Smits joins Dexter as assistant DA

Former NYPD Blue star Jimmy Smits has joined the cast of Showtime's drama series Dexter, which begins its third season in the fall.

Smits will portray Miguel Prado, an ambitious, charismatic assistant district attorney who comes from one of Miami�s most politically powerful and beloved families.

Dexter (Michael C. Hall), a blood-spatter expert for the Miami Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer, will join forces with Prado, who has risen in the ranks because his aggressive stance against crime, in the pursuit of a murderer who affects both of their lives directly.

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Freakmind

   
Artist: Freakmind

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   

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Discography:


   
 Six Degrees Of Separation

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11

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Robert Michaels

Doherty's money a shambles

TROUBLED rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly been holding crisis talks with his band Babyshambles and their management to find out where the group's cash is going.
Doherty, 29, said: "I've got a few concerns at the moment over issues with management - where the money has been going and distribution of wealth. Babyshambles need to sit down as a band and talk about the future. After two years of a**ing about, we could actually make money out of this job." There could be other troubles on the horizon for the band though, as guitarist Mick Whitnall, 39, is apparently planning to quit, as he is tired of Pete's wild lifestyle. The guitarist worked with Amy Winehouse on demos while Doherty was in prison last month on drugs charges and could leave Babyshambles to join Amy's touring band full-time. In May, it was claimed Winehouse, 24, had been cheating on her jailed husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, with Mick. A source said: "Mick says they've slept together a couple of times. It's always supposed to have happened when they've been out drinking. He's told people about her birthmark in an intimate place, which is his way of proving it happened."

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' lawyer send cease-and-desist threat to Petit Tresor

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' lawyer has sent a cease-and-desist threat to the owner of posh baby boutique Petit Tresor for allegedly giving the tabloids bogus info about their spending habits.

In a letter to owner Samantha Winch, dated May 12, the couple's attorney, Aaron J. Moss, accuses the store's employees of both violating their clients' privacy and giving out "simply false" information that Holmes and Cruise spent between $350,000 and $400,000 in their stores to Life & Style magazine "for the purpose of enhancing [the store's] image and obtaining a commercial advantage."

However, a Petit Tresor spokesman says they were asked by a reporter for an estimation of how much the Cruises have spent on gear for their 2-year-old daughter Suri, but they "never mentioned that this $350-$400K figure included anything purchased at Petit Tresor."

But Cruise's reps feel differently.

"Petite Tresor is trying to get publicity for themselves by telling the press that celebrities are shopping in their store when they're not," a rep for the Top Gun star told E! News.

"To the credit of Life & Style, they tried to verify and chose not to run inaccurate information."

And the lawyer is now advising the store to keep to its word and "not talk about" their clients.

"Please do not say anything (whether true or false) about Mr. Cruise's and Ms. Holmes' shopping habits, consistent with your representation to the New York Daily News in December 2007 that 'We don't talk about any of our clients," Moss' letter concludes.

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Bobby Valentino ft. Fabolous

   
Artist: Bobby Valentino ft. Fabolous

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Let Him Go

   Year:    
Tracks: 1

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Jago Quits Brmc For A Second Time

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB have split with drummer NICK JAGO for a second time.

Despite the fact that Jago's ill-timed departure comes as the group plans to launch a European tour, the drummer's bandmates insist there are no hard feelings - and they will welcome him back at any point.

In a statement on the group's MySpace.com website, founders Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes admit they "look forward to playing" with Jago "in the future".

The post continues, "We just feel Nick needs time to sort out exactly what he wants right now.

"His heart and all his energy and attention is on his own solo project and he needs to see that through. We welcome his singing and songwriting in BRMC, but his focus, at least at the present time, is on doing his own thing and we wish him the best."

In a recent MySpace post, Jago admitted, "Maybe playing drums for BRMC all the time is not my calling and there is something else I'm supposed to do. We will see."

Jago previously quit the group in 2004 but he returned the following year.

He will be replaced on drums by Dead Combo star Leah Shapiro.

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Bronski Beat

   
Artist: Bronski Beat

   Genre(s): 
Other
   Dance
   Dance: Pop
   Pop
   

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Discography:


   
 Rainbow Nation

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 12


   
 I'm Gonna Run Away From You (Single)

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 3


   
 Truthdare Doubledare

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 13


   
 Hundreds and Thousands

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Age Of Consent

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 11

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London's Bronski Beat will be remembered for a number of things. Anyone world Health Organization has seen the video for "Smalltown Boy" -- which remains fascinating and sobering decades afterward -- privy likely remember at least unrivaled of its scenes in vivid detail. It was only Bronski Beat's number one single, just it became the group's best-known, arrival the top of Billboard's U.S. dance chart while peaking at number trey on the U.K. pop chart. More importantly, the strain was distinctive for the grouping in that it centered on isaac M. Singer Jimmy Somerville's experiences as a pres Young gay homo. It as well exemplified the group's helen Newington Wills electronic-pop levelheaded and introduced a number of mass to a voice that continues to sound like no other -- ane that can soar into a unique falsetto patch drawing from a deep pool of emotions that ranges from acute internal strife to bliss.Somerville, mate Glasweigan Steve Bronski (keyboards), and Londoner Larry Steinbachek (as well keyboards) formed Bronski Beat in 1983. They performed at venues in and about London, and scored a major takeover by landing an opening gig for Tina Turner. The London label before long swept up the grouping, and the bandmembers near immediately became pop stars in the U.K. "Smalltown Boy" proved to be a brobdingnagian breakthrough. The Age of Consent, supported by that single, "Why," and a cover of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love," went over extremely well. Not only did the record album win attending for its combination of compelling songwriting and club-friendly pop; the inner sleeve listed the legal geezerhood of consent for homophile acts in respective countries across Europe. Somerville boldly left the radical a year later, earlier it was able to criminal record a followup; he started the more than overtly political Communards with Richard Coles. Bronski and Steinbachek continued with vocaliser John Jon, world Health Organization had antecedently been in Bust. The new version of Bronski Beat was quite successful as well, notching club hits in the U.K. and afield; Truthdare Doubledare, the 1986 sophomore record album, went Top 20 in the group's base nation, and "Hit That Perfect Beat" rivaled "Smalltown Boy" in high chart placements. Before the year's final stage, John Jon left the grouping, which eventually disbanded. Steve Bronski brought a new card together in the mid-'90s -- including vocalist Jonathan Hellyner -- and recorded Rainbow Nation for the German ZYX label. Somerville enjoyed modest success in the Communards and has recorded periodically as a solo creative person since the late '80s.