fighter who won't take anything from anyone including injuring herself. Since that awful time with Brown she's become one of the hottest acts. Rihanna will continue to tour through the summer culminating in an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America on August 20th as part of their summer concert series.
Neither of these talented young ladies should be falling on stage for publicity's sake. Keys' recent announcement that she's pregnant and engaged should spur enough off-stage publicity for her. Rihanna has had six number one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 and will surely have many more.
18 July, 2010
Emma Watson shot to fame as the bookish but adventuress wizard, Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter films, based on the books penned by J.K Rowling. Since then as she has grown older Emma Watson has since evolved to become an in-demand fashion icon and model in a relatively brief period of time. Her most recent success has been helping to transform the fortunes of Burberry.
In 2008, the Daily Mail reported that Watson was given access to her a £10.5m fortune on her 18th birthday. Despite her riches, she reportedly still uses public transport.
However, in the two years since she gained access to her riches she has doubled her wealth. In the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List she was placed 10th with £22m and her co-star Rupert Grint, who plays Ronald Weasley, was 12th with £20m.
The star's true progression was revealed in February this year, when at 19, she was named Hollywood's highest paid actress - toppling perhaps more established actresses such as Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz in the financial stakes. She is reported to have earned £10m for the final duo of instalments of the Harry Potter series.
At the relatively young age of 19 she raked in a phenomenal £20m during 2009, beating Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker (second with £15m) and Reese Witherspoon (fourth with £13m) to the top spot in the female list in the Vanity Fair list of top paid actresses.
Watson was calculated to be worth £22m earlier this year and the release of the two final installments of the magical series along with her modelling career show that her affluence can, and will only increase in the foreseeable future; meanwhile, we can all eagerly anticipate the release of the penultimate film released on the 19th November this year.
Harry Potter ‘Deathly Hallows’ previews – Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe
0 comments Posted by MENDEM at 3:33 AMBit of a slow week, so I figured I’d pull a BSCkids and collect the recent previews of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or HP7 for cool folks – offered up during ABC Family’s recent Harry Potter Weekend. We had recently highlighted them individually, but I figure having them all in one place might be more useful and convenient for those who caught one and not the others. If it’s good enough for BSCkids, it’s good enough for us! July had already also brought us a new teaser poster (featuring Hogwarts aflame!) and a trailer via LEGO (which is not the same as the trailer that was attached to Eclipse the week before).
Actress Emma Watson has made her first official tweet on the popular Twitter platform:
Hi everyone, this is the real me! I won't be able to tweet often but I just wanted to say hello. Have a great summer, love Emma x
The account, @EmWatsonopens in new window, is not "verified" by Twitter itself yet, but the creator of Watson's official web site, Rob Noble, confirmed it is Emma by retweetingopens in new window her message and respondingopens in new window to a direct question about it.
Don't forget you can also follow @hpanaopens in new window on Twitter for instant updates from the Harry Potter universe!
Emma Watson and One Night Only frontman George Craig 'just good friends'
0 comments Posted by MENDEM at 3:29 AMWhen we saw them snogging at Glastonbury we assumed that Harry Potter star Emma Watson and rocker George Craig were, er, potty about one another...
But now the One Night Only frontman insists they are "just good friends".
He said they plan to crack America next year, as their "anthemic" sound "appeals more to the US market". Emma is at uni there. How convenient!
Harry Potter star Emma Watson has confirmed dating model George Craig. The brainy girl of the wizard movie revealed the duo came close while shooting for Burberry ad campaign together earlier this year. The actress fuelled rumours of romance with Craig - after she was spotted in London with him earlier in June. Speculations also sparked when when Watson spent time with Craig, who also fronts rock band One Night Only, at music festival Glastonbury earlier this week.
And in an interview with Jo Whiley from Radio 1 during the music event, Watson confirmed she is dating Craig.
Watson laughed when she was asked: "Have you been together ages or is it new?"
And replied: "We've been friends since the Burberry shoot. And when I was in the States, George was taking me through a lot of his music as he was recording it. I couldn't believe (how good the music was). I'm a big fan. Everything he did was amazing."
Emma Watson has confirmed she is dating George Craig.
