Friday, 29 August 2008

Pick of the week: Clubs

Eastern Electrics
The Arches, London
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24
The two-day trendfest features the likes of Hercules & Love Affair, Aussie electro wonks Cut Copy, Steve Mason's Black Affair and Micach.

Bank Holiday Special
2020, Bournemouth
Sunday 24
Roger Sanchez dusts off his shorts and heads down to the south coast for a slot at 2020. Expect his usual funfair of house music.

Bass Epidemic Bank Holiday Special
Blue Mountain Club, Bristol
Sunday 24
Holby's otologists better be on standby as the bass epidemic is spread by Chase & Status, Stanza and Eddie K.

Tayo's Tracksuit Party
Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green, London,
Sunday 24
Get your "Rodney, you plonker!" heckle ready to cry at Roots Manuva,
who plays live. Joe Ransom and Ben Westbeech are on the decks.

Adventures In Success
East Village, London
Friday 29
Shoom! regulars Rock and Diesel toast 20 years of unrestrained house euphony with an East End knees up. Katie Barber and Gavin Fraser facilitate them lead the celebrations.







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Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Eva Longoria Parker: "I'm a 1950s Housewife."

Forget the scheming, shocking character she plays on Desperate Housewives � Eva Longoria Parker works knockout at everything she does, whether it's giving back to the Latino community or pickings care of her basketball game star married man, Tony Parker.

Eva reveals her homebody instincts in the September issue of Latina magazine, on sale Aug. 19.

"I'm a 1950's lady of the house," she says. "I passion baking. I love stitchery. Being home with Tony."

While she struggles with rumors swirling around her marriage, Eva maintains a positively charged attitude in the face of media speculation.

"You can't fight everything that comes up," she says. "Tony and I are very blessed that we have a hard foundation and can weather anything that comes our way."

Along with filming Desperate Housewives 10 months out of the year, Eva finds time to stay involved with the Latino community as much as she tin can: For the third yr in a row, she's hosting and executive-producing the National Council for La Raza's ALMA Awards, which celebrate excellence in Latino entertainment, on Sept. 12 on ABC.

"She's obviously identical talented and beautiful," close friend and fellow actor Mario Lopez says, "only her characters aren't whacking you over the head with a tortilla."










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Saturday, 9 August 2008

Sammie

Sammie   
Artist: Sammie

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   



Discography:


Sammie   
 Sammie

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 17




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