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The article published on the website of the newspaper "The Guardian" on May 20, 2013  is headlined "Manic Street Preachers set to release two new albums" by Dan Martin. The article reports at The Welsh rockers are channelling their acoustic and new wave output into two separate albums billed as 'the last great phase of Manic Street Preachers'.
Speaking of this situation it is necessary to note that Manic Street Preachers are on the verge of releasing not one but two new albums.
It’s important to note that the Welsh band have been holed up in their Cardiff studio during their enforced hiatus, working on what they have described as "the last great phase of Manic Street Preachers".
It is necessary to point out that as the band found their sessions moving in two distinct directions, it is likely that they will release two records separately, James Dean Bradfield has revealed.
It is important to emphasize that the second record is understood to be taking a more new wave flavour. 
It is interesting to note that the band had vowed to go away for two years and "reinvent themselves" after greatest hits compilation National Treasures and a career-spanning O2 arena show at the end of 2011. 
The article draws a conclusion that Nicky Wire said of the move that they are coming back three months early because they were offered the opportunity to do Festival Number 6. He doesn't think they would have done it for anything else.
As for me, I would like to say that It is understood that the band will now release new music this year as well.

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The article published on the website of the newspaper "The Guardian" on May 20, 2013 is headlined 
"Eurovision contest on song for BBC1" by Jason Deans. The article reports at Bonnie Tyler finished 19th in the Eurovision Song Contest, which was watched by nearly 8 million on BBC1.
Speaking of this situation it is necessary to note that the traditional poor showing for the UK's Eurovision entrant, Bonnie Tyler, did not stop BBC1's live coverage averaging nearly 8 million viewers on Saturday night.
It’s important to note that BBC1's Eurovision Song Contest averaged 7.7 million viewers and a 35.3% audience share over three and a half hours from 8pm.
It is necessary to point out that the annual cheesefest was overshadowed by ITV's Britain's Got Talent early on, but otherwise ruled the roost ratings-wise on Saturday evening, reaching a five-minute peak of 9.3 million viewers.
It is important to emphasize that ITV competition later in the evening included The Cube and The Jonathan Ross Show.
The author writes that Eurovision ratings were very similar to last year, when an average of 7.5 million tuned in (36.2%).
It is interesting to note that earlier in BBC1's Saturday schedule, series seven of the revived Doctor Who bowed out with 5.5 million viewers and a 25.9% audience share, against a You've Been Framed repeat on ITV.
It is necessary to emphasize that a Culture Show Special, averaged 500,000 viewers and a 2.3% share over an hour from 8.30pm.
The article draws a conclusion that channel 4's terrestrial premiere of Oliver Stone's Wall Street follow-up, Money Never Sleeps, averaged 1 million viewers and a 4.9% share from 9pm.
As for me, I would like to say that channel 5's best rating show of the day was a 3.35pm repeat of movie The Dam Busters. More over, Bonnie Tyler failed to impress at the musical extravaganza in Sweden, but the show was still watched by nearly 8m in the UK.

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The article published on the website of the newspaper "The Guardian" on May 20,  2013  is headlined  
"Kanye West to call his new album Yeezus" by Dan Martin. The article reports at reports suggest Kanye will go biblical with title of next album, which is apparently set for 18 June release date.
Speaking of this situation it is necessary to note that Kanye West has apparently named his new album Yeezus, and will release it next month.
It’s important to note that the title is a pun on his nickname, "Yeezy", and the name of Jesus.
It is necessary to point out that West's girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, and co-manager Don C also appeared to confirm the title in a photo posted to Instagram.
It is important to emphasize that over the weekend he premiered a song, New Slaves, using projections on to buildings in 10 cities across the world. Dealing with themes of modern-day slavery, the track features vocals from Frank Ocean. Another new cut, Black Skinhead, was premiered on Saturday Night Live. 
The author writes that West is known to have worked with Daft Punk on his forthcoming record. The French duo, currently enjoying a dramatic revival in their own fortunes, programmed drums for it.
The article draws a conclusion that meanwhile DJ Peter Rosenberg, of New York radio station Hot 97, also revealed that playbacks have taken place at West's label, Def Jam.
As for me, I would like to say that everyone at the label listened to the album and loved it. I heard it's dark, but really good.

