All leash films in the series together in one boxed in set
All three "Austin Powers" movies testament debut Dec. 2 on Blu-ray Disc when Warners ships to stores the "Austin Powers Collection: Shagadelic Edition, Loaded With Extra Mojo."
The collection includes "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Austin Powers in Goldmember," which grossed a collective $472 billion in U.S. theaters.
The films will not be available individually.
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Kapiti artist's London show a sellout
Kapiti artist Shona Moller has cracked the lucrative British market, selling 19 out of 19 works at a London exhibition for a $116,000 payday.
However, it's not time to pack away the easel just yet. The show is expected to break even after costs.
The It's Not All Black show at Gallery 47 in central London was flooded by expat New Zealanders and British art-lovers.
"There were people waiting outside for the doors to open, tapping on the glass," Moller said.
The 19 works sold for an average of $6100 each. Among them was Wellington at Night with van Gogh Lights, pictured, which sold for $7300.
Also sold was a take on the London Tube map, in which English station names were replaced with Maori placenames.
Waterloo became Tirau, Leicester Square, Taupo, and Bond St, Taihape.
The work was a tongue-in-cheek take on colonisation.
Though the exhibition raised about $116,000, Moller said that by the time transport costs, travel and accommodation were taken into account, she would break even.
"But it's definitely raised my profile over here."
Art-lovers who missed out on the buying frenzy have also commissioned 10 further works from her.
The exhibition continues till Thursday.
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Tenacious D
Artist: Tenacious D
Genre(s):
Pop: Pop-Rock
Discography:
Tenacious D
Year: 2001
Tracks: 21
Rightfully hailed as "the superlative set on Earth," the super-sized acoustic metal/comedy duo Tenacious D was an improbable success story. Actually, Tenacious D was probably so successful exactly because they were so improbable: few citizenry would guess that 2 chunky guys bashing on acoustic guitars, telling songs like a tribute to the superlative vocal in the public (because they forgot how the superlative song in the world went after subjugation the Devil with it) became one of the biggest furor bands of the later '90s and 2000s. But the sheer personal magnetism, sense of humour, and get-up-and-go -- not to mention inspired songwriting -- of singers/guitarists/actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass (aka JB, Jables, KG, and Kage, among other aliases) took them from L.A.'s subway funniness picture to their own serial on HBO and a major-label album deal.
The crazed, wide-ranging sense of humour and intensity that Black brought to Tenacious D as well made him a sought character doer, appearance in films like Bob Roberts, The Cable Guy, and Saving Silverman; Gass' photographic film life history includes encouraging roles in Jacob's Ladder, Loose Hands, and Phylogenesis. Similarly, the D's act showcased Black's theatrical, versatile vocals and Gass' deft support on the guitar in on the face of it stream of consciousness songs just about smoke pot, the duo's musical and sexual prowess, and subjects straight proscribed of Dungeons & Dragons, as well as in equally absurd and imaginative sketches.
The duette met at an playing class and began playing together in 1994, making their live debut later that year at Al's Bar, acting simply one issue, the aforementioned homage to the world's superlative song, "Tribute." In the audience that night was comedian/actor David Cross, world Health Organization invited Black and Gass to appear with him and other like-minded performers such as Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo in a series of substitute comedy shows. The D soon headlined shows at venues like Pedro's and Largo, planting the seeds of a diehard religious cult following; not level their ominous pic debut in 1996's Bio-Dome slowed their impulse. The following year, their appearances on Bob Odenkirk and Cross' brilliant HBO sketch clowning programme Mr. Show With Bob and David and a 1998 functioning of "Sex Supreme" -- which sang the praises of a ménage à trois with KG and JB -- on Sabbatum Night Live hinted at the duo's just-beneath-the surface popularity, which began to rise into the mainstream with the group's 1999 HBO series. Though it lasted just three episodes, Tenacious D included, among other adventures, the group's search for "Inspirato," the cosmic creative force; the lovemaking triangle between Black, Gass, and a heavy perforated, Satanic clog social dancer world Health Organization threatened to destroy the mathematical group; and the discovery of Lee, Tenacious D's biggest fan. More of the D's brightly dumb songs debuted on the testify, and fans began trading and auctioning tV and audiotapes of Tenacious D. The yoke likewise played possible action gigs for friends like Beck, Pearl Jam, and the Foo Fighters and embarked on their showtime fully fledged term of enlistment; Epic south Korean won a bid war to sign the radical. In 2000, Black's popularity and prominence as an actor grew with roles in films like Jesus' Son and, particularly, High Fidelity, where his turn as the larger-than-life record stock clerk Barry made him a bona fide star. Meanwhile, the group worked on a self-titled debut album with the Dust Brothers, Dave Grohl, Phish's Page McConnell, Redd Kross' Steve McDonald, and other friends.
