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A humorous look at choosing baby names   Here's a rule of thumb I always try to follow: Never, ever discuss celebrity baby names with your husband, unless you want his eyes to roll so far back in his head they are wedged there forever. My husband, Doyle, is a plain-spoken, flannel-shirt-wearing, meat-and-potatoes kind of fellow in all matters, not just which monikers the rich and famous deign to label their offspring.   So I should have known not to initiate the following conversation with him:

A humorous look at choosing baby names   Here's a rule of thumb I always try to follow: Never, ever discuss celebrity baby names with your husband, unless you want his eyes to roll so far back in his head they are wedged there forever. My husband, Doyle, is a plain-spoken, flannel-shirt-wearing, meat-and-potatoes kind of fellow in all matters, not just which monikers the rich and famous deign to label their offspring.   So I should have known not to initiate the following conversation with him:

With Coldplay's Glastonbury headline slot (arguably their biggest show to date) just a week away, we now have the news that Coldplay will be again be releasing Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall, this time on various formats - 7" blue vinyl, CD, standard digital bundle and an iTunes digital bundle - all available via DigitalStore as a pre-order now - which ones are you buying?   This announcement has ignited several discussion topics - the pressure from their record label EMI to maximise profits from

Researchers say many teenagers are emulating celebrity idols like Mischa Barton, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff and Chris Martin (the lead singer of Coldplay), some scarcely out of their teens themselves, to cultivate an impression of maturity. “Kids are going more covered up and more sophisticated, and the girls are more traditionally feminine,’’ said Rob Callender, the trends director at Teen Research Unlimited. “It’s a question of trying to look more adult. Teenagers today are 12 going on 25.’’  

It's a strange time for Gary Numan. At the end of the 1970s, the British science-fiction freak was the king of synth-pop. In the mid-'90s, long after his star had faded, he turned his back on the comparatively lightweight subgenre in favour of a continuing fascination with dark, industrial goth rock. Yet now, 25 years after he first "retired", things sound curiously familiar.   Last year, Coldplay - as traditional a rock band as you'll currently hear - worked Kraftwerk's Computer Love into their

The band's uplifting Honda Center show was the stuff of legend   "Dad. Dad. Dad!"   The kid behind me, who couldn't have been much more than 10, just wasn't getting his pop's attention Tuesday night, a half-hour or so before Coldplay took the stage at Honda Center for the first time in close to three years. His father, who would later holler out a fist-pumping "yes!" every time another smash started, was busy chatting in the aisle. So the kid kept firing, machine-gun-style: "Dad. Dad! DAAAAD!!!"

At the beginning of this month EMI launched another attempt at marrying its business with US music rival Warner Music Group in a bid to compete on an equal footing with the likes of Sony-BMG and Universal.   But EMI’s $28.50 a share offer, funded through a mixture of cash and paper, was rebuffed by its US target. This follows three previous unsuccessful attempts to bring the two companies together, which have foundered on regulatory obstacles.   Many observers expect EMI to return with a highe

At the beginning of this month EMI launched another attempt at marrying its business with US music rival Warner Music Group in a bid to compete on an equal footing with the likes of Sony-BMG and Universal.   But EMI’s $28.50 a share offer, funded through a mixture of cash and paper, was rebuffed by its US target. This follows three previous unsuccessful attempts to bring the two companies together, which have foundered on regulatory obstacles.   Many observers expect EMI to return with a highe

Ever since leaving drama school 12 years ago, Andrew Lincoln has led a charmed life. The son of a civil engineer, Lincoln – who perhaps wisely dropped his real surname, Clutterbuck – had been out of Rada for less than a year when he won the role of Egg, the day-dreaming law-firm drop-out in BBC2's This Life.   No wonder Lincoln is in such a cheerful mood; at the age of 32, his place in television history is already assured. The atmosphere only cools when I ask about reports that Apple Martin – d

Angelina Jolie is reportedly jealous that Brad Pitt is set to make a film with ex-fiancee Gwyneth Paltrow.   Gwyneth recently signed up to make Dirty Tricks with Brad next year, after Brad specifically suggested her for the role, and according to In Touch Weekly, Angelina is worried that working so closely together again might fan old flames between the pair. A source told the magazine: “Angelina isn’t happy about this. She’s secretly intimidated by Gwyneth. The end of their relationship was pai

Angelina Jolie has been rumored to be concerned that Brad Pitt might spark up again with Jen-ex. But now Angelina Jolie is reportedly more concerned with another Brad Pitt former lover that is not Jennifer Aniston.   In Touch Weekly claims that Angelina may be worried about Brad working with ex-love Gwyneth Paltrow. Yep, the same Gwyn that used to be engaged to Brad and the same girl that is pictured nude with Brad in those decade old photographs online that caused such a legal ruckus with Brad

With all of the speculation surrounding Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie about the splits, the marriage and Jennifer Aniston - there certainly has had to have been some tears flowing somewhere.   But now it has been confirmed that Brad Pitt made one Hollywood beauty cry, according to the New York Post. Ex-sweetie Gwyneth Paltrow admits Pitt's new film brought her to tears.   There are no hard feelings between Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt, judging by the raves Paltrow heaped on her former boyfriend

