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Robert Pattinson is taking the indie route this month with a starring role in Remember Me, a potentially sweet little love story set in New York City during the summer of 2001. In playing the film’s heartthrob, Tyler Hawkins, the dreamy Brit not only proves that he can play something other than a tortured vampire, but also -- thoughtfully -- is helping fans survive the endless drought between installments of the Twilight franchise.

Remember Me, which opens today, allows Pattinson some room to breathe that his role in Twilight inherently stifles (hint: no one dies when he gets naked!). Yet, while his role as Tyler is undeniably human, the wealthy, brooding writer isn’t so dissimilar from Twilight’s Edward Cullen. Like Edward, Tyler carries the weight of the world on his pale, alluring shoulders, thanks to a family tragedy that has strained relations with his father, Charles Hawkins (Pierce Brosnan). He also suffers from a barely-contained sense of rage, which, like the disrobing, is nice to see unleashed for a change. Unlike the impervious Cullen character, the dashing, scruffy Tyler is prone to bursts of violence that get him in big, mortal-style trouble behind bars.

You gotta pay people for their work, RiRi! Personal trainer Cindy Percival filed a lawsuit against Rihanna for allegedly owing her $26,144.14 in unpaid wages from last year. Cindy claims she was hired for "exclusive personal training services" that cost $1,500 per day! Apparently Cindy wasn't paid for two weeks between September and October of 2009. Furthermore she's asking for $2,644.14 in travel expenses since she went to Europe to train Rihanna on location. If this is all true, it sounds like Princess RiRi is going to have to pay up!


In related news, Rihanna's "Rude Boy" single is climbing the chart. Yet  GuyanaX is so now please with where her recent music style is going.

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Trinidad fete and concert promoter Roy Maharaj after he failed to appear at the highly anticipated 'Re-generation' concert on Boxing Day, two years ago.

The reason given then by US booking agent, Troy Byam, for the no-show, was that United States Immigration officers had retained several passports belonging to Ne-Yo (real name Shaffer Smith) and members of his entourage.

The concert was originally scheduled to take place on December 26, 2008 but the show-date was changed to December 27 due to 'inclement weather forecasts'.

When Ne-Yo failed to show, the performance was rescheduled to April 11, 2009.

Byam, who booked Ne-Yo for the event, said then that the postponement

Lil Wayne started serving his year-long prison sentence this week for weapons possession, but don’t think he’s getting any special treatment in the big house. Wayne has been ordered not to sign autographs for his fellow inmates during his stay at the Rikers Island correctional facility, lest you think he was offering up signatures to avoid becoming someone’s prison wife.

A rep from the Correction Officer’s Benevolent Association explained, saying  ”Lil Wayne is not a celebrity in here.” So folks, if you’ve noticed an abundance of paraphernalia with a Riker’s logo and Lil Wayne’s autograph floating around on eBay, consider yourself lucky, there’s a limited quantity to go around.  [Photo: Getty Images]

The reigning Miss Guyana Universe, 20 year old Janelle Cox is pregnant and may be forced to give up her crown before she is stripped of the title. Janelle who captured the title last June represented Guyana at the Miss Universe pageant in The Bahamas.

News of the pregnancy was first reported by the local entertainment programme "in da mix" which is aired on HJTV.

According to "in da mix" the beauty queen is 2 months pregnant and is receiving the support of her family and close friends. Pageant organizers only learnt of the pregnancy when the story broke on the tv show. The same night the beauty queen attended a prize giving ceremony for the local pageant and the organizers had very little to say to her.

The Miss Guyana Queen is said to be happy with the pregnancy and is prepared for all the talk and scrutiny that is sure to follow. She is the first Miss Guyana Queen to become pregnant during her reign.

Close friends say the beauty queen will only be celebrating woman hood and they do not believe she should lose her title or be forced to give it up because of the pregnancy. Janelle is also engaged and though there is no talk right now about a wedding, her fiance is said to be very supportive right now.

The pregnancy could cause a major headache for pageant organizers as they

DEEJAY Sean Paul not only has a mix tape but is charting on Billboards Hot 100 from a collaboration with new British R&B singer Jay Sean.

Sean's Do You Remember which also features a third artiste, Lil Jon, peaked at 10 on the Hot 100 Billboard charts and currently charts at 27. The single is not only getting chart success but is getting underground plays as it is featured on the Jamaican's 19 track mix- ape -- The Odyssey.

Sean told Billboard.com that the collaboration evolved from "messing around in the studio" and realising that a deejay would fit the track. A week later, he met Paul at the VMA Awards and both artistes exchanged numbers upon agreeing to do the collaboration.

"Two days later, I sent the song to him and he sent it back and it was done," Sean told Billboard.

It is Jay Sean's second top 10 following his charting at one on the Hot 100 with the single, Down.

Paul's mix tape features released and unreleased tracks with artistes including Jigzag, Chi Chinching, Sean Kingston, Chris Brown, Wayne Marshall, Chino, Farenheit, Busy Signal and Busta Rhymes.

President and CEO of Universal Music Group Distribution, Jim Urie, cannot get enough of Busy Signal's cover of the Phil Collins hit 'One More Night'.  Urie was so impressed by the cover that he has added the single to his annual compilation album.

At the end of each year Urie releases a double CD album with his favorite songs from various genres and his 2009 compilation features 'One More Night' by ace dancehall deejay Busy Signal. "When I saw the album and saw the song listed, I couldn't believe, the song really gone universal", said Signal. The video for the single was released three weeks ago and has been receiving steady rotation on local TV stations. In addition, the song has been added to several charts both locally and overseas.

Signal is busy in Jamaica completing the finishing touches on his soon to be released album, before heading off on another successful tour.

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After all the dust has settled for the nation's 40th Republic anniversary from Church Street to the National Park, Banks DIH and Digicel are the major prize winners for the 2010 costume float parade competitions.

Banks DIH got four first place spots for the best individual King that presented the majesty of the Banks Beer, Best full costume large band than numbered in excess of 200 and best Semi costume band which featured about 300 revelers. That company also won the commercial floats top prize. Additionally Banks DIH also copped two third place prizes in the individual female and queen categories.  

Digicel captured three first place spots in the individual male, female and Queen categories as well as one third in the Large full costumes band for their Pollination presentation the featured the Humming Bird, the Honey bee and  the Hibiscus flower all designed by Olympia Sonnoram.

Carib Beer copped three third place spots for individual female, male and

Melissa 'Vanilla' Roberts age 27 has copped the Road March queen making it her third hold on the title.  This is the official results out of the Mash Secretariat which state that her song 'High' was the most played along the Mashramani route on February 23. Prior she had won the title in 2007 when she sang 'Queen of the band' then again in last year and this year.

This was her 4th year in the competition but she only missed the title by one point in 2008 when Big Red won with 'on the road again.'

Her song high came up against fifteen others including Jumo's 'in de air' and Bones-man's 'Mashramani time is we own'.

Vanilla  also placed  second in the soca monarch competition as she had done last year with rude and said that she will certainly be going up for the title of soca monarch next year as well as going for a three-pete.
 
Two weeks from now Vanilla's fans can look forward to yet another scorching video from her.  She will be releasing a video for her single titled "Pressure". She expressed gratitude to all her supporters and said "I could not have done it with out you the fans."