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31 สิงหาคม 2556

Rapper Sean Kingston sued for alleged gang rape, report says.



Well-known rapper Sean Kingston is being sued for allegedly gang raping a teenage female back in 2010, TMZ reports.



The woman claims that Kingston, his bodyguard and a member of his band, raped her while she was drunk in a Seattle hotel room after a Justin Bieber concert. Kingston also performed at the Bieber show. 


In the suit, the woman states she thought she was going to have a meet-and-greet with Kingston, but when she arrived at the hotel room she was forced to have sex with the rapper and his associates. She was later treated at a hospital for injuries consistent with rape, according to TMZ.

The woman is now suing Kingston and the other two men for $5 million. The rapper insists the sex was consensual.

Criminal charges against Kingston—relating to the same incident—were dropped back in 2010.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/08/30/rapper-sean-kingston-sued-for-alleged-gang-rape-report-says/#ixzz2dYzrpVMC

Everybody do the "Tang Wong" tonight.


Four school boys pray at a spirit-house shrine and vow to perform a traditional dance if they are successful in their various endeavours.

Trouble is, none of them know much about tradition nor dancing but they do believe in superstition. They seek help from an unconventional traditional-dance performer.

The coming-of-age drama is the latest effort from Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, a writer-director who's known for his quirky movies like "Midnight My Love" and "Handle Me With Care" as well as last year's award-winning psychological comedy-drama "P-047".

Also opening
"White House Down" - Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day") blows up Washington again in this disaster blockbuster. It follows another president-in-peril picture from earlier this year, "Olympus Has Fallen". Here, Channing Tatum is the protector of the prez, who's played by Jamie Foxx.

"Vehicle 19" - "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker trades in his tuned Suburu for a non-descript minivan in this action-drama set in South Africa. He gets into a rented vehicle that was intended for someone else. Then a stranger's cellphone rings and he finds a gun under the seat. An unconscious woman rolls out of the cargo hold in the back and it's off to the races.

"Make Your Move" - K-pop meets "Coyote Ugly" and "Dirty Dancing" in this tale of star-crossed romance. Derek Hough and South Korean singer BoA star. Duane Adler, writer of "Step Up" and "Save the Last Dance", directs.

"Satyagraha" - Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor star in this sweeping Bollywood political drama about a middle-class uprising. It's in Hindi with English and Thai subtitles at Paragon and Major Cineplex Sukhumvit, Rama III and Pattaya.

Also showing

17th Thai Short Film and Video Festival - Highlights include the top-tier RD Pestonji competition programs at 1, 3 and 6.45 tomorrow, and a retrospective of shorts by acclaimed Indian filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni at 5. Sunday has the Payut Ngaokrachang animation competition at 11am followed at 1 by more of the Best of Clermont-Ferrand from the world's top shorts fest. Stick around to see the award winners as the closing ceremony gets underway at 4.30. For more details, visit www.Facebook.com/ThaiShortFilmVideofestival.

The Friese-Greene Club - The month of documentaries wraps up with Michael Moore's debut "Roger and Me" tonight and the Oscar-winning "Man on Wire" tomorrow. Sunday offers a special members-only screening of "The Artist" with the film's first assistant director David Cluck in attendance to offer his behind-the-scenes views. Next month's schedule has different themes each day - "boundaries of sex" on Wednesdays, Peter Sellers on Thursdays, David Cronenberg on Fridays, Midnight Movies on Saturdays and classics on Sundays. For details, check www.FGC.in.th.

Take note
The Alliance Francaise Bangkok is moving and has cancelled its film screenings for September. We bid them adieu.


Read more: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Everybody-do-the-Tang-Wong-tonight-30213685.html

Kanye West stops by Kris Jenner's talk show for interview.


(EW.com) -- Kris Jenner worked her magic — and familial connections, of course — to land an interview with the typically media-shy Kanye West, the father of her granddaughter North. Kanye stopped by the set of Kris on Monday to tape an hour-long interview that will air this week

West, who welcomed his first child with girlfriend Kim Kardashian in June, opens up to Jenner about his baby girl, falling in love with Kim, and dealing with the press.

He also addresses President Obama's comments last month about how celebrities like Kanye and Kim have shifted the idea of the American dream. "There was not that window into the lifestyles of the rich and famous," the president said at the time. "Kids weren't monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success."

