Tune in to The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 20th to catch a performance from OneRepublic. The band will play their current single “All The Right Moves” which appears on their forthcoming album Waking Up due out on November 17th.
OneRepublic recently premiered the Wayne Isham (Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Metallica) directed video for the track which can be seen here.
?Gossip Girl? actress Leighton Meester is determined to make a name for herself in the music industry. The aspiring singer?s official debut single ?Somebody to Love? is already out and it features R&B singer Robin Thicke. I like the Blondie vibe that the song is giving off but it?s far from great. It?s good but it could be loads better. And why would she want to do another collaboration after her summer hit with Cobra Starship on ?Good Girls Go Bad?? Leighton should have done her own thing and showcased more of herself as a solo artist. Big names could just overshadow her.
It seems that Britney Spears is really getting a boost in popularity lately. After that astounding success of her new single, ?3?, now Britney Spears has been voted the best celebrity mom, with a total of 74% in a recent poll, while Christina Aguilera came in second with 12% and the Brood Queen, Angelina Jolie, third. There you have it, that?s the kind of appreciation demanding full custody will get you. But it is surprising that Gwen Stefani didn?t make it in the top with her baby trotting along with her on tour? that?s definitely good motherhood right there.
Just last month, it was reported that Lil Wayne became a father by his baby mama, actress Lauren London, who gave birth to a baby boy. That was the rapper?s third kid. He already had one with his ex-wife and some college student. However, it was also reported back in June that singer Nivea Hamilton was rumored to be pregnant with Lil Wayne?s kid too. Months later, the rapper has confirmed the news during a BBC interview where Lil Wayne said that he and Nivea are expecting a baby boy. That kid will be the fourth for the rapper. Someone needs to learn how to use a condom.
The police were called over to a Waterstone?s bookstore in London earlier this week after there were claims that Leona Lewis had been slapped. The singer was doing a book signing for her autobiography ?Dreams?. The X Factor winner?s camp released a statement regarding the matter saying ?Leona was the victim of an unprovoked attack this afternoon at her book signing. The police were called immediately and medical attention has been sought. Leona is understandably shaken and apologizes to the fans she was unable to meet and complete signings.? What the heck has gotten into the person who attacked her?
Due to the high demand for anything that pertains to the ?Twilight? franchise, in particular the music from the movie, the ?New Moon? soundtrack is going to be released a week earlier than originally planned. The label, Chop Shop/Atlantic, said that the demands of the fans were ?overwhelming and unprecedented.? The soundtrack is now slated to come out tomorrow, October 16th. Congratulations to all those ?Twilight? fanatics out there. Don?t expect the same result with the movie though. Miracles can only happen on screen and not in promoting them. There?s just a bit over a month until the movie comes out anyway. I?m sure they can wait.
If there was ever a question of what would come of Wolfmother after the departure of two founding members then now is the time to stop asking and start listening. Wolfmother has just unveiled their entire forthcoming album, Cosmic Egg, on MySpace and with each track a nail in the coffin of the past is hammered further in resulting in a full blown rock explosion into the present. When describing the new Wolfmother Kerrang! said the band, “have exceeded expectation, proving themselves modern masters of riff-centered, bass-heavy bong rock alchemy. Almost every track contains something fresh and off kilter while remaining immediate and throat-grabbing at the same time.”
Cosmic Egg arrives October 27th, and features the single “New Moon Rising.” For more information on Wolfmother, and where you can catch them on tour, visit www.Wolfmother.com and listen to Cosmic Egg now at MySpace.com
Today, and for the next 3 weeks, AOL’s Noisecreep.com will be releasing an exclusive and/or unheard audio clip from the amazing FMQB Metallica/Alice in Chains interview, “Inside Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue.” This week’s clip features Metallica talking to Alice in Chains about their collaboration with Elton John on the song “Black Gives Way To Blue.” “It’s a really intense song, and a really open-hearted song to Layne and the experience that we went through,” Cantrell says to Hetfield and Ulrich about the title track. “Facing up to all of that stuff, and owning all the good, and owning all the bad, and moving forward together. It was a lot of big steps…things were pretty black for us. It’s pretty literal to that, and things are starting to get a little lighter.” Keep checking back in the coming weeks for parts 2 and 3 of this classic interview.
Breaking Benjamin lead singer Ben Burnley is going to be part of Xbox Live’s “Game With Fame” series tonight (10/15)! Ben will be playing “Call of Duty 4″ with the gamertag “BreakBen GwF” (make sure you put the space between BreakBen and GwF!) between the hours of 7pm-9pm EST. Anyone can play so all you need to do is log into XBox live and play “Call of Duty 4″. Make sure to bring your “A” game!
