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Archive for June, 2007

French leader honours Streisand

American singer Barbra Streisand has received France’s highest civilian honour, two days after performing her first concert in the country.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented the star with the Legion of Honour at a ceremony in Paris.
“You are the America that we love,” said Sarkozy. “Women like you… do a lot to bring our two [...]

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Usher Announces He’s Going to Be a Dad

Usher is expecting bigger things than a new album the superstar announced Wednesday that he and fiancé Tameka Foster are expecting their first child together.
“We are extremely excited at this point in our lives planning our wedding and the joy that comes with expecting our first child together,” the couple said in a [...]

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Eeny-meeny-minie-mo!

Janet Jackson’s main squeeze Jermaine Dupri was spotted out at Parc in Hollywood on Monday night. He and a couple of his entourage were arguing about which set of wheels they were going to take. Dupri ended up driving into the sunset in a white Bentley.
If only all of us had the luxury of choosing [...]

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Bon Jovi’s Lost Finds No. 1

These days, Bon Jovi’s a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll and the biggest band around. After nearly a quarter-century together, the Garden State quintet landed its first chart-topping bow thanks with the country-infused Lost Highway. For the week ended Sunday, Lost Highway found its way to the top by selling 291,000 [...]

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Jackson memorabilia dispute continues

A battle over ownership of Michael Jackson memorabilia is headed back to a Nevada courtroom, where the King of Pop is seeking the return of items with held from an auction of family items.
Jackson’s sister, singer Janet Jackson, also is seeking the return of items held back during a May 30-31 memorabilia auction at the [...]

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

T.I., Ludacris’ Manager Get In Shoving Match At Industry Event

T.I. has been saying for months that sometimes he can be two people in one person’s body: A calm, cool, collected businessman who can mingle with Hollywood stars and fashion and music moguls at one minute, and then the kind of guy you’d see fighting outside a club.
Well, he wasn’t outside a club, but on [...]

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

‘It’s so exciting to sing outdoors’ - Björk

One of the rarest and visually spectacular shows lined up for Glastonbury this year is the return of Björk. Already picked out as the best set of the Coachella festival in California this April, her headlining performance on the Other Stage on Friday night promises female brass-band choirs, insane costumes and stunning projections underneath the [...]

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Madonna Loves Her Skin Cream

Madonna’s latest claim to fame has her raving about being totally hooked on some anti-wrinkle type Israeli skin creams. Everyone has heard Madonna talk about being a follower of Kabbalah and when her mentor introduced her to the cream she immediately gave it a try. Over the years she had done great at reinventing herself [...]

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

The Icky Thump Records store opened again!

The Icky Thump Records store opened Monday night at midnight to sell copies of the Stripes’ new album, with the first 500 customers receiving tickets for a special Wednesday White Stripes concert, taking place inside the store itself.
It’s been nearly seven months since Tower Records shuttered its doors…
Rumor has it that the White Stripes will [...]

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Motley Crue sues manager

The Dr. Feelgood band sued one of their managers Monday, claiming that Carl Stubner made business decisions with his own interests in mind and gave Lee bad career advice, which in turn tarnished the group’s image.
In the $20m lawsuit lodged at Los Angeles County Superior Court the band - Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars [...]

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Top Chart Singer Beyonce Shows Off

This no ordinary show off by the singer and mind you it was a revealing pose by the singer who was relaxing with boyfriend Jay-Z. She’s got the seventh best pair of legs in the pop business - and singer Beyonce usually takes every opportunity to show them off.
Beyonce revealed her refreshingly curvy figure on [...]

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Jessica Biel Justin’s tour

Jessica Biel has joined Justin’s European tour again.
Jessica, who recently visited Justin while he was performing in the UK, arrived in Amsterdam on Sunday (17.06.07), where the couple stayed at romantic five-star hotel The Dylan.
Justin and Jessica then traveled together to Sweden where they were spotted having dinner at Stockholm’s Lebanese restaurant Beirut Café [...]

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Ozzy named Mojo “icon”

Veteran rock star, Ozzy Osbourne triumphed at last night’s Mojo awards and was crowned icon of the year at the music prize ceremony.
Alice Cooper also joined the former vocalist of “Black Sabbath” in the row of winners after he was honored as a hero at the annual awards. The winners of the music ceremony are [...]

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Bon Jovi releasing new album

With the success with a country remake of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, which earned them the sole Grammy of their 25-year career, Bon Jovi is releasing the country-influenced album “Lost Highway” on Tuesday on Island Records. And nobody in the band seems sure what the reception will be [...]

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Rapper the Game rejects plea offer

West Coast rapper The Game, who was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer last year, rejected a Manhattan prosecutor’s offer Wednesday of a guilty plea for a sentence of time already served.
A guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge in exchange for the time he spent waiting to go to court would have ended [...]

