Big Momma

Wow... those are big...

Add a bra to your shopping list though please Aretha Franklin...

thanks.

Busted...

Source: THE SUN

You are soo BUSTED
THERE are two people with a lot of explaining to do after the Kerrang! awards on Thursday night.


Wobble forward a very hungover EMMA GRIFFITHS and an even more hungover CHARLIE SIMPSON.

It would appear that, with all the free booze on offer, they forgot who they were supposed to be going out with.

They spent the night with their hands all over each other, canoodling in front of stunned rockers at the awards, helping each other up off the pavement on the way out and then smooching in a stairwell at a hotel afterwards.

Nothing wrong with that, you might think.

Except for the fact Charlie used to be in BUSTED with MTV presenter Emma’s boyfriend MATT WILLIS.

Oh yes — and Charlie is meant to be going out with long-term girlfriend Camilla Smith.

At the bash Emma presented an award for Best British Band to the LOSTPROPHETS.

But with a twinkle in her eye, she told me afterwards: “I wanted to get up on stage and say to Charlie that his new band FIGHTSTAR had won. But it was the Lostprophets.

“Charlie is great.

“We’re really good mates. We’ve known each other for years.”

Charlie then told me: “I love Emma, she’s a great girl.”

Hmm, well I’m sure that’s what Matt thinks too.

After a lethal ‘dentist’s chair’ dose of Jägermeister, Charlie fell over in the street and let his hands wander over Emma as she helped him up. I’m sure Matt won’t be pleased when he sees my pictures. They then moved on to a secret after-show bash at the trendy K West hotel.

An onlooker said: “It was about 1am. They were both hammered but were cuddled up in a corner together whispering.

“They were very touchy-feely. Charlie stroked Emma’s face and tried to go in for the kill but Emma turned away. When a few girl fans diverted Charlie’s attention, though, Emma started stroking his backside to get his attention.

“Charlie then dragged her away from the crowd and stopped her in the stairwell

and asked her, ‘Why are you still going out with Matt?’ ”

Hang on, Charlie, I thought you two were supposed to be mates? Emma shrugged and after a few moments they went back to join pals. Emma then dragged him off to lie on a couch, while Charlie groped her bum and she nuzzled his neck.

One onlooker said: “It was like they didn’t care who saw them flirting.

“At one point they kissed briefly on the lips but then spent the whole night stroking each other and whispering provocatively.”

I’m sure they both woke up nursing the mother of all hangovers yesterday and wishing they’d stayed off the grog.

One thing’s for certain — they will need to be razor sharp to explain to their other halves what was going on.

I'm sure they're just good friends...

Download: Veruca Salt vs Pussycat Dolls

This mash-up by Party Ben is awesome.

I hate The Pussycat Dolls with a vengeance, but for some reason when 'Doncha' is mashed with Veruca Salt's 'Seether' and I'm driving fast in the sun with the windows down there is no better tune!

Download it HERE... it's damn good I swear!

New Music: Silversun Pickups

In perfect time for Autumn/Winter's grunge fashion moment; Silversun Pickups' Well Thought Out Twinkles is my current favourite song!

I highly recommend it to you - check out their MYSPACE for samplings of that and more of their 90s-feel, L.A. indie rock tunes...

Watch the video and download the song at BLOGS ARE FOR DOGS.

OFFICIAL SITE

Jack Bauer: Band Manager

So Kiefer Sutherland decided to try to manage a band... and an independent documentary crew chronicled it for us all to watch.

I'm fascinated by this premise of new indie pic I Trust You To Kill Me. Hell, if anyone can do it; Jack Bauer can... right?

The OC Season 4 Trailers

Okay, well they don't exactly tell us anything new. We know it'll be a shorter season, and that as Marissa (Mischa Barton) died, there'll be some fun new-season angst.

But I love The OC and had to post these new trailers to whet our appetites for season four...







Californiaaaa, Californiaaaaa here we come... again.

Super Hot American People Round-Up

Why not CLICK HERE for some naked Stephen Dorff from his new movie Shadowboxer?





