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52 years after it was first produced, a rare piece of Beatles history is available on YouTube. A Christmas compilation Paul McCartney created for his bandmates has been uploaded online.

The compilation is titled Unforgettable, and it is believed that only three copies of it were ever printed: one each for John, George, and Ringo, who received it on acetate discs as Christmas presents in 1965. On the album, McCartney plays the role of DJ, introducing each of the compiled songs and adding in some improv of his own. "And so in this program, Unforgettable, we hope that you are not gonna forget us and are gonna join in," McCartney riffs in his introduction.

Unforgettable takes its name from the Nat King Cole number that leads it off. Other songs featured in the compilation include "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys and "Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley.

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Twenty years after the death of the Notorious B.I.G., his murder — as well as the death of Tupac Shakur — still hasn’t been solved. But his widow, Faith Evans, believes a spate of new TV projects could force the Los Angeles Police Department to reveal the truth.

Several projects timed to the anniversary, including A&E’s new documentary “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.,” Fox’s investigation special “Who Shot Biggie & Tupac?” and USA Network’s scripted drama “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.,” dive into the mystery. (The Johnny Depp feature “Labyrinth,” which also investigates the murders, is on tap for 2018.) Most of the projects have a clear point of view on who was responsible, yet there’s still no consensus.

Evans said she wasn’t familiar with the USA project, which is being produced without the involvement of the Notorious B.I.G. estate.

Has Mark Isaiah become the Sanjaya Malakar of The Voice? Going into Monday’s performances by Season 12’s Top 10, it certainly seemed so. Though more than half of you who voted in our elimination poll last week would have sent the Austin Mahone wannabe packing, he remained in the contest, the recipient of a puzzling instant save. Did he finally hit upon a song that would allow him to win something more than Adam Levine’s admiration and fourth place in a high school talent show? Did Vanessa Ferguson Riri-cover from her “Diamonds” misstep? Did Chris Blue manage to top...

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Faith Evans has confirmed her new duets album, The King & I — which will include unreleased vocals from the Notorious B.I.G. — is set to arrive on May 19, two days before Biggie’s birthday.

The King & I will be Evans’ first album in 10 years and will also feature duets with Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Cease, Lil’ Kim, Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace.

“I remember telling Ms. Wallace years ago that one day it would be really dope if I could do something similar to Natalie & Nat King Cole’s Unforgettable,...

Sia took the stage on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday to perform her cover of the Nat King Cole classic “Unforgettable,” which will be the closing track of the upcoming Finding Dory film. Sia Performs ‘Unforgettable’ From ‘Finding Dory’ Soundtrack On ‘Ellen’ Sia, donned in a dark blue wavy dress, a large black hair […]

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Justin Timberlake isn't the only artist tethering a new single to an animated film this summer: Sia has covered the Nat King Cole standard "Unforgettable" for the upcoming Finding Dory, the long-awaited sequel to the Pixar hit Finding Nemo.

The "Chandelier" singer debuted her rendition of the classic Friday on Ellen; host Ellen DeGeneres provides the voice of the title character in the film. "When I asked our next guest to sing the theme song to Finding Dory, I was thrilled that she said yes," DeGeneres told the crowd before introducing Sia,...

With a story as emotional as Dory's, only an equally as emotional theme song would do. Fans only got surface information about Dory's life in Finding Nemo, but now that Finding Dory is just around the corner, audiences will learn all about Dory's journey and her family. As any Disney-Pixar fan knows, these animated films can be pure tearjerkers, as can their accompanying theme songs. It probably shouldn't come as a surprise, then, that Ellen DeGeneres (Dory) would ask Sia to perform "Unforgettable" for the end credits. Written by Irving Gordon, "Unforgettable" was made famous by Nat King Cole in the 1950s, but the song won a Grammy in 1992 when Natalie Cole included it as a tribute to...

