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Sasha these days known no longer as Alex is filled with music rather than swimming

Other girls like Sasaha such as the Arctic Monkeys and fellow singer Sandi Thom are spearheading a new wave of cyperspace superstars. From the garage to cyberspace Last year, even though she had a record deal, Allen uploaded tracks she had written on to community website MySpace. Her fanbase began swapping her songs.

By the time her debut single, Smile was released in the UK, there was such a buzz the record rocketed to No.1. Her album Alright, Still peaked at No.2. In Australia, the album debuted this week at No.7. LILY Allen says that she didn't choose to be a poster girl for the internet generation.

Australia's answer to Gus Van Sant found when you hit rock bottom the only way is up.
In 2003, 18-year-old Murali K. Thalluri received a video suicide note from a friend two days after her death. ... Six months down the track he tried to take his own life. His health was poor. His chronic kidney problems were now compounded by injuries from a vicious gang attack, which left him blind in one eye. He dreaded returning to hospital. He had just broken up with his girlfriend. Also the commerce student wasn't exactly riveted by his job at the Australian Taxation Office. Choose life  

Like Media Dragon - Apple is always different: Hans Canosa’s “Conversations with Other Women” tackles an age-old theme: What would you do if you had a second chance with someone you once loved? To adequately address the question, he had no choice but to split the screen and multiply the angles to show all sides of the conversation. Hans Canosa: Two-Way “Conversations”