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She’s known more for her “antics” these days than her music, but….

Lily Allen will soon have the chance to redeem herself or fail miserably trying.

After having her album recently postponed by her record label - for no good reason - the Brit just announced on her blog that the record will now come out early next year.

Says Allen:

Album Release Date

My new album will be released on the 9th of Feb 2009. I know it’s a while away, but there will be bits and bobs flying around before then, I’m shooting a video(for viral release) in the next couple of weeks , to keep you entertained .

I am so excited, were getting all the artwork and stuff done and coming up with new and interesting ideas. I am trying really hard to do this album with integrity and I want you all to know that it has been thought about by me, not just some thrown together last minute industry bullshizz.

I hope you’ll all love it as much as I do, I’m working on extra stuff in the studio at the moment , it seems making an album isn’t enough these days, some websites (not naming any!) wont put an album on their front page unless you give them exclusive tracks, not that i’m complaining, I am at my happiest in the studio so it works well for me, I just don’t want to put out sub standard stuff . I always thought an album was a body of work in itself. you take it or leave it . You wouldn’t say to a painter “yeah i love the naked ladies ,but would you mind painting their hair blonde instead of brown, and making their tits a bit bigger?” or ” the trees are really pretty, a few more leaves perhaps?” Maybe you would actually , ha ha .
Anyway whatevs.
WATCH THIS SPACE

Let’s hope - for her sake - it doesn’t suck!

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Over a dozen people were killed Sunday during a soccer match in eastern Congo after a riot broke out.

According to a U.N. funded radio station, a riot broke out over allegations that a player was using witchcraft during the match.

We can’t make this up!

Most of the victims, sadly, were just children between the ages of 11 and 16.

Unfortunately, they were suffocated as panicked crowds began to run for the exits during the chaos.

Reports are that the police tried to control the violence by then firing into the air in an attempt to protect their commander, who was hit in the head and also wounded by fans.

Craziness!!!

Afterwards, dozens of teenagers then marched through the streets in protest on Monday.

Even Julien Mpaluku, their regional governor, paid a visit to those in the hospital.

Mpaluku did confirm that the government was investigating the situation and admitted that soldiers had fired into the air in order to clam angry crownds.

The shooting then prompted the panic, which killed several people “when the crowds all tried to leave at the same time. Most of the dead were children, only two or three were adults.”

Witchcraft or not, let’s hope they get better security in the future, and better exit locations.

Chango would have never let that happen!

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Joseph writes:

I have a first generation Nintendo Wii and I recently bought the game Boom Blox for it. When I put the game in to start playing it would often lock up at the health warning screen and I would have to restart my Wii by unplugging it since no other method would work.

Here’s what happened when he contacted Nintendo for help.

I first expected it was a problem with the disc since Gamestop sold it to me as New when the case was opened already (another story for another time) but the disc was in perfect condition. I also noticed my other games were acting weird and my Wii channels would give errors that they couldn’t load properly even though they were. This prompted me to go online and see what I could do.

I work in tech support and moderate some support forums so I hate when people don’t look for answers before asking questions or calling for help so I went to the Nintendo forums to see what I could find. Unfortunately there really wasn’t any information about errors with this particular game or any Wii related defects that fit what I was experiencing. I was wary about getting email support but it seemed to be Nintendo’s preferred next step so I sent an email to them with everything I was experiencing.

I was surprised when a day later I got an email stating my problem would probably not be best handled using email correspondence and to call in. I called in and the person on the phone (I wish I could remember her name) was very nice and very helpful. She quickly looked up my account with Nintendo and immediately suggested I should send my Wii in for repair. She said it would probably waste my time troubleshooting the issue further since it wasn’t anything she’d seen and seemed beyond any fixes she could offer. She noted that I was a few months out of warranty but offered free shipping and free repair anyway without me even bringing it up. I immediately received a shipping label and sent the system in the next day.

I was bummed not having anything to play for what I’d expected to be a month long fix and was shocked to receive an email on the day they received the package stating they had received it and repaired it the same day. They also shipped it back out to me that day as well! So all in all it took one week from start to finish to submit a help request and have a fixed Wii returned to me. It has worked great ever since and I no longer have any problems with it. There are so many places where this could have been a bad experience but Nintendo really did a stellar job. They provided fast responses and did more than they needed to make sure I was a happy customer and will continue to purchase their products. Great job!

Nintendo, what the hell? We don’t know what you’re up to with this “good customer service” routine, but pulling shenanigans like this doesn’t keep our tipline stuffed with complaints. Please think about this the next time you offer to repair a broken Wii.

Did her newlywed glow help her seal the deal????

Talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres has signed on to be a new spokeslady for CoverGirl make-up.

She’s supposedly shooting a campaign this week.

Rumor has it that she was paid a lot of money — $1 million!

Nice!

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