U.S. rapper B.o.B tops UK singles chart

July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – American rapper B.o.B climbed two places to claim the top spot on Britain’s singles chart on Sunday with “Airplanes,” featuring Paramore rocker Hayley Williams, the Official Charts Company said.

Last week’s number one, BRIT award winners JLS, slid to No. 7 with “The Club Is Alive.”

British rapper Professor Green debuted at No. 5 with “Just Be Good To Green,” featuring Lily Allen, while Mark Ronson and The Business International went in at No. 6 with “Bang Bang Bang.”

Eliza Dolittle’s “Pack Up” was also a new entry in the top 10, climbing four places to No. 8.

Eminem claimed the best selling album of the week, ousting Kylie Minogue’s “Aphrodite” to reclaim the top spot with “Recovery.”

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Lily Allen wins three Ivor Novello Awards

May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 21 (ANI): British singer Lily Allen has bagged three Ivor Novello Awards.

Her single ‘The Fear’, No1 for four weeks in February last year, won Most Performed Song and Best Song Musically And Lyrically at the songwriters’ bash on May 20.

Allen, 25, and Greg Kurstin, with whom she penned a string of her hits including ‘The Fear’, together won Songwriters Of The Year.

“I didn’t realise I was an exceptional songwriter. I just thought I wrote nursery rhymes – little ditties that I write for myself. I am overwhelmed,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

She wants to establish herself as a hitmaker for hire and has set her sights on adding extra magic to chart-topping acts such as Lady Gaga, whose ‘Just Dance’ was knocked off No1 by ‘The Fear’.

“I’m still writing songs all the time and I won’t be writing just for myself any more. I want to write for Lady GaGa,” she added. (ANI)

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Lily Allen dismisses pregnancy reports

May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 18 (ANI): Lilly Allen has dismissed rumours of pregnancy, which sparked after she revealed that she was quitting her pop career.

Following her exit, she had said: “I”d like to have a child within a year. I”d say it will be a minimum of four or five years before I make a record again.”

Also, recently she was spotted with a phantom bump when a gust of wind blew up her top.

However, she has denied all suggestions of pregnancy.

“I’m not pregnant. FYI”, the Mirror quoted her as writing on Twitter. (ANI)

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Why Lily Allen walked away from her music career

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 14 (ANI): ‘Smile’ hitmaker Lilly Allen has disclosed the reason why she decided to walk away from her music career – she got “fed up” with her own image.

“I just feel like I”m at a point in my life where I should be at home more and not sort of traveling the world,” the Daily Express quoted her as telling GMTV.

The British singer announced earlier this year she is planning a hiatus from recording and performing live to concentrate on launching a designer clothes hire shop and setting up her own record company.

“I”m still working on music and still writing music, maybe for other people. I”m involved with trying to make a musical at the moment. But I”m just sort of fed up with Lily Allen – the character,” she said.

“Many people in my position quite frankly go a bit mad and that”s because they are pushing it too hard. So it”s actually a sensible thing to do,” she concluded. (ANI)

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Why Lily Allen walked away from her music career

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 14 (ANI): ‘Smile’ hitmaker Lilly Allen has disclosed the reason why she decided to walk away from her music career – she got “fed up” with her own image.

“I just feel like I”m at a point in my life where I should be at home more and not sort of traveling the world,” the Daily Express quoted her as telling GMTV.

The British singer announced earlier this year she is planning a hiatus from recording and performing live to concentrate on launching a designer clothes hire shop and setting up her own record company.

“I”m still working on music and still writing music, maybe for other people. I”m involved with trying to make a musical at the moment. But I”m just sort of fed up with Lily Allen – the character,” she said.

“Many people in my position quite frankly go a bit mad and that”s because they are pushing it too hard. So it”s actually a sensible thing to do,” she concluded. (ANI)

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When Lily Allen discovered a tarantula in her bed

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 14 (ANI): Singer Lilly Allen has revealed how she was terrified after discovering a tarantula in her bed during her recent trip to the Amazon rainforest.

The songstress spent a week in the Brazilian state of Acre filming a documentary for the World Wildlife Fund charity in a bid to publicize the need for conservation efforts.

But the British singer admits she wasn”t a fan of the area”s scary populace.

“I”ve been there (Brazil) a few times on tour but only to like Rio and Sao Paulo,” the Daily Star quoted her as telling Sky news.

“It was really nice to go up to the rainforest – even though there was a tarantula in my bed one evening, which was slightly terrifying. I just screamed and ran out of the room.”

