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Which artist is the most played in the UK during the last decade, according to a poll compiled by PPL for BBC Radio 2?

Which artist is the most played in the UK during the last decade, according to a poll compiled by PPL for BBC Radio 2?

Which artist is the most played in the UK during the last decade, according to a poll compiled by PPL for BBC Radio 2?
1. Which Indian film among these will be screened at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival to be held from May 12 to 23, 2010?
Vikramaditya Motwane's Udaan
Mahesh Manjrekar’s Parel Lalbaug
Dibakar Banerjee’s Love, Sex Aur Dhokha
 
Set in Jamshedpur, Bihar, Udaan, about a father and son, will be screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes festival. The film, starring popular TV actors Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor, has been produced by Anurag Kashyap and Sanjay Singh.
 
2. ‘Aaj toh apna bad luck hi kharab hai.’ Which Hindi film is this dialogue from?
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
Golmaal (2006)
 
The story revolves around two conmen Amar (Aamir Khan) and Prem (Salman Khan) who want to get rich in a jiffy. The comedy, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, also stars Karisma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon in the lead roles. The film has achieved cult status among urban Indian audiences.
 
3. Which Indian actor and film-maker is the recipient of the prestigious 'Phalke Ratna' award this year?
Dev Anand
Amitabh Bachchan
Manoj Kumar
 
The Phalke Ratna award has been instituted by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy. It is presented on April 30, the birth anniversary of the father of the Indian film industry. Earlier Phalke Ratna award recipients include Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar, BR Chopra, and Manoj Kumar.
 
4. Which artist is the most played in the UK during the last decade, according to a poll compiled by PPL for BBC Radio 2?
The Beatles
Madonna
Robbie Williams
 
The Beatles came in at number two in the chart, while the Sugababes were the only group in the chart to have emerged in the past decade. Hit singles from albums Like A Virgin (1984) and True Blue (1986) gained Madonna global recognition.
 
5. Abu Dhabi's twofour54 channel has partnered with which channel to develop Arabic animation projects in the Gulf emirate?
Fox Entertainment Group’s Fox News Channel
Time Warner’s Cartoon Network
Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group’s Disney Channel
 
The deal will include opening Cartoon Network development and production studios at twofour54 and a training academy. The first phase of Cartoon Network's UAE operations, including the academy and development studios, will launch in September, and production studios will follow in early 2011.
 
6. Which international channel won exclusive basic cable rights to HBO's Sex and the City recently?
Time Warner’s TBS channel
News Corporation’s STAR World
E! Entertainment Television’s Style Network
 
Parent company Comcast Entertainment Group has acquired exclusive basic cable rights to HBO's Sex and the City, giving both channels rights to all six seasons of the series which comprises 94 episodes. The networks, which will start airing the show in January, also get some broadband, wireless, and VOD rights. Comcast also acquired rights to the Sex and the City movie, which will premiere on E! in July 2012.
7. The Vatican has finally forgiven pop band The Beatles after the 1966 comment by one of its members claiming the band was "bigger than Jesus". Who is the Beatle in question?
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
 
The Vatican's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano absolved the British group of its excesses involving "drugs and blasphemy" in a front-page article recently. The church forgave The Beatles on the 40th anniversary of their break-up as the article said “dozens of bands had been inspired by them and groups still produce cover versions of their songs" and that their “long-lasting phenomenon would remain music history".
 
8. Rapper Eminem will release his new album on June 21. What is its name?
'Recovery'
'Relapse 2'
'Relaid'
 
The album features collaborations with DJ Khalil, Just Blaze, Jim Jonsin and Boi-1da. Eminem had originally planned a Relapse 2 as a sequel to Relapse, but as the music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, he decided the album deserved its own title.
 
9. Which Hollywood actress will portray the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in an upcoming movie about the John F Kennedy assassination?
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sandra Bullock
Rachel Weisz
 
The film, titled Jackie, is being produced and directed by Weisz's fiancé Darren Aronofsky. It revolves around John F Kennedy’s wife's life just four days since the time he was assassinated till his burial.
 
10. Which music artist has received 15 World Music Awards, the most for any male artist?
Michael Jackson
50 Cent
Rod Stewart
 
Jackson was awarded the Diamond Award on November 15, 2006, for selling over 100 million albums, at the World Music Awards. Jackson died on June 25, 2009, from a drug overdose amidst preparations for his This Is It concert series.

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