Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Police ban Pete from festival

PETE DOHERTY has been barred from headlining an upcoming UK festival with
BABYSHAMBLES.


Police have told the ex-jailbird he cannot take to the stagecoach at Moonfest next
weekend in Wiltshire - and have indirectly caused the whole event to be
cancelled.

KATE MOSS' old squeeze was set to play at the knock on August 29, simply
an investigation into his band's stage manner lED coppers to conclude their
performance would be likely to propel violence.


Ch Supt Julian Kirby aforesaid: "We carried out an analysis of what Pete
Doherty and his banding does.


"What he does as theatrical role of his routine is to gee up the crowd. They speed
up and then slow down the music and create a maelstrom effect in the crowd.


"They (the crowd) all get geed up and then they start fighting."


It is believed the sheath represents the first time police anywhere in the
country have used Section 160 of the Licensing Act (2003) to get a
operation stopped.


Drummer ADAM FICEK, who revealed the circle would render to organize an
alternative show, aforementioned: "The whole thing is a farce, it's about
comical."


Now the music weekender has been pulled entirely.



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Sunday, 17 August 2008

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS

FICTION


1. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)


2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)


3. "Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press)


4. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)


5. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)


6. "The Bourne Sanction" by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central)


7. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (The Dial Press)


8. "Moscow Rules" by Daniel Silva (Putnam)


9. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)


10. "The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)


11. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)



12. "The Lace Reader" by Brunonia Barry (Morrow)


13. "Tribute" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)


14. "The Last Patriot" by Brad Thor (Atria)


15. "Love the One You're With" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press)


NONFICTION


1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)


2. "The Obama Nation" by Jerome R. Corsi (Threshold Editions)


3. "Stori Telling" by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight)


5. "You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)


6. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)


7. "StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)


8. "Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within." by Maria Shriver (Hyperion)


9. "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)


10. "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate" by David Freddoso (Regnery)


11. "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)


12. "Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, The Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It" by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann (Harper)


13. "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals" by Jane Mayer (Doubleday)


14. "Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss" by Danica McKellar (Hudson Street Press)


15. "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Other's Don't" by Jim Collins (Collins)


The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the calendar week ended last Saturday at more than 2,D Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.










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Thursday, 7 August 2008

McAdams and Gosling back together?

Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling have sparked rumours they induce rekindled their relationship.



The �Mean Girls' headliner and the �Half Nelson' actor - who rent last April after geological dating for 2 years - were reunited at Los Angeles' Green Door couch, where Ryan made his DJ debut.


An onlooker said: "Rachel and Ryan talked when he was away from the deejay stand. They really looked like good pals. He seemed happy to see her."


Ryan is a big music fan, and has signed up to perform at the