A report in The Sun newspaper documents Allen”s terror at her confrontation with the critter – she sprinted from the hut, screaming: “There”s a f**king tarantula in my room! It”s about the size of my hand.” (ANI)

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Kate Moss ”pays graffiti artist Banksy £150k to paint mural at her home”

May 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 4 (ANI): Supermodel Kate Moss has asked British graffiti artist Banksy to paint a one-off mural on a wall in her mansion.

The graffiti artist was given Moss” mansion keys to paint the mural measuring around 12ft by 18ft, reports The Mirror.

The artwork reportedly cost Moss 150,000 pounds.

“Kate is a big fan of Banksy and has several prints of his, plus a few originals, collected at home. He has even done a portrait of Moss herself,” a source said.

The source added.

“She explained exactly what she wanted doing and Banksy gave her a quote. It wasn”t cheap. Kate asked for an entire wall to be painted, showing Kate on the catwalk at all stages of her career – from a fresh-faced 16-year-old to her last appearance earlier this year.

“The painting also shows various well known faces including pals Sadie Frost, Naomi Campbell, Lily Allen and even Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah. It is pretty eclectic.

“Weirdly, the fashion shows ”audience” also features a few animals. It is surrealist in nature, and extremely eye-catching.”(ANI)

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Cheryl Cole voted ”decade”s most stylish woman”

May 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 4 (ANI): Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole is the most stylish woman of the decade, according to a poll of more than 1,300 British women aged 18 or over.

Thirty four percent of British women believe that Ashley Cole”s estranged wife should be given iconic status.

Lady Gaga came second with 11 per cent votes, reports The Telegraph.

The 26-year-old X Factor judge was recently voted the world”s sexiest woman for the second year running in an annual survey for the men”s magazine FHM.

Madonna was voted the most innovative and stylish female of the eighties.

Jacqui Thomas of Galaxy Counters said: “One in three British women say stone wash denim was one of the best trends to come out of the 1980s and it has definitely made a comeback of late although in a revamped design from its original form.”

The top six fashion icons of today:

1. Cheryl Cole: 34 percent
2. Lady Gaga: 11 percent
3= Emma Watson: 4 percent
4= Sienna Miller: 4 percent
5. Lily Allen: 3 percent
6. Agyness Deyn: 2 percent

The best trends of the 1980s:

1. Stone wash denim: 32 percent
2. Fashion sunglasses): 27 percent
3. Leg warmers: 17 percent
4. Ra Ra skirts: 14 percent
5. Dancewear as fashion: 11 percent. (ANI)

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Key British political parties pursuing Lily Allen

April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Apr 26 (ANI): Lily Allen has been courted by two of Britain’s main political parties because she reached out to young fans via Internet, the singer has revealed.

In an interview with The Sunday Times in London, Allen, 24, however, said that she was not keen to help either the Labour party or the Conservatives with their campaigning.

And the Tories in particular might not get her endorsement as David Cameron recently complained about his six-year-old daughter Nancy”s obsession with Allen”s songs.

Cameron said Allen’s music was “unsuitable” for Nancy.

However, even after objecting to her lyrics, he still gave one of her CDs to U.S. President Barack Obama along with selections from the Smiths, Radiohead and Gorillaz as representing the best of British music.

“Yeah, and also I thought that his favourite album that he likes listening to with his kids is the Arctic Monkeys, which if I’m not mistaken is all about one-night stands and prostitution,” News.com.au quoted Allen as saying.

“But never mind. I don’t think they’d have been denouncing me if I’d turned up at the Conservative party conference,” she said.

Allen said she was invited to the conference, adding: “Yes, I got an invite to the Labour one as well.”

Allen has famously used the Internet and online social networking sites like MySpace to spark interest in her music and reach young fans – catapulting her to global fame. (ANI)

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Lily Allen signs on to star in TV show on her life

March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, March 10 (ANI): Singer Lily Allen has signed up for a TV show that will chart her journey from a pop singer to a shopkeeper as she prepares to open a designer clothes-hire store, called Lucy in Disguise, with her sister.

Camera crews are already following the singer as she puts things in place to launch her own record label.

“Lily was approached about the TV show and thought it would help promote her new ventures as well as letting people get to know her a bit better,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

Her last foray into TV was her BBC3 talk show Lily Allen And Friends. (ANI)

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Lily Allen smokes during gig

March 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, Mar 8 (ANI): Lily Allen smoked a cigarette onstage, even though she was suffering from a chest infection.

Disregarding the smoking ban, the ‘Smile’ hitmaker lit up at the MEN Arena in Manchester.

