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Following this year’s most successful season of American Idol with over 35 million viewers tuning into the finale on May 24th, the 2006 winner Taylor Hicks signs a recording deal with Simon Fuller and 19 Recordings Limited, in conjunction legendary music man Clive Davis, Chairman of BMG U.S., and Arista Records.
The 29 year old Alabama […]

Paris Hilton says her upcoming album will be a mix of reggae, pop and hip-hop, with the first single being a reggae song called “Stars Are Blind.”
Hilton will also do a remake of the Rod Stewart song “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?,” she was quoted as saying in the June issue of Hong Kong magazine […]

Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records will release B’Day, the new solo album from Beyonce, on Tuesday, September 5, 2006.
B’Day will be released worldwide on September 4, 2006, Beyonce’s 25th birthday.
The pop music superstar’s sophomore studio album premieres all new music co-produced, written and arranged by Beyonce. “Deja Vu,” the album’s first single, features guest […]

Rank Movie Title Estimated Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross
1. X-Men: The Last Stand $102,000,000 $102,000,000
2. The Da Vinci Code  $33,500,000 $136,000,000
3. Over the Hedge $27,273,000 […]

From the end of May until September, Arby’s customers who purchase a 44oz (!) drink will get a peel-off sticker with an Arby’s code. You can take that code to Arbys.com to find out if you have won a prize. The grand prize in the contest is a rock n’ roll boat cruise featuring Collective […]

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Atom Entertainment Inc., the broadband entertainment leader, announced that four new short films developed by AtomFilms Studio are premiering simultaneously today on the AtomFilms website (http://www.atomfilms.com) and on mobile phones. Ranging in length from one to five minutes apiece, the new shorts provide unique comic perspectives on dating, classic video games, canine friendships and even […]

Moviegoers can now vote for their favorite movie trailers on MSN Movies at http://movies.msn.com/2006KeyArtAwards. MSN Movies, a leading online movie resource for consumers, is an official sponsor of The Hollywood Reporter’s 35th Annual Key Art Awards and is hosting the voting Web site. This Web site gives the general public a […]

The debut album “We Don’t Need to Whisper” from Angels and Airwaves (Suretone/Geffen Records) is kicking off the summer music scene with a bang. The NY Times says, “It’s an impressive CD, full of widescreen love songs” and the NY Post asserts, “There’s always a band at the start of the summer that’s touted as […]