LONDON (AP) — Cash-strapped music company EMI Group Ltd. has shelved plans to sell Abbey Road and is now looking for an investor to help save the London recording studio made famous by The Beatles.
News last week that EMI had been speaking to potential buyers sparked dismay among music fans. Former Beatle Paul McCartney said he hoped Abbey Road could be preserved, and the National Trust heritage group said it was considering buying
LONDON (Reuters) – Music company EMI wants to retain ownership of the Abbey Roadrecording studios, immortalized by the Beatles album of the same name, though it is talking to other parties about revitalizing the site, EMI said on Sunday.
A source familiar with the situation told Reuters last week that loss-making EMI had put the studios up for sale and was talking to a few interested firms, although no deal was imminent.
Veteran actor William Shatner is returning to the small screen in a new comedy based on one man’s controversial Twitter account. The former Star Trek actor has signed up to appear in a TV pilot based on S**t My Dad Says, which has turned creator Justin Halpern into an internet sensation since he debuted the blog in August.
Shatner will play a character based on Halpern’s larger-than-life father, whose obscene rants are featured in Halpern’s ‘tweets’.
The show, which (more…)
BOSTON (AP) — A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him — and not the other way around — during a confrontation aboard a taxiing Air Canada flight.
Sky Blu says in a video on TMZ.com he was trying to go to sleep when he leaned his seat back on a Vancouver-to-Los Angeles flight Monday. He says Romney loudly told him to straighten it and grabbed his shoulder.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sure, Akon has a new album coming out this year. But thanks to Lady Gaga, he doesn’t really need it — financially at least.
“She’s pretty much retired me,” the singer said of Gaga, who is signed to his KonLive imprint at Interscope Records. “She was definitely a blessing. She came at the right moment. I’m glad I believed in her, boy. That goes to show you, if you believe in something
BOSTON – A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him — and not the other way around — during a confrontation aboard a taxiing Air Canada flight.
Sky Blu says in a video on TMZ.com he was trying to go to sleep when he leaned his seat back on a Vancouver-to-Los Angeles flight Monday. He says Romney loudly told him to straighten it and grabbed his shoulder.
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Stephen Baldwin has reassured fans of his brother Alec, insisting the star is feeling “great” after his early morning dash to hospital on Thursday.
Paramedics transported Alec Baldwin to a New York hospital after receiving a 911 call, believed to have been made by his 14-year-old daughter Ireland, from his Manhattan apartment.
He was released after a brief check-up and his representative subsequently insisted the hospital visit had been one big “misunderstanding”, amid (more…)
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily escaped jail on Tuesday when his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed on the same day he bid goodbye to fans in a video he posted on the Web.
Lil Wayne, 27, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, appeared in New York State Supreme Court where his sentencing was postponed until March 2 because he needed time to heal from a dental operation, his lawyer Stacey Richman told
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Rihanna’s rumored lover Matt Kemp has opened up about the pair’s relationship - insisting they are “just good friends.” The Umbrella hit-maker was first linked to the baseball player at the end of last year, and rumors of a new romance flourished when the pair was spotted frolicking in Mexico.
They were subsequently seen watching a basketball game together in Los Angeles, fueling reports they are dating.
Rihanna recently quashed gossip about her love life, insisting (more…)
James Cameron is convinced his sci-fi epic Avatar will lose out at the upcoming Academy Awards, but hopes his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow takes home the Best Picture Oscar instead.
Cameron’s blockbuster will go up against Bigelow’s gritty war drama The Hurt Locker for the coveted prize at the upcoming ceremony in March, along with eight other films including Up in the Air, The Blind Side and Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire.
The moviemaker will also compete (more…)
