Gabor, 93, was hospitalized Friday for a suspected blood clot that turned out to be an infection. She has been in and out of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles since she fell and broke her hip in July, and was so sick in August that she asked to have the last rites read.

Her husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, told Reuters that two nurses were overseeing her home care.

Gabor made appearances on radio and television shows in the 1950s and 1960s. She also appeared in movies such as “Moulin Rouge,” “Lili” and “Touch of Evil.”

She was celebrated for her bubbly personality and beauty and has had a string of wealthy husbands. Gabor had a penchant for calling everyone “dah-ling” in her thick Hungarian accent and with her sisters, Eva and Magda, was a fixture on Hollywood’s social circuit.

On Friday, her spokesman, John Blanchette, said she complained of pain and swelling in her leg in the morning. A doctor was called to her home and determined she had a blood clot that could move to her heart.

“He was afraid she was in jeopardy of heart attack,” Blanchette said.

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Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers.

Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law which does not play to his executive skill set, and perhaps the realization that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal.

Other Information

• Starring: Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Craig T. Nelson
• Directed by:  John Wells
• Produced by:  Paula Weinstein, John Wells, Claire Rudnick Polstein
• Genres:  Comedy and Drama
• Running Time:  1 hr. 53 min.
• Release Date:  October 22nd, 2010 (wide)
• Distributors: The Weinstein Company

Freshlyground is a South African Afro-fusion band that was formed in Cape Town in 2002. The band members are from South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Stylistically, Freshlyground incorporates elements of traditional South African music (such as kwela and African folk), blues and jazz, as well as features of indie rock. The lead singer is Zolani Mahola whose distinctive voice contributes much to the band’s unique sound.

Members

• Zolani Mahola
• Simon Attwell
• Peter Cohen
• Kyla Rose Smith
• Julio Sigauque
• Josh Hawks
• Seredeal “Shaggy” Scheepers

Other Information

• Origin : Cape Town, South Africa
• Genres : Folk
• Afropop : Jazz, Indie rock
• Years active : 2002 – present
• Labels : Sony BMG Africa, Freeground Records

Link

• www.freshlyground.com

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Big Bang is a Korean musical group made up of five Korean men. When they first debuted, they were considered to be the new face of the YG Family, a pet name for their management company YG Entertainment. Although their debut was somewhat successful, it was not until the release of “거짓말” (“Lies“) that the group gained mainstream success. Big Bang have been noted for their music as well as their fashionable clothing, becoming famous throughout the country in the process.

Before Big Bang’s major debut, each member had his own degree of success and popularity in the entertainment industry. Leader G-Dragon and lead vocalist Taeyang had already been with YG Entertainment since they were both twelve years old, known as GD and YB back then. Member T.O.P was well known as an underground hip-hop rapper while Seung Ri was first introduced to the entertainment industry through the show Let’s Cokeplay Battle Shinhwa.

After the lineups for the group was finally made, the television network MTV Korea released a ten-episode documentary that showed the members in training before their debut as an official group (an eleventh episode was added after final members were decided). The first six episodes detailed each individual member’s background and motivation for becoming a singer. The documentary portrayed the arduous process of training by showing their dancing and singing practice sessions. Beyond being just a behind-the-scenes reality show, the series also eliminated various candidates unfit for Big Bang. Two members, SO-1 and Seungri (Lee Seung Hyun) were considered for elimination, but they were given second chances to showcase their abilities in singing, dancing, and performing. However, this eventually resulted in Yang Hyun Suk (the CEO of YG Entertainment) dropping SO-1 because he lacked stage presence and was “too shy”. On the other hand, Seung Ri was able to successfully impress Yang with his dancing and singing skills, thus making the group. This documentary helped gain recognition for the group.

Before deciding on an official name for the group, the members had suggested several names, such as “Apex”, “Stump,” and “Diamond”. Finally it was decided on “Big Bang” as producer and founder of YG Entertainment Yang Hyun Suk thought the other names were too childish. Big Bang made their official debut at the YG Family concert, held on August 19, 2006 at the Gymnastics Arena in Seoul Olympic Park.

