Tom Odell has been crowned the winner of the BRITs 2013 Critics’ Choice Award, beating off competition from Laura Mvula and AlunaGeorge.
Frontman of 2010 break out band The Drums, Jonny Pierce, has today announced his solo career with his debut track ‘I Didn’t Realise’, and the promise of an album in 2013 which he has written, recorded and produced. The Drums released their self titled debut album in 2010 to critical acclaim after being shortlisted for…
Coldplay have announced they are taking a three year break from big live shows.
Further to an earlier report, George Lucas has announced that he will be donating the majority of his $4.05 billion settlement from the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney to charity. The filmmaker has not announced which specific organisation the money will be going towards yet, but reports indicate that the chosen charity will be one…
Amidst a strong crop of British albums, Alt-J won this year’s Mercury Music Prize, beating off competition from Lianne La Havas and The Maccabees, for their debut album An Awesome Wave. The win came unexpected for the four-piece who formed at Leeds University in 2007 and have had a great year garnering support from XFM and…
The makers of the sitcom Community announced on Tuesday that the premiering of the 4th season on NBC has been pushed back to February 7th, 4 months later than the original date. The 4th season was supposed to begin on NBC on October 19th, but a video featuring the cast was released recently that confirmed…
It has been anounced today that Lucas Films, owned solely by George Lucas, is being sold to the Walt Disney Co. in a $4 billion deal. This includes rights to Lucas’ world-famous Star Wars series, where a new film is scheduled to be released in 2015. George Lucas stated: “It’s now time for me to pass…
Airing its second season on Channel 4 at the moment, Homeland has proved a success in the US and the UK with staggering viewing figures. A third season for the hit US show has now been confirmed, with 12 episodes set to air in late 2013. Homeland’s first season, set around CIA agent (Claire Danes)…
Hilary Mantel has become the first woman and the first British writer to win the Man Booker Prize for a second time. Today, Mantel won the coveted literary award for her novel, Bring Up the Bodies – a follow up Wolf Hall, which also won the award back in 2009. Bring Up the Bodies is the second installment of…
New animated feature Frankenweenie hits cinema next week with The Edge ready to get behind the scenes.
Just by looking at some of the previous winners, it is clear to see the prestige and honour that the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize provides. Excluding the occasional odd winner like 2009’s Speech DeBelle, the Prize has previously been presented to a variety of British artists with exceptional albums, including Dizzee Rascal in 2003, Arctic Monkeys…
Since their debut in Los Angeles in October 2009 a super group featuring Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nigel Godrich Radiohead’s long-term producer and well-travelled percussionists Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco has been doing the rounds over in the states. Finally christened by Thom Yorke as Atoms for Peace, they have been…
Mr Brainwash, aka Thierry Guetta rumoured to be Banksy’s guise, opened his solo exhibition of street art in central London yesterday. In the queue of the first two hundred visitors, I was given a free souvenir spray can and felt the buzz around the exhibition as I went in. Located at the Old Sorting Office,…
Film director Tony Scott has died at the age of 68 in Los Angeles after jumping off a bridge. At the time of writing, his death is believed to be a suicide. Tony Scott was one of Hollywood’s biggest directors, and was responsible for modern classics such as Top Gun, Crimson Tide, and True Romance,…