"Kris" airs on select Fox stations, including in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas. Stay tuned for more info on when Kanye's interview will air.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/showbiz/tv/kanye-west-kris-jenner-show-ew/index.html?hpt=en_bn6

Ringing up the jackpot.

Thai rockers Slot Machine put the finishing touches to their fifth studio album.

With four hit albums and a wealth of music awards to their credit, Thai rockers Slot Machine could afford to take it easy for a while. But kicking back and chilling out is apparently not on the cards for the four-piece outfit who hit the big time back in 2008 with the hit album "Grey". The band will soon release its fifth studio album and is already making waves with the first cut, the catchy "Rung" (Rainbow), which they introduced to excited fans in their set at last Saturday's "Sonic Bang" festival.

Vocalist Setthapong "First" Durongjirakarn, guitarist Jenvit "Vit" Chanpanyawong, bassist Atirath "Kak" Pintong and drummer Settharat "Auto" Phangchunan got together nine years ago and over the years have won fans' hearts with such tracks as "Ror", "Pan", "Fan" and "Kham Sud Thai". Their 2011 album "Cell" spawned another wave of hits, among them "Neua Karn Wela", "Suan Dok Mai" and "Ratree Rai Nam", and won them recognition at the Season and Kom Chad Luek Awards. 

For their latest offering, they've joined up with Australian producer, composer, and sound engineer Daniel Denholm, a man who's produced everyone from the Bee Gees to Midnight Oil.

"We met Daniel through [Bec-Tero] executive Neil Thompson. Neil used to work in the music industry so when we asked him to help us find a good producer, he immediately came up with Daniel," says First.

It's not the first time Slot Machine has picked a foreign engineer: For their 2008 release "Mutation", they worked with Scott Andrew Moffatt, who has also produced Thai outfits Mint, Brandnew Sunset, Getsunova and Apartment Khunpa.

Their latest album is being recorded at the Karma Sound Studios in Chon Buri, a venue chosen in the past by big international names like Jamiroquai, Placebo and Bullet For My Valentine. The tracks are then sent to the US for mixing by British sound engineer Tim Palmer before being mastered at Sterling Sound in New York.

"We've worked hard to develop all aspects of this album," says First. "I won't say it's better than our previous outings but it's certainly more beautiful. I think of it as a sculpture, a work of art to which great care is given but without wasting any time. We're a bit like scientists testing new experiences all the time, though the album is still very much rock.

First also wrote the first cut "Rung" and describes it as a song that encourages people facing obstacles in their lives to look forward and keep moving. 

"It's inspired by the Thai idiom 'A good beginning makes a good ending' and refers to the Buddha's teachings about Nirvana, the real happiness. That's a little like a rainbow: it doesn't last forever and not everyone can see it but when you are at peace with yourself, you accept the truth in your life and that's your real happiness," says First.

The album is now about 70 per cent complete and Slot Machine is working hard with Denholm on laying down the remaining tracks before it goes off for mixing.

The album is scheduled to be in stores by the end of the year.

Over Thai rainbow


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Seven ladies on one stage


Amp, Mai and Marsha are just some of the artists who got together for last weekend's green concert

CROWDS OF MUSIC fans packed into Royal Paragon Hall last weekend to revel in four hours of quality music in the 16th Green Concert held by Green Wave 106.5 FM and titled "Seven Return".
The show brought together female veterans Saowalak "Amp" Leelabutr, Mai Charoenpura, Marsha Wattanapanich, Nicole Theriault, Haruthai "Au" Muangboonsri, Myria "Nat" Benedetti and Pakkaramai "Tong" Potranan and as they assembled on the stage at the beginning of the show, fans were reminded of the long and close friendship.

After greeting the audience, the vocalists, all dressed in their trademark white shirts and blue jeans, spilt into groups of twos and threes with Amp, Mai and Marsha getting the show underway with "Klab Ma Ha Pheun".
Nicole and Au were next up with "Chan Mai Pen Rai", Tong and Nat joined forces for "Tor Rae" and the seven reunited for the "friendship" song, "Khwam Rak Thang 7".

The tone changed from laughter to appreciative murmurs as the large LCD screens showed a video made by the Luk Riang Group - the Children and Youth Association for Peace - in the southern border provinces to help kids who have suffered mentally from the violence in the South. Applause rang out loud and clear as the real children from the Luk Riang walked on to the stage.

