Steven Spielberg - Spielberg Feels Responsible For West London Bug Problems

STEVEN SPIELBERG feels partly to blame for the bugs that plague those living near to Elstree Studios in London - because he may have inadvertently sparked the problem when he was filming INDIANA JONES + THE TEMPLE OF DOOM there.

The moviemaker reveals it was a constant challenge keeping the real creepy crawlies he hired for the shoot on set - because handlers couldn't keep them under control.

Spielberg covered his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, with the bugs for one shocking scene - and is now convinced he's partly responsible for infestations in West London.

He says, "The problem with bugs is they're fast and they're small and they can escape so it was very hard for us to keep the bugs in the confines of the very small set we had built.

"The bugs would literally be 25 per cent less every day we shot. And they would escape under the real estate of Elstree Studios and they'd eventually get into the eco system of the surrounding communities.

"By the last day of shooting we only had 25 per cent of our bugs left; not nearly enough to make the scene work - so we had to send out for more bugs."

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Pearl Jam To Release Live "Bootlegs" On Their US Tour

Pearl Jam will be selling live "bootlegs" of each date on their current U.S. tour - which began last night, June 11th, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Three weeks after every show, a CD of the gig will be sold via the band's official website, while MP3s and FLACs will be available just two weeks after each performance.

Mobile "bootlegs", which can be used as ringtones, will also be available, featuring three live recordings from each show. These will be released through the website and via Verizon Wireless' V CAST Music service.

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Grounded

   
Artist: Grounded

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 All-Too-Human

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12

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Kevin Greening Died From a Drugs Overdose After Bondage Session

Kevin Greening died from a drugs overdose after taking part in a gay bondage session, an inquest heard Tuesday.

The body of the 44-year-old former BBC Radio 1 Breakfast DJ was found by police in a flat in Wandsworth, south London, in December last year, Westminster Coroner's Court heard.

Coroner Paul Knapman recorded a verdict of misadventure.

He said, "He was found dead having indulged in unorthodox sexual behaviour involving restraint equipment and illegal drugs."

On the day he died, Greening -- who co-hosted Radio 1's breakfast show from 1997 to 1998 with fellow DJ Zoe Ball -- had been in a leather sling attached to scaffolding in the bedroom of the flat occupied by his boyfriend Sean Griffin, the inquest heard.

At the time, the inquest heard, Greening was still wearing a rubber suit and had cling film and "gaffer tape" around him.

Recording his verdict, Mr Knapman said Greening died from a "mixed drugs toxicity" or overdose and not from being held "in a form of bondage."

Griffin -- who had had initially been arrested on suspicion of murder but was later released without charge when the circumstances of Kevin's death had become clear -- told the inquest he had become concerned about the radio star when he noticed that his face was pale and the area around his mouth was grey.

Asked by Dr Knapman to confirm that at all times their activity had been "perfectly consensual" between the two men in the privacy of the flat, Mr Griffin replied: "Indeed."

"Kevin and I had a very happy and very vigorous sex life," he said.

"It was not conventional by heterosexual norms perhaps but it was a sex life which was vigorous and imaginative and we enjoyed each other."

The inquest heard that tests on Greening's blood after his death found traces of cocaine and ecstasy.

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Bochum Welt

   
Artist: Bochum Welt

   Genre(s): 
Ambient
   

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Discography:


