Music news

Daisy Dares You: ‘I’m not like Pixie Lott’

Daisy Dares You has rejected comparisons to Pixie Lott.

The singer, who released debut single ‘Number One Enemy’ on Monday, claimed that the two artists have different musical styles.

Daisy said “I’m new so you can’t blame people for comparing me with others because it takes time to get across who you really are,” .

“I don’t get the similarities with Pixie Lott though. We might be blonde, young and both from Essex, but our music and the concept is different.

“At the end of the day, comparisons should only really be made about the music that we’re making.”

The 16-year-old went on to praise a host of new acts who have emerged recently, claiming that they have brought more variety to the music industry.

“I’ve really liked Delphic ever since I saw them performing with the Friendly Fires last year. I’m a big fan of Hurts too – I got given this really good remix vinyl of theirs the other day, I think they’ll do really well,” she said.

“Everything that is out at the moment is really good, because everyone is a songwriter and doing different things to each other.”

Daisy Dares You recently announced that her debut album will be called Rush.
                                       

 Black Eyed Peas get second week at US No.1

Black Eyed Peas have secured a second week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Imme Be’.

The group hold off competition from Young Money, who climbs one place to two with ‘Bed Rock’.

Rihanna jumps 15 to eight with ‘Rude Boy’, the third single from her Rated R album to enter the top 10.

Elsewhere, Lady GaGa’s ‘Telephone’ rises a further two places to 12 and The Script’s ‘Breakeven’ continues its steady climb, going up three to 19.

The highest new entry comes from Ludacris, who debuts at 46 with his Nicki Minaj collaboration ‘My Chick Bad’.

Taio Cruz’s ‘Break Your Heart’, which recently topped the US iTunes chart, enters the countdown at 53.

Lady GaGa wins three German Echo awards
Lady GaGa has scooped three prizes at the annual Echo Awards in Germany.

The singer picked up the ‘Best Newcomer’ and ‘Best International Rock/Pop Act’ prizes, while her single ‘Poker Face’ was named ‘Hit of the Year’.

Robbie Williams took home the ‘Best International Pop Artist’ award.

Rock act Silbermond and hip-hop star Jan Delay were also honoured at the German Phono-graphic Academy’s ceremony, while Peter Fox was handed the coveted ’Best Album’ award for Stadtaffe.

Rihanna, Ke$ha, Robbie Williams and Sade all performed at the event, which was held in the capital Berlin last night.

Film Review

 Alice in wonderland showing at vue cinemas thurrock and has been rated a PG and has a running time of 1 hour and 48 minutes. 
 A friend of mine has actually seen this film and rates it a lot. I have also seen the trailer for this and it looks like a film worth seeing.

when nineteen year old Alice returns to the magical world of her childhood adventure to reunite with her friends the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar  and the Cheshire Cat. Alice discovers her true destiny as she joins forces with the colourful denizens of Wonderland to overthrow the wicked Red Queen

Case 39 showing at empire cinemas basildon and has been rated a 15

“Case 39″ is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as a family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilth Sullivan . Emily’s worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilth, their only daughter.
Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.

Alvin and the chipmunks the squeakquel at odeon thurrock rated a pg

Everyone’s favourite furry brothers, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, are back in ‘Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel’.

After a freak accident involving Alvin and Dave Seville, they go and live with Dave’s cool cousin Toby. That means they also have to enrol in school, where they have to deal with the ‘Chipettes’!

Managed by their greedy former manager, the ‘Chipettes’ are desperate to overtake the Chipmunks as the next big thing.

But when the Chipmunks and the ‘Chippettes’ put their differences aside, they discover that together they make a formidable furry super-group!

One of odeons customers who reviewed this film said: “This film was very funny in places and my 7 year old was riveted, however the sound of the chipmunks talking was grating and rather loud.
Having said that this film had our feet tapping and i left with a smile on my face.”