Then it was back to the music with each of the seven ladies singing a medley of ballads and their own tracks off the album "Seven".This was followed by mini concerts on the theme of love and this time Au, clad in sexy black, kicked off the show with a cover of Nicole's "Wan Tee Aon Wai".

"The most important thing in my life is my family," said Au, swinging into "Wiman Din" as photos of her family pictures appeared on the big screen. She closed out her solo spot with the hit "Kae Lap Ta".

Tong , the baby of the concert, was next up on stage singing her hits "Hak Chan Rou", "Tan Kao Kan Mai". She thanked an ex boyfriend for walking out from her life and enabling her to settle down with the man of her dreams and followed up with her hit "Ja Rak Hai Dee Tae Sud" .
Nat served up a fast tempo show and dedicated her final number "Mai Mee Kri Rak Chan Tao Tor" to her boyfriend while Nicole opened her show with a medley of smooth ballads.

Amp, Mai and Marsha had fans up on their feet and dancing as they revved up the proceedings with a cover of Madonna's Like A Virgin".

And it was left to Amp to summarise the love stories of all seven artists with "Rueng Jing Ying Kwa Niyay".
Marsha's solo set included "Music Lover" and the ballad "Tor Sauy" and just as the last notes faded away, ex husband Amphol "Nui" Lampoon marched on to the stage and presented the singer and actress with a big bouquet of flowers.
The highlight of the night was a vocal battle between Marsha and Mai on "Kwam Dan Tu Rang Sung" and "Sud Rid Sud Dej". They joined forces, each using her vocal power to outstrip the other and the duel was so fairly matched that it drew loud and long cheers and applause from the crowd.

Mai rounded out the solo sets with a medley of fun beats bringing the audience back to their feet to sing and dance along with her.

The concert wrapped with a reprise of "Khwam Rak Thang 7", sending the audience home 

happy and fulfilled.

28 สิงหาคม 2556

'Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis receives jail, probation for assaulting woman.


"Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 270 days in jail and three years' probation for choking a woman and repeatedly slamming her head to the ground at his Los Angeles mansion in 2011.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Nancy L. Newman also ordered the 40-year-old Francis to complete an anger management course and attend 52 sessions of psychological counseling, according to Deputy City Attorney Mitchell Fox.

A jury in May convicted Francis of five misdemeanor charges -- three counts of false imprisonment, one count of assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury, and one count of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.

Francis' attorney Steve Levine said key details of the case were proven to be false in court, and he is appealing the decision.

"Joe has always maintained his innocence," Levine said. He added that the judge "still came to a very fair and measured decision."

According to Fox, Francis met three women on Jan. 29, 2011, at a college graduation party at the Supper Club in Hollywood. He grabbed the arm of one of the girls and took her to his limo, and the two others followed, believing they'd be taken to their car. Instead, they ended up in a gated area of Francis' Bel Air home.

Francis appeared to be interested in one of the women and tried to lead her away, but her friend pulled back, Fox said.

Francis then "jumped on the friend, took her to the ground, choked her, slammed her head against the ground, dragged her across the ground, and when she got back up, did it several more times," Fox said.

He then apparently told the women they were trespassing and had to leave. The women said they were going to call the police, and Francis yelled to "go ahead and call the police," the prosecutor said.

Francis told the girls he "owns the police" and that officers wouldn't arrest him, Fox added.
Judge Newman denied Francis' request for a new trial Tuesday, but sentenced him to less than the four years in county jail urged by prosecutors.

Levine said Francis would be released from custody soon after posting a $250,000 bond Tuesday. He'll remain free pending the outcome of the appeal.

The day after Francis was convicted in Los Angeles, he told The Hollywood Reporter that members of the jury were "retarded," and said "they should all be lined up and shot."

Francis later apologized for his comments.

"This is one of those cases where being a celebrity did not help him at all," Levine said.

Francis has had a number of past legal troubles. Last year, a jury found him guilty of defaming casino mogul Steve Wynn on multiple occasions, including on ABC's national morning show. Francis claimed the creator of some of Las Vegas' most upscale resorts threatened to kill him over a gambling debt.

Dozens of other lawsuits have targeted Francis, who built a porn empire producing and marketing videos of young women exposing themselves on camera.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/08/28/girls-gone-wild-creator-joe-francis-receives-jail-probation-for-assaulting/#ixzz2dGEy3M85


A new character poster for Tony Jaa’s ‘Tom Yum Goong 2′ AKA ‘The Protector 2′!


