It has been announced today that Corey Haim (38) has died after being rushed to St. Joseph Hospital (Burbank, California) because of a possible drug overdose. He was pronounced dead at 6:30 am (E.T)

Haim’s most famous role was in the 1987 movie The Lost Boys.

He will be missed.

Dee.

Next week sees the opening of Love Never Dies the sequel of the theatre sensation that is The Phantom of the Opera.

Phantom of the Opera was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and since 1986 more than 100 million people have enjoyed the show.

I am a big fan of the musical theatre having performed in the Elvis Show along side Lulu. Though I have to say Les Miserables is my all time favourite, having booked tickets and going to see it again in May.

Have a lovely weekend everybody.

Dee.

Carol was on Loose Women in a plunging low-cut number, just goes to show the 49 year old Countdown star has the brains and the looks.

She reminds me of a song I have on my Album called “Claws of Gold”

Claws of gold Lyrics:

She’s got claws of gold, and she’s getting old
But she’s still knows how to use ‘em
Every man she meets, falls at her feet
But she’ll abuse ‘em

She’s got eyes of steel, and a huge appeal
Don’t be fooled by her de-mina
she’s a heart of rock, which is quite a shock
and she’s really quite a schemer

She’s a stare soo hard, it will leave you scared
Don’t you get into her vision
she will seal your soul which once was whole
burning out with such precision

She’s got teeth of ice, as she rolls the dice
They sink into the layers
She hold all the cards, she plays them hard
She bargains with the players.

Don’t want you to think, you have her to thank
For being such a sinner
Just close your eye, it’s no surprise
It’s me who is a winner.

Will post an audio version soon.

Watch this space.

Dee.

Otis Redding was another great singer to end his life in an air disaster.

Him and Buddy Holly and Glenn Miller of course.  All so talented.

Just listening to Luddy Samms singing Otis Redding songs and it reminded me.

Dee.

A lot of people seem divided to whether her wacky attire is actually doing more bad than good for her career, but she is obviously someone not to be ignored.

Personally I think it’s very liberating to see such creativity in someone’s style. I wish I was brave enough to pull some of those costumes off!

I wish her best of luck in her up and coming UK leg of her European tour (See Ladygaga.com for more information)

Dee.

It was announced by Apple that music fans have purchased and downloaded 10 billion songs from their iTunes on-line music store.

Many people were skeptical at first, thinking that the world wide web would destroy the music industry, but it seems they were wrong.

The iTunes digital service offered by Apple has a catalogue of over 10 million songs, 55,000 television episodes and over 8,500 movies for download.

It seems a lot more music is going on-line these days, and on that note:

Click here to listen to Mama on-line
Click here to listen to In the Light on-line
Click here to watch the Where did you sleep video
Click here to watch the Mama video
Click here to watch the Come up and see me video

Hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Lots of love.

Dee.

Saw the BAFTAs the other night.

It was touching to see Prince William (who made his debut as the president of the Baftas) paying tribute to Lord Attenborough who was not well enough to attend the ceremony.

I was really surprised to see that James Cameron didn’t get the Best Director award for Avatar, which was picked up by his wife Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.

Here are a list of last night’s winners.

BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank

DIRECTOR
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up In the Air – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A Prophet

ANIMATED FILM
Up

LEADING ACTOR
Colin Firth – A Single Man

LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – An Education

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’nique – Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire

MUSIC
Up – Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd

EDITING
The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

SOUND
The Hurt Locker – Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones

MAKEUP & HAIR
The Young Victoria – Jenny Shircore

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Kristen Stewart

Last night was the 10th Brit Awards and it was amazing.

Dizzee Rascal won Best British Male and the Best British Female went to the ever extravagant Lady Gaga. X-Factor sensation JLS won 2 awards for British Breakthrough and Best British Single and Oasis won the Best British Album of the last 30 years.

There was controversy (as always at the Brits) when Oasis front man Noel threw the microphone into the audience and Cheryl Cole taking the stage without her wedding ring as a supposed protest against her husband’s alleged unfaithful behaviour.

All in all an enjoyable night.

Dee.

After selling nearly half a million copies in a week the HELP HAITI single has gone straight to number 1.

The “Everybody Hurts” cover features vocals from Alexandra Burke, Robbie Williams, Susan Boyle, Cheryl Cole and Leona Lewis. It was spearheaded by Simon Cowell with all the proceeds going to help the earthquake hit area.

It’s amazing to see how much help can be provided though music.

Well done guys.

Dee.

Hi all.

The album version of “Mama” has just been uploaded to SoundCloud.

You can listen to it here

Let me know what you think.

Love.

Dee.