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Critics haven't much beneficial to say about the plot of House Bunny, but they do experience much congratulations to stack on its star, Anna Faris. Nathan Lee begins his reappraisal in the New York Times by proclaiming "All hail Anna Faris, sham bimbo par excellence, master of the birdbrained dual take, our reigning queen regnant of intelligent stupidity." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post begins his by observing "Perhaps exclusively Anna Faris could make a female-empowerment comedy produced by Adam Sandler adequate." And in the Toronto Star , Linda Barnard starts off " The House Bunny pulls a rabbit out of a hat with Anna Faris, whose comic charms -- to

Advocates for disabled protest Tropic Thunder

Groups that advocate for the disabled have called�for a boycott of the Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder, citing what they say is its minus portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities.

"We are asking people not to go to the movie and hope to bring a consciousness to people more or less using derogatory words about this population," said Peter Wheeler, spokesman for Special Olympics, one of 22 disability groups nationwide protesting the satire.

The film, directed by Stiller, will be released on Wednesday by Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures and its DreamWorks unit.

The groups plan to picket the movie's premiere on Monday eve in Los Angeles's Westwood community.

"That volition be the start of a countrywide protest," said Wheeler. "We will continue to be vocal around the destructive effect of this film."

He said the groups ar particularly pained by the film's repeated use of the word "retard" regarding a character, Simple Jack, played by Stiller in a subplot about an actor.

A web site, www.simplejackmovie.com, beingness used to promote Tropic Thunder, has been taken down.

Representatives of the Special Olympics, the Arc of the United States, the National Down Syndrome Congress, the American Association of People with Disabilities and other groups met with studio executives last calendar week to discuss the film, but DreamWorks did non make whatever changes.

Peter Berns, executive director the Arc, said in a memo the groups presented several ideas to the studio, from requesting an apology to fixture the film before its release, to producing a national educational campaign.

Chip Sullivan, a spokesman for DreamWorks said: "We have had productive discussions with representatives of disability advocacy organizations and look forward to working with them closely in the future. However no changes or cuts to the film will be made...

"'Tropic Thunder' is an R-rated comedy that satirises Hollywood and its excesses, and makes its point by featuring inappropriate and over-the top characters in derisory situations. The film is in no way meant to pick at or scathe the image of individuals with disabilities," he said.

The film too features Robert Downey Jr as a white role player who changes his skin colour to play a black soldier.

Sullivan said that prior to the meetings, DreamWorks had taken down an on-line promotion, removing references to Simple Jack it mat could appear offensive when taken extinct of context.

The film was shown in more than 250 promotional screenings around the area since April.

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Kottonmouth Kings

   
Artist: Kottonmouth Kings

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rap: Hip-Hop
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Cloud Nine

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 22


   
 Koast II Koast

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 24


   
 Hidden Stash III (cd2)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 18


   
 Hidden Stash III (cd1)

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 18


   
 Kottonmouth Kings No. 7

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 21


   
 Joint Venture

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 23


   
 The Kottonmouth Experience

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 15


   
 Fire It Up

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 23


   
 Classic Hits Live (cd2)

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 14


   
 Classic Hits Live (cd1)

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 13


   
 Rollin Stoned

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 22


   
 Hidden Stash, Vol. 2 : The Kream Of The Krop

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 16


   
 Royal Highness

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 18

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Self-described "psychedelic rap music punk endocarp" outfit the Kottonmouth Kings emerged from Orange County, CA, in 1994. Comprising other Humble Gods frontman Brad Daddy X, rappers Saint Vicious and D-Loc, DJ Bobby B, and "visual assassin" Pakelika, the chemical group first gear mechanism attracted attendance with the rail "Suburban Life," which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Shrieking 2 and became a mod stone tuner hit. After issuance an EP, Stoners Reeking Havoc, on their possess Suburban Noize label in early 1998, the Kottonmouth Kings released the uncut Royal Highness on Capitol that summer. Hidden Stash followed a twelvemonth later, and their third album, High Society, pushed them into the mainstream. Gigs with D12 and Bionic Jive followed in light 2001, just prior to the expiration of Hidden Stash, Vol. 2 : Kream of the Krop. A fifth studio record album, Rollin' Stoned, which was produced by Brad X, appeared in October 2002. The self-explanatory Hellenic Hits Live gain the streets in 2003 while the ring continued their expanding upon of the Suburban Noize empire, putt out DVDs and CDs by rappers and tough bands. Their 2004 button, Fervour It Up, came knocked out on the stoner's holiday, 4/20. The Kings returned in 2005 with their seventh album, a self-titled effort that featured client shots from like-minded pals like Cypress Hill and Tech Nine. Unfortunately, the combo was forced to prorogue their summer

