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Miley’s Billboard

Miley Cyrus is featured on the cover of the new issue of Billboard. She talks about a lot of things like Vanity Fair, fans being shut out of her last tour, Hannah Montana, acting in a flick not related to Disney or Hannah Montana, on being a role model, but the most interesting part for [...]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

No Pussycat Dolls for Nashville

The country version of American Idol, Nashville Star, wanted the Pussycat Dolls to perform on Monday’s show but they instead wound up with their lingerie-clad, gyrating, girl group clone Danity Kane. Sources say that, as of last Thursday, PCD confirmed that they would perform on the show as part of that night’s ‘Pop Goes Country’ [...]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Avril Cheats

Avril Lavigne’s fans are shamelessly cheating their way to the top! My most hated Canadian singer’s fans are deceptively working to drive the video for ‘Girlfriend’ to YouTube’s most watched top spot – the #1 most viewed video of all time. The top spot currently belongs to the ‘History of Dance’ clip. Avril fans [...]

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Kate Voegele Goes on Tour

Singer/musician Kate Voegele recently stopped by MTV’s Total Request Live at the MTV Times Square Studios in New York City on Monday. The 21-year old is currently signed on to MySpace Records which is distributed by Interscope Records. Her debut album ‘Don’t Look Away’ was released in May of last year. Her band [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Wino is Really Sick

Amy Winehouse may have gotten out of the hospital on Monday but not before she got diagnosed with emphysema. Wino’s date talked to the press about the severity of her illness saying “The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Heidi Montag’s Tears

Fashion…seems like it would be something Heidi Montag would know a lot about.  Instead, it’s a pile of garbage.
Heidi’s single was pre-released…leaked…whatever you want to call it….and most response to it has been negative.  The vocals are ridiculously synthesized.
Umm, so maybe that’s why she’s crying….

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Timbaland now married

Timbaland got married again at the weekend. The record producer – who officially tied the knot with long-term partner Monique Idlett earlier this month – had a lavish ceremony yesterday in the Caribbean island of Aruba in front of hundreds of guests.
An onlooker said: “It was a beautiful day and it confirmed their love for [...]

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Rihanna Joins Up with Alicia Keys

Rihanna was spotted looking mighty beautiful as she left Madison Square Garden on Wednesday in New York City. The 20-year old R&B singer and Ne-Yo were special guests who joined the lineup for the night on Alicia Keys’ ‘As I Am’ tour. It’s most likely that the duo performed their hit ‘Hate that I Love [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

MTV Under Attack

Some people are really pissed at MTV. Reports are saying that the MTV offices in Mumbai, India had its windows smashed with rocks, banners torn and some furniture damaged on Monday. 70 Sikh protesters reportedly targeted the office because they found MTV posters for a show which featured a Sikh girl massaging a man [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Amy Winehouse in hospital for weeks?

Amy Winehouse could be kept in hospital ‘for weeks’ in a bid to get her off drugs. The troubled singer’s family are reportedly set to do ‘whatever it takes’ to get Amy clean and she may even be detained without her permission.
The 24-year-old star has been in hospital since Monday after collapsing at home and [...]

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Lenny Kravitz: Interior Designer

Last week, The Setai, a luxury hotel/residence in Miami Beach, announced the opening of The Setai Recording Studio – a state of the art digital and analog recording facility created by Kravitz Design Inc. The president of which is none other than rocker Lenny Kravitz. Of the project, the singer said “In building The Setai [...]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Justin Timberlake’s package too big!

Justin Timberlake’s ‘package’ was digitally altered in new movie ‘The Love Guru’ - because it was too big. The film’s director, and Justin’s co-star, Mike Myers revealed the ‘SexyBack’ singer left cast and crew stunned when he stepped on to set in a pair of tight Speedo swimming trunks which left nothing to the imagination. [...]

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Jonas Brothers Premiere

The Jonas Brothers looked picture perfect when they showed up at the premier of their new TV movie ‘Camp Rock’ on Wednesday in New York City. The Disney Channel original movie will premiere on The Disney Channel on Friday, June 20. 18-year old Joe plays the male protagonist of the film Shane Gray. He is [...]