Witch reports that Tom Yum Goong 2 will reunite the entire Tom Yum Goong/Ong Bak team with Tony Jaa in the lead, Prachya Pinkaew directing, Panna Rittikrai handling fight choreography and Chocolate star Jeeja Yanin also handed a significant role – the first time Jaa has ever shared the stage with another marquee fighter. Read the full story here.

Updates: There are also plans to shoot the movie in 3D. Rising martial artist Marrese Crump also has a role. At the link are some shots of the Tom Yum Goong 2 opening ceremony. | Twitch Film has the word from a Thai newspaper that Tom Yum Goong 2 is only about 40% finished after eight months of principal photography, and that Tony Jaa will take a break from filming in May to marry his longtime girlfriend. Twitch speculates that the Tom Yum Goong 2 is now likely over-budget and won’t see release until mid 2013.

Not much new but Asian Movie Pulse makes notice of a fan petition you can sign to try and grant the film a worldwide release. Also, this guy actually managed to see some footage from the film at Cannes, and it sounds appropriately big-budget and over the top.

Twitch Film relays news that the RZA, fresh off The Man With the Iron Fists, has a ‘featured’ role in Tom Yum Goong 2. In addition, the film finally has a release date: expect the movie in Thai theaters this May 2013. | Twitch is running an article that states Tom Yum Goong 2 will be the first Tony Jaa movie to make extensive use of CGI and wirework, supposedly necessitated because of the film’s 3D nature. Expect the first trailer for the movie in Spring 2013.

Twitch reports that Tom Yum Goong 2 is nearly finished with principle photography. Now that the film is reaching completion, Tony Jaa is lining up two new projects: one film, which may or may not be a Hong Kong-based project with Sammo Hung as fight choreographer, is said to co-star Jean-Claude Van Damme. In addition, Tony Jaa is looking to return to the director’s chair for a different film. That project may involve callaboration with Bangkok Knockout director Panna Rittikrai and Fighting Fish director Julaluck Ismalone. Stay tuned for further news as it develops. | M.M.A.C. says Tom Yum Goong 2 is slated for a December 5th, 2013 release date. | Click here to watch the Tom Yum Goong 2 trailer. Note: If you get an error, try doing a search.

Here are the first three official stills from the film. According to Tom Yum Goong 2′s English Facebook page, Magnet Releasing has secured North American rights to the film and should be releasing it under the title The Protector 2. Expect the official trailer for the movie this summer. In the meantime, you can check out this new poster for Tom Yum Gong 2. | Check out the first official poster for Tom Yum Goong 2. And remember – don’t mess with Tony’s elephant! Also, here’s the official teaser trailer. And here’s the teaser with English subs.


Read more: http://www.cityonfire.com/tony-jaa-to-make-tom-yum-goong-2-aka-the-protector-2/


Billy Ray Cyrus' thoughts are on Syria, not Miley's VMAs performance.



The world doesn’t revolve around Miley. Even for her superstar father Billy Ray Cyrus.

The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer tweeted that a post he wrote from his verified account on Sunday night had nothing to do with his 20-year-old daughter’s controversial gyrating at the MTV Video Music Awards.


He was referring to the ongoing conflicts in Syria, he explained.

Billy Ray, who celebrated his 52nd birthday the same day his daughter shocked audiences at the VMAs, tweeted late Sunday about Syria. But because his pop star daughter garnered so much social media attention that night, his tweet was misinterpreted by her fans.

"Thanking God for so many blessings tonight. Continue to pray for world peace. More love ...less hate,” he wrote.
Miley supporters figured he was talking about the critics, who were quick to tear down her racy performance.

But on Monday, Billy Ray clarified that he wasn’t talking about Miley.  

"FYI 'Love Not Hate' Late last night I was watching devastating news out of Syria. Chemical weapons used on innocent children is unacceptable!” he tweeted.

According to People magazine, Billy Ray Cyrus is an advisory board member for the Parents Television Council, a group that has strongly criticized Miley’s MTV antics.


His rep told FOX411 the country crooner had no comment on his daughter’s controversial performance.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/08/27/billy-ray-cyrus-worried-about-syria-not-miley-vmas-performance/#ixzz2dGB7Dbnd