Wednesday 10 September 2008

'Gold-digger' Mills breaks charity promise

Heather Mills�- the ex of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney -�has failed to hand over a multi-million pound sign charity donation, it has been claimed.



The former model vowed to give "a large majority" of her �24.3 million divorce payment from McCartney to the Adopt-A-Minefield organisation, of which she is a patron.


But charity sources title they haven't received anything.


A source aforementioned: "They get waited in vain for their millions. She's had plenty of time, only sadly it's yet some other untruth by the queen of lies."


Mills made the donation wassail in 2006 during divorce proceedings from the former Beatles star.


She also added in an interview last year: "Around 80 percentage of my money goes to charity."


Meanwhile, Mills's former publicist has branded her a "pathological liar".


Michele Elyzabeth says she was duped into spreading false stories about McCartney and claims Mills bugged his conversations with his daughter Stella.


Michele, who quit after running for Mills for quadruplet years, told Britain's News of the World newspaper: "She is a calculative pathological liar and the biggest b***h on the planet.


"At one stage we were so close I viewed her as the daughter I never had. Today I think of her as the beldam I wish I never met.


"I was foolish and saw her simply as the devoted humanitarian, charity campaigner and protective female parent she wanted the earth to see.


"Now I need the public to know who the real Heather Mills is."


The publicist besides alleged that Mills only married McCartney for his money.


She added: "I have asked myself many times what was Heather's motivation, but it all points to one thing - money.


"She is a gold panner. I'm certain her marriage to Paul was all about the money. She lied to me around Paul gift her money and experienced how she dodges bills - including my have fees."


Mills and McCartney split up in 2006 after four years of marriage. Their split up was finalised earlier this year.








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Thursday 21 August 2008

Song lyrics wear well on clothing

LOS ANGELES � Online music thieves can't interfere with the hundreds of songwriters Hanna Schmieder has on her payroll.



Her company, Lyric Culture, prints illustrious song lyrics on high-end jeans and T-shirts � and pays artists for the privilege.



"My goal is to write the music business," says Schmieder, herself a singer-songwriter. "This is about generating new taxation streams for musicians. ... The record companies take a piece of the term of enlistment and the merchandise, but they can't take a piece of this."



Legendary and lesser-known songwriters earn be royalties for each lyric-covered item Schmieder's company sells. John Lennon and Paul McCartney cause money for every "Let It Be" or "Can't Buy Me Love" T-shirt sold; and when person buys the groovy red-and-pink top divine by Gloria Gaynor's disco music anthem "I Will Survive," writers Frederick Perren and Dino Fekaris get paid.



Schmieder made deals with all the major music-publishing houses, licensing rights to hits by the Beatles, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin and countless other artists. Schmieder selects T-shirt-worthy tracks, then Lyric Culture's creative squad interprets each song with original, hand-drawn designs. The famous lyrics are unconnected inside and outside each pricey piece.



"I can't believe I'm entrusted with the legacy of the near famous words in the world," says the willowy blonde Schmieder, dressed teetotum to toe in her designs.



Lyric Culture jeans, scarves, T-shirts, belt buckles and leather jackets sell for $75 to $625 at boutiques and specialty stores. Lyrix, the company's younker collection � which features T-shirts and hoodies with designs inspired by Miley Cyrus and "American Idol" � sells items for $23 to $55 at Macy's and other department stores. Artist royalties range from 50 cents to $20 per item.



Schmieder, 31, accidentally created her company two years ago during a dreamy moment in the recording studio. She was piece of writing songs on her jeans in plain old permanent pen when entrepreneurial stirring struck.



Songwriter and producer Antonina Armato � who has penned tunes for Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens and the Jonas Brothers � loved the Lyric Culture concept earlier Schmieder approached her around licensing her songs. Schmieder's company "supports the dreams and the aspirations and the artistic creation," Armato says. "It's almost like she's giving a scholarship to these people who ar being creative."