Prior to the release of their first album, the group had a unique release schedule, with three EPs released within a span of a few months. Their first EP was The First Single Album, which spawned the top-ten hit single “This Love”, a remake of the American boy band Maroon 5′s own single. The single debuted with over 17,000 copies sold in the month of August and later went on to sell approximately nearly 40,000 copies. The second EP Big Bang is V.I.P. was released a month later, selling 21,000 copies in that month. It finally netted sales of 32,000 copies. Their third and last EP, B I G B A N G 0 3, followed the success of their previous EPs with final sales nearing 30,000 copies.

Later in the year, Big Bang’s own official fan club was created, calling themselves the “V.I.P.” (in reflection of their second single “Big Bang is V.I.P.”). Unlike other fan clubs, Big Bang’s fans do not have a balloon color for showing support at concerts; instead, fans wave black and white BB (obviously standing for Big Bang) handkerchiefs/bandannas. At the end of December 2006, Big Bang held their very first concert titled The Real. The following month, their first debut album Since 2007, which was essentially a compilation of songs from their previous singles, was released; it sold 48,009 copies by the end of February 2007.

By the end of 2009, Big Bang became the most searched artist in South Korea. They also became the first foreign group in Japan to receive the Japan Cable Broadcasting Award for “Best Newcomer”, and the first from Korea to receive the Japan Records award. In recent years, the members have branched out to do solo activities: Taeyang and G-Dragon have released solo materials while T.O.P, Daesung and Seungri have started acting.

Members

• G-Dragon
• T.O.P
• Taeyang
• Daesung
• Seungri

Other Information

• Origin : Seoul, South Korea
• Genres : Pop, R&B, hip-hop, dance
• Years active : 2006 (2006)–present
• Labels : YG Entertainment

Links

• ygbigbang.com
• Musicasia

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Akanishi Jin or Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁, Akanishi Jin), is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū, and former radio host. Akanishi is a member of the popular J-pop group, KAT-TUN, and is the one of the two lead vocalists. Since the group’s debut in 2006, it has achieved 14 consecutive number ones (including studio albums) on the Oricon charts.

Akanishi is also a budding actor with roles in the second season of popular NTV school drama, Gokusen 2, Anego and Yukan Club. He is also a co-host of KAT-TUN’s own variety show, Cartoon KAT-TUN, and used to host a radio program called “KAT-TUN Style” with bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi from October 2007 to March 2008.

In 2007, Akanishi starred in his first lead role in Yukan Club, a school comedy series, alongside bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi and was voted “Best Actor” at the 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. He made his debut as a voice actor in 2008 for the Japanese dub of Speed Racer, providing the voice for protagonist Speed played by Emile Hirsch.

In 2009, Akanishi was cast as the lead actor in the movie, Bandage, directed by Takeshi Kobayashi and which is scheduled for release on January 16, 2010. This will be his big screen debut.

At the event of Tokyo Girls Collection on September 5, 2009, Jin appeared as a special guest to promote his new movie, Bandage, he performed the movie’s theme song which marked this as the solo debut under the temporary unit Lands with Takeshi Kobayashi, the producer of Mr. Children. His debut single under Lands, “Bandage”, was written and composed by Kobayashi. On November 30, 2009, it was announced that Lands would be releasing an album, “Olympos,” on January 13, 2010. It will include the single “Bandage” and 7 other songs.

Other Information

• Birth name : Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁)
• Also known as : Bakanishi
• Born : July 4, 1984
• Origin : Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Genres : Pop
• Occupations : Singer-songwriter, actor, television personality
• Instruments : Vocals, Guitar
• Years active : 1998 – present
• Labels : J-One Records Johnny’s Entertainment
• Associated acts : KAT-TUN, Koichi Domoto, Crystal Kay, Lands
• Website : www.j-storm.co.jp/kattun

Discography

• 2010 : Olympos

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6cyclemind (or sometimes spelled as Six Cycle Mind / 6 Cycle Mind / 6Cyclemind) is a Filipino band. Their music is a fusion of alternative music and pop music. It is the part of Soupstar Entertainment.

