Friday, August 16, 2013

Harry Styles has a little accident while fishing

Harry Styles got a fishing hook stuck in his bottom.

The One Direction hunk suffered the painful injury during an angling trip with his bandmates, and the incident was caught on camera for their new 3D documentary film,This Is Us.

Director Morgan Spurlock told the Daily Star newspaper: "We were all fishing and Harry somehow managed to get the fishing line caught. First it was his finger, and then later in his backside. It will definitely by featured in the film."

Apart from the painful injury to Harry's buttocks, Morgan said the most difficult part of filming was the sheer number of obsessive fans who follow the boys everywhere they go.

The filmmaker laughed: "I've seen the lads literally get chased down the street."

The Best Song Ever hitmakers are no strangers to being mobbed by fans, with Harry having to resort to drastic measures to evade his female admirers in New York last month.

The 19-year-old star was forced to get down on his hands and knees and crawl under a railing to stop being groped by fans when a gaggle of girls screaming to get a photo with him prevented him from moving.

Niall Horan has also said in the past: "I'm quite claustrophobic and I don't like everyone crowding around and shouting the same questions. I get a little bit scared sometimes. It's all good as we've got a good security team."

Paris Jackson still devastated by Michael Jackson death

Debbie Rowe claims Paris Jackson tried to kill herself because of her father's death. 

The former nurse, who was married to the King of Pop for three years until 1999 and is the mother of his two eldest children, Prince Michael, 17, and Paris, 15, testified in the Jackson family's wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoters AEG Live, that Paris attempted suicide because of Michael's death in 2009. 

Speaking in court in Los Angeles on Thursday, she said: "Their father is dead... I almost lost my daughter.

"She is devastated, she tried to kill herself. She doesn't feel she has a life anymore."

'Doctors took advantage of him'

Debbie gave up custody of the children completely when she and Michael split and said she had no regrets about leaving them with him. 

She added: "Michael wanted to be a father. I didn't sign on to be a mom. I loved him very much and I still do. I wanted him to be a father, I wanted him to have everything that he didn't have growing up, wanted him to experience it with his own child, his own children."

The Jackson family are suing AEG Live, as they believe the company negligently hired and supervised Dr Conrad Murray, who is currently serving four years imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter as he administered the lethal dose of Propofol, which killed Michael in 2009.

During her testimony the previous day, Debbie claimed her former employer, Dr Arnie Klein, and Dr Steven Hoefflin, held a "pissing match" to see who could supply the Thriller hitmaker with "better" drugs.

She said: "Michael had a very low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. I think the doctors took advantage of him that way."

Michael allegedly trusted them to prescribe him with medication but they did not act in his best interest as they consistently tried to outdo each other by giving him stronger doses of painkillers, such as Diprivan and Demerol.

She said: "These idiots were going back and forth the whole time, not caring about him," adding that Dr. Conrad Murray then "got in there and killed him".

She said: "The only physician who ever did anything, the only physician who cared for Michael was Allan Metzger.

"I was probably one of the only ones who said no to MJ."

Justin Timberlake to perform at MTV VMAs

Justin Timberlake is set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards later this month.

He will also receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award at the 25 August awards show, the network said on Thursday. Timberlake is tied with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for the most nominations, with six each.

Timberlake's nominations include video of the year, best male video and pop video forMirrors. His comeback album, The 20/20 Experience, is the year's best-selling album. He'll release The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2 on 30 September.

Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke will also perform at the VMAs.

Robin Thicke is suing Marvin Gaye's family over Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke is suing Marvin Gaye's family to protect Blurred Lines.

The singer and the song's co-writers Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr [rapper T.I.] filed a lawsuit on Thursday in California federal court.

The legal move is preemptive, after Marvin Gaye's family and Bridgeport Music - which owns several compositions by the group Funkadelic - complained the trio's hit summer was too similar to the late Motown singer's track, Got to Give It Up and the funk group's Sexy Ways.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, court documents read: "Plaintiffs, who have the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies, reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists.

