#BRITS: EMELI SANDÉ WINS TOP HONOURS AT 2013 BRIT AWARDS
The 2013 BRIT Awards took place tonight at London's 02 Arena and walking away with top honours tonight was last year's Critics' Choice Award Winner Emeli Sandé. The Singer/Songwriter won British Album of the Year for her Disc, Our Version of Events and also won British Female Solo Artist. Meanwhile, 25-year-old Folk Artist Ben Howard was also a big Winner, victorious in the categories of British Breakthrough Artist and British Male Solo Artist, a feat accomplished last year by Crossover ...
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#JUNOS: CARLY RAE JEPSEN LEADS 2013 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES
With just two months till the 2013 JUNO Awards, this year's Nominees were announced today and dominating this year is Carly Rae Jepsen, who has made a big splash internationally with her Hit Call Me Maybe. Jepsen is in the running to win: JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
Although he was responsible for helping her Call Me Maybe become a major Hit virally, Justin Bieber was no match for Jepsen, but certainly not disgraced. ...
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#SPOTTED: TIM MCGRAW IN TORONTO FOR “TWO LANES OF FREEDOM” | WIN A SIGNED PHOTO!
Country Megastar Tim McGraw has descended upon Toronto and the Actor/Singer/Songwriter is here to promote his latest Disc from Universal Music, Two Lanes of Freedom, released on February 5, 2013. The hunky husband of equally-a-Megastar Faith Hill, arrived bright and early at City's Breakfast Television to kick-off his day-long Press Tour before returning to Las Vegas for three consecutive weeks of shows at Venetian Theatre in support of the Disc.
Despite being snuck-through a hidden entrance ...
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#SPOTTED: NIGELLA LAWSON IN TORONTO FOR “NIGELLISSIMA: INSTANT ITALIAN INSPIRATION”
"Food Porn" Queen Nigella Lawson is currently in Toronto in support of both her latest Book, Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration available via Random House in Canada. The stunning British Food Writer and Television Personality met hundreds of Fans at Indigo - Manulife Centre yesterday, signing copies of her Book and earlier today was at City's Breakfast Television cooking-up recipes from it also.
Stunning, even at 7:00 AM, Lawson stepped-out of her Mercedes and was sweet enough to stop ...
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#NEWMUSIC: ASIAN MEGASTAR KAREN MOK TO MAKE STATESIDE DEBUT WITH “SOMEWHERE I BELONG”
Now this totally made my day! Those of us in North America likely have little idea who Karen Mok is, but in Asia she is an Icon. The Hong Kong-born and British/Italian-educated Singer Actress first made her debut in 1993 as a Singer with moderate success, before branching out into Film and signing to Rock Records in Taiwan, which quickly propelled her Career.
Soon before she knew it, she was working with A-List Directors like Wong Kar Wai and at one point she even was considered for the Steven ...
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#NEWMUSIC: MARIAH CAREY – “ALMOST HOME” (THEME FROM “OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL”)
After much teasing, finally we get the full stream of Mariah Carey's new Single, Almost Home - the Theme Song to Oz The Great and Powerful, co-written and produced by Norwegian Duo Stargate, who are responsible for Beyoncé, Ne-Yo and Rihanna's biggest Hits.
As a die-hard Fan of Mariah's, my complete CD and Deluxe Editions Collection dating back to her 1990 Debut, I am rather pleased with the results. The Track sounds fresh and maybe even somewhat reminiscent of Katy Perry's Wide Awake ...
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#PETS: HOW OLD IS MY CAT OR DOG IN HUMAN YEARS?
Have you ever wondered how old your Dog or Cat really is, in Human Years? I've heard several guestimates - some saying it's 7 years per 1 Human Year for Dogs. I've even heard 15 years for the first Dog Year and then 7 Human Years per year thereafter. Who has it right?
Today when visiting the Vet with Billy I found this amazingly useful Chart which gives a more accurate approximation by Medi Cal and Royal Canin.
Pet Owners, would you say this is accurate? I'd say it seems ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “DIE HARD” FANS RULE THE BOX OFFICE ON VALENTINE’S DAY WEEKEND
Interestingly enough on President's Day/Valentine's Day weekend, Moviegoers opted for action instead of Romance, making the latest in the long-running Die Hard Franchise, the number one Film in North America. The Action Flick starring Bruce Willis grosses $28.2 million from 3,552 theatres between Thursday through Sunday. Audiences responded well with a B+ CinemaScore for the 20th Century Fox release, while Critics panned it with 17% on the Tomatometer. The Film falls just short of its ...
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#OSCARS: MR. WILL & JONATHAN GODFREY FACE-OFF ON THE 85TH ACADEMY AWARDS
Some of you might recall that my dear Friend Jonathan Godfrey, a fellow Film Aficionado has pitched-in a few Reviews here of late. He thought of the brilliant idea of us combining our perspectives together for you all to read right in time for the 85th annual Academy Awards. As it turns out, we have rather different opinions on how we feel the Oscars will unfold. We both live for Oscars Day and these would be our choices if we were given Ballots by the Academy...
SUPPORTING ACTRESS & ...
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#NEWMUSIC: ONE DIRECTION – “ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS)”
After a series of upsetting leaks, One Direction finally release their Charity Single for Comic Relief, a Charity Organization for Famine Relief in Ethiopia.
The Track, a Cover of the Blondie 1979 Classic, breathes some freshness into it with a bit of a Punk edge, containing elements of The Undertones' Teenage Kicks. The Boys' famous Arena-filling Choruses define this as being unmistakably 1D!
Listen to One Direction's One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) below:
See the official Artwork ...
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