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lifestyle MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 GOSSIP Murs wants to be credible oined by producers Alex Garcia and Lucas Akoskin, plus cast Sarai lly Murs is hoping he can now be viewed as Givaty, Emilio Echeverria, Chico Diaz and Richa Chadda, Mexico’s scribe- a “credible artist”. The 30-year-old pop star Jhelmer Guillermo Arriaga received a Tribute award Friday night from Oshot to fame when he came second on ‘The Los Cabos Festival at the Spanish-world premiere of the religion-themed X Factor’ in 2009 but he thinks he has now estab- omnibus feature “Words With Gods,” which Arriaga originated. A nine fic- lished himself enough to go in a new musical direc- tion-short omnibus feature,”Words With Gods” sees name directors - Arriaga, tion and set up more collaborations that will help Hector Babenco, Warwick Thornton, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Amos Gitai, him be taken seriously away from his reality TV Alex de la Iglesia, Emir Kusturica, Bahman Ghobadi - focus on stories related background. He said: “Working with Paul Weller [on to a religion close to them. Accompanying Arriaga, “Words With Gods” pro- a new song, ‘Met Me In’] showed my fans the direc- ducer Garcia said that it is “the first of four films which table themes we are tion I see my music going in.”It’s been five years not allowed to discuss,” reiterating that the next will be about sex, politics since I was on ‘X Factor’ and I feel I’m starting to be and drugs. ‘Words With Gods’ is an attempt to open up a breach, a dialog. seen as a more credible artist. “I’d love to work with We believe nobody should be rejected or killed because of their religious, Stevie Wonder, that would be the ultimate, but I sexual or political posture or what they take in terms of drugs,” Arriaga don’t think I’m quite there yet. I’ve already per- added. Arriaga also made reference to the 43 missing and presumed-dead formed with Madness, Gary Barlow and Robbie, so students in Ayotzinapa: “It’s not just 43 people we have to find, but 5,000,” I’m not doing too badly.” The ‘Troublemaker’ hit- Los Cabos honors he said. maker also ruled out using his relationship with Francesca Thomas as inspiration for his songs. He Guillermo Arriaga Guillermo told Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “It can be a bit tricky when you write about someone. I have done in the past and I suppose the odd thing may come from her, but most of it is general ideas where I might come into the studio in a bad mood and say, ‘I want to write an angry song.’ “It can cause more problems if it is about a person.” Kim to visit Indian reality T V show ‘Bigg Boss’ eality TV superstar Kim Kardashian is to make a guest appearance on Indian reality show “Bigg Boss.” RKardashian will interact with contestants in the “Bigg Boss” house on Nov 22, during her maiden trip to the country. The show is currently in its eighth season on Viacom 18’s general entertainment channel Colors. It is hosted by film star Salman Dempsey Khan and currently has 12 housemates. honored for cancer care cancer for honored aine-born actor Patrick Dempsey Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in returned home to accept an award for his Lewiston. His mother, Amanda Dempsey, died in Mwork helping cancer patients. Dempsey - March. The Jackson Lab is a genetics research most famous for his role as Dr Derek Shepherd in facility in Bar Harbor. The award is given by the the TV series “Grey’s Anatomy” - and the Jackson nonprofit Maine Center for Creativity, which said Laboratory were awarded the Maine Creative both recipients were honored for their “visionary Industries Award on Saturday in Portland. Forty- thinking and persistence in helping cancer eight-year-old Dempsey was inspired by his patients” in the state. mother’s battle with ovarian cancer to help found the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Li covers Drake at London show ykke Li covered Drake at her sold out London show on Thursday. The 28-year-old singer performed a mystical set at Lthe Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, which included a heart- breaking rendition of Canadian rapper Drake’s 2013 single ‘Hold On, We’re Going Home’. The Swedish singer/songwriter played an extensive set of melancholy tracks from her third studio album ‘Never Learn’, including ‘Sadness Is A Blessing’, ‘Never Gonna Love Again’ and ‘Sleeping Alone’. Lykke released the album, which is drenched in misery, earlier this year, drawing inspiration from her split from her boyfriend