In 2001, the D's momentum come to critical mass: The group congeal proscribed on their second countrywide tour, playacting significantly bigger venues than before and marketing out many of their dates. And, contempt an attempt to echo Tenacious D at the last-place moment because of its back report, which pictured two babies chained to an altar, their debut entered the charts at a surprisingly strong number 33. Meanwhile, Spumco, the production company of Ren & Stimpy conceiver John K., crafted an befittingly witty and grimy video recording for the single "Nooky Her Gently," and, last-place only not least, the duette continued work on a Tenacious D pic.
Brosnan to play British Prime Minister
Pierce Brosnan is to play a British prime minister in director Roman Polanski's political thriller 'The Ghost'.
MTV reports that the film is based on the Robert Harris novel of the same name and tells the story of a ghostwriter (Nicolas Cage) who is hired to finish the memoirs of a former British prime minister (Brosnan).
But his research puts his own life in danger.
Shooting will begin in Europe in the autumn.
Brosnan will next be seen on Irish cinema screens in the musical 'Mamma Mia!'; it opens on 4 July.
Watch a feature on 'Mamma Mia!' here.
MTV reports that the film is based on the Robert Harris novel of the same name and tells the story of a ghostwriter (Nicolas Cage) who is hired to finish the memoirs of a former British prime minister (Brosnan).
But his research puts his own life in danger.
Shooting will begin in Europe in the autumn.
Brosnan will next be seen on Irish cinema screens in the musical 'Mamma Mia!'; it opens on 4 July.
Watch a feature on 'Mamma Mia!' here.
Country singer Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation.
Authorities accuse the 32-year-old country singer of falsifying her community service records.
Williamson County Sheriff's Department officer Charlotte Spencer says McCready turned herself in Monday, posted the $5,000 bond and was released two hours later.
She is on probation for a 2004 drug charge.
Her lawyer, Lee Ofman, declined Thursday to comment on the new charge.
A corrections official says McCready will go before the judge who sentenced her, and he will decide what, if any, action to take.
McCready's court date wasn't immediately available.
She had a number 1 single in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time."
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Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' released as live album
Radiohead have made ten live recordings of tracks from their recent album, 'In Rainbows', available to download.
The recordings, made recently at the Hospital in Covent Garden, London and recorded by Nigel Godrich, are available to download on iTunes now.
The live songs available to download are:
'Bodysnatchers'
'House of Cards'
'Nude'
'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'
'15 Step'
'Reckoner'
'Go Slowly'
'Videotape'
'Bangers & Mash'
'All I Need'
Meanwhile, Radiohead kicked off their UK tour in London's Victoria Park last night (June 24). Read the NME.COM gig report now.
Jun 25, 2008 at Victoria Park, London -
Jun 27, 2008 at Green, Glasgow -
Jun 29, 2008 at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester -
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The recordings, made recently at the Hospital in Covent Garden, London and recorded by Nigel Godrich, are available to download on iTunes now.
The live songs available to download are:
'Bodysnatchers'
'House of Cards'
'Nude'
'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'
'15 Step'
'Reckoner'
'Go Slowly'
'Videotape'
'Bangers & Mash'
'All I Need'
Meanwhile, Radiohead kicked off their UK tour in London's Victoria Park last night (June 24). Read the NME.COM gig report now.
Jun 25, 2008 at Victoria Park, London -
Jun 27, 2008 at Green, Glasgow -
Jun 29, 2008 at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester -
More Radiohead tickets
Charlie Almeida and Bruno Bertoni
Artist: Charlie Almeida and Bruno Bertoni
Genre(s):
Instrumental
Discography:
Midnight Flute
Year: 1996
Tracks: 18
Amduscias
Artist: Amduscias
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Dead Or Alive
Year: 2005
Tracks: 7
Amduscias
Year: 1998
Tracks: 6
Davis Filming Halted By Australian Residents
Hollywood actress Geena Davis has had filming for her forthcoming movie cut short - because residents in an upmarket Sydney, Australia suburb launched a campaign to stop the crew shooting in the area. The Thelma & Louise star was filming Accidents Happen in the Australian city - but producers were bombarded with complaints from locals who threatened to sabotage filming if the production continued to disrupt their sleep patterns. Producers agreed to cut the amount of shooting taking place from four days to two and have increased the $500 (?250) inconvenience payment to residents - but only because locals demanded action from their council. They signed a petition calling for the moviemakers to be banned from filming near their properties and to abandon plans to be in the area until the early hours of the morning. The crew was slated to film in the city's St Ives area from Tuesday until Friday from 12.30pm to 1.30am, but Ku-ring-gai Council officers have now approved a revised schedule put forward by the production team, cutting back filming to just two days. The finishing time was also brought forward by an hour to 12.30am and filming will now be confined to just one end of the street. Residents who live in the area of filming will get more on top of their $500 cash payment - but those at the other end of the road will now receive nothing. But Guy Yeomans, who spearheaded the protest against moviemakers, has no problem with the star of the film - and has even invited Davis to his home to show there are no hard feelings. He says, "Geena would be very welcome any time she wants to have a cup of tea, providing it's before lights out, and I'll even put on a roast dinner for her. "But she'd have to introduce herself first because I'm not into Hollywood and all that, so I wouldn't really recognise her."
