Run DMC, Jeff Beck, Metallica Headed for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Videos

run dmc-runs house-svcd-1988-hhe

see more

• 

  Created by Jarrett Martineau | add comment

• 

  Created by Jarrett Martineau | add comment

• 

  Created by Jarrett Martineau | add comment

The Roll Hall of Fame made its official announcement on Wednesday that hip-hop royalty Run D.M.C. and rockers Metallica, along with artists including Jeff Beck, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Bobby Womack, Wanda Jackson and others, will be inducted in the hall’s ‘Class of 2009’.

An induction ceremony will be held on April 4, 2009 in Cleveland and broadcast live on Fuse TV.

The performer inductees are:
Jeff Beck
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Metallica
Run-D.M.C.
Bobby Womack

Early Influence Category Inductee:
Wanda Jackson

Sidemen Category Inductees:
Bill Black
DJ Fontana
Spooner Oldham

The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.

Source: rockhall.com

NowPublic

Tags: Culture | Music | United States | Cleveland | METALLICA | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Bobby Womack | Jeff Beck | wanda jackson | run dmc | little anthony imperials

Steve Carell Buys General Store in Marshfield Hills

Actor Steve Carell, who stars in the hit show “The Office”, has recently gone from his fictional corporate managerial position to a real world owner of a small town’s general store.

Carell recently bought a general store in Marshfield Hills, a small town in Massachusetts where the actor is a part-time resident.

But the actor won’t be leaving his day job in television, he’s hired his sister-in-law Tish Vivado to run the store.

I wonder if it was in danger of closing down? Either way, it’s great to see that Carell is doing this, according to the store’s previous owners, for “for the right reasons”.

[Steve] Carell, who plays bumbling boss Michael Scott on the NBC sitcom [“The Office”], recently bought the Marshfield Hills General Store. The 45-year-old actor is a part-time resident of the town on Massachusetts’ south shore.

He put sister-in-law Tish Vivado in charge.

The store’s previous owner, Sherry Bechtold, told The Patriot-Ledger of Quincy that she and her husband, Bob, sold the 155-year-old building and business to Carell after being convinced that he wanted it “for the right reasons.” She said she wanted to make sure the new owner retained the store’s character.

Source: newsvine.com

NowPublic

Tags: Culture | TV | hollywood | Massachusetts | Celebrity | television | the Office | NBC | Marshfield | Marshfield Hills | steve carell general store | steve carell

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis to Be Married in April

Photos

Top Money Maker Johnny Depp

see more

Long time celebrity couple Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who have been together for ten years and have two children together, are reportedly planning to be married in April.

Johnny Depp and his girlfriend Vanessa Paradis are reportedly drawing plans to take their wedding vows in April.

It was recently suggested that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor was set to pop the question last month, after he was spotted shopping for an engagement ring in California.

And now, the couple, who have been seeing each other for 10 years and have two kids together, are reportedly set to say tie the knot in a chapel on their 1.25-million-dollar French property.

The alleged ceremony is expected to be attended by only 50 of the pair’s close friends and family, reports the China Daily.

Source: sify.com

NowPublic

Tags: France | Culture | Movies | Entertainment | hollywood | Celebrity | Pirates of the Caribbean | Johnny Depp | vanessa paradis | johnny depp marriage

LL Cool J, Mos Def, Akon, T.I. to Play Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball

Barack Obama, who is being hailed as America’s hip-hop president, is about to be celebrated by some of hip-hop’s biggest stars.

High profile hip-hop artists including LL Cool J, Mos Def, MC Lyte, Akon, T.I., and Young Jeezy will join Russell Simmons and Dave Chappelle at the “Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball” — a concert to be held on January 19th in Washington, D.C. as part of the celebrations leading up to Obama’s official inauguration.

But this won’t be the only ball in town, as Obama will host the much-anticipated ‘Neighborhood Inaugural Ball’ on the evening of January 20th.

Washington is about to host an unprecedented number of visitors and a huge number of events in the coming days, as the city gets in full swing — beginning this Saturday with another huge inauguration concert that will feature: U2, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Garth Brooks, Shakira, John Mellencamp, Herbie Hancock, Usher, James Taylor, will.i.am, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and many more.

For complete coverage of the events please check out NowPublic’s featured coverage page Obama Inauguration 2009

LL Cool J, Akon, Mos Def, Young Jeezy and T.I.  are among the acts who will celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington D.C.  next week.

Russell Simmons, MC Lyte and Dave Chappelle will also attend the event entitled ‘Hip Hop Inaugural Ball’ which will take place at the Harman Center for the Arts in the capital on January 19.

The event is being presented by Simmons, Valeisha Butterfield, Dr. Benjamin Chavis and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, which is the world’s largest coalition of hip-hop artists and entertainment industry executives.

Source: nme.com

NowPublic

Tags: Culture | Music | Washington | rap | hip-hop | Barack Obama | Young Jeezy | Obama | Dave Chappelle | Russell Simmons | US Politics | Mos Def | inaugural ball | Akon | t.i. | Obama Inauguration | Inauguration 2009 | neighborhood inaugural ball | hip hop inaugural ball | mc lyte | hip hop summit action network

‘Iron Man 2’ Rumours: Emily Blunt is In, Samuel L. Jackson is Out

Iron Man 2 casting rumours continue to fly as word hit the internets on Wednesday that actress Emily Blunt may play the Black Widow in the upcoming sequel to last year’s Robery Downey Jr.-starring box office smash.

Emily Blunt is rumored to play Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff, in Iron Man 2. In the comics, and correct me if I’m wrong, Black Widow is more or less a former Soviet spy who wears a tight-ass black suit and uses high-tech weaponry both against and on behalf of S.H.E.I.L.D. (after a whole bunch of inter-Avenger drama).

Source: buzzfeed.com

Meanwhile, Samuel L. Jackson, who made a brief cameo at the end of Iron Man, may not portray Nick Fury as had been widely speculated.

Jackson told me today that despite his cameo as the hard-bitten military man at the end of “Iron Man,” it now appears that “somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won’t be in it” when it comes to “Iron Man 2,” “The First Avenger: Captain America” and “The Avengers,” the announced slate of Marvel Studios projects through 2011 that might have a natural spot for the character.

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

NowPublic

Tags: Culture | Movies | Entertainment | hollywood | United States | Iron man | black widow | jon favreau | iron man 2 | nick fury | samuel l jackson | emily blunt