Sir Alan Sugar is starting a Junior Apprentice TV series featuring ten teenagers. — BBC British actress Lucy Gordon has been found hanged in her Paris flat. — Telegraph Sir Paul McCartney has removed his house from Google Street View. — The Sun Elbow won two Ivor Novello Awards yesterday, The Ting Tings and Duffy each won one. — BBC Chris Martin has declared that being sued for alleged Read more
Irish musicians celebrated St Patrick's Day at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards in Dublin last night. Your favourite Irish band Boyzone partied at the ceremony alongside Westlife's Shane Filan and Nicky Byrne, who collected the group's gong for Best Irish Pop Act. The Script picked up two awards for Best Irish Album and Best Irish Band, while James Morrison was named Best International Male. He Read more
The NME Awards took place last night in London, with stars lining up on the red carpet to attend the show, including Alex Turner, Pete Doherty, Alexa Chung, Carl Barat, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding, Dave Berry, Robert Smith, Little Boots, Dizzee Rascal and Noel Fielding. Alexa looked stylish as ever in her black and white outfit and even managed to carry off the painful looking coldsore that Read more
I'll be updating the winners of all the 2009 NME Awards in this post, so keep your eyes peeled and see if your favourite nominee took home the trophy you wanted them to! Muse beat out Radiohead, Oasis, The Killers and Kings Of Leon to the trophy for Best Live Act, as voted for by NME readers. Oasis have won the Best British Band gong, while Pete Doherty has picked up the Best Solo Act award! Are Read more
Last night we were treated to some awesome performances at the Brit Awards. U2 opened the show before hosts Kylie Minogue, James Corden and Mathew Horne had us laughing out loud with their outfits and dancing. Girls Aloud brought slinky costumes and pink feathers to the stage to perform the Best British Single "The Promise", while Kings of Leon rocked out, Chris Martin and Coldplay were covered Read more
It was smiles all round for the men on the red carpet at the Brit Awards tonight. Host for the ceremony Mathew Horne followed the women's lead in his suit with on-trend blue highlights, while his partner in crime James Corden kept it cool and classic. Will Young smartened up his casual jeans with a cute white waistcoat, while Gok Wan and the legend that is David Hasselhoff went for the all-black Read more
The Brit Awards 2009 takes place next Wednesday, and I'm taking your votes for each category in my Brit Bets polls. Today I'm checking out the nominees in the Best British Live Act category, the five bands in the running are Coldplay, Elbow, Iron Maiden, Scouting For Girls and The Verve. Who would you like to take home the trophy? Source Brit Bets: British Live Act Coldplay Read more
Yesterday I kicked off my Brit Bets polls, focusing on the nominees of the Brit Awards 2009. Today I'd love to hear who you'd like to win in the Best British Group category, and the shortlist is made up of five great bands — Coldplay, Elbow, Girls Aloud, Radiohead and Take That. So have a think and then let me know who you'd like to take home the award on February 18! Source Brit Read more
After all the excitement of the BAFTAs, it's my duty to remind you that the Brits 2009 are happening next week, so with that in mind it's time to start my Brit Bets 2009 polls! From now on I'll be asking you to vote on who you want to win the gongs at the Brit Awards which will be taking place on February 18. First up is best album, with Coldplay, Duffy, The Ting Tings, Radiohead and Elbow all in Read more
Elbow have won the Mercury Music Prize for best album of the last twelve months. The group won the £20,000 prize last night for their fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid. They beat Estelle, Adele, Radiohead, Laura Marling, bookies' favourite Burial, The Last Shadow Puppets and Rachel Unthank and the Winterset to the prestigious prize. Elbow frontman Guy Garvey dedicated the award to the late Read more