  At the deli counter

Each week where going to pop down to the deli counter to see what cheesy songs they have on sale, this weeks cheesy song that was on sale is :  Alphabeat – Fascination

 if you enjoy playing games then the weekend warm up is just what you need as each week we will be bringing you our very own Game Review.

our first game review this week is a xbox and ps3 game: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare  (Xbox 360)

This game has been out a while but still everyone loves it and its call of duty modern warfare 2. Well i actually have this game and i love it, so if you don’t have it then its one i would definitely recommend.
The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hot spots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy group threatening the world.

We have second game review this week and its a Wii game: We Cheer

Gosh my family love there games i tell ya because my sister has this game and she is on it all the time. Its a great game to help with personal fitness or just for fun.
It can be played solo or multi-player so everyone can get involved.

The Wii-motes become your pom-poms in the Wii’s most energetic take on cheer leading to date.
We Cheer features a range of licensed songs and specially choreographed dances moves that’ll get you dancing round your living room like a pro.
For fun or fitness, females of all ages are given the chance to jump, shout and shake it all about just like a real cheerleader.
By using two Wii Remotes as virtual pom-poms, you follow on-screen commands to perform a variety of high-energy spins, kicks and twists.

Here is where you can catch up on everything that has happened on the weekend warm up ! 

Music news 

 New Cold play material “quite different”
 

Brian Eno has spoken about his involvement on the new Cold play album. 

The band revealed last month that they are returning to the studio with Eno for their upcoming fifth album this spring, which front man Chris Martin later announced he wants to release before Christmas. 

The veteran producer, who helmed Coldplay’s 2008 album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, told BBC 6 Music that he has forced them out of their comfort zones on the record. 

“It’s not rocket science, and it’s not Svengali-ism either,” he explained. “It’s not some attempt to subvert the band, but just to see what other possibilities are lurking within them that might not come out within their normal working situations.” 

Describing the group’s latest tracks, he added: “It’s quite different from anything they’ve done before, I think, so far anyway. I don’t know how it will end up being, but it’s very fresh.” 

 Ke$ha ‘gets naked before going on stage’
  

Ke$ha has admitted that she and her band perform a ritual before every concert. 

The ‘Blah Blah Blah’ singer told The Sun that she strips off every time she is about to go on stage. 

“Me and my band get naked, lather ourselves in baby oil, then roll in glitter,” she explained. “We do it before every gig.” 

Ke$ha recently revealed that she is attracted to Ricky Gervais 

 ’Glee’ album holds on to Irish top spot. 

The Glee cast have topped the Irish albums chart with soundtrack Glee: The Music, Volume I for a second consecutive week. 

The collection of tracks from the hit US comedy-drama holds off competition from Paolo Nutini’s Sunny Side Up and Florence and the Machine’s Lungs, which take second and third position respectively. 

Lady GaGa’s The Fame Monster holds steady in fourth place, while posthumous Johnny Cash album American VI: Ain’t No Grave is the highest new entry of the week in fifth. 

Welsh singer Marina and the Diamonds also brings a new entry to the top ten this week, with her debut studio album The Family Jewels landing in ninth spot. 

The top ten albums in full (click where possible for our reviews): 

1. (1) Glee Cast: ‘Glee: The Music, Volume I’
2. (3) Paolo Nutini: ‘Sunny Side Up’
3. (7) Florence and the Machine: ‘Lungs’
4. (4) Lady GaGa: ‘The Fame Monster’
5. (-) Johnny Cash: ‘American VI: Ain’t No Grave’
6. (8) Mumford & Sons: ‘Sigh No More’
7. (2) Michael Bublé: ‘Crazy Love’
8. (5) The High Kings: ‘Memory Lane’
9. (-) Marina and the Diamonds: ‘The Family Jewels’
10. (6) Andre Rieu: ‘Forever Vienna’
  

Film Reviews
 

 Fireman Sam:Great Fire Of Pontypandy    ` 

When Fireman Sam performs a super-heroic rescue he is awarded a special bravery medal and offered a new job in New town by visiting Chief Fire Officer Boyce.
Meanwhile, a Pontypandy Pioneer Scouts camping trip leads to a forest fire that threatens to engulf Pontypandy, forcing everyone to prepare to evacuate! Will Fireman Sam leave his beloved town and will this be the end of Pontypandy?
                                                             
Find out in THE GREAT FIRE OF PONTYPANDY! 

