NME Awards: 2010 Winners List

Here are the winners from the 2010 NME Awards, which were held in Brixton, London and voted for by music fans. Kasabian won Best Album and Best Album Artwork, while Lady GaGa won Best and Worst Dressed!

The winners for the 2010 Shockwave NME Awards are:

Best British Band: Muse

Best International Band: Paramore

Best Solo ArtistArtist: Jamie T

Best New Band: Bombay Bicycle Club

Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys

Best Album: “West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum” by Kasabian

Best Track: “Dominos” by The Big Pink

Best Video: “The Captain” by Biffy Clyro

Best Live Event: Blur’s performance at Hyde Park

Best Festival: Glastonbury

Best Dance Floor Filler: “In for the Kill” by La Roux

Best TV Show: “The Inbetweeners”

Best Film: “Inglourious Basterds”

Best DVD: “Future Sailors” by The Mighty Boosh

The Giving it Back Fan Award: Lily Allen for her ticket treasure hunt on Twitter

Hero of the Year: Rage Against the Machine

Villain of the Year: Kanye West

Best Dressed: Lady Gaga

Worst Dressed: Lady Gaga

Worst Album: “Lines Vines Trying Times” by The Jonas Brothers

Worst Band: JLS

The Best Website (not including NME): Muse.mu (who won over Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube)

Best Album Artwrok: “West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum” by Kasabian

Best Band Blog: Radiohead with Radiohead.com/deadairspace

The Godlike Genius: Paul Weller

Outstanding Contribution To Music: The Specials

*NME 2010 Awards: The Nominations

*NME 2009 Awards: The Winners

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Radio 1 Big Weekend Heads To North Wales

Radio 1's Big Weekend will be heading to North Wales for this years free weekend of music, with Pixie Lott (pictured above) confirmed for the event. The Big Weekend will take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd May 2010 at Faenol Park in Bangor, north Wales.

This is the largest free ticketed music event with 40,000 tickets being given away to the public who register on the official BBC Big Weekend website. As in previous years at Swindon, Londonderry, Dundee and Sunderland - priority will be given to local people, who will be encouraged to attend the free event. More details about who will be performing and how to obtain tickets will be revealed over the coming weeks.

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Susan Boyle At Breaking Point

Susan Boyle might have the biggest selling album of 2009 and the most watched video on YouTube, but behind the scenes a completely different picture has become the reality. The 48-year-old has suffered very public melt-downs since her meteoric rise to fame over the past year, and is said to be close once again to a breakdown.

Behind the smiles and the songs, lies heartache and loneliness - something fame and money cannot buy. Her brother Gerry has spoken out saying Susan suffers from 'crushing' loneliness and fears she will never fall in love. The Britain's Got Talent star has never had a relationship and has struggled to cope with the fame since becoming a global sensation. Her brother revealed in an interview, "The one thing she wants above all everything else is love. Who doesn't? Her biggest wish is to find someone who she can share her success with and support her through the difficult times."


Susan Boyle has been afraid to sleep at her Scottish home after she arrived home several weeks ago to find an intruder inside. Security has been stepped up, yet this had added to the turmoil. Gerry said, "If I'm honest things aren't great for Susan at the moment on a personal level. She's absolutely exhausted after non-stop travelling promoting her album around the world."

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BAFTA Awards - The 2010 Winners

Here is the full list of winners from the BAFTA Awards 2010, as revealed at the award ceremony at London's Royal Opera House. Avatar and The Hurt Locker were the main winners of the night, with Up winning several awards.


Best Film:

The Hurt Locker

Outstanding British Film:

Fish Tank

Director:

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Actor:

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Actress:

Carey Mulligan, An Education

Supporting Actor:

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress:

Mo'Nique, Precious

Original Screenplay:

The Hurt Locker

Adapted Screenplay:

Up in the Air

Film not in the English Language:

A Prophet

Animated Film:

Up

Cinematography:

The Hurt Locker

Costume Design:

The Young Victoria

Editing:

The Hurt Locker

Make-Up & Hair:

The Young Victoria

Music:

Up

Production Design:

Avatar

Sound:

The Hurt Locker

Visual Effects:

Avatar

Short Animation:

Mother of Many

Short Film:

I Do Air

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:

Duncan Jones (director, Moon)

Orange Rising Star Award:

Kristen Stewart

*BAFTA 2010 Nominations in full: HERE
*BAFTA 2009 Winners in full: HERE
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Glee Cast Tops Album Charts

The cast from Glee have reason to celebrate today after earning themselves the #1 spot in the UK and Irish charts. The album Glee: The Music, Volume I knocked Michael Bublé into second place with 'Crazy Love' in Ireland.

