Artist: Mcneal and Niles
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Thrust
Year: 2004
Tracks: 7
Sergey Starostin's Vocal Family
The renowned Vienna State Opera canceled one performance and complained about dismal attendance at another, blaming the European soccer championship being played in the Austrian capital.
Performances are usually nearly sold out, but the opera house said 29 percent of its seats went unsold for its most recent event, Verdi's "La forza del destino." The opera house also said it had decided to cancel a ballet evening June 29, the day when the final is played in Vienna.
Officials said in a statement Tuesday that would-be visitors fear negotiating through masses of soccer fans in downtown Vienna.
Opera director Ioan Holender told The Associated Press his company had never canceled a performance during his 17-year tenure because of fears of low attendance.
Doctor Who star Billie Piper is getting the chance conquer America -- because top American actresses refuse to strip for TV.
US TV bosses have imported the actress' saucy Secret Diary Of A Call Girl series instead of opting for a remake.
They decided to stick with the former child star as high-class hooker Belle de Jour because America was "more puritanical" and Hollywood stars "weren't comfortable with nudity."
Diary is inspired by the story of the real Belle -- played by Piper -- a pseudonymous London call girl.
Billie, 25, recently said of her role in the show, "In the U.K., they've known me since I was a very young girl, and they feel like I've gone AWOL. I'm not the sweetheart anymore, and I've ruined their hopes and dreams.
"But, you know, acting is a selfish thing for me. I do what makes me feel inspired, what helps me progress as an actor. I don't do things to keep the general public content and peaceful."
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE made INDIANA JONES star KAREN ALLEN blush on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO on Tuesday (10Jun08) - when he confessed his childhood crush on her.
Leno forced the singer to recount a conversation the pair had had backstage, during which Timberlake confessed his lust for the 57-year-old actress - who appeared in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the new movie Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as 1984 film Starman.
An embarrassed Timberlake admitted, "I may or may not have had a massive crush on Karen Allen, and may or may not have supported the entire DVD sales of Starman by myself!"