EMI Respond To Lily Allen's Album Release Delay Comments

EMI Records are currently discussing the �best date� to button Lily Allen's second record album, 'Stuck on the Naughty Step', according to industry sources.


Allen had expressed her concern over the delay behind the album, which she delivered to record bosses earlier in the summer.

In a post on her Myspace blog, she blamed the instability caused after the label's recent acquisition by private equity company Terra Firma.


"The record industry is a very political position at the moment and I am on EMI records, gobs of people have been fired or have taken redundancy late,� she wrote.


Responding to the singer's comments, a source for EMI told Music Week: �We�re unrestrained about the music we�ve heard and everyone�s now discussing the best date for the release of the record.�


Allen has already previewed a number of songs from the album on her website.


Speaking around the near recent addition, 'Who'd Of Known', she said it wouldn't make the record because its chorus resembles a Take That song.

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Guthrie adds 'Little House' seats

MINNEAPOLIS �

Fans will get an extra probability to watch the sold-out "Little House on the Prairie" musical at the Guthrie Theater.

The show stars Melissa Gilbert as the proper and reserved Ma Ingalls, mother of the bold pioneer girl Gilbert portrayed in the TV series that ran from 1974-1983.

Because of high tag demand, the Guthrie has added 12 seats to the irregular balcony in an area normally reserved for technicians and production staff. The tickets testament be available to patrons in the rush furrow only. Those rush seating area offer an unobstructed sight of the stage and will be sold earlier each unexpended performance - $20 weeknights and matinees, $25 Fridays and Saturdays.

Rush line tickets are special to one ticket per person, cash and break only.

"Little House" closes Oct. 19.

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Scientists Create Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines

�US researchers have establish a way to grow immortal cubicle strains and tissue types from pathologic patients by converting their cells into pluripotent
stem cells with the same genetic errors. The new cell lines will enable scientists to investigate ten-spot different genetic disorders like Parkinson's,
muscular dystrophy, and type 1 diabetes in the test tube instead of in the affected role, a huge step ahead compared to current methods.


The study is the work of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the University of Washington, led by
Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator George Q Daley who is based at Children's Hospital Boston. It is promulgated in the advanced on-line
publication of the journal Cell on August 7th.


Although scientists stimulate for years been ontogeny human cells from diseased patients in the research lab, current methods are unsatisfactory because cells
taken directly from patients have a limited life, and when these ar modified to make them "immortal", their physiology tail end change and make the
results confutative.


Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are gaining ground in stem cell research because like embryonic root cells, they have the potential to turn into
almost whatsoever type of cell and body tissue paper, and the cell lines go on for ever; they don't have the limited lifespan drawback of cells taken directly from
patients, or the inherited characteristics of the tumor or pathologic tissue from which they were derived. This allows scientists to study "healthy" tissue
cultures with the genetic code of the disease as well as the diseased tissue.


In this study, Daley and colleagues produced induced pluripotent bow (iPS) cells from patients with 10 different familial diseases:
Adenosine deaminase deficiency-related austere combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID, a form of "boy in the gurgle disease"),
Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome (SBDS, which causes off-white marrow to fail and predisposes the patient to leukemia),
Gaucher disease (GD) type III (a metabolic disorder where fat accumulates in organs),
Duchenne powerful dystrophy (DMD),
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD),
Parkinson disease (PD),
Huntington disease (HD),
Juvenile-onset, type 1 diabetes mellitus (JDM),
Down syndrome (DS)/trisomy 21, and
The carrier state of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (an enzyme deficiency that builds up uric acidic in dead body fluids).

Thanks to a fund from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the stalk cell lines will be available to scientists planetary. It is possible to create stem cell
lines for early diseases to a fault, said the researchers.


Daley said:


"Researchers have long wanted to find a agency to move a patient's disease into the test tube, to develop cells that could be cultured into the many
tissues relevant to diseases of the stemma, the brain and the heart, for example."