 The Crazies showing at empire cinemas basildon and has been rated a 15 

 
The American Dream goes horribly wrong when the residents of a small Mid-Western town start succumbing to an uncontrollable urge for violence. As the horrific bloodshed escalates into anarchy, the military attempts to contain the epidemic, using deadly force to seal off the town. This means that the few healthy citizens who remain are trapped in a hellish scenario where depraved killers lurk in the shadows. Sheriff David Dutton. his pregnant wife Judy, medical assistant Becca and Dutton’s deputy Russell find themselves trapped in a once-idyllic town they can no longer recognise.
Unable to trust former neighbours and friends, deserted by the authorities and terrified of contracting the illness themselves, they are forced to band together in a desperate and bloody struggle for survival. 

Extraordinary Measures at odeon Thurrock rated a pg

 
Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser star in ‘Extraordinary Measures’, based on the true story of one man’s mission to find a cure for his children’s life threatening disease.

John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is forced to abandon a successful career as his two youngest children are diagnosed with a fatal disease. 

Teaming up with an unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford), John forms a bio-tech company to develop a life-saving drug. 

But, on the verge of discovering a breakthrough, the two men face a final test – one that will ultimately decide the fate of John’s children 

 At the deli counter
 

Each week where going to pop down to the deli counter to see what cheesy songs they have on sale, this weeks cheesy song that was on sale this was a spicy type of cheese : Spice Girls – Wanna be 

 if you enjoy playing games then the weekend warm up is just what you need as each week we will be bringing you our very own Game Review. 

this week its a xbox game: Aliens vs Predator (Xbox 360) 

The three most deadly predator species in the universe come together for a showdown: chest-bursting aliens, high-tech hunter Predators and well-armed human marines fight for survival against each other in the ultimate in scary first-person shooters, Aliens Vs Predator. 

Aliens Vs Predator updates the classic film-inspired action of the original game with state-of-the-art atmospheric visuals and all new features including groundbreaking  and terrifying three-way multi-player. 

In online multi-player, and in the single-player campaign play as the Alien, able to scale any surface and kill with teeth, claws and tail; or as the Predator, with high-tech hunting camouflage, a master of the stealth kill; or as a Colonial Marine, with firepower and squad numbers to fight back against overwhelmingly lethal odds. 

A three-way fight for survival means epic and scary first-person action in Aliens Vs Predator. 

We have second game review this week and its a Wii game: Just Dance 

Dance to the rhythm of your favorite beat with Ubisoft’s Just Dance, a music & rhythm video game that allows you to dance the night away with your friends and family without ever leaving the house. Invite your friends to join you for a fun late-night dance session, or practice your favorite moves solo on your own. With simple pick-up and play controls, anyone can join the party . . .

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Music news

 Lady Gaga dating her ‘best friend

Lady Gaga is reportedly dating her ‘best friend’.

The ‘Poker Face’ singer is said to have grown increasingly close to her style collaborator Matthew Williams in recent months, who she previously romanced for over a year.

A source said: “Matthew and Gaga have been dating for months. They were together on and off for more than a year, but called it off when mixing work and love became too difficult.’

After the pair first went their separate ways, Gaga began dating an entrepreneur named Speedy while Matthew started a new relationship and became a father.

However, both romances fizzled out and the former couple have now got back together after growing close on the star’s ‘Monster Ball’ tour.                                     

 Tinchy Stryder ‘proud’ of Brits nomination

Tinchy Stryder has revealed that he feels proud to be nominated for a Brit Award.

The rapper, whose N-Dubz collaboration is up for ‘British Single’, admitted that he never imagined being recognised at the annual ceremony.

“To be nominated is a crazy feeling, man – I’m excited and proud of myself,” he told the Daily Star.

“The Brits is something I used to watch. It was one of those things that was so massive to me that I didn’t ever watch it thinking, ‘I’m gonna be there one day’. I thought, ‘This is for the stars – it’s not for us’.”

The 22-year-old added that he is backing Florence and The Machine to win big at the awards.

