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The edge: Stars sing melodies for deep-sea cartoon Every great ’toon needs a few tasty tunes to set the mood. "Shark Tale," the latest from DreamWorks, has hooked some of the hottest names in the music biz for its soundtrack, due Sept. 28. To go along with the computer-animated comedy about Oscar, a little fish in a bustling undersea metropolis who gets tangled up with the Mob, music supervisor Darren Higman lined up such chart-toppers as Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott (who put a fresh shine on ’70s hit "Car Wash"), Sean Paul and Ziggy Marley (with a reggae/hip-hop version of "Three Little Birds") and Mary J. Blige (updating Cheryl Lynn’s "Got to Be Real"). Both Justin Timberlake and Will Smith (the voice of Oscar) are cooking up fresh numbers with super producer Timbaland. And Fantasia, the newest American Idol, will also contribute a song. "The film takes place in a city not unlike New York, and it made sense to use urban music," Higman says of "Shark Tale," coming out Oct. 1. "A lot of (these artists) usually have parental advisory stickers on their records, so this might expose them to a whole new audience."
Celebs spark T spree It was only a brief scene on one reality television show, but oh what it seemed to be. When Jessica Simpson wore a Clarendon T-shirt to her Lasik eye surgery appointment recently on MTV's “Newlyweds,” it set off a stampede of sorts for the shirt brand. Retailers quickly sold out. According to trend tracker Jane Rinzler Buckingham, who writes a newsletter on trends, celebrities Kelly Osbourne, Nicky Hilton, Nicole Richie andJustin Timberlake are also new fans. The shirts are touted for their flattering fit and lively graphics. Designer Daniel Payne, formerly with Tommy Hilfiger and Issey Miyake, and business partner Jonathan Cheban, say designs are inspired by pop culture, politics and literature. The shirts are priced at about $48 at retailers such as Fred Segal Conveyor in Santa Monica and C. Ronson in New York City. But at least one shirt was already on eBay, the online auction site, last week at $150.
Brad takes top spot Brad Pitt has been voted the world's sexiest man - with David
Beckham relegated to fourth place. He shot from number three to number one in Company magazine`s annual 100 Sexiest Men poll, with his Troy co-star Orlando Bloom a close second. But the nation seems to have fallen out of love with Becks - he was beaten into fourth spot by EastEnders heart-throb Nigel Harman. Harman rocketed up 73 places to number three thanks to his smouldering turn as Dennis Rickman in the BBC soap. "I`m absolutely thrilled to win the bronze medal amongst such esteemed company," the actor said. Two years ago, Beckham topped the Company poll and last year he was only kept off the number one spot by Justin Timberlake. But the Rebecca Loos scandal and his penalty miss in Portugal appear to have dented his sex appeal. Pop superstar Timberlake is down to fifth this year, followed by Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and Robbie Williams. Jude Law is at number nine with Duncan James from Blue at ten. Comeback king Peter Andre is the highest new entry at number 19 while the biggest climber is Donnie Darko star Jake Gyllenhaal, up from 98 to 21. Other climbers include Arsenal player and Calvin Klein model Freddie Ljungberg, up 60 places to number 26. Will Young and Demi Moore`s toyboy Ashton Kutcher are each up 66 places - Young to number 14 and Kutcher to number 17. New entries include singer Lemar, Troy star Eric Bana and ER hunk Goran Visnjic. But there is bad news for Coldplay`s Chris Martin, Cold Feet star James Nesbitt and Charlie Simpson from Busted - all have dropped out of the 100 altogether. Company readers also voted for the world`s unsexiest men. Michael Jackson topped the list yet again, followed by Chris Evans, Peter Andre and Simon Cowell. David Beckham was in eighth place. [Note: JC was number 100.] Top 20 Sexiest Men: Top 10 Unsexiest:
East Ramapo band takes pride in big screen debut NEW CITY — Fifteen-year-old Michael Rose never thought he'd see himself on the silver screen. But there he was yesterday, waiting outside the Clearview New City Cinemas while fellow East Ramapo Marching Band members chatted excitedly and took photographs. Rose, a tenor saxophone player who will be a sophomore at Spring Valley High School, and his bandmates were there to see the 6:50 p.m. showing of "The Manchurian Candidate," in which they perform... The movie is not the band's first brush with fame. It routinely wins or places highly in local and national marching competitions and in June 2003 played before 50,000 people at Giants Stadium as part of the backup band for 'N Sync member JC Chasez. That was followed by an appearance on "Good Day New York" and the usual round of local football games and other shows...
'Share JC' Graphics Contest Winner! During July, we had some fun exposing our friends, family and other unsuspecting people to JC's music. DirtyPop.net and MusicFreedom.com would like to thank everyone who participated in sharing the music or designing or posting a graphic in support of the event. Keep sharing those CDs! Some very talented graphics artists submitted entries for the graphics contest to promote “Share JC Month” across the web. Well over 100 entries were submitted. Over the past few days, judges from DirtyPop and Music Freedom narrowed them down to twelve and finally to one. Congratulations to the winner of the graphics contest----- CJ!
She will be receiving a gift basket from Music Freedom, including an item autographed by JC. Many thanks to the fantastic people at Music Freedom for such a cool prize! The following graphics rounded out the top ten, in no particular order: Valerie- Digital_Diva- Halo- Amy- Aussiegirl-
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