which spurred a move from Europe to Los Angeles. Despite the wallowing nature of her music, the enigmatic Usher singer - who recently launched her own clothing range - was any- thing but motionless when performing the emotive tracks, treating thinks trouble will improve Bieber’s music the audience to energetic, wild dance moves, resulting in a brilliant- sher thinks Justin Bieber’s troubles will improve his music. ly captivating show. Performing at the packed out venue, Lykke The 20-year-old pop superstar has had multiple scrapes with appeared comfortable on stage, but in an interview with InStyle last the law in the past year, but Usher believes it is all part of his month, she revealed that touring isn’t something she’s a particular U protege’s life, and will ultimately make the ‘As Long As You Love Me’ fan of due to the relentless and repetitive nature of life on the road. singer a better musician. He explained: “Any artist has ebbs and She said: “It’s pretty rough to be on tour for years straight and not flows in their life and career.” The teen heartthrob rose to fame via have a home and not have anywhere to rest. It creates a restless- YouTube in 2007 before releasing his hit single ‘Baby’ in 2010, but ness inside of you. It wears you out.” James Blunt has had a troubled time in 2014 which has seen him arrested for multiple offences, including driving under the influence, resisting reads reviews arrest, vandalism and dangerous driving. But his 36-year-old men- tor Usher believes audiences are yet to hear the best that Justin - who is managed by Scooter Braun - has to offer. He told The ames Blunt reads his own reviews every morning. The ‘You’re Beautiful’ hit- Guardian newspaper: “I think the story is just begun, you’ve not maker is currently out on the road, so checks out what people thought of the seen the best of his talent. In life, you have to go through some- shows as soon as he wakes up in order to stay “humble”. He said: “I’m on the J thing to get to something. “From that the inspiration comes having European leg of my tour, so as soon as I wake up I check my phone and my reviews something of substance to talk about; otherwise you’re just consid- from the night before to keep me humble. Then BBC News to keep me depressed.” ered to be fluff.” The ‘Yeah!’ singer - who will release his eighth stu- The ‘When I Find Love Again’ singer embraces modern technology and has a wide dio album ‘UR’ in 2015 - is able to speak from experience about the variety of apps on his phone to keep him informed of his surroundings. He said: “I young singer, because he was once given vital advice by his elders love a good app. Around me is great for finding stuff wherever you are. “I’ve got in the music industry. referring to what late soul legend James Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ but haven’t yet read it.” Brown told him, he said: “He always told me, ‘If you stay ready, you ain’t got to get ready.’ “ On advice from the late Michael Jackson, he revealed: “[He told me] if you want to continue to be great, you’ve got to work hard.” Lorde sad Hunger Games work is done orde is “heartbroken” to have finished work on ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1’ soundtrack. The ‘Royals’ hitmaker curated the Lmusic for the latest installment of the futuristic fantasy adventure series and was thrilled to work alongside artists like Grace Jones, Charlie XCX, Ariana Grande and Haim. She said: “It was fun getting to approach my favourite musicians and just say something to them for this project. “I feel like school camp has ended and I’m heartbroken this project is over.” And the 18-year-old singer admits she was very “teenage” in her approach to putting together the roster of artists who appear on the soundtrack because she relied heavily on social media to ask people to work with her. Asked how she approached the artists, she said: “I DM-d (direct messaged) a lot of people and Instagram DM-d a lot of people. “It wasn’t very profes- sional, it was very teenage. “I guess we just kind of cold-called a lot of people and they were like, ‘Who’s this weirdo.’ “Lorde found the experience very different to putting together an album of her own because there were so many people to consider. She said: “It’s so different and I don’t think I realized how different that would be. “You really have to think about everyone else rather than yourself so much because you are involved with so many other artists and different demographics of people who are already into this film.

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