Archive for October, 2011

Professor Green scores first singles No.1 with ‘Read All About It’

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

Professor Green has scored his first UK singles chart number one with Emeli Sandé collaboration ‘Read All About It’.

The Hackney-born rapper’s fifth studio release sold over 153,000 copies in its first week, just 1% less than the total achieved by 2011’s fastest-selling single so far, ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ by One Direction.

This week’s runner-ups Labrinth and Tinie Tempah also post impressive seven-day sales of 115,000 copies for their latest team-up ‘Earthquake’, while previous number one ‘We Found Love’ by Rihanna and Calvin Harris settles in at three.

Elsehwere, Kelly Clarkson boosts two to four with ‘Mr Know It All’ and Charlene Soraia dips to six with The Calling favourite ‘Wherever You Will Go’

Rizzle Kicks, meanwhile, debut at eight with ‘When I Was A Youngster’, last week’s runner-up ‘Lightning’ by The Wanted crashes to nine and Gym Class Heroes complete the Top 10 with their Adam Levine team-up ‘Stereo Hearts’, which is down five.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Professor Green ft. Emeli Sandé: ‘Read All About It’
2. (-) Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah: ‘Earthquake’
3. (1) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
4. (6) Kelly Clarkson: ‘Mr Know It All’
5. (4) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
6. (3) Charlene Soraia: ‘Wherever You Will Go’
7. (8) LMFAO: ‘Sexy And I Know It’
8. (-) Rizzle Kicks: ‘When I Was A Youngster’
9. (2) The Wanted: ‘Lightning’
10. (6) Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine: ‘Stereo Hearts’

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‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ sex scene cut for 12A

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

The sex scene in Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 has been cut down so the movie can be given a 12A, it has been revealed.

The British Board of Film Classification advised producers to edit the “graphic sight of Edward thrusting while he lies on top of Bella” to avoid the film being given a 15 certificate.

“This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version,” a statement on the BBFC website says. “The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a ’15’ classification but that the requested ’12A’ certificate could be achieved by making changes to a sex scene between the Edward and Bella characters.

“In particular the BBFC suggested that [the] more graphic sight of Edward thrusting while he lies on top of Bella, and while her legs are wrapped around his torso, be removed.

“When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made, with the scene having been reduced in length and with less focus on full body shots. As a result, the film was classified ’12A’.”

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have both admitted that they felt uncomfortable while shooting the Breaking Dawn sex scenes.

The BBFC had previously advised that the film contains “moderate violence and sex”.

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‘Paranormal Activity 3’ scares off ‘Johnny English’ at UK box office

Monday, October 24th, 2011
'Paranormal Activity 3' still

Paranormal Activity 3 has secured the top spot at the UK box office, taking in more than £3 million on its opening weekend.

The horror sequel holds off competition from Johnny English Reborn and new release Contagion to emerge as the number one movie among UK audiences.

Paranormal Activity 3‘s total is marginally less than franchise starter Paranormal Activity, which bowed to £3,593,762 to finish runner-up to Twilight: New Moon in 2009. Sequel Paranormal Activity 2 earned £3.7 million in October 2010.

The Lion King 3D falls two places to number four, while Real Steel completes the top five.

Elsewhere, Tilda Swinton drama We Need to Talk About Kevin bows at number seven with close to £500,000 in ticket sales.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Paranormal Activity 3 – £3,405,036
2. (1) Johnny English Reborn – £2,052,062
3. (-) Contagion – £1,463,638
4. (2) The Lion King 3D – £1,356,217
5. (4) Real Steel – £842,597
6. (3) The Three Musketeers 3D – £585,506
7. (-) We Need To Talk About Kevin – £492,297
8. (5) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – £394,605
9. (7) Dolphin Tale – £364,921
10. (6) Footloose – £270,794

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Rihanna holds on to singles No.1 with ‘We Found Love’

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Rihanna 'We Found Love'

Rihanna has scored a third week at number one on the UK singles chart with ‘We Found Love’.

The Bajan star’s Calvin Harris team-up outperformed midweek chart-toppers The Wanted and their sixth single ‘Lightning’ to recapture pole position.

Third place this Sunday goes to Charlene Soraia‘s cover of ‘Wherever You Will Go’, which climbs from seven following its use in a popular TV advert and a performance by X Factor contestant Sophie Habibis on last week’s show.

‘Moves Like Jagger’ by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera, which has finished runner-up on the chart for the last seven weeks, is down to four, as the original American Idol Kelly Clarkson scores her seventh UK Top 10 with ‘Mr Know It All’ at six.