"Now, we have a way to do just that -- to derive pluripotent cells from patients with disease, which way the cells can defecate any tissue and can grow
constantly. This enables us to model thousands of conditions using classical cell culture techniques," explained Daley.


To make a disease-specific iPS cellular telephone line, Daley and colleagues took cells from a diseased patient and motley them with a benign virus that introduced
what they called "reprogramming factors" to induce the cells to turn pluripotent, most like a reverse engine room process that reprograms the
cells plunk for to a pre-specialized state. And the beauty of it is, the cells also have the genetical code that reflects the type of disease the patient has
inherited.


Daley and colleagues then isolated the disease-specific iPS cells and analysed the genes to confirm that they did indeed deliver the same disease-causing defects as the original donor cells. And just to be sure, they besides confirmed they were really pluripotent and could differentiate into a range of
tissue types.


The researchers ar confident that in many cases these new iPS cell lines will mimic human diseases better than animal models. Although beast
models like mice ar close to humans in many slipway, some things are too different to make them useful, for instance Down's syndrome does not
causal agency the same symptoms in mice. New things that can be explored using iPS methods will be for case comparing how the same disease varies
among unlike people, or how drugs might impact different people with the same disease. The scientists will be able to create iPS cell lines of
unlike genetic types with the same disease defect.


In the longer term, as well as organism useful for research into disease and drug testing, it is possible that iPS methods can be used to re-engineer a
disease free version of a cell line specific to a patient then re-introduce them into the patient's dead body to substitute diseased cells.


Although Daley and colleagues are making their methods available to other scientists so they canful generate their own
disease-specific iPS cell lines, as Daley explained, it will not be easy:


"They don't grow like weeds; they're more like orchids," aforesaid Daley, "you really take to tend to them," he added.


He has offered to collaborate
with other scientists to facilitate them perfect the method for the diseases they want to investigate.

"Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells."

In-Hyun Park, Natasha Arora, Hongguang Huo, Nimet Maherali, Tim Ahfeldt, Akiko Shimamura, M. William Lensch, Chad Cowan, Konrad
Hochedlinger, and George Q. Daley.
Cell advanced online issue 7th August 2008.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.07.041

Click here for
Abstract.

Sources: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, journal abstract.


Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD


Copyright: Medical News Today

Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today



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Cinema Strange

   
Artist: Cinema Strange

   Genre(s): 
Experimental
   

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Discography:


   
 The Astonished Eyes Of Evening

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 10

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Hold Regained

   
Artist: Hold Regained

   Genre(s): 
Hardcore
   

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Discography:


   
 Beyond Our Minds

   Year:    
Tracks: 6

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Midnite

   
Artist: Midnite

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Folk
   Reggae
   

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Discography:


   
 Midnite jah grid

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 13


   
 Let Live

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 14


   
 Live At Tremont Music Hall Charlotte USA

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 12


   
 Ras Mek Peace

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10

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Timbaland - Timbaland Wedding Was Beautiful Says Hilson

Singer/songwriter KERI HILSON has offered an insight into superproducer TIMBALAND's wedding to his longterm girlfriend last weekend (end22Jun08) - stating the ceremony was "beautiful".

Hilson was one of the lucky guests to be invited to the lavish ceremony in Aruba on Sunday (22Jun08), where the acclaimed beatmaker married publicist Monique Idlett - his girlfriend of two years.

The south Caribbean nuptials were the couple's second marriage. The pair reportedly exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony in the music maestro's native Virginia earlier this month (10Jun08).

And Hilson says it was worth having a second wedding, as the ceremony was such an outlandish affair.

She tells People.com, "It was a show, it was a huge deal. Private island, fireworks - the whole nine yards. But it was beautiful, very beautiful."

But she adds it wasn't all for show: "It was very, very heartfelt, very sincere. It wasn't just a show to be a show, like a big to-do just to be a big to-do - it was really nice."

Timbaland and Idlett have a seven month old daughter, Reign, together. They became engaged last October (07).

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Jennifer Lopez - Lopez Treats School Kids To Private Concert

Singer/actress JENNIFER LOPEZ performed one of her most low-key concerts ever in New York on Tuesday (17Jun08), when she took to the stage for an elementary school's graduation ceremony.