Flags Of Our Fathers is the latest Oscar-baiting movie from Clint Eastwood. For purely shallow reasons I shall be going to see it; yes I'm sure it's historical and important and all that, but the incredibly tasty Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions) and the dark-eyed and handsome Jesse Bradford (Bring It On/ The West Wing) are in it.


The new season 3 promos of Desperate Housewives have been released in America, with all the actresses looking 20 years younger than the previous season. Bet they're thanking god for Photoshop.

I recognised most of them... but Felicity Huffman... she looks nothing like herself. Source

Rachel Bilson looked far too pretty at K-Fed-premiering Teen Choice Awards this week.

Seriously; her adorability should be illegal.

Simon Amstell On Your Tellybox

The end of Popworld (version 1.0) signalled a sad day in my household. Simon Amstell and Miquita Oliver were a great presenting team, funny and sarcastic and generally excellent.

Life got cold when they announced they were leaving the show to pursue their own individual projects (Amstell's stand-up comedy and Oliver's descent into much less funnyness on T4).

But now Amstell's back and taking the reigns of Never Mind The Buzzcocks from Mark Lamarr!! Hurrah!

It's like he's graduated Popworld and now beginning the world of adult work at NMTB. He did present a one-off show when Lamaar was 'on a break' and was hilarious, half-mocking and half-loving ex-Blazin' Squad member Kenzie.

I can't wait until the new series, I love that Amstell man!

PS - Buy Matt Willis' single Hey Kid, out now!

K-Fed's Debut.... Oh Dear.

From his wife Britney Spears' patronising introduction (complete with overegged smile, a shrug of the shoulders and a couple of claps) to the line 'don't hate 'cos I'm a superstar' this is outright crap.

Kevin Federline debuted his single Lose Control at the Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards, where he knew he'd get cheered by kids high on e-numbers and the fact celebrities were there.



It's rap by numbers. And it closed the show... what the hell was the rest of it like?

Single Of The Week

Out tomorrow; Matt Willis's rockin' second single Hey Kid is a must-buy!

Partly because during his fantastic set at the V Festival yesterday he pleaded with the audience to buy it,

"Otherwise my record company will drop me."

And partly because it's just damn good!

Download a live version of his album track Fade Out live from the V Festival HERE at the great fansite Matt Willis Zone.

Purchase Hey Kid on iTunes, or online with free delivery at HMV.co.uk.

Yum.

Heath & Michelle: Uncensored

Ah, Michelle Williams seemed like such a nice sweet girl in Dawson's Creek right? Judging by this picture I reckon that bad boy Heath Ledger's having an effect on her.

This photo made me laugh when I saw it, it gives the impression they're so down to earth; I love the hand-written paparazzi-scolding note.

They're now my favourite Hollywood couple...

Bilson & Braff Drive Around

Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous

Wow, Lindsay Lohan and her Mum (Dina) are, like, totally bonding in their hotel room.
Y'know... trying on clothes... swearing at the camera whilst topless...
Drinking JD whilst surrounded by a mess of designer clothes...I'm so glad my Mum is not at all like hers.
So glad...
(Wouldn't mind the clothes though... well, the clothes budget.)

Beyonce Makes Worst Video Ever

Okay, so as you may have read on this site the public were so alarmed by Beyonce's fits/dancing in the Deja Vu video that they petitioned it. How was Beyonce to follow that?

By making an even worse video of course for her next single Ring The Alarm! I can't even describe how much I cringed when I watched this. It's so bad.

All I'm saying is if Matt Willis can refilm a video for his second single (out on Monday - Hey Kid), then Beyonce the megastar should be able to create a decent video at least.

Skeletor Returns

Open message to Nicole Richie.

JUST EAT SOMETHING. PLEASE.

It's kind of painful to look at her now.

Source: Plastered across the photo.

Er.... NO.

Why... why??? WHY?

Holly Valance is one of those people (like Patrick Kielty & Ronan Keating) that makes me cringe every time I see them. And now she's front and centre of a film poster. Make it stop. Please. She's in a film??? She played Flick in Neighbours unconvincingly!