Composed of Rhoneil “Ney” Dimaculangan on lead vocals, Ryan “Rye” Sarmiento on rhythm guitars and backup vocals, Carlos “Chuck” Isidro on lead guitars, Bobby “Bob” Cañamo on bass guitar and Tito Fortunato “Tutti” Caringal on drums and backup vocals.

They have successfully released four albums under Sony BMG Records Philippines and the following are: Permission to Shine (2003), Panorama (2005), Home (2007) & Fiesta! Magsasaya Ang Lahat (2007). Their 5th album. “Project: 6cyclemind” was recently released last June 2009.

They’re currently performing for the Tanduay’s First Five along with Rico Blanco, Chicosci, Sandwich and Bamboo.

6cyclemind comes from the 5 members plus their manager, Darwin Hernandez as the 6th person. Collectively, they all contribute to the composing, arranging and brainstorming, which is a continuous cycle in their creation of music, hence 6cyclemind. Carlos “Chuck” Isidro was the former lead guitarist for Afterimage. When Afterimage disbanded, Chuck, worked in recording company. During his stay, he signed up a group managed by Darwin Hernandez. Both of them talked and chose to form a band by adding members, which became 6cyclemind.

Members :

• Rhoneil “Ney” Dimaculangan – lead vocals
• Ryan “Rye” Sarmiento – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Carlos “Chuck” Isidro – lead guitars
• Bobby “Bob” Cañamo – bass
• Tito Fortunato “Tutti” Caringal – drums, backing vocals

Discography

• 2003 : Permission to Shine
• 2005 : Panorama
• 2007 : Home
• 2007 : Fiesta: Magsasaya Ang Lahat
• 2009 : Project: 6cyclemind

Other Information

• Origin : Tarlac City, Philippines
• Genres : OPM/Pinoy rock, Alternative rock, Pop rock
• Years active : 2002 – present
• Labels : Sony Music
• Associated acts : Protein Shake, Afterimage, Callalily, Gloc 9, Pupil

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Arashi is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on September 15, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

After releasing one studio album, one greatest hits album and six singles under the Pony Canyon record label, the group moved to the Johnny’s subsidiary label J Storm in 2001, which was initially set up for their succeeding releases. In 2008, nine years after their debut, their singles “Truth/Kaze no Mukō e” and “One Love” took the top two placings on the annual Oricon sales ranking, attesting to the group’s longevity in the Japanese music scene in spite of their idol group image.

In 2009, Arashi became the first artist to top the singles, album and music DVD charts and to be the best-selling artist of the year within the same year. They also became the third artist in Oricon history to monopolize the top three best-selling singles and the first to dominate the top two placings on the singles chart for two consecutive years. The group released two double A-side singles “Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei” and “Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon: Kimi wa Muteki” on March 4 and May 27 respectively in 2009. Both singles sold over 500,000 copies in first week sales, making Arashi the first artist to have two consecutive singles exceed the 500,000 mark within a week in seven years seven months since Keisuke Kuwata.

At the end of June, Arashi announced their tenth anniversary tour Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×10, which included three consecutive shows at the National Stadium in Tokyo. They became the first artist in history to play at the stadium for three consecutive days. Their third single of the year, “Everything”, was released on July 1 and sold nearly 342,000 copies in the first week. On August 19, Arashi released their greatest hits album All the Best! 1999-2009, which features most of their singles since debut, a new song with lyrics written by the members themselves and a limited edition third disc containing ten of the group’s selections. The album sold over 753,000 copies in the first week. Thirteen days after the release, the album broke the one million mark, a first in Arashi’s history. It became the first album of 2009 to break one million.

On November 11, Arashi released their last single of the year, “My Girl”. It debuted atop of the Oricon daily chart by selling about 178,000 copies on the first day and about 432,000 copies by the end of its first week. It was announced on November 17, 2009 that Arashi had thus monopolized the top four best first-week sales for singles of 2009.