Breaking Benjamin have also just released their new album Dear Agony on September 29th. The album made a big splash at iTunes, debuting at Number 1 on the album chart.
Breaking Benjamin are also about to embark on a fall tour with Rev Theory, Sick Puppies (select dates), The Veer Union (select dates), and Adelitas Way.
Tour dates are as follows:
11/29/09 Sunken Garden Amphitheatre, San Antonio, TX
12/2/09 The Pavilion, Lubbock, TX
12/5/09 The Cotillion, Wichita, KS
12/6/09 Shrine Mosque, Springfield, MO
12/8/09 Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, IA
12/9/09 Sioux Falls Convention Center, Sioux Falls, SD
12/14/09 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
12/16/09 The Egyptian Room at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, IN
<p>Fans who turned out for the Fantastic Mr Fox may have seen double in the line-up.
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<p>Photos that surfaced from the glittering Picadilly event, meanwhile, had editors straining at their computer monitors. Was that Cindy Crawford? Or was that Elisabetta Canalis?
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<p>The confusion is only made worse by the fact that Crawford has been spotted with Clooney’s new belle, Canalis, and the megastar on double dates both in Italy and at home in the US.
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<p>Crawford (all right, that’s her in the picture) and Clooney are great friends who go way back. The two delectable women wore very similar dark dresses that featured this season’s sheer, shoulder-glimpsing look.
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<p>Canalis, however, showed off discrete circular tattoos on both arms. Perhaps the ladies were playing a trick on the assembled throng.</p>
<br />Source: Splash News
Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed memories of living with an exchange family in Spain when she was 15, in her latest GOOP newsletter.
The 37-year-old actress, who is married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, told of her love for Spanish food after taking the trip when she was a teenager.
She said: “When I was 15 I lived in a little Spanish city called Talavera de la Reina with the Lazaros, my exchange family. My Spanish mama Julia is an incredible cook and introduced me to the cuisine of the Iberian peninsula – which is always best home-cooked.
“In the evenings, the typical Spanish dinner is lighter than the meat and rice dishes often found at lunchtime. This menu is what you would find at my family’s house on a weeknight.
“Spanish tortilla cut into small pieces, some manchego, a glass of wine, gambas and pan con tomate. Perfect.”
The world of Twitter went abuzz when Rihanna made her own account and left everyone with an amazing first Tweet. The pop singer wrote ?The wait is Ova. Nov 23 09.? That could only mean that her highly anticipated new album is coming out soon. Yes! I have been dying for new music from her for the longest time and it seems like we don?t have to wait that much longer to hear from the Barbadian beauty. Can you tell that I?m excited? After everything that?s gone on with her this year, who wouldn?t be excited to hear that her album will be out soon?
There?s a new, albeit rumored, self-titled album cover for American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen out on the internet. The singer?s current single is ?Live Like We?re Dying? and the album is scheduled to be released on November 17th. A couple of days ago, Kris was asked how close he was to wrapping things up on the record and he told EW, ?We?re still writing some more songs for the album, and just putting some finishing touches on other tracks, going back to do some minor vocal takes, and that?s kind of it. We have a lot of songs that are almost done, and with a little bit of work we?ll have them completely done.?
Supposedly after the first season wraps up, a ?Glee? music tour could very well be underway come the spring of 2010. Talks for such a tour are still in the early stages and nothing is 100 percent confirmed as of yet. However, I think that it?s a genius idea! The show has been doing amazingly on iTunes, selling tracks from aired episodes and the first soundtrack, which goes on sale on November 3, will probably sell like hotcakes. Fox Broadcasting president Kevin Reilly has coyly suggested the future of a tour saying ?Certainly if these kids become stars in their own right, who knows? Live appearances. Albums. There’s lots of things that could happen.?
Jon Gosselin was ordered by a court to pay his divorcing wife, Kate, $180,000, according to a source.
The reality stars have been warring since Jon pulled the plug on filming of Kate’s new reality show, Kate Plus 8, by ordering network TLC off his property.
Kate whipped Jon into emergency court to claim $232,000 in funds she alleges he took from a joint bank account.
She claimed he was in contempt of their court order relating to the divorce they both filed for in recent months. Kate’s attorney Mark Momjian stated: “The remaining sum of $55,000, which Ms Gosselin used for household bills and expenses relating to the children, will be subject to further determination by the arbitrator at a later date.”
Jon’s deadline for paying the $180,000 is October 26. Kate will have to provide the court with an inventory of her expenses.
