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- Future Music Festival Asia 2013 confirms line-up
- Barbra Streisand to sing at Oscars
- It's official: Chris Brown, Rihanna are back on
| Future Music Festival Asia 2013 confirms line-up Posted: 31 Jan 2013 04:51 AM PST By MELLY LING CLASSIC hip hop gets a big nod at the Future Music Festival Asia 2013 (FMFA) at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur on March 16. The announcement of legendary hip hop groups De La Soul and Naughty By Nature as additional highlights for FMFA 2013 is set to raise the party temperature at this outdoor festival. Both groups, which were huge in the late 1980s and early 1990s, made their commercial impact while signed to the legendary Tommy Boy label. Other add-ons, which were announced today, include British indie darlings Ladytron (deejay set), dance deejays Sidney Samson, Andy Moor and regional electronica favourite Angger Dimas. Homegrown acts were also finalished with Goldfish & Blink, Kyoto Protocol, LapSap, They Will Kill Us All, Brains & The Eye (B.A.T.E), H3 featuring Arabyrd, Dangerdisko, Eva T, Deer Society, Darren Ashley, Bud Culture, OMP DJs, Mr Fluff, Twilight Actiongirl, Mister Ariffin, FONO, DJ Fuzz, Jakeman & Skeletor, Nadira, Johan Nasir, Mr. Nasty and GuruGuru on board. From electro to dub reggae and hip hop to indie rock, the Malaysian content at FMFA 2013 is as diverse as it gets. Asian names also feature prominently in the line-up with Korean acts Idiotape and Shut Da Mouth set to thrill. Last November, the first wave of acts were announced for FMFA 2013 with South Korean rapper Psy as one of the main crowd-pullers while dance pop star Rita Ora, British indie rock outfit Bloc Party, veteran dance act The Prodigy, US pop act Fun, Australian indie band Temper Trap and other contemporary electronica/dance acts (Zed's Dead, Timmy Trumpet, Tenzin, Feed Me, Kill The Noise, DJ Fresh and Stafforf Brothers) are firmed up to bring this multi-stage outdoor festival to life. Elsewhere, trance music superstar Armin Van Buuren also brings his "A State of Trance 600: The Expedition Tour" to Sepang International Circuit on March 15. This sister event is part of the FMFA 2013 bandwagon. Organised by Future Entertainment Australia and Livescape Asia, FMFA 2013 marks the second time the massive Australian-based music festival will be held in Malaysia. It is supported by MyCEB as part of an initiative to kickstart the promotional campaign of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 with a bang. Organisers are expecting an influx of over 10,000 fans from abroad for this year's festival. To date, the festival has sold over 16,000 tickets. This year's target is to hit the 40,000 attendance mark. Browse www.futuremusicfestival.asia for ticket information, festival programme and more. |
| Barbra Streisand to sing at Oscars Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:32 PM PST LOS ANGELES: Legendary diva Barbra Streisand will sing at the Oscars next month, her first Academy Awards performance in 36 years, organizers said Wednesday. Streisand has earned two Oscars, but has only performed at the top Hollywood awards show once before, in 1977 when she sang the winning song from "A Star Is Born." "In an evening that celebrates the artistry of movies and music how could the telecast be complete without Barbra Streisand?" said the show's producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. "We are honored that she has agreed to do a very special performance on this year's Oscars, her first time singing on the show in 36 years," they added in a statement. Streisand - whose latest movie, "Guilt Trip," came out in the US last month - won her first Oscar for Best Actress in "Funny Girl" 1968, and her second for best original song for "A Star is Born" in 1977. She was nominated for best actress in 1973 for in "The Way We Were," for producing 1991's "The Prince of Tides" (1991), and for co-writing the original song "I Finally Found Someone" from "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996). Others already confirmed for the February 24 Oscars show include British songstress Adele, who will sing her 007 theme tune "Skyfall," and foul-mouthed teddy bear Ted, with his big-screen sidekick actor Mark Wahlberg.- AFP |
| It's official: Chris Brown, Rihanna are back on Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:56 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's official: R&B diva Rihanna says she is back together with Chris Brown, who is still on probation for assaulting her in 2009, saying "It's different now." "I decided it was more important for me to be happy," Rihanna told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview published on Wednesday on its website. "I wasn't going to let anybody's opinion get in the way of that. Even if it's a mistake, it's my mistake," she said of her renewed romance with singer Brown, 23, that has prompted consternation from fans and celebrity media because of their history. "After being tormented for so many years, being angry and dark, I'd rather just live my truth and take the backlash," said Rihanna, 24, adding, "I can handle it." The couple's reconciliation had been rumored for months, even before the pair unveiled a duet, Nobody's Business, in November. That track was included on Rihanna's latest album Unapologetic. Brown pleaded guilty in 2009 to beating and punching Rihanna. He was sentenced to community service, anger management classes, given a restraining order and is still on probation. The Barbadian singer told Oprah Winfrey in an emotional interview in August that she and Brown now had a "very close friendship," and that she still loved him. "When you add up the pieces from the outside, it's not the cutest puzzle in the world," Rihanna admitted to Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands this week with her gracing the cover above the headline, Rihanna Crazy In Love. "You see us walking somewhere ... and you think you know. But it's different now. We don't have those types of arguments anymore. We talk," she said. "We value each other." But she noted that Brown is on probation with her as well, saying, "He doesn't have the luxury of (messing) up again." "That's just not an option ... And I wouldn't have gone this far if I ever thought that was a possibility." The interview was published three days after Brown's latest dustup, which involved fellow musician Frank Ocean, over a parking space at a West Hollywood recording studio. Ocean has said he wants Brown prosecuted following the Sunday brawl. In 2012 Rihanna was rated by Time and Forbes magazines as among the world's and celebrity arena's most powerful people. |
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