Sing-a-long ABBA to hit the big screen

ABBA fans have reason to sing, with a special karaoke edition of the hit film Mamma Mia! about to arrive in Australian cinemas.

Universal Music today announced that "due to overwhelming demand'' a sing-a-long version of Mamma Mia! The Movie, with lyrics on screen for each musical number, would be released in theatres so audiences could join in on their favourite ABBA songs.

The film, which stars Meryl Streep, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan, has earned $27.5 million at the local box office since it opened on July 10.

More than three million Australians have seen the film, which features ABBA classics such as Dancing Queen, SOS and Money, Money, Money.

Mamma Mia! The Sing-A-Long Edition arrives in select theatres around the country on September 5 for a limited time.

The film's soundtrack spent five weeks atop the ARIA albums chart, and is now certified platinum.





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Snoop Dogg says Dr Dre album is complete

Snoop Dogg has claimed that rapper and producer Dr Dre has finished his first studio album since 1999.
The rapper told the Los Angeles radio station Power 106 that he heard the finished LP, which is expected to be called 'Detox'.
Dr Dre's last album '2001' featured the hits 'Forget About Dre', 'The Next Episode' and 'Still Dre'.
It is rumoured that 'Detox' could be Dr Dre's final studio album.

Britney Spears - More Shocking Details About Britney Book

More shocking details about a new BRITNEY SPEARS expose have come out as biographer IAN HALPERIN continues to talk to the media about his investigation of the pop star.

Halperin spent 18 months as an undercover paparazzi getting close to Spears and her inner circle of managers and friends, and now plans to release a book full of his findings.

After telling U.S. magazine of the singer's two apparent suicide attempts, which he'll write about in the book, Halperin claims the Toxic singer's problems were fuelled by drugs and the company she keeps.

The award-winning journalist says, "I saw a lot. I partied with her and was able to really monitor what type of stuff she was using. It's very concerning.

"(But) the book is mainly about her handlers, how sleazy and destructive they are toward her. The people around her are like vultures."

Halperin insists his book won't be a hatchet job on a troubled star - he witnessed enough to make him realise that Spears is basically a good person: "She's actually a very caring mom."

But he worries she's in danger of suffering a "catastrophic relapse" of her bipolar issues.

He tells Life + Style, "Britney herself warned me that with her, it's always two steps forward, one step back."

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Music and politics mix at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

MANCHESTER, Tenn. - Destination festivals are a universe unto their own, where the real world is left in the parking lot.

But at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, the outside world and its problems - politics, high gas prices - were lurking just offstage and sometimes moved to front and centre.

"There's a time and place for this kind of talk, right?" Eddie Vedder said to the tens of thousands watching Pearl Jam perform their scintillating headlining set Saturday.

"It is welded into the Constitution that people have not only the right, but the responsibility to make change. It can't get any worse. We're right here in the middle of America. We can change the whole world. Do you agree that this is the time and place for this kind of talk?"

Cheering loudly, most in the crowd agreed.

Vedder spoke repeatedly about the need for change and about the Iraq War, occasionally reprimanding himself for not staying positive.

Pearl Jam's performance was undoubtedly a high point for this year's Bonnaroo, highlighted by a sing-along version of "Better Man" during which the vast audience held lighters aloft and a near-full moon shone from behind the stage.

The elements can often be a major factor at Bonnaroo - held annually on a 283-hectare site south of Nashville - but temperatures were bearable. Hard rain fell for a time late Friday night, making My Morning Jacket's exuberant three-hour midnight concert a memorably soaked one.

Sunday, the final day of the four-day fest, was beautifully clear and was further warmed by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, who exuded contentment in the unlikely (and hugely popular) late chapter in his career.

On the same stage Friday night, Chris Rock played to one of the largest rooms a comedian will ever work. As many as 60,000 of the estimated 80,000 in attendance watched him command the crowd with a relentless pace and sharp observations.

Rock, of course, had barbs for the presumed presidential nominees, John McCain and Barack Obama - who he said has a name so black-sounding that he could be "the bass player for the Commodores."

The comedian wondered how gas prices could be so high considering the Iraq war: "Let me tell you something. If I invade IHOP, pancakes are going to be cheaper in my house."

Rock also called himself an "antidepressant" and other acts similarly hoped to alleviate worries.

"Do you feel good?" Metallica lead singer James Hetfield asked the crowd. "Metallica is here to make you feel better."

