Slua Si & other: July 2008

UK Says Martha's a Bad Thing

The Red Coats want nothing to do with Martha Stewart!

The domestic goddess has been turned down for a visa to enter Britain because of her rap sheet. She was reportedly set to tour several areas of the country, as well as tour the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Stewart spent five months in a federal prison in 2004 after she was convicted of conspiracy and lying to the Feds.

Her rep told the Daily Telegraph "Martha loves England and hopes this can be resolved and that she will be able to visit soon."

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Boy George - Boy George To Thank Cash-strapped Fans With Charity Show

BOY GEORGE is considering turning his return to America into a charity show - so he can pay back two fans who spent $10,000 (GBP5,000) on a concert that won't take place.

The former Culture Club star has been forced to scrap his summer shows in the states after being denied a U.S. visa due to a pending legal wrangle.

And although he feels terrible about the news, he's more upset about the fans who have already purchased tickets and plane fares.

In an online chat with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, he says, "There's fans that have spent thousands of pounds (dollars) on tickets and that's really sad.

"There's a couple of fans who have spent, like, $10,000 and they're not gonna get it back.

"We'll have to do something to help them; we'll have a charity night or something."

George, real name George O'Dowd, hopes to return to America in 2009 once his pending litigation has been resolved.

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Britney Not Charged For Running Over Foot

Britney Spears has had a lucky streak - she's gotten off scot-free from being charged for allegedly running over a photographer's foot last year.

The photographer in question did not file the claim against Britney until six months after the incident. Prosecutors ruled that the only way his foot could have been where the video evidence indicated was that if he had put it there himself.

According to District Attorney Joseph Shidler, Britney's car was surrounded by paparazzi at the time of the incident, and a voice on the video footage told Spears to back up.

"We have no evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the suspect was aware that the victim's foot had been struck by the car," Shidler said.

"There was much commotion and noise at the time and there is no proof that [Spears] was aware of what had happened."

Britney arrived in her family's home-town in Kentwood, Louisiana earlier today for the birth of her sister Jamie-Lynn's baby.

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Lyfe Jennings makes a change

R&B artist Lyfe Jennings [ tickets ] recently rolled out his "Baby I'm a Star" summer tour, which doubles as an AIDS awareness campaign.The singer/songwriter/producer launched the outing last week and will continue tomorrow (7/1) in Atlanta, with clubs and theaters across the US scheduled into September. Details are listed below.Jennings is supporting his third record, "Lyfe Change," which surfaced in April and bowed at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The 14-track set has spawned the hit R&B single "Never Never Land," which is streaming at the Toledo, OH, native's MySpace page along with several other songs from the album."Lyfe Change" includes collaborations with Wyclef Jean, Snoop Dogg and T.I., as well as Grammy-nominated producers Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, The Underdogs and Rich Keller. It also finds Jennings experimenting with different genres and upping the ante on his expression of positivity."My music has always been positive, touching people socially and emotionally," the singer said in his bio. "But I named this album 'Lyfe Change' because this time, I wanted to take it a step further and invoke people to make a change in their lives and in the lives of others. That's how we'll change the world, one life at a time."Jennings is doing his part to change the world by partnering with Music World Entertainment in a program to support the "Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African Americans." The effort, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, promotes awareness, education and testing across the US. Jennings' on-the-road program, dubbed "It's Real. Preserve Your Lyfe!," will greet concertgoers with "Lyfe Change" kits that include HIV/AIDS prevention and education resources along with copies of the performer's song "It's Real," which addresses the epidemic."I have to use my voice to help raise awareness so that we can really bring an end to this thing," Jennings said in a statement. "This disease has affected all of our lives, but we can definitely do things to prevent its spread and to protect ourselves."The singer developed his sound during a 10-year prison sentence for arson, according to All Music Guide. He released his critically acclaimed debut, "Lyfe 268-192," in 2004 and followed that up two years later with his sophomore effort, "The Phoenix," which reached No. 2 on The Billboard 200.

Eddie Murphy Apparently Quashes Retirement Rumors, Talks 'Beverly Hills Cop IV'

There are many great reasons to revisit an old character — the obvious one, of course, being a genuine desire to tell another story (and having a good story to tell). But all the reasons in the world pale in comparison to Eddie Murphy's stated reason for doing "Beverly Hills Cop IV."

"Because the third 'Beverly Hills Cop' was horrible!" the once and future Detective Axel Foley laughed. "I didn't want to leave it like that. The first two were cool and the third one was sh---y. [Let's] get the franchise fixed again, clean up this old mess and do a good movie.

"[Don't] just leave Axel with his thumb up his a-- from the last movie," the comic continued, chuckling. "Whatever happened to Axel Foley? He's sitting in Detroit with his thumb up his a-- since 'Beverly Hills Cop III.' Let's take those thumbs out and make a great movie!"

If that last statement surprises you, it might be because you've recently read reports where Murphy said he's considering retirement and didn't want to do another "Beverly Hills Cop" flick. [] The actor apparently quashed that talk when MTV News caught up with him last weekend — at least not until he once again gets a chance to play the tail-pipe stuffing, motor-mouthed cop from Detroit. He called Foley his most iconic character ever.

