Norton hosts BBC's Oliver show

Irish presenter Graham Norton is to host a new BBC One series which will search for new stars for the musical 'Oliver!'.
'I'd Do Anything' finds Norton joined by showbiz legends Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh and a panel of judges as they try to find new stars to play the roles of Oliver and Nancy in the musical.
Commenting, Elaine Bedell, Controller, BBC Entertainment Commissioning, said: "We're really pleased to be building on the success of 'Any Dream Will Do' with a new search for West End stars next year."
She continued: 'Oliver!' is a much-loved British musical so we're sure the show will unite families and melt hearts."
'I'd Do Anything' premieres on BBC One next year.

Mel B admits to treating Geri badly

Mel B admits to treating Geri badly

Spice Girls star Mel B has admitted that she treated her bandmate Geri Halliwell badly when the group first-class honours degree got together.
In an interview with Grazia powder magazine, Mel B said she was hoodlum on Halliwell when she failed to master close to of the more difficult saltation routines.
The isaac M. Singer said: "If Geri gets her saltation wrong now I secern her. Just in the old days I may have done it in a bitchy way, just it's often more sisterly now. I want her to face fantastic and draw it right on."
"Everybody knows that Geri and I birth had our problems in the past, just having time apart and then advent back in concert has been incredibly healing," she said.
"We let a real number shackle and, surprisingly, our daughters, Angel and Prairie gentian, ar completely fascinated by each other," said the vocalizer.
Mel B besides said that Halliwell encouraged her to take region in 'Dancing with the Stars', locution: "I wanted to show everyone what I could do. I talked to Geri and she was aright in arrears me, notification me to go for it and pink everybody dead."

Two films top the Oscars shortlist

Two films top the Oscars shortlist

The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards have been announced, with 'No Commonwealth for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood' leading the short list with eight nominations from each one.
'Atonement', 'Juno' and 'Michael Clayton' get likewise received numerous nominations.
As expected Wicklow resident Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for a Charles Herbert Best Doer Oscar for his performance in 'There Volition Be Blood'.
The other nominees for Best Actor are: George VI Clooney ('Michael Clayton'), Greyback Depp ('Sweeney Todd'), Tommy Rose Louise Hovick John Paul Jones ('In the Valley of Elah') and Viggo Mortensen ('Eastern Promises').
The Best Actress short list is: Cate Blanchett ('Elizabeth: The Golden Age'), Julie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie ('Away from Her'), Marion Cotillard ('La Contend en Rose'), Laura Linney ('The Savages') and Ellen Page ('Juno').
The nominees for Best Supporting Actor ar: Casey Affleck ('The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Henry M. Robert Ford'), Javier Bardem ('No Nation for Old Men'), Duke of Edinburgh Jane Seymour Hoffman ('Charlie Wilson's War'), Hal Holbrook ('Into the Wild') and Tomcat Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson ('Michael Clayton').
Along with Irish whisky teen Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett ('I'm Not There'), Ruby Dee ('American Gangster'), Amy Ryan ('Gone Baby Gone') and Tilda Swinton ('Michael Clayton') have been nominated in the C. H. Best Supporting Actress family.
Shortlisted for Charles Herbert Best Director ar: Julian the Apostate Artur Schnabel ('The Diving event Bell and the Butterfly'), Jason Reitman ('Juno'), Tony Gilroy ('Michael Clayton'), Joel and Ethan Coen ('No Country for Old Men') and Paul Saint Thomas Carl Anderson ('There Will Be Blood').
The films nominated for Best Picture are: 'Atonement', 'Michael Clayton', 'No Country for Old Men', 'There Will Be Blood' and 'Juno'.
The 5 films nominated for Best Foreign Celluloid ar: 'The Counterfeiters' (Republic of Austria), 'Beaufort' (Yisrael), 'Katyn' (Poland), 'Mongol' (Kazakhstan) and '12' (Russian Federation).
The nominees for Best Infotainment Feature ar: 'No End in Sight', 'Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience', 'Sicko', 'Taxi to the Night Side' and 'War/Dance'. 
The nominees for Best Animated Film ar: 'Persepolis', 'Ratatouille' and 'Surf's Up'.
The nominees for C. H. Best Adapted Screenplay are: Christopher Lionel Hampton ('Atonement'), Sarah Polley ('Away from Her'), Ronald Harwood ('The Diving event Bell and the Butterfly'), Joel and Ethan Coen ('No Body politic for Old Men') and Paul Norman Thomas Anderson ('There Will Be Blood').
The nominees for Best Master Screenplay are: Diablo Cody ('Juno'), Nancy Oliver ('Lars and the Real Girl'), Tony Gilroy ('Michael Clayton'), January Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Dame ('Ratatouille') and Tamara Jenkins ('The Savages').
For more on the Academy Award nominations, click hither and here.

Lost creator has leading lady for new series

Lost creator has leading lady for new series

'Lost' creator JJ Abrams now has the female atomic number 82 for his new sci-fi drama series 'Fringe'.
The Hollywood Newsman says that Australian actress Anna Torv will act as pres Young Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Olivia Warren in the pilot episode for the fresh serial.
'Fringe' follows Warren as she teams up with institutionalised scientist Walter Bishop (Whoremonger Nobleman) to look into paranormal phenomena.
The original episode of 'Fringe' is due to begin shooting in Toronto in February.
Abrams produced the fresh smash hit 'Cloverfield', which opens in Irish Gaelic cinemas tomorrow, 1 Feb. Understand the review here.




Minor Threat

Kaada and Mike Patton

   
Artist: Kaada and Mike Patton

   Genre(s): 
Experimental
   

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Discography:


   
 Romances

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 9

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PBS KIDS(R) Engages Kids With New Spanish Content and Original Music on the Popular PBS KIDS Preschool Destination Beginning May 19th

PBS KIDS(R) Engages Kids With New Spanish Content and Original Music on the Popular PBS KIDS Preschool Destination Beginning May 19th

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