Xerox & Illumination & other: May 2008

John Krovoza Matthew Bellamy Matthew - Howard, Dom

Artist: John Krovoza Matthew Bellamy Matthew - Howard, Dom

   Genre(s):
Indie

Discography:

String Quartet Tribute to Muse

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

Spears is reunited with her mother

Pop singer Britney Spears has reportedly been reunited with her mother Lynne Spears, following a recent fall-out.
According to People magazine, the pair have been photographed together in Los Angeles in recent days.
However, the report suggests that Spears was seen arguing with her mother while on a visit to a car dealership.
An onlooker said: "Lynne and Britney were arguing in the car the whole time. They're both upset and arguing, not having a good time at all."
"After she came out, she pulled over to the side of the road to argue with her mom more," the source said.

Russell Watson - Watson I Wanted To Die

British opera singer RUSSELL WATSON was so traumatised throughout his brain tumour ordeal, he wished for death to end his suffering.

The 41-year-old tenor fell ill during a recording session in October (07) and underwent emergency surgery after doctors discovered he had fallen victim to a second tumour - just a year after his first operation to remove a growth from his brain.

And Watson admits that when he was rushed to hospital before the second operation, he wanted to die to ease his pain.

He says, "All I wanted to do was drift off to sleep. I was convinced my time had come and I was going to die. I was so close to death I just thought, 'Come on. Bring it on. I've had enough.'

"I didn't want to go through all that s** again. I'd had enough. Lights out. Game over."

But it was the thought of his young daughters that persuaded Watson not to give up.

He adds, "I started thinking about my kids, I thought, 'What are they going to do without their dad?' I suddenly thought, 'No! F**k this! I'm not ready to die. I will fight this!'"

Watson made a good recovery after the surgery and has now finished a course of chemotherapy. He has two daughters Rebecca, 13, and Hannah, seven, from his marriage to Helen Watson which ended in 2001.

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Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love Duo Plans Hits For Idol Winner

The songwriting superduo behind LEONA LEWIS' smash hit BLEEDING LOVE has given new AMERICAN IDOL winner DAVID COOK a big boost by offering to write him a string of tunes.

Jesse MCCartney and Ryan Tedder originally wrote Bleeding Love for MCCartney's new album - but realised the song would be better sung by a woman, giving Lewis, the winner of British TV talent competition The X-Factor, a huge hit.

And now the duo hopes to do the same for another talent show victor.

MCCartney says, "Ryan and I are planning to write some songs with him for his (Cook) album."

Cook beat fellow finalist David Archuleta in the Idol finale on Wednesday (21May08).

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Karen Allen - Allen Hopes Indiana Jones Will Help Her Love Life

Actress KAREN ALLEN hopes her role in the fourth INDIANA JONES movie wins her a new life partner, but she's reconciled to the fact she might live alone for the rest of her life.

The divorced Raiders of the Lost Ark star reprises her role of Marion Ravenwood in the new blockbuster, and she quietly hopes the high-profile part lands her a suitor.

But the 56-year-old actress admits the chances of her finding a mate for the rest of her life are slim.

Allen tells More magazine, "I feel that if I'm going to get involved at this point, I'm looking for a person I'd spend the rest of my life with. And short of that, I honestly like being on my own.

"Every once in a while, I'll see a really romantic movie and think, `Why can't I find somebody like him?' But I'm kind of reconciled to the possibility that I might not."

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Michael Stipe - Stipe Still Cant Listen To Nirvana After Cobain Tragedy

R.E.M. star MICHAEL STIPE can no longer listen to an entire NIRVANA album because remembering the death of his friend KURT COBAIN is still too painful.

The rocker admits to being a huge fan of the Smells Like Teen Spirit hitmakers, and regrets he hasn't been able to listen to classic albums like Nevermind and In Utero since Cobain killed himself in 1994.

He says, "The great tragedy of his death is that, as an artist, as someone pushing things forward, he was really pushing himself.

"He had reached a point where he was about to push through to something that was so phenomenal and so beautiful.

"It was all written, it was all right there and it was so obvious where he was going, and then he didn't make it.

"I still have trouble... I can't listen to an entire Nirvana record."

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Fair to Midland

Artist: Fair to Midland

   Genre(s):
Rock
   Blues

Discography:

Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True

Year: 2007
Tracks: 11

Inter Funda Stifle

Year: 2004
Tracks: 15

The Carbon Copy Silver Lining

Year: 2002
Tracks: 12

Formed in 1998 in Sulphur Springs, TX, prog metal band Fair to Midland ar vocaliser Darroh Sudderth, guitar player Cliff Campbell, bassist Jon Dicken, drummer Brett Stowers, and keyboardist Matt Langley. After 2 severally released records (The Carbon Copy Silver Lining EP in 2001 and Bury. Funda. Stifle in 2004), the circle caught the attention of System of a Down's Serj Tankian, wHO sign-language them to his mark, Serjical Strike, in April 2006. The Drawn and Quartered EP, featuring demo and live tracks, arrived later on that year. Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True, with production from David Bottrill (Dick, King Crimson), was released in June 2007.