The 20-year-old actress was spotted with the One Night Only singer at this weekend's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, South West England, and has admitted they have grown increasingly close since working together on an advertising campaign for fashion house Burberry.
Emma Watson has found herself in a new avatar, this time it is in the music video for her boyfriend’s band, One Night Only.
Emma Watson, the 20 year old British actress is best known for her portrayal of ‘Hermione Granger’ in the ever popular ‘Harry Potter’.
The Harry Potter star Emma Watson complimented Craig’s musical ability during an appearance on the U K’s Radio 1.
Who said actors don’t gel well or don’t delve into personal rivalries or revelries? Harry Potter actors, certainly, don’t belong to that race and they, especially the trio of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, love to indulge in fun and frolic.
Even as we draw in closer to the release of the final instalments of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, director David Yates has an interesting anecdote to share. He tickles our bones by narrating at length the racing competition Harry and Hermione got into while filming for the chasing sequence in the Forest.
Emma is ecstatic as she animatedly confirms, “We’re running through the forest being chased by snatcher and it’s going to be a very exciting sequence”.
Emma Watson raced like “maniacs” on the set of the new Harry Potter movie
0 comments Posted by MENDEM at 3:20 AMEmma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe raced like “maniacs” to compete with each other when filming ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’.
The films’ director David Yates revealed what went on behind the scenes as he revealed preview footage – of a scene where Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and friends Ron Wesley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) attempt to avoid capture by Snatchers - on ABC Family in America last Wednesday (07.07.10).
David revealed: "They run like maniacs and it's because they are trying to out-compete each other.
Rupert revealed that he was surprised by the competitive nature of his co-stars saying: "I didn't realise it was going to be that fast actually, I was just keeping up with Dan and Emma."
Emma admitted her excitement about the fast paced scene.
She said: “We’re running through the forest being chased by snatcher and it’s going to be a very exciting sequence”.
Daniel explained that the action of this movie had made him a lot fitter than before.
He said "I consider myself to be in relatively good shape but this film could make me a lot fitter and healthier because it's some serious running, climbing, jumping, everything!"
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ is set to be released as two separate movies – the first instalment is due in November 2010 and the second is set for cinemas in July 2011.
It's a fight between Twilight and Harry Potter as the first trailer of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows was released today. And the media has gone crazy. Some have described it as unsuitable for children given the dark content (although those who read the books will know they get darker and that the films reflect this).
We take a look at her looks right from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets right through to sneak previews of the upcoming Deathly Hallows Film. And look out later on this week for an Emma Watson Get the Look Gallery.
Being a model means more than just having a pretty face. For some, it means being able to converse in five other languages, preparing valedictorian speeches or ultimately taking time off to pursue a higher education. We rounded up the most intelligent minds to ever meet the runway. Take a look through and tell us whose accomplishments are truly impressive.
Emma Watson Does Not Deny Blowing Daniel Radcliffe And Rupert Grint
0 comments Posted by MENDEM at 3:14 AMThis one was a turn up for the books as Skoob News confronted Harry Potter actress Emily Watson and demanded to know if she had, in fact, blown Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, her Harry Potter co-stars.
Prompted by showbiz correspondent, Buffty Ginslinger, we challenged English rose, Emily Watson to deny that she had blown Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.
We weren't interested in the details. Not in the least. We simply lay down the gauntlet and challenged Miss Watson to deny the allegations.
The more insistent we got, the greater Emma Watson's refusal to cooperate became obvious.
Harry Potter star, Emma Watson will be seen in a new avatar in the new music
video of her boyfriend George Craig’s ‘One Night Only’ band. She will appear as a dog in the song ‘Say you don't want it’.
n the song, Watson and Craig will be seen being chased out of shops. They will run around the streets of New York, holding hands and dancing.
In the midst of the song, Craig will be shown licking her face when a vendor throws a pretzel towards Watson. At the end of the video, the couple looks in the mirror and Watson is revealed to be a fancy pure-bred dog, which gets lost in the city and Craig turns out to be a city-wise mutt.
Watson says, “It’s in the similar lines of ‘Lady and the Tramp’, where I am the Lady and George is the Tramp.
Emma Watson has made a cameo in a music video alongside rumoured boyfriend George Craig.
