LES MIS TOPS U.K. RECORD CHARTS

Movie critics may have carped loudly about the singing ability of the stars of Les Misérables. Indeed, some of the stars of the film, including Russell Crowe and Helena Bonham Carter, have been critical of their own performances, and American Idol finalist Adam Lambert remarked that “the score suffered massively with great actors pretending to […]

HUNGER GAMES SOUNDTRACK LANDS AT NO. 1

According to conventional industry wisdom, nobody’s interested in soundtrack albums anymore. What people want are single records that can quickly be download onto their iPods from Apple’s iTunes store. Tell that to the producers of The Hunger Games CD, which sold 175,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen Soundscan. And Taylor Swift’s “Safe and Sound,” […]

LONDON RIOTS DESTROY CD/DVD WAREHOUSE

Hundreds of thousands of CDs and DVDs are believed to have been destroyed when rioters in London set fire to the Pias/Sony distribution center in the London Borough of Enfield, published reports said today (Wednesday). The British Film Institute, which distributes classic films on DVD, said that it lost its entire inventory of 120,000 units. […]