FINLAND 2015 - Million miles away

Six internationally successful rock bands

The other music-themed stamp sheet to be released in September features six internationally successful Finnish rock bands that got to where they are today through a great deal of determination and perseverance. The Finnish invasion of the global rock music scene began with Hanoi Rocks back in the 1980s. The other bands featured in the stamps are The Rasmus, HIM, Apocalyptica, Children Of Bodom and Nightwish.
“For each stamp, I selected a band photo and a logotype that together resemble a band poster,” says Klaus Welp, the graphic artist that designed the Million miles away sheet. The background of the sheet depicts the green room backstage in the legendary Tavastia rock club, which Welp describes as an archaeological treasure of Finnish rock ’n’ roll.

Katy Perry on beau John Mayer: 'I actually am dating my crush'

Katy Perry might have had a rough end to her marriage with Russell Brand, but she's on to better things in her love life.

 "I actually am dating my crush".  "I had a crush on him for a long time and it so happens we fit together great."


The singer, whose album "Prism" came out this week, also opened up about her marriage.

"It was a new, fun, exciting journey," the pop star said. "But I like how I am now, and I think all things happen for a reason."




 photo by: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS

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One Direction Top Rich List For Under-30s

One Direction have earned a combined fortune of £59.33m, knocking Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe off the top of a Rich List for British celebrities under 30.



The highest new entry in the list is DJ and music producer Calvin Harris, who is worth an estimated £22.1m.

Names falling out of the top 30 this year include Paolo Nutini, Jamie Bell, Natasha Bedingfield and Sienna Miller.


The financial dealings, including TV shows, films, record sales and product endorsements were examined by a panel of industry experts to compile the list for Heat magazine.

One Direction were included as a single entry for their total earnings because the money was generated by the group rather than for any solo work.

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Taylor Swift Joins the Cast of ‘The Giver’

Taylor Swift is the latest addition to the cast of Phil Noyce’s “The Giver.”


The Weinstein Company and Walden Media’s adaptation of Lois Lowry’s 1993 YA novel stars Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges. Streep will play Chief Elder, while Bridges will be the title character.

Brenton Thwaites, Katie Holmes, Alexander Skarsgard, Odeya Rush and Cameron Monaghan round out the cast of the dystopian drama.
 
Taylor will play Rosemary, the last teen mentored by The Giver before he meets Jonas.

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Katy Perry hoping for Bruno Mars collaboration

Speaking to E! News, the 28-year-old Perry said: ''I've always said I'd wanna collaborate with Rihanna, but I'd love to collaborate with Bruno Mars. I always say, 'When I grow up, I wanna be the female version of Bruno Mars', cause he's so wildly talented in showing everybody that he has so much diversity in him.''

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Justin Bieber teases his 'Batman vs. Superman' script on Instagram

Forget Batfleck. Will Justin Bieber be the next "Man of Steel" sequel casting choice to set the Internet ablaze?

The singer posted a photo of himself Friday night with a script for "Batman vs. Superman," written by David S. Goyer and Zack Snyder. The cover page features a "Bieber" watermark, as if the script were meant specifically for him.

 Bieber's photo was liked more than 346,000 times just four hours after being posted, and sparked a number of comments from distressed Batman fans, with one young woman declaring "Batman would be ruined forever" and others wondering if the teen star would play Robin.

 

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Ariana Grande 'Completely Fine' After Vocal Scare

Crisis averted! Earlier this week, Ariana Grande was ordered by her doctors to go on vocal rest after suffering from a hemorrhaged vocal cord. Now, the 20-year-old chart-topper wants her fans to know that she's feeling just fine.

"Everybody on Instagram telling me to feel better, I thank you so much for the well wishes, but I'm actually completely fine. My voice is healthy. I'm talking right now," she said in the short video message posted on her Instagram. "I just lost my voice at my party for my album, but I'm completely fine now. Thank you!"

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Miley Cyrus Headed for First Hot 100 No. 1 With 'Wrecking Ball'

 

It looks like Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" is about to smash its way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

Thanks to expected enormous streaming totals for the song's video, early indications are that it should dethrone Katy Perry's "Roar," which leads the list for a second week this week.

If "Ball" blasts to the summit, Cyrus would collect her first Hot 100 No. 1. She's reached No. 2 with 2009's "Party in the U.S.A." and her previous single, "We Can't Stop."

 According to data provided by YouTube, "Ball" boasts 15.5 million U.S. YouTube views over its first two days since the clip premiered on Monday (Sept. 9). Projected over seven days, the streams for the song and video could total a whopping 30 to 45 million in the U.S., a figure that would count toward next week's Hot 100.

