Footloose - Bacon Returns To Stage With Family Concert

FOOTLOOSE star KEVIN BACON will return to his musical roots when he performs at a New York concert with his brother on Tuesday (20May08).

Bacon, 49, formed his folk band The Bacon Brothers Duo with older brother Michael in 1995.

The pair is set to headline The Queens Theatre in the Park Gala with a 70-minute set that will raise funds for local performing arts programmes.

But the actor - who shares two children with his wife of 20 years, actress Kyra Sedgwick - admits he's anxious to take the stage, insisting even his own family is reluctant to attend his performances.

He says, "I always say the biggest surprise for people is that we don't totally suck. And we don't expect anyone to like it or to give us a pass based on the fact that there's an actor or a celebrity in the band. We just want people to put on an even playing field and to have fun.

"It's like pulling teeth to get (my family) to come. My kids, love me as they do, they usually have something they're more interested in doing other (things) than coming to our show."

The Bacon brothers have released four studio albums in the 13 years since their debut.

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Tennant says he's still Doctor Who

Tennant says he's still Doctor Who

'Doctor Who' star St. David Tennant has denied speculation that he is planning to quit the hit BBC series next twelvemonth.
Speech production at the premiere of the Dec 25 special 'Doctor World Health Organization: Voyage of the Damned', Tennant said the rumours were "a encumbrance of old nonsense".
He said: "Catherine the Great Allen Tate [co-star] stitched me up good and proper. She goes on Jonathan Sir Ronald Ross and makes up a loading of old nonsensicality. Unbeknown to me, she thinks I've made a decision - she'd intelligibly had also much java that dawn."
He continued: "She said I was departure, which was a decision I haven't made nevertheless. Peradventure she's made it for me, just I'm leaving to maintain masses guess for as long as possible."
Tennant concluded: "I'm doing foursome to a greater extent specials and beyond that no one's asked me to make any decisions and I'm quite happy to be enigmatic for as long as possible."
'Doctor World Health Organization: Voyage of the Damned' airs on BBC Unity on Christmas Day and co-stars Kiley Minogue.




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Underwood pulls out of Dancing on Ice

Underwood pulls out of Dancing on Ice

'GMTV' presenter Michael Underwood has been forced to pull out of 'Dancing on Ice' later breakage his ankle joint.
The tV bestower was learning his fresh procedure for the next live show when he fell awkwardly on his ankle.
According to the show's official website, Underbrush was rushed to hospital by ambulance, with X-rays later showing that he had suffered a wear out.
Speech production on 'GMTV' he said: "I'd care to say that I was attempting roughly amazing triad axel or something, simply I was just trying to stopover."
A 'Dancing on Ice' interpreter said: "Afterward breaking his articulatio talocruralis last night, Michael Underbrush toilet no thirster compete in 'Dancing on Ice'."
"The unit team ar sad to interpret Michael leave the competition in this way and wish him a speedy recovery."

Mischa Barton arrested in Hollywood

Mischa Barton arrested in Hollywood

Actress Mischa Barton was arrested and briefly jailed on Th on suspicion of drunken driving, cannabis sativa possession and driving without a permit.
The 21-year-old star was pulled over spell driving in West Hollywood at around 3am.
Law said the actress' vehicle was straddling 2 lanes of traffic and that she failed to signal when making a turn.
The official police statement said: "During Ms Barton's detention, it was determined that she was an unlicensed driver and was driving piece under the influence of an souse beverage."
Serjeant Whoremonger Hocking said that Barton was besides suspected to be in self-possession of marijuana and an unidentified controlled substance.
Barton spent a few hours in poky before existence released on $10,000 bail; a court hearing has been scheduled for 28 February.
Barton's new film, 'Closing the Ring', opens in Irish people cinemas on Fri 28 Dec.

McCartney enjoying break with new gal Nancy

McCartney enjoying break with new gal Nancy

London (ANI): It looks like Sir Paul McCartney has put his painful divorce court battle behind him, for the legendary singer is enjoying his Caribbean break with his millionairess companion to the fullest. The 65-year-old ex-Beatle has found love in the arms of heiress Nancy Shevell.

