Avril Lavigne has been given permission to perform in Malaysia despite being deemed likewise sexy by the government there earlier this week.
The Muslim nation's Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry proclaimed earlier this week that the Canadian singer would not be allowed to perform deuce days before the country will celebrate its Independence Day because "It's non in the spirit of our National Day.
But it seems they�??ve had a change of meat, and the show will go on as scheduled on August 29, says Lavigne.
"Well, I've actually been approved by the government to play a record," she told MTV. "I've already sold 10,000 tickets there, so I will be going to put on a concert for the fans. They tend to, you know, sometimes not want Western artists in their nation. I regard that, just at the same time, you recognize, there's people that listen to music there and want to see their idols and stuff, so it's all good: been approved by the governing and [I'm] going to go commit on a show and have fun."
Other artists to have similar experiences with the Malaysian government include Gwen Stefani and The Pussycat Dolls.
--By our New York staff.
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Sunday 24 August 2008
Sean Connery -- License to "Kill Adversary"
UPDATE: Sir Sean reps want us to ready one matter clear -- very exonerate. The thespian does NOT own the property in question -- it's owned by his son, Stephane, and Sean's been a guest "on limited occasions." Got that?
Sean Connery sounds like 007 -- even when he's talking to his lawyers. Sheerioushly.
TMZ has obtained a hilarious letter that reveals Sean's strategy in dealing with those plaguey downstairs neighbors whom Connery's son has been battling for age. His lawyer writes Sean told him he wants to "kill the resister." Cue imitation.
We contacted the adversary-killing attorney -- no word. And nothing from MI-6 either.
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Sean Connery sounds like 007 -- even when he's talking to his lawyers. Sheerioushly.
TMZ has obtained a hilarious letter that reveals Sean's strategy in dealing with those plaguey downstairs neighbors whom Connery's son has been battling for age. His lawyer writes Sean told him he wants to "kill the resister." Cue imitation.
We contacted the adversary-killing attorney -- no word. And nothing from MI-6 either.
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
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Friday 27 June 2008
The Children of Huang Shi
Barely remembered by his fellow countryman, but revered to this day by the Chinese, George Hogg was an Oxford-educated adventurer who led 60 war orphans on a 700-mile trek during the Japanese occupation of China to prevent them from falling into the hands of the advancing occupying forces. In director Roger Spottiswoode�s leisurely retelling of this heroic feat, Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is introduced sneaking into Nanking in 1937 to report on the three-sided war between the Japanese, Chinese Nationals and Chinese Communists. Upon his arrival, Hogg witnesses Japanese soldiers execute hundreds in cold blood. With the aid of Communist resistance leader �Jack� Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) and Red Cross nurse Lee Pearson (Radha Mitchell), an injured Hogg is taken to recuperate at a school in Huang Shi. Once better, Hogg plans to tell the world what�s happening in China. But he takes such a shine to the orphans that he decides to stay as the school�s headmaster. Soon, though, news spreads that Japanese troops are marching toward Huang Shi. Hogg has no choice but to take the orphans on a months-long journey--with rough terrain and bitter weather ahead of them--to find a safe place to live and learn. Let�s ignore the fact that pretty-boy Rhys Meyers struts through the Second Sino-Japanese War looking more like a fashion-conscious playboy on vacation than a war correspondent dodging bullets and bombs. The hunkiest Henry VIII ever--sorry, Eric Bana--downplays the onscreen Hogg�s evident superior complexity in order to react to the horrible circumstances he�s found himself in with the appropriate amount of fear, compassion and resourcefulness. On the other hand, Yun-Fat acts like he�s in Apocalypse Now. He gleefully spouts war-isn�t-hell Kilgore-isms, even though his fervor and glibness are out of place in a film that treats the war with obvious grave solemnity. The tough-as-nails Mitchell does serve as something of a calming influence whenever she�s around Yun-Fat. Unfortunately, sparks don�t fly between Mitchell and Rhys Meyers, making it impossible to buy into their perfunctionary romance. Honestly, Rhys Meyers generates more heat with the sublimely regal Michelle Yeoh, whose black marketer is taken with this most charming customer. Too bad Yeoh doesn�t share any moments with her Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon costar Yun-Fat. Of the orphans, the stone-faced Guang Li makes the greatest impression as a warrior among children who rightfully fears Hogg will usurp his authority. �We�re all something different in China,� Pearson tells Hogg. That certainly holds true for Hogg. Beyond serving as a CliffsNotes-style history lesson in the Second Sino-Japanese War, The Children of Huang Shi asks what it takes during a time of conflict to transform an observer to a participant, a pacifist to an advocate of war. Actually, it doesn�t take much for the reporter portrayed here to abandon his personal and professional principles. Even if director Roger Spottiswoode pulls no punches whenever he places Hogg in harm�s way, our hero�s swift conversion from impartial bystander to unlikely savior would still probably be laughed at by the hardened war correspondents in the director�s superior Under Fire. Sadly, after depicting the horrors of war with bloody and brutal honesty, Spottiswoode falls into the trap of presenting Hogg as the all-knowing, all-sage Westerner out to rescue 60 �savages� not just from the Japanese but from themselves. The students don�t teach anything of value to Hogg. Even his relationships with a select few students aren�t as fully explored as those he shares with Pearson and Chen. That�s not to say that the much-anticipated journey across the Gobi Desert isn�t inspirational. It is, even if it seems more rushed and less eventful than expected. The Children of Huang Shi isn�t as powerful or compelling as Schindler's List, but there�s no denying that it may help Hogg receive the recognition he deserves outside of China for his selfless actions during a war that he had no vested interest in.
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Friday 13 June 2008
My Winnipeg
Cult director Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD) revisits his boyhood in Winnipeg, casting 1940s femme fatale Ann Savage in the role of his mother.
Friday 6 June 2008
Sheen: 'Richards Tried To Sabotage My Wedding'
Charlie Sheen has accused ex-wife Denise Richards of using her reality show to try to sabotage his wedding to Brooke Mueller. Denise Richards: It's Complicated first aired on , just days before Sheen and Mueller tied the knot in a Los Angeles ceremony . Sheen is convinced the show and Richards' promotional duties - which brought their bitter divorce and custody battle back into the public eye - were meant to coincide with the wedding. He tells OK! magazine, "I think it's no accident that whatserface chose this time to do what she did. It's pretty obvious that Brooke and I, through our actions and union, are moving on with our lives. Perhaps somebody else should consider the same." Sheen also vows to move on now he is remarried, and never mention Richards' name again: "I'm tired of talking about her and all her shenanigans. It is what it is. I don't even care any more. I'm going to take a public stand to basically never utter her name publicly again, and I think if that's known it will put an end to some of the drama.
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