A video of a postman doing a moonwalk to a Michael Jackson hit has become an internet hit.
Mike, 36, was filmed by colleagues doing the King of Pop’s legendary dance moves in a five-minute routine at his delivery office to the Jacko hit Billie Jean.
The footage was shot in St Albans, Herts, in the UK and has had over 3,500 hits since it was posted on the website YouTube.
DVDs of the hit routine have also been made and hundreds have been sold off to raise money for charity.
Mike, who filmed the smash-hit video before the star’s death, said: “Michael was my idol. The dance was a bit of fun, I’d no idea I’d get such a response.”
>Hollywood actor George Clooney has arrived in London with girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis ahead of the premiere of new movie Fantastic Mr Fox.
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<p>The 48-year-old actor voices the lead character in the new movie, which also stars Meryl Streep and Bill Murray.
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<p>The film has been adapted from the Roald Dahl children’s classic book and the premiere kicks off the 53rd London Film Festival.
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<p>George arrived at his central London hotel with girlfriend Elisabetta, 30, who he has been dating since this summer.
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<p>He will be attending the UK premieres of two more of his flicks at the festival over the next two weeks as he also appears in The Men Who Stare At Goats and Up In The Air.</p>
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Miley Cyrus took to her official website to talk more in depth about why she really deleted her Twitter account. In a lengthy blog post, the singer wrote ?I often complain to the ones closest to me that I don’t seem to have much of a private life any more and part of that is my fault. How can I whine about my life being to public if I am the one telling the world what I am doing? Some things in my life need to say in my life only and not on some gossip site. I never want any of my fans to feel like I don’t love them or care about them BUT, sharing the same love and respect for me I need to have the space to grow as a person and make some mistakes.?
<p>Michael Jackson’s estate will pay half of the profits it reaps from his new song, This Is It, to Paul Anka.
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<p>Anka hit the airwaves immediately after the song’s release yesterday to claim his authorship as a co-writer with Jackson of a song with the title I Never Heard in the 1980s.
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<p>This Is It is a prelude to a movie and a two-disc album of the same title due out on October 26.
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<p>Anka, who declared the track was “exactly the same song” as I Never Heard, threatened to sue before the estate’s executors moved to assuage him. “We acknowledge that Michael and Paul wrote this song together,” said John Branca.
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<p>John McClain, the estate’s other executor and a co-producer of the album, said of the song: “[It] only defines, once again, what the world already knows – that Michael is one of God’s greatest gifts.”</p>
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Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner were caught on camera in a more-than-friends embrace.
The duo seemed to linger in the moment when they hugged after Swift performed on stage at one of her concerts.
Swift, whose popularity is growing at break-neck pace, is headlining her first tour after supporting country rock star Keith Urban on his current tour.
The clip of Swift and Lautner in a lingering embrace made its way onto YouTube. Swift, who looked as feminine and nymph-like as usual, appears to know Lautner well. He was front-row for the concert and was said to be fixed in his gaze when she performed Fifteen.
Last month Swift said: “Well, see, I don’t know Rob Pattinson, so I would just by default, I’d be on Team Tay – I love him. He’s so cute!?
The pair have worked on the upcoming romance ensemble flick, Valentine’s Day, a collaboration Swift called “life changing”.
Last Wednesday night, Soulja Boy, real name Deandre Cortez Way, was arrested in Georgia when he ran away from police during an investigation. The rapper and a large group of people were found hanging around an abandoned house in Henry County by the cops. When the officers approached the house, a few people, including Soulja, took off. The people that remained explained that they were on a video shoot. Moments after running off, Soulja returned to offer the cops the same explanation but he was put under arrest since he ran from the cops. The fact that he ran off and then came back says that he went to hide something he didn?t want to be found.
The Princess of Pop Lady Gaga has announced that eight completely new tracks will be featured on the re-released of her hit debut album ?The Fame?. The singer?s new songs were inspired by the effects of her massive success over the past year and wrote the new tracks while she was on tour all over the world. She said ?On my re-release ?The Fame Monster?, I wrote about everything I didn’t write on ?The Fame?. While travelling the world for two years, I’ve encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record?I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe, and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, 90′s dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of 80′s melancholic pop, and the runway?I also composed a ballad for the album, ‘Speechless,’ a song for my father, and it’s my favorite work of all. I wrote every piece on the road ? no songs about money, no songs about fame. I wrote it for my fans, so I wrote everything in between.? ?The Fame Monster? drops on November 24th.
Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has commended Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for his February 2008 apology to the “stolen generations”, saying it has inspired people around the world.
