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The Orchard, the world's leading distributor and marketer of independent music, and Amp'd Mobile, the first mobile entertainment company created to bring next-gen broadband wireless services for youth and young adults, today announced at CTIA a new partnership where The Orchard will provide music and video from its 800,000-track catalogue-the largest in the world-to Amp'd Mobile's U.S. consumers. The Orchard is the first major independent distributor to provide content to Amp'd Mobile.   Amp'd U

Despite its success, Coldplay is perhaps destined to remain the poor man’s U2, reports the Orlando Sentinel.   In a spirited performance on Friday at Amway Arena, however, the band enlivened its grand songs with an obvious sense of frivolity. With self-importance scraped away, the band is easier to like. "Whatever you’re doing, do it with enjoyment," singer Chris Martin told the packed house in the early going. He was obviously ready to follow his own advice.   For 90 minutes, Martin was a kinet

So… not so bad being the world’s biggest pop-rock band after all. Not on the perfect 2009 Montreal night – the only one. Not when even La Ronde’s fireworks display were perfectly timed to open one of your ballad-anthems. And not when 30,000 people jammed Parc jean Drapeau and Osheaga for its biggest-ever single act, writes the Montreal Gazette.   So we’ll drop any debates about the significance of Coldplay, or the critical resistance to their ambitions claiming a status deeper than the one they

Coldplay has put itself at the service of one of the world's oldest famine relief organizations, the British-based Oxfam.   The group opened its Viva La Vida World Tour at the Forum in Inglewood on Monday night with Oxfam volunteers busily working the corridors, where they handed out fliers urging action against poverty and social injustice. The Oxfam website (www.oxfam.org/coldplay) was projected onto a large rotating sphere in the middle of the arena after the show.   Coldplay lead singer Chri

Oxfam's GROW Campaign is asking Coldplay fans to take part in a groundbreaking global music project to highlight the global injustice of land grabs. For more information and to submit content go to www.oxfam.org/inmyplacefilm now.   Coldplay fans and supporters will be asked to submit film and photographs which echo the dislocation and displacement of land grabs. Coldplay's music video and film director Mat Whitecross will stitch together the submissions into an exclusive crowd sourced video se

Oxfam yesterday announced plans to channel the spirit of last year's Live 8 concerts into a month-long event which is in many ways its polar opposite.   In contrast to the enormous gigs of last summer, the charity unveiled Oxjam, the umbrella title for thousands of small-scale gigs and events across the country. Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Goldfrapp, Magic Numbers and the Automatic have signed up. The charity is in talks with dozens of other acts to perform alongside local bands in community

Whatever has happened to Gwyneth Paltrow? Surely Pilates isn't classified as a dangerous sport. The 34-year old Shallow Hal star was seen leaving a hair salon hobbling on a pair of crutches after injuring her right knee. Her glossy Hollywood look was slightly ruined by the standard issue supports, along with her heavily bandaged knee, but at least she managed to get to the hair salon, despite the obvious impediment to her mobility.   Known almost as well for her macrobiotic diet as she is for he

Chris Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow have purchased yet another property in an apparent bid to own their whole street.   The couple, who have two children Apple and Moses, have purchased the north London mansion next to their own for $6 million (GBP3.1 million).   The buy is Paltrow and Martin's fourth on the street which includes two flats valued at $2.25 million (GBP1.16 million) in a building on the other side of her main house.   Source: ContactMusic  

Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has returned to acting, to become a more interesting mother to her kids and will now be seen opposite Robert Downey Jr in the film 'Iron Man'.   The 'Shakespeare in Love' actress, who took a break from acting after the birth of her second child Moses last year, has said that she initially wanted to commit to being home and that she decided to return to films, for she thought that she must pursue a 'passion for something besides her f

Gwyneth Paltrow insists her five-month-old baby boy was destined to be named Moses after a series of striking coincidences.   The Shakespeare In Love star and her husband Chris Martin realised the iconic name could be a potentially hard one to live up to.   She explains, "I think he's the man to live up to it! When we were pregnant with (daughter) Apple if she was a boy, she would have been Moses. "He was born on the holiest Sabbath of the year and he was born at Mount Sinai hospital in New York

Gwyneth Paltrow has moved to dismiss the perception that she and her husband Coldplay frontman Chris Martin are ‘boring’.   The Oscar-winning actress, insisted rather, that their relaxed lifestyle is merely a symbol of their contentment with one another.   Paltrow revealed: “There is this perception of us in this country, like, oh, they’re quite boring. They do yoga and they stay home watching UK Gold. I think we’re happy. We’re not looking for other things in life. We like our house. We like ou

Gwyneth Paltrow was terrified she would be killed when her plane had to make an emergency landing last September, especially because she has finally achieved happiness.   The Proof star, who is married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and is pregnant with their second child, was afraid her domestic joy would be short-lived when her New York to Venice, Italy, flight had to turn back and make an emergency landing due to faulty engineering.   She says, “When my plane returned to New York, I could

Gwyneth Paltrow said she felt her family was cursed by cancer after the disease killed her father, aunt, a 23-year-old cousin and her grandmothers.   The Oscar winner, who has two children with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, admitted she now felt at risk from the disease herself. She said she and her children led vegetarian lifestyles in an effort to keep the disease at bay. Her revelations came in a press interview for an anti-cancer campaign backed by Damiani, the jeweller she models for.  

