JAMES Blunt has had his head, and ear, turned by Kate Costello. The crooner has been doing his best to help the model-turned-singer's career, introducing her to his music bosses.
IF British crooner James Blunt thinks You're Beautiful - not to mention loves your voice - it's pretty likely your singing career is going to hit a high note. Such is the prime position Sydney model-turned-muso Kate Costello has found herself in after she was introduced to the chart-topping Romeo last week. Just weeks after leaving Vivien's Model Management to focus on her career as a music performer, the 20-year-old blonde had the good fortune to be introduced to Blunt by a friend. Currently touring Australia in promotion of his latest album All The Lost Souls, Blunt - whose way with the ladies is just that - was apparently quite taken with Costello after the pair met in Melbourne. Not missing a beat, the self-taught guitarist, singer and songwriter managed to slip Blunt a demo of her recordings - and the hirsute hottie was impressed. After attending Blunt's show at the Rod Laver Arena, the singers enjoyed a dinner together, but the English casanova didn't leave Costello with Goodbye My Lover. Instead, he found some time in his tight touring schedule to introduce Costello to music executives at his record label Warner Music, Confidential understands. "We haven't heard Kate's music yet but James is obviously an exceptional talent and his opinion is held in high regard," a Warner Music spokeswoman said yesterday. While Blunt performs in Perth this weekend, Costello has scored her first live gig at Darlinghurst venue Ruby Rabbit on Saturday night, playing at a party hosted by the club's part-owner Shane Moran.
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Ari Hest
Artist: Ari Hest
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
The Green Room Sessions
Year: 2006
Tracks: 5
Ari Hest became concerned in music while still a adolescent growing up in the Bronx. Though he'd taken piano lessons as a shaver, he taught himself how to play the guitar, generally by listening to records from his parents' assemblage (Alice Paul Simon) and alternative radio receiver (Bone Jam, Dave Matthews). While poring over at NYU, Hest hit the East Coast college lap, acting a mix of covers and his possess substantial. The exposure built him a estimable regional following, which he nurtured with self-released albums in 2001 and 2002 (Coming Home and Story After Story, respectively). Hest signed with Columbia Records in 2003 and issued Mortal to Tell a twelvemonth later. Created with producer David Rolfe, the album was a merge of new and re-recorded corporeal and match comfortably into the well-appointed adult alternative territory of artists like Josh Kelley and John Mayer. The Green Room Sessions, an EP on which Hest played all the instruments and was recorded and motley on the popular, free programme GarageBand, came proscribed in 2006, and was followed the year after by another full-length Columbia dismissal, The Break-In.
Aniston dating film crew member?
Jennifer Aniston is dating a crew member on her latest movie, according to reports.
The former 'Friends' star was recently spotted leaving a party at close friend Courteney Cox's house with a mystery man.
OK! Magazine has reported that her suitor is Brian Boruma, a grip on 'Traveling in Vancouver' which Aniston recently finished shooting in Canada.
A source said: "They met on the set. He was in charge of moving lights and other heavy equipment."
Aniston has been linked to Vince Vaughn and Jason Lewis since her marriage break up with Brad Pitt in 2005.
The former 'Friends' star was recently spotted leaving a party at close friend Courteney Cox's house with a mystery man.
OK! Magazine has reported that her suitor is Brian Boruma, a grip on 'Traveling in Vancouver' which Aniston recently finished shooting in Canada.
A source said: "They met on the set. He was in charge of moving lights and other heavy equipment."
Aniston has been linked to Vince Vaughn and Jason Lewis since her marriage break up with Brad Pitt in 2005.
Rihanna & Chris Brown To Sing Duet?
Rihanna wants to record a song with her rumoured boyfriend Chris Brown, according to latest reports.
The couple have yet to confirm their relationship, although have been spotted canoodling in Jamaica and participating in some public displays of affection in a fast food restaurant.
Now friends say the R&B duo are planning to record a track together, with some help from 20-year-old Rihanna's mentor Jay-Z.
