Glastonbury gigs seek new stars The Glastonbury Festival is launching a regular gig night to give new bands the chance to earn a slot at the legendary music event.
New and unsigned acts are being sought for the Holy Cow night, with the best to be offered places at the festival.
"As a festival, we would really like to lead the way in new music," said Emily Eavis, daughter of festival founder Michael Eavis.
Envy Corps and Vampire Weekend play the first gig at The Social club in London. Ms Eavis is now looking for new talent to play at future Holy Cow gigs after the launch on Wednesday.
"We're really after unsigned acts and finding the best new acts from all corners of the country and beyond," she said.
The most impressive bands will be booked for one of the festival's smaller stages, with Ms Eavis hoping to uncover artists who will star on the main stage in the future.
California fires affect TV shows
Filming of TV shows including 24 has reportedly been hit by the wild fires sweeping across southern California.
Scenes featuring 24's lead star Kiefer Sutherland had to be halted at a military base near Irvine, Orange County, because of the smoke.
Other series were also hit, trade publication Hollywood Reporter said.
Fierce winds are fanning at least 16 fires that have razed land from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, forcing 500,000 people out of their homes.
The blazes have left one person dead and destroyed at least 1,300 homes and businesses, officials say. They have led to the biggest US evacuation since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Mel C didn't want reunion
Melanie Chisholm has admitted that she never approved of a Spice Girls reunion, and that she only agreed to it after the other four girls threatened to go ahead without her.
Sporty Spice was the last one to agree to bring the girl group back because she was worried that the depression she suffered during the girls' heyday could return.
Mel C revealed to Closer magazine that it was a difficult decision for her, saying: "The girls approached me and said they were getting together to do a world tour, a greatest hits album and a big goodbye, and I was like: 'Oh no.' It was the last thing I wanted to hear.
MTV to name that tune
MTV is to make Name That Tune music quiz shows for MTV, VH1 and Country Music Television.In a rare move the long-running format is being developed for all three cable channels.
MTV president of entertainment Brian Graden has commissioned six new episodes for each. The content of separate shows will be geared for each audience so MTV viewers can hear pop and rap while CMT will use country tracks.
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* Big Brother housemates from the last eight years are to reunite for what is being billed as the biggest Big Brother party ever. The "Big Brother All-Years Wrap Party" - produced in association with Digital Spy - aims to bring together more than one hundred ex-housemates for the November 22 bash.
* The hunt for one of the world's most wanted men has brought FBI agents to London, where they are seeking the advice of detectives at Scotland Yard. James J Bulger is being hunted in connection with 18 counts of murder and various racketeering and drugs offences and has a $1m price on his head. Mr Bulger vanished in 1994 and appears directly below Osama Bin Laden on the FBI's top 10 most-wanted website.
* Vietnam has been hit by hurricanes, floods and a catastrophic bridge collapse of late, but the nation is abuzz with talk of just one thing - a blurry video of an illicit encounter between two teenagers. Internet forums are swamped with messages about an online sex video apparently showing 19-year-old Hoang Thuy Linh, the star of the popular TV series Vang Anh's Diaries, and her boyfriend.
* Goldfrapp keyboardist Will Gregory is joining the BBC Concert Orchestra for the premiere of his new score to silent film classic He Who Gets Slapped.
* British and Dutch police have shut down a "widely-used" source of illegally-downloaded music. A flat on Teesside and several properties in Amsterdam were raided as part of an Interpol investigation into the members-only website OiNK.
* Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are to produce a drama series together, according to a report.
The pair are to make the drama about a group of aid workers working in war zones, says the Hollywood Reporter.
* Photographs have emerged of Mariah Carey undergoing a facial wax in front of a studio audience. The singer was about to perform at the BET '106 & Park' show when she spotted hairs evident on her top lip.According to the Daily Mail, a make-up artist ran onto the set and waxed hairs from above her mouth and around the chin region.
* UKTV is pleased with new channel Dave's performance relative to its predecessor UKTV G2, the broadcaster said today.
In other news
* Big Brother housemates from the last eight years are to reunite for what is being billed as the biggest Big Brother party ever. The "Big Brother All-Years Wrap Party" - produced in association with Digital Spy - aims to bring together more than one hundred ex-housemates for the November 22 bash.
* The hunt for one of the world's most wanted men has brought FBI agents to London, where they are seeking the advice of detectives at Scotland Yard. James J Bulger is being hunted in connection with 18 counts of murder and various racketeering and drugs offences and has a $1m price on his head. Mr Bulger vanished in 1994 and appears directly below Osama Bin Laden on the FBI's top 10 most-wanted website.
* Vietnam has been hit by hurricanes, floods and a catastrophic bridge collapse of late, but the nation is abuzz with talk of just one thing - a blurry video of an illicit encounter between two teenagers. Internet forums are swamped with messages about an online sex video apparently showing 19-year-old Hoang Thuy Linh, the star of the popular TV series Vang Anh's Diaries, and her boyfriend.
* Goldfrapp keyboardist Will Gregory is joining the BBC Concert Orchestra for the premiere of his new score to silent film classic He Who Gets Slapped.
* British and Dutch police have shut down a "widely-used" source of illegally-downloaded music. A flat on Teesside and several properties in Amsterdam were raided as part of an Interpol investigation into the members-only website OiNK.
* Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are to produce a drama series together, according to a report.
The pair are to make the drama about a group of aid workers working in war zones, says the Hollywood Reporter.
* Photographs have emerged of Mariah Carey undergoing a facial wax in front of a studio audience. The singer was about to perform at the BET '106 & Park' show when she spotted hairs evident on her top lip.According to the Daily Mail, a make-up artist ran onto the set and waxed hairs from above her mouth and around the chin region.
* UKTV is pleased with new channel Dave's performance relative to its predecessor UKTV G2, the broadcaster said today.
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