Fans of Glee found out on Sunday evening the album entered #1 in the UK by knocking Alicia Keys from the top spot. The Glee Cast were at #68 last week on imports alone and continued weeks of chart success in the singles chart, having three singles inside the Top 20.



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Eastenders Live Viewing Figures

The live Eastenders episode was a massive winner for the BBC as 16.6 million viewers tuned in to find out who murdered Archie for the 25th anniversary special.

Viewing figures peaked as Stacey Slater confessed all as Bradley Branning fell to his death in the dramatic live episode, with the episode averaging just under 15m and another 1.42m tuning in for the repeat on BBC3 later.

Eastenders live had almost six out of every ten viewers watching the conclusion of one of soaps best kept secrets ever, easily beating rivals and producing one of the best Eastenders viewing figures in years. The Christmas Day 1986 episode of 30.15m still remains the most watched British soap as Den Watts handed divorce papers to his wife Angie.

It was also a record night for BBC3, which saw 4.3m tune in for Eastenders Live: The Aftermath. This was the highest viewed programme ever on BBC3 and a new record for a multichannel programme.

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PICTURE: Britney Spears Candie's Photo

Britney Spears is looking hotter than ever, as seen in this photo for the Candie's collection. Not even a spot of insanity in sight as Britney took part in the photo shoot with top photographers Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger and Terry Richardson.

She told fans, "It was an amazing shoot, and I know my fans are going to love the cool images ...... I'm very excited to be working with Candie's."

View the Candie's Britney pictures: HERE

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Brit Awards 2010 - The Winners

JLS pick up British Breakthrough Act Award at the Brits

Here are all the Brit Award winners from the spectacular 2010 ceremony, as each award is announced the list will be updated. Liam Gallagher accepted a Brit Award for Brits Album of 30 years and then went on to thank everyone apart from his brother Noel. He then had to be censored as he swore and finally threw a microphone into the crowd. Lady GaGa won all three awards she was nominated in as she dominated the Brit Awards in London. JLS won two awards, beating Cheryl Cole for Best British Single.

British Male Solo Artist:

Dizzee Rascal

British Female Solo Artist:

Lily Allen

British Breakthrough Act:

JLS

British Group:

Kasabian

British Album:

Florence & the Machine - Lungs

British Single:

JLS - Beat Again

BRITs Performance of 30 Years:

Spice Girls - Wannabe/Who Do You Think You Are (1997)


International Male Solo Artist:

Jay-Z

International Female Solo Artist:

Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa proves a Brit Award winner

International Breakthrough Act:

Lady GaGa

International Album:

Lady GaGa - The Fame

BRITs Album of 30 Years:

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

British Producer:

Paul Epworth

Critics' Choice:
Ellie Goulding


Outstanding Contribution To Music:
Robbie Williams

GaGa Goes Acoustic At Brits

Lady GaGa has thrown the Brit Awards into confusion by ditching her expensive show performance in favour of an acoustic performance as a tribute to fashion guru Alexander McQueen. The singer has been so upset at McQueen's tragic death that she wanted to dedicate her performance at the Brit Awards to the 40 year-old Brit.

Find out later who wins at the 30th Brit Awards as robmacca's Entertainment News brings the results as they happen............

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Sarah Harding Barbados Holiday Pictures

Some interesting pictures of Sarah Harding enjoying her holiday in Barbados with her long term boyfriend DJ Tom Crane have appeared in the Daily Mail. At one point Sarah Harding got drenched as she read a book on the beach.

For the full story and pictures visit: Daily Mail

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The Specials Win NME Outstanding Contribution Award

The Specials have been honoured with an award from NME magazine at this year's NME Awards, the Coventry band will receive the Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music Award at the NME Awards ceremony, which takes place at the O2 Academy Brixton on February 24th.

The band will also headline the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts on March 29 at London's Royal Albert Hall, tickets go on sale later this week. The latest edition of NME magazine features The Specials remarkable career, and tells the full story of 2 Tone, the UK's most revolutionary label - on sale Wednesday February 3rd.

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Oscar Nominations 2010

Here is the list of nominations for this years Oscars, which will be presented on 7th March 2010. The 82nd Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills, with Avatar leading the field with a nomination for Best Picture, Colin Firth has been nominated for Best Actor and Sandra Bullock for Best Actress. Avatar and The Hurt Locker have nine nominations each.