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The article published on the website of the newspaper "The Guardian" on May 7, 2013 is headlined 

"Lauryn Hill jailed for evading tax on $1m earnings" by Ben Quinn. The article reports about Hip-hop star, who sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty last year to failing to pay taxes.

Speaking of this situation it is necessary to note that Lauryn Hill, the Grammy award-winning US hip-hop artist, has been sentenced to three months in prison and an additional three months of home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1m (£640,000) in earnings.
It’s important to note that The singer, who largely disappeared from public view to raise her six children after a high profile career with the Fugees and then as a solo artist, pleaded guilty last year.
It is necessary to point out that Hill, 37, told a court in the US state of New Jersey on Monday that she had always meant to eventually pay the taxes but was unable to during a period of time when she dropped out of the music business.
It is important to emphasize that Hill said in a statement without explaining what exactly triggered her actions that she had needed to be able to earn so she could pay her taxes, without compromising the health and welfare of my children, and she had been being denied that.
It is interesting to note that Hill started her hip-hop career in the Fugees in the early 1990s alongside Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel before going solo in 1998 with the critically acclaimed album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
It is necessary to emphasize that although the singer has been inactive musically, she earned the money largely from music and film royalties. What is more, she also owns and operates four different companies and had been staging a comeback.
The article draws a conclusion that at the time of her arrest last year, she wrote a criticism rejecting pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism".
As for me, I would like to add that over-commercialisation and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual.

Review 4

‘Raise Your Voice’

Film Review

Type of the film:

Directed by:  Sean McNamara

Produced by: Sean McNamara,David Brookwell,Toby Emmerich, A.J. Dix, Sara Risher

Screenplay by: Sam Schreiber

Story by: Mitch Rotter

Starring: Hilary Duff,Oliver James,Jason Ritter,Dana Davis,Kat Dennings,Rita Wilson,David Keith

Music by: Aaron Zigman

Cinematography: John R. Leonetti

Editing by: Jeff Canavan

Studio: Brookwell McNamara Entertainment

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Release date(s): October 8, 2004

Running time: 103 minutes 107 minutes (extended cut)

Country: United States

Language: English, French

Budget: $15 million

Box office: $14,867,514

Cast

Hilary Duff as Theresa "Terri" Fletcher

Oliver James as Jay Corgan

Jason Ritter as Paul Fletcher

Dana Davis as Denise Gilmore

David Keith as Simon Fletcher

Johnny Lewis as Englebert "Kiwi" Wilson

Rita Wilson as Frances Fletcher

Lauren C. Mayhew as Robin Childers

Kat Dennings as Sloane

Rebecca De Mornay as Aunt Nina Fletcher

John Corbett as Mr. Torvaldd

Three Days Grace (Adam Gontier, Barry Stock, Brad Walst and Neil Sanderson) as Themselves

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for Raise Your Voice was never released. Three songs sung by Hilary Duff were included in the movie: "Fly", "Someone's Watching over Me", and "Jericho"; all were released on her eponymous second album. Three Days Grace also contributed the songs "Are You Ready" and "Home" to the movie, both on their self-titled debut album.

Critical reception

The film received mostly negative reviews, receiving 33 out of 100 by Metacritic and achieving a 16% (rotten) rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Plot

Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff), a teenager with a passion for singing, has been accepted into a music program in Los Angeles to compete for a $10,000 scholarship shortly after her brother Paul (Jason Ritter)'s tragic death in a car crash. However, her father Simon (David Keith), a second-generation restaurateur, disapproves of Terri's plans, stating that being a singer may not be a worthwhile life choice. In reality, his opposition stems from resentment; Simon turned down a similar scholarship to run his parents' restaurant when they became ill; he is intimidated by the thought of his daughter flourishing where he couldn't bring himself to try. However, Terri's mother, Frances (Rita Wilson), has a different opinion, knowing that Paul would have wanted Terri to attend the program. Frances tells Simon that Terri plans to live with her aunt Nina (Rebecca De Mornay) in Palm Desert for the summer and allows her daughter to travel to LA.

