Meet a band inspired by the two best bands of the last decade (Nirvana and Radiohead). A band - average age 20 - with eighty songs and four record deals around the world. A band who’ve spent the 90’s cut off and disenfranchised. A band who won’t be happy until they’ve ripped the heart from your chest and shattered your eardrums. Meet MUSE. From England. But not so you’d notice.

The rock trio consists of guitarist/vocalist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenhome and drummer Dominic Howard. The group’s emotive sound and live dates drew critical acclaim and industry buzz, and after a trip to New York’s CMJ festival, Muse signed a deal with Maverick Records. Their debut full-length album Showbiz was released toward the end of 1999. Two years later, Muse issued The Origin of Symmetry and had a major hit with Hyper Music. In 2002, fans were treated to the double-disc live set Hullabaloo. Their latest album Absolution is clearly the product of three mid twenties musicians at the height of their powers, determined to push their aesthetic all the way.

“Matt Bellamy has put together a collection of simple, poetic, transparent songs that re-engage with the old words and values; honour, courage and righteousness. It’s one long love letter to the Impossible Dream, and it WILL NOT SURRENDER. There’s been no record released yet this century with stakes so high. Musically, it could have been a disaster. But one man’s prog is another man’s progress, and every guitar here sounds like it’s from the future, every flourish and movement scored and orchestrated with the celestial vision. By indulging every pomp rock wet dream he’s ever had, Matt’s found that there’s no such thing as too much distortion, and that, when you care this much, chartbusting tunes really do fall from the sky…..On earth, Muse have made the UK Rock record of the year, but as it is in heaven, they’ve created a scripture; the defining document of a new religion no more complicated than Bellamy’s crystal clear lyrics.” (NME)

Bringing this holy vision onto the stage is second nature to these world-travellers. Live, Muse manage to seduce the unconverted, and reaffirm the fanatical devotion of their fans . “As balmy late evening sunshine gives way to darkness and cascades of rain, so Ash’s breezy pop punk gives way to the tempestuous drama of Muse. It’s the perfect setting for the Devon trio’s heartstoppingly intense show. With Matt Bellamy plucking sounds from the air like a mad professor, Muse are truly incredible tonight, switching mood and pace to outragous effect. The rapturous applause that greets the killer conclusion of ‘Muscle Museum’ and ‘Plug in Baby’ is a heartening reminder that sometimes, just sometimes, originality and fearless, peerles ambition gets its just rewards.” (Kerrang! review, Leeds Festival)

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Camus, educated as an art teacher, spent most of World War II as a prisoner of war, after which he entered the film industry as an assistant and technical adviser to directors Jacques Feyder and Luis Buñuel and others.

Morte en fraude (1956; Fugitive in Saigon, 1957), Camus’s first feature film, was a protest against the war in Indochina and received little attention. Later films—such as L’Oiseau de paradis (1961; Dragon Sky, 1964), Le Chant du monde (1965; “The Song of the World”), and Otalia de Bahia (1976)—also failed to attract the interest of critics and the public in the way that Orfeu Negro had.

in full Michael Kirk Douglas

Actor, producer, director. Born Michael Kirk Douglas, on September 25, 1944, to actor Kirk Douglas and mother Diana Dill. He is the brother of Joel, Peter, and Eric.Douglas studied drama at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the American Place Theatre. He began his Hollywood career as an assistant director on some of father Kirk Douglas? 1960s films. After roles in several TV dramas, he gained notoriety by costarring with Karl Malden in the 1970s television series The Streets of San Francisco (ABC, 1972-77). He also directed two episodes of the show. In 1975, Douglas was executive producer for Milos Forman?s One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest, which won five Academy Awards including Best Picture. In 1979 he coproduced and starred with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome.

Douglas landed his first leading man role in Romancing the Stone (1984), portraying Jack Colton, an Indiana Jones-type adventurer. This successful teaming of Douglas with Danny DeVito and Kathleen Turner led to a sequel, The Jewel of the Nile (1985). The three worked again in The War of the Roses (1989), a black comedy about an ugly divorce.

