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Monday, 26 May 2008

Hudson confirms dramatic Corrie exit

'Coronation Street' star Tom Hudson has confirmed that he is leaving the soap in a dramatic storyline.
The 21-year-old actor, who plays Jack Duckworth's grandson Paul Clayton in the show, will reportedly leave Weatherfield after setting Leanne Battersby's Italian restaurant on fire.
According to reports, Paul will set the premises on fire in order to claim the insurance money for the failing restaurant.
Hudson told The Sun: "I've loved it on 'Corrie' but I've got other things planned."
"Paul's just like his dad Terry and he'll definitely return to Weatherfield to cause more trouble for his granddad."
Speaking about his exit storyline, Hudson said: "It's a great storyline - exactly the kind of exit I hoped for."

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Death Cab for Cutie has first No. 1 album

Frank Francis Albert Sinatra collection comes in second

Newly House of York -- Death Cab for Cutie claims its beginning No. 1 record album as "Narrow down Stairs" starts at the top slot on the Billboard 200. The Atlantic set moved 144,000 copies in the U.S., according to Carl August Nielsen Soundscan. Death Cab's virtually holocene album, 2005's "Plans," debuted at No. 4 with 90,000 and spent 50 weeks on the graph.
Reprise's retrospective Wiener Frank Sinatra collection "Aught simply the Best" bows at No. 2 with 99,000. It's been nearly 15 days since Old Blue Eyes was this high on the chart. In December 1993, his "Duets" album spent ternion weeks at No. 2. This freshly hits aggregation, which chronicles the legend's term of office on Repeat Records, too commemorates the tenth anniversary of Sinatra's passing on May 14, 1998.
Jason Mraz's Atlantic Ocean album "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things" enters at No. 3 with 73,000, giving the Warner Music Group and WEA Distribution the top three on the graph for the number one time in to a greater extent than 16 years. "We Sing..." is the singer/songwriter's new highwater saint Mark on the chart; "Mr. Azimuth" topped come out at No. 5 in 2005.
Welsh isaac Bashevis Singer Duffy's A&M/Polydor debut "Rockferry" enters at No. 4 with 71,000. That makes her the third female British people newcomer to earn a top 10 debut since the beginning of 2007, connection Amy Winehouse and Leona John L. Lewis. The album's bingle "Mercy" has risen to No. 20 thusly far on the Adult Top 40 tuner chart.
Speaking of John Llewelly Lewis, her Syco/J set "Heart" climbs 6-5 with 62,000, an 18% chemise in sales. Mariah Carey's Island Def Chock up record album "E=MC2" flip-flops with it, falling 5-6 with 59,000 (-33%). Later becoming his number 1 No. 1 last week, Neil Diamond's "Home Before Shadow" (Columbia) slips to No. 7 with a 63% gross sales shoot at 53,000.
Madonna's "Hard Confect" (Warner Bros.) continues its decline 3-8 with 53,000 (-43%) and Toby jug Keith's double-disc assembling "35 Biggest Hits" (Designate Domestic dog Nashville) descends XXIX with 41,000, a 60% gross sales tumble.
Keith Sweat's "Just now Me" rounds out the top tier, debuting at No. 10 with 37,000. The Keia/Atco/Rhino is Sweat's first base studio album since 2002's "Rebirth," which peaked at No. 14 in its opening week.
Rock play 10 Years' "Division" (Universal Democracy) lands at No. 12 with 28,000. Its last jell, "The Autumn Effect," topped out at No. 72 in 2005. Other debuts on The Billboard 200 this hebdomad include the Walt Disney soundtrack to "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Sea" at No. 26 with 16,000, Cherish's "The Truth" (Capitol) at No. 40 with 13,000, Filter's "Anthems for the Damned" (Pulse) at No. 42, besides with 13,000 and Starbucks' Hear Music compiling "The Second Wave" at No. 43 with 13,000.
Record album gross revenue this week are drink down 8.5% from last week's sum total with 7.43 million units and down 13.5% from the lapp hebdomad last class.

Billboard's Keith Caulfield contributed to this report.

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Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Nine films on Foreign Oscar longlist

Nina from Carolina films take gone forth to the next round of balloting in the C. H. Best Foreign Speech Moving-picture show category for the Oscars.
Sixty-three films, including the Irish-language celluloid 'Kings', had originally qualified in this category.
The ennead films in disputation are: 'The Counterfeiters' (Oesterreich), 'The Twelvemonth My Parents Went on Vacation' (Brazil nut), 'Days of Darkness' (

Brian Eno, Peter Sinfield

Artist: Brian Eno, Peter Sinfield

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In A Land Of Clear Colours

Year: 1979
Tracks: 12

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Art of Fighting

Artist: Art of Fighting

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Along the Run

Year: 2004
Tracks: 4

Emphasizing a pop of relaxed melodies and complex structure is the authentication sound of Sydney's Fine art of Combat. Debuting in 1995 with the collaboration of Ollie Artemus Ward (guitar/vocals), Peggy Frew (bass/vocals) and Cameron Hiram Ulysses Grant (drums), the band would kick the bucket the next three years gigging passim Southeastern Australia as a 3 firearm. After conducive to the Au-Go-Go Records abide Wonderment From A Quarter Acre, Half-A-Cow Records debuted their first class honours level mini-album The Real Strange Year in 1998. Guitarist/ cornetist Miles Brown in front long coupled the Art of Combat later the handout of their second mini-album Vacate Nights in 1999.

National Student Music Awards details revealed

Inside information of this year's National Pupil Music Awards experience been announced, with tierce regional heats set to take space in Marching music.
The awards, which have been previously won by Delorentos, offer Third Level pupil musicians the opportunity to perform before members of the Irish whiskey Music Manufacture including journalists, broadcasters, A&R staff office, agents and bookers.
A panel of industry experts testament pick 12 of the best bands to perform at trey heats around the area.
Little Joe selected entrants volition vie at for each one of the three regional heats which take place in UCD, Capital of Ireland (6 Master of Architecture); NUIG, Galway (13 Mar) and Cyprus Avenue, Cork (19 March).
The overall final exam will aim station in The Settlement, Capital of Ireland on 24 Apr.
The pillage up for grabs includes recording fourth dimension, a cash prize, CD gemination, rehearsal time, a media interview, consultation with a medicine attorney and a photography session.
Closing date for entries is 12 February and entry is open to any act that has at least one fellow member in full-time Third Floor teaching in Ireland.
Demos should be sent to Subject Educatee Euphony Awards, Suite 49, 184 Get down Rathmines Route, Irish capital 6.

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