Hell, she plays herself in those reverse charge phone adverts unconvincingly...

It's Easy To Pull If You're Robbie Williams

So you're Robbie Williams; always complaining about being lonely and the lack of love in your life. Pah. Check out the photos above and it's obvious that, if you're Robbie, it takes 3 easy steps to get a girl in your room.

1. Check her out blatantly.
2. Turn away with a comment that leaves her giggling.
3. Listen for her footsteps behind you as she follows you to your room.

And yeah. It would work on me. It's Robbie...

Zack & Kelly Forever

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Theissen were reunited for a photoshoot for American Details magazine. Anyone who watched Saved By The Bell will probably react the same way I did when I saw it...

oh it's... oh! Zack AND Kelly! Look at them all grown up.

Had to post this as soon as I saw it... at least one couple I loved is still together (albeit as their TV characters in fictional photographic form).

Another Reality TV Couple Hits The Skids

Meet The Barkers' Travis Barker (also of band Blink 182) has filed for divorce from his wife Shanna Moakler today.

And this makes me sad.

Yes, on the show she came across as a lazy so&so... but they seemed so happy together. SO HAPPY! I watch the repeats to get the emotion of love washing over me... I literally say Ahhhhhhh.


Plus there's two kids in the mix, Landon who's 2, and 7 month old Alabama. Moakler released a statement today in which she said,

“My only concern right now is for the welfare and best interests of my children.”

The couple married on Oct 31st, 2004. There is officially no hope for any relationship ever*.


*slight Beth-overreaction due to the amount of celeb love splits/ affairs/ general relationship skullduggery lately.

Mario IS Donkey

I've said it before and I'll say it again, check out this picture of US R'n'B star Mario at a premiere recently. Then check out this picture of Donkey from the Shrek films.

Similar huh?

Rudebox Video

So Robbie's ghetto now. And only has a budget of about £2.50 to spend on his videos. He's not exactly selling this song...

As Popjustice wryly commented:

It is complete nonsense and should be reshot immediately to feature Robbie in a gym with some cheerleaders.

This video is far better. And probably had more time, money and effort spent on it..

Airbrush Worship

Earlier this year Ms Britney Spears (in case you need reminding: wife of superstar rapper Kevin Federline, wears wedge flip-flops a lot, now has black hair) did a photoshoot for Glamour magazine.

The photos printed look like she does above. How purty. And sad that in the actual photos taken she looked like this:

Now imagine you're Kevin, and the woman you married looked like the first picture, and the woman you woke up next to a few days later looked like the second.

Ouch.


Source: Teddy & Moo's Celebrity Gossip

Heroes

It seems a damn good time to be a hero. First, Superman Returns, then Watchmen finally gets greenlit and now it looks like the next top drawer drama/comedy/action maguffin from the good ol' USA will indeed be the aptly titled Heroes.

I watched the pilot this morning on a laptop and was transfixed for its entire running time. It follows a disparate group of people from around(ish) the globe (no English although an Indian guy who speaks perfect, Queen's English quells that frustration) who find out they have superpowers. It grabbed attention here first through Betty's deep, deep love for Milo Ventimiglia (ex-Gilmore Girls lovable rogue with a brain) but seems to transcend the promise of meer man-candy niceness. The money spent is plain to see in the sepia visuals and general feel of production. It also however seems to have both brain and heart intact, taking it above the slightly cold CSI's of this world and elevating it to potential Lost-esque levels of obsession-ability.

Look out for this one when it airs in the Autumn on NBC. Us Brits will have to wait mucho longero but never mind, we'll find a way to see it.



P.S Before I sign off however, I would like to plead to our American readers to try and watch the show as I can't help but blame some of you (and you know who you are) for the terrible state of affairs regarding the cancelled shows we end up having to Da Vinci Code-stylee seek out due to you guys not tuning in. I'm thinking here of Freaks And Geeks, The Tick, Greg The Bunny, Carnivale etc. So come on people! If anything, do it for Milo. He's gonna need it after Rocky VI (audible shudder).

Love yaz'all.

