Supermodel Naomi Campbell has lashed out at British Airways (BA) bosses, accusing them of being racist and branding the airline "disgusting" - only hours after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers on board a BA plane at London's Heathrow Airport. The catwalk beauty was sentenced to 200 hours community service and fined $4,500 (?2,250) at a hearing at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, in west London on Friday . Campbell was arrested in April onboard a Los Angeles-bound plane following a dispute over her luggage, which was lost in the airport's recent Terminal 5 baggage handling fiasco. The 38-year-old admitted three counts of assault, one count of disorderly conduct and two counts of threatening behaviour towards cabin crew at the London hearing. And despite her spokesman Alan Edwards insisting the beauty was "concerned about her actions towards the police officers", who she pleaded guilty to assaulting, Campbell has no such remorse for the outburst she aimed at British Airways' cabin crew. Speaking to Britain's Sky News after the court case, Campbell says, "As for British Airways, I don't apologise. I just think they're disgusting because there are people still waiting for their luggage. "I have travelled with them for many years and I just think they have been harsh." The model accused the pilot and arresting officers of being racist, reportedly telling them, "You wouldn't be doing this if I was white" as she was escorted off the jet, magistrates heard in court on Friday. And Campbell still believes she was targeted because she is black, telling the press how she was allegedly racially abused by BA staff on the plane. She says, "I was called a racial name on that flight and that was part of my reaction - again, nothing to do with the police, but yes, from British Airways. "I was called a 'gollywog supermodel'. I don't think that's really fair - do you?" However, BA executives refute the model's claims. A statement released by the airline after the court case reads, "BA does not accept any allegations of racism. We are proud of our diversity. "We have strict policies concerning dignity at work and have long-standing training programmes on diversity and inclusion."
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Vhaldemar
Artist: Vhaldemar
Genre(s):
Metal: Heavy
Discography:
I Made My Own Hell
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Fight To The End
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Late Kanye West Told He Sucks By US Festival Crowd
Monday, 16 June 2008
Gsm
Artist: Gsm
Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic
Electronic
Discography:
Lsd Story (Infected Mushroom Remix)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 1
The Growly Family
Year:
Tracks: 10
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The Crystal Method
Artist: The Crystal Method
Genre(s):
Dance
Electronic
Discography:
Community Service II
Year: 2005
Tracks: 16
Legion Of Boom
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Remixes and Unreleased
Year: 2003
Tracks: 16
Community Service
Year: 2002
Tracks: 16
Tweekend
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Name Of The Game
Year: 2001
Tracks: 2
Best
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Vegas
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
Vegas
Year: 1997
Tracks: 2
Keep Hope Alive
Year: 1996
Tracks: 6
Pakito
Artist: Pakito
Genre(s):
Dance
House
Electronic
Discography:
Are U Ready CDM
Year: 2007
Tracks: 7
Moving On Stereo CDM
Year: 2006
Tracks: 4
Living on video 10mix Total
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
Video
Year:
Tracks: 13
Pakito is the false name of French electro-pop artist Julien Ranouil, a for the most part strange DJ and producer world Health Organization exploded into the mainstream when his remix of Trans-X's new wave-era cult classical "Living on Video" emerged as a monumental European score in the summer of 2006, topping the crop up charts in France and Spain. The follow-up, "Moving on Stereo," as well entered the Top Ten in Finland and the Netherlands, and at year's end Pakito issued his much-anticipated full-length debut, Video.
The Cheeky Girls go to the gym with Sir Paul McCartney - Daily Gossip
Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.
Today�s top gossip:
Sir Paul McCartney has been getting keep fit tips from The Cheeky Girls. The girls have bumped into the former Beatle many times down their local gym in East Sussex, and have been giving him advice about stretching excercises (The Independent).
From the papers:
Ian Brown swaggered his way out of Notting Hill tube station in London (Daily Star).
Amy Winehouse peered at snappers from the window of her London pad after popping outside to give ice lollies to fans (Daily Star).