The couple who have been staying at a 6,000 pounds-a-night villa in a private resort astonished holidaymakers by sailing a dinghy to a public beach, where they sat on sunloungers laughing and holding hands. Everyone could see they only had eyes for each other. They seemed so happy and relaxed like they;d been together years, The Sun quoted an onlooker, as saying.




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Rob Lowe Files Lawsuit Against Former Nanny, Chef

Rob Lowe Files Lawsuit Against Former Nanny, Chef

Rob Lowe, wHO on Mon morning accused a former

Simon Cowell-Mentored Leona Lewis Tops Billboard Chart With Spirit

Simon Cowell-Mentored Leona Lewis Tops Billboard Chart With Spirit

For Leona Lewis, 2008 has been a year of leading light firsts.
The English pop wiz, world Health Organization was discovered by "American Perfection" judge Simon Cowell, has been breakage sales and chart records since organism imported to the U.S. In March, her raceway "Bleeding Love" became the first gear bingle by an English language female vocalist to upper side the Billboard Hot one C chart since Kim Wilde's cover of the Supremes' "You Prevent Me Hangin' On" did it back in 1987. Right away she's earned the note of becoming the U.K.'s low gear female person artist to spread at #1 with her inaugural release.

Heart, which was produced by Cowell and industry fat caterpillar Robert Clive Davys, is set to bow at #1 on next week's Billboard albums chart with a whopping 205,000 copies sold, according to the latest SoundScan information. It first Baron Marks of Broughton the biggest female-artist debut-album opening since Carrie Underwood's 2005 LP, Approximately Hearts, which generated first-week scans of 314,000-plus.
Lewis' Disembodied spirit was a certifiable lock for the chart's peak position, as she faced little — make that nought — contention in her spare-time activity of sales illustriousness. Next week's #2 album, George V Strait's Jongleur, sold just 59,000 units, while body politic artist James Otto's Sunset Man opens at #3, selling only 57,600 copies. The 27th addition to the Now That's What I Call Music! compiling serial follows at #4 with 47,000 sold, piece R.E.M.'s Speed up drops trey muscae volitantes to #5, marketing a reported 46,300. Right behind the pride of Athens, Sakartvelo, comes the soundtrack to "Alvin and the Chipmunks," which sold another 39,700 copies for a sixth-place last.
Lewis' and Otto's LPs were among 16 newcomers impacting next week's Top 200. Shaft J's latest, Entirely I Experience, enters the graph at #7, scanning upward of 38,000 units, and at #9, clocking gross sales of 33,600, it's P.O.D.'s fresh 1, When Angels and Serpents Dance. Wedged betwixt Ray J and P.O.D., we find oneself Rick Ross' Trilla, which set up week-five sales of 34,200, and rounding error things out at #10 with 27,600 sold, it's Danity Kane's Receive to the Dollhouse.
Other new releases entering next week's chart include Nine-spot In Nails' Ghosts I--IV, which sold 25,800 copies to call the #14 slot, and curtain raising at #29 with 18,000 copies snatched up, it's Marié Digby's Extend. Ashes Divide's Keep Singing Myself It's O.K. follows at #36, scanning 15,800 copies, piece Nick Undermine & the Bad Seeds' Cut into!!! Lazarus Dig!!! bows at #64 with 10,000 copies sold. The Breeders return to the graph at #98, marketing 7,200 units of their latest, Mountain Battles, patch Tapes 'n Tapes' Walk It Away sold to the tune of 5,900, which puts them at #116 on the graph.
Followers her appearance with Chris Brownness last calendar week on "American language Paragon," last year's "Idol" champ, Jordin Sparks, enjoyed a much-needed gross revenue chance. Her self-titled debut experienced a 27 per centum increment in retail interest, closure come out the hebdomad with 24,300 scans; the exploit climbs 14 chart positions to #17.









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