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Madonna’s Bro Takes All the Credit

Like the backstabber that he is, he’s not going to give credit to anyone else but himself. As Christopher Ciccone left Mark’s in West Hollywood with one of Madonna’s former backup dancers, the Ciccone family Judas says that the Queen of Pop didn’t ghost write a single word of his money-grubbing book. Who’s going to [...]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Britney Spears MTV nomination

Britney Spears has received a nomination at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
The troubled singer - whose performance of ‘Gimme More’ was panned at last year’s ceremony - is up for the Best Female Music Video award for ‘Piece of Me’.
Britney will go head to head with Rihanna’s ‘Take a Bow’, Mariah Carey’s ‘Touch My [...]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Clay Aiken Writes for Unicef

UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken recently visited the East African countries of Somalia and Kenya where UNICEF provides children with health care, education, nutrition, clean water and sanitation. The 29-year old singer wrote a series of blogs detailing his experience in the field. In one of his posts, he says “Getting children back to school is [...]

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Katy Perry is Still on Top

I guess we can officially call Katy Perry’s hit single ‘I Kissed a Girl’ as the song of the summer as it is once again the number one song in America. Her single has been on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in a row now. Once again, Rihanna’s ‘Take a Bow’ [...]

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Jennifer Lopez training for triathlon

Jennifer Lopez is training for a triathlon. The ‘Jenny From The Block’ singer – who gave birth to twins Max and Emme in February - is exercising for two hours a day in preparation for the grueling event in October, which involves running, swimming and cycling.
She said: “I want my babies to be proud of [...]

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Mindy McCready’s Depression - Mindy McCready

Troubled country singer Mindy McCready has checked into rehab under the supposed influence of Dr. Phil. She is seeking treatment after an attempted suicide by chugging down some vodka and Ambien. It’s being said that she tried to take her life last week after suffering a miscarriage. According to an insider, the pregnancy was unplanned [...]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Leona Lewis’ Goodwill

British singing sensation Leona Lewis has just been named the Goodwill Ambassador for UK-Japan 2008 at the nomination ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday. UK-Japan 2008 has been conducted by the British embassy in Japan to mark the 150th anniversary of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce. When commenting on her new position, the [...]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Alanis Morissette on the Road

Alanis Morissette is taking a road trip as she is set to embark on a big three month tour across the US nd Canada beginning in September. The tour will kick off on September 18 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the Charlottesville Pavilion and will wrap up on November 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada at The [...]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Barenaked Ladies Cancel

The lead singer from the 90s band Barenaked Ladies was arrested two weeks ago for fourth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance which is said to be cocaine. The band’s official website stated “Steven has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and the validity of the charges against Steven will be strongly [...]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

No To Miley Cyrus

Disney should really think and work hard at replacing Miley Cyrus ASAP. Someone better take the throne as the new Disney tween queen from the ‘Hannah Montana’ star as it seems that people have had enough of her. The 15-year old has vowed to stay a virgin until marriage yet we still see all those [...]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

50 Cent Wins One

50 Cent finally wins one over his crazy baby mama Shaniqua Tompkins. The deranged ex, who blames the rapper for burning down his house where she was squatting, was keeping his son Marquise away from him. But now, a Long Island judge has granted 50 an unrestricted visit with his son from August 3 to [...]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Rihanna is a Fashion Muse

Rihanna was seen shopping up a storm with fashion designer twins Dean and Dan Caten of Dsquared2 in Milan on Tuesday morning. The day before that, the Barbadian singing sensation was also spotted shopping in a pretty yellow dress with her best friend Melissa and backup singers Ashleigh and Erica. Maybe she was looking for [...]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Lou Pearlman Owes More Money

Lou Pearlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison and he’s still running out of whatever luck he has left. The former boy band mogul was handed down a judgement of $297 million in losses to the people he defrauded. In addition to that, prosecutors are also demanding that he pay $127 million in interest [...]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Madonna’s Bro Explains Kabbalah

Christopher Ciccone, the author of the tell all book ‘Life With My SisterMadonna’ wrote an excerpt published in the UK’s The Mail on Sunday, explains the role of Kabbalah in his sister’s marriage. It was probably the only good thing he had to say. He explains that the so-called religion has actually kept his sister’s [...]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Michael Buble is Single

Canadian crooner Michael Buble and his girlfriend, British actress Emily Blunt, have ended their relationship. The singer has confirmed the split via his publicist. Rep Liz Rosenberg, the same one as Madonna’s, said “Sadly, after three years, they have parted ways. They are both extraordinary people with huge talent. Let’s wish them well.” I do [...]

