Ed Harcourt - Ed Harcourt Puts Career On Hold

ED HARCOURT has revealed he has put his solo calling on hold and is currently concentrating on working with other people.

The singer-songwriter has aforementioned he is enjoying collaborating with various artists, including THE STREETS' Mike Skinner.

"I've written trey songs this week with different people. I simply wanted to do something different because I reached a transitional period in my vocation this time last twelvemonth and I wanted to put my own life history on a back burner and do other stuff," he told BBC 6 Music.

He added that he may well turn up on THE STREETS unexampled album playing mandolin or banjo.

"I can't wait to hear it. I've heard songs that I?m playacting on that are amazing. He [Mike Skinner] has definitely got something to say I think," he said.

Elsewhere, Mike Skinner recently claimed that finishing THE STREETS new album EVERYTHING IS BORROWED was unrivalled of the highlights of his life.

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Kanye West beats Timbaland to produce new Jay-Z album

Kanye West is now set to produce the whole of Jay-Z's forthcoming album, 'Blueprint 3'.


It has been claimed by influential DJ Mick Boogie that the rapper-producer has beaten Timbaland to the roll.


"Kanye will indeed be producing most, if not all, of the album," Boogie wrote on his web log. "Remember back in the day when an artist would do a whole album with one producer for cohesion? Think hellenic or with Primo...and fast forward it to 2008."

Timbaland had originally declared he would produce the album in its entirety, although Jay-Z later played down his involvement in the project.

Boogie also revealed that 'Jockin', the lately performed Noel Gallagher-baiting track, is probable to be leaked onto the net by Jay-Z shortly.


"Jay testament be leaking the finished version of 'Jockin' as soon as he adds a new third verse line to the song," he wrote.

'Blueprint 3' is rumoured to be arrange for release in December.



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Coldplay Have No.1 Selling Album In 36 Countries

Coldplay�s album �Viva La Vida� has to date been the No.1 selling album in 36 countries around the world, including in the U.S., where it held the top spot for two weeks, and in the U.K. where the album has been No.1 for the last four-spot weeks. Coldplay�s previous album, the 10 million-selling �X&Y�, reached No.1 in 32 countries in 2005.�������������

In a number of countries, including the U.K., France, Germany and Japan, first workweek sales of �Viva La Vida� exceeded those of �X&Y�, and �Viva La Vida� has already been certified atomic number 79 or atomic number 78 in 31 countries including platinum in the USA, Germany and Australia and double atomic number 78 in the U.K. and Canada.������������

In many countries �Viva La Vida� held the top patch on the album chart in its second week, including in the USA, U.K., Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand.�������������

�Viva La Vida�

Lucas And Husband Split

Little Britain comic Matt Lucas has split with his partner - becoming the first gay celebrity couple in the U.K. to "divorce". Lucas, 34, married Kevin McGee in a civil partnership ceremony in London in 2006 - meaning the 31-year-old TV producer could now claim up to half of the comedian's estimated $20 million (?10 million) fortune. The British funnyman has now hired legal firm Mishcon de Reya - the same representatives initially used by Heather Mills in her separation from Sir Paul McCartney and by the late Diana, Princess of Wales in her divorce from Charles, Prince of Wales . The couple wed in a lavish ceremony followed by a costume-themed reception at the Banqueting Hall in London's Whitehall in December 2006, where Lucas dressed as Aladdin and McGee as Prince Charming. A joint statement released on Wednesday reads: "It is with sadness Matt and Kevin announce their relationship has come to an end. Their separation is amicable." The break-up comes just one day after gay unions were made official in California.


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The Dream Academy

   
Artist: The Dream Academy

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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 A Different Kind of Weather

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 11

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Fela Kuti and The Africa 70

Tre Hardson

   
Artist: Tre Hardson

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   

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 Liberation

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 17

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Tré Hardson (aka Slim Kid 3) was one of the rappers world Health Organization made the Pharcyde the most novel alternative rap group on the West Coast. He also worn-out metre producing likely acts of the Apostles such as the Roots and at least one frightfully improbable one, Brian Austin Green (best-known for his role on Beverly Hills 90210). His solo debut, 2002's Release, appeared under his apt name.





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The Foot Fist Way

The tenets of the martial arts as they apply to Fred Simmons (co-writer Danny McBride)--a self-absorbed, self-deluded strip-mall Tae Kwon Do instructor--are explored in this appealing indie farce. When Fred�s not belittling or berating his students, he�s espousing his loony philosophies and demonstrating his own (mediocre) prowess at Tae Kwon Do--utterly convinced that he is the living embodiment of the art. Life throws him a curveball--or gives him a karate chop to the neck, if you will--when he discovers that his bimbo wife Suzie (Mary Jane Bostick) has been playing around. His inner strength shaken to the core, Fred tries to apply the very teachings he espouses to his own mess of a life, succeeding only in making it messier. Nevertheless, as befits come-from-behind stories like this, fate has a way of smiling on the underdog--no matter how stupid he may be.McBride, soon to be seen in Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express, plays it perfectly straight as the pompous boor, who�s not nearly as smart, sexy or savvy as he thinks he is. Instead, he�s smug, smarmy, and would be utterly unbearable were it not for the clueless charm that McBride plays him with. It�s a splendid comedic performance. Bostick complements McBride perfectly as the bubble-headed, salon-tanned, stereotypical dumb-blonde wife, who just can�t seem to keep her hands to herself--and we�re not talking about the martial (or even the marital) arts. Ben Best, who also collaborated on the screenplay with McBride and Jody Hill, comes into the game late as Fred�s chop-socky idol, the equally smarmy Chuck �The Truck� Wallace, whose own adherence to the contemplative and spiritual nature of the martial arts is as bogus as Fred�s. As the most stalwart of Fred�s students, Spencer Moreno and Carlos Lopez IV stand out, with director Hill himself rounds out an enthusiastic cast of up-and-comers.The true success of the film is its confident execution, which belies Hill�s first-timer status. The Foot Fist Way is consistently funny not because of the slapstick gags--although those work, too--but in the pitch-perfect realization of characters that, in other hands, might well have been insufferable. Instead, they�re amusing and appealing--even more so the worse they behave. The Hollywood landscape is littered with slob comedies that mistake lowbrow idiocy for inventiveness. The Foot Fist Way never makes that mistake, and it moves speedily and entertainingly enough that its slow patches are quickly forgotten and forgiven.

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