Jay-Z headlining the Global Citizen Festival was always going to be a major drawcard. So too, the prospect of seeing No Doubt together again on stage, joined for a track by Sting. Adding Carrie Underwood, The Roots and Tiesto to the mix made Saturday’s line-up appealing enough to take on the Global Poverty Project’s initiatives to win tickets to their concert in Central Park. Beyond, of course, the aim itself of ending extreme poverty by 2030. It made sense that Jay would have started his set with Empire State of Mind – as he did, after opening with a mash of Gil Scott-Heron’s NY You’re Bringing Me Down, Billy Joel’s New York…
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Entertainment Express: Johnny Depp, No Doubt, Sage Stallone, Paul Simon
* Johnny Depp has signed on to work with Moonrise Kingdom director Wes Anderson for his next film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. * Watch and listen to No Doubt’s first single together in ten years , Settle Down. * Sylvester Stallone has asked for privacy in the aftermath of the death of his 36-year-old son Sage. * It’s been a sad start to the week – following the deaths of actress Celeste Holm and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People author Stephen R Covey, keyboardist for Deep Purple, Jon Lord lost his battle to cancer and died on Monday. Singer Kitty Wells, nicknamed “Queen of Country Music” and paved…
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Entertainment Express: Green Day, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nas, Adam Lambert, No Doubt
* Green Day will release a pair of documentaries about how the threesome came to be, to coincide with their upcoming 3 album releases. * The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, just got infinitely more exciting with the news that Philip Seymour Hoffman has been cast as Plutarch Heavensbee. * Nas and DJ Green Lantern previewed A Queens Story in Paris. * He may not actually be considered for the role, but Adam Lambert would love to be a judge on American Idol. * No Doubt are teasing us with this video, ahead of their new single release in a few weeks’ time and long-awaited album coming in September.