Movie star GWYNETH PALTROW has revealed her biggest style secret to aid bloated and pregnant girls - stick with female designers.   The fashionable actress has discovered a trick that allows her to look good in designer gear - even when she isn't in tip-top shape.   She says, "If you're 20 pounds heavier than you normally are, go for women designers because they cut clothes that are forgiving."

Gwyneth Paltrow dismisses jibes about her boring lifestyle with rocker husband Chris Martin, insisting her relaxed existence is a symbol of their happiness.   The Proof actress, who is currently pregnant with her second child, blames her sobriety for her dull image, but her maintains her abstinence from stimulants is a sign of contentment.   She says, "There is this perception of us in this country, like, oh, they're quite boring. They do yoga and they stay home watching UK Gold. I think we're

Gwyneth Paltrow has hailed London life for the benefits it affords her young children.   The Shakespeare In Love star is married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and loves spending time in her garden with the couple's children, Apple, two and Moses, four months. She explains, "Most days I'm in my garden, in sweatpants, with the children. It's so nice to have a big garden with a lawn in the middle of the city.   In New York, we just don't have that sort of thing. "I love the idea that I can get

Gwyneth Paltrow is back.   She's splashed on the cover of September's W magazine, out nationwide Aug. 17, as she prepares for the October release of brother Jake's romantic comedy The Good Night, in which she plays the girlfriend of a washed-up pop star. The actress, 34, also has been busy filming the action thriller Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr.   The projects follow a break from major roles to spend time with husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 30, and their children, daughter Apple

Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how she only agreed to become a spokesperson for cosmetics company Estee Lauder as she needed the money at the time.   The 'Shakespeare in Love' star, who is pregnant for the second time, shocked ardent fans four years ago when she signed on to be the face of a high profile campaign for Estee Lauder, an action she claims she was forced to take as she was broke.   The actress, who is married to Coldplay star Chris Martin, revealed: "I'll tell y

Gwyneth Paltrow has claimed that British women who binge-drink are "idiots".   The actress, who is married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin, revealed that she hasn't been drunk in three years and avoids parties where guests are likely to drink heavily.   "I think it's gross. I really don't like drunk women. It's such a bad look," she told The Mirror. "I think, ooh you're really degrading yourself to be this pissed in public. I think they're the idiot people and I'm the normal person. My friends a

Gwyneth Paltrow has gone to great lengths to ensure prospective buyers of her New York townhouse don’t blab to the press, it was reported today.   Interested buyers must sign a confidentiality agreement before setting foot in the property, stating they will not take pictures or talk to the media. But the move did not put off Jude Law and Sienna Miller who have already had a look around the luxurious home, according to Life & Style Weekly.   The four storey townhouse in Manhattan’s trendy Gre

For years, one of the hottest ''feuds'' in the music world was the rift between former Mickey Mouse Club members Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Now, however, it sounds like the two pop divas have made peace -- and a source close to Aguilera tells me it's likely the singer's pending motherhood (which she has yet to confirm) has something to do with it. Here's what we know: Aguilera reached out to Spears, and the two reportedly have spoken on the phone, e-mailed a lot and smoothed things o

Gwyneth Paltrow is struggling to find a balance between family and work and wants advice from other actresses in the same situation.   The 'Shakespeare In Love' star is married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin and the couple have two children, Apple, two, and Moses, 10 months. The 34-year-old is slowly getting back to work and wants to call her colleagues in the industry to find out the how they handled the transition.   She explains, "I'm not going to work like I did before I had kids. I want to

American actress and now British resident Gwyneth Paltrow has shared her thoughts on the differences between the UK and USA, and feels the Brits win hands down in the scintillating dinner talk department, among other things.   "I love the English lifestyle, it's not as capitalistic as America. People don't talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner," she told "NS," the weekend magazine supplement of daily Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias on Saturday.   "I lik

Alessandro Copetti is a veteran of the London paparazzi scene and is always on the lookout for a picture that could earn him up to £20,000 for a few seconds' work.   Mr Copetti, 37, who works for the Matrix picture agency, is rarely far away from the thick of the action when it comes to snatching a photograph of the rich and famous at play.   Born in Tolmezzo, a town in north-east Italy, he has been a photojournalist for 17 years. He moved to Britain in 1998 and married a Scottish woman, but the

Gwyneth Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actress and wife of Chris Martin, has threatened to press criminal charges against photographers who follow her in London.   Paltrow, who gave birth to her daughter Apple in May, said the paparazzi were "endangering" her and her child by chasing her on the roads. She has started recording the names of photographers who follow her most regularly.   "In London, they chase you in cars, and I will start pressing charges because they're endangering me by the way the