"Defendants continue to insist that plaintiffs' massively successful composition, Blurred Lines, copies 'their' compositions."

'Commonplace musical elements'

The late Marvin Gaye's family say Blurred Lines has the same "feel" and "sound" as Got to Give It Up, while those in the Funkadelic camp believe the catchy tune is too similar to the band'sSexy Ways.

However, the lawsuit cites: "There are no similarities between plaintiffs' composition and those the claimants allege they own, other than commonplace musical elements. Plaintiffs created a hit and did it without copying anyone else's composition."

Robin and his fellow hitmakers are heading to court to try and prove they didn't intentionally copy anyone's songs and to avoid paying a monetary settlement. 

Shailene Woodley to shave her head

Shailene Woodley will donate her hair to a children's charity.

The 21-year-old actress is set to cut off her hair to play a teenage cancer patient in the big screen adaptation of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and the author has revealed she will donate her locks to Children with Hair Loss. 

He wrote on his Tumblr page: "Shailene Woodley is cutting her hair this weekend to prepare for her role as Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars movie. And she's donating her hair to Children with Hair Loss, an organization that provides free wigs to kids who've experienced hair loss due to cancer, burns, or other medical conditions.

"I want to be clear that this was entirely Shai's idea. (I don't even think the studio knows about it.) I hope if you're able, you'll consider joining Shai in donating. Thanks! (sic)."

John encouraged readers of his blog to participate and even revealed Shailene's mother will join her daughter in donating her hair. 

He said: "When Shailene told me about this, I immediately thought there might be people in nerdfighteria who want to join her. (We already have one convert joining in: Shailene's mom!) So if you have eight or more inches of spare hair, consider donating it to Children with Hair Loss.

"And if you do, let me know via the tags hairforhazel or itgrowsback, so I can put together some pictures/reblog your beautiful faces (sic)."

Miguel arrested for DUI

RnB singer Miguel has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of drunken driving.

A spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol says the 27-year-old Adorn crooner was pulled over in his BMW X6 just after 02:00 on Thursday for speeding and driving with tinted windows.

She says officers administered field sobriety tests, and a preliminary test measured his blood alcohol level at 0.10%. The state's legal limit is 0.08%.

Miguel won the Grammy for best R&B song earlier this year for Adorn. He also duets with Mariah Carey on her single #Beautiful.

A spokesperson for the singer, whose full name is Miguel Jontel Pimentel, did not immediately provide comment about his arrest.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Robert Pattinson moves out of Kristen Stewart neighbourhood

The British hunk has apparently found himself a new pad in a plush gated community in Beverly Hills, nearly ten miles from Los Feliz, the neighbourhood that Kristen lives in.

"Rob has moved out of the Los Feliz area to get away from Kristen and her friends," a frend of the star tells HollywoodLife. "There were too many memories there for him."

Rob and Kristen had shared the trendy neighbourhood as a home since 2008. The Twilight couple were shacked up together in the same house until last summer when Kristen's shock affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders was unveiled.

They then moved into separate houses, but were still within minutes of each other. Fast forward a year though and it sounds like Rob is keen to move on once and for all, since splitting from Kristen back in May.

"Rob's new home is in a gated community in Beverly Hills, where Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera also live," the insider reveals. "Britney Spears also used to live there."

Rob has reportedly only just moved in, with his pal adding that whilst the fancy pad is "very beautiful, it does not have a lot of furniture. You can tell he has not lived there for very long It is very sparse right now."

E! report that Rob's new house is a French Mediterranean-style mansion which comes complete with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a spa, a library and a swimming pool.

Thought to be worth a cool $3.5 million, it's nine miles away from Kristen's Los Feliz home.

Looks like they are really serious about this split after all.

Gia Allemand suffered from depression

To the outside world Gia Allemand had the world by the tail. She had plenty of work lined up and a long term relationship with NBA player Ryan Anderson. But it appears that despite the work, she was in a downward spiral that no one knew about. Her relationship with Anderson was not going where she expected and according to friends she was plagued with insecurity. An insecurity that ultimately killed her when she let it drive her to apparently commit suicide by hanging.