Oscars Nominations List:

Actress in a supporting role:
Mo'Nique in Precious
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart

Actor in a supporting role:
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Matt Damon in Invictus
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson in The Messengers

Actor in a leading role:
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Actress in a leading role:
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia in It's Complicated
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Carey Mulligan in An Education

Animated feature film:
Up (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements and John Musker)
Coraline (Henry Selick)
Fantastic Mr Fox (Wes Anderson)
Secret of Kells

Foreign language film:
Ajami (Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, Israel)
A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, France)
The Secret of Her Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella, Argentina)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, Germany)
The Milk of Sorrow (Claudia Llosa, Peru)

Directing:
Avatar (James Cameron)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
Lee Daniels (Precious)

Writing (adapted screenplay):
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell)
An Education (Nick Hornby)
Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner)
In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and Tony Roche)

Writing (original screenplay):
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Up (Pete Docter and Bob Petersen)
The Messenger (Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman)

Best picture:
Avatar (James Cameron – director; Brooke Breton , Laeta Kalogridis, Jon Landau, Josh McLaglen, Janace Tashjian, Peter M Tobyansen, Colin Wilson – producers)
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp – director, Bill Block, Philippa Boyens, Carolynne Cunningham, Elliot Ferwerda, Paul Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ken Kamins, Michael S Murphey – producers)
An Education (Lone Scherfig)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Precious (Lee Daniels)
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
The Blind Side (John Lee Hancock)
Up

Art direction:
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (art direction: Dan Hermansen and Denis Schnegg; set decoration: Caroline Smith and Shane Vieau)
Nine (art direction: Peter Findley, Phil Harvey, Simon Lamont; set decoration: Gordon Sim)
Sherlock Holmes (art direction: James Foster, Nick Gottschalk, Matthew Gray, Niall Moroney; set decoration: Katie Spencer)
The Young Victoria

Cinematography:
Avatar (Mauro Fiore)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd)
Inglourious Basterds (Robert Richardson)
The White Ribbon (Christian Berger)

Costume design:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel (Catherine Leterrier)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Monique Prudhomme)
Nine (Colleen Atwood)
The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell)

Documentary (feature):
Burma VJ
The Cove (Louie Psihoyos)
Food, Inc (Robert Kenner)
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith)
Which Way Home?

Documentary (short subject):
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Track: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin

Film editing:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Makeup:
Il Divo
The Young Victoria
Star Trek

Music (original score):
Avatar (James Horner)
Fantastic Mr Fox (Alexandre Desplat)
Up (Michael Giacchino)
The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders)
Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer)

Music (original song):
Almost There, from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman
Down in New Orleans, from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman
Loin de Paname, from Paris 36
Take it All, from Nine by Maury Yeston
The Weary Kind, from Crazy Heart by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short film (animated):
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Logoramam
The Lady and the Reaper
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short film (live action):
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Sound editing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Sound mixing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual effects:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek



See Oscar Winners for 2009: HERE

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Grammy Award Winners List 2010

Here are the winners from this year's Grammy Awards, as Lady GaGa (pictured above with Elton John), Beyonce, Jay-Z and Black Eyed Peas went on to become the big winners of the night at the award ceremony in Los Angeles. Let's just say, it wasn't a good night for British artists who fared less well at this year's Grammy Awards......

Record of the year:
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

Album of the year:
Taylor Swift - Fearless

Song of the year (awarded to songwriters):
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Best new artist:
Zac Brown Band

Best female pop vocal performance:
Beyonce - Halo

Best male pop vocal performance:
Jason Mraz - Make It Mine

Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals:
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Best pop vocal album:
Black Eyed Peas - The END

Best dance recording:
Lady Gaga - Poker Face

Best electronic/dance album:
Lady Gaga - The Fame

Best traditional pop vocal album:
Michael Buble - Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden

Best solo rock vocal performance:
Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream

Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals:
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

Best rock song (awarded to songwriters):
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

Best rock album:
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

Best alternative music album:
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Best R&B song (awarded to songwriters):
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Best contemporary R&B album:
Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce

Best rap solo performance:
Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)

Best rap performance by a duo or group:
Eminem, Dr Dre and 50 Cent - Crack A Bottle

Best rap song (awarded to songwriters):
Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town

Best rap album:
Eminem - Relapse

Best country song (awarded to songwriters):
Taylor Swift - White Horse

Best country album:
Taylor Swift - Fearless

Best Short Form Music Video:
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow

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