He made two films in 1987 which reflected a much darker side: Fatal Attraction, in which he played an adulterer stalked by an ex-lover (played by Glenn Close); and costarred in Oliver Stone?s Wall Street as the corporate raider Gordon Gekko, whose trademark slogan is ?Greed is good.? Douglas won a Best Actor Academy Award for this role. In 1992 he continued exploring his dark side by costarring with Sharon Stone in the thriller Basic Instinct.

In 1988, Douglas formed a production company, Stonebridge Entertainment, Inc., which produced Joel Schumacher?s Flatliners (1990) and Richard Donner?s Radio Flyer (1992). In 1993 he produced Made in America, then starred as a sexually harassed man in Michael Crichton?s Disclosure (1994), and as the titular Chief Executive Officer in Rob Reiner?s The American President (1995), costarring Annette Bening.

He signed a development deal at Paramount in 1994, which included The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Game (1997) and A Perfect Murder (1998). He executive-produced The Rainmaker (1997) starring Matt Damon, and John Woo?s action film Face/Off (1997). Douglas earned critical acclaim for his starring role as a rumpled novelist and English professor in Wonder Boys (2000). In the fall of 2001, Douglas headlined the thriller Don’t Say a Word. In 2003, Douglas starred in It Runs in the Family alongside his dad Kirk, his mom Diana and his son Cameron. The film, which faired poorly at the box office, told the story of a multi-generation clan trying to get along. The following year, Douglas followed in his father’s footsteps as the recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award for his ?outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.?

Douglas is active in promoting human rights and serves as a United Nations Messenger of Peace. He married Diandra Luker in 1977. They had one son, Cameron, but were separated in 1995 and later divorced. Douglas married Welsh actress and Traffic costar Catherine Zeta-Jones on November 18, 2000; the couple has a son, Dylan Michael Douglas, born in August 2000, and a daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, born in April 2003. In July 2004, Douglas’ brother Eric was found dead inside a Manhattan apartment building; the cause of death is uknown.

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Masia One was born in Singapore, grew up in Vancouver BC and moved to Toronto.  She discovered Hip hop culture as a young girl in Singapore after stumbling upon a bootleg version of a Public Enemy Tape in a marketplace.  In her formative years, she dabbled in all elements of Hip hop culture including graffiti and break dancing but her accomplishments lie as an emcee.

In 2003 she started her own record label, The M1 Group and debut her first album, Mississauga.  In a short time span, the M1 Group released 3 videos that gained national airplay to correspond with the album including the Much Music Video Award nominated Split Second Time.  This marked the first time a female has been nominated for this award in the category of Hip hop.  In 2004 she wrote and performed a commercial for CBC, which later aired both on TV and as a trailer at Famous Players Theaters nationwide.  In the same year, she received the CCNC Youth Pioneer award in recognition of breaking new ground for Chinese Canadians in mainstream media.  Her other pursuits included spearheading The M1 Academy, a monthly showcase that opened a stage for visual and spoken talent in Toronto and acting as a Cultural Liaison for Aritzia , a Canadian company retailing women’s fashion and culture. She currently works as a Creative Director for MJF, an online and interactive youth creativity festival.

Masia is currently finishing her sophomore release.  PULAU (The Islands) will debut Spring 2008.  Following a trip back to Singapore early 2006, Masia One was reminded and inspired by the island of her birth.  This visit was followed by a journey to various islands internationally including Malaysia, Indonesia, Hawaii, Japan and Jamaica, solidifying the new album concept.  PULAU promises to pay tribute to both her Canadian and South East Asian heritage as well as explore the influences of her new found musical environments.  With a solid team of producers and collaborators, Masia One is set to once again push the boundaries of Hip hop and will continue to set a new standard for independent artists in the music industry.

orig. Beatrice Stella Tanner