Scarlett Johansson - Johansson Fears Album Backlash From Waits

Actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON is desperate to launch her album of TOM WAITS covers - because she's anxious for the singer/songwriter's approval.

Johansson, 23, will make her album debut with a compilation of The Downtown Train singer's hits when her record Anywhere I Lay My Head is released in the U.S. next week (20May08).

The album will feature vocals from David Bowie - who has praised her musical talents - but Johansson admits she has yet to receive approval from Waits himself.

She tells the New York Post, "When I was presented with the idea, the ultimate goal was to not get chased down by Tom Waits and get my ass beat in a bar.

"I've heard from people who are friends with him that he's very pleased with it. He's been really supportive - not from the sidelines, but from a far, far distance.

"It was constantly in the back of my mind that if we did something Tom Waits hated, he'd come at me with a hammer."

Waits, 58, announced his own U.S. tour in an online press conference earlier this month (07May08).

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Sam Sparro and The Zutons added to this summer's Ibiza Rocks

Further acts have been added to this year's Ibiza Rocks bill.

The likes of Sam Sparro and The Zutons are joining , Reverend And The Makers, Pendulum and We Are Scientists.

The season kicked off with The Enemy playing a gig at the newly launched Ibiza Rocks Hotel on May 31 with One Night Only and Metronomy performing tonight (June 24).

The rest of the gigs will take place at various secret locations around the island.

This year's Ibiza Rocks line up so far is as follows:

One Night Only, Metronomy (June 24)
The Wombats, The Mystery Jets (July 1)
The Fratellis, support TBC (8)
We Are Scientists, support TBC (22)
Sam Sparro, support TBC (29)
Reverend And The Makers, support TBC (August 12)
Soulwax Nite Versions, 2 Many DJ's (26)
The Zutons, support TBC (September 2)
Pendulum, support TBC (September 9)

For more information go to ibizarocks.com.




Jun 27, 2008 at Dalby Forest, Pickering -
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Jul 16, 2008 at Somerset House, London -
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Police won't question Olsen about Ledger

The New York City Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly, has said that Mary-Kate Olsen will not be questioned by detectives about Heath Ledger's death.
"There's absolutely no indication investigators were going to speak to Mary-Kate Olsen," Kelly said at a news conference, echoing a previous statement by police officials.
He continued: "They determined that they had all the info needed from witnesses who were on scene: the cleaning woman and the masseuse."
Ledger's masseuse, Diana Wolozin, found his body on Tuesday 22 January in his Manhattan apartment when she arrived for an appointment she had with the she had with the 'Brokeback Mountain' star.
Police have said Wolozin made three calls to Olsen before dialling 911 for help and then phoned the 21-year-old actress a fourth time after paramedics arrived.
At some point during the calls Olsen, who was in California, summoned her personal security guards to the apartment to help, police have said.
She has not spoken publicly about the calls and has only said: "Heath was a friend. His death is a tragic loss. My thoughts are with his family during this very difficult time."

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