The Harry Potter star, who was spotted at Glastonbury with the One Night Only frontman, appears in the video for his band's latest single Say You Don't Want It, where the couple are seen running out of shops, holding hands and dancing in New York.
Monday, July 12, 2010
July 12, 2010 - ABC Family continues to give fans a sneak peek at the upcoming first part in the two-part adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. If you follow BSC on a daily basis, then you’ve probably already seen the two preview clips released yesterday. Now here is another minute-long featurette wherein series stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson discuss their footrace rivalry during a key scene in the movie, which opens on November 19, 2010.
Monday, July 12 2010 - David Yates has revealed that Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson were in competition with each other when filming a chase sequence for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.
In the "exciting sequence" previewed in the recent trailer, the trio attempt to avoid capture by Snatchers.
The director said during behind-the-scenes footage premiered on ABC: "They run like maniacs and it's because they are trying to out-compete each other.
"Dan wants to run faster than Emma. Emma wants to run faster than Dan and Rupert [Grint] just wants to be anywhere to try to keep up with the pair of them," Yates joked.
"I didn't realise it was going to be that fast actually, I was just keeping up with Dan and Emma," Grint said.
"I'm faster than Emma, I could beat her. There's not even a question in my mind. Red carpet - next premiere, we'll have a race," the 20-year-old said.
He added: "I consider myself to be in relatively good shape but this film could make me a lot fitter and healthier because it's some serious running, climbing, jumping, everything!"
Part one of the final Potter instalment will open in cinemas in November.
Emma Watson has confirmed she is dating George Craig.
The 20-year-old actress was spotted with the One Night Only singer at this weekend's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, South West England, and has admitted they have grown increasingly close since working together on an advertising campaign for fashion house Burberry.
When asked what their celebrity dating nickname would be, she replied, "We haven't heard one yet. 'Watage'? It wouldn't really work."
Emma has even agreed to star in the video for One Night Only's next single Say You Don't Want It, which she revealed takes inspiration from Disney's classic animation Lady and the Tramp.
She explained: "I just really wanted to be involved somehow and we did the video together. It was very much our idea.
"It's kind of an ode to Lady and the Tramp. George is Tramp and I'm Lady. George finds me because I'm lost and in a dodgy part of New York. He slowly wins me over and there's a bit of a twist at the end."
Harry Potter star, Emma Watson will be seen in a new avatar in the new music video of her boyfriend George Craig’s ‘One Night Only’ band. She will appear as a dog in the song ‘Say you don't want it’.
In the song, Watson and Craig will be seen being chased out of shops. They will run around the streets of New York, holding hands and dancing.
In the midst of the song, Craig will be shown licking her face when a vendor throws a pretzel towards Watson. At the end of the video, the couple looks in the mirror and Watson is revealed to be a fancy pure-bred dog, which gets lost in the city and Craig turns out to be a city-wise mutt.
Watson says, “It’s in the similar lines of ‘Lady and the Tramp’, where I am the Lady and George is the Tramp.
The 20 year old actress informs that both of them share a love for music. Watson added, “George used to take me to his recordings regularly when I was in the States. It was wonderful music and I am a big fan of it. He has done it amazingly.”
Emma Watson's new rocker boyfriend has denied reports the actress organized a cameo for him in the last 'Harry Potter' movie - insisting he's "too cool" to be part of the family fantasy franchise.
The British beauty was rumoured to have asked Potter bosses if her new beau George Craig could be an extra in the second installment of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, which will be the final movie in the hugely successful series.
Watson was reported to be eager to get her boyfriend a part as she had starred in a promo for Craig's band One Night Only.
The pair met on a photoshoot for British design house Burberry.
A supposed blockbuster, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix starring Daniel Radcliffe
and Emma Watson has racked up huge debt, according to a profit statement leaked recently.
The fifth movie in the hit franchise reportedly lost 110 million pounds, despite making 619 million pounds at the box office
and news that the 2007 film has suffered these debts has shocked Hollywood, Daily Star reported.
It is the ninth highest grossing film of all time, experts say the figures, leaked to film industry blog Deadline, proved Hollywood is in an even worse state than feared. But others blamed "creative accounting" as the film was listed with costs of just 100 million pounds.
Sources claimed it was a way of preventing huge payouts to stars on a percentage share of profits.