Sources close to the 29 year-old model and actress said that she suffered from her own personal demons. She fought a battle against depression and she turned to prescription drugs and cocaine to overcome her internal battles.

Her self appraisal took a huge shot when she lost out on catching the prize on season 14 of The Bachelor. underneath the beauty and facade of self confidence and passion, she fought depression and deep insecurities and longed to become part of something bigger than her.

It seems that Gia did not dream of being a star as much as she dreamed of being in a deep and lasting relationship. She and Ryan had been together since 2011 and she revealed to close friends that she was upset that he had not proposed yet.

Apparently last month, she and Ryan had a falling out while the two of them were in Las Vegas. The issue at hand was the lack of an engagement ring. Her disappointment at where their relationship appeared to be heading apparently added to her already low self confidence in love.

The New York Post reported that after their row in Vegas, Gia was going to move to New York to live on her own after failing to convince Anderson to make a commitment to marriage. Sources close to Allemand said that she thought Ryan was her "soulmate" when the two started dating and that she was very upset when things didn't go in the direction that she expected.

Another friend, Beauty and the Geek host Brian McFayden, told FOX that Gia was full of insecurities and that she was "looking for attention from guys." He also said that she was lost, and that, "She was looking for love."

Another friend said that when they heard of Gia's death that, they weren't "that shocked, because of her ups and down. She fell victim to her own perfection and they were having problems." A number of her friends knew at her attempts to control her depression with self-medication and when they heard about her death, they thought that was how she had died.

The real tragedy is that this beautiful and talented young woman apparently suffered from long term depression and a poor self image that left her unable to find true happiness unless she was in a loving relationship. After the falling out that she and Ryan had in Las Vegas, she must have felt that her world had ended. The young woman who "needed a partner to define her" was lost again and it was this on top of her insecurities that killed Gia Allemand.

Lisa Robin Kelly dies in rehab at 43

Lisa Robin Kelly, an actress best known for her recurring role on the hit sitcom "That '70s Show," died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 43.

Her agent, Robert Wyckoff, said that she died at a drug rehabilitation center but that the cause had not been determined. John Michas, her roommate and former boyfriend, had taken her there on Monday, Mr. Wyckoff said.

On "That '70s Show," which centered on a group of teenagers in a small Wisconsin town in the 1970s, Ms. Kelly played Laurie, the promiscuous older sister of one of the main characters, Eric, played by Topher Grace. "That '70s Show" was a mainstay of the Fox network's schedule from 1998 to 2006 and continues to be seen in syndicated reruns. "I love the character that I play," Ms. Kelly once told an interviewer.  

She departed in the show's fifth season, then returned for a few episodes before being replaced by Christine Moore.

Ms. Kelly told ABC News that she had left the show because of alcoholism. "I had lost a baby," she said.  "As a result of that, I lost it — I lost everything, and I was abusing alcohol."

She had been arrested at least three times since 2010, once for driving while intoxicated and twice for domestic abuse. She recently filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order against her husband, Robert Gilliam.

Information about her date and place of birth could not be confirmed, but according to the Internet Movie Database she was born on March 5, 1970, in Southington, Conn., and received a bachelor's degree from DePaul University.

Ms. Kelly made her professional acting debut on the sitcom "Married With Children" in 1992. She went on to appear on "Murphy Brown," "The X-Files" and other shows as well as in the movie "Jawbreaker," in which she played a cheerleader.

Survivors include her mother, Linda.

Reese Witherspoon says no to Legally Blonde 3

Reese Witherspoon turned down Legally Blonde 3.

The 37-year-old actress - who played ditzy lawyer Elle Woods in Legally Blonde andLegally Blonde: Red, White and Blonde - has refused to take part in a third movie because she's not interested in reprising her role. 

