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Meg & Dia chart 'Real' late summer tour

With a new studio album in the pipeline and a European tour just completed, indie-pop sibling-act Meg & Dia [ tickets ] have a lined up a late-summer slate of US headlining shows.The five-piece group--which is led by Utah-born sisters Meg (vocals) and Dia Frampton (guitar)--will mount the run Aug. 15 in Jacksonville, FL. The 16-date outing will get opening support from alt-rockers Jonezetta and Dropping Daylight, along with Danger Radio on select evenings.Meg & Dia recently finished a European run as part of the Give It a Name Introduces Tour, along with Mayday Parade, Four Year Strong and The Color Fred. The group also participated in the main Give it a Name festival shows in London and Sheffield, UK, with Paramore, All Time Low and others.The group continues to back 2006's "Something Real," which was originally released on indie label Doghouse. After signing with Warner, the band re-released the album last year, along with a 6-song EP, "If You're Poor Find Something to Sue Somebody For," which hit stores last summer.Work continues on a still-untitled follow-up to "Something Real," according to Meg & Dia's website, where the Frampton sisters have been reporting on the recording progress of the album in the site's diary section.

Pamela Anderson seeking an annulment

Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson is reportedly seeking to have her marriage to Rick Salomon annulled.
According to People magazine, the actress cited "fraud" as the reason for the annulment in court papers.
The papers were filed last Friday at Los Angeles Superior Court.
Anderson filed for divorce from Salomon last December, after two months of marriage. She cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.

Britain's Got Talent Finalists Escala Sign �1.5m Deal With Simon Cowell

Escala Britain's Got Talent finalists Escala have bagged themselves a �1.5m ($3m) record deal with Simon Cowell, according to a report.

The girl group, consisting of violinists Izzy Johnston and Victoria Lyon, both 24, viola player Chantal Leverton, 25, and cellist Nastasya Hodges, 26, signed the lucrative deal with the music mogul just hours before the Britain's Got Talent final -- won by 14-year-old dancer George Sampson -- last week.

The girls could even earn �5m ($10m) each next year with Cowell tuning the sexy string quartet into the new Il Divo.

A source told Britain's News Of The World newspaper, "Escala are the most marketable act to come out of Britain's Got Talent by a country mile.

"By signing with Simon at the Sony BMG record label they're getting all the expertise that helped Il Divo shift a whopping 30 million records and become the world's favorite opera hunks.

"A British and US No1 album is already penciled in as a near certainty. Their great strength�apart from their natural beauty�is the ability to appeal across markets.

"They'll be an inspiration to the younger generation of music lovers, but will also reach out to classical fans.

"People will be stunned at the size of their success. They're going to be mega."

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Wesley Snipes - Snipes Granted Bail

Actor WESLEY SNIPES has been granted bail pending an appeal of his federal tax convictions.

The Blade star's lawyers announced on Thursday (22May08) an Ocala, Florida judge had agreed to a request by Snipes to allow him to remain free on bond while his defence team try to overturn the convictions.

Snipes was handed a three-year sentence last month (Apr08) after officials found him guilty of failing to file his taxes for five years.

He had been told he would have to surrender to jail by 3 June (08) if he wasn't granted bail.

U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges says he was "dubious" of the appeal arguments put forward by Snipe's legal team, but agreed to the bail request as Snipes could possibly serve his entire sentence before a decision on his appeal was made.

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The Daily Trailer: Sex and the City

'Sex and the City: The Movie' opens in cinema's in the U.S. today (May 30) and sees Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Chris 'Mr Big' Noth reprise their much loved roles from the hit television series. Watch the movie trailer here.