However, she apologized to the crowd for off key vocals.

“I”ve got a bout of bronchitis so sorry if my singing”s a bit s**t. Not that it”s any good anyway,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

Allen had flouted the smoking ban in Liverpool in December, forcing local authorities to reprimand her.

She was even fined last year for smoking onstage in Paris.

Smoking in public places is banned in both Britain and France since 2007.

Allen is currently in a tour with rapper Dizzee Rascal. (ANI)

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Lily Allen to make stage debut in West End play

September 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, September 14 (ANI): Lily Allen has decided to take a break from her singing career and make her stage debut in a new West End play.

The 24-year-old confessed she has had enough of music for the time being as she recently wrapped up the festival season at Bestival.

“I’m not going to record and tour again for quite a while. I finish up my gig dates in March and I’ll be ready to do something else,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

“I’ve been on the road for four years and I’ve given my voice a real run for its money. I’m struggling, so I’m going to try something new,” she added.

The ‘Smile’ hitmaker will play the lead role in ‘Reasons To Be Pretty’ penned by writer and director Neil LaBute, and the star is also taking acting lessons with a teacher from posh drama school RADA.

She revealed: “The play is about themes close to my heart, things I touch on in my track The Fear, about the really damaging cult of beauty among young girls.

“They want me to play the lead, which is amazing and terrifying. There’s a lady from RADA coming round to my house to train me up a bit. I’m always up for a new challenge.” (ANI)

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Lily Allen’s amputation fears after falling on her tailbone

September 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Sep 2 (ANI): Brit singer Lily Allen has revealed that after she fell on her coccyx (tailbone), she feared that she would have to get her legs amputated.

Allen, 24, who describes the fall as “the most painful thing ever”, thought the injury would leave her paralysed, and she kept on crying throughout a concert in Helsinki, Finland, last month, because she was in so much pain after tripping over during an evening out.

“It really was the most painful thing ever. It was really horrible, because I had one of my security guys with me, and he said he turned around and just saw these two feet sticking out of the floor, in the air,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

“You know when you fall over your natural reaction is to get straight back up again? But I was in so much pain I thought I was paralysed or something. I mean, I really thought that I was going to have to have my legs cut off,” she said.

The ‘Smile’ singer had fallen while watching two DJ friends working.

She was “crouching” behind the decks so other partygoers wouldn’t see she was there when she slipped, and fell backwards off the stage.

“They basically gave me what I can describe as like an epidural, and yes, it numbed from my knees to my lower back to get through this show,” she explained to Absolute Radio’s Geoff Lloyd.

“But then half-way through the performance the thing started running out and I just burst into tears on stage. It was so horrible. I was sobbing real toddler tears,” she added. (ANI)

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Lily Allen’s beau gets ‘angry’ about the time she spends on Twitter

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, August 29 (ANI): Chart babe Lily Allen has revealed that the amount of time she spends “Twittering” often leavers her boyfriend “angry”.

According to the Daily Star, the 24-year-old star said that builder Sam Cooper snapped at her: “Do we have to have one-and-a-half million people with us?”

The newspaper report also highlighted the fact that Lily’s recent Ashes blogs won her a spot on the BBC’s Test Match Special radio show.

Meanwhile, according to reports, the British singer has revealed that she regrets making an album on her former lovers, as her saucy lyrics “scared” off potential boyfriends.

Allen, who split from art dealer Jay Jopling at the beginning of the year, was single when she released ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ in February.

The album included the hit song ‘Not Fair’, which detailed an ex-boyfriend’s poor performance in bed. (ANI)

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Lily Allen confesses to being obsessive about cricket

August 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Aug 25 (ANI): British singer Lily Allen has confessed that she is obsessive about cricket, and just cannot stop talking about it all the time.

Allen, 24, who was spotted cheering at the Ashes during England’s victory, also revealed what she found so fascinating about the game.

“I am obsessed with cricket – I twitter about it all the time. I played in Holland on Friday, got on a bus overnight and then drove to The Oval on Saturday,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

“I was trying to listen to the cricket in Amsterdam. I was screaming: ‘Australia are all out!’

“I first got interested in cricket about the time I heard Freddie Flintoff had a wee in the Prime Minster’s garden at Downing Street.

“No, seriously, I followed the 2005 Ashes – my dad is really into it and used to play. The girls would sit in the pavilion making sandwiches and the boys would play cricket.

“I’m an entertainer and my shows last an hour and it’s all very quick – life in the fast lane.

“But I’m not into one-day cricket or Twenty20, I’m into Test matches. I love the five-day slog.