If there is an unspoken rule in rock music, it is that controversy and self-promotion go hand in hand. Take Britain-based foursome Razorlight, for instance. Recently, frontman Johnny Borrell made headlines thanks to his supreme self-confidence bordering on arrogance, not to mention a penchant for ripping into his contemporaries.   Borrell is no stranger to controversy, having drawn fire two years ago for comparing himself to a music legend when he said: "If (Bob) Dylan's making the chips then I

If there is an unspoken rule in rock music, it is that controversy and self-promotion go hand in hand. Take Britain-based foursome Razorlight, for instance. Recently, frontman Johnny Borrell made headlines thanks to his supreme self-confidence bordering on arrogance, not to mention a penchant for ripping into his contemporaries.   Borrell is no stranger to controversy, having drawn fire two years ago for comparing himself to a music legend when he said: "If (Bob) Dylan's making the chips then I

Former ‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston has revealed that regular yoga sessions helped her purge herself of the trauma she suffered following her divorce from actor Brad Pitt.   She says that working with celebrity trainer Mandy Ingber, she developed a routine that helped her bring her mind and body back in shape. According to Self magazine, Aniston said that she had "emotions she needed to move" before starting yoga, adding, "I was in need of being scooped up."   She also gave credit to musici

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It's hard to dislike someone who's determined to please you. So for all you Coldplay haters - and your numbers are strong - here's a bit of advice: See the band live before you judge.   No one wants you to love Coldplay more than lead singer Chris Martin. With a perpetual bounce in his step, he worked hard at TD Banknorth Garden last night, bounding like a clumsy toddler down the two side stages that led into the audience. On the swooping chorus of "In My Place," he swept his arms out to the cro

Want to know who won one of the three signed Singles 1999-2006 boxsets?   Congratulations, you have been chosen as a winner in the Coldplay Pre-order contest. You were automatically entered into this drawing when you pre-ordered the Singles Box Set on 4/17/07.   Find out all about it here [well done Texasluvsjonny, Jonny's personal fluffer]

In this age of media hype, when it seems as if any doofus willing to embarrass himself or herself on TV can get at least the beginnings of a music career, too many events elicit no reaction stronger than "muh." So it was great Wednesday night at American Airlines Center to actually go to an undeniably Important Rock Show.   The air at the sold-out show was charged with anticipation as fans of Coldplay, perhaps the biggest British band currently touring, milled about and texted each other excite

Coldplay is often dismissed as being square, and doesn't pass the muster of the hipster tastemakers who decide what is cool and what is uncool, report detnews.com.   If that's the case, then Monday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills the British foursome made the case that coolness is overrated. The sold-out crowd of 13,330 - a rarity in these times of economic woe - seemed to agree. During a joyous, grand and sometimes magical 95-minute set, Coldplay proved that arena rock spectacle doesn't hav

It was obvious that Coldplay -- on tour in support of its enigmatic fourth album, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, would focus on its new material. What was unexpected was how dynamic the British band could make the show, and how well the more recent songs would mesh with the classics, reports the Miami Herald.   Frontman Chris Martin -- equally charismatic sitting at the piano, strumming a guitar or roaming about with just a microphone -- has never been a wallflower. But the singer ha

Performing in Coldplay — performing in one of the world’s biggest bands — could get comfy. Too comfy, even, reports kansascity.com.   For bassist Guy Berryman, though, the nightly thrill is intact. Even after all the massive stadium shows, all the mega-festivals, stepping on stage still brings a tingle. That rush of blood, you might call it. “I don’t get nervous anymore. But I still get that great sense of excitement,” he says. “I love that moment right before we go on, that anticipation of the

The biggest post-1990s band from Britain that doesn't give away its music came to Sprint Center on Thursday. And a large crowd was on hand with a loud, long and warm greeting, reports Back To Rockville.   And though it may not know its U.S. geography ("Thank you, Kansas"), Coldplay knows its own history: That's the first time we've played this in the U.S., said lead singer Chris Martin after singing "Glass of Water." That one will have its place of prominence in Coldplay trivia and lore; Thursda

Gwyneth Paltrow, a mother with two young children who also occasionally appears in films, is still in a nesting phase.   Two years ago, she and her rock-musician husband, Chris Martin, bought a condo with 7,000 square feet of space on three-and-a-half floors in a small two-unit building in TriBeCa for $7.95 million. In August, they bought a summer house in Amagansett, N.Y., for $5.4 million.   And then at the end of 2006, Ms. Paltrow signed a contract to buy the last unsold apartment at River Lo

It’s hard to know what to love best about Coldplay — the music, of course, every rock ballad a smashing crowd favorite, but there’s also the high-energy stage presence of the band and its evangelical, marching-band leader, reports NewsOK.   Then there’s the colorful retro grunge clothing reminiscent of the ’80s, the painted guitars and piano; and the pulsing laser light show complete with drop-down balloons that alternately change colors, go psychedelic or show images of the band in full symphon