Two connoisseurs of violence--prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike and American icon Quention Tarantino--team up for this genre mash-up. SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO follows two clashing clans in Japan as they both try to lure a talented shooter to their side. Tarantino makes a brief appearance in this film that pays homage to both the spaghetti western and classic Japanese cinema.
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Sunday 31 August 2008
Friday 22 August 2008
Commonwealth Government Settlement With Pan Pharmaceuticals And Its Former Chief Executive, Australia
�The Commonwealth Government in agreement to settle a civil claim which had been lodged in the Federal Court in Sydney by Pan Pharmaceuticals and its former Chief Executive.
The claim which was part heard in the Federal Court during the past month, related to to the Therapeutic Goods Administration's conclusion in 2003 to suspend Pan's fabrication licence and recall the medicines it manufactured.
The agreed settlement amount of $50 billion plus legal costs is considerably less than the $234 meg claimed. The settlement involves a judgement for the claimant, only does not involve the Commonwealth yielding any of the specific allegations in the minutes.
Background
The TGA took regulatory action against Pan in 2003 later on investigating a series of adverse dose reaction reports related to the Pan manufactured "Travacalm" medicine. Deficiencies in Pan's manufacturing of Travacalm were associated with 19 people being hospitalised for serious side effects and more than 100 reports of additional contrary reactions.
Pan Pharmaceuticals later pleaded guilty to a number of criminal charges including inflicting grievous bodily harm and manufacturing counterfeit medicines, and was fined $3 million.
http://www.tga.gov.au
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The claim which was part heard in the Federal Court during the past month, related to to the Therapeutic Goods Administration's conclusion in 2003 to suspend Pan's fabrication licence and recall the medicines it manufactured.
The agreed settlement amount of $50 billion plus legal costs is considerably less than the $234 meg claimed. The settlement involves a judgement for the claimant, only does not involve the Commonwealth yielding any of the specific allegations in the minutes.
Background
The TGA took regulatory action against Pan in 2003 later on investigating a series of adverse dose reaction reports related to the Pan manufactured "Travacalm" medicine. Deficiencies in Pan's manufacturing of Travacalm were associated with 19 people being hospitalised for serious side effects and more than 100 reports of additional contrary reactions.
Pan Pharmaceuticals later pleaded guilty to a number of criminal charges including inflicting grievous bodily harm and manufacturing counterfeit medicines, and was fined $3 million.
http://www.tga.gov.au
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Tuesday 12 August 2008
Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies (+photos)
Oscar-winning soul singer and South Park star Isaac Hayes wHO, along with Al Green, James Brown and Stevie Wonder, was one of the prevalent black artists in the early seventies, has died in Memphis. He was 65.
His champion and former manager, Onzie Horne, told Reuters he spoke to Hayes' wife, Adjowa, world Health Organization confirmed that Hayes had died.
Hayes, world Health Organization said�he was a "health fanatic," was reportedly base unconscious penny-pinching a running treadmill at his home.
He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The causa of death was non known. In early 2007, Hayes suffered a stroke.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee enjoyed two decided musical careers, first as a session musician, songwriter and manufacturer at the Memphis soulfulness label Stax Records, where he worked primarily with Sam and Dave; so as a solo artist whose lushly orchestrated albums were some of the first concept works by a black artist.
"He was a real powerhouse in music," Don Cornelius, the founder of the Soul Train TV series, said.
"He took black music to another level, made it more classic."
The deep-voiced performer was the first dark composer to win the Oscar for best strain, with 1971's Theme from Shaft, an irresistibly pressing mix of wah-wah guitars and hi-hat cymbals spiced by the famous line, "They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother-/Shut your mouth!"
STAX STAR
Hayes, born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee, was raised by his grandparents after organism orphaned. He joined Stax in 1963, and often subbed for the label's primary keyboardist, Booker T Jones.
He eventually teamed with lyricist David Porter to write and produce songs for the soul span Sam and Dave, including Soul Man and Hold On! I'm A Comin'.
Hayes told Reuters in 2005 that he came up with the introductory horn line for the latter tune spell Porter was in the bathroom.
He yelled at his collaborator to hurry up, and so Porter barrelled out with pants around his ankles, yelling the words that would become the song's title.
With his shaved head, dark shades, extravagant wear and plenteous jewelry, Hayes was groomed as a star by Stax executives.