“I think the Ashes should be seven or nine Test matches rather than five. It should be all-out war all summer.

“I’m a traditionalist. I like the beauty of the game, the whites against the green, and the slow pace. I like so many things about cricket,” she added. (ANI)

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Lily Allen confirms new romance

August 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 22 (ANI): British pop star Lily Allen has gone public with her romance and confirmed that she’s going out with contractor Sam Cooper.

The couple were spotted getting cosy publicly at the final Ashes cricket test at the Kennington Oval in London.

Recently Allen also put up posts on her Twitter.com blog to clear that Cooper was a decorator and not a painter as reported by some sections of the media, reports The Sun.

Allen has been single after her split with art dealer Jay Jopling early this year. She has dated Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons and record executive Seb Chew earlier. (ANI)

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Lily Allen rates English cricketers on who she’ll ‘shag’ or ‘snog’

August 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, August 22 (ANI): Pop star Lily Allen has apparently revealed who in the England cricket team she will “shag” or “snog”.

Along with her builder boyfriend Sam Cooper, she picked up a programme at the England versus Oz Ashes’ decider at The Oval.

And alongside the players’ names, the brash singer started scribbling what she would like to do with them.

Sam was sitting next to her when she rated Freddie Flintoff a “shag”, and Steve Harmison a “snog”.

“Lily was marking her favourites on the programme and rubbing her fella’s face in it,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“She likes Freddie the best so she scribbled shag next to his picture and snog next to Steve’s.

“She likes to wind her boyfriend up and make him jealous. It was doing the trick. She was clinging on to him all day. They were loved-up,” the source added.

Clad in a see-through top, Lily was shown on television as well as on the ground’s big screen several times during the opening day’s play.

Sources have revealed that Sam started to feel uncomfortable when they went to the players’ bar for a tipple at the end of play.

A source said: “He was taking it all in his stride until they went to the bar. It was then when he started to look really uncomfortable with the attention she was getting. She was the talk of the dressing room because of all the stuff she’s been saying about the team.”

Lily is also said to have turned her affections towards champion bowler Stuart Broad on Twitter.

She Twittered: “Stuart Broad is fast becoming my favourite England cricketer. OMG. Broad is a genius. And he doesn’t have a beer gut.”

Reports quoting her having stating that have also pointed out hat her current fella has a beer gut. (ANI)

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Lily Allen cheers for England at Ashes

August 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Aug 21 (ANI): English pop singer Lily Allen was spotted cheering for England at the Ashes decider on August 20, with a St George’s Cross painted on her cheek.

Allen, 24, was seen with decorating firm boss boyfriend Sam Cooper watching Freddie Flintoff, Andrew Strauss and the lads battling Australia at The Oval in South London, reports the Sun.

The ‘LDN’ singer even posted messages on her Twitter website during the Test, stating it was a “perfect way to spend a rare day off”.

But she slammed Paul Collingwood – caught for 24 – as “dull”, and even hinted she wants to go into cricket commentating. (ANI)

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Elton John heads off to St. Tropez for holiday

August 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Aug 19 (ANI): Brit singer-songwriter Elton John has followed in the footsteps of other stars, and headed off to St. Tropez for a holiday.

John, 62, has been busy with his shows in Las Vegas, and it is only now that he has been able to join his partner David Furnish, who has been at the posh French resort since last month, reports the Mirror.

The singer, who is taking a break before he kicks off a Canadian tour next month, was seen heading for the beach as soon as he got there.

Other celebrities who recently visited the summer celeb retreat were Jack Nicholson, Lily Allen, and Kate Moss. (ANI)

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Lily Allen’s ‘new man is married’

August 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Aug 9 (ANI): ‘Smile’ singer Lily Allen’s alleged new partner Wade Oates is married, it has emerged.

Oates, who is singer with popular New York band The Virgins, made the shocking revelation on his Facebook page.

On the site, thirty two-year-old Wade has admitted to being in a relationship with a fellow New Yorker, Audrey Gelman.

Lily, 24, was photographed snogging Oates last week, at the Fuji Rocks festival in Tokyo but it looks like their relationship may not last long after Lily discovers the truth about her new man. he Daily Star quoted a source close to Lily as saying: “Lily had a lot of fun that night as you can see from the pictures.

“But she had no idea the guy was already spoken for. She’s pretty straight when it comes to relationships and doesn’t like love cheats.

“On this occasion she seems to have landed herself one. I can’t see this relationship lasting very long.”

“Looks like it’s back to the drawing board again for Lily,” added her friend. (ANI)

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