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Miley’s Starz

Miley Cyrus was spotted grabbing a bite to eat at a Malibu restaurant with her mom Tish on Wednesday. In other Miley news, the ‘Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert’ will air on the Starz channel and Starz on Demand at 9PM EDT Saturday, July 26. Beginning on July 27 on [...]

Friday, July 11th, 2008

The Jonas Brothers Change for the Children

The Jonas Brothers are well known to be talented musicians and heartthrobs but they also happen to be big-hearted individuals who recently started their own charity to help kids. They say “We started The Change for the Children Foundation to support programs that motivate and inspire children to face adversity with confidence, determination and a [...]

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Jay-Z rings up $20k dinner bill

Jay-Z rung up a $20,000 dinner bill when treating his entourage to a slap-up meal in Paris this week. The big-spender took his 30-people strong crew to dinner at posh eaterie L’Avenue near the Champs De LLeyse to thank them for helping him make his Glastonbury gig last month so ‘historic’.
A source said: “Jay said [...]

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Faith Hill’s Early Christmas

Faith Hill is about to shower everyone with an early Christmas. The country sweetheart will be releasing her first Christmas album, entitled “Joy to the World”, of her 15-year career the album is set to drop on September 16 under Warner Bros. She says “I love everything about Christmas, and I have wanted to record [...]

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Lily Allen Reconciles

It looks like former lover Lily Allen and Chemical Brother Ed Simmons have found their way back together. A source cites Facebook as the authority over the matter which came out in a recent report. The two apparently updated they’re profiles to say that they’re in a relationship with one another. If you recall the [...]

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Amy Winehouse hits her OWN bodyguard

Amy Winehouse is at it again. Just hours after being accused of hitting a total stranger in a London pub, the hot-headed singer gives her OWN bodyguard a smack in the face.
The singer lashed out at the minder - paid to look after her - at the Good Mixer pub in Camden after a bar [...]

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Madonna and Guy Head to Church

Is Kabbalah service considered church? Anyways, even though stories have circulated saying that the pair was headed towards splitsville, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie were very much together as they headed out for a rainy Kabbalah meeting on Saturday.
They didn’t sit together once inside, though, but that could be explained. A source says, [...]

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Pete Wentz Talks Gym Class

Pete Wentz is a friend of the band Gym Class Heroes so it shouldn’t be a surprise that he has some comments on Travis McCoy’s arrest for assault. Pete says in his blog “you know what? you call my friend a “n_gger”, i dont even give a fuck what happens to you. i dont [...]

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Disturbing Rihanna

Rihanna was spotted wearing a weird feathery headpiece as she shot her new video for the song ‘Disturbia’ in Los Angeles earlier this week. The 20-year old Barbadian babe was also spotted wearing another strange, but very hot, outfit of tattered pieces of tartan in various colors, fishnet stockings and bright red pumps. If her [...]

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Definitely No Boy George for US

The US just won’t budge and has completely denied Boy George’s appeal for a work visa request to enter. As a result, the singer’s summer tour has been postponed until next year. In a statement, Boy George said “I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the [...]

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Heidi Montag Thinks She’s God

Do you remember when Paul McCartney said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ. Apparently Heidi Montag doesn’t because she totally compared herself to Him.
Heidi starts out by saying she has decided she wants to record a Christian album. I guess her other music isn’t sitting so well, She says her [...]

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Miley Cyrus Surprised Fundraiser Participants

She didn’t just surprise concert goers, but she shocked Nashville Star judge Jeffery Steele as well. The fundraiser was a concert for the Alex LeVasseur Fund, which was created by Steele to honor his son who died in an ATV accident in 2007, at only 13 years old.
Steele shocked the audience by introducing Billy [...]

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008