Lily Allen dined out with Lindsay Lohan in Los Angeles, and tried on garish dresses to match her shocking pink hair. She wrote on her MySpace blog that she rather enjoyed being followed by the paparazzi, as she fancied one of them (Various).
Fergie watched the LA Lakers play basketball at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles (Daily Star).
E-mailed in from NME.COM users:
John "The Reverend" McClure enjoyed cocktails in the Sanderson Hotel in central London (from B).
Rhys Jones of Good Shoes watched Young Knives at The Star Of Bethnal Green in London (from Josie).
Tim-Rice Oxley of Keane in the White Hart pub in Waterloo, central London (from Hamish).
Check back tomorrow for the next Daily Gossip. E-mail your spots to news@nme.com.
Today�s top gossip:
Sir Paul McCartney has been getting keep fit tips from The Cheeky Girls. The girls have bumped into the former Beatle many times down their local gym in East Sussex, and have been giving him advice about stretching excercises (The Independent).
From the papers:
Ian Brown swaggered his way out of Notting Hill tube station in London (Daily Star).
Amy Winehouse peered at snappers from the window of her London pad after popping outside to give ice lollies to fans (Daily Star).
Lily Allen dined out with Lindsay Lohan in Los Angeles, and tried on garish dresses to match her shocking pink hair. She wrote on her MySpace blog that she rather enjoyed being followed by the paparazzi, as she fancied one of them (Various).
Fergie watched the LA Lakers play basketball at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles (Daily Star).
E-mailed in from NME.COM users:
John "The Reverend" McClure enjoyed cocktails in the Sanderson Hotel in central London (from B).
Rhys Jones of Good Shoes watched Young Knives at The Star Of Bethnal Green in London (from Josie).
Tim-Rice Oxley of Keane in the White Hart pub in Waterloo, central London (from Hamish).
Check back tomorrow for the next Daily Gossip. E-mail your spots to news@nme.com.
Mike Judge Heaps Praise On His Favorite 'Animation Show, Volume 4' Shorts
Mike Judge is famous for making cartoons like "Beavis & Butt-Head" and "King of the Hill." These days, however, he's more interested in watching the animated adventures of others.
"It's hard to put your finger on it — it either makes you laugh the loudest, or you just go, 'Wow, that's really cool,' " grinned the influential cartoonist, discussing this week's DVD release of his latest "Animation Show" spectacular (Volume 3), as well as the currently touring Volume 4.
"The thing about animation is it's not real, obviously," Judge said. "It is drawings made to look like they're moving — or it's a bunch of computer pixels — and so when you can take all that and make it trigger something that's purely emotional, that's a unique thing. And that can happen with a kick to the balls, or a really clever line."
Both volumes of the short-film festival, overseen by Judge and fellow animation innovator Don Hertzfeldt, once again bring together the very best of the medium. In a rare interview with MTV News, Judge discussed a few of his favorite Volume 4 contributions, from the ingenious to the infantile:
"Psychotown": "There's actually a series of them. The first one is just a couple guys slapping each other in the face whenever one guy says 'Oranges.' All three of them are made by a deaf guy [Dave Carter]. I don't know how he does the sound mix or whatever, but somehow he figures it out. They're really great and filled with a lot of silly stuff."
"Mr. Schwartz": "Every time I see it — especially seeing it in the theater in front of an audience — it really, really impresses me. It's a clever story and really funny the way the characters are drawn. [Director Stefan Müller] uses a kind of hybrid CG and almost cut-out-looking stuff, and it's just really amazing. When CG technology came along, the first thing people did with it was 'Toy Story'-type stuff, and what John Lasseter and those people did was the best of that. I think now these younger people are discovering really cool ways to use it, and 'Mr. Schwartz' is one of those things. It's hard to describe, but I get a little jealous of that one."
"Key Lime Pie": "The 'Key Lime Pie' [directed by Trevor Jimenez] thing is really great. That's another inspired short. The writing, the guy's voice — it's got that film-noir thing. It's about a guy who's eaten too much key lime pie. I really like that one."