“I’ve met Florence before and she’s so cool,” he said.

“I like her songs, and she’s up for a few things, so hopefully she’ll win something.”

The Brit Awards are held at Earl’s Court in London on February 16.

 Peter Andre announces UK arena tour

Peter Andre has announced details of an 11-date UK arena tour in December.

The singer, who released new album Unconditional Love Songs last week, will kick off the jaunt in Birmingham on December 2.

Andre starts his current theatre tour in Clacton on February 19.

The full Peter Andre December arena dates:
December 2 – Birmingham, LG Arena
December 3 – Cardiff, CIA
December 5 – Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
December 7 – Belfast, Odyssey
December 10 – Brighton, Centre
December 12 – Bournemouth, BIC
December 13 – London, The O2 Arena
December 15 – Glasgow, SECC
December 16 – Aberdeen, AECC
December 18 – Sheffield, Arena
December 19 – Manchester, MEN Arena

Film Review

                 Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief at vue lakeside this has been rated a U
                                  

When 12-year-old New Yorker Percy Jackson discovers he is the descendant of a Greek god, he sets out on a cross-country adventure to settle an ongoing  feud between the ‘Big Three’ – Zeus, Hades and Poseidon – and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.
                                                             

  Battle For Terra 3D showing at empire cinemas basildon and has been rated a PG

The film tells the story of Senn (Justin Long) and Mala (Evan Rachel Wood), two rebellious alien teens living on the beautiful planet Terra, a place that promotes peace and tolerance, having long ago rejected war and weapons of mass destruction. But when Terra is invaded by human beings fleeing a civil war and environmental catastrophe, the planet is plunged into chaos. During the upheaval, Mala befriends an injured human pilot (Luke Wilson) and each learns the  two races are not so different from one another. Together they must face the terrifying realization …

 Game Review

 if you enjoy playing games then the weekend warm up is just what you need as each week we will be bringing you our very own Game Review.

This week its a DS and DSI game: FIFA 10

On the heels of winning 25 international gaming awards with FIFA 09, the top-selling football franchise from EA Sports is surpassed with FIFA 2010. Responding to consumer feedback, FIFA 10 refines the game, focusing on what matters most to fans.

We have second game review this week and its a PS3 game: DJ hero

Expanding upon the revolutionary easy to pick up/challenging to master game play mechanics developed and refined in Guitar Hero®, DJ Hero™ delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to rule the party and not only experience, but to hear music in an all-new way.
 With over 100 individual songs, highlighted in over 80 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, R&B, pop, rock and electronica, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists.

On the pitch, critical gameplay fundamentals have been enhanced to ensure that FIFA 2010 mirrors real-world football, providing more sophisticated ball control, and physical interaction.

 A brand new feature to the show and its called At the deli counter

Each week where going to pop down to the deli counter to see what cheesy songs they have on sale, this weeks cheesy song that was on sale was a love cheese: B52’s – Love shack

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This is the place where you can catch everything that has happened in the show. So lets start with the music news !! 

  Music news

  Pixie Lott ‘desperate to go on tour’
                                                        

Pixie Lott has revealed that she is eager to embark on her first headline tour.

The ‘Cry Me Out’ singer, who performed for the Q The Music Club at the Hard Rock Cafe in London, admitted that she wants to play more full sets.

“I’m hoping I will go on tour soon as I want to do as many shows as possible but I don’t know how many we can fit in the schedule,” she told the Daily Star.

“The night before I performed at Hard Rock, I went to bed thinking that every day I have to do promotional work. Then I realised that the next day all I had to do was get up on stage and sing and do what I love.” She added: “I was so excited about performing a full set.”

Lott recently announced that she is working on new material for a US release of her debut album Turn It Up.

Dolly Parton gets up at 3am make-up for husband 

 
Dolly Parton gets up at 3am to put her make-up on. The country singer – who has had a number of cosmetic surgery procedures, including having her breasts enlarged to a 40DD cup – still takes a great deal of pride in her appearance at 64 and likes to look perfect for her husband Carl Dean when he wakes up.

