007 studio ‘considers move to the Far East’

October 7th, 2009 Electronic pop pioneers KRAFTWERK are set to return to the studio over Christmas (09) to record their first album without co-founder FLORIAN SCHNEIDER, who quit last year (08). The new project will be the Robots hitmakers first studio album since 2003's Tour De France Soundtracks.

October 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage is in financial trouble, since a bank is suing him for breach of contract. The actor is facing a $2 million lawsuit for allegedly breaching contract on an agreed monthly sum to East West Bank, reported imdb.com.

October 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - Madonna is roaming around New York with new beau Jesus Luz. The lovebirds were recently spotted arriving with Jessica Seinfeld at the Bourgeois Pig on East Seventh Street in a Cadillac Escalade.

September 19th, 2009 Former THE CLASH rockers MICK JONES and TOPPER HEADON have returned to the studio together for the first time in 27 years to help British prisoners. The pair re-recorded the band's classic Jail Guitar Doors for a charity named after the track.

September 4th, 2009 MADONNA concluded her visit to the Middle East on Thursday (03Sep09) with a sightseeing trip to the world-famous Petra ruins. The pop superstar wrapped up her world tour in Israel on Wednesday (02Sep09), but wasn't quite ready to fly home.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Renee Zellweger will move in with co-star Bradley Cooper despite the fact that they have been dating for only a short period of time. "Renee and Bradley have both been travelling a lot lately promoting their movie ('Case 39'), but when he finally gets to go home to LA, she'll live with him at his place in Venice Beach, aceshowbiz.com quoted a source as saying.

August 27th, 2009 Rockers LOU REED and LAURIE ANDERSON have just treated themselves to a new holiday home in East Hampton, New York. The couple paid almost $1.5 million (GBP1 million) for the historic two bedroom pad near Amagansett.

August 26th, 2009 The places where ELVIS PRESLEY and his band once stood while recording hits at fabled Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee have been marked with crosses on the studio floor - because those were the spots perfectionist producer SAM PHILLIPS considered the best for sound. Now, anyone recording at the music mecca is advised to use the crosses to get the optimum quality when recording tracks.

August 19th, 2009 RENEE ZELLWEGER has joined the ranks of the celebrity restaurateurs after quietly opening a new diner in East Hampton, New York. The actress wanted a familiar place where she could hang out with friends and sup cocktails and so she invested in a new Mexican restaurant called the Blue Parrot.

August 14th, 2009 NEVADA - India's Oscar winner A. R. Rahman is developing studios in Los Angeles (USA) and London (UK), according to reports.

August 1st, 2009 LONDON - Christina Aguilera has found a new way to hoodwink tailing paparazzi by installing a recording studio in her own home. The pop singer set up the booth to record her tracks as per her convenience.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse is installing a recording studio here. All the equipment she used in her Caribbean studio is being flown back to London so she can get on with her first album for three years, reported thesun.co.uk.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - American actress Hilary Duff is all set to join the cast of 'Gossip Girl' on the Upper East Side this fall, it has emerged. According to Entertainment Weekly, the actress-singer-designer will be joining the rich and fabulous on the fourth season of the show, reports the New York Daily News.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg and actor Will Smith's plan to remake cult Korean film Old Boy seems to have become jeopardised as the makers of the 2003 hit are not authorised to give permission for a remake. Spielberg and Smith recently secured the rights to modernise director Park Chan-Wook's film, which was produced by Show East.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - American film director Steven Spielberg and actor Will Smith's plans to remake cult Korean movie 'Old Boy' have been thrown into jeopardy, as the original makers of the 2003 hit are allegedly not authorised to grant a remake. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spielberg and Smith had recently secured the rights to modernise director Park Chan-Wook's film from producers Show East.