Category: Pop/Rock

Filmart: Chinese Actors Say Farewell to Hollywood

No longer content to play underdeveloped roles in overstuffed tentpoles, China’s screen talents are turning down L.A. offers in search of bigger paydays, greater exposure and meatier roles at home. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Hong Kong’s A-list talent weren’t considered true superstars until they had made their mark in Hollywood.

Big name announced for Bingley Music Live

The Kaiser Chiefs have been announced as the second act at this year’s Bingley Music Live. Picture: Danny North The group, fronted by Keighley -born Ricky Wilson, will take to the stage as the headliners on Saturday, September 2. They are the second act announced for this years’s festival, held at Myrtle Park between September 1 and 3, following the announcement of Manic Street Preachers, who will headline on the opening night.

Trent Reznor, Hans Zimmer & Massive Attack Record Music for Banksy’s…

Anonymous street artist Banksy has opened another dystopian destination, The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, a commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a piano bar reportedly featuring music from Trent Reznor ‘s Nine Inch Nails , composer Hans Zimmer and Massive Attack . The project includes an art gallery and hotel in the occupied West Bank city that is being operated by the local community.

CARIBBEAT: Harvard lauds Rihanna as 2017 Humanitarian of the Year

Singer Rihanna is presented with the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year Award by Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation. It wasn’t Rihanna’s singing, but her caring and giving that was recognized last week when she received the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year honor for her philanthropic efforts aiding adults and children around the world, according to the Associated Press.

Aerosmitha s Buck Johnson to perform at Sweetwater

Buck Johnson has shared the stage with the likes of Aerosmith and written for artists like Carlos Santana, but for the keyboardist, there’s nothing like performing his own music. “To play for a handful of people or thousands of people, makes no difference,” says Johnson on the phone from Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives.

k.d. lang to play two Calgary concerts in August

On the 25th anniversary of her platinum selling IngA nue album and the huge hit Constant Craving, which launched her into stardom around the world, k.d. lang is about to hit the road solo across Canada, coming to Calgary’s Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium August 23 & 24. Fans in 17 cities coast to coast, from Victoria, B.C. to St. John’s, NL, can experience lang live as she brings her singular singing style to classics from her 30 year repertoire. The tour runs from Aug. 12 to Sept.

Bruce Springsteen looked charismatic in New Zealand show

‘It took a long time, but we got here’: Bruce Springsteen, 67, looks charismatic and confident on stage in Christchurch, New Zealand as he pays tribute to the embattled city In Christchurch New Zealand – the destination for his latest show – they prefer the term ‘the wop-wops’ to describe such far out places. No matter what word you use, the 67-year-old icon showed how far he’s come Tuesday night, wowing a packed out crowd at AMI Stadium.

Midnight Oil announce world tour

It’s been two decades since Midnight Oil did a world tour and only a handful of gigs have peppered the time between now and 2002, when frontman Peter Garret decided to focus on his political career. They will play over fifty shows in six months with a full tour of Australia including many regional stops as well as shows in South America, the US, Canada and Europe.

Justin Bieber to perform in India

All the Indian ‘Beliebers’ are in for a treat as American pop sensation Justin Bieber is bringing his ‘Purpose World Tour’ to the country with a performance on May 10 in Mumbai. Apart from India, the Asia leg of the tour comprises Tel Aviv in Israel and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, according to promoters of the tour White Fox India.

Justin Bieber to perform in India

All the Indian ‘Beliebers’ are in for a treat as American pop sensation Justin Bieber is bringing his ‘Purpose World Tour’ to the country with a performance on May 10 in Mumbai. Apart from India, the Asia leg of the tour comprises Tel Aviv in Israel and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, according to promoters of the tour White Fox India.

13 hospitalized after bus crash of US band Dillinger Escape

A police spokeswoman in Poland says 13 people have been injured after a truck rammed into the bus carrying American band The Dillinger Escape Plan to a concert in Krakow. Aneta Wlazlowska from the police in Radomsko said Sunday that band members were not seriously hurt but were taken for tests at the local hospital.

Napier deco building echoed with 60s music

A century-old retail building for sale in the heart of Napier’s Art Deco District, was once home to renowned Gaiety Theatre and Top Hat music venues Bayleys Hawke’s Bay and Bayleys Auckland are jointly marketing the historic building, at 88-94 Dickens St, which will be auctioned on March 8. The property for sale is featured in Bayleys’ latest Total Property portfolio and comprises a 1430sq m two-storey building on 911sq m of land zoned Inner-City Commercial. Bayleys salespeople Paul Dixon and Carolyn Hanson describe the building as “a cultural treasure”, noting potential future uses may include retail, apartment and office space.

Theresa May Pastes Jeremy Corbyn

UK Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn went on the offensive against Prime Minister Theresa May during Prime Minister’s Questions, over Donald Trump’s immigration ban and protecting refugees. An Aussie immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave is founder and managing editor of Israellycool, one of the world’s most popular pro-Israel blogs He is a happy family man, and a lover of steak, Australian sports and girlie drinks “Well done and special thanks.

NY bets big on aging nuke plants, balancing jobs, safety

When the Nine Mile Point reactor first went online, Richard Nixon was president, the Beatles were still a band and Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima weren’t yet bywords for the hazards of nuclear power. Almost 50 years later, New York state is betting big on the future of Nine Mile Point, one of the nation’s two oldest nuclear plants.

Remembering 1997: 24 pictures show the way we were in the North East 20 years ago

Can it really be 20 years since Cool Britannia, the film Titanic, and Newcastle United’s Tino Asprilla hit the headlines? We head back top 1997, a time when the average price of a house in the UK was around 68,000, a gallon of petrol was 2.70, and a pint of lager would knock you back 1.83. In the pop charts it was the era of Oasis and The Spice Girls , while at the cinema The Full Monty and Jurassic Park were pulling in the punters.

Madonna: ‘I’m not in Malawi to adopt’

Immediately after arriving in the small African nation between Tanzania and Mozambique, the pop star went to the Supreme Court of the country, located in the capital Lilongwe. Court spokesperson Mlenga Mvula said.Madonna has adopted two children from Malawi: David Banda in 2006 and Mercy James in 2009.

See David Bowiea s trek to Mexico in Glendale photo exhibit

David Bowie tries to blend in with the Diego Rivera´s wall painting, “The Man, Ruler of the World,” at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City. This image, “Diego Rivera’s Mural, Mexico,” will be on exhibit in “David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters” at the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale starting today.

How to choose a terrible song for your wedding or inauguration

Music is a glorious, personal, subjective thing and there’s literally no accounting for people and their terrible, terrible taste. The world was reminded of this fact on Friday when new US President Donald Trump enjoyed an awkward dance with his First Lady Melania to the strains of My Way : a song sung from the perspective of a dying man making futile protests as he nears the grave.