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Ben Mills
Artist: Ben Mills
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Picture of You
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Count Ben Mills among the myriad young singers launched to renown via the realness TV phenomenon of the early 21st c. Born March 1, 1980, in Kent, England, Mills studied at Surrey's Academy of Contemporary Music. He afterward light-emitting diode his possess rock banding, Benzego, and played keyboards in a Doors cover act, the L.A. Doors. Mills was working with a marquee lease firm when he successfully auditioned for the ITV network's amateur case The X Factor in 2006. With a hoarse vocal bringing most commonly compared to Rod Stewart, he proved an audience ducky and at last finished in third place, landing a five-record deal with Sony BMG. Mills' debut LP, Characterization of You, ascended to number trey on the U.K. pop charts upon its March 2007 release.
Babyshambles pull out of Norway's Hove Festival
Heath Ledger - Top Film Critic Ledgers Joker Is Oscar Worthy
One of America's most revered film critics has started championing HEATH LEDGER for a posthumous Oscar in his review of the tragic actor's final completed film.
In his critique of The Dark Knight, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers calls Ledger's portrayal of The Joker "mad-crazy-blazing brilliant." He goes on to write, "It's typical of Ledger's total commitment to films as diverse as Brokeback Mountain and I'm Not There that he does nothing out of vanity or the need to be liked.
"Ledger's Joker has no gray areas - he's all rampaging id. He creates a Joker for the ages."
Ledger, who died from an accidental drug overdose in January (08), takes on The Joker role which Jack Nicholson portrayed in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film. The Dark Knight hits cinema screens next month (Jul08).
And Travers in convinced Ledger is bound for Oscar gold: "If there's a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976's Network, sign me up."
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Asian2
Artist: Asian2
Genre(s):
Pop: Japan
Discography:
Asian Vibration
Year: 2006
Tracks: 4
After years of laboring in the tube and a string of releases on flyspeck independent labels, rock-rap group Asian2 finally bust into the Japanese mainstream in 2006 with the catchy individual "Tooku." The five-piece is unremarkably described in their home nation as a "mixture" band in the mineral vein of Ketsumeishi and Orange Range, two of Japan's biggest-selling acts of the mid-2000s. Like those two bands, Asian2 combines catchy, feel-good rhymes with a in general overconfident message and a variety of musical influences, including rap and rock.The seeds of Asian2 were sown when MC Tatsu met drummer Hideo at junior high schooltime in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and the two decided to form a band. By 1999, they had boiled guitar player Hisato and bassist Shoji from other local acts of the Apostles (second MC Twenty "20" completes the lineup) and found kindred spirits in one of the original "mixture" bands, SOUL-D, wHO played a show in Matsumoto the same year and invited Asian2 to play at their own "Rock Box" event.In 2001, Asian2's number one mini-album was released in the group's hometown and sold a respectable 2,000 copies. The band's profile was elevated another pass with the release the following yr of the individual "Honey the Mountain," which became the to the highest degree requested track nationwide on the Usen "popular ranking" charts. Asian2 embarked on their number one Japanese circuit in 2003 to promote the single "Brazil," subsequently which Hisato left the band citing musical differences to be replaced by Nishi. Within a year Nishi, overly, would be on his way tabu of the dance band, replaced by new guitar player Kensuke. Asian2 continued to fetch nods of blessing from their peers, including the "hip-pop" duet Def Tech -- the 2 groups shared out a phase at a live exhibit in Tokyo in 2004. They as well provided the ending song -- a collaboration with Arisa Mizuki -- to the Kenji Sonoda plastic film Tobi Ga Kururi To. Asian2 made their "major" debut (Avex Trax is really an sovereign label, albeit one of the biggest indies in the populace) in 2006 with the single "Asiatic Vibration," the picture was directed by the band's own Twenty "20." But it was the infective review "Tooku" that secured the isthmus widespread radio and television system airplay, aided by trey different commercial tie-ins (on adverts for Subaru, Fuji Cameras and Sapporo beer) that guaranteed the band maximum exposure. The consequent uncut debut album, the curiously highborn Little Phoebe Men l'mant, was released at the end of 2006, and was a optical fusion of summery rap in the vein of Ketsumeishi and harder, Red Hot Chili Peppers-style rock-rap.
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