A source tells Star: "Rihanna is impressed with Chris' voice. It was a natural step for her to say, 'Let's do a duet.'
"She's asking Jay-Z to look around for a beat for the two of them, something sexy and snazzy."
Judging by RiRi’s raunchy performance with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, we can’t wait to see what her video with Chris will be like.
Do you think a duet between the lovebirds would be good? Be sure to leave your comments below.
The couple have yet to confirm their relationship, although have been spotted canoodling in Jamaica and participating in some public displays of affection in a fast food restaurant.
Now friends say the R&B duo are planning to record a track together, with some help from 20-year-old Rihanna's mentor Jay-Z.
A source tells Star: "Rihanna is impressed with Chris' voice. It was a natural step for her to say, 'Let's do a duet.'
"She's asking Jay-Z to look around for a beat for the two of them, something sexy and snazzy."
Judging by RiRi’s raunchy performance with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, we can’t wait to see what her video with Chris will be like.
Do you think a duet between the lovebirds would be good? Be sure to leave your comments below.
Ben Affleck - Affleck Hated Jlo Video
Hollywood actor BEN AFFLECK regrets starring in ex-fiancee JENNIFER LOPEZ's music video - because it nearly ruined his career.
Affleck, 35, began dating the Latina singer in 2002 and later that year, he made a cameo in her music video Jenny From The Block. In the promo, the actor can be seen rubbing sun tan lotion onto Lopez's bottom.
In the following years, the couple's high-profile romance proceeded to cross over from the tabloids onto the big screen, culminating in the 2003 box office flop Gigli.
And the Pearl Harbor star is now convinced bringing his personal life into the spotlight was damaging to his career.
He says, "If I have a big regret, it was doing the music video. But that happened years ago. I've moved on."
But Affleck insists he isn't blaming Lopez for his career nosedive: "It not only makes me look like a petulant fool (to blame Lopez), but it surely qualifies as ungentlemanly? For the record, did she hurt my career? No."
The pair became engaged in 2002 but called off their relationship in 2003.
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Oprah Winfrey's Vegan Detox
Oprah Winfrey has decided to become a vegan for 21 days in order to detox her body.
The chat show queen will stop eating meat and dairy for three weeks and hopes that her attempt at cleansing her body will inspire others.
She says: "How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve without even a thought about what happens to the animal's whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?"
Did spending time at Tom Cruise’s abode do something to Oprah?
The chat show queen will stop eating meat and dairy for three weeks and hopes that her attempt at cleansing her body will inspire others.
She says: "How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve without even a thought about what happens to the animal's whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?"
Did spending time at Tom Cruise’s abode do something to Oprah?
'Untraceable' tracks sales victory
But comedy 'Mad Money' makes off with rental win
Crime certainly did pay on the video charts last week. "Untraceable," a crime thriller from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, topped the national DVD sales chart in its first week, while Anchor Bay Entertainment's "Mad Money," a comedy about three women who decide to rob the Federal Reserve Bank, was the No. 1 renter for the week ending May 18.
"Untraceable," which grossed $28.7 million at the boxoffice, narrowly topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart for the week, with "The Great Debaters," a Weinstein drama from Genius Products, at No. 2.
Excitement over the upcoming "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" put all three previous films in the franchise back into the First Alert top 20, both individually and as part of the "Adventures of Indiana Jones" boxed set, which debuted at No. 3. The set finished just ahead of "Mad Money," which came in at No. 4.
In rental stores, "Mad Money" generated an estimated $7.3 million in revenue to take the top slot on Home Media Magazine's video rental chart for the week. "Untraceable" bowed at No. 2 with earnings estimated at $6.9 million. Warner's "P.S. I Love You," the previous week's top renter, slipped to No. 3 with $5.9 million, while "Debaters" debuted at No. 4 with $5.5 million.
Disney's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was the week's top Blu-ray Disc seller, most likely because of the theatrical opening of the fantasy's sequel, "Prince Caspian." "Untraceable" debuted at No. 2.
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