Archive for July, 2011

JLS beat The Wanted to singles No.1 with ‘She Makes Me Wanna’

Sunday, July 31st, 2011
JLS 'She Makes Me Wanna'

JLS have snatched the UK singles chart top spot from rival boyband The Wanted.

The X Factor group scored their fifth number one with new release ‘She Makes Me Wanna’, which also features Dev, to end The Wanted’s two-week reign at pole position with ‘Glad You Came’.

JLS first topped the charts with ‘Beat Again’ and ‘Everybody In Love’ in 2009, with ‘Love You More’ and ‘The Club Is Alive’ also reaching the summit the following year.

Meanwhile, ‘Back To Black’ by the late Amy Winehouse rises to eight this week, having previously peaked at 25 upon its release in 2006. The track jumped to 81 last Sunday following her death the previous afternoon and is the first of five singles from the 27-year-old to chart in the top 40 today.

Winehouse’s ‘Tears Dry On Their Own’ is the next of her best-sellers at 27, while ‘Rehab’ follows at 29, ‘Love Is A Losing Game’ lands at 33 and ‘You Know I’m No Good’ finishes at 37. All come from Winehouse’s 2006 LP Back To Black, which returned to the top of the UK album chart this weekend.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) JLS ft Dev: ‘She Makes Me Wanna’
2. (1) The Wanted: ‘Glad You Came’
3. (2) DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans: ‘Louder’
4. (3) Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’
5. (4) Beyoncé: ‘Best Thing I Never Had’
6. (5) Loick Essien: ‘How We Roll’
7. (6) Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer: ‘Give Me Everything’
8. (81) Amy Winehouse: ‘Back To Black’
9. (10) Katy Perry: ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
10. (12) Nicki Minaj: ‘Super Bass’

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Jimmy Hill Statue Unveiled at Ricoh Arena

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Rihanna makes movie debut in ‘Battleship’ trailer

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The first trailer for Rihanna‘s big-screen debut Battleship has been released online.

The popstar appears fleetingly in the two-minute teaser as naval officer Raikes. Director Peter Berg’s action-thriller takes its inspiration from the popular Hasbro board game.

Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Josh Pence and Brooklyn Decker round out the supporting cast for the blockbuster.

Battleship centres on an armada of ships that engages in an epic battle at sea with an alien race known as “The Regents”. The movie will open in UK cinemas on April 20, 2012 and the US on May 18, 2012.

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows: Part 2′ retains UK box office lead

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Harry, Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has spent its second consecutive weekend at the UK box office summit.

The finale for JK Rowling‘s wizard series, which opened to a record-breaking £23 million, pulls in £8.5 million in ticket sales to claim the number one spot.

Pixar’s latest release Cars 2, featuring the voice talents of Michael Caine and Owen Wilson, speeds into second place with £3.5 million. The total outpaces the £2.6 million collected by its predecessor Cars on its release in 2006.

Occupying third and fourth spots are comedies Horrible Bosses and Bridesmaids, while Transformers: Dark of the Moon completes the top five.

Elsewhere, Ewan McGregor’s comedy-drama Beginners is the only other new release to chart in the top ten as it lands at number three.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – £8,523,417
2. (-) Cars 2 – £3,541,664
3. (-) Horrible Bosses – £2,077,239
4. (3) Bridesmaids – £1,022,982
5. (2) Transformers: Dark of the Moon – £931,334
6. (4) Kung Fu Panda 2 – £242,775
7. (5) The Guard – £220,498
8. (-) Beginners – £146,096
9. (7) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – £138,926
10. (6) The Tree of Life – £114,521

The Wanted hold firm at singles No.1 with ‘Glad You Came’

Sunday, July 24th, 2011
The Wanted 'Glad You Came'

The Wanted have scored a second week atop the UK singles chart with ‘Glad You Came’.

The boyband’s fifth single and second number one headed up an unchanged top five consisting of the likes of DJ Fresh’s ‘Loud’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘The A-Team’, which are this Sunday’s second and third place finishers.

Sixth place this week is collected by the team of Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer, who are up two with their former chart-topper ‘Give Me Everything’. The only other shifts in the Top 10 belong to Jason Derulo’s ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’, slipping one number to seven, and ‘Changed The Way You Kissed Me’ by Example, which is down two to nine.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (1) The Wanted: ‘Glad You Came’
2. (2) DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans: ‘Louder’
3. (3) Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’
4. (4) Beyoncé: ‘Best Thing I Never Had’
5. (5) Loick Essien: ‘How We Roll’
6. (9) Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer: ‘Give Me Everything’
7. (6) Jason Derülo: ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’
8. (8) Calvin Harris ft. Kelis: ‘Bounce’
9. (7) Example: ‘Changed The Way You Kissed Me’
10. (10) Katy Perry: ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

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Amy Winehouse dies, aged 27

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse has died at the age of 27.

The Grammy Award-winning singer was found dead at her North London home this afternoon.

Metropolitan Police have released a statement, confirming: “Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.

“On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained.”

