A Little Bit Hip Hop And A Little Bit Rock And Roll
February 17th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

Mexican singer Andrea Balency’s upcoming EP Lover is already making waves. Luis Alberto Spinetta, a pioneer of Argentine rock. Since both Felix and I call California home we decided to linger there and party a little longer with Bang Data’s Maldito Carnaval. Pretty soon we head back into Latin America, with stops in Mexico, Puerto [...]

Story By: by Linda Holmes Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams star in The Vow. This weekend marks the release of The Vow, which is not based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, despite having all the gauzy, drowsy look of a Sparks creation. Based on the real-life story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, The Vow tells [...]

Pacino, Tillis among arts honorees at White House
February 14th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

WASHINGTON | Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:46pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Actor Al Pacino and country singer Mel Tillis were among 17 poets, historians, organizations and others honored at the White House on Monday for their contributions to the arts or to the humanities. Saying they had “left an indelible mark on American culture,” President [...]

Love story The Vow tops US chart
February 14th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

Romantic drama The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, has topped the US box office chart ahead of Valentine's Day. Estimates show the film took $41.7m (£26.4m) over the weekend. Denzel Washington action thriller Safe House was close behind with $39.3m (£24.8m). Family sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island landed in third position, taking [...]

No time for love
February 14th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

They got married in a lavish Maharashtrian-style wedding just a week ago, but the newlywed couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza are already back to work. The actor says it’s only in March that he will get some free time. "Yes it has been hectic and tomorrow [February 12] I start promoting my film, which [...]

RedOne wasn’t looking for Lady Gaga
February 13th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

Producer RedOne says his goal in music was to "find the next Madonna or Britney [Spears]". Then he met an unsigned artist named Lady Gaga. He said he had been producing for 20 years and wanted his big break in America. He wasn’t interested in working with an unknown act, but went to the studio [...]

The Romantic (And Still Relevant) Sound Of Bolero
February 13th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

Story By: by NPR Staff The now-defunct Puerto Rican and Dominican American group Aventura. Los Panchos, “Arrancame La Vida” Jose Feliciano, “El Reloj” Aventura, “Su Veneno (Version Bolero)” It’s February, and that means Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. For Weekend Edition Sunday, that’s as good an excuse as any to talk about love [...]

Music reviews: Kasabian and more
February 13th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

World Series: Barceona, Hed Kandi First off, let us just say we love that this double CD comes with a cute city guide to Barcelona’s hotspots – nice touch. The compilation is mixed by Hed Kandi’s headline DJs – Greg Myers and Sam Cannon – and is a collection of music that epitomises the hedonistic, [...]

Inside the SRK-Shirish fight!
February 12th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

Shah Rukh Khan shocked party-goers at Sanjay Dutt’s party for Agneepath at Aurus nightclub in Mumbai, last week, when eyewitnesses claim he walked up to director, Shirish Kunder, and started punching him until Dutt dragged his pal away. And sources claim the Ra.One star was "inebriated" when he rocked up at the club at 4.30am, [...]

Prateik’s not scared of controversy
February 12th, 2012 by DavLap in Entertainment Comments Off

Prateik Babbar is unperturbed by the controversy surrounding the song Hosanna from his ready-to-release movie Ek Deewana Tha. "Sometimes it is beneficial to you and sometimes it is not. So, you should not pay too much attention to controversies. You should just focus on working hard on your film and your character. Leave the rest [...]