The pop star was contacted by the students at Staten Island's autistic school P.S. 37 after teacher Kathy Amati showed them the video for Lopez's single Let's Get Loud.

The kids loved the promo so much, Amati suggested they write to Lopez in the hope of getting autographs or pictures in return.

But they were stunned when Lopez personally requested to perform at their graduation ceremony - and the group of 10 and 11-year-olds were treated to a private performance on Tuesday, where she sang Let's Get Loud specially for them.

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Jaramar

   
Artist: Jaramar

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   

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Discography:


   
 Que Nadie, Nadie Creera El Incendio

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 11


   
 A Flor de Tierra

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


   
 Lenguas

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 11


   
 Si Yo Nunca Muriera

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 10


   
 Fingir Que Duermo

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 15


   
 Entre La Pena Y El Gozo

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 14

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Charlotte to give birth to six babies

London (ANI): Pregnant singer Charlotte Church has revealed that she wants a "rugby team" of up to six babies and that too by the time she reaches 32. The 22-year-old is expecting her second child with rugby ace Gavin Henson, 26, in November and wants to have another four of them. Church revealed her desire to expand her family as soon as possible in her talk on this week's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC1. "I want all my babies by the time I'm 32," the Sun quoted her as telling Ross. "I want between four and six, and Gavin wants eight. We're trying to create a little rugby team," she said.

Axel Bartsch

   
Artist: Axel Bartsch

   Genre(s): 
Techno
   Dance
   

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Discography:


   
 In The Country

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 2


   
 Speicher 41

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 2

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After spending much of the '80s as a DJ and impresario of funk and hip-hop, Axel Bartsch began to unionise techno parties some Germany in the early '90s. His first proper productions appeared in former 1994 on his possess Syndrome Audio imprint under the guise Digital Age, and a duo of Bartsch and his longtime confederate Asem Shama released records on such early imprints as Bush, Planet of Drums, and Head in the Clouds before Frisbee Tracks sign the couple under the false name Vanguard. It was likewise during this clock time that Bartsch began to make a name for himself DJing in clubs under the guise DJ Aki, playing throughout Europe and releasing a serial of dancefloor classics under the rubric of Drumfiles on the Spielzeug label.


Just Bartsch's biggest winner would come in 2004 when Vanguard's remaking of Queen's "Flash" stormed up the U.K. and German dance and pop charts, as well as seemly a pop phenomenon all over Europe. In early 2005, Bartsch began to track record albums under his have make for the prestigious Cologne label Kompakt, coming into court on a split unmarried with Canadian producer Mathew Jonson on the label's Speicher series. He likewise accomplished his have label, Sportclub, in late 2005, which presents a decidedly more minimum feeler to his productions than antecedently released. Most of late, he recorded another EP, A Light in the Dark for the parent Kompakt label, that was met with a great reception on the club circuit.





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Karlovy Vary unveils competition lineup

Festival continues its focus on Central, Eastern Europe

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MOSCOW -- The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took the wraps off its 43rd edition Monday, unveiling a competition lineup true to its Central and Eastern European roots.


While this year's festival, set for July 4-12, will feature an array of international titles, organizers still managed to preserve the event's focus on its home region.


The Czech Republic has a pair of films in the official competition. Considered one of the up-and-coming voices of Czech cinema, Petr Zelenka brings "Karamazoi," a cinematic retelling of Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" based on Evald Schorm's theatrical production.


Also featured in competition is Czech helmer Michaela Pavlatova's contemporary Prague love story "Night Owls."


Other Eastern European titles among the official selection include Croatia's Zrinko Ogresta's psychological drama "Iza stakla" (Behind the Glass) and "Plennyj" (Captive) by Russian director Alexey Uchitel, a struggle-for-survival story set during a recent war in the Caucasus.


"The Guitar," the directorial debut of Amy Redford, daughter of Robert, is the sole U.S. entry in competition. The freshman feature, which debuted this year at Sundance, focuses on a young woman suddenly confronted with her own mortality.


