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Despite some recent rumors and the fact that two of the Disney trio have decided to pursue solo careers, Joe Jonas came forward and announced that the Jonas Brothers will still remain on the bands list. This is what he said on the matter: “We are happy being a band, and it’s what we’ve always wanted to do. We are not breaking up. There’s no reason for us to do that.” Well, Nick Jonas has his solo project and Kevin Jonas is too busy being himself and acting, but even if all does not go well, Joe Jonas could just carry on with the band all by himself. And he wouldn’t even have to change its name… too much.

The guitarist from Kasabian has recently admitted that he believes Noel Gallagher might have a bit of Mexican blood in him. This is the reason Serge Pizzorno gave for his amazing discovery: “I think Noel might be part Mexican the he goes at tequila. Noel is very much a tequila man and moving from bar to bar – brilliant.” Amazing, isn’t it? Who would’ve thought that from knowing so little about Noel Gallagher Serge Pizzorno could deduce so much. He must really have a gift that man… Kasabian are probably very lucky to have him as their guitarist. They should really hold on to him because with his amazing powers of deduction they will probably be able to rule the world.

With all the time in the world in the palm of their hands, the inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines have learned another Michael Jackson routine – this time with some help. The King of Pop’s long time choreographer Travis Payne, with dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid, taught the inmates routines from ‘This is It’. I bet that the late singer would have loved to have seen this. In fact, I’m pretty sure that it’s how he would have wanted it. What would these inmates come up with next? I love watching them as much as I do the actual singers and performers of the routines that they do.

Brit Award bosses are reportedly trying to line up a performance of the Haiti charity single for the upcoming show.

The single is currently being recorded and will feature the voices of stars including Mariah Carey, Susan Boyle, Cheryl Cole and Bon Jovi among others.

It is claimed bosses want to squeeze in either a video of the single, which is a cover of the REM hit Everybody Hurts, into the show on February 16 and are even trying to get the cast for a live rendition on stage.

A source said to UK newspaper The Sun: “A special production meeting was called to reconsider the running order to include the song. It’s something that had never happened before. But the events in Haiti have made everybody sit up and take notice.”

Adam Lambert is featured in the newest issue of Vman magazine’s Issue #17. The 28-year old singer is featured in the ‘How to Dress Like a Pop Star’ feature and spoke about where he found inspiration for his fashion. The American Idol alum said “What I do has been done before. It’s glam. I’m inspired by the ’70s and ’80s. Bowie is a huge influence. So are hair bands. Why must a crazy look necessarily be gay? Our society is more fearful, I guess. And they don’t party enough. Everyone was partying in the ’80s.” Adam will put his fashion skills to good use as he will be serving as a fashion correspondent for Entertainment Tonight’s Grammy coverage on Monday.

Sting’s teenage daughter Coco said she turned into a recluse after suffering a seizure.

Coco, whose is the daughter of the singer and his wife Trudie Styler, has spoken for the first time about the incident, where she collapsed at her home in California last year and was rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

Coco, 19, said to NME magazine: “They said I had a seizure. Apparently my bones froze up and I fell like a milk bottle.”

She added: “I became a nervous wreck. I didn’t really go out, I just stayed in and kept myself to myself.”

Apart from her closet hippie “personality”, it seems that Beth Ditto is also a great admirer of the old ’80 power ballads. This is what she said on the matter: “I think part of the appeal is that they are the ultimate no-no. It fits in with the fact that I still don’t feel normal. We were backstage with Kings of Leon recently and it was like two worlds colliding: the Rolling Stones meets Devo. They were being all cool and we were singing songs about patty cakes.” Yes, that kind of combination will do stuff to a person. It looks like Beth Ditto really has a soft spot for the old school music… a very, very, soft spot. It almost hangs on the verge of collapse.

Gym, tan, laundry: the costs are high. The Jersey Shore mantra might go quiet after the cast reportedly rejected MTV’s salary offer for the second season.

Sources said MTV offered Snooki, Pauly D, “The Situation” and the other cast members a $10,000 signing bonus and $5000 per episode.