Metallica performed a unique double bill following Rock, who introduced the heavy metal band. Metallica's testosterone-fuelled set was flawless, but the band had to work to win over the crowd, which at Bonnaroo has traditionally been on the hippie side. When Hetfield asked who was attending their first Metallica concert, the crowd was a sea of raised hands.

The festival's biggest glitch was the delayed concert by Kanye West. The rapper's performance came almost two hours late, beginning at 4:25 a.m. and angering the crowd who booed and pelted the empty stage with glow sticks. The delay was due to problems in setting up West's elaborate stage for his galactic concept concert.

Some at the festival saw a greater willingness to be politically involved in this election year. Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein, who co-founded the nonprofit Headcount to register votes at music festivals and concerts, said he saw a change.

"The fans are significantly more receptive to the idea of stopping and taking the time to talk about voter registration right now," said Brownstein, speaking on his band's tour bus before playing a late set Friday night. "I think it's changing and it's changing rapidly because we're able to use the platform of music to get people thinking about things outside of music."

Bonnaroo, which was created in 2002 by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment as then a primarily jam band event, is welcoming of organizations like Headcount and the numerous environmental groups with booths on festival grounds.

But it's also laid out like a whimsical Dr. Seuss playland, full of quirky sculptures and activities. In the makeshift village called "Center Roo," visitors could go for a mechanical bull ride or get a new hairdo at a salon.

The stages are named apparently by an Abbott and Costello fan. "What Stage" is the main stage, followed by "Which Stage," "This Tent," "That Tent" and "The Other Tent."

It's perhaps not an environment given to political discourse but many acts voiced opinions either directly or in song. The acclaimed political punk band Against Me! played their angst-ridden "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)" on which singer Tom Gabel sings, "Condoleeza, do you get the . . . joke?" Comedian Zach Galifianakis concluded his otherwise absurdist performance by simply holding up a sign that said, "Obama '08."

But any narrative about a festival like Bonnaroo is sure to be incomplete. Arguably the country's biggest festival, Bonnaroo boasts over 150 acts, including many comedians. There were myriad sights and sounds to experience beginning with the Thursday night performance by the hip new Afro pop-influenced Vampire Weekend and concluding Sunday with the jamming Widespread Panic.

The 82-year-old B.B. King wowed with the vigour of his performance despite being seated throughout. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings upheld their reputation as a terrific live act with their funky soul revival, (said Jones: "I wear this dress so I can shake it"). Sigur Ros's famed live show lacked something without their usual light display, but the Icelandic band's new material drew great applause (and a few ecstatic tears) in the wee hours of Saturday night.

And that still leaves out excellent sets from, among many others, Rilo Kiley, the Swell Season, Death Cab for Cutie, Jack Johnson, Jose Gonzalez, the Raconteurs and M.I.A., who called it her "last show" after she recently abruptly cancelled an upcoming European tour due to exhaustion.

On the whole, it was Robert Plant who said it best when he sang: "Any song that you want to sing, any song will do/ Any song that you want to sing, happy or blue."

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On the Net: http://www.bonnaroo.com

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AFTRA, AMPTP Shake Hands On New Deal

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced today (Wednesday) that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The producers reportedly gave in to AFTRA's demand that they seek permission from actors before a clip of their performance on a television show be shown on a website. Earlier, the Los Angeles Times reported that the agreement would also double the pay actors receive from movies and TV shows sold online and give AFTRA jurisdiction over all shows created for websites costing more than $15,000 per minute. The agreement was announced shortly before the AMPTP resumed negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild, which has jurisdiction over most dramatic series and sitcoms presented on network television. Analysts predicted that SAG would not accept a carbon copy of the AFTRA agreement. In a message to guild members, SAG president Alan Rosenberg complained Tuesday that AFTRA had excluded SAG observers from attending negotiating sessions with the AMPTP for the past week. While stating earlier that the union and the producers were close to a deal when the AMPTP broke off the talks early this month, Rosenberg indicated Tuesday that the union's demands remain what they were at that time and suggested that they had not been accepted.


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Charlie Sheen - Sheen Rejects Wedding Gifts

Generous CHARLIE SHEEN and BROOKE MUELLER are refusing to accept gifts at their wedding this month (30May08) - they want guests to make a donation to their favourite charity instead.

Invitations for Sheen and Mueller's 30 May (08) nuptials include the request "no gifts, just donations to Chrysalis - an organization in Los Angeles that is dedicated to changing lives through jobs", reports the New York Post.

