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Metallica Score Best-Selling Album, Beating Shania Twain
23 December 2009 10:32 PM, PST
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This week, one of Metallica's albums is named the top-selling album in the Nielsen SoundScan era. Their 1991 self-titled studio album "Metallica" has sold more than 15,490,000 copies, surpassing previously best-selling effort, Shania Twain's "Come on Over" which pulled in around 15,487,000 units to date.
This achievement gives the band the No. 1 position on Nielsen's "release to date" chart and makes them the first hard rock act to top the list as the previous champs were ranging from mainstream pop, rock and country musics. Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard [Original Soundtrack]" ruled the chart in 1991, Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" topped the list in 1996, and Shania Twain's "Come on Over" led the pack in 2001.
Beside pulling in an impressive selling number, "Metallica" album has also earned the James Hetfield-fronted band a Golden Gramophone for Best Metal Performance with Vocal at 1992 Grammy Awards. At the same year moreover, they took home Best
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'Avatar's' 'I See You' and Other Earworms
18 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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This year's Golden Globes had some surprises and let-downs for everyone, but one of the stranger picks (in my opinion, anyway) was a nod for the Avatar theme by Leona Lewis, "I See You." Like it or not, this pop confection has become quite the ear worm and even has worn some fans of the film down to the point where they like it. (Maybe it's Stockholm syndrome?)
Coincidentally, James Cameron's Titanic also served up a seriously damaging, and perhaps more potent, ear worm in the form of Céline Dion's Oscar-winning song "My Heart Will Go On," written by James Horner and Will Jennings. Like it or not, Dion's soaring vocals stuck with you long after leaving the theater, probably because it was being played everywhere.
Others include "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston from The Bodyguard, which she also starred in with Kevin Costner, "The
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'The Lovely Bones' Star Stanley Tucci Praises Christina Aguilera's Acting Debut In 'Burlesque'
11 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST
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When Eminem decided that his status as a superstar musician gave him the credentials to become an actor, the result was “8 Mile,” an Oscar-nominated instant classic; Mariah Carey’s 2001 bomb “Glitter” might just be the worst movie ever made. Somewhere in between, we’ve had Britney’s “Crossroads,” Whitney Houston’s “The Bodyguard,” 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” and dozens of other boundary-defying debuts. Now, it’s time for Christina Aguilera to finally make the move – and one of her famous co-stars thinks Xtina has what it takes.
“I hear she’s wonderful,” explained Stanley Tucci, the accomplished veteran actor/writer/director of more than 80 movies and TV shows, who has been cast alongside Aguilera in “Burlesque,” also starring Cher, Kristen Bell and Cam Gigandet. “I’ve been talking to some of the people at the studio, and everyone is thrilled with her.”
Written and directed by Hollywood vet Steve Antin,
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Rihanna Said “I’m a bad girl…..”
8 December 2009 4:15 AM, PST
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The ‘Russian Roulette’ singer has revealed she has a naughty streak and gets a thrill from trying new things which have an element of risk.
She said: “I’m a bad girl and I like dangerous stuff!”
The 21-year-old beauty is also keen to move into acting hopes to transfer her love of danger onto the big screen soon.
She explained: “Hopefully – we are working on that idea right now.”
Earlier in the year, the ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker had a string of meetings with film bosses about upcoming projects and was believed to be in line to star in a remake of ‘The Bodyguard’ – the hit 90s film which starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.
Rihanna was also thought to be looking into working on a ‘Charlie’s Angel’s sequel and a film project with Justin Timberlake.
However, last month, the sexy singer – who has been single since splitting from
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Ross McCall: The Everyday Guy Amidst the L.A. Insanity of "Crash"
22 November 2009 8:12 PM, PST
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(Ross McCall and Eric Roberts, left, in "Crash.")
By Terry Keefe
(This article is currently appearing in this month's Venice Magazine.)
It isn’t necessarily great news for an actor to hear that the television series they’ve been starring in is going to be “retooled” in its second season. Your character can be retooled right out the door. Or, it can develop significantly. The latter has fortunately been the case for actor Ross McCall, who has been playing Kenny Battalgia on “Crash” for both of its two seasons. Earlier in the year, veteran producer and writer Ira Steven Behr (“Deep Space Nine”) was brought on as the new show runner, and he merged Kenny’s storyline with that of billionaire Seth Blanchard, the billionaire played by Eric Roberts in the new season, and the major plot focus. Blanchard has a spiritual reawakening which causes him to forgo the building of a new L.
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Whitney Houston Not Joining 'Desperate Housewives'
8 October 2009 12:47 PM, PDT
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There was much hullabaloo with the rumors that Whitney Houston, he Whitney Houston, is set to visit Wisteria Lane with a recurring role on Desperate Housewives. It was reported that the come-backing diva was in negotiations with ABC people for a recurring role.
Reps for Desperate Housewives had denied these rumors and said no such thing is happening. Houston, who recently made a splash with her Oprah interview and new album, is of course no stranger to acting. Other than The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, and The Preacher's Wife, she had made a cameo appearance as herself on Boston Public in 2003.
