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By Sameen Amer

Out this week

- Albums

- Untitled by R. Kelly: The R&B singer's ninth studio album, follow-up to 2007's Double Up; features collaborations with Keri Hilson (who appears on the album's first single Number One), Tyrese, Robin Thicke, The-Dream, and Rock City.

- Just Like You by Allison Iraheta: Debut release by the 17-year-old AI8 finalist; includes lead single Friday I'll Be Over U, and a cover of Rock Star: Supernova finalist Dilana's Holiday.

Spotlight

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Voice cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Jarvis Cocker, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Helen McCrory

Director: Wes Anderson

- Based on the novel Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, which forms the main plot of the film; new scenes were added for the beginning and ending.

- Follows the story of Mr Fox (Clooney) who raids local farms for food, as the angry farmers try to get rid of him and his family.

- Voices were recorded during outdoor dialogue recording sessions to make the sound more natural.

- The character of Mrs. Fox was to be voiced by Cate Blanchett, but she left the role and was replaced by Meryl Streep.

Celeb weets

- Joe Perry (@AdmiralPerry): Aerosmith is definitely NOT breaking up. One of the members [Steven Tyler] is doing his own thing and said so in the press. That's all I know. … In the meantime Aerosmith is positively looking for a new singer to work with. You just can't take 40 years of experience and throwitinthebin!

- Moby (@thelittleidiot): Insomnia is interesting. I've had 75 minutes of sleep in the last 48 hours. Sort of like dissociative insanity, sort of like ketamine. ... The world moves very differently when you don't sleep. Everything is like sedated kittens underneath gauze. Traffic looks like blood cells.

- Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH): My first tweet, peeps. I apologize in advance for my slow learning curve. Nice to (sort of) meet you. It's amazing how quickly 140 charac

[Later] Prfkt. Thx 4 L th advyc evry1. This s a way ezr way 2 cmuNik8. Un42n8ly, itz takn me 3 hrz 2 ryt, but itz much pre4d 2 gtn cut off lyk i u

[Yet later] Alright, alright. I'm done with the '140 character' running gag. Sorry, it makes me laugh. But as my wise father Ron always says, "Know w

TGR Poll

With 56% of the votes…John Christopher Depp II!!

- Born on 9th June 1963 in Kentucky.

- The youngest of four children; has a brother Danny, and sisters Christie and Debbie.

- Was in various garage rock bands in his teens.

- Married makeup artist Lori Anne Allison in 1983 (divorced in 1985); she introduced him to Nicolas Cage who suggested that he pursue acting.

- Made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984); has since appeared in movies such as Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Chocolat (2000), Finding Neverland (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Public Enemies (2009).

- Portrayed Captain Jack Sparrow in the immensely successful Pirates of the Caribbean film series; will reprise his role in the series fourth instalment Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), for which he will be paid $55.5 million!!

- Will next appear in director Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010); has previously collaborated with Burton in six films.

- Has two children with French singer Vanessa Paradis – daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 1999) and son John "Jack" Christopher Depp III (born 2002).

- Has a number of tattoos, including the names of his children (Lily-Rose and Jack) and his mother (Betty Sue).

This week's poll:

Twilight: Edward Cullen or Jacob Black?

Visit tgronline.blogspot.com to cast your vote, and email Us your comments at sameenamer@hotmail.com


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