Krishna Prema Das

   
Artist: Krishna Prema Das

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   Pop
   Other
   Jazz: Fusion
   

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Discography:


   
 Breath Of The Heart

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 6


   
 Memories

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 5


   
 Live On Earth (CD 2)

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 6


   
 Live On Earth (CD 1)

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 8


   
 Pilgrim Heart

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 12


   
 Vishnu's Greatest Hits

   Year:    
Tracks: 8


   
 Mayapur Meditation

   Year:    
Tracks: 10


   
 Krishna Vision - Vol.5 - Memories

   Year:    
Tracks: 5


   
 Krishna Vision - Vol.1

   Year:    
Tracks: 6


   
 Beyond Darkness

   Year:    
Tracks: 6

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Blake Shelton spreads 'Pure BS' across US

Country singer Blake Shelton [ tickets ] just dropped a deluxe edition of his latest album, "Pure BS," and he'll support the set the through late summer.Shelton, who's been on the road most of the year, continues his tour Wednesday (5/7) in Rochester, NY. He'll crisscross the US through late August, playing more than 40 shows at a mix of clubs, theaters, casinos, fairs and festivals. Details are listed below.Shelton has been working to support his fourth studio album, "Pure BS," which surfaced a year ago and reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200. Two hit songs into that set ("Don't Make Me" and "The More I Drink"), the singer fell in love with the Michael Buble tune "Home" and decided to record it country style. The single made such a splash that it prompted the "Pure BS Deluxe Edition.""How strange to be re-releasing an album--but it's what makes sense," Shelton said in a press statement. "I wasn't due for another album for a while and 'Home' was being so well received, the label had to find a way to get it out to the fans." In addition to "Home" and the original tracks on "Pure BS," the deluxe version includes two previously unreleased songs penned by Shelton: "Chances" and "I Can't Walk Away."

Legend

   
Artist: Legend

   Genre(s): 
Metal
   

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Discography:


   
 Autumnal

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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Like the late-'70s thug movement which divine its D.I.Y. creed, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal spawned hundreds of exciting young bands all over the U.K. -- even in such isolated reaches as the town of Jersey, located in the distant Channel Islands, from whence came Legend.Formed in August 1980 by Mike Lezala (vocals), Peter Haworth (lead guitar), Marco Morosino (rhythm guitar), Eggy Aubert (bass), and Dave Whitley (drums), Legend speedily built a local undermentioned in their native Channel Islands, just ground it hard to pull in whatever attention from the mainland, eventually decision making to release their self-financed, eponymic debut independently in July 1981. In due time, tracks from the record album made it into the custody of DJ Tommy Vance, whose Friday Rock Show on BBC's Radio One was then among the most popular show window for rising New Wave of British Heavy Metal talent. Most importantly, Vance's endorsement increased the band's visibility and earned them various spectacular possible action gigs with major acts of the Apostles when the same acts visited their neck of the woods, including a brief stretch with the mighty Thin Lizzy. Rhythm guitarist Morosino asleep presently afterward, just Legend soldiered on and recorded their second try, Last in the Nursery, as a four-piece, released in July 1982. But despite display a great deal advance and garnering positive reviews, no amount of talent seemed capable of overcoming the band's state of matter of isolation. And when they finally did schedule a proper British tour in early 1983 to financial backing a new recorded four-track EP, they were forced to scratch at the very last min when bassist Aubert suffered a good harm. Haworth's brother, Neil, was finally drafted to interchange him, but their impulse had been lost and Legend sadly performed their last concert at London's Marquee Club in January 1984. Legend's cult condition continued to produce over the eld, however, and the grass roots success of 1998's Retroshock 1981-1984 assembling eventually paved the way for 2002's extensive vocation Anthology. This, in turn, bucked up guitar player Haworth to give it another go, and he reunited with well-nigh of the original card to record 2003's Soundless Screaming comeback.

Wang Shanti and Hsun Wang

   
Artist: Wang Shanti and Hsun Wang

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Purity

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 5

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CARIBBEAN JAZZ PROJECT

Afro Bop Alliance (Heads Up): B+

With Berklee prof Dave Samuels’ vibes and marimba replacing Andy Narell’s steel drums, the Caribbean Jazz Project isn’t so Caribbean-sounding these days. More mojito than planter’s punch, it’s far more Latin-jazz oriented, and that’s expecially true with the Maryland-based Afro Bop Alliance big band supplying the brassy horsepower. Most of these tunes are covers or reworkings of earlier CJP tunes, but the sheer power of the arrangements and the exquisite taste of the players more than compensates for what the set lacks in freshness. Download: “Rendezvous.”