A source tells the newspaper, "Charlie (Sheen) has been working with the group, which gets people off skid row, for many years, and the money will go towards the charity's big annual gala, the Butterfly Ball."

Sheen and Mueller met at a party in early 2006, just after Sheen had separated from his then-wife, Denise Richards. The actor proposed to the real estate agent-turned TV personality last summer (Jul07).

This will be Sheen's third marriage and Mueller's first.

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Irish Book Awards shortlist announced

Irish Book Awards shortlist announced

Anne Enright, Joe O'Connor, Roddy Doyle, Julia Weary Willie, Diarmaid Ferriter and Frank McCourt are among the authors world Health Organization get been shortlisted for the upcoming Irish whisky Book Awards.
The awards, which are straightaway in their third class, feature nine categories and ar the only industriousness astray event of their sort in the Irish record sector.
'The Gathering' by Anne Enright; 'Zugzwang' by Ronan Floyd Bennett; 'Redemption Falls' by Joe Flannery O'Connor; and 'The Ag Swan' by Benjamin Joseph Black are entirely in the running play for Irish Novel of the Twelvemonth.
Julia Kelly is nominated in the Irish Gaelic Newcomer of the Year class for her novel 'With My Lazy Eye', which is up against 'In the Woods' by Tana French people;  'There Are Little Kingdoms' by Kevin Barry; and 'Secret Journal of a Demented House Wife' by Niamh Henry Graham Greene.
Diarmaid Ferriter's 'Judging Dev' is nominated in trey categories, including Nonfiction Book of the Year; piece Roddy Doyle's 'Wilderness' and Frank McCourt's 'Angela and the Baby Jesus' are up for awards in the children's family.
A gala ceremony to announce the winners will take place in The Round Room at the Residence House in Dublin on 24 Apr. 
A Life-time Accomplishment award in Irish Literature volition likewise be handed out on the night.

Hammer time for Metal awards

Hammer time for Metal awards

Alloy titans Candy kiss, Slipknot and Nine In NAILS volition go head to head for Alloy
Hammer's coveted Inspiration Prize at the magazine's prestigious Golden Gods
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UK acts of the Apostles Gallows and Bullet FOR MY Valentine consume as well got nods
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Best UK Dance band
Atomic number 26 Maiden

Fastball For My Valentine

Paradise Lost

Saxon Judas Priest
C. H. Best Experience Band
Gallows

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Megadeth

Arch Foe

Turisas
Shredder
Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)

Dan Donegan (Disturbed)

Jesper Stromblad (In Flames)

Dino Cazares (Maker Unorthodoxy)

Microphone Amott (Arch Opposition)
Breakthrough Artist
Distillery Remains

Apocalyptica

Devildriver

Every Time I Die

Bloodsimple
Riff Noble
Slash

Ace Frehley

Dave Mustaine

Mikael Akerfeldt

Jon Shaffer



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Municipal Waste

Gallhammer

Trigger The Bloodshed
Best International Dance band
Nightwish

Avenged Sevenfold

In Flames

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Himsa - Unleash The Slaughter

Goat The Question - Darwinian Minions

Bullet For My Valentine - Shrieking Purport Fire

As I Lay Dying - Cypher Left

Dimmu Borgire - The Serpentine Offer
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Metal Blade

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Best Record album
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Land - III: Over The Under

Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk

Atreyu - Leads Sails Newspaper Anchor

Testament - The Establishment Of Damnation
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Kiss

Meshuggah

Slipknot
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Lucas causes havoc on Celebrity Hijack

Lucas causes havoc on Celebrity Hijack

'Little Britain' star Matt Lucas has already made his mark as the first personality to act as Big Brother on the new serial 'Celebrity Hijack'.
In front the contestants entered the theater Lucas chose 20-year-old politician John Loughton as his guinea slob to complete a secret task.
Big Brother gave Gospel According to John a tiny earphone and instructed him to say only whatever he heard through this phone, word for watchword.
He was told that completing the job successfully would earn him immunity from altogether evictions but weakness would intend that he would be up for every unity eviction.
As the other housemates entered the 'Celebrity Hijack' house, Lucas directed Lav to greet them, make unusual comments to them and behave oddly round them.
As role of his task he was asked to massage other people's shoulders, hug other housemates for to a fault long, ask somebody to rub his cramping wooden leg, babble out virtually cake a lot and dance madly while vocalizing to himself.
Subsequently successfully completing the task, George Lucas by and by informed St. John the Apostle that he had won a spot in the final exam.
The other housemates were besides told around John's undertaking and his resistance from the populace balloting.
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Cher to headline Caesars Palace