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Mariah Carey Films in Hawaii

Nick Cannon got to touch his wife Mariah Carey’s lovely curves to help her dry off after she shot her ‘I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time’ music video at the O’ahu Sealife Park in Hawaii on Monday. The video is for the curvaceous diva’s third single off her new album ‘E=MC²’. Rapper TI will be [...]

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

David Cook Rocks National Anthem

He may be the American Idol, but David Cook isn’t over his nerves yet. Not even after a season of facing Simon!
Of singing in front of a packed house at an NBA Playoff game, David says, “The nerves are way worse. It’s the one song you don’t want to mess up. I’m [...]

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Carrie Underwood is Uncouth

American Idol champion Carrie Underwood is featured on the cover of the July 2008 issue of Cosmopolitan. While we all see the very cute and lovable side of the singer, she reveals that she can be very much unladylike. Carrie says “I don’t consider myself sexy…I’m kind of a nervous person in general. I’m socially [...]

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Gwen Stefani having hard time

Gavin Rossdale says his wife Gwen Stefani finds pregnancy “tough”. Gwen, who already has a two-year-old son Kingston with the rocker, has been feeling very tired as she copes with the demands of expecting her second child.
He said: “It was difficult at first. Gwen really wasn’t well and it was tough for her. She was [...]

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Taylor Swift Signs on with Miley Cyrus

As if Miley Cyrus playing Hannah Montana isn’t sweet enough, country cutie Taylor Swift has signed on to be in Hannah Montana: The Movie as well.
Taylor says, “I’m making a cameo, so I’m so excited about that. I’m playing one of my own songs and just in the background of one of the scenes. [...]

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding is to go solo.

Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding is to go solo.
The blonde singer has sparked further rumors the group are to disband after confirming she is collaborating with nu-ravers Filthy Dukes for the soundtrack of forthcoming film ‘Wild Child’.
A friend of the star said: “She was thrilled to be approached and recognized as a singer in her [...]

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Alanis Morissette and her Humps

She has never talked about it before but that’s all changing now. Alanis Morissette became an internet sensation when she decided to do a piano-only version of the Black Eyed Peas’ ‘My Humps’. She even made a parody video for it which has been seen on YouTube by almost 15 million people. When it first [...]

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Tori Amos drops Epic

Major labels dropping artists is commonplace, but being original Tori has dropped her label, Epic, instead. She is taking the independent route for her following album which is expected next Spring.
Tori posted the following statement, about the split and her future, to her website:
“This is an exciting time. There will be many ways in [...]

Friday, June 6th, 2008

MIA is Doing an Oprah

Singer and Marc Jacobs model MIA was paid a good amount of money to perform at an MTV Movie Awards after-party that took place on Sunday. People got to talking when she revealed at the event how much she was paid to perform and what she plans to do with the money. During her performance, [...]

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Britney Spears to appear in Pussycat Dolls video

Britney Spears is to make an appearance in the new Pussycat Dolls video.
The troubled singer was spotted in Burbank, California, yesterday meeting up with the girl group, who are shooting the promo for ‘When I Grow Up’ there. An insider said: “She is doing a cameo in their new video shoot today.”
Britney once appeared with [...]

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Pete shambles, Amy whines

Toxic twins Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse lived up to their shambolic reputations at the weekend and short-changed fans.
The gaunt-looking frontman infuriated a festival audience in France by coming off stage 20 minutes early.
Amy performed little better in Portugual. She fled the Rock In Lisboa fest two thirds of the way through her set – [...]

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Ashlee Simpson Cancels

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s CD ‘Bittersweet World’ continues to bomb in record sales. As a reflection of that, the singer just cancelled four shows on her upcoming summer tour. There has been no official statement given regarding the cancellation but people are chalking it up to poor ticket sales. The shows that were cancelled were on June [...]

Sunday, June 1st, 2008