Nine Inch Nails TV show

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Nine Inch Nails TV show
by: Marco Gandolfi

Rockers Nine Inch Nails are turning their latest album Year Zero into a TV show.

Frontman Trent Reznor has penned a story around their 2007 release, a concept album featuring the singer’s Orwellian forecast of the U.S. around the year 2022, and is currently posing the idea to various TV networks.

He says, “We’ve got a producer on board and have met with writers. If it works, it works and if it doesn’t, it doesn’t. I’m more interested in it being a television show than a film at this point. We’re about to pitch it to the network, so we’re a couple of weeks away from meeting all of the main people and we’ll see what happens.”

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Jack White has baby boy

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Jack White has baby boy
by: Marco Gandolfi

White Stripes frontman Jack White and his wife, Karen Elson, are the parents of a baby boy.

The couple’s second child, named Henry Lee White, was born on Tuesday, White’s publicist revealed.

White and Elson already have a 15-month-old daughter, Scarlett Teresa White.

“The new child and his mother are both feeling very healthy and happy,” White’s representative, Chloe Walsh, said in a statement.

White, 32, married Elson, a 28-year-old model, in 2005.

The White Stripes are currently on a break from their North America tour, which will resume on September 13 at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Emma Bunton has baby

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Emma Bunton has baby
by: Marco Gandolfi

Emma Bunton has given birth to a baby boy today, it has been announced.

The Spice Girl and her boyfriend, former pop star Jade Jones, are understood to have named the baby Beau, after the delivery this morning.

He was born in the private London Portland Hospital and mother and son are said to be “doing fine”, according to an official spokesman.

“Emma gave birth to a boy at 11.12am this morning. The weight was 7lbs 15oz, which is the same weight as Jade when he was born.

“I believe the name they have chosen is Beau, which is French for handsome”, the spokesman explained.

He continued: “The phone’s been ringing off the hook, but none of the Spice Girls have called yet. I’m sure they will but they’re all out of the country at the moment.”

As previously reported, the Spice Girls are due to begin their comeback world tour in Vancouver, Canada in December.

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Wanna be Notorious B.I.G.?

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B.I.G. film opportunity
by: Marco Gandolfi

There simply wasn’t a star big enough to play the role of the Notorious B.I.G. on the big screen. So producers opted to give the role to an unknown instead. Do you have what it takes to fill these big shoes?

Fox Searchlight Pictures has been working on the bio pic, entitled “Notorious,” for years and have yet to find the perfect actor to play the famed rapper. So they decided that an open casting call was in order. While the official announcement won’t be made until later today, they tipped off the Associated Press about it a day early.

So get your video auditions in order because submissions begin this Sunday at 3 a.m. at http://www.biggiecasting.com .

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The Roots to Tour With Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte and Dave Matthews Band

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The Roots to Tour With Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte and Dave Matthews Band

Despite scattered talk of a new record, ?uestlove and his Roots keep on trucking behind last year’s Game Theory. Not that we’re complaining, especially since two of their next three dates are on the pretty sweet Rock the Bells tour.

After they wrap up those shows, the Roots will appear in East Troy, Wisconsin for two shows with…Dave Matthews Band. They will then try to wash that image out of our minds by leading the VH1-sponsored Hip Hop Honors Tour with Big Daddy Kane and MC Lyte shortly thereafter.

The Roots’ next show is a non-Rock the Bells appearance in Salt Lake City tomorrow (August 10).
Dates:

08-10 Salt Lake City, UT – Port O’Call
08-11 San Bernardino, CA – Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen (Rock the Bells)
08-18 San Francisco, CA – McCovey Cove Parking Lot (Rock the Bells)
08-25 East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley *
08-26 East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley *
08-31 Turin, NY – Snow Ridge Ski Arena
09-13 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore #
09-14 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues #
09-15 Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues #
09-17 Denver, CO – Paramount #
09-19 Dallas, TX – House of Blues #
09-20 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues #
09-23 Chicago, IL – House of Blues #
09-24 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues #
09-26 Blacksburg, VA – Burris Auditorium
09-27 Norfolk, VA – NorVa #
09-29 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club #
09-30 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head #
10-02 Worcester, MA – Palladium #
10-03 Philadelphia, PA – The Electric Factory #
10-05 New York, NY – Nokia Theatre #

* with Dave Matthews Band
# with Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte

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Van Halen to announce return

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Van Halen to announce return
by: Marco Gandolfi

Van Halen will officially announce their reunion tour with David Lee Roth next Monday at a press event in Los Angeles. Billboard broke the news of an imminent announcement earlier this week.

A press event will take place on Monday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, according to Billboard and the band is expected to announce a reunion tour that will kick off a 50 date North American arena run in October.

Alex and Eddie Van Halen will be joined by original vocalist David Lee Roth and Eddie’s son Wolfgang for the tour. Also in October former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony will also be hitting the road together.

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