Monday, June 18th, 2007

The White Stripes return with intimate UK gig

The White Stripes returned to the UK yesterday to play an intimate gig at the Rivoli Ballroom in south-east London.
Jack and Meg White had earlier played an acoustic set to a group of old-aged pensioners at the Royal Chelsea Hospital before heading over to the Rivoli for another show.
The band arrived on stage at [...]

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Mel C About Spice Girls Reunion

Mel C. (also known as Sporty Spice) has shed some light in the recent “Spice Girls are getting together” rumors. She told BBC that:
“For the first time ever, there is some truth in the rumors… it could happen.”
Previous statements pointed out that every spice girl agreed to reunite except Mel C. She might have just [...]

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Justin Timberlake and Duran Duran Unite

Pop star Justin Timberlake is set to do a collaboration with Duran Duran. It would be the second one and its purpose is to help the career revival of the legendary band. The previous collaboration was for Duran Duran’s track “Night Runner”. Now there are talks about a new song named “Falling Down”. Timberlake said:
“We’re [...]

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Paul McCartney’s Heather birthday

Sir Paul McCartney will spend his 65th birthday with estranged wife Heather Mills.
The Beatles’ legend has invited Heather to the intimate celebrations at his Peasmarsh estate next Monday (18.06.07).
A source told Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper: ”We are talking about a total and very quick transformation from a state of complete vitriol between the two of [...]

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Ono tells of the last night with Lennon

These are moving words that could well brings tears in the eyes of people who have followed and read about the life of Beatles singer and activist John Lennon. His wife has told the world of the last night that the two spent together before he was shot dead. Ono said, John Lennon wanted to [...]

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Stefani to sing for ‘No Doubt’ again

Singer, song writer Gwen Stefani is all set to sing for her old band ‘No Doubt’ once again. It so quite often happen that till the band or any other association is working together, the differences seem to large and the divide to big to remain a part of the association. Later in life we [...]

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Martin wants to reign on cool NYC parade

Grammy-winning pop star Ricky Martin, chosen as the king of this weekend’s 50th annual Puerto Rican Day parade, said he’s excited for the sea of revelers, but he hopes no one will get out of hand.
“The opportunity to share with many Puerto Ricans, remembering our island, and waving a sea of Puerto Rican flags will [...]

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Casting complete for Take That musical

Casting has been completed for the forthcoming Take That musical due to open in Cardiff on July 20th.
The producers of the show confirmed the cast and crew for the production, which will tour regionally in Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and Stoke before heading down for a London run.
Entitled Never Forget, the production includes a number of [...]

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

MJ Buys Eminem

We all remember Eminem’s “Just Lose It” hit in which at some point he made fun of Michael Jackson. Well, just like Timberlake’s song, what goes around comes back around. Famous Music LLC was just purchased by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. This is a company that is co-owned by the former king of Pop and it [...]

Friday, June 8th, 2007

Video shows Akon throwing fan

For the second time in a few months, a grainy fan video could land singer Akon trouble.
In the new video, shot sideways from what seems to be a cellular phone or digital camera, a fan who reportedly threw something at the singer is brought on stage, and then violently tossed back into the crowd by [...]

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Lavigne doesn’t mind telling a lie

Rock stars are a breed of creatures that know best when and where to break rules and tell a lie. How many times they wish to tell a lie is countless. Rock star Avril Lavigne has confessed that she just cannot tolerate anything standing in the way if her desires, and that she can even [...]

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

Minogue searching for the X factor

Danny Minogue is to become the latest judge on the talent search program - The X Factor.
Another new face on the ITV show will be Brian Friedman, a current panelist on the program Grease Is The Word.
They will replace Louis Walsh, who was ousted controversially from his post earlier this year alongside long-term presenter Kate [...]

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

American Idol Champ Jordin Sparks wants Chris Brown, Mario on debut

The sixth season of “American Idol” is all over — save the Idols Live Tour — and while most of the world struggles to find a new reason to live (Tuesdays and Wednesdays feel so empty), newly crowned champ Jordin Sparks faces a struggle of a different sort: trying to stay sane.
“This is so intense. [...]

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Inspiration behind Sgt Pepper’s songs

Inspiration for many things comes when you are the most loneliest and thinking about something beautiful. When such things are put to words or brush, the creation is at times something great that the artist has never done before. As the hit Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band celebrates the 40th anniversary of [...]

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Gwen Stefani’s drug warning

Gwen Stefani’s tour crew were warned to get rid of all drugs before crossing the border into Canada.
The “Wind It Up” singer performed in Atlantic City, the latest leg of her “The Sweet Escape Tour” on Sunday (May 27, 2007) and her crew were issued a stern warning about taking illegal substances across the border [...]

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007