"When I go overseas they still call me Axel Foley — kids call me Axel Foley," Murphy proudly insisted. "I think that character, it resonated like no other movie, like nothing that I've done before."

Or since, the actor could have added, though he has continued, with few exceptions, in making blockbuster after blockbuster — although films like "Dr. Doolittle," "Shrek" and "The Nutty Professor" contain scant traces of the old Murphy, the actor whose profanity-laced routines made him a hero to millions of impressionable young children.

Will "Beverly Hills Cop IV" be a return to that form? Last month, MTV News spoke with director Brett Ratner, who may or may not have indicated that the fourth installment in the action series would be geared towards a younger audience. Could "BHCIV" be PG-13, we wondered?

Murphy seemed on the verge of quashing that notion in no uncertain terms. Although he hasn't yet read a script — and admitted that the franchise could go in any direction, including one that was toned down — Murphy was adamant that what he wanted most of all was for a "real" Foley. And that means a whole lot of swear words.

And you know who you can thank? Seth Rogen.

"I'll tell you what about profanity," Murphy said. "Over the last 20 years or so, because of the studios, everybody figured out there's a PG-13 audience, you know, and that's the biggest piece of the pie. And a bunch of artists, myself included, got put in this PG-13 box — artists that aren't PG-13 artists! Then comedies like 'Superbad,' 'Knocked-Up,' and 'Juno' come out and people go, 'Oh, this is the brilliant sh--.' And it's just people acting like real people, talking like real people. And those movies are making all the money now.

"Get back to the real sh--," he added, regarding what he most wants for Foley. "That's where I started. [Be] a real person!"

Murphy can next be seen in "Meet Dave," which opens July 11.

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Paul McCartney and Wings

Artist: Paul McCartney and Wings

   Genre(s):
Pop
   Rock

Discography:

Band On The Run Cd 1

Year: 1999
Tracks: 10

Band On The Run 25th Anniversary Edition (Disc 2)

Year: 1993
Tracks: 21

Venus And Mars

Year: 1975
Tracks: 12

Band On The Run

Year: 1973
Tracks: 10

Following his moment solo album, Ram, in 1971, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, formed Wings, which was intended to be a fully fledged recording and touring band. Denny Laine, a one-time guitar player for the Moody Blues, and drummer Denny Seiwell filled out the lineup and Wings released their first base album, Wild Life, in December 1971. Wild Life was greeted with poor reviews and was a congener dud. McCartney and Wings, which now featured one-time Grease Band guitar player Henry McCullough, spent 1972 as a operative band, cathartic triplet singles -- the protestation tune "Give Ireland Back to the Irish," the reggae-fied "Virgin Mary Had a Little Lamb," and the hard-rocking "Hi Hi Hi" -- in England. Red ink Rose Speedway followed in the leaping of 1973, and while it standard sapless reviews, it became his second American number nonpareil album. Later in 1973, Wings embarked on their low British hitch, at the determination of which McCullough and Seiwell left hand the isthmus. Prior to their exit, McCartney's idea to the James Bond moving picture Live and Let Die became a Top Ten strike in the U.S. and U.K. That summer, the remaining Wings proceeded to record a new album in Nigeria. Released late in 1973, Isthmus on the Run was McCartney's best-reviewed album to appointment and his most successful, outlay little Joe weeks at the top of the U.S. charts and eventually going triplet atomic number 78.

Following the success of Striation on the Run, McCartney formed a new version of Wings with guitar player Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton. The young card was showcased on the 1974 British single "Junior's Farm" and the 1975 strike album Venus and Mars. Wings at the Speed of Sound followed in 1976, and it was the low Wings record to feature songwriting contributions by the other bandmembers. The album became a giant success on the ground of deuce McCartney songs, "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In." Wings supported the album with their first international hitch, which skint many attendance records and was captured on the live triplet album Wings Over America (1976). After the hitch was completed, Wings rested a snatch during 1977, as McCartney released an instrumental adaptation of Random access memory under the nominate Thrillington and produced Laine's solo album, Holly Days. Later that year, Wings released "Mull of Kintyre," which became the biggest-selling British single of all time (at the time of its release), marketing over iI million copies. In 1978 Wings followed "Mull of Kintyre" with Jack London Town, which became some other pt book. After its tone ending, McCulloch left hand the isthmus to get together the re-formed Small Faces, and Wings released Back to the Egg in 1979. Though the record went pt, it failed to produce whatsoever big hits. Early in 1980, McCartney was arrested for ganja possession at the beginning of a Japanese hitch; he was captive for 10 years and then released, without whatsoever charges being pressed. Wings embarked on a British hitch in the spring of 1980 earlier McCartney recorded Paul McCartney II, which was a one-man-band cause like his solo debut. The following year, Laine left hand Wings because McCartney didn't want to duty tour in the wake of John Lennon's assassination; in doing so, he efficaciously bust up Wings, which quietly disbanded as McCartney entered the studio later that yr with Beatles producer George Martin to make his 1982 album Tug of War.

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