Cate's Not So Great Look

So kind of Cate Blanchett to fly in from the future for the Volver premiere last Wednesday.

Is her head even attached???

Curious.

Hey Kid: Version 2.0

So, as I recently reported Matt Willis reshot his Hey Kid video, realising the brilliance of the song could not be contained in just one video*.



And here it is... complete with comedy facial expressions, a frustrated kick of the wall (I've not seen one of those as good since Stephen Dorff in the Britney Spears' Everytime video), almost-dancing/ thrusting, a mug... and much much more.

The end product seems more Bring It On then John Tucker Must Die... (the film it's been reshot to promote) but it's enjoyable none the less. The single's out on August 21st, so get to the shops and buy a copy!

*or he thought he looked fat.

Lollapalooza Festival

One day I'm going to get round to going to all the festivals I want to go to, these include Benecassim, Fujirock, South By Southwest and finally Lollapalooza which has just finished over in Chicago.

Here's the wonderful Whitney Matheson's review from USAToday:

Event: Lollapalooza, Aug. 4-6 in Chicago's Grant Park
Attendance: 180,000 total

The lineup: Bands performed on eight stages, including a family-friendly "Kidz" area. Among the main attractions: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie, Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs and the Flaming Lips. Lollapalooza also marked the last scheduled performance for punk trio Sleater-Kinney, headed for an indefinite hiatus.

Onstage quotables: "I apologize beforehand if I step on your head," Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne told the crowd Saturday before climbing into a clear, inflatable bubble and walking on top of the audience. The same day, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon joked that set closer Shaking Hell, released in 1983,"was probably written before you were born." During Kanye West's performance, the rapper took a moment to enjoy the sea of people and the Chicago cityscape in front of him. "See, Mom?" he said, grinning. "I told you." Patti Smith, singing in the Kidz tent, saluted late Love leader Arthur Lee with Wing and said the band was "named aptly because there was much poetry, revolution and love in the group Love."

Memorable covers: West and The Raconteurs got the crowd jumping with a cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy, while Gnarls reciprocated with There Is an End by Holly Golightly and The Greenhornes, two members of which make up half of The Raconteurs. The Dresden Dolls belted out Black Sabbath's War Pigs, and The Blisters — a group featuring Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy's young son, Spencer, on drums — busted out Sweet Home Alabama for an encore.

The crowd: T-shirts and shorts were the norm for this bunch, most of them falling into in the 18-34 age bracket. As the temperature rose into the high 80s, layers of clothing were shed. Some festival-goers used spray bottles and fans to beat the heat, while others climbed or sat beneath trees.

The merch: Aside from a huge array of Lollapalooza T-shirts, hats and accessories, band shirts sold for about $20 each. A Virgin Megastore tent sold performers' CDs, with Wolfmother a big seller.

There's already some performances up on YouTube:

Here's Panic! At The Disco's surprisingly good cover of Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight, Tonight;

Christina Aguilera: Back To Basics

So, it's pretty clear that this album is all over the net. And it's released officially on the 14th August .

To be honest when I first heard it I was disappointed, especially as the amazingly catchy first single Ain't No Other Man is so damn good.

There's no doubt that Christina has an amazingly strong, powerful voice, and I think it 's great she's trying something new. The thing is though, the decent tracks in there get lost amongst the not so good ones... I really think she'd have been better off cutting the number of songs right down.

Ain't No Other Man, Back In The Day, Slow Down Baby, Oh Mother, On Our Way, Here To Stay, Welcome, Candyman, Mercy On Me & The Right Man are the tracks that stood out on the first few listens.

To be fair, some others are already growing on me. I got a vibe of the Sugababes on tracks such as Without You, Thank You (Dedication To Fans) is a nice sentiment but ends up being as sickening as it sounds.

So a mixed review from me...

If you surf on over to POPBYTES, they have a fantastic download - Junior Vasquez's mix of Ain't No Other Man, which I'm loving right now. And Dorian Lyskey has written a great review of the album HERE for The Guardian.