From David Bowie to B.B. King, Monday night's Grammys show was full of musical tributes to legends - but one was missing. While Natalie Cole - who died on New Year's Eve - was honored with a video clip showing her performing a virtual duet with her late father Nat King Cole, a special musical tribute was not arranged to commemorate the singer's contributions to the recording industry. First fans took to Twitter to express their frustration - and now her family has opened up about their frustration with the Recording Academy's 58th annual show. "Words cannot express the outrage...

From David Bowie to B.B. King, Monday night's Grammys show was full of musical tributes to legends - but one was missing. While Natalie Cole - who died on New Year's Eve - was honored with a video clip showing her performing a virtual duet with her late father Nat King Cole, a special musical tribute was not arranged to commemorate the singer's contributions to the recording industry. First fans took to Twitter to express their frustration - and now her family has opened up about their frustration with the Recording Academy's 58th annual show. "Words cannot express the outrage...

Friends and family of Natalie Cole gathered to honor the late singer Monday. Mourners, including Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis, Jesse Jackson and Linda Thompson remembered Cole at a private memorial at the West Los Angeles Church of God in Christ. Stevie Wonder and Kurt Carr performed, while speakers Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Smokey Robinson and David Foster paid tribute to the singer at the closed-casket service. Cole's son Robbie and sisters Timolin and Casey also spoke at the funeral, which was presided over by the Rev. Melvin V. Wade, Cole's rep tells People. "I feel so blessed to have called you my friend,...

Friends and family of Natalie Cole gathered to honor the late singer Monday. Mourners, including Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis, Jesse Jackson and Linda Thompson remembered Cole at a private memorial at the West Los Angeles Church of God in Christ. Stevie Wonder and Kurt Carr performed, while speakers Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Smokey Robinson and David Foster paid tribute to the singer at the closed-casket service. Cole's son Robbie and sisters Timolin and Casey also spoke at the funeral, which was presided over by the Rev. Melvin V. Wade, Cole's rep tells People. Cole was 65 when she died of heart failure on Dec.

When Natalie Cole worked on her platinum-selling album Unforgettable With Love - which eventually earned her six Grammys in 1992 - she had no idea it would be so successful, her friend and award-winning producer David Foster tells People exclusively. "When we did Unforgettable, it was so great because we weren’t doing it for the money or to sell CDs. We were doing it for a great mutual love of that kind of music," Foster says about Cole’s tribute album to her father, legendary jazz singer Nat King Cole. “We had no clue it would strike a chord with anybody.

With a father like jazz legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole was always going to have an extraordinary life. The nine-time Grammy-award-winning singer, who died on Thursday at 65 due to complications from ongoing health issues, had a life of extreme ups and downs, from decades-long battles with addiction to chart-topping success. One of five children, Cole grew up singing songs with her father in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Hancock Park. In her autobiography, Angel on My Shoulder, she describes her father singing "gibberish" songs to her and her siblings. "I cherish those memories, and I...

With a father like jazz legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole was always going to have an extraordinary life. The nine-time Grammy-award-winning singer, who died on Thursday at 65 due to complications from ongoing health issues, had a life of extreme ups and downs, from decades-long battles with addiction to chart-topping success. One of five children, Cole grew up singing songs with her father in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Hancock Park. In her autobiography, Angel on My Shoulder, she describes her father singing "gibberish" songs to her and her sibling. "I cherish those memories, and I...

As the daughter of music legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole was never far from the shadow of his iconic legacy and presence. But, following a string of hits and Grammy Awards, she soon proved to be a musical powerhouse in her own right. As the death of Cole at the age of 65 leaves many in shock, fans are remembering the songbird for her incredible talent on stage. And like her father, she leaves behind a rich body of work, proving that she truly is "Unforgettable." Here's a look back at some of Cole's greatest hits and biggest moments: One...

Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who followed in the footsteps of her late father, Nat King Cole, and proved to be a musical force in her own right, died in L.A. on Thursday. CBS News confirmed that the 65-year-old's cause of death was congestive heart failure. Cole had also battled other health issues, which in the past included substance abuse and more recently included hepatitis C and kidney failure. "It is with heavy hearts that we bring to you all the news of our Mother and sister's passing. Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived ... with dignity, strength and honor," read a family statement, released to the media Friday. "Our beloved Mother and sister will be greatly missed and remain Unforgettable in our hearts forever."The L.A. native began singing with her father during her childhood, but it wasn't until college she began seriously pursuing music.

In the wake of Natalie Cole's death, many have taken to social media to pay their respects to the late Grammy-winning singer. The "Unforgettable" songbird, 65, died Thursday in Los Angeles of complications from an ongoing medical condition. "Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived ... with dignity, strength and honor. Our beloved Mother and sister will be greatly missed and remain Unforgettable in our hearts forever," said son Robert Yancy and sisters Timolin and Casey Cole in a statement. "We are very saddened to learn of the passing of one of music’s most celebrated and iconic women,...

Grammy-winning artist Natalie Cole has died, People reports. The R&B singer, who was the daughter of the late Nat King Cole, was 65 years old when she passed away in a Los Angeles hospital on Dec. 31. "Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived . . . with dignity, strength and honor. Our beloved Mother and sister will be greatly missed and remain Unforgettable in our hearts forever," read the statement from her family. Natalie had suffered from various health problems, which had caused her to cancel several tour dates in 2015. She is survived by her son, Robert Adam Yancy.

Natalie Cole, the singer and songwriter best known for the songs “Unforgettable," “Inseparable" and "This Will Be," has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 65. Publicist Maureen O'Connor said that Cole, the daughter of the late legendary performer Nat King Cole, died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles due to "complications from ongoing health issues." Her family released a statement: “It is with heavy hearts that we bring to you all the news of our Mother and sister's passing. Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived ... with

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What a charmer! “Cheerleader” singer Omi, whose debut album, Me 4 U, is out Oct. 16, shared his top love tracks exclusively with Us Weekly. See the full playlist below to find out which songs cheer Us up! “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke: “I have always been a big fan of Sam Cooke but I especially like this song because it feels like a conversation with a melody. There’s something about the ’60s sound that makes this song amazing.” “Unforgettable” by Nat King Cole: “Nobody [...]...

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners for the 2013 Eda (Excellent Dynamic Activism) Awards! And predictably, by now, Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" took the top honors with McQueen taking home the best director trophy, and Lupita Nyong'o the best supporting actress honor.

The great team of Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for "Dallas Buyers Club" emerged victorious with their wins for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.

Nicole Holofcener's "Enough Said" won two for best woman director and woman screenwriter for Holofcener.

Ridley Scott's "The Counselor," on the other hand, did not get love...at all! It won the Hall of Shame and The Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't awards. Its star, Cameron Diaz took home the Actress Most in Need of a New Agent award. Yikes! But they're true though!

Here are the nominees and winners (bolded) of...

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees for the 2013 Eda (Excellent Dynamic Activism) Awards! The nominees are in line with the current favorites but I love their Special Mention section with categories like Actress Most In Need Of A New Agent -- we're looking at you Cameron Diaz!

Winners will be announced next week, but for now, here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 Eda Awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists:

Awfj Best Of Awards

Best Film

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Gravity

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Best Director (Female or Male)

Joel and Ethan Coen . Inside Llewyn Davis

Alfonso Cuaron . Gravity

Spike Jonze - Her

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Alexander Payne . Nebraska

David O. Russell . American Hustle

Best Screenplay, Original

American Hustle . Eric Singer and David O. Russell

Enough Said . Nicole Holofcener

Her . Spike Jonze

Inside Llewyn Davis . Joel and Ethan Cohen...

John Dahl has signed on to helm the opening two episodes of Starz‘s upcoming Outlander, a Ron Moore series based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling books. Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. Dahl, repped by UTA and Brillstein, started off in features, directing such films as Rounders and Unforgettable, before segueing to episodic television. His recent credits include Dexter, Ray Donovan, Hannibal, The Americans, Person Of Interest, Justified and Homeland.

