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UK NEWS: RAPPER BASHY SEEKS OUT RISING YOUNG TALENT

Photograph: Via Bashy.com The The Mercury Newspaper reports that rapper Bashy will be visiting Greenwich to seek out the talents of rising young stars, as part of the Olympic legacy programme. The rapper will be at the Greenwich Heritage Centre on The Royal Arsenal site from Tuesday to Friday (July 14th – July 17th), as part of the CREATE09 Festival. Youngsters aged between 14 and 25 will receive professional mentoring and the chance to work with established artists. Bashy’s new album ‘Catch []

DIVERSITY WIN BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT BUT RUNNER UP SUSAN BOYLE RACKS UP THE COLUMN INCHES

Andrew over at The Worst Kept Secret pointed out today that even though street dance troupe Diversity took home ‘The Britain’s Got Talent’ crown last night, it’s runner up Susan Boyle’s face that can be seen splashed across the front pages of all the newspapers today. Susan comes across as being a lovely woman but she didn’t win the competition. Diversity did. The media coverage should therefore be focused on them NOT the runner up! But this is just typical of the []

UK MUSIC: MZ BRATT – ‘WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?’

This is the official video for Mz Bratt’s debut single ‘Who Do You Think You Are’. The video has a number of featured cameo’s, but as most of you already know, I don’t really pay that much attention to what goes on within the world of UK ‘urban’ entertainment, so I only recognise one or two faces… and Mz Bratt. (lol) I actually like this track. I think it’s really catchy, and something that I would play in the summer while sitting []

DIVERSITY WIN BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT 2009

Congratulations goes out to street dance troupe Diversity, winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2009. The troupe take home a cheque for £100,000 and will perform in front of the Queen at The Royal Variety Performance. Susan Boyle came in second place. Check out Diversity’s winning performance below. Brilliant! 😀

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT(SEMI-FINAL) – HOLLIE STEEL

Britain’s Got Talent semi-final contestant Hollie Steel (10) took to the stage last night and this is what happened…. After Hollie broke down in to tears (notice her eyes are try like sand paper) and put the producers and the judges in a position where they had no choice but to give her a second chance (or risk being seen as monsters), we the viewers at home were then subjected to a 15 MINUTE commercial break because Hollie needed time to compose herself. This was manipulation []

MIKE TYSON’S DAUGHTER DIES AGED 4

I really hoped that she would pull through. Her family are no doubt going through hell right now and Mike Tyson is an unstable character. I just hope this tragedy doesn’t finish him off. Via BBC News The four-year-old daughter of US boxer Mike Tyson has died, a day after she was injured while playing at home, police in Phoenix have said. Exodus Tyson had been in hospital on life support since Monday, when she was found with her neck caught in a cable []

UK TV: BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT – SUSAN BOYLE, NATALIE OKRI AND DIVERSITY

The first ever live semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent took place last night (May 24th) on ITV 1. Susan Boyle (no surprise here) and dance troupe Diversity have both made it to the final. 10 year old singer Natalie Okri lost out to Diversity, burst in to tears and then was more or less pushed off the stage to make way for the finalists. Watch from mark 4.52 Well I’m afraid that’s showbiz for you luv. Merciless!  Check out the performances from each act below. []