When the cast rejected the first demand, MTV came back with an offer of $10,000 an episode. TMZ reports the cast, who are seeking the same amount for all, have yet to respond.

MTV has the cast bound by contract for another year, so talks may be just that. But the cast are aware of their golden aura – the season finale fetched 4.8 million viewers.

Meanwhile, a bit of a disturbance broke out in the New Jersey enclave of Montclair when thousands of fans lined the streets to try to meet the Guidos and Guidettes. The cast were appearing at the 501 Lounge.

David Sabagh, Montclair’s police chief, told the Star-Ledger: “They had crowds much larger than they could control. They had 600 upstairs, 200 to 300 downstairs and 400 outside. There were fights inside and fights outside.”

By 10.30pm Montclair police had closed off streets to contain the scene. Four people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and drunken driving, Sabagh said.

As the upcoming musical about their careers is a definite go, the Spice Girls took a bit of time off to talk about where their inspiration for the whole thing came from. This is what Mel B from the Spice Girls said about the upcoming musical: “All five of us are really super excited. We don’t do anything unless all five agree. All of us loved ‘Mamma Mia!.’ We needed someone who would have a great vision alongside ours. It’s going to be fictional, but various characters will have traits that remind you of the group.” So, that’s the piece that the Spice Girls are going to copy, erm, get guidelines from. In that case it’s probably going to be a noteworthy show for those who have not yet been familiarized with “Mamma Mia!”.

Apparently the singer was so impressed with the Minnesota Vikings at their last game that he decided to compose a song in their honor. This is what the lyrics Prince wrote for his new song look like: “the veil of the sky draws open/ the roar of the chariots touch down/ we r the ones who have now come again/and walk upon water like solid ground/ as we approach the throne we won’t bow down/ this time we won’t b denied” Chariots? Prince should really do some reading before delving into these spontaneous songs… Vikings and chariots don’t really go together here. He should’ve got Alicia Keys to help him on this one… at least she probably would’ve been better with the lyrics. Maybe she could’ve given the song a better vibe too… one that would’ve sounded more like Vikings.

And he is none other than Madonna’s own brother, Christopher Ciccone. Apparently he launched a facebook campaign that asks all of his followers to go forth towards 19 Entertainment and ask that he be placed in the judge’s seat on American Idol, instead of Simon Cowell. This is how Christopher Ciccone’s “credentials” look like: “With 25 years in the music business, Christopher knows all too well what it takes to be a Pop Star, and with his infamous “Ciccone Tongue” he won’t be afraid to speak his mind!” Oh, that’s just a cheap rip-off of the true genius that is and always will be the famous, or to some infamous, Earl of Exigency. If only a real suitor would appear…

Pink attended Bette Midler’s Las Vegas revue, ‘The Showgirl Must Go On’, at Caesars Palace with her hubby Carey Hart recently and gave a huge surprise to both the audience and the star of the show herself. The pop rock singer came out on stage in the middle of Bette’s performance and the two sang an impromptu duet of ‘The Rose’. Wow! That was a duet of epic proportions! I wonder if anyone was able to film a video of the surprise. I would definitely like to see that one. I didn’t even know that Pink was a Bette fan.

Blake Fielder-Civil and Amy Winehouse are supposedly planning to get married again but a woman he met at the Phoenix Futures drug rehab center back in April is saying that Blake said he wanted to marry her. Sarah Aspin said “I did double check about Amy. He said they were getting divorced. He admitted they spoke… but said he couldn’t be with her, that drugs had ruined them. He told me, I am in love with you and it is you I want to marry. He said he wasn’t remarrying Amy. But now I reckon he’s stringing us both along and I’m dumping him. Up until last week we saw each other every two or three days.”