Everyone loves Bogey, baseball and backseat makeouts. Here are 25 reasons you should remember the year 1951:

1. Honey, I'm Home! "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS.

2. Pabst airs the first television beer commercial ever, way before it was cool.

3. America's eternal sweetheart Audrey Hepburn makes her film debut...

4. "Backseat bingo" is slang for for a backseat make-out sesh.

5. People loved Cheerios.

6. Angsty kids everywhere rejoice as J.D. Salinger's Catcher In The Rye is released and Holden Caulfield's complaints are heard far and wide.

7. The first baseball game is televised in color. It's between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves.

8. Gerber starts putting Msg in its baby food.

9. Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" hits #2 on the charts, following Johnnie Ray's "Cry."

10. Funnyman Robin Williams graces the earth with his presence.

11. The first Jack In The Box opens in San Diego, California.

12. "Classy chassis" is slang for a bangin' bod.

13. Punctuation revolutionary E.

It's been 20 years since "Perfect Strangers" left the airwaves on August 6, 1993, after eight seasons and 150 episodes of hijinks with cousins Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) and Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot).

Filmed in front of a live studio audience, the laugh-track-heavy, multi-cam sitcom was a staple on ABC, even anchoring its Friday night Tgif block for several seasons. It was a fish-out-of-water storyline for Balki, who came to America from the Mediterranean island Mypos to meet and live with his straight-laced cousin Larry in Chicago.

The two opposites balanced each other out, and the show featured them dancing, doing a lot of physical comedy and, eventually, finding love and settling down (still together, of course) with their neighbors.

They definitely don't make TV shows like they used to: "Perfect Strangers" was one of the last sitcoms that could get away with doing a sappy montage to wrap up the series -- complete...

Santa Monica, Calif. — It's been four years since Natalie Cole received a kidney from a Salvadorian donor, and the singer says it not only connected her to Hispanic culture, it has given her the strength to record her first post-operation album – totally in Spanish.

"I don't believe in coincidences. I believe everything happens for a reason. That this was a Latin family, I feel like I'm part Latino now. That (made) the desire to make this record became even stronger," Cole said recently during a private listening session of "Natalie Cole En Espanol," released this week.

This is Cole's first album since she received her kidney in May 2009. Her donor was a young woman from El Salvador who died while giving birth to a baby boy, Lucas, said Cole (the Grammy-winner received the donation after suffering from hepatitis C, a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood).

"I couldn't totally grasp,...

By Darren Allison, Soundtrack Editor

Perseverance Records to attend huge soundtrack signing event

Our friend Robin Esterhammer of Perseverance Records will be hosting a signing event at Dark Delicacies of Burbank at 2pm on July 28th. The list of composers is certainly looking impressive and names are still being added.

Confirmed already are: John Debney, Richard M. Sherman (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Elia Cmiral (The Deaths of Ian Stone, Journey to the End of the Night), Edwin Wendler (Escape), John Massari (The Puppet Master Soundtracks Box, 5 CD box), Brian Ralston (Crooked Arrows), Dennis Dreith (The Punisher, Gag, Creep Van), Craig Safan (Remo Williams, Fade to Black, Circus, Lesser Known Favorites), Donald Rubinstein (Martin, Pollock, Knightriders), Romina Arena (Morricone Uncovered), Peter Bernstein (The Puppet Master Soundtracks Box), Mader (The Wedding Banquet, Cinemusica), Phillip Lambro (Chinatown - The Rejected Score, Crypt of the Living Dead, Murph the Surf, The Film Music of Phillip Lambro), Richard Band (Mutant,...

To celebrate the 100 years that Universal Studios has been bringing us fantastic movies, we’ve just received info on the brand new Blu-Ray boxset that you can now re-order for one of their most loved movies of all time, E.T. The Boxset is simply brilliant and is packed to the rafters with extras as well as a replica spaceship from the movie.