Members

1. Masaki Aiba
2. Jun Matsumoto
3. Kazunari Ninomiya
4. Satoshi Ohno
5. Sho Sakurai

Discography

Studio albums

• 2001: Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!
• 2002: Here We Go!
• 2003: How’s It Going?
• 2004: Iza, Now!
• 2005: One
• 2006: Arashic
• 2007: Time
• 2008: Dream “A” Live

Compilation albums

• 2002: Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001
• 2004: 5×5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
• 2009: All the Best! 1999-2009

Other Information

• Origin : Japan
• Genres : Pop, R&B, Hip-hop, Rock
• Years active : 1999 – present
• Labels : Pony Canyon (1999–2001), J Storm (2002–present)
• Website : www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi

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Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer-songwriter best known for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award winning Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. She has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story and Princess Protection Program. In 2010, Gomez made her theatrical film debut as Beatrice “Beezus” Quimby in Ramona and Beezus.

Before Disney, she had one of the kid roles on Barney & Friends. In 2008, she signed a record deal with Hollywood Records and contributed to the Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story and Wizards of Waverly Place soundtracks. Her band, Selena Gomez & the Scene, released their debut studio album Kiss & Tell on September 29, 2009, which was certified Gold by RIAA on March 5, 2010. The album’s single, “Naturally”, was certified Platinum by RIAA on July 15, 2010.

Other Information

• Birth name : Selena Marie Gomez
• Born : July 22, 1992, Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
• Genres : Dance-pop, Electronic rock, Electropop, Pop, Pop rock
• Occupations : Actress, singer, songwriter
• Years active : 2002–present
• Labels : Hollywood (2008–present)
• Associated acts : Selena Gomez & the Scene, Forever the Sickest Kids, Demi Lovato, Drew Seeley

Links

• Official website

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Arkells are a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, the label for other Canadian acts such as City and Colour, Attack In Black, Bedouin Soundclash, and Black Lungs.

In late 2008, Arkells toured Canada as opening act for Matt Mays & El Torpedo. Later that year, on November 22, they performed the halftime show at the Vanier Cup in their hometown. In early 2009 they toured with Waking Eyes across Canada. Arkells were featured on Aux.tv’s Alt Sessions where they performed their full EP.

On October 22, 2009, Arkells won a favourite new artist CASBY Award (short for Canadian Artists Selected by You) from Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge at a ceremony and concert at Toronto’s Kool Haus. The band also performed at the event.

The band has continued raising their profile and experiencing success in 2010. On April 18, 2010, Arkells won the Juno Award for New Group of the Year, and on May 15, 2010, were hand-picked to open for Them Crooked Vultures at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

On June 19, 2010, they played their “biggest headline set ever” at the Burlington Sound of Music. Over 12 000 were in attendance and the set included a cover of The Temptations song Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, and new songs “Whistleblower” and “On Paper” from their upcoming 2011 album. They also made headlines while playing a set at Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto after the 2010 Much Music Video Awards, when rapper Shad and pop singer Kesha joined them onstage to freestyle and sing along during a cover of Ms. Jackson by Outkast.

SMAP is a Japanese idol group formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori. The group’s name is an acronym standing for Sports Music Assemble People.

SMAP debuted their first CD in 1991 and has since released over forty singles and twenty albums. Approximately half the singles and a third of the albums reached the top of the Japanese Oricon music charts. In recent times, the interval between the band’s single CD releases has become longer, and are now released approximately once a year.

The members of SMAP have also pursued careers outside of music, including involvement in television variety shows, dramas, commercials, and movies, making them one of the most popular Johnny’s groups. Largely due to their popularity, Johnny & Associates became the most successful agency in Japan, with earnings of almost three billion Japanese yen in 1995. Their fanbase consists primarily of Japanese women. SMAP is often considered to have gone past the so called “Idol Group” status, and have become the “Top Group” in Japan. SMAP is also well known in many other Asian countries.

Members

• Masahiro Nakai
• Takuya Kimura
• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
• Goro Inagaki
• Shingo Katori

Other Information

• Origin : Japan
• Genres : Pop, bubblegum music
• Years active : 1988 (1988)—present
• Labels : Victor Entertainment

Links

• johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/smap