“I salute … Prime Minister Rudd,? said will.i.am, who is touring in Australia. ?If it wasn’t for that I believe there would not have been that wave of conscious shifting happening and I don’t think there would be an Obama.”
The star was speaking at the opening of an art project – entitled Nomad Two Worlds – which marked the reconciliation of Australia’s Aboriginal population with white Australia.
He said: “I think seeing a potential leader of a country as wonderful as Australia take a stand and do that inspired other world leaders and potential world leaders on what they can do … The future leaders of the world are breaking down the walls of what once held us back in the past. I really salute and I’m truly very inspired by your prime minister.”
A US feminist group has blasted chat show host David Letterman over his sex scandal.
The president of the National Organisation for Women (NOW), Terry O’Neill, said: “In the case of Letterman, he is a multi-million-dollar host of one of the most popular late-night shows. In that role, he wields the ultimate authority as to who gets hired, who gets fired, who gets raises, who advances, and who does entry-level tasks among the Late Show employees.”
O’Neill continued: “As the boss, he is responsible for setting the tone for his entire workplace – and he did that with sex. In any work environment, this places all employees – including employees who happen to be women – in an awkward, confusing and demoralising situation. Most women can attest to the fact that many workplaces are plagued with inappropriate behaviour by men in power.”
NOW called on CBS to recognise that Letterman’s behaviour created a toxic environment and to take action immediately. It said: “With just two women on CBS’s board of directors, we’re not holding our breath.”
US director Bryan Singer has said he is interested in working on another X-Men movie.
The successful franchise has already had one spin-off film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and it is claimed Singer has been talking with Twentieth Century Fox about another movie.
Singer made X-Men and X2: X-Men United, but could not make the third movie as he worked on Superman Returns.
South African filmmaker Gavin Hood worked on the spin-off movie, which featured the life of Wolverine that was played by actor Hugh Jackman.
Singer said at South Korea’s Pusan International Film Festival: “I’m still looking to possibly return to the X-Men franchise. I’ve been talking to Fox about it.
Piers Morgan reveals the juicy details of Simon Cowell’s birthday party and told how Ryan Seacrest was whipped by a dominatrix on stage at the bash.
Piers, 44, was a guest at his fellow Britain’s Got Talent judge’s recent birthday party to celebrate his 50th.
He said: “The highlights, or lowlights depending on how prudish you are (I’m not, obviously), included: A naked woman dressed as female genitalia removing various articles of ribbons and clothing from her own body.”
He added: “Ryan Seacrest being dragged up on stage and being jokily whipped by a dominatrix. A wonderfully evocative hologram of Frank Sinatra.”
The LAPD is reportedly on schedule to present the case against Dr. Conrad Murray to the LA County DA?s office this week. LAPD detectives planned to wrap up their case and present it by the second week in October and were only waiting for some written evaluations by medical professionals who reviewed the evidence surrounding Michael Jackson?s death. Sources say that Dr. Murray is still the sole target. One well-place law enforcement source says that there?s a 70/30 chance that the DA will take the case to the LA County Grand Jury rather than charge the suspicious doctor directly. As one source said, it can be a complicated case and a lengthy prelim hearing wouldn?t have a whole lot of good for prosecutors but a grand jury indictment would be easy to get.
For several weeks, Michael Jackson?s tomb at Forest Lawn Memorial Park was under maximum round the clock security. It?s now being said that the extra protection has been scaled back. Sources say that the mausoleum that house?s the late singer?s body was being monitored by a private security firm hired specifically to protect the King of Pop?s grave. As of last week, the extra protection was nowhere to be seen. Sources at Forest Lawn confirm the security change but insist that Michael?s resting place will still be under constant watch of the guards under their employment, 24-hour cameras and alarms.
If you remember, Saturday Night Live has let one of the seven words you can?t say on television slide right on past the censors for two weeks in a row. Lady Gaga?s performance last week was off the hook but she also belted out ?shit? during the show and it wasn?t bleeped on the East Coast. The week before that, newcomer Jenny Slate dropped the f bomb. Here?s the thing though, neither SNL nor NBC will have to pay a single cent to the FCC for the cursing because it happened during a designated safe harbor time period. The FCC website explained ?Indecent or profane speech that is broadcast between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. is not actionable.?
<p>Fans who turned out for the Fantastic Mr Fox may have seen double in the line-up.
>Hollywood actor George Clooney has arrived in London with girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis ahead of the premiere of new movie Fantastic Mr Fox.
<p>Michael Jackson’s estate will pay half of the profits it reaps from his new song, This Is It, to Paul Anka.