When an imaginative boy meets a lost alien, it is the beginning of one of cinema’s most endearing friendships, as Elliot (Henry Thomas) helps the marvellous creature he calls E.T. find his way back home before government agents can capture him.

The full press release and info with details of all the extras below.

Click here to pre-order your copy of the movie with the digibook and spaceship or here for the standard versions.

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Maria Cole, the widow of singing legend Nat "King" Cole, the mother of Natalie Cole and in her own right a former Big Band singer, died Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla., after a brief battle with cancer, her family announced. She was 89. "Our mom was in a class all by herself. She epitomized class, elegance, and truly defined what it is to be a real lady," said Natalie Cole and her siblings, Timolin and Casey Cole, in a statement. "We are so blessed and privileged to have inherited the legacy that she leaves behind along with our father. She died...

Contestant Olivia Chisolm said her good-byes on Thursday's (July 5) episode of ABC's "Duets," becoming the first audience-voted cast-off following her performance last week of Beyonce's hit "Halo" with partner Robin Thicke. 

"I'm just thankful that I got this far in the competition," Chisolm tells Zap2It. "Now that the competition is actually over, I can look back on everything that I need to work on, and everything that I've done, and get better."

Considering what Thicke says was his best advice to the young ingénue -- "shake your booty" -- the budding songstress takes with her a lot of momentum and feels she now has the world to charm and impress. 

And her cohort agrees.

"She has a lot of class, a lot of humility and a lot of ambition which is a good combination," Thicke points out. "It means she can be a good learner, and she's a great tryer.

In Celebration Of Universal Studios’ 100th Anniversary, One Of The Most Beloved Films Of In Celebration Of Universal Studios’ 100th Anniversary, One Of The Most Beloved Films Of All Time Comes To Blu-ray™ For The First Time Ever: E.T. The Extra-terrestrial. Steven Spielberg’S Unforgettable Adventure Debuts In A Digitally Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition Including Blu-ray™, Digital Copy & Ultraviolet™ In November 2012. The UK’S Favourite Universal Movie Moment

The moment that Elliott cycles past the moonlight in the 1982 classic family film, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, has been named Universal’s most memorable movie moment of the past 100 years by UK film fans. As the studio celebrates its 100th Anniversary on 30th April 2012, a poll of over 1,000 Brits reveals that the scene from E.T. set to John Williams’ famous score is the most cherished moment in its history.

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The thriller Breathless just received a jolt of film noir credibility as genre vets Val Kilmer, Gina Gershon and Ray Liotta joined director Jesse Baget’s suspense film as its three leads. Variety reported that Gershon signed on to play the wife of a longtime criminal who plots his demise with the help of her best friend. Kilmer, who starred in John Dahl’s film noir classic Kill Me Again, joined the film as the criminal husband. Ray Liotta, who also worked with Dahl on his murder thriller Unforgettable, boarded the film as a sheriff caught up in the plot. Gina Gershon earned her film noir stripes on the mob thriller Bound opposite Jennifer Tilly and Joe Pantoliano.

The thriller Breathless just received a jolt of film noir credibility as genre vets Val Kilmer, Gina Gershon and Ray Liotta joined director Jesse Baget’s suspense film as its three leads. Variety reported that Gershon signed on to play the wife of a longtime criminal who plots his demise with the help of her best friend. Kilmer, who starred in John Dahl’s film noir classic Kill Me Again, joined the film as the criminal husband. Ray Liotta, who also worked with Dahl on his murder thriller Unforgettable, boarded the film as a sheriff caught up in the plot. Gina Gershon earned her film noir stripes on the mob thriller Bound opposite Jennifer Tilly and Joe Pantoliano.

