Artist: Hati
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Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Auf In Den Kampf
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Tracks: 8
Ashlee Simpson And Pete Wentz Finally Confirm Pregnancy
"I love PETE to death. He has a patient spirit and a kind heart. I'm honoured to have Pete as my son-in-law." Minister-turned-pop svengali JOE SIMPSON is delighted with his daughter ASHLEE's choice of husband.
COLDPLAY star CHRIS MARTIN was inspired to become a rock star because he was sick of having nothing more than platonic relationships with girls he fancied.
Now married to Hollywood beauty Gwyneth Paltrow, the singer admits his teenage years were full of romantic frustrations.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I had a tricky time with girls until I was, like, 21. I got trapped in the friendship tip many, many times.
"It was like, 'I need to be a rock star because this is no good - being the kind of guy that everybody likes but no one wants to have sex with. I don't want to be the person that makes everybody laugh before they go off and bang. I want to be the guy that everybody bangs."
The candid Coldplay frontman tells the publication that Paltrow is his only "serious relationship".
He adds, "I don't think it's that weird. It wouldn't be weird 200 years ago... Think of Romeo and Juliet."
And he insists he has no problems being married to one of the world's most famous women: "I always felt it would be great to be with a very powerful woman because it would keep you in your place.
"Being married to someone very successful and very powerful basically keeps you hungry to improve."
"We don't need meditation tents or anything like that. Just give me a room and I'm there." RICHIE SAMBORA insists BON JOVI never make diva-ish demands before their shows.
Fern Britton has sparked a 400% increase in inquiries about gastric bands since revealing she had lost five stone after the procedure, according to one leading stomach surgeon.
David Hewin, consultant surgeon at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, said the Fern Factor sparked 20 new calls to his office from patients eager to have the slimming surgery.
The 50-year-old star of ITV's This Morning confessed last week her new figure was not entirely down to dieting. Mr Hewin said the announcement had "raised awareness" of the medical solution to obesity.
He says, "Since Fern's weight loss surgery was made public earlier this week, I have received more than 20 inquiries - a 400% increase - from people in Gloucestershire asking for more information about gastric band operations.
"Clearly Fern's successful weight loss has raised awareness of this type of surgery and the life saving and life-changing results that can be achieved."
Gastric band surgery can cost over �7,000 ($14,000) in the private sector but the NHS will treat morbidly obese people, with a body mass index of more than 35.
Mr Hewin, who also works at Cheltenham General Hospital, added to the Gloucestershire Echo newspaper, "People reach a certain size and there is no other option but to have surgery and unlike, plastic surgery, a gastric band can give significant health benefits.
"As weight loss will lower blood pressure, prolong the patients life span and can help the effects of type two diabetes."
He stressed that the operation was not to be seen as a shortcut to a perfect figure.
He continued, "Fern had clearly tried other ways of losing weight before. You have to speak to dietitians and psychologists first to show you have seriously tried non-surgical techniques such as a change of diet and medical therapy."
"Somewhere Out There," the maudlin theme song to Disney's animated An American Tail, is audio torture. It's not just Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram's warbling. It's the heavy-handed longing -- important to the song -- that is betrayed by bogus lyrics like "And even though I know how very far apart we are / It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star."
Patricia Riggen's Under the Same Moon takes the song's phony concept even further. It swipes the faux sentimentality of "Somewhere" and duct tapes it to our nation's very real border-crossing dilemma. It pretends to address a serious issue but ends up degrading an entire race.
The sad sacks sleeping under Riggen's moon are nine-year-old Carlos (Adrian Alonso) and his beloved mother, Rosario (Kate del Castillo). She's an illegal immigrant cleaning houses in Los Angeles. He's a virtual orphan in Mexico caring for a sickly grandmother and fending off his greedy uncle. When granny kicks the bucket, Carlos finally sets out to cross the border and join mom in the City of Angels.
The child's obstacles amount to a string of poorly-written, obvious clich�s that litter the road many travel from Mexico City to the southern United States. Screenwriter Ligiah Villalobos peppers Carlos with broadly drawn, grotesque (and, of course, non-Mexican) villains. Later she recruits Ugly Betty star America Ferrera for a ham-fisted confrontation at a border checkpoint. Why is it people smuggling immigrants into our country always are told they can proceed, only to be stopped seconds before crossing safely for a broken taillight or an expired registration?
Moon tells a glossy version of immigration, where surly (but kindhearted) vagabonds shepherd scared children to their mother's waiting arms. Moon is so safe it's dull, so predictable it's toothless, and so corny it's insulting.
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LONDON - A spokesman says soul diva Amy Winehouse is having more tests in a London hospital after fainting at home.
Spokesman Chris Goodman says initial tests were inconclusive and Winehouse will have more Tuesday while being kept under observation. Goodman says the 24-year-old singer "seems to be fine in herself, but they are taking their time to be sure."
The spokesman said Winehouse collapsed at her north London home Monday after signing autographs for a group of fans. An assistant caught her before she hit the ground.
Winehouse's career has prospered despite wild nights, missed concerts and stints in drug rehab. The Sunday Times newspaper's annual Rich List has estimated her wealth at $20 million.