Matt Lucas - Little Britain Star Matt Lucas Splits From Partner

Matt Lucas has separated from the partner he 'married' 18 months ago in a civil partnership ceremony.

The Little Britain actor and Kevin McGee were married at Home House, a London private members' club, in December 2006, with many celebrities in attendance.

But a statement issued on behalf of the pair has confirmed that after four-and-a-half years together, they have split amicably.

"It is with sadness that Matt and Kevin announce that their relationship has come to an end," said the statement from their legal representatives Mishcon de Reya and Withers LLP.

"Their separation is amicable.

"They ask the press to respect their privacy at this time and to exercise restraint in any reporting of this matter."

Guests such as comedian Paul O'Grady and EastEnders actors Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden attended Lucas and McGee's pantomime-themed civil partnership ceremony.

The couple held their reception at Banqueting House in Whitehall before a party at the Soho Revue Bar.

Lucas and his comedy partner David Walliams are currently developing an American version of Little Britain and are developing film projects with DreamWorks Studio and Working Title.


18/06/2008 14:50:51

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Michael Madsen Hospitalised For 'Mental Health' Problems

Michael Madsen was rushed to hospital this past weekend, after staff at a top London hotel became concerned for his mental health following fits of screaming and shouting from his room.

The actor, best known for his role as psychopath Mr Blonde in Resevoir Dogs, had been staying at the Dorchester hotel and checked in on Saturday with a woman believed to be his wife and his five-year old daughter.

A source told The Sun about the unnerving incident: “He was apparently totally out of it when he turned up. Then on Sunday afternoon there was a massive disturbance in his room.

“A guest complained that all hell was breaking lose. There was a lot of screaming and shouting and staff called the police. He had a furious row with his woman companion and it was feared they might hurt each other. An ambulance was called because of concerns for his mental health.

“Madsen looked wild-eyed and had lost the plot. He was not violent, but there were serious concerns about his behaviour.”

Groupa

   
Artist: Groupa

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 Av Bara Farten

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 12

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Incorporating modern instrumentation and imaginative extemporization, Groupa has taken a contemporary-minded advance to the folk music of Sweden. Led by lagger fiddle, viola and accordion player Mats Eden, the group has been at the head of the Swedish folk music revivification for more than two decades. While Rock'N'Reel magazine claims that Groupa "will challenge people's preconceptions of Swedish music", Roots World intimate that the band "achieves near perfection as they go further afield without leaving the ancient muse behindhand". In an early 1990s interview, Eden explained Groupa 's objective when he said, "each of us has in his own way been searching for unexampled means of expression within the range of traditional euphony. Having deep noesis of these old methods has tending us a ensure base from which to explore newfangled aesthetic possibilities".


Groupa's innovational level-headed has made them extremely popular in their fatherland. Their albums, Manskatt, released in 1991, and Imeland, released in 1996, received Swedish Grammy awards. In 1992, Eden was appointed "composer of the class" at the Musik Vid Siljian fete. Eden has balanced his participation with Groupa by playing with the Nordic Project and as a soloist.


Several other members of Groupa accept gone on to do with first-rate Swedish folk-rock bands. Lena Willemark and Ale Moller stay on to recreate with Frifot and the Nordan Project, a group that as well features Mats Eden. Lute and guitar participant Totte Mattson is a initiation fellow member of Hedningarna. Gustav Hylen performs with Hoven Droven.


The backbone of Groupa continues to be Mats Eden. A native of Varmland, Sweden, a small town near the border with Norway, Eden studied authorship at Musikhoyskole (the Norwegian Academy of Music) in Oslo. In 1979, Eden was named Riksspelman (master player).


Groupa went through a drastic personnel alteration, in 1990, when Matteson, Willemark and fipple pipe and basso clarinet role player Bill McChesney left hand the band. The stream mathematical group features Eden, flute and basso sax role player Jonas Simonson, keyboardist Rikard Astrom, percussionist Terje Tsungset and beautiful vocalist Sofia Karlsson.