The thriller Breathless just received a jolt of film noir credibility as genre vets Val Kilmer, Gina Gershon and Ray Liotta joined director Jesse Baget’s suspense film as its three leads. Variety reported that Gershon signed on to play the wife of a longtime criminal who plots his demise with the help of her best friend. Kilmer, who starred in John Dahl’s film noir classic Kill Me Again, joined the film as the criminal husband. Ray Liotta, who also worked with Dahl on his murder thriller Unforgettable, boarded the film as a sheriff caught up in the plot. Gina Gershon earned her film noir stripes on the mob thriller Bound opposite Jennifer Tilly and Joe Pantoliano.

Conan O’Brien will host this year’s An Unforgettable Evening benefiting the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund.

The event – to be held on Thursday, Feb 10 – will mark the 15th anniversary of the Women’s Cancer Research Fund which continues to raise support for innovative cancer research, such as the Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project and recognize remarkable individuals for their commitment to the cause. The Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project is working to identify and verify biomarkers that will lead to the development of a blood test for the detection of breast cancer at its earliest and most curable stages. The Women’s Cancer Research Fund is also funding research being conducted at prestigious, National Cancer Institute (Nci)-accredited medical institutes, UCLA Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center and USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Martin Short will accept the 2011 Courage Award on behalf of his wife Nancy Short,...

Daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole, you truly are ‘Unforgettable’ with a voice that has earned you nine Grammy awards and sold millions of albums.

Natalie, your tumultuous times are long past and you are reveling in the peace and success you have found. Have fun at this point in your career and let a new generation of fans discover your talent. Maybe consider joining the cast of Glee as a guest star or lending your mentoring to the contestants of American Idol. Astrology.com has all the details.

Happy birthday, Natalie Cole! Those who have been watching you for years now know about your health problems. The next year will see improvements, but it will take another year yet before you’re fully back at the top of your form. As for some of the substance issues that have bothered you in past, you’re going to stay clean and sober; still,...

X Factor reject Wagner Carillho has blamed his mentor for his elimination on Sunday night.

The Brazilian singer was placed in the bottom two on last weekend’s results show and was forced to compete in the sing off against vocal belter Mary Byrne.

After his rendition of Nat King Cole’s ‘Unforgettable,’ the judges unanimously decided to save Mary and speaking to X Magazine about how he ended up at the bottom, Wagner blamed Louis walsh saying:

“The trouble was Louis gave me fast songs in English so I had difficulty learning the lyrics. My language is Portuguese. I didn’t have enough time to rehearse and practice.

“The songs that can show my voice like La Fortuna and The Wonder Of You and Creep, I sang well because I connect with the emotion. She Bangs, I can’t feel that.”

Asked for the worst song he was given,...

Katie Waissel and Wagner Fiuza-Carrilho have been eliminated from ‘The X Factor’.

Controversial Katie – who was in the bottom two of the show five times in total – received the least number of votes on last night’s results show (28.11.10) and was automatically removed from the TV talent show.

Wagner and former supermarket worker Mary Byrne then had a sing off to reveal who would be leaving the competition next, with the long-haired Brazilian performing a rendition of Nat King Cole’s ‘Unforgettable’ while the Irishwoman sang ‘This Is My Life’ by Shirley Bassey.

Louis Walsh – who mentored both the acts in the sing-off – was asked to vote first and opted to save Mary, noting the high importance of singing to her.

He said: “Mary, this is your life, so the act I am choosing to send home tonight is Wagner.”

Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole followed suit, leading to Wagner leaving the show.

Wagner Carillho has narrowly missed the chance to perform on The X Factor semi final next week.

The Brazilian star was finally voted off the ITV show tonight, after being placed in the bottom three with Mary Byrne and Katie Waissel. Controversial Katie was eliminated and so Wagner sang for survival against his fellow over 28 singer.

Wags sang first and for his save me song, chose to croon Unforgettable by Nat King Cole. It was a pleasant change from the huge dance numbers that Louis has forced upon him to date but really, his rendition provided Mary with no competition at all. We suppose the words did have some poignancy though……after all who could forget the larger than life Wagner?

Mary took to the stage next and gave a powerful version of Shirley Bassey’s ‘This Is My Life.’ She sang every word with emotion and determination and we...

