Annie Lennox - Annie Lennox In Recovery After Back Operation

Annie Lennox is recuperating from spinal surgery afterward a back spasm forced her to leave an Aids conference early.

The late Eurhythmics singer had been flown home base from the International Aids conference in Mexico after suffering the injury merely has undergone a successful operation, her representative has confirmed.

"The operation [to release an impinged nerve] went as planned, and Annie is now recuperating at home," aforesaid Roger Widynowski.

"Annie would like to send her thanks and appreciation to all who have sent their well wishes in the past few days."

The vocalist, 53, had explained on her web log last workweek that the injury had given her "more pain than I've ever experienced in my life" and made her left foot "totally numb".

And after being wheeling off the woodworking plane upon her return to the UK, the Aberdeen-born star wrote: "A first I must say!"

She went on: "Felt a bit wish Elizabeth Taylor? Am today sitting up in bed with my left foot like a dead pisces, freezing and numb".

A retrospective album, due for spill on September 15th, has now been postponed until Spring 2009, her management confirmed.

"Some of my plans and schemes have had to be put on hold because there is not lots I can do if I can't walk right," Lennox added.

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Big Brother - Competition Hots Up As Bb Divide Falls

Warnings of gamesmanship are as overabundant as ever in the Big Brother house.

The biggest claim of the day came from Lisa, wHO said she believed the "game players" were potential to come to the fore as the final approaches.

All is not what it seems in the house, or so it might appear from a quick look at the lesbian antics of Sara and Rex's girlfriend Nicole.

Their kiss, "so not intimate" as it was placed in the house's big ashtray, attracted raised eyebrows from Rex who told Nicole "you wanted to do that so much".

The pair go on to get on well, even if they feel isolated from other housemates.

"We don't have any other friends," Rex told his girlfriend, before ambiguously replying "mm-hmm" to her prompting that they do have friends in the house.

At least the fall of the heaven/hell divide, which lasted for 29 days, has cheered housemates up. But Lisa, who was once in the tactically strong position of having her possess partner Mario in the house with her, corpse suspicious of the intentions of some housemates as the final approaches.

"It's leaving to startle cranking up now" she said.

"I don't think it's going to be glad, happy house for everybody. Maybe it will, just I'm not so sure.

"There are too many free-enterprise game players here Big Brother, and we ar about to meet them".

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Aegera Initiates A Fifth Phase 1 And 2 Clinical Trial For AEG35156

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Enter Sandman

   
Artist: Enter Sandman

   Genre(s): 
Retro
   

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Discography:


   
 Metallica

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 1

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Nailbomb

   
Artist: Nailbomb

   Genre(s): 
Alternative
   Metal: Industrial
   

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Discography:


   
 Proud Commit Comercial Suicide

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 13


   
 Point Blank

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 13

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Nailbomb was a brief contrive between ex-Sepultura singer/guitarist Max Cavalera and ex-Fudge Tunnel singer/guitarist Alex Newport. Although both of the bandmembers' full-time bands specialized in extreme metal sounds, Nailbomb somehow found a elbow room to create even more dense and harsh metallic sounds (it too proves to be more repetitive, with the odd sample and brake drum machine detected here and in that respect). In addition to the duo, most of Cavalera's then-bandmates from Sepultura (guitar player Andreas Kisser and drummer Igor Cavalera) and Fear Factory guitar player Dino Cazares made particular guest appearances on Nailbomb's debut recording for Roadrunner Records, 1994's Point Blank, patch the group's last release, 1995's Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide, featured appearances from former Dead Kennedys drummer D.H. Peligro, Biohazard bassist Evan Seinfeld, and Front Line Assembly/Fear Factory keyboardist Rhys Fulber. Since their soph release, little has been heard from Nailbomb, as Cavalera returned back to Sepultura (later going away the chemical group to form Soulfly) and Newport began producing other hard rock candy artists (including At the Drive-In, Samiam, and Will Haven, among others).

Dan the Automator and DJ Shadow

   
Artist: Dan the Automator and DJ Shadow

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   

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Discography:


   
 Bombay 2

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 17

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Juno star drops out of Rami horror movie

Actress Ellen Page has pulled out of Sam Raimi's new horror movie 'Drag Me To Hell'.
The 'Juno' star had agreed to play the lead role in the film, however scheduling conflicts have now forced her to withdraw.
Shooting was due to get underway on March 17 in a bid to wrap before the possible Screen Actors Guild strike on June 30, but was then delayed.
However, the new date clashed with Page's forthcoming roles in psychological thriller 'Peacock' and Drew Barrymore's directorial debut 'Whip It!'
A statement from producers Ghost House Pictures and financier Mandate Pictures, read: "We were racing to start production so that we could accommodate Ellen's schedule.
"But like so many other productions trying to start before the potential SAG strike date, this one needed more time and we had to push back the start of production."