‘Harry Potter’ opens to colossal £23 million – UK box office top 10 in full

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Harry, Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has opened to a record-breaking £23 million first weekend at the UK box office.

The JK Rowling fantasy series finale’s £23.7 million debut haul has almost matched the cumulative gross for second-place film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which has earned £23.9 million since its release on June 29.

Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has beaten previous records held for three-day weekend takings, the biggest Friday and Saturday results and greatest single-day figures. All four records came from the movie’s predecessor, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which took £18.3m in its first weekend last year.

Elsewhere, Bridesmaids and Kung Fu Panda 2 fall a place from last week, while The Guard and The Tree of Life hold their spots at numbers five and six.

Zindagi Na Milege Dobara is a new entry at seven and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides re-enters the chart at ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – £23,753,171
2. (1) Transformers: Dark of the Moon – £1,990,508
3. (2) Bridesmaids – £1,576,780
4. (3) Kung Fu Panda 2 – £779,183
5. (5) The Guard – £368,148
6. (6) The Tree of Life – £267,866
7. (-) Zindagi Na Milege Dobara – £254,329
8. (4) Bad Teacher – £203,911
9. (7) The Hangover Part II – £101,839
10. (11) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – £59,931

The Wanted grab second singles No.1

Sunday, July 17th, 2011
The Wanted 'Glad You Came'

The Wanted have collected their second UK singles chart number one with their new single ‘Glad You Came’.

The four-piece boyband received the biggest first-week sales of their career after their latest release shifted 117,000 copies in just seven days.

The group first topped the chart with their debut record ‘All Time Low’ last July and have peaked within the top three with all but one of their first five singles.

Last week’s number one ‘Louder’ by DJ Fresh and Sian Evans slips to the runner-up spot, as Ed Sheeran’s ‘The A Team’, a climbing Beyoncé and ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ and last week’s second place finisher ‘How We Roll’ by Loick Essien round up the top five.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) The Wanted: ‘Glad You Came’
2. (1) DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans: ‘Louder’
3. (3) Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’
4. (6) Beyoncé: ‘Best Thing I Never Had’
5. (2) Loick Essien: ‘How We Roll’
6. (5) Jason Derülo: ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’
7. (4) Example: ‘Changed The Way You Kissed Me’
8. (7) Calvin Harris ft. Kelis: ‘Bounce’
9. (8) Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer: ‘Give Me Everything’
10. (9) Katy Perry: ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

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‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ retains UK box office lead

Monday, July 11th, 2011
Transformers gaming contest

Transformers: Dark of the Moon has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Director Michael Bay’s 3D blockbuster, starring Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, drops more than 50% in ticket sales but stills holds off competition from Bridesmaids and Kung Fu Panda 2 to secure first place.

Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids increases its cinema takings by nearly £200,000, pushing its UK total up to an impressive £12 million.

The top four movies are unchanged from last week, with The Guard, which opened only in Ireland last Friday, is the highest new entry at number five.

Terrence Malick’s critically acclaimed Cannes Palme d’Or winner The Tree of Life debuts at six.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Transformers: Dark of the Moon – £4,750,519
2. (2) Bridesmaids – £2,227,589
3. (3) Kung Fu Panda 2 – £900,739
4. (4) Bad Teacher – £535,626
5. (-) The Guard – £473,878
6. (-) The Tree of Life – £406,062
7. (6) The Hangover: Part II – £301,450
8. (5) Larry Crowne – £275,593
9. (8) X-Men: First Class – £230,143
10. (7) Green Lantern – £217,088

DJ Fresh, Sian Evans conquer UK singles chart

Sunday, July 10th, 2011
DJ Fresh 'Louder'

DJ Fresh and Kosheen star Sian Evans have stormed to the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Louder’.

The 34-year-old drum and bass artist – real name Daniel Stein – saw his track hit pole position after selling over 140,000 copies in just seven days. The figure is more than double that of this week’s runner-up, ‘How We Roll’ by Loick Essien.

‘Louder’ becomes the second-fastest selling single of 2011 after Bruno Mars’s former number one ‘Grenade’, which shifted in excess of 149,000 copies in January.

Beyond the new entries is a major top five shake-up, as Ed Sheeran forces his way to three from last week’s six with ‘The A Team’, Example slips from the runner-up spot to four with ‘Changed The Way You Kissed Me’ and previous number one ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’ by Jason Derülo crashes down to five.

Beyoncé, Calvin Harris and Pitbull, meanwhile, fall three apiece to occupy spots six to eight with respective tracks ‘Best Thing I Never Have’, ‘Bounce’ and ‘Give Me Everything’.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans: ‘Louder’
2. (-) Loick Essien: ‘How We Roll’
3. (6) Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’
4. (2) Example: ‘Changed The Way You Kissed Me’
5. (1) Jason Derülo: ‘Don’t Wanna Go Home’
6. (3) Beyoncé: ‘Best Thing I Never Had’
7. (4) Calvin Harris ft. Kelis: ‘Bounce’
8. (5) Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer: ‘Give Me Everything’
9. (9) Katy Perry: ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
10. (8) Alexandra Stan: ‘Mr Saxobeat’

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