By the time John Dahl had directed his third feature – 1994’s The Last Seduction – critics had anointed him as a contemporary torch bearer – perhaps the lone, consistent one – of the film noir ethos. Even today, with his filmography having grown to include the less noir-ish thrillers Unforgettable (1996) and Joy Ride (2001), a tale of card sharks prowling New York’s underground big-money poker circuit in Rounders (1998), and a true story of Ww II adventure and valor in The Great Raid (2005), Dahl’s name is still most closely associated with modern day noir thanks to the three indelible thrillers which launched his career: Kill Me Again (1989), which he co-wrote with David W. Warfield, Red Rock West (1992), on which he collaborated with his brother Rick Dahl, and The Last Seduction, written by Steve Barancik.

Dahl’s working in movies represents a formidable leap from a less than cosmopolitan upbringing in Billings, Montana. Although...

Having explored over the last two days both the Box Office Sweet Spot and the directors with the highest average box-office over the course of their careers, I can't quite let it go until I round up the directors with the lowest box-office average, too (since 1980). Again, to be included on the list, the director must have made at least four films, and I also excluded those directors who didn't have at least four movies in the English language (just because a director like Tom Twyker or Hayao Miyazaki may not be commercially successful in America doesn't mean he hasn't been incredibly successful overseas).

I think the trend that you're most likely to pick up on from this list is that you don't have to make scads of money at the box office to be considered a successful or very well-respected director. Many of the directors on this list have Oscars,...

Black Music Month: Father's Day Playlist"It's A Family Affair" by Sly and the Family StoneIn light of Father’s Day we have pulled together our favorite Father’s Day songs. Just as our Dads want the best for us, we want the best for them! While my father worked hard to ensure that I received the best of everything, it hurt my heart last year to know that I couldn’t afford a remarkable gift.At that point, I decided to get creative.I gathered a list of songs that expressed my love, gratitude and feelings for everything my Dad did for me. It turned out to be the best gift ever because he told me that the CD nearly brought him to tears. This simple, cute and inexpensive gift was the best idea and proved that no matter how old I turn, I will always be Daddy’s Little Girl.

Yes yes yes..I know..we entertained this subject last month. However, in the tradition of Post, I am following up last in the process!

This subject has been of particular interest to me, and has sparked a lot of interest among my colleagues in Post Production. Discussing spotting is a subject unto itself as we have seen with all the fascinating articles and comments these past weeks. The focus this time will be on the advantages, disadvantages, pluses and minuses of spotting a project with the Composer And the Sound Designer present with the Director. Sitting down in a room, all together, with the same goal in mind... helping the Director tell the story. On the surface, it seems like a no-brainer---why Not do this? Save time and energy; reduce the classic 'conflicts' during the final mix; The left hand knows what the right hand is going to do...

The real "Bourne" franchise may have stalled, but we continue hearing about new franchise possibilities involving a female version of the amnesiac spy. The latest is Bold Films' "Blank Slate," an action thriller that Heat Vision reports is based around the idea of a female convict implanted with the memories and fighting abilities of a fallen CIA agent. The script is from Douglas Cook and David Weisberg, who penned one of my favorite action movies of all time (in spite of how ridiculous it is), "The Rock."

In addition to the obvious "Bourne Identity" comparison, the plot synopsis also reminds me of "Face/Off," "The Eye," "La Femme Nikita" and the 1996 Ray Liotta movie "Unforgettable," in which a detective takes an experimental drug that allows him to acquire memories of other people in order to track down his wife's murderer. Not to put down the originality of "Blank Slate," which...

Of all the musical highlights at the memorial service to Michael Jackson, none was more bone-chilling than Jennifer Hudson's rendition of "Will You Be There." She belted it out with that same sky-shattering bravado that earned her an Oscar for crooning "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" in "Dreamgirls," and the performance was magically enhanced by the addition of Michael Jackson's whispered words, "In my darkest hour, in my deepest despair, will you still care? Will you be there?"

