The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz

Selena Gomez to host MTV Europe Music Awards 2011

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:04 AM PDT

LONDON, Sept 26 – US teen actress and singer Selena Gomez will host this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on Nov. 6, the music channel said today.

The 19-year-old (picture), who is dating another teenage sensation the 17-year-old Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, will aim to find time to tweet and provide commentary for mtvema.com website as well as her regular hosting duties.

Gomez follows the likes of Justin Timberlake, Eva Longoria, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg in hosting one of pop music's biggest nights outside the United States.

Although held in a different European city each year, the MTV EMAs tend to be dominated by US acts.

This year, Lady Gaga leads the list of nominations with six, followed by two other US acts – Katy Perry and Bruno Mars. Bieber has been shortlisted in three categories. – Reuters

R.E.M. to release career-spanning compilation album

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT

R.E.M. to release career-spanning compilation album

R.E.M. members Michael Stipe (left) and Peter Buck (right). – AFP pic

LOS ANGELES, Sept 26 – After announcing its decision to call it quits last week, American alternative rock band R.E.M. revealed details about an upcoming career-spanning greatest hits collection.

The new album will be titled Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011 and is set to release November 15 via Warner Bros., according to The Hollywood Reporter. Presumably the album will release in the UK on November 14, but details have not yet been confirmed.

The new collection will reportedly also include new songs recorded following the release of the band's last album, Collapse Into Now.

In its 31-year history, R.E.M. has released 15 albums, including two greatest hit collections: 2006's And I Feel Fine...The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 and 2003's In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. Collapse Into Now, released in March 2011, reached the top ten in album charts in 14 countries. – AFP

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Isnin, 26 September 2011