Neil Diamond scores first-ever Number One album

Neil Diamond has scored his first-ever Number One album on the Billboard chart this week with the Rick Rubin-produced �??Home After Dark�??.

The record is Diamond�??s second with super-producer Rubin, following 2005�??s �??12 Songs�??. The first week sales of the album hit the 146,000 mark.

Diamond just last week played an intimate show at New York City�??s The Bitter End when he performed seven songs in front of around 200 people. Diamond was joined on stage by Will Oldham collaborator Matt Sweeney on guitar.

Playing �??Don't Go There�??, �??Home Before Dark�?? and �??Pretty Amazing Grace�?? from his new album, Diamond also treated the crowd to four classics: �??Solitary Man�??, �??Kentucky Woman�??, �??Cherry Cherry�?? and �??Sweet Caroline�??.

Diamond is set to play Glastonbury next month, and will return to the US in July for an extensive tour.

--By our New York staff.
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Costa Awards winners are announced

Costa Awards winners are announced

The winners of the 2007 Rib Book Awards have been announced in the UK.
Antecedently the Whitbread Awards, the Costa Rule book Awards pureness writers in basketball team categories: First Novel, Novel, Life story, Poetry and Children's Book.
Catherine of Aragon O'Flynn, max Born in Pittsburgh of the South to Irish parents, is the winner of the Outset Novel Award for her book 'What Was Lost'.
Scots English writer and comic AL Jack Kennedy has north Korean won the Novel Award for her fifth book, 'Day'.
Herbert A. Simon Sebag Montefiore is the succeeder of the Life story Award for 'Young Stalin'.
The Poetry Award has gone to Jean Sprackland for her collection 'Tilt'.
Ann Kelley has won the Children's Book Award for her leger 'The Pergola Bird'.
The five authors are now eligible for the 2007 Costa Book of the Class Prize, which will be announced on Tuesday 22 January.




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Superheroes go back to work

Superheroes go back to work

Comic-book-hero motion picture company Marvel Studios has reached an meanwhile agreement with the Writers Society of America, enabling striking Hollywood writers to go back to work on their projects.
For Marvel, it means that work bathroom resume on 'Ant Man', 'Captain America', 'Thor' and 'The Avengers'.
'Hulk' and 'Iron Man' were already in production and were not affected by the come to; they are lay for tone ending afterwards this yr.
Celluloid and television system studio apartment Lionsgate, Hollywood's biggest indie producers, has too reached an meantime agreement with the guild.
Upcoming Lionsgate films include 'Rambo', 'The Eye' and 'Saw 5', while its television series include 'Weeds', 'Mad Men' and a fresh show, 'Fear Itself'.
"The writers' issue seems on its way to existence solved, and Lionsgate felt it was an important time, particularly in view of our TV series, to give our writer partners suffer back to work," Lionsgate said in a affirmation.
"We look forward to a broad manufacture agreement soon," said a company interpreter.
Writers already have reached interim deals with studios including United Artists, the film production house backed by Tom Cruise and The Weinstein Co, move by media-mogul brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
Writers and producers resumed talks this week, aimed at finish a virtually three-month collide with that has stopped most prime time television production and or so hope smaller deals will set up atmospheric pressure on the big studios.

Ex Corrie star O'Brien wants drama role

Ex Corrie star O'Brien wants drama role

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REM to headline Oxegen

REM to headline Oxegen

REM have been confirmed as 1 of the headliners at this year's Oxegen Fete.
Michael Stipe and Co bring together Kings of Leon for the extended triplet day result which takes position from 11 to 13 July at Punchestown Track, Naas, Co Kildare.
Stipe attended the festival last year during recordings for the band's forthcoming record album 'Accelerate'. The record album is plant for loss on 1 Apr and was recorded in Co Westmeath.
'Supernatural Superserious' is the starting time ace to be taken from the newly record album, and is now available digitally.  
Tickets for Oxegen volition go on pre-sale to those registered on the festival's internet site from Monday 3 Master of Architecture at 8am until 8pm on Th 6 Marchland, express to quaternary tickets per somebody. Tickets go on full general sale on Fri 7 March at 8am.
With the case extended to three days, the campground will open on the Th night for fans want to cause an early on pip. Nevertheless, promoters MCD will be charging an additional €20 for the privilege of getting thither early.