New York-based singer Lana Del Rey makes her chart debut at nine with ‘Video Games’, David Guetta and Usher climb to ten from last week’s 16 with ‘Without You’ and Sean Paul‘s new Alexis Jordan collaboration ‘Got 2 Luv U’ just misses the top-sellers at 11.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (1) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
2. (-) The Wanted: ‘Lightning’
3. (7) Charlene Soraia: ‘Wherever You Will Go’
4. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
5. (3) Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine: ‘Stereo Hearts’
6. (-) Kelly Clarkson: ‘Mr Know It All’
7. (4) Christina Perri: ‘Jar Of Hearts’
8. (5) LMFAO: ‘Sexy And I Know It’
9. (-) Lana Del Rey: ‘Video Games’
10. (16) David Guetta ft. Usher: ‘Without You’

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‘Johnny English Reborn’ retains UK box office top spot

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
'Johnny English Reborn' still

Johnny English Reborn has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Despite big new releases in the form of The Three Musketeers 3D and Hugh Jackman‘s Real Steel, both Rowan Atkinson‘s spy spoof and the re-release of The Lion King hold onto the top two spots.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy rounds out the top five, while the remake of ’80s classic Footloose trails behind at number six.

Family movie Dolphin Tale lands at number seven ahead of Woody Allen‘s latest comedy Midnight in Paris.

Elsewhere, Taylor Lautner‘s Abduction plummets sharply from last week’s fourth spot to chart outside the top ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Johnny English Reborn – £3,072,542
2. (2) The Lion King 3D – £1,906,686
3. (-) The Three Musketeers 3D – £1,461,251
4. (-) Real Steel – £1,337,491
5. (3) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – £572,806
6. (-) Footloose – £460,271
7. (-) Dolphin Tale – £429,140
8. (6) Midnight in Paris – £396,584
9. (5) Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – £250,542
10. (8) Drive – £178,230

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Rihanna notches second week at singles No.1 with ‘We Found Love’

Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Rihanna 'We Found Love'

Rihanna has continued her reign atop the UK singles chart with her Calvin Harris team-up ‘We Found Love’.

The Bajan singer scored a second Sunday at number one after posting a week-on-week sales increase of 20% to break the 100,000 barrier.

Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera are relegated to the runner-up spot for a seventh consecutive week, while the band’s frontman Adam Levine also makes an appearance one place behind on today’s highest new entry ‘Stereo Hearts’ by Gym Class Heroes.

Christina Perri‘s ‘Jar Of Hearts’ rises to four from last week’s 12 following X Factor contestant Craig Colton‘s much-praised performance of the song, while the ITV competition’s reigning champion Matt Cardle finishes at six with his Gary Barlow-penned first single proper ‘Run For Your Life’.

Charlene Soraia’s cover of The Calling’s ‘Wherever You Will Go’ boosts a massive 13 places to seven following its use in a popular TV advert, former number one Sak Noel crashes five to eight with ‘Loca People’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘The A Team’ – which was also covered on last week’s X Factor – rises to nine from 13.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (1) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
2. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
3. (-) Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine: ‘Stereo Hearts’
4. (12) Christina Perri: ‘Jar Of Hearts’
5. (7) LMFAO: ‘Sexy And I Know It’
6. (-) Matt Cardle: ‘Run For Your Life’
7. (20) Charlene Soraia: ‘Wherever You Will Go’
8. (3) Sak Noel: ‘Loca People’
9. (13) Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’
10. (4) One Direction: ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

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‘Johnny English Reborn’ holds off ‘Lion King 3D’ at UK box office

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
'Johnny English Reborn' still

Rowan Atkinson‘s Johnny English Reborn has held off competition from The Lion King 3D to top the UK box office.

The spoof espionage sequel opens with an impressive £4.9 million to overpower Disney’s re-release of its 1994 musical hit, which grossed £2.7 million.

Johnny English debuted with £3.4 million in 2003. The comedy went on to take £19 million in the UK and $129 million worldwide on its modest £35 million budget.

Elsewhere, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy slips two places after occupying the number one spot for three weeks and Taylor Lautner‘s Abduction falls to three.