   
 Fashion Ep

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 4

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Italian electro/techno composer Gianluigi Di Costanzo is the name behind the Milan-based Bochum Welt, whose smattering of atmospherical acrid and electro releases get been quick in establishing him as an artist at the border of post-rave experimental electronica. Inspired by the '70s Dusseldorf scene through such figures as Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider (both of Kraftwerk), as well as artists such as Brian Eno and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Di Costanzo released his first-class honours degree do work as Bochum Welt on the Italian Trance Communications label starting in 1994, at the old age of 21. Focusing largely on acid and more than typical floorbang techno, Di Costanzo worked as much on atmospherical electro and ambient, little of which sawing machine vent until many long time later on (most notably on the Ampoule EP). Though Italy is barely a fastness of techno experiment, Di Costanzo's early Trance twelves, as well as a coaction with labelmates Zenith attracted the attention of Aphex Twin Richard James, whose Rephlex imprint reissued various tracks from the Bochum Welt back-catalog as the Scharlach Eingang EP in 1995. Di Costanzo followed up his Rephlex debut the undermentioned year with a full-length for the label, Module 2; Desktop Robotics followed in 1997, trailed 2 years later by Martians and Spaceships. He has besides released material through and through his have label, Kromode, and the Swiss Axodya label.





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Corrie star Haworth expecting first child

'Coronation Street' star Julia Haworth has revealed that she is pregnant with her first child.
The actress, who plays Claire Peacock in the soap, is due to give birth in July.
The actress revealed she found out the news in November but wanted to keep it quiet until her 12 week scan.
She told The Mirror newspaper: "We haven't stopped smiling. It's such a special time and I feel so lucky we're going to share it."
Haworth added that her character's postnatal depression following the birth of son Freddie had helped "prepare" her for being a mother.
The 28-year-old married accountant Jon Wormold in May 2006 after a two-year romance.

Peru

   
Artist: Peru

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   Ethnic
   

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Discography:


   
 The Best of

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 13


   
 The Best

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 13


   
 Erotic Dreams

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 11


   
 The Prophecies

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 8


   
 Moon

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 10


   
 Klem Live Bootleg

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 2


   
 Constellations

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 7


   
 Forlian

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 9


   
 Points Of The Compass

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 6


   
 Continents

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 5


   
 Macchu Picchu

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 6

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Usher - Usher I Didnt Fire My Mother

R+B star USHER has denied firing his mother as his manager - he insists he "retired her".

The singer ended his 15-year professional relationship with Jonetta Patton just days before Mother's Day last year (07). She then missed his wedding to Tameka Foster last August (08).

He admits the pair fell out, over what he considered to be her lack of support, but he has stressed that he parted ways with her for her own sake.

Usher tells Vibe magazine's July edition, "(I paid her) the ultimate compliment - to retire her to be a full-time grandmother. My mother and I decided to change her situation. There was a conversation. I didn't write her a letter or pink slip her."

The 29-year-old star admits the split was hard for him, but necessary for his career: "I hurt more than anything over these last two years when I felt my mother didn't really embrace my situation. My mother is an aggressive person. She makes hard decisions, and she caused me to make a hard decision as well."

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Mika is eager to win a Brit Award

Pop singer Mika has said that he would love to win a Brit Award at tonight's ceremony.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: "Quite frankly I'd love to win one. I'd like to get British Male but the competition is fierce."
The singer, who faces competition from Take That in the categories of Best Album and Best Single, said: "Take That are a British institution now."
Mika also said that he would love to see his friends in Muse picking up an award.
"I really hope that they win because they really deserve it," he said.

Ashlee Simpson - Simpson Wentz Confirm Pregnancy

Newlyweds ASHLEE SIMPSON and PETE WENTZ have confirmed they are expecting their first child.

The couple has been dogged by pregnancy rumours for weeks, but refused to confirm the news until now.

Wentz announced his new wife is pregnant by writing on his website, "While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child.

"This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family."

The pair wed in Encino, California earlier this month (17May08).

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Morissette Happy For Reynolds And Johansson

Alanis Morissette isn't bitter about her ex-fiance Ryan Reynolds' romance with Scarlett Johansson, insisting the newly engaged couple were meant to be together "spiritually". Reynolds began dating Johansson last year just months after he ended his four year relationship with the Canadian singer. But single Morissette insists she isn't jealous or resentful, telling Entertainment Weekly, "On a certain spiritual level, I feel like everyone's where they need to be." And the star vows never to play out another relationship in the public eye: "Public romance. I'm going to be avoiding that in the future. I think the only time I'll talk about any guy I'm with will be when I'm married with six kids."


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