Jennifer Coolidge - who played Elle's pal Paulette in the films - told New York Daily News: "That was Reese's choice."

However, despite Reese's reluctance to rejoin forces, Coolidge had nothing but praise for the star, claiming that she made the movie a success. 

She explained: "She's such a good actress. It was weird, she carried Legally Blonde. She had a baby at home or two babies at home and she was doing Legally Blonde during the day. It was bizarre how much that girl can handle. I was blown away by her."

Meanwhile, the actress has been snapped up for the lead role in the big screen adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling novel, Wild, which is based on a screenplay from Nick Hornby.

The book and movie is centred on a 26-year-old woman who finds herself at a crossroads in life following the end of her marriage and death of her mother, and so decides to do a 1 000 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail all by herself.

The star will also produce the drama through her Pacific Standard production company alongside Bruce Papandrea and Bill Pohlad.

WWE superstar comes out as gay!

In an impromptu interview withTMZ at the Los Angeles International Airport, WWE Superstar Darren Young unexpectedly revealed that he is gay.

The TMZ reporter asked Young about whether or not there is a place for gay wrestlers in the WWE, with which Mr No Days Off responded:

"Absolutely. Look at me. I'm a WWE Superstar and to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay. And I'm happy. I'm very happy."

Gay athletes in American sports

This follows the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins, which is big step for gays in the American sporting world. Unlike the basketball player's official coming out in Sports Illustrated, Young did it in a nonchalant way that caught the interviewer and the world completely off gaurd. 

"I'm hoping to be able to make a difference", Young tells TMZ. "It's very important to me that people understand that somebody's sexual preference shouldn't really matter. It should be about the person."

He is not the first gay wrestler to have come out, superseded by Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, bisexual Orlando Jordan who worked it into his character and Chris Kanyon, who sadly killed himself after suffering from bipolar disorder.

Eminem releases a new single

 Eminem has surprised released a new track, Survival.

The rapper's latest song features on computer game Call of Duty: Ghosts and is also expected to be included on his forthcoming new album, set for release before the end of the year.

The guitar-heavy track sees the star in a typically angry mood, bragging about his skills and longevity in the rap industry. 

In one verse he says: "And if there should ever come a time where my life's in a rut / And I look like I might just give up / You might have mistook me for bowing out / I ain't taking a bow / I'm stabbing myself.

"With a fucking knife in the gut / while I'm wiping my butt / Cause I just shitted on the mic, and like getting cut / I get excited at the sight of my blood, you're in a fight with a nut / Cause I'm gonna fight until I die or win."

Inspired again

One rapper quick to welcome Eminem back was P Diddy, who tweeted: "Damn it's a good week for Hip Hop!!! Made one of the greats Eminem drop a record!! This what's been missin!! (sic)"

The 40-year-old star has been in the studio working on the follow up to 2010's Recovery, but remained secretive about his intentions for his eighth album.

Dr Dre has confirmed he has worked on tracks with the star, and said producing for him finally made him want to lay down more tracks of his own.

He said: "Em is finishing up his project. And for me, I've just got inspired again to go back into the studio. 

"I'm just really having fun with life and having fun with being creative and trying new and different things with myself." 

By the way I share my birthday with him :)

John Mayer praises Katy Perry's new song #ROAR

John Mayer got "swallowed up" by Katy Perry's new single Roar.

The singer-songwriter is very proud of his girlfriend's new material, despite their very different musical styles, and thinks it is going to be a "megaton bomb" hit.

The 35-year-old star told Billboard.com: "Roaris in my life. I remember hearing it, going like, 'Wow what an interesting experience' to hear something that you identify as massive before it's massive.

"I thought it was a really sweet, unforgettable sort of experience to hear someone's work while they still have a very nascent relationship with it.

"In a way you get swallowed up by it, it's so big. Because it's such an incredibly big song that it doesn't need you to tell anybody, while you're eating lunch, [that] millions of people are going to be dancing on tables to that."