Dolly – who has been wed to Carl for 44 years – said: ‘I usually get up at 3am. I don’t require a lot of sleep and if I get tired, I’ll take a powernap during the day.

‘When my Carl is awake, I’ll put on my make-up and roll my hair a little, because I don’t want to look bad for him, do I?’

Dolly also insists she never had sex with anyone to further her career when she was starting out in the tough, male dominated country music industry.

                                 Victoria Beckham has ‘I’m Too Sexy’ ring tone

Victoria Beckham has Right Said Fred’s ‘I’m Too Sexy’ as her mobile phone ring tone.

The former Spice Girl’s husband, soccer star David Beckham, decided to ‘take the mickey and change the settings on her handset so the 90s pop anthem blasts out every time she receives a call.

She told Love magazine: ‘It was David who set my phone up to play Right Said Fred. Honestly – he’s trying to take the mickey and I can’t change it because I’m rubbish with phones.’

Instead, the singer-turned-fashion designer is left shame-faced when her phone goes off in a public place.

She explained: ‘I’ll be at the gym and suddenly I’ve got Right Said Fred playing and I’m mortified.’

The 35-year-old star – who has sons Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, seven, and four-year-old Cruz with David – also revealed although the couple are very happy together they don’t always share the same passions.

Film Review

The Princess and the Frog at vue cinema

Based on a new story by producer Lionel Wigram using Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous characters, the film follows Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr) and his loyal assistant Dr Watson (Law) as they deal with a mysterious new nemesis: Lord Blackwood (Strong), a cult leader and Satanist who harbours the most deadly of intentions. Abandoning the accepted portrayals of Holmes and Watson, as perfected by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the films of the 1930s and ’40s, # Downey Jr’s Holmes is a modern, bohemian man of action and intellect, while Law’s Watson is no longer the bumbling fool of old, but a much sharper character with an eye for the ladies and a taste for gambling.The classic fairytale gets an updated twist in Disney’s animated musical comedy set in the French quarter of  the city of New Orleans. Transformed into a frog by the evil voodoo man Dr Facilier, Prince Naveen from the land of Maldonia goes in search of a princess to  break the spell. He finds a young African-American girl called Tiana and, mistaking her for a princess, asks her for a restorative kiss.

Youth In Revolt age 15 showing at empire cinemas basildon.

A refreshingly grown-up comedy about a couple who strike up an affair – years after their divorce.

A decade after their marriage break-up, restaurant owner Jane (Meryl Streep) and attorney Jake (Alec Baldwin) are amicable friends who have moved on with their lives. But problems set in when the pair find themselves out of town attending their son’s graduation.
An innocent meal together rekindles their romance and turns into an uncontrollable love affair.
With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane realises she has become the ‘other woman’!
Stuck in the middle of their restored love story is goofy architect Adam (Steve Martin) who is trying his best to woo Jane, much to Jake’s annoyance.

A brand new feature to the show and its called At the deli counter

Each week where going to pop down to the deli counter to see what cheesy songs they have on sale, this weeks cheesy song that was on sale was:  right said Fred – I’m too sexy.  This cheese was actually being sold not far from Victoria Beckham’s house.

  if you enjoy playing games then the weekend warm up is just what you need as each week we will be bringing you our very own Game Review.

this week its a xbox game:Aliens vs Predator
Hunter, Survivor, Prey?

Those are your options. Two of Sci-Fi’s greatest creatures are back – and we’re smack in the middle of it. In Alien Versus Predator you get to play as all three species in an all out battle for supremacy but more importantly survival.

Will you let your animal instincts take over and be the Xenomorph who loves the dark corners?
 Or the cloaked and deadly Predator who is packed with otherworld technology?  Or the Colonial Marines who are the state of the art bad asses packing flame throwers and pulse rifles?

Choose your species, let the battle begin and put your survival skills to the test.

We had a second game review this week and its a Nintendo Wii game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii)

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: The Crystal Bearers opens up a whole new style of game design never experienced in previous FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES games. Set in a huge and beautifully created open-world universe, players will be treated to a magnificent story of adventure, exploration and puzzle solving.

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