"Yompi the Crotch-Biting Sloup": "It's funny, because something like 'Yompi the Crotch-Biting Sloup,' you'd think it seems easy. But the truth is, it's just as tough [to do a short around one big joke]. I just know that it came out of pure inspiration — it wasn't calculated. ... I'm not all about crotch-biting and balls-kicking, but when it's inspired, it does make me laugh."
"The Usavich Episodes": "The one that made me laugh the hardest was this one 'Usavich' from Japan. But it didn't make the audience laugh quite as hard. We had five of them, so we took two out. The three that are in [Volume 4] are great. It's just completely silly."
"Love Sport: Paintballing": "That one's an example of very simple animation, with all these little squares. But it's just really well done and fun to watch. That one gets over as big as something that's had tons of money spent on it, some really rich CG thing; instead, it's just these little squares fighting."
"Far West": "That guy, Nieto, he's from France. We also have one of his
new ones in the Volume 3 DVD [called 'Carlitopolis'], and I really love that guy's stuff. He's going back to where animation started, which was vaudeville, really. You don't even know it's animation. He has another one where he's doing [what looks like a live-action] demonstration, and he has an overhead projector. He's just showing how animation is done, and he's got a razor blade and is cutting some paper and he cuts his thumb off! And then it grows arms and starts playing the banjo and dancing. ... He does some cool-looking stuff."
"Jeu": "[Director/animator Georges Schwizgebel] uses paint on glass, and that's a really long process, animating that way. He does most of it that way. That stuff looks really amazing on the big screen, and it's probably the only non-comedy in our show this year. [Because we wanted to make Volume 4 a midnight show], we put in a lot of short stuff that's all funny. But that one qualifies for the midnight shows, because it's kind of trippy."
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Thompson almost quit filming over weight issue
Emma Thompson reportedly threatened to quit her upcoming movie 'Brideshead Revisited' after learning the film's producers had ordered her co-star Hayley Atwell to lose weight.
25-year-old Atwell said: "I went round to Emma's one night and she was getting very angry that I wasn't eating all the food she was giving me. I told her why and she hit the roof."
Contactmusic.com reports that the two-time Oscar winner was so outraged when she found out that she demanded Miramax producers accept Atwell's size or she'd resign.
25-year-old Atwell said: "I went round to Emma's one night and she was getting very angry that I wasn't eating all the food she was giving me. I told her why and she hit the roof."
Contactmusic.com reports that the two-time Oscar winner was so outraged when she found out that she demanded Miramax producers accept Atwell's size or she'd resign.
Paul McCartney to quit touring
Paul McCartney is set to announce a massive farewell tour, according to reports.
The UK press is claiming that the former Beatle is soon to confirm a hundred-date stretch over two years. after which time he retire from large-scale international touring to spend more time with young daughter Beatrice.
The Sunday Mirror quotes a source close to McCartney as saying: "Paul explained that this tour will be the last big one. He wants to settle down and enjoy Beatrice's childhood.
"The tour will be the last time he performs in many parts of the world. Beatrice and his family life are going to come first. He does not want to be away for months at a time."
The UK press is claiming that the former Beatle is soon to confirm a hundred-date stretch over two years. after which time he retire from large-scale international touring to spend more time with young daughter Beatrice.
The Sunday Mirror quotes a source close to McCartney as saying: "Paul explained that this tour will be the last big one. He wants to settle down and enjoy Beatrice's childhood.
"The tour will be the last time he performs in many parts of the world. Beatrice and his family life are going to come first. He does not want to be away for months at a time."
Lord Infamous
Artist: Lord Infamous
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Blues
Discography:
Lord of Terror
Year: 1993
Tracks: 13
Solo Tape (Remastered)
Year:
Tracks: 13
As DJ Paul's pal, Lord Infamous is one of Three 6 Mafia's core members, working aboard his brother long time earlier the radical even came to be. Furthermore, Lord Infamous has played an important role in defining the group's malefic tone.
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