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Whitney Houston Tells Oprah Bobby Brown Was Her 'Drug'
15 September 2009 6:19 AM, PDT
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In part one of her interview, singer explains how she lost interest in her music career.
By Gil Kaufman
Whitney Houston in her Oprah Winfrey Show Interview
Photo: Harpo Productions
Whitney Houston was back on top last week thanks to her comeback album, I Look To You. But for the past decade-plus, the singer told Oprah Winfrey on Monday, her life has been a roller coaster of drugs, jealousy, emotional abuse and a chaotic, "crazy love" with ex-husband Bobby Brown.
"He was my drug," Houston, 46, said on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "I didn't do anything without him. I wasn't getting high by myself. It was me and him together, and we were partners, and that's what my high was — him. He and I being together, and whatever we did, we did it together. No matter what, we did it together."
That included descending into a frightening abyss of drugs,
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Whitney Houston admits freebasing cocaine
15 September 2009 3:07 AM, PDT
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Whitney Houston has admitted that she and her ex-husband Bobby Brown used to freebase cocaine in marijuana joints. Speaking on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the singer again denied smoking crack cocaine with a pipe. Houston said: "Before The Bodyguard it was very light. After The Bodyguard it started getting heavy. Cocaine. Marijuana. We were lacing our marijuana with base. We would buy a kilo. "We were not doing pipe smoking. You roll it up and you smoke it in your weed. It's almost like heroin-cocaine speedballs but you level it off with marijuana, okay?" (more)
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Whitney Houston: Bobby Brown Spit on Me
14 September 2009 2:55 PM, PDT
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Jealousy and emotional abuse derailed Whitney Houston's once-happy marriage to Bobby Brown, the R&B diva revealed during an emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Telling the talk show host about her post-Bodyguard career highs, Houston says her then-husband couldn't handle her success. "I think somewhere inside, something happens to a man when a woman has that much control or has that much fame," the singer said during her much-hyped appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show that aired Monday. (Part two of the interview will air on Tuesday).
Asked if Brown was jealous of her, Houston, 46, told Winfrey, "he's not going to like this,
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Whitney Houston Spent Seven Months In Pajamas Getting High On Cocaine
10 September 2009 11:17 PM, PDT
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Whitney Houston spent seven months in her pajamas getting high on crack cocaine. The soul singer made the shocking confession in an interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
Speaking about the explosive segment which will air in the U.S. next week, Oprah said: "It will leave you gasping. She does not blame her ex-husband Bobby Brown and she takes full responsibility for her engagement in drugs."
"At one point she says, 'I didn't get out of my pajamas for seven months.' She talks about doing the drugs and sitting in the house and the two of them going, 'What are we doing?'"
The 46-year-old star also reveals her addiction began shortly after she starred in 1992 film "The Bodyguard."
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Houston 'wanted to be the good wife'
10 September 2009 3:22 AM, PDT
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Oprah Winfrey has claimed that Whitney Houston intentionally played herself down to "fit" her failed marriage to Bobby Brown. In a trailer for a two-part interview with Houston, Winfrey suggested that other women will understand the singer's actions, Music-News reports. Winfrey said: "She talks about when it started to go wrong and it started to go wrong after The Bodyguard, that was a long time ago. "The thing that is the most shocking to me is that Whitney Houston tried (more)
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Whitney Houston Debuts At #1 On Billboard Albums Chart
9 September 2009 11:15 PM, PDT
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Whitney Houston rightfully earns the title for "Comeback of the Year" this week, earning her first #1 album in sixteen years. Her latest, "I Look To You," became Houston's fourth #1 album and her first since 1993's "The Bodyguard" soundtrack spent twenty weeks at the top spot. "I Look To You" sold 305,000 copies in its first week. Her last album, "Just Whitney," debuted at #9 in 2002 with 205,000 copies sold.
Miley Cyrus, who got an unofficial head start last week with copies sold before it's official release date, moves up to #2 this week with the Walmart-exclusive "The Time of Our Lives" Ep in its first official week of release. The Ep, which features her #1 digital single "Party in the U.S.A., sold another 153,000 copies.
Houston is also joined in the top 10 by five other new entries. Trey Songz debuts at #3 with "Ready," his first top 10 debut. He sold 131,000 copies in his first week.
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Whitney Houston Makes Comeback at No. 1 on Hot 200
9 September 2009 9:26 PM, PDT
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Whitney Houston makes a grand entry to Billboard Hot 200 by securing the top spot of the chart with her comeback album "I Look to You". According to Nielsen SoundScan, the effort has sold more than 305,000 copies since being released on August 28 across United States.
So far, "I Look to You" sale becomes Whitney's best opening week on the U.S. albums chart. Her previous debut on the chart was in 2002 when she came out with "Just Whitney". At that time, the record garnered 205,000 units and lingered at number 9 in its first week on sale.
"I Look to You" is also Whitney's first chart-topper effort since "The Bodyguard" soundtrack album which is filled by her songs spent 20 weeks as the chart's champ in 1993. Her other chart-topper albums were 1986's eponymous set "Whitney Houston" and its follow-up "Whitney".
Beside Whitney's record, there are five other newcomers who sit at the Top 10 on Hot 200 this week.
