CELEBRITIES WEIGH-IN WITH REVIEWS FOR "BURLESQUE"

Still from Burlesque

Although these sources are v. one-sided, here is what some notable names are Tweeting about Burlesque, which premiered last night at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Author @jackiejcollins: "Saw BURLESQUE. It is one long great looking video! Cher is of course amazing."

Heiress and Reality TV Star @KhloeKardashian: "OMG!!! Wow!! I can't say one bad thing about Burlesque! That was amazing! Congrats to all the amazing dancers, actors, singers!"

Access Hollywood Personality Shaun Robinson @ShaunsSanctuary: "Just saw special screening of BURLESQUE with Cher and Christina Aguilera. Loved the dance numbers and Christina can BLOW!"

Actress @JaneFonda: "I had a really good time at Burlesque."

@BoyGeorge: "I saw a preview of Cher's new movie with Christina Aguilera called Burlesque, looks interesting".

Just another week to go before release....  Let me see you Burlesque!

REVIEW: MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS INTL - RECORD COLLECTION

Mark Ronson, what happened? After much anticipation for his third studio album Record Collection, I am hard-pressed to find just one track I like genuinely off the set - which is odd considering how fantastic his last effort Version was. Perhaps it's the lack of coherency which can occur on an album filled to the brim with "featured" billings or it's the more minimalistic production here, but Record Collection isn't quite what I was expecting.

First single Bang Bang Bang (ft. MNDR and Q-Tip) which ventures back a bit to the ghettos of New York City in the late '80s and second release The Bike Song (ft. Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock) revisits the psychadelic '60s; both have garnered lukewarm response only. Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters)-penned You Gave Me Nothing is a bit like of an homage to Pet Shop Boys and melodically is heads and shoulders above others on the set. It features the vocals Andrew Wyatt and Rose Elinor Dougall of The Pipettes, who surface throughout the album in this teaming of friends at the studio.  

Glass Mountain (ft. D'Angelo) is a surprise collaboration which on paper should be really exciting, but amounts in a jarring sequence of synth loops and soulful wailing; a lacklustre experiment. Introducing The Business (ft. Pill and London Gay Men's Choir) could have been a wonderfully fun collaboration, but alas it falls flat in its own introspective moodiness, as does Somebody to Love Me (ft. Boy George and Andrew Wyatt). Title track Record Collection (ft. Simon LeBon of Duran Duran and Wiley) has some semblance of a melody and a hook but alas, is uninspired.