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Wednesday 6 August 2008

Kammerflimmer Kollektief

Kammerflimmer Kollektief   
Artist: Kammerflimmer Kollektief

   Genre(s): 
Experimental
   



Discography:


Absencen   
 Absencen

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 11




Originally starting prohibited as a one-person sleeping room recording project of ambient noises and electronica for Thomas Weber, Kammerflimmer Kollektief would finally expand into a six-piece collective by 1999. Along with Christopher Brunner, Dietrich Foth, Johannes Frisch, Anne Vortisch, and Heike Wendelin, the set would play end-to-end their native of Karlsruhe, Germany, in front sign speech a speak with Payola Records in the year of their formation. This resulted in their 1999 debut full-length, Maander, and Incommunicado the next year; a statistical distribution carry on with Temporary Residence Limited landed their releases in the United States in front their tierce record book album, Delirium, came out in 2001.





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Thursday 19 June 2008

LiveDaily Weekend: Madonna, Tina Turner, The Police, Spoon and more

This week's edition features news, tour and ticketing info about Madonna [ tickets ], Stone Temple Pilots [ tickets ], Hootie & The Blowfish, Santana, Blake Shelton, Tom Waits, Spoon [ tickets ], Modest Mouse, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Elton John, Tina Turner [ tickets ], Stevie Wonder [ tickets ], Def Leppard [ tickets ], Carrie Underwood, NOFX [ tickets ], Celine Dion, Kenny Chesney, Josh Groban, Vegoose, Nine Inch Nails, The Police [ tickets ], Neil Diamond [ tickets ] and Madonna.

Thursday 12 June 2008

Today's SIFF lineup

Low-tech space opera, played for laughs, has been a science-fiction staple at least since "Dark Star" and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" developed cult followings. A silly, sepia-toned Italian variation, "Apollo 54" (playing tonight and Sunday at the Harvard Exit), is the first feature-length creation of a gang of merry pranksters called The 54 Group. It follows long-haired scientist Bobby Joe and his dimmer co-pilot, Jim Bob, as they test the limits of space and time. Bobby Joe is fond of making pretentious announcements that explain each new twist in their adventure, while Jim Bob just wants to find a way back home. But making lunch is frankly more their speed. Slurping spaghetti and gorging themselves on subway sandwiches, they do battle with a space dragon that looks a lot like a roasted chicken once they're finished with it. Soon they're fighting over who gets to "analyze" it by taste-testing.



John Hartl,



Special to The Seattle Times



Today's schedule



Benaroya Hall



7:30 p.m. — "Alexander Nevsky"



Egyptian



3:30 p.m. — "The Secret of the Grain"



7 p.m. — "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Tennis Shoes"



9:30 p.m. — "Visioneers"



Harvard Exit



4:30 p.m. — "Fields of Fuel"



7 p.m. — "The Bluetooth Virgin"



9:30 p.m. — "Apollo 54"



Pacific Place Cinema



4:30 p.m. — "Postcards From Leningrad"



7 p.m. — "Frozen River"



9:30 p.m. — "Leroy"



SIFF Cinema



4:30 p.m. — "Theater of War"



7 p.m. — "Love and Other Crimes"



9:30 p.m. — "Fairytale of Kathmandu"



Uptown



4:15 p.m. — "Lady Jane"



7 p.m. — "Summer Heat"



9:30 p.m. — "Perfect Match ... "








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Friday 6 June 2008

Tatum O'Neal arrested on drugs charge

Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal, the former child star who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a 2004 memoir, has been arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the streets of New York City.

Monday 2 June 2008

Corrie's David just 'wants to be loved'

'Coronation Street' actor Jack P Shepherd has claimed that his character David Platt is misunderstood and "just wants to be loved".
According to the show's official website, the actor told InsideSoap Yearbook: "David can do some malicious things but I think he just wants to be loved. He craves a bit of affection."
"He's never had much attention from his mum, Gail. She was always running around after David's brother, Nick, and Sarah and then she moved on to caring about Bethany, so David just feels like he was pushed to one side," he said.
"He's found that by being bad he gets lots of attention. That's the only time Gail really notices him."
Shepherd said: "David could go down a really dark path, but there are different sides to him. David is an emotional character and he can do comedy - he's quite a comedian sometimes."
"I think he does have different dimensions to his character, which makes him so much fun to watch. But probably his main strength is being a nasty, evil, twisted little git."