Her motherhood thing for Ke$ha probably didn’t work out as she had hoped. So Courtney Love has moved on to other ambitions. This time the singer would like to meet Keith Richards, more specifically his liver and see how its doing then compare it with her own. This is what Courtney Love said on the matter: “I wanna meet Keith Richards, I’ve never met him. I don’t know what I’m gonna say to him, but I’m gonna touch his liver and I’m gonna let him touch my liver and it’ll be awesome. I’m gonna make him lift up his shirt and I’m gonna say, ‘Can I touch your liver?’ And I’m gonna touch where his liver is and see if it’s putrefied or something. I think we both must have incredibly healthy livers. We must!” If this is some sick, twisted way of saying that she wants to get together with Keith Richards, Courtney Love seems to have lost that one marble she still had. Still, the denial at the end is a really nice touch, hopefully Courtney Love can still dream in her weird little world because that’s probably the only way she is still going to have a healthy liver.

It seems the singer’s conscience… or consciousness finally caught up with her as she recently pleaded guilty for charges of an assault related to an incident that happened last month when Amy Winehouse lashed out at the manager of a theatre after she interrupted a performance. However, it seems the judge went easy on Amy Winehouse, giving her only a fine and a two-year probation period of which he said: “It may be harder than a fine because you have now got to stay on the straight and narrow for the next two years.” Like that’s ever going to happen… in the words of so many Scottish heroes. If Amy Winehouse manages to stay clean of all the nasty stuff for the next two years… no, that’s just not a fair wager however you take it.

The singer recently admitted that he had a very magical time in his youth, and that time was spent where else but the wonderful land of Haiti, which is has now been torn apart by mother nature. This is what Jared Leto related about living in Haiti when he was twelve years old: “It was a magical time. Could you imagine being a kid in such an exotic place? It was eye opening. It was a life-changing experience.” Yes, because being a kid is such a boring and common place such as New York just simply won’t do. Maybe Jared Leto isn’t taking into account the fact that being a kid makes things look magical no matter how “exotic” some might consider them to be. Guess 30 Seconds to Mars didn’t cover that one in their songs, did they?

This is a heads up to everyone who donated money to Haiti via Wyclef Jean’s charity as past tax returns show that the former Fugees singer has used donation money in the past for personal reasons. There are a couple of sketchy withdrawals taken from The Wyclef Jean Foundation including $31,200 in rent to New York City recording studio Platinum Sound which is owned by Foundation board members, $100,000 to the said studio for “musical performance services of Wyclef Jean at a benefit concert” and $250,000 to Haitian based Telemax for “pre-purchased TV airtime and production services”. This such a douche bag move. Let’s hope he doesn’t dip into the money for the earthquake victims or he has hell to pay.

The singer apparently rewrote one of her songs recently. And it seems Courtney Love wanted to explain exactly why she felt like doing that. This is what came out: “I went to the site of the World Trade Centre at 3am and rewrote the song so it wouldn’t be clever-clever. It’s just completely visceral, kind of stupid. And it’s really, really important to keep that stupid part of yourself alive, otherwise you start getting all smart and growing stupid facial hair. Including me. I shave every day.” If that isn’t what somebody says when they’re under the influence, what else could it be? Courtney Love should really share the names of her suppliers… the stuff she gets seems to do real wonders.

Since the legendary hero and mentor Simon Cowell has left the judge’s seat on American Idol to pursue his own ambitions, quite noble of him one might add, a replacement is probably going to come along. Of course, there are many who would jump at the opportunity, but La Toya Jackson isn’t one of them. She is one who just makes offers… so she’s made one to the American Idol team and now she’s thinking that the producers will be the ones doing all of the jumping. La Toya Jackson must really be lacking anything significantly better to do with her career if she actually wants to get on the judges’ stand for American Idol… and she must really not care about her reputation too much if she wants to replace Simon Cowell himself.

At least not as of yet… the new miracle couple who also got engaged have apparently not yet set a date for their big day. This is what Katy Perry said on the matter: “We love each other and we desperately want to be with each other, so we’re going to take it as we come. I think the right time will be the right time.” Well, it would prove to be a bit unusual for the right time to not be the right time… Katy Perry should be aware of that. It would mean that the Universe isn’t really obeying its own laws anymore. Maybe this has something to do with the recent non-pregnant incident. Oh well, they’re still young, it will happen more and more.