He released his debut album, the poor-selling Presenting Isaac Hayes, in 1968. He broke through and through the following year with Hot Buttered Soul, which contained only four songs but sold more than a million copies.
Chastened by his stillborn debut, Hayes took artistic control of the followup. Even though he was a successful songwriter, trey of the four tunes were covers that he reinvented, including an 18-minute version of Jimmy Webb's By the Time I Get To Phoenix.
Hayes' do work on conductor Gordon Parks' urban crime drama Shaft, a project he had hoped to star in, was the first of many forays into flick soundtracks.
He got in front of the camera for the 1974 cult classic Truck Turner and unbroken busy with film make. He had a cameo role in an instalment of The Bernie Mac Show, whose star died on Saturday.
Hayes left Stax in a dispute over royalties in 1975, the year the faltering label went insolvent. He filed for bankruptcy shortly thenceforth and lost all his songwriting royalties.
In his later years, Hayes reached a new audience by provision the voice for Chef, the libidinous sage on the sketch series South Park.
But he left the show a few years ago because he disagreed with its attacks on Scientology, the religious movement to which he belonged.
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
Capitalist Casualties
Artist: Capitalist Casualties
Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock
Other
Discography:
Capitalist Casualties
Year: 2004
Tracks: 74
Subdivisions In Ruin
Year: 1999
Tracks: 20
Stompin' Tom's 'Bud the Spud' to be made available digitally on Canada Day
Monday 23 June 2008
Illdisposed
Artist: Illdisposed
Genre(s):
Metal
Other
Discography:
Burn Me Wicked
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Four Depressive Seasons
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
Kokaiinum
Year: 2001
Tracks: 9
Retro
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Submit
Year: 1995
Tracks: 9
Helvede
Year: 1995
Tracks: 12
Return From Tomorrow
Year: 1994
Tracks: 4
One of Denmark's near respected and longest persistent death metallic element bands, Illdisposed were formed in the townsfolk of Ã…rhus in 1991, and managed to secure a record deal on the forcefulness of their very first gear demo, entitled The Winter of Our Discontempt. Led by unusually named vocalizer Bo Summer (specially unusual for a death metallic element ring!) and guitarist Lasse Bak, the group was rarely able to sustain a regular card for very long, but however recorded a cosmic string of albums, including 1993's Four Depressive Seasons 1994's Refund from Tomorrow EP, 1995's Give in, 1997's There's Something Rotten in the State of Denmark, and 2000's Retro covers set. In 2001, Bo Summer began splitting his fourth dimension between Illdisposed and competing Danish death alloy favorites Panzerchrist, but that hasn't stopped up him from reconvening his original ring for subsequent albums like that same year's Kokaiinum, 2004's 1-800 Vindication, and 2006's industrial-leaning Burn Me Wicked.
Monday 16 June 2008
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Three Boys Win Chance To Play Oliver On Id Do Anything
Gwion, Harry and Laurence have been named as the three boys chosen to play Oliver on I'd Do Anything.
After weeks of intense competition, a trio of young thespians have been picked to take the role of Dickens' orphan boy in Sir Cameron Mackintosh's upcoming Oliver! revival.
The successful three were picked from the final eight Oliver semi-finalists with Chester, Arthur, Kwayedza, Alexander and Jonny missing out after the group had performed Tomorrow from Annie.
Gwion, 11, from Carmarthenshire, said the wait to find out whether he had been picked to take the West End stage was "nerve-wracking".
"When I was told I was Oliver I was ecstatic!" he added. "I couldn't quite believe it and I thought I was dreaming. My mum gave me the biggest hug ever and I couldn't breathe!"
Twelve-year-old Harry, who was the sixth Oliver hopeful to be named as a semi-finalist, said he had dreamt for so long of winning the role that he couldn't believe the eventual verdict of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Cameron.
"It didn't sink in for a few minutes that I was actually going to be playing Oliver!" he explained.
And 11-year-old Laurence from Cheshire described his selection as "completely overwhelming".
Sir Cameron said some "terrific" talent had been unearthed on the show while Sir Andrew promised audiences that "whichever Oliver you go and see you're going to get a fantastic performance".
Just four hopefuls to play the role of Nancy remain, after Niamh Perry was eliminated from last week's show.
24/05/2008 19:50:00
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Friday 6 June 2008
Tribute To Marilyn Manson
Artist: Tribute To Marilyn Manson
Genre(s):
Metal
Discography:
Tribute To Marilyn Manson
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
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