The complete Karlovy Vary lineup follows:



Official selection -- competition

"Behind the Glass," Zrinko Ogresta, Croatia
"Captive," Alexey Uchitel, Russia, Bulgaria
"Distant Tremors," Manuel Poutte, Belgium-France
"Dr. Aleman," Tom Schreiber, Germany
"The Early Bird Catches the Worm," Francesco Patierno, Italy
"The Guitar," Amy Redford, U.S.
"The Investigator," Attila Gigor, Hungary-Sweden-Ireland
"The Karamazovs," Petr Zelenka, Czech Republic
"Night Owls," Michaela Pavlatova, Czech Republic
"The Photograph," Nan T. Achnas, Indonesia-France-Netherlands-Switzerland-Sweden
"Pretextos," Silvia Munt, Spain
"The Shaft," Zhang Chi, China
"Terribly Happy," Henrik Ruben Genz, Denmark
"True Enough," Sam Karmann, France



Documentary films in competition

"Bigger, Stronger, Faster*," Christopher Bell, U.S.
"Blind Loves," Juraj Lehotsky, Slovakia
"The Bug Trainer," Donatas Ulvydas, Linas Augutis, Marek Skrobecki, Lithuania-Poland-Japan-Germany
"Bye Bye Shanghai," Jana Bokova, Czech Republic, Argentina
"Cosmic Station," Bettina Timm, Germany
"Cyanosis," Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Iran
"Everything Is Relative," Mikala Krogh, Denmark
"Hero, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly," Angel Loza, Spain
"Hoy el dia se repite diferente," Oscar Moreno, Xavier Baig, Spain
"Just Like Heaven," Filip Marczewski, Poland
"The Ladies," Christina A. Voros, U.S.
"Lost World," Gyula Nemes, Hungary-Finland
"Man on Wire," James Marsh, U.K.
"The Mother," Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov, Switzerland-France-Russia
"Rain of the Children," Vincent Ward, New Zealand
"Rene," Helena Trestikova, Czech Republic



East of the West -- films in competition

"Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!)," Robert Lakatos, Hungary-Austria-Germany
"Boogie," Radu Muntean, Romania
"The Class," Gabor Dettre, Hungary
"The Collectress," Kristina Buozyte, Lithuania
"The Hard-Hearted," Alexey Mizgirev, Russia
"The Hollow," Marina Razbezhkina, Russia
"I Was Here," Rene Vilbre, Estonia
"It's Hard to Be Nice," Srdjan Vuletic, Bosnia and Herzegovina-Germany- U.K.-Serbia-Montenegro-Slovenia
"Mao Tse Tung," Bisha Besnik, Albania
"Muzika," Juraj Nvota, Slovakia
"Of Parents and Children," Vladimir Michalek, Czech Republic
"Seamstresses," Lyudmil Todorov, Bulgaria
"Time to Die," Dorota Kdzierzawska, Poland
"Tulpan," Lenka Tyrpakova, Kazakhstan
"Vogelfrei," Anna Viduleja, Gatis Smits, Janis Kalejs, Janis Putnins, Latvia



Forum of Independents

"Adventures of Power," Ari Gold, U.S.
"Divizionz," Yes! That's us (collective), Uganda-South Africa-U.K.-Luxembourg
"Hank and Mike," Matthiew Klinck, Canada
"Good Cats," Ying Liang, China
"Good Morning Heartache," Anna Negri, Italy
"The Man Who Loved Yngve," Stian Kristiansen, Norway
"Mermaid," Russia, dir. Anna Melikyan
"Peacefire," Macdara Vallely, U.K.
"Poppy Shakespeare," Benjamin Ross, U.K.
"R(evolution)," Mustafa Zaveri, India
"This Beautiful City," Ed Gass-Donnelly, Canada
"Written," Kim Byung-woo, South Korea

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Seventeen

   
Artist: Seventeen

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Ransom Your Handsome

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 8

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