I'm just getting started, says Britney (Independent Online)
Pop princess Britney Spears has warned her fans that she is looking forward to a new year, new music and a new image, saying: "I'm just getting started!"...more...If what you love is what you do (The Indianapolis Star)
Pursuing one's passion for a living may involve taking a circuitous, costly and time-consuming route, but for some entrepreneurs, it is worth the journey....more... Simon Webbe (Evening Standard)
Once his boy band Blue disintegrated, the future that beckoned for former model Simon Webbe seemed to be one where he was asking if you'd like an extra topping with your pizza....more... Biker Ball set to rev up area charities (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Biker chic will be all the rage for the 8th annual Greater Southlake Women's Society "Paint the Town Gala."...more... Robin walks on happy feet (Khaleej Times)
"I WENT to rehab on the same day Mel Gibson was arrested on the highway ? that allowed me a certain anonymity," Robin Williams says. "God does have a sense of humour. Of course, Mel was stopped by the only Jewish highway patrolman."...more... Album: John Lee Hooker (Independent)
What comes across on this four-CD set is the sheer consistency and dedication of John Lee Hooker's career: it's the work of an artist who knew he had tapped into something sublime, and kept plugging away at that one thing until the world shifted to hear things his way. Hooker's blues, compared with the sophisticated style of friends and mentors such as T-Bone Walker and BB King, was tarry black, ......more... DVD Report (Boston Globe)
New Releases | Tom Russo Sweet 'Sunshine' is a funny, affecting family drama First came the Sundance buzz, then the backlash, and now the DVD. "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) arrives in the wake of enough debate to make you think it's either a laugh riot or a dud whose humor falls utterly flat. Our vote is for funny, but the ......more... LIVING THE DREAM (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Dreamgirls" is loosely based on the Supremes -- particularly on how the late Florence Ballard lost the lead-singer spot to Diana Ross, who lacked Ballard's vocal power but was prettier and thinner. It could be the story of any show business heartbreak. ...more... Lure of the Ring (The Mail Tribune)
Inside the steel-cage octagon of a mixed martial arts fight, action is intense and brutal. Still, hopefuls train dilligently for their place in a sport that's growing in popularity...more... |