Rihanna rocked the house at the launch party for the Nokia X6 in London. Her concert was also broadcast online by Nokia on Monday. The 20-year old Barbadian singer previewed songs from her upcoming album ‘Rated R’, including ‘Mad House’, ‘Wait Your Turn’, ‘Russian Roulette’ and ‘Hard’ with special guest Young Jeezy. The beautiful pop star also played her past hits, including ‘Disturbia’, ‘Take a Bow’ and ‘Live Your Life’ mixed with ‘Run This Town’, when Jay-Z came out as a surprise. The crowd went wild at that. Rihanna’s album will hit the stores this Monday, November 23. Will you be buying it?
Michael Jackson’s homicide investigation is taking longer than expected. One law enforcement source connected with the case said “We’ve had bad luck with big cases like OJ in the past, and we don’t want to repeat those mistakes.” The source also spoke of the Robert Blake case, which some experts believe was also botched. The source added “There is not a problem with the case. Time is on our side. We want to do this right.” Authorities want to make sure that no other pharmacies apart from Applied Pharmacy in Las Vegas sent Propofol to Dr. Conrad Murray. While everyone is hoping to end the investigation before the Christmas holidays, it could get pushed to January.
A rabid male fan crashed the stage at a Jonas Brothers concert this past weekend in Madrid. I never knew they actually had male fans, but anyway. Unlike Britney Spears who infamously screamed when the same thing happened to her at one of her gigs, the band of cuties just kept on playing. It was a pretty hilarious sight. The guys were still playing and singing their little hearts out while the fan was running around in circles trying to get away from security and ripping his shirt off. There’s yet another story that they can tell the grandkids – not!
Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and the LA Lakers are getting sued by a company that claims that they all used knockoffs of their big screen in concert. Large Audience Display Systems says in a federal lawsuit filed in Texas that the concerts in question used a large audience display screen that was identical to their patented gigantic monitors. Britney uses the screen on her Circus tour. Justin used the monitors on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour and the Lakers use them for the games. The Pussycat Dolls were also involved in the lawsuit. The company wants an injunction prohibiting the defendants from using the knockoffs in the future as well as unspecified damages.
Rapper 50 Cent has launched his own tough times stimulus plan for single mothers.
He asked them to enter an essay contest, 50’s Money For Moms, for which three grand prizes of $10,000 each will be awarded.
50 Cent’s record company, Interscope Records, said in a statement: “During the next week, 50 Cent will not only be on television, on the internet, and at a pair of retail stores promoting his new Before I Self Destruct album and film, but he’ll also be playing Santa this holiday season.”
The company explained: “Amidst tough economic times, 50 Cent is implementing his own stimulus package, specifically to help single mothers. For 50’s Money For Moms contest in conjunction with BET, entrants must explain in 200 words or less why she – or a single mother the writer knows – deserves to win one of three grand prizes