Day: March 9, 2009

YOUTUBE TO BLOCK UK MUSIC VIDEOS

March 9, 2009

Via BBC News YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS). Thousands of videos will be unavailable to YouTube users from later on Monday. Patrick Walker, YouTube’s director of video partnerships, told BBC News that the move was “regrettable”. Steve Porter, head of the PRS, said he was “outraged… shocked and disappointed” by YouTube’s decision. In a statement, Mr Porter said the move “punishes British consumers […]

UK NEWS: JADE GOODY’S STORY ‘COULD BE MADE IN TO A HOLLYWOOD FILM’

March 9, 2009

A Hollywood film – What the hell????? And who have they got in mind to play Jade? Queen of playing British characters Rene Zellweger? I can’t.. I just can’t….. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Jade Goody’s publicist/agent Max Clifford said his client’s tireless fight against cervical cancer had attracted enormous interest and sympathy across the US entertainment community. He described a film about her life as a distinct possibility, adding: “The interest in Jade, not just in America but around the world, is rising every day. “Everyone […]

UK NEWS: MICHAEL JACKSON CALLS JADE GOODY

March 9, 2009

So now Michael’s offering words of comfort and sympathy…… Via Digital Spy Michael Jackson has telephoned Jade Goody to give the terminally ill reality TV star his support, it has been claimed. The pop superstar knew Goody after she starred alongside his brother Jermaine on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, The Sun reports. A friend said: “He learned of Jade’s suffering and wanted to lend his support and comfort her at this awful time. “When she was told Michael was on the phone […]

UK NEWS: TERMINALLY ILL REALITY TV STAR JADE GOODY CONFRONTED IN HOSPITAL BY WOMAN HOLDING HAMMER

March 9, 2009

Via BBC News Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody has been confronted in hospital by a woman leaning over her holding a hammer, according to her spokesman. Max Clifford said Ms Goody’s husband had left her for a few minutes when the intruder entered her room at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London. The star was not hurt but had been left “very shaken up”, he added. A 41-year-old woman was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon, but was […]