Featured
Franz Ferdinand
Sugar Editorial Picks
Lily's Big Weekend With Fearne, Alesha and Friends
Lily Allen took to the stage at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Swindon alongside a dressed down Fearne Cotton and a glammed up Alesha Dixon: find out how to copy Alesha's style with FabUK. Lily was banned from using naughty words in "Not Fair", and giggled as she sang "I’ve been kneading bread for hours" during her Live Lounge session. Before her set she joked about performing naked, and said: "I think everyone coming to watch should go naked.
Stars Rock Out At The NME Awards
The NME Awards took place last night in London, with stars lining up on the red carpet to attend the show, including Alex Turner, Pete Doherty, Alexa Chung, Carl Barat, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding, Dave Berry, Robert Smith, Little Boots, Dizzee Rascal and Noel Fielding. Alexa looked stylish as ever in her black and white outfit and even managed to carry off the painful looking coldsore that she'd been trying to cover at London Fashion Week. Director Tim Burton was also there to award the Godlike Genius award to The Cure and Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn performed together for the first time in nine years— check out all the winners here, and then vote in Fab and Bella's love it or hate it polls!
Sugar Bits — Slumdog Millionaire Kids Are Given Apartments
- Two of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are to get new apartments. The Mumbai housing authority stepped in following the huge publicity that the movie brought to India. — The Sun
- Bolt is the number one movie in the UK for the second week in a row.
What to Download: New Music Today
Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores. So I take a spin through each week's music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here are today's selections:
Let's dance: I like dancing to Franz Ferdinand.
PopUK's New Release Roundup!
Welcome to my roundup of this week's new releases! First up, Tropic Thunder comes out on DVD this week, so if you missed it at the cinema you can check out Robert Downey Jr's Oscar-nominated performance as appearance-changing serious Australian actor Kirk Lazurus. Ben Stiller directed, wrote and stars in the movie, Jack Black costars and Tom Cruise has a great cameo as a studio head.
Sugar Bits — Gary Barlow Wants His Own Pop Reality Show
- Gary Barlow wants to rival The X Factor with his own pop reality show on the BBC. He is apparently pushing the idea after setting up his own music label, backed by Universal (the arch rival of Simon Cowell's label Sony BMG). The show, which was originally offered to ITV, will involve singing and dancing and could replace Andrew Lloyd Webber’s shows.
PopSugarUK's Must Haves For January
After all the gift giving of December, January can be a lean month, but if you're looking to treat yourself to a little something then I've got a selection of new releases for you. From TV shows and films that are out on DVD this month to a couple of CDs and noteworthy books, to see what I'm adding to my shopping basket in January, just hit "Start". Remember to check out FabUK's most wanted too!
Song of the Day: Franz Ferdinand, "Katherine Kiss Me"
Franz Ferdinand is one of those bands I pretty much like they way they are, and I'm not holding out for some kind of musical overhaul when their third album drops in January.
I'm definitely open to being surprised, but as they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
That's why I'm glad that this live performance from this year's Glastonbury Festival, of what may be one of the first singles off the new album, is nothing too new.
Song of the Day: Annie, "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me"
While everyone is buzzing about the fun new Madonna album, there's another artist who's also creating some infectious pop songs that you can't help but want to dance to right now. Her name is Annie, she's Norwegian, and I first fell for her upbeat, techno sound a couple of years ago when I heard a song called "Heartbeat."
Her newest song, "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me," is from her upcoming album, Don't Stop, which hits stores in July.
Song of the Day: Franz Ferdinand Cover LCD Soundsystem
One of my current musical obsessions is LCD Soundsystem's latest album, Sound of Silver, and recent Song of the Day honoree "All My Friends" continues to be on near-constant rotation. So I was delighted to find this cover of the song by highly satisfying British rockers Franz Ferdinand. Franz's take was produced by DJ Erol Alkan and will be the B-Side to LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" single, which comes out May 21 in the UK.
More on BuzzSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Paul & Joe
Miu Miu
Pierre Hardy