Pinks baby daughter Willow plays bass on new album

Now we've heard of family collaborations before – Donny and Marie Osmond, Hanson and of course X Factor's creepy brother-sister act Same Difference – but we've never come across anything like this before.

Pink - real name Alecia Moore - has revealed her 13-month-old daughter Willow played bells and bass on her new album.

The Raise Your Glass singer is due to release The Truth About Love as her sixth studio album in September, and says baby Willow features on two tracks.

"She plays bells on How Come You're Not Here and she plays bass on a song called Timebomb. She's actually quite talented for a 13-month-old," Pink told MTV News.

"There was a basket of shit, and she came over and pulled out the bells and started banging on them, and I was like, 'Record it!' And then she went up to the bass guitar on Timebomb and started plucking away.

Baby got skills

So does Willow get her musical talents/violent tendencies from her mum?

"She's actually pretty good! She's better on bass than I am! She plays piano, she bangs shit, she's either going to be violent or a percussionist... or a violent percussionist."

Pink's new album The Truth About Love is due for release 17 September.

And the album's lead single Blow Me (One Last Kiss) is available to download 19 August.

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Tulisa's sex tape ex MC Ultra's new single Have You Ever

He's the man behind Tulisa Contostavlos' sex tape scandal, but MC Ultra certainly hasn't let the recent court case stand in the way of his blossoming...ish... music career.

MC Ultra - real name Justin Edwards - has released his new single Have You Ever, and here's the video for you to marvel at. Or Not.

The 28-year-old ex-boyfriend of X Factor's Tulisa sings: "Have you ever loved somebody so much that your heart aches?" while kicking back wit h a ladyfriend in the music video. Oh, he also spends some time pouring booze down bikini-clad babes' throats.

Let's be honest; the song's not great is it?

But what do you think - will you be rushing out to buy this musical treat?

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Original Sugababes confirm reunion and reveal new name: Mutya Keisha Siobhan

The original members of Sugababes have announced they're getting back together.

Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy have confirmed plans to release a new album later this year. They've also revealed the name of their new band.

Wait for it…

It's Mutya Keisha Siobhan.

How did they manage to come up with that?

The big reveal

The girls took to Twitter earlier today to break the exciting news.

"Dear tweeters ive been trying my best to keep this one on the DL haha @mutyabuena @siobhandonaghy @mksofficial," Keisha revealed.

"It's been killing us to keep it secret any longer! @keisha_buchanan @MutyaBuena," Siobhan added.

"@siobhandonaghy @keisha_buchanan I think we should tell the world. WE'RE BACK!!! @MKSofficial" said Mutya.

Harmonies

The three-piece who originally got together in 1998, admitted that they had a little work to do on their harmonies, seeing as they haven't performed together since they were 16-years-old.

Their debut single Overload won them a BRIT Award for Best Single.

"The first time we sang in a room together and worked out our harmonies and sang them together was recording a song called Too In Love," Siobhan told Popjustice.

Keisha added: "It was the first time we'd sang together since we were 16 years old. To be honest with you it wasn't an instant thing. When we were younger we gelled straight away, but we had to learn to blend with each other again.

"It was so special to be excited about hearing our voices together, and being excited about our music. On my days off I'd go home and I'd listen to the tracks. I'd be like, 'I'm really enjoying this'. I just enjoyed our music."

Hands up who's excited about this pop reunion!

(Our hands are up by the way.)

Follow Mutya Keisha Siobhan on Twitter.
Sugababes - Overload by johan_

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This week's heat film reviews - The Dark Knight Rises, Lola Versus and The Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best

This week the heat team grabbed their popcorn and Minstrels and headed to the pictures to watch the three biggest releases in Moviesville over the past seven days - The Dark Knight Rises; starring Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway, Lola Versus; starring Greta Gerwig and The Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best; starring Ryan O'Nan.

Here's what we thought:

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The Dark Knight Rises

STARRING: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan (CERT 12A, 164 minutes)

The plot: For his final, trilogy-ending Batman picture, director Christopher Nolan pushes events eight years beyond The Dark Knight. Thanks to a major empowerment of law enforcement, organised crime is in abeyance, and both Bruce Wayne (Bale) and his caped alter ego have retired from public life. But when the psychotic Bane (Hardy) unleashes war on Gotham, Batman returns to the fray. Along the way he tangles with cat burglar Selina Kyle (Hathaway), romances Wayne Industries board member Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard) and inspires plucky cop John Blake (Gordon-Levitt), who grew up in an orphanage funded by Wayne’s charitable foundation.

What’s right with it? The movie starts with a bang via a spectacular aerial segmen t establishing Bane as a highly resourceful foe, and later hits warp speed again after he takes control of Gotham, blowing up its bridges, blocking its tunnels, and unleashing underclass resentment against the city’s pampered elites. It’s astonishing to see this cautionary tale about the perils of widening inequality unfold within a mega-budget blockbuster.