New releases Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and Midnight in Paris enter at numbers five and six respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Johnny English Reborn – £4,965,000
2. (-) The Lion King 3D – £2,746,763
3. (1) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – £1,066,742
4. (2) Abduction – £512,630
5. (-) Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – £495,734
6. (-) Midnight in Paris – £495,709
7. (4) Crazy, Stupid, Love – £367,723
8. (8) Drive – £304,163
9. (7) The Inbetweeners – £285,264
10. (5) The Debt – £278,060

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Rihanna scores record-breaking singles No.1 with ‘We Found Love’

Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Rihanna 'We Found Love'

Rihanna has broken a UK singles chart record by taking her latest track ‘We Found Love’ to number one.

The Bajan singer becomes the first female solo artist to top the chart six times in five consecutive years, having previously held pole position with ‘Umbrella’, ‘Take A Bow’, ‘Run This Town’, ‘Only Girl (In The World)’ and ‘What’s My Name’ between 2007 and January this year.

‘We Found Love’, which also features veteran producer Calvin Harris, sold over 87,000 copies within just four days of release. It serves as the lead track from Rihanna’s upcoming sixth studio album Talk That Talk.

Rihanna’s late arrival prevents Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera from finally breaking through to the top spot, as ‘Moves Like Jagger’ settles for second-place for a sixth week in a row.

Outgoing number one ‘Loca People’ by Sak Noel drops down to third, One Direction gain a place with ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ at four and Goo Goo Dolls finish the top five with ‘Iris’, which leapt back to the single digits last Sunday after it was covered by X Factor finalist Frankie Cocozza.

A few spots behind are electric hip-hop duo LMFAO, who glide to seven from 20 with the week’s highest climber ‘Sexy And I Know It’.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
2. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
3. (1) Sak Noel: ‘Loca People’
4. (5) One Direction: ‘What Makes You Beautiful’
5. (3) Goo Goo Dolls: ‘Iris’
6. (4) Dappy: ‘No Regrets’
7. (20) LMFAO: ‘Sexy And I Know It’
8. (6) James Morrison: ‘I Won’t Let You Go’
9. (7) Jason Derulo: ‘It Girl’
10. (10) Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars: ‘Lighters’

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‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ beats ‘Abduction’ at UK box office

Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Gary Oldman as George Smiley in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has topped the UK box office for the third consecutive weekend.

Gary Oldman‘s spy thriller pulls in £1 million to hold off competition from Twilight star Taylor Lautner‘s new movie Abduction to secure top spot.

Special 25th anniversary concert screenings of The Phantom of the Opera impress with more than £500,000 in ticket sales to land at number three.

Three other new releases make the top ten this week, with Helen Mirren‘s The Debt bowing at number five, Shark Night 3D at six and What’s Your Number? charting at nine.

Kirsten Dunst and Lars von Trier‘s critically acclaimed Melancholia fails to dent the top ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – £1,064,901
2. (-) Abduction – £900,782
3. (-) The Phantom of the Opera – £550,955
4. (2) Crazy, Stupid, Love – £520,952
5. (-) The Debt – £417,977
6. (-) Shark Night 3D – £416,779
7. (4) The Inbetweeners – £371,785
8. (5) Drive – £365,401
9. (-) What’s Your Number? – £320,331
10. (3) Warrior – £268,410

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Sak Noel tops UK singles chart with ‘Loca People’

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Sak Noel: 'Loca People'

Sak Noel has landed straight at the top of the UK singles chart with his track ‘Loca People’.

The Spanish DJ’s dancefloor favourite reaches pole position ahead of ‘Moves Like Jagger’ by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera, while previous number one ‘No Regrets’ by N-Dubz star Dappy dips to four.

Third place this week is collected by the Goo Goo Dolls and their 1998 single ‘Iris’, which blasts from its previous finish of 120 following performances by X Factor contestants Frankie Cocozza and Joe Cox on last week’s edition of the show. The track previously peaked at 26 in 1999.

The X Factor continues further down the chart, as last year’s finalists One Direction drop down two more spots with their former-chart topper ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ at six.

Jason Derulo‘s It Girl and All About Tonight by Pixie Lott fall three apiece to seven and nine respectively, while Bad Meets Evil – the duo of Royce da 5’9″ and Eminem – land at ten after climbing the same number.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Sak Noel: ‘Loca People’
2. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
3. (120) Goo Goo Dolls: ‘Iris’
4. (1) Dappy: ‘No Regrets’
5. (3) One Direction: ‘What Makes You Beautiful’
6. (5) James Morrison: ‘I Won’t Let You Go’
7. (4) Jason Derulo: ‘It Girl’
8. (8) Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks: ‘Heart Skips A Beat’
9. (6) Pixie Lott: ‘All About Tonight’
10. (13) Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars: ‘Lighters’

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