Indiana Jones - Ford Waxes Chest For Charity

INDIANA JONES star HARRISON FORD has had his chest waxed for a new advertising campaign to promote awareness of deforestation.

The 65-year-old actor is seen gritting his teeth and wincing with pain as a wax strip is pulled from his torso.

But the stunt is all for a good cause as the 30-second ad has been filmed for Conservation International - an environmental campaign group - to help raise awareness of the effect of deforestation on global warming.

Ford is seen saying, "Every bit of rain forest that gets ripped out over there really hurts us over here."

And Conservation International boss Peter Seligmann insists the Hollywood star really went through with the waxing, and his pained expression was totally genuine.

He says, "I didn't have to talk him into anything. I was there when he filmed it. It really hurt. There's nothing about the expression on his face that was fake."

The short film mirrors a scene from 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which sees actor Steve Carell screaming with pain during his chest hair removal session.

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Saint Etienne Daho

   
Artist: Saint Etienne Daho

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   

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Discography:


   
 Reserection

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 5

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Pop princess Kylie Minogue turns 40

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Cannes Film Festival - Movie Reviews Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull

Film critics who held off their reviews of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend are
having a go at it today (Thursday), the official opening day of the movie. Manohla
Dargis in the New York Times gives it merely a so-so critique. "There's plenty
of frantic energy here, lots of noise and money too, but what's absent is any sense
of rediscovery, the kind that's necessary whenever a filmmaker dusts off an old formula
or a genre standard," she writes. But who needs that? Ty Burr seems to ask in the
Boston Globe. What audiences want, he remarks, is "engaged nostalgia, I think,
and on that level Crystal Skull delivers. This isn't a reinvention but a reunion,
of characters, creators, even techniques." Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle
faults director Steven Spielberg for insisting on making the action nonstop,
resulting in what he calls "probably the worst of the Indiana Jones movies." Nevertheless,
he adds, that action "is more inventive, more lovingly detailed and a lot more pleasurable
than anything you could hope to see in [other] action movies." Stephen Hunter in
the Washington Post welcomes back "the hero." There's a pleasure, he writes,
in seeing the Indiana Jones character. He "hasn't a crystal jaw, much less a glass
one. Hit him, he gets up and hits you back. He always figures out a way to win. ...
It's romantic manliness at its purest, almost but not quite schmaltz, ideally calcula
ted to please true believers and ironic snorters at once."

22/05/2008

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Mortal Sanctuary

   
Artist: Mortal Sanctuary

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Agony

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 6

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Pete Doherty - Pete Dohertys Solo Show Rescheduled

PETE DOHERTY is planning a solo concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.

The gig was supposed to take place on April 26th but was delayed due to Pete's incarceration and will now happen on July 12th.

According to NME magazine, fans who purchased tickets for the original date will be able to exchange them for new tickets valid for the rescheduled date.

The publication adds that this show will not be Pete's first since he regained his freedom as he is set to join his band BABYSHAMBLES on stage at the London Kentish Town Forum on May 13th.

Pete was released from Wormwood Scrubs Prison, where he was serving time for breaching the terms of his probation, on Tuesday after 29 days of his 14-week sentence had passed.

OK! magazine reports that a special post-prison welfare fund set up by an online retailer, designed to furnish Pete with money to get his life back into shape, raised just £17.20 from the sale of stripy tops.

A spokesman from the website said: "Sales have been somewhat disappointing - we only sold six stripy tops.

"We had planned to do a big presentation and get a big cheque made up but it seems pointless for a mere £17 quid and change."



07/05/2008 12:04:11

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Steve Angello

   
Artist: Steve Angello

   Genre(s): 
House
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Teasing Mr.Charlie Vinyl

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 3


   
 Tool Box EP

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 3


   
 The Look

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 2


   
 Acid and Euro Record 2

   Year:    
Tracks: 3


   
 Acid and Euro Record 1

   Year:    
Tracks: 2

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Nas - Sharpton Praises Nas For Dropping Controversial Album Title

LATEST: Rapper NAS' decision not to call his new album N**GER has been praised by civil rights activist REVEREND AL SHARPTON.

The 34-year-old New York native wanted to use the title to make a political statement about the hypocrisy in hip-hop.

But criticism from Def Jam record executives and fear of a decline in sales persuaded him to pull the title on Monday (19May08), just six weeks before the album hits stores on 1 July (08).

And Sharpton is calling the rapper's decision a "partial victory" for racial-equality activists.

He says, "The record companies have to consider the downside of using it, business-wise. That would not have happened if we hadn't protested.

"I have a lot of respect for Nas. I liked what he said about (police shooting victim) Sean Bell. We have a fundamental disagreement on this. He can rap against me. I'll preach against them. We're still friends."

But Nas insists the album's original title will still resonate with his fans.

He says, "The streets have been waiting for this for a long time. The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it."

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