Not only was it expert song craftsmanship, but it was a cry to heaven freighted with extra poignancy knowing that the tragic loss of the King of Pop was being acknowledged artistically by a major new star who recently suffered the tragic loss of her family members.

Twice in recent years, the voices of living and dead artists were merged into recordings that won  record of the year...

We tv continues to promote all things bridal, as a new season of wedding-themed shows opens June 7 and its Sunday night programming block has been renamed to We tv's Wedding Sunday. Highlights of the block consist of the sixth season premiere of Bridezillas at 9p and a sophomore season debut of Amazing Wedding Cakes at 10p, with both preceded by an original special Top 10 Bridezilla Moments at 8p. To spur interest in the programming block, We tv launched its "Grand Central Terminal Domination" promotion where the upper levels of Metro-North Commuter Railroad train bays at Grand Central Terminal are wrapped with 200 outdoor ads all this month in a campaign titled "Simply Weddings." The campaign will also extend to taxi cabs in New York City and specific venues in Chicago. Furthermore, We tv is teaming with Conde Nast's Brides magazine with an advertising partnership and the show Bridezillas will be featured...

Why should you buy the soundtracks of Christopher Young? Well, for instance the music is quite good on some of them. And if you want to have more fun with the release, check out the tracklisting. You're bound to find somehing along the lines of "Accelerated Brundle Disease" or "Dancing With a Wet Handkerchief on Your Mother's Grave". But wait, there's more! The CD of Hush for intance contains the following titles: "Hush", "Little Baby", "Don't You Cry", "Mama's Gonna Buy", "You", "A". It's all fun. If you pay close attention, you might also find that several Young releases contain pun homages to famous composers as well. Below I've gathered all I could find, now it's up to you to guess which composers are referenced in the track titles. I might add that some of them are only guesses and I couldn't find references some of Young's biggest works...

The Watchmen soundtrack. The 1987 literary masterpiece “Watchmen” has finally been squeezed into the film format. The impossible has been done. Whether it has been done well is left to be seen.

I don’t quite buy into the Zack Snyder hype. He’s constantly being called a “Visionary”. For what… a remake of a George Romero classic and a page for page literal interpretation of 300 in the Sin City style? If that’s visionary than what was Kubrick? I am however, a really big fan of the Watchmen book. My conflict lies in the fact that the Watchmen book was more an experiment on the comic book medium that is just not going to translate well into film. The story itself is brilliant, but inside sources say even that has been drastically altered.

When Terry Gilliam tried to tackle this project years ago, I had high hopes for it. I...

Well before Watchmen even went into production, we knew that a killer soundtrack would be involved -- not only because the graphic novel's universe revels in a slightly different form of pop culture, but because Zack Snyder is pretty into the world of cinematic music. Just a year ago, I wrote about Snyder raving about the lounge wonders of Richard Cheese, and wondered if that was a hint for things to come. It was merely wishful thinking, but I'm very happy to report that even without some campy lounge, this is going to be one hell of a soundtrack.

Three days before the film hits theaters, Sci Fi Wire reports that Warner Bros. will release two discs -- the soundtrack and the original score. Considering the huge number of people that will see this film, I can only hope that this inspires a new wave of retro apprectiation (sort of...

"Watchmen" will have its soundtrack album and original score compilation released three days before it makes its debut in the U.S. theaters. On Thursday, January 22, Warner Sunset/Reprise Records announced that both of the movie's soundtrack and original score have been set to hit U.S. stores on March 3.

Through a press release, the recording company also let out that the soundtrack will include a cover version of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" by My Chemical Romance, recorded exclusively for the movie. Other than My Chemical Romance, other musicians featured in the album include Billie Holiday, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Kc & The Sunshine Band and Nat King Cole.

While the soundtrack is compiled of tracks sung by those musicians, the Original Motion Picture Score contains music from Tyler Bates. Known for his surprising juxtapositions of music styles and flair for delicate and atmospheric touches of music compositions, Bates has...