Amy Winehouse Disappears Further

So Amy Winehouse was the next big thing for a while back there in 2004... I quite liked her music to be honest. And then she disappeared off the radar, only to be sighted in London a couple of weeks ago having obviously caught skinny-itis.

Scary.

Hot Guy For The Hell Of It

It's a slow news day here at Lash and so I thought I'd liven up the proceedings by posting this picture of Stephen Dorff (of Phwoar...ff) at the World Trade Center film premiere the other night. Not sure if I want to see the film, it still feels a bit too soon. But doesn't Dorff smarten up well? I mean, we know he looks good in nothing but a towel, but a suit is damn fine too.

Keep up the good work Stephen...

Every Music Video Should Be Like This

I've just seen the new video for OK Go's new single Here It Goes Again and was blown away.

The band's video for A Million Ways was the first download of the month on Lash Mag and yet somehow they've managed to better the genius 'choreographed dancing in the back yard' of that video by adding EIGHT treadmills to the mix.

If working out meant learning that dance I'd do it more than ten minutes a day... week... ever. Watch and giggle and be amazed...

I Don't Feel Like Dancing

Jake Shears in an electric blue catsuit with bleached blonde locks was exactly what i wanted to see after Big Brother tonight.

A bit of glamour injected into Ch4's group of nobodies wanting to be somebodies. The Scissor Sisters' new video for I Don't Feel Like Dancing has convinced me of the awesomeness of their new song, from the upcoming album Ta-Dah. It really made me smile.

Ana Matronic is everything a woman should be, curvy, confident and full of personality in her self and her fashion sense. Love her. The vid's everything you expect from the Scissor Sisters; colourful, joyous, slightly freaky and lots of eye candy. It's like the Take Your Mama Out video mixed with the Filthy/Gorgeous vid.

God bless the Scissor Sisters, the pop world's been dull and grey without them*.


*barring the fabulosity of Matt Willis of course.

Queer Eye Is No More

Yes, its true. I am sorry to report that the American public's love affair with the gay man is officially over. The uber-successful Queer Eye For The Straight Guy has been cruelly, rudely axed. The reasons haven't been disclosed but, while it did very little in the advancement of gay representation on television, it was an undeniably fun and enjoyable romp.

They will be missed, not just for the minor new ground they broke, but for their relentless quest in making the straight man look good. I for one, have never looked better thanks to the boys. RIP Queer Eye. The Queens are dead. (sorry)

Epic and A-Muse-ing...

Muse's new video for their single Knights Of Cydonia is as epic as the song sounds. Based on spaghetti westerns and including kung fu, holograms and a woman riding a unicorn in her spiky metal underwear/armour.
Watch it!

Marie Antoinette: First Look

After the amazing The Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation, writer and director Sofia Coppola is back with Marie Antoinette. Coppola's films always look stunning and from the images I've seen so far it looks like we're in for more of the same with this film.

I love the way this Cannes poster fuses modern stark neon pink lettering with the pastel vintage colours of the costume. Coppola has said it's a modern story about teenagers that played out in the past, and I'm sure the script and mise en scene will reflect that.

The cast includes Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Asia Argento, Marianne Faithfull, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan and many more familiar faces.

It's released here in the UK in October. For more images and info visit The IMDB.

//Trailer: MARIE ANTOINETTE//

Introducing The New & Improved Matt Willis

Matt Willis was not a happy man when he saw the cut of his first video for Hey Kid. (The one with the flips, the pink shirt, the oranges and the pointless taxi hailing.) Nor, apparently, were the record execs... So he's filmed a new and improved version set to be shown this week and based on the second film it's featured in John Tucker Must Die (the first was Stormbreaker).

Check him out in his gym gear above, along with two rather happy emo-tastic fans. See, even guys like Matt Willis now post-Busted - he's supercool! I'm liking the new hair. A lot. However the beard is still there, albeit slightly shorn by the looks of it. And physical activity with Matt sounds good also. So the signs are there that it shall be a spectacular video, complete with signs saying 'Hey' and 'Kid' so we don't forget what the song's called.


Ah, look, he's smiling. God I love him. You should too. I'll post the video when it youtube premieres...