Lyrics are extremely honest

John, who has previously dated a string of high profile women, including Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson and Taylor Swift, also opened up about his new duet with Katy, 28, Who You Love, which features on his upcoming album Paradise Valley and admits the lyrics are extremely honest.

He said: "In 2013, modern-day times that's sweet. Because there's so many other things to occupy your time that you can do for yourself. That to say, I tried to be alone but I can't. This is sort of our generation."

He added: "I immediately thought about Katy and I was like, what a cool voice. What a cool artistic personality to have on. It was a really fun opportunity for her to write like, her answer to that. So you get these two sides to this relationship that are brutally honest but no less universal."

David Arquette fired from latest project for being drunk?

David Arquette was reportedly fired from his next movie because of drunkenness.

The 41-year-old actor officially left independent film Something About Her due to creative differences, but insiders claim he was dropped and replaced by Anthony Michael Hall because he wasn't in a fit state to work.

One source said: "The director, Carl Colpaert, had no choice but to fire him. Everyone on the set was pissed and disappointed."

Cameraman Jorge Devotto added to RadarOnline.com: "All of the line producers were pissed off.

"David wasn't prepared that day and later on, I was told [by colleagues] that he was drunk. They tried to keep it all low-profile on set."

Despite the claims, a friend of David jumped to his defence insisting he wasn't fired from the "shoddy" production because of drunkenness - he just had too many lines to learn.

'A bit of a shoddy production'

The pal said: "David told me he was doing this scene and as he's doing it, he was thinking, 'Anthony Michael Hall would be better playing this character than me.'

"He finished up his day's work and drove home. He walked in the door and gets a call saying the director wants to talk to you. He said, 'I'm really concerned. You're not getting this character. We have such a tight schedule.'

"David joked to me, 'Essentially, I just got dumped by an actor who's better for the role!'

"He was never drunk on set. No. He worked a full day, drove home. He never drives a car if he has a lick of alcohol.

"Honestly, he wasn't that upset about getting fired because it was a bit of a shoddy production. He didn't do anything on set to upset anyone. If people are saying he was drunk, perhaps it is because there were a lot of lines and he had a little bit of trouble with them."

Director Carl insisted the actor left the project because they both agreed Anthony would be better suited to the role.

He added: "He absolutely never was drunk on set and I had no concerns about his preparedness for the role."

Monday, August 12, 2013

25 Top Techno and EDM Artists on Instagram

Great crowd shot in Los Angeles from @Zedd
Every generation has its own music genre that is embraced by teens, and of course, scares the hell out of their parents.  This generation's favorite music genre is Electronic Dance Music ("EDM").  EDM comes in many different variations from traditional House Music to Techno to Dubstep to Trap Music.

While the music itself is fairly innocuous combining catchy pop music melodies and earth shaking bass beats, it is the "trance" and "rave" events that scare these teens parents.  Many of the young attendees are "rolling" on designer drugs like Ectasy and its powder form, Molly, or psychedelics like mushrooms and LSD.

EDM festivals have begun springing up across the US including Electric Zoo in NYC, Spring Awakening in Chicago, Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival.  In addition, the traditional music festivals like Lollapalooza, Coachella and Bonnaroo have all added a lot of top Techno acts to their line-ups.

The Perry's Stage at Lollapalooza has been the most consistently popular stage at the festival for the past two years.  Packed with high school and college students, Perry's at Lolla 2013 was a whirling vortex of writhing teens bouncing to the powerful beats of Steve Aoki, Steve Angello, KnifeParty, Major Lazer, Flux Pavillion and many more.

The EDM artists have all embraced social media, and in particular Instagram.  They share photos from their travels around the world and often post photos from the stage of their sets.  We are highlighting the accounts for some of the most popular EDM artists on Instagram (listed in alphabetical order).  Note that if you do not see your favorite Electro artist here, it probably means that we could not find them on IG.