What’s wrong with it? After the whiz-bang curtain-raiser, the first hour seems unnecessarily complicated, talky and weighed down by the burden of respecting the trilogy’s overall story arc.

Verdict: Hot on the heels of the mind-spinning Inception, Nolan once again proves himself as the writer-director most capable of taking the Hollywood blockbuster into surprising and audacious directions. You’d be crazy to miss it. 4/5 @charlesgant
 

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Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris forced to defend US remake

We were quite excited when we saw the arrival of the trailer for the US version of one of our favourite shows, The Inbetweeners. However it seems as though our initial enthusiasm for the revamp is not shared by die-hard fans who have slated the US's efforts, provoking UK creator
Iain Morris to jump to its defence.

After reading some of the negative comments, Iain felt the need to address the US trailer haters with his diplomatic tweet, saying,

'I'm not going to comment on the American Inbetweeners a lot because I have to use Twitter for more interesting things like complaining, but the pilot director, Taika Waititi, has made consistently funny TV shows … Damon [Beesley] and I didn't have a lot to do with it because we w anted it to be different and American, and it is, I think in a positive way.'

As huge fans of the show and film we were interested to see how Taika would portray the cheeky chaps in the upcoming show. We admit certain areas such as Will's frustrated demeanor or Simon's statuesque, Bryll Cream ridden hair do' may not be too hard to imitate, however some fans have been discussing how smooth the cross-over of the original's more graphic, crude elements might fair over in the States. After seeing the trailer, some of the commenter's labeled Taika's effort as 'tame' and a slushy 'romcom'. Iain is adamant that fans shouldn't "pre-judge", he continued,

'The original will always exist. Always. Never going away…You might like it, you might hate it, but don't pre-judge it…Lastly, I know people are only angry about the US Inbetweeners cos they love the UK one, which is amazing really, and honestly appreciated.'

What do you heatworld citizens think? Are you going to tune in and hope for the best, or are you optimistic that the revamped American version will be just as hilarious? Get your comments in.

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Pink and Lily Allen to collaborate!

It's going to be an exciting year for former singer and designer Lily Allen. Not only is the star pregnant with her second baby, but she's revisiting her musical roots and collaborating with one of our favourite rockers, Pink!

Lily has always played down any return to her singing career, opting for a quiet life in the country with her now husband Sam Cooper. However it seems as though Lily couldn't keep away for long and reportedly snapped up the opportunity to feature on Pink's new album, The Truth About Love. In a recent interview, Pink revealed,

"For the last 14 years, everyone has said no. But this album, everyone said yes…I think that's because people think I've softened. I think people maybe think I bite!"

The new album will be the sing er's sixth collection, to be released on September 17th, and Lily isn't the only starlet lending a musical hand to the star's effort, as Pink has also revealed that her daughter Willow also has an input playing bells and bass on two tracks. The star later confessed,

"She's  actually pretty good! She's better on bass than I am! She plays piano, she bangs s**t, she's,she's actually quite talented for a 13-month-old…She came over and pulled out the bells and started banging on them, and I was like, 'Record it!' And then she went up to the bass guitar on 'Timebomb' and started plucking away."

 

Both Pink and Lily have taken time out of their careers to concentrate on motherhood, but this time they could be back with packing plenty of punch, but as Pink swears, no bite.

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The Only Way Is Essex preview: Lucy and Mario vs Sam and Joey

The Only Way Is Essex wouldn't be the same without a healthy dollop of drama – and you can expect plenty from the first episode in the new series.

Where there's a TOWIE party there's always an argument, and Lucy Mecklenburgh and Mario Falcone's engagement party is no exception.

Lucy and Mario come face-to-face with Joey Essex and Sam Faiers and it doesn't go well.

"You were my friend. And what you are doing now is completely ruining that." says Lucy to Sam Faiers. "Thanks for ruining our engagement party."

It's girl vs girl and boy vs boy as Mario goes on to row with Joey and Lucy with Sam.

Lydia loves Tom

On a happier note, Lydia Bright is all loved up with Tom! Awww. She tells Lucy, "He is so amazing Luce, he is just romantic and puts so much thought into everything. Luce he is literally like perfect, and I love him and he is so like beautiful."

Continues Lydia, "He obviously knew I had quite a lot of trust issues from my previous relationship. And before I could have any issues he banished all possibilities."

And Debbie loves Tom, too!

And it's not just Lydia who is smitten with Tom, her mum Debbie is a big fan, too. "I just absolutely adore him he is just lovely."

Sorry, Arg. But then, you've got Gemma now.

The Only Way Is Essex, ITV2, Sunday at 10pm

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