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Labor Day TV Marathons (and the movies you'll watch again...and again)
6 September 2009 1:00 PM, PDT
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Whether you're looking to stay on the sofa or you need to know what channels to avoid so you don't end up there on Monday, here's our cheat sheet of notable Labor Day TV marathons. Because we know certain movies can be as sure a thing as, say, 19 hours of The Golden Girls, 18 hours of Dirty Jobs, and 15 hours of NCIS, we've included a bonus list of films to watch/not watch.
TV Marathons, Monday, Sept. 7:
A&E: Criminal Minds (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
ABC Family: Secret Life of the American Teenager (11 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
Animal Planet: Whale Wars (11 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
BBC America: Torchwood: Children of the Earth (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Bet: The Game (9 a.m. to 11 p.m.)
Bravo: The Real Housewives of Atlanta (10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and Top Chef: Las Vegas (3:30 p.
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Ghent Film Festival to Honor Kevin Costner
2 September 2009 2:49 PM, PDT
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The 36th Ghent International Film Festival will honor Kevin Costner with its Career Achievement Award.
The Belgian fest will present the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award to the actor on October 11th, followed by a performance by Costnery’s band “Modern West.”
A two-time Academy Award-winner, the actor is most well-known for his roles in “Dances with Wolves,” “Bull Durham,” “The Bodyguard,” “Field of Dreams,” “JFK,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.”
Previous honorees include Morgan Free
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Whitney Houston to Kick Off New Season of 'Oprah Winfrey Show'
19 August 2009 11:28 PM, PDT
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When "The Oprah Winfrey Show" returns on September 14 for the 24th season, it will tag along a big star as the first guest. The talk show fronted by Oprah Winfrey will welcome Whitney Houston to the famous couch for the first time in seven years.
In a press release on Wednesday, August 19, Oprah has called the appearance as "the most anticipated music interview of the decade." Whitney will talk about her life in the past ten years and the album, "I Look to You" which will arrive in U.S. stores on August 31.
Whitney Houston was a big name in the entertainment industry in the '80s and early '90s when she claimed Grammys and starred in the Oscar-nominated movie, "The Bodyguard". She made ugly headlines following a weight loss, drug use and rocky marriage to Bobby Brown in late '90s.
"I Look to You" will mark her rise from the black hole.
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Ten Things You Never Knew About Whitney Houston
4 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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After seven years in the wilderness and a messy divorce from fellow musician Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston will return this summer with her long-awaited sixth album I Look To You. Despite tearing up the charts in the late '80s and early '90s with hits like 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' and 'I Will Always Love You' from The Bodyguard, Houston fell from grace amid rumours of drug use and dwindling record sales. Read on to to find out some little-known facts about the rise and fall (... and rise) of one of the world's biggest singers. 1. Born on August 9, 1963 to gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, Whitney was always likely to be a musical superstar; she's also the cousin of Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and the goddaughter of soul legend Aretha Franklin. 2. She started her singing career early, and you can find Whitney's name (more)
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Jackman's Bodyguard Remake Rumours 'Totally False'
31 July 2009 5:01 AM, PDT
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Hugh Jackman won't be stepping in to protect Miley Cyrus anytime soon - the actor's representative has denied the pair is set to star in a remake of The Bodyguard.
The duo was rumoured to be planning a new movie, loosely based on the 1992 Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner hit.
Aussie actor Jackman was expected to play a New York police detective hired to guard a spoiled teen heiress - played by Cyrus - after she receives a kidnap threat.
But the X-Men star has no plans to get in the firing line - he won't be appearing in the film.
A spokesperson for the actor says the reports are "totally false".
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Shia Labeouf Gets Enlightened, His Fans Not So Much
30 July 2009 5:20 AM, PDT
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When people say they worship at the altar of their favorite famous hottie, they typically don't mean literally.
Not so for Shia Labeouf.
Fans of the Transformers star have created the Church of Shiantology, complete with the star's face superimposed on iconic religious works of art. And nothing is sacred.
The Disturbia actor disturbingly stands on the mountaintop, gets cradled by (a Shia-faced) Madonna and appears repeatedly on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Oh, and apparently he took over for both Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard. (Yeah, we're not really sure why this image landed on the holy site either).
And here we thought the Robert Pattinson fans were
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Voltron takes another step towards the big screen
21 July 2009 6:05 AM, PDT
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The Box Office success of the Transformers franchise is paving the way for another attempt at a live-action Voltron movie.
Atlas Entertainment has acquired the film rights from owners World Events Productions, according to Risky Biz. Previously, Fox production company New Regency and then Relativity Media had each been interested in the project.
Voltron was a Japanese animated TV series that aired from 1984-1985, showing the exploits of five pilot-controlled robot lions that can combine into the massive, sword-wielding title character to fend off alien invaders.
A second series was made in the 90s and there have also been toys and comic books.
Atlas's Charles Roven, who was a producer on The Dark Knight, said: "It's undeniably impressive that Voltron has sustained itself globally for a quarter of a century."
World Events' Ted Koplar said: "Unlike other robotic action movies, Voltron is the personification of the human spirit, a quality
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