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Taylor Swift open to more acting roles

Taylor Swift says she hasn't ruled out taking on more acting roles in the future.

The We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together singer has already played parts on the big and small screen - she has appeared in Valentine's Day, New Girl and CSI - and she has admitted she wouldn't rule out more in the future if the ideal project "came along".

She told E! News: "That's always something that's in the back of my mind, if the right thing came along."





 Source: BANG Showbiz

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Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Robin Thicke: The top 10 videos on Vevo this week

Miley Cyrus broke records this week after her video for "Wrecking Ball" became the most viewed video on Vevo. 


Cyrus can be seen completely naked and gyrating on a wrecking ball while singing about heartbreak. The video received over 19 million views in 24 hours on the first day it premiered, beating the previous record held by One Direction for their video "Best Song Ever". The song is currently has over 70million views on Vevo.

While Cyrus may be flying high with "Wrecking Ball" this week, the Vevo crown for the most viewed video ever is held by Justin Bieber for his song "Baby" which has over 898 million views.

The video sharing platform is fast becoming the new MTV and gives people a legitimate way of listening to music.

 

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Metallica’s Rob Trujillo: 2014 Will Be All About Making a New Album

Metallica have been firing on all cylinders recently when it comes to their workload. The legendary thrash band has put a tremendous amount of energy into two years of their Orion Music + More Festival along with creating the soon-to-be-released 3D film ‘Metallica: Through the Never.’ Despite Metallica’s work ethic, bassist Rob Trujillo  admitted recently that all of the band’s side projects have “sidetracked” plans for a new album.

‘Through the Never‘ will be released in IMAX 3D theaters on Sept. 27 and regular theaters on Oct. 4, adding yet another monumental project to the band’s resume. Now that the second Orion fest is behind them and ‘Through the Never’ is ready to be shown, Trujillo aims to focus on Metallica’s follow-up to their 2008 full-length, ‘Death Magnetic.’

“Obviously for next year, our priority has to be making a new record,” Trujillo tells Classic Rock Magazine [via Blabbermouth]. “We’ve been detoured from that through the course of the year. We had about six weeks or so where we were really focusing on a new album and writing and then, you know, somehow we ended up hitting the road. And then at the same time we’ve got to promote this film. We get sidetracked by great things — it’s a blessing and a curse. Before all the film stuff, we were jamming these ideas and having a lot of fun. But we got sidetracked. In 2014, it’ll be all about getting new music — without any interruptions, hopefully.”

 Cory Schwartz, Getty Images

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Eminem New Album 2013 News: Eminem to Release 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' Bonus Edition With GameStop, Call Of Duty Purchases

Eminem fans who purchase "Call of Duty: Ghosts" at GameStop will be in for a special treat as they will be able to download a special edition of "The Marshall Mathers LP 2."

In August, Eminem debuted a new song, "Survival," in a trailer for the video game "Call of Duty: Ghosts."  Now, it has been announced that customers who purchase "Call of Duty: Ghosts" at GameStop stores will receive a code that allows them to download a special edition of Eminem's new album, "MMLP2," on Nov. 5, when both the game and the album will be released, reports Hip Hop DX.

 

 The special edition of the project will include "Survival," which Eminem said is befitting for the video game.

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Justin Bieber Starts Madison Beer's Block Party In 'Melodies' Video

Just last year Madison Beer was a normal teenager, going to school, hanging out with friends and obsessing over her music idol, JUstin Bieber.

"I was a huge huge fan, like I was obsessed with him," Madison Beer told MTV News. "I used to wear purple on his birthday to school with my friends."

Well, it turned out that Bieber was a huge fan of Beer's as well. After coming across a YouTube video of Beer performing at mash-up of Bruno Mars songs, he tweeted the link to his millions of Beliebers, calling her a "future star." Fast forward 14 months later and Beer, who signed with Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, has released not only her first single, "Melodies," an up-tempo pop track she describes as fun and young, but a video  for the track featuring her pop star mentor.

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M Shadows Responds To Robb Flynn

Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows has responded to the somewhat unseemly blog  posted by Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn this week that gave a rather tongue-in-cheek critique of Hail To The King.

“Actually, Chris Jericho sent it to me [Tuesday] morning,” Shadows tells Canada’s 106.9 The Bear radio show. “He’s, like, ‘Dude, look at this B.S.’ [He was] going crazy. And I was, like, ‘Ah, Chris, I love you.’ But I read it, and I read it as a joke. I have met Robb on numerous occasions and he’s always been cool to me. And I just read it as a joke. I really don’t know what to say about it other than I agree with him on the Metallica Sad But True thing — that was obviously an inspiration for that song. Everything else, I kind of think he… If it is a joke, it was kind of overboard, ’cause it doesn’t make sense in my mind.