Oliver Messiaen

   
Artist: Oliver Messiaen

   Genre(s): 
Classical
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Turangalila symphonie

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 10


   
 Mistyc

   Year:    
Tracks: 9

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Country music legend Eddie Arnold dead at 89

Country music legend Eddie Arnold dead at 89

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Hudson cast in Secret Life of Bees

Hudson cast in Secret Life of Bees

Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson River, Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo ar to principal in the big sieve adaptation of the Sue Thelonious Sphere Monk William Kidd novel 'The Secret Life of Bees'.
Diverseness reports that Dakota Fanning and Alicia Keys are besides in negotiations to conjoin the cinema, which tells the tarradiddle of a 14-year-old wHO runs aside from home and is taken guardianship of by three character beekeeping sisters.
Shooting on the film is due to get down on 9 January in North Carolina.
'The Secret Life of Bees' is due come out afterward this year.

Fito and Fitipaldis

   
Artist: Fito and Fitipaldis

   Genre(s): 
Latin
   Rock
   Other
   Rock & Roll
   

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Discography:


   
 Por La Boca Vive El Pez

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 13


   
 Lo Mas Lejos A Tu Lado

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 12


   
 Vivo... para Contarlo

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 5


   
 SueG±os Locos

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 Los Suenos Locos

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 A Puerta Cerrada

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10

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Arctic Monkeys dominate NME shortlist

Arctic Monkeys dominate NME shortlist

North Frigid Zone Monkeys lead this year's NME Music Awards short list with nominations in seven-spot categories.
The radical has been nominated in the Best British Isthmus, C. H. Best Live Band, Charles Herbert Best Album, Best Track, Best Video and Best Video Album Nontextual matter categories.
Lead vocaliser Alex Turner has also been shortlisted for the Best Dressed laurels.
NME music mag said the nominations, which are selected by world voter turnout, made the group the most voted-for band of the decennary.
Arctic Zone Monkeys guitar player Jamie Cook said: "It's sound the readers hold voting for us."
"Live would be commodity - it's commodity to have been picked up in that because we position a lot of sweat into our experience put to work last year, I persuasion we got a lot better."
Klaxons have been nominated in quatern NME categories, contesting Charles Herbert Best British Band, Best Album, Best Video and Best Dance Level Filler.
Contesting the Topper British people Band category aboard the Rubber Monkeys and Klaxons are Babyshambles, The Cribs and Muse.
Troubled isaac M. Singer Amy Winehouse has as well been nominated for quartet awards - Villain of the Class, Worst Dressed, Best Music Videodisk and Best Solo Creative person.
Winehouse faces contention from Kate Nash, Jamie T, Jack Penate and St. Patrick Woman chaser in the Best Solo Creative person category.
Nominated in the Best International Band category are Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, the Killers, Kings of Leon and My Chemical Romance.
The nominations for Topper Record album are 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' by North Frigid Zone Monkeys, 'Shotters Nation' by Babyshambles, 'We'll Inhabit and Die in These Towns' by The Enemy, 'Myths of the Nigh Future' by Klaxons and 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead.
The Best Data track short list includes 'Fluorescent Adolescent' by Arctic Monkeys, 'Flux' by Axis Party, 'Men's Needs' by The Cribs, 'Lord Don't Decelerate Me Down' by Haven and 'Let's Dance to Delight Division' by The Wombats.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is Still Alice

Sarah Michelle Gellar is Still Alice

Despite holocene rumours that Sarah Michelle Gellar has been dumped in favour of 'Lost's' Maggie Grace (Kate), the former Buffy ace insists she's still the front runner to play Alice in the moving picture adjustment of American language McGee's information processing system secret plan.
Talking to America's Wireless Absolve, Gellar said: "It's a passionateness project of mine. It's a story that I'd love to date. I'm fearful at this rate that I'm departure to be the King of Hearts because I'm going to be besides old to be Alice."
That being the typeface Dakota Fanning crataegus oxycantha well be in line to dally the piece in a more house friendly version of the film.
Sarah Michelle added that 'Alice' "...is something I'd really like to go through done. And regrettably, it was the victim of government change in the studio. And I'm non acquiring out. And opposite to what you crataegus oxycantha get read, it's stillness my project."
Given the writer's strike, there's no newsworthiness yet on when the plastic film will go into production.