Cher to headline Caesars Palace

Cher has confirmed a long-running rumour that she will be one of the headline acts of the Apostles at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
She starts her 90-minute, three-year, 200-show participation on 6 Crataegus oxycantha this class.
Talking about the freshly show, Cher said: "I started in Vegas at Caesars, so I've come wax round. I'm back, and I plan to give my fans the topper experience in time. I think everybody knows I only do things in a big way."
Her act will let in hit songs from her life history and be complemented by choreography, costumes and special personal effects.
The Oscar and Emmy winner has released to a greater extent than 25 albums and sold over 100m records worldwide.
She testament alternate performances at the renowned 4,300-seat locus with the other headline acts of the Apostles, Elton Gospel According to John and Bette Midler.




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'American Idol' Hopeful Jason Castro's Secret Weapon: Bruddah Iz

'American Idol' Hopeful Jason Castro's Secret Weapon: Bruddah Iz

There's no question Jason Castro's Tiny Tim-esque rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was one of the more memorable performances on "American Idol" Tues nighttime — one that will in all likelihood part with him relegation to the show's bum ternary. Castro shined as he gently strummed his uke and swooned, practically to the enthrall of the gobs of fresh-faced preteen girls wHO were huddled together at the edge of the "Matinee idol" stage, not to mention Trick Norris.
Wish Castro's before carrying out of Jeff Buckley's impassioned cover of Dutch Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," which was hailed by the "Paragon" book of Judges for its originality, the dreadhead's take on "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was praised in one case once again for its brilliant slaying. Just both Fidel Castro and estimate Simon Cowell made sure enough credit rating for the arrangement was precondition to a Hawaiian treasure named Sion Kamakawiwo'ole, wHO was affectionately known as "Bruddah Iz" by the island dwellers.
(Fidel Castro isn't the only if dissident known for covering covers. Check come out the reactions to David Cook's second hand renditions.)
Unluckily, Kamakawiwo'ole testament ne'er know just now how much his translation of the song helped Castro's cause, as Bruddah Iz — wHO, at last number, weighed 758 pounds — passed away to a greater extent than a decennium ago, due to a weight-related respiratory illness. He was only 38 long time old.
Not long after his death, Iz's casket was laid come out for mourners in Hawaii's Capitol Building building, so that fans could devote their final exam respects. He's only the tierce someone in Hawaiian history to be accorded such an honor, and the only non-politician. An estimated 10,000 attended Kamakawiwo'ole's funeral and cheered as his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
Chances are you've heard Iz's take on the "Virtuoso of Oz" classic, because it's graced the soundtracks of "Run across Joe Lightlessness" and Adam Sandler's "50 First Dates." The strain has besides appeared in commercials and punctuated the death of Dr. Mark Honey oil on the TV dramatic play "ER." Iz's edition of the call experienced a huge leap in gross sales followers Tuesday's episode and is presently #14 on iTunes' top-downloads heel.
According to Hoarding, Iz hush sells scads of records, posthumously. Punt in 2004, the sung reached #12 on Billboard's Hot Digital Tracks chart, and the path continues to be a low-charting simply steady seller, passing 1,040,092 downloads as of finale month. Last July, Kamakawiwo'ole's Wonderful World opened at #44 on the Billboard albums gross sales chart, marketing more than 17,000 units. It was Iz's biggest gross sales week e'er.
For Fidel Castro Ruz, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" could end up existence the song he's most remembered for, when entirely is said and done — much like it was for season-five runner-up Katharine McPhee, whose public presentation label Randy Jackson applauded as "amazing and hot." It even melted the pump of the surly Herbert Alexander Simon Cowell, wHO called it her best performance of the season.
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Classic Beck album getting reissued

Classic Beck album getting reissued

Beck's classic 1996 album 'Odelay' is to be re-released next month.
Hoarding reports that the double-CD reissue will feature rare tracks, remixes and antecedently unreleased outtakes.
Among the tracks volition be 'Gold Chains', 'Inferno', 'Burro' (a reading of 'Jackass' song dynasty in Spanish with a mariachi band), a cover of Hop-skip James' 'Devil Got My Woman' and UNKLE's remix of 'Where It's At'.
Beck's shoemaker's last album, 'The Information', was released in 2006.