“But at the same time, he was saying it was a joke, so… I have no ill will towards those guys. I’ve met [Machine Head guitarist] Phil [Demmel] a couple of times; he’s cool. Robb is cool. And I think the guy has the right to go make… if it’s really a joke, in his mind… Some people might see it as being as an underhanded… joke. But, to me, if he just wants to go in there and write whatever he wants, I think that’s totally cool. Everyone has an opinion and everyone should be entitled to say whatever they want. So it’s no skin off our backs.”







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Lady Gaga Wants Beyonce For 'Paparazzi'/'Telephone' Trilogy

Fans are already hyped for the November 11 release of Lady Gaga's ARTPOP, but a new tease from Mother Monster may get them even more excited.

Appearing on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" Wednesday night, the singer revealed that she'll soon be wrapping up her "Paparazzi"/ "Telephone" video series.  The final clip in the series is on its way and will make it a trilogy!

Beyoncé, however, may not be around for the last chapter.

"Oh my goodness! Well, when she's available. Beyoncé's very busy," Gaga told host Andy Cohen. "Anytime [she wants to work together], I love Beyoncé. We had such a great time making 'Telephone.'"

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Bon Jovi postpones tour following Tico Torres' emergency surgery

Drummer Tico Torres' emergency appendectomy in Mexico City has forced Bon Jovi to postpone concert dates.

The band postponed Tuesday's show in Mexico City after Torres checked into the American British Cowdary Hospital. Jon Bon Jovi revealed in a facebook post  the band is staying with Torres until he is released from the hospital.

Bon Jovi apologized to fans who might have been inconvenienced or were traveling to the concerts in Mexico City, Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. The band's website says concerts in those cities have been rescheduled for later this month.

Bon Jovi said Torres wanted to play Tuesday's gig after the surgery. "He wants everyone to know that it was his desire to perform. He even promised the doctors he would come back for the surgery right after the show but the doctors prevailed," Bon Jovi's statement explained.

 

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Harry Styles Dating Cara Delevingne: One Direction Singer's "Been Chasing Her Nonstop"

Hot new couple alert!

Harry is cozying up to another famous face, this time to It Girl Cara Delevingne.

The one Direction  cutie has been seeing the model "for around two weeks," a source close to Delevingne tells E! News.

And it appears that the boy-bander is absolutely head over heels for the blond beauty.

"Harry's been chasing Cara nonstop. He really likes her and has been saying that he wants to be exclusive with her," the source added.

 

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Ariana Grande Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200

 

Though it seemed like there was going to be a race for the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this week, Ariana Grande's "Yours Truly" comes out on top by a sizable margin.

The debut effort from the 20-year-old-singer/actress bows atop the list with 138,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Behind it R&B singer Tamar Braxton debuts with "Love & War," which launches at No. 2 with 114,000. (Braxton also bows at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the Top R&B Albums chart.)

Grande is the first female artist to debut at No. 1 with their first album since January 2010, when Ke$ha's "Animal" opened at No. 1. As for Braxton, she tallies the largest sales week for a female R&B/hip-hop album since last November, when Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire" bowed with 159,000.

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Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' director has checkered past

 

Miley Cyrus is getting a lot of flack for her new video, but the director she worked with on the raunchy music video has his own controversial past.
Terry Richardson, who produced her nude “Wrecking Ball” video, came under fire back in 2010 amid accusations that he acted inappropriately with young models, prompting them to take their clothes off in his presence.
In March 2010, Jamie Peck, a model-turned-writer who once posed for Richardson, spoke to FOX411 about her experience with the famed photog.
Peck was 19 years old and not a professional model when she went on a shoot with Richardson six years ago. She said she had no idea what to expect from the photographer, who shoots for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar and commercial clients Jimmy Choo, Sisley and Gucci. Richardson has also photographed stars like Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Jessica Alba.
“I went over there the first time and it was pretty normal and I posed nude for him, no big deal," said Peck. "The second time he felt like I was a little more comfortable and he asked me to do some gross stuff. Like he wanted to play with my tampon, and then he convinced me to touch his penis, and I did, and I really still am not sure why I agreed to do that. Part of it was everybody in the room was so stoked, like it was the most natural thing in the world."

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CMA Awards: Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves lead nominees

Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves are the top nominees for this year's Country Music Association Awards, with six apiece.
Swift will be going for her third entertainer of the year award and also was nominated for album and female vocalist of the year. Newcomer Musgraves also is up for awards in the album and female vocalist categories after nominations were announced Tuesday by Sheryl Crow and Florida Georgia Line.

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