Terri arrives in Los Angeles and weathers some difficult ordeals: her jacket is stolen, her cab driver is crabby, and when she arrives at the music school, the door is locked; fellow student Jay (Oliver James) lets her in and Terri arrives safely. While at the program, Terri makes new friends and learns a great deal about music, but problems arise when she is plagued by memories of the car crash which took Paul's life and finds it increasingly difficult to keep her participation in the program a secret from her father.

Throughout the film, Terri develops a mutual fondness for Jay, but she faces competition from Robin Childers (Lauren C. Mayhew), who was involved with Jay the previous summer. Although Robin still harbors feelings for Jay, it is obvious that he does not reciprocate these feelings. Jay tries to get Robin to cease her efforts to keep him and Terri apart. On one occasion, she kisses him just as Terri walks in. Jay pushes Robin away, but Terri runs off in tears, ignoring Jay's insistence that the kiss meant nothing. Later, finding him drunk, Terri and her roommate Denise (Dana Davis) take Jay elsewhere to sober up. When he does, Terri tells Jay the truth about her brother's death; he was killed by a drunk driver. Jay apologizes, and Terri agrees to finish the song they've been working on for the scholarship contest.

At home, Simon learns of Terri's ruse and becomes furious. On the final day, Simon comes to the school and Terri finds him packing up her belongings; he reams his daughter for disobeying and deceiving him, and for turning his own sister and wife against him. She begs him to let her finish what she started here and not let the summer go to waste. Ultimately, her father concedes and Terri gets to perform the song she rehearsed with Jay. The scholarship prize is won by Denise, and Simon is proud of his daughter and her talents. Terri's teachers hope to see her next year; Simon replies that they just might. Over the end credits, Terri performs for her parents and Nina, with Jay cheering her on.

General Impression

Raise your Voice was a good movie that held a lot of dramatic scenes with a talented and believable cast. However the movie follows a very predictable storyline of a small town , Terri Fletcher (Hillary Duff)out to achieve her dreams. It was slow to start off with, and had the common appearance of first love crushed by the jealous ex-girlfriend and then Terri and Jay get back together to do the final show(who didn't see that one coming?). Not to mention that Terri's Dad had been against her going to Los Angeles in the first place and changes his mind at the most crucial point in the movie,(very foreseeable).

This movie could have been better if the main character Terri had been recast because it is so noticeable that Hillary Duff is not singing some of those really high notes or has in fact prerecorded some of those singing numbers, which just takes away some of the believable factors of the film.

Overall,it was a descent movie, but better classified as a "Chick flick" because if you are an emotional type you'd be best to have a box of tissues next to you, cause you are going to cry.

I love movies like this, where the story and the form overlap. It's just a great movie to watch, it will make you laugh, but sometimes you also have to take the tears away.

Summary 12

The Moon and Sixpence

(by W Somerset Maugham)

Tiare suggests that Crabbe go see Captain Brunot, an old Frenchman who used to play chess with Strickland. Brunot recalls going to see Strickland at his secluded hut, and observing his simple way of life. Strickland lives like a native in an area that looks like the garden of Eden. While Brunot is visiting Strickland, he asks Strickland how he likes living in Tahiti, married to Ata, who now has two babies. Strickland answers that Ata leaves him alone so he can paint, and that he will never leave Tahiti. Brunot is the first to see Strickland's paintings and like them enough to buy several. He sees something wonderful in them, and now that Strickland is famous, he plans to someday have them be his daughter's dowry. Reminiscing with Crabbe, Brunot says that he and Strickland are alike, because they both feel an irresistible urge to create beauty.

Summary 11

The Moon and Sixpence

(by W Somerset Maugham)

Captain Nichols describes to Crabbe how he met Strickland. In Marseilles, Nichols first sees Strickland at a homeless shelter, where both men are staying for the week. Later, Nichols runs into him again and takes him to a soup kitchen for breakfast. The two vagabonds get odd jobs when they can, but often go hungry. When they are lucky they can spend the night in abandoned or parked vehicles. After several months they start staying at the home of Tough Bill. He is an old sailor, who books sailors jobs on ships coming through, in exchange for their first paycheck. Tough Bill gives Strickland traveling papers so he can leave the country. Nichols describes the South Sea islands to Strickland, who decides that this is the route to the painting paradise he has been seeking. Unfortunately, the next few voyages to come through are bound in the opposite direction.