Ant & Dec (@antanddec) Wants Tim Westwood (@TimWestwood) For ‘I’m a Celebrity’

August 25, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Apparently, they are also hoping to get Grace Jones. Anyways, from Digital Spy:

The ITV presenters revealed that the BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ, who is said to have previously turned down offers of £100,000 to star in the reality show, is their dream participant.

“Tim would be amazing. He’s top of our list,” Ant McPartlin said, reports the Daily Star.

“I know the producers have asked him a couple of times before and he has said no, but the thing is, eventually they all say yes. We just wear them down.

“There are so many people who don’t know about Tim and this would bring him to a new audience.”

Read the full article over at Digital Spy.

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Usain Bolt (@UsainBolt) Enlists Manchester’s Rio Ferdinand (@RioFerdy5) To Help Revive Reggae Music

August 24, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

From Metro:

Bolt wants to team up with Ferdinand and use their worldwide fame to promote the sprint king’s beloved music.

The eccentric star, often seen bopping along to reggae beats ahead of his races, is on a mission to get Jamaican artists out of his native country and onto the world stage.

The 26-year-old believes the artists are just as good at producing music as he is at running, but needs the help of Ferdinand and his contacts to make them global superstars.

‘If we do this together we could take it to a new level,’ said Bolt.

‘Not since Bob Marley have we had a musician famous all over the world — and believe me it’s nothing to do with lack of talent – our musicians are as good as our sprinters.

‘It just needs people with global fame like me and Rio to move things.

‘We could have aside part of the business that organised music videos for artists in Jamaica.’

You can read the full article here.

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Dean Atta (@DeanAtta) Signs Publishing Deal With The Westbourne Press

August 24, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Congrats are certainly in order. From SoulCulture:

Atta successfully negotiated a publishing deal with Saqi Books imprint The Westbourne Press for his collection I am Nobody’s Nigger, due to be released on 1st March 2013.

Publisher Lynn Gaspard shared a few words on the upcoming release and author, saying, “The collection will include hard-hitting poems about life in London and more intimate poems about love and sexuality. Dean is a brave writer and I am very proud to be his publisher.”

Read the full article over at SoulCulture.

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Alanis Morisette (@Morissette) Interested in American Idol's Judge Spot

August 24, 2012 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Alanis Morissette is a contender to join the judges’ table on American Idol, CNN reports. Although she
declined to discuss details at her Hollywood Rockwalk induction ceremony, Morissette said she is intrigued by the possibility of being a judge.

“I live to mentor, so my heart is much more open to the idea of that than even 10 years ago when I, perhaps, wasn’t in a position to be able to offer much advice, solicited or otherwise,” Morissette said. “[B]ut I love watching people and just getting really curious about what they want and what they need and what their goals are, and then I can support them. I would do it formally, for sure.”

If she lands in a judge’s chair, Morissette would sit alongside Mariah Carey and maybe Nicki Minaj, who is said to be “100 percent confirmed” in regards to joining the panel this year, following the departures of departures of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

There’s also been talk that original judge Randy Jackson will move to a “mentoring” role, leaving one more spot open for a possible male figure. Rumors continue to swirl about who might take that spot, with name’s like Nick

Jonas and Kanye West getting thrown into the ring.

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