Afrojack
Nick van de Wall (aka Afrojack) is an EDM artist and producer out of the Netherlands.  He is one of the most commercially successful of the Techno DJs with several successful radio hits including "Take Over Control" and "Can't Stop Me".
@afrojack
210 photos 170,000 followers 


Alesso
Alessandro Lindblad (aka Alesso) is Techno artist from Sweden.  Starting first with remixes of others songs, he has transitioned into an original music artist with several popular EDM songs and his first single release this year called "Under Control" which is a collaboration with Calvin Harris.
@alesso
240 photos 163,000 followers 
Steve Angello
Steve Angello is an electronic artist out of Sweden and a member of Swedish House Mafia, whose hits include “Don’t You Worry Child” and "Save the World".  He tours as a solo artist and is a headliner at EDM festivals all over the world.  Check out the video above to get a taste of the finale from his outstanding performance at Lollapalooza 2013.
@steveangello
600 photos 260,000 followers  

Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki and Lil Jon at Lolla from @steveaoki
Steve Aoki is an electro composer, musician and record producer from Newport Beach, CA. Steve produces a combination of remixes and original music and travels the world performing for huge crowds.  He was also a headliner at Lolla 2013 and added a surprise guest, rapper Lil Jon.  Aoki shares more photos than most other celebrities so he is a lot of fun to follow.
@steveaoki
2,200 photos 620,000 followers  

Baauer
Harry Bauer Rodrigues (aka Baauer) is Trap music artist from NYC. He grabbed international attention with his viral video hit "Harlem Shake".  Which is the first single to ever reach #1 on the Billboard charts based on its youtube success without ever achieving major radio airplay.  While his original video has been viewed over 20 million times, it has also spawned hundreds of thousands of copycat videos.
@baauer
370 photos 42,000 followers

Bassnectar
Lorin Ashton (aka Bassnectar) is an electronic dubstep music producer from Santa Cruz, CA.  Heavily influenced by the metal bands of the 80s and 90s, Bassnectar brings a more edgy mix of techno music to his fans.  He travels around the country and has a hardcore group of fans, called Bassheads, that travel to many of his shows.
@bassnectar
280 photos 64,000 followers 

Boys Noize
Alexander Ridha (aka Boys Noize) hails from Hamburg, Germany and is an electronic Techno DJ, artist, songwriter and founder of Boys Noize Records.  He has released several albums and singles including a collaboration with Snoop Dogg on "Got It".  He recently teamed up with Skrillex to release a few singles under the moniker, Dog Blood, and the two are currently touring together.
@boysnoize
280 photos 64,000 followers 

Deadmau5 with a jet engine from @deadmau5
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman (aka Deadmau5) is one of the original progressive house and trance music producers and very well known around the world.  His signature "mouse head" is an iconic logo that is instantly recognizable to most people under the age of 30.  He has won many awards as an electronic music producer but has not yet received the radio airplay of many of the contemporary techno artists.  However, Deadmau5 is doing just fine selling out shows around the world and selling hundreds of thousands of albums.
@deadmau5
620 photos 770,000 followers

Dada Life
Dada Life is a Swedish Electro house music duo including Olle Corneer and Stefan Engblom.  While they have been rocking out crowds in Sweden since 2006, they have only recently burst onto the international scene with "Kick out the Epic Mother***" and "So Young So High".  Their songs typically feature a distinctive child-like computerized voice singing their lyrics.
@dadalife
440 photos 90,000 followers

Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (aka Diplo) is an LA based Techno DJ, music producer, songwriter and founder of Mad Decent Records.  He has worked on production projects with Justin Bieber, Beyonce and Usher.  He has released 3 albums and several EPs.
@diplo
1250 photos 310,000 followers

Dogblood
Dogblood is a side project collaboration between Skrillex and Boys Noize. While each of these EDM stars have their own thriving careers, they are currently touring together after having collaborated on a few singles.  Dogblood's music falls into the acid techno music with edgier sounds than typical techno.  It falls into the same category with Kill the Noise and Knife Party.
@dogblood
50 photos 11,000 followers
Stage shot from @flosstradamus

Flosstradamus
Flosstradamus is a Chicago-based EDM duo including Josh Young and Curt Cameruci.  They have collaborated with several other top hip hop and EDM stars including Baauer, Kid Sister and Diplo.
@flosstradamus
300 photos 41,000 followers

Flux Pavilion
Joshua Steele (aka Flux Pavilion) is a EDM dubstep music producer from Great Britian and cofounder of Circus Records. His brand of techno dubstep tends to be a bit edgier than most.  He has built a devoted following with his distinctive sound such as "I Can't Stop" and "Bass Cannon".
@fluxpavilion
210 photos 30,000 followers

Dillon Francis
Dillon Francis is an electronic music producer from Los Angeles, CA and one of the pioneers of the moonbahcore form of trance music. After working on a lot of remixes as a DJ, Francis released his first EP of original music in 2010.
@dillonfrancis
800 photos 117 ,000 followers

David with Steve Aoki from @davidguetta
David Guetta
David Guetta is a French Electro house music producer who achieved international success with his 2009 release of One Love, which included hit singles "When Love Takes Over", "Sexy Bitch" and "Memories".   His follow-up 2011 album was just as successful with hits like "Without You" and "Titanium".  He has sold over 6 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide and certainly one of the most successful house music composers to date.
@davidguetta
160 photos 600,000 followers

Calvin Harris
Adam Richard Wiles (aka Calvin Harris) is Scottish electronic artist and producer.  He is one of the most commercially successful of the EDM artists releasing three studio albums with several Top 10 Billboard songs including "I Need your Love" and "I'm Not Alone" with Ellie Goulding, "Sweet Nothing" with Florence Welch and "Let's Go" with Ne-Yo.
@calvinharris
620 photos 530,000 followers

Keys N Krates
Keys N Krates is a Toronto based EDM band and one of the most unique acts in the Techno universe.  Unlike other EDM artists which are primarily behind mixing equipment, Keys actually combines drums, keyboards and mixing equipment with three band members, Adam Tune (drums), David Matisse (keyboards) and Jr. Flo (mixers).
@keysnkrates
70 photos 1,400 followers

Kill the Noise
Jake Stanczak (aka Kill the Noise) is an electronic music producer from Rochester, NY.  His music comes with a definite edge that attempts to bridge the gap between metal and techno music.  He has collaborated with metal band Korn and rapper Ludacris.
@killthenoise
160 photos 24,000 followers

Knife Party
Knife Party is an Australian electro house duo consisting of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. Originally, members of a metal band, they changed course after hearing Konflict’s “Messiah”.  Their dubstep style is much edgier than most other electro DJs and fits into the acid house category with Kill the Noise and Dogblood.  Only Gareth seems to be an active Instagram user.
@garethknifeparty
210 photos 25,000 followers

Krewella
Hamsterballing from @MajorLazer
Krewella is an EDM trio from Chicago, IL consisting of Jahan Yousef, Yasmine Yousef and Kris Trindl (Rain Man).  Formed in 2011, they band has not wasted any time to release their first EP, Play Hard, in 2012.  They plan to release their first full album in September 2013 and Billboard Music has declared that it is going to be a huge year for Krewella.
@krewellamusic
240 photos 81,000 followers

Major Lazer
Major Lazer is electro reggae project created by Diplo (see above).  Diplo and two other artists, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire record and tour as Major Lazer.  Their music is unique in the EDM space because of the reggae, island flair.  They are also one of the few groups that usually crowd-surfs in a giant hamster ball at their shows.
@majorlazer
420 photos 88,000 followers

Modestep
Modestep is an EDM band from London. Their members include brothers, Josh and Tony Friend, Matthew Curtis and Nick Tsang. Josh Friend is the lead singer and official Instagrammer for the group. He is very active posting pics on and off stage.  You can also follow the Official Modestep IG account but it is much less active than Josh.
@joshmodestep
600 photos 15,000 followers
@modestepofficial
10 photos 1,500 followers

Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold is an Electro DJ and music producer from Britian.  At 50, he is one of the oldest players in the game he is still highly relevant as he has transformed his style with the changes in the industry.  He has collaborated with many musical artists and served as agent for The Beastie Boys and Run-DMC back in the day.
@pauloakenfold
210 photos 16,000 followers

Skrillex
Sonny John Moore (aka Skrillex) is an American Techno and Dubstep artist and songwriter from California. Moore started his music career in a hard rock band called From First to Last but left as the techno movement was taking hold to become an EDM artist.  He has released 6 EPs as a solo artist and won 6 Grammy Awards.  He recently began to collaborate with Boys Noize on Dog Blood, and the two have been touring under that band name.
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Tiesto
Tijs Michiel Verwest is a Dutch musician and EDM music producer.  He started as a DJ back in the 90s and progressed to one of the new breed of software-enabled Techno musicians in the 2000s.  Tiesto has released 5 studio albums and has won a number of European music awards. 
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Timeflies
Timeflies is an American electro music duo consisting of Rob Resnick and Cal Shapiro.  The two met at Tufts University in Boston and moved to NYC together after graduating.  They released their debut album in September 2011.  They released an EP in 2012 and both records did well on iTunes.  However, it is their first radio single, "I Choose U", released in April 2013 that is catapulting them to international success.
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Zedd
Anton Zaslavski (aka Zedd) is a Russian-born, German musician and EDM music producer.  He is a musical prodigy that began playing instruments at age 4.  Zedd is a brilliant songwriter that has created some incredibly catchy songs at a very young age.  Zedd released his first album in 2012 and its first single "Clarity" reached #8 on the Billboard charts.  However, there are several other songs from this album that are also likely to hit the Top 10 after the receive radio airplay including "Spectrum" and "Follow You Down".
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Friday, August 9, 2013

Lone Ranger a huge loss for Walt Disney

Disney is anticipating a $190m loss on big budget flop The Lone Ranger.

The blockbuster movie starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer - which was made on a reported $225m budget - may cost the movie studio even more than the $150m initially anticipated by financial analysts.

The company filed its third quarter fiscal results on Tuesday and told investors in a conference call that they expect to lose $160 to $190m on the expensive movie, taking into account its monstrous budget as well as costly marketing expenses.

The Lone Ranger has stalled at just $86m in the US, where it opened to a paltry $29m in its first weekend of release, and its worldwide total stands at $176m.

Bad reviews

The film's stars and producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently blamed bad reviews in the US for the box office misfortune, claiming critics made up their minds about the Western adventure before it was even released.

Depp - who plays Tonto in the flick - said: "I think the reviews were written seven to eight months before we released the film. 

"I think the reviews were written when they heard Gore [Verbinski, director] and Jerry and me were going to do The Lone Ranger. They had expectations that it must be a blockbuster. I didn't have any expectations of that. I never do."

Beyonce get a new hair cut

BeyoncĂ© has chopped her hair into a short bob. 

The 31-year-old singer - who is on a break between legs of her The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour - posted a snap on Instagram on Thursday showing off her new look, ditching her statement long locks for an edgy super-short hair do. 

The new style comes just two weeks after the pop megastar caused panic at her concert in Montreal, Canada, when her blonde stresses got entangled in the blades of a fan as she belted out the lyrics to her anthem Halo.

Beyoncé had been sat next to the fan - which was perched on the edge of the stage - for her finale performance when it became apparent her tightly curled hair had been sucked into the machine.

Funny side of the incident

The blonde beauty wasn't perturbed by the worrying mishap, and held onto the roots of her hair to prevent it getting caught further, before security rushed over to tease out her tangled hair. 

The singer - who is married to rapper Jay Z - managed to see the funny side of the incident as later posted a handwritten note on Instagram for fans describing what happened. 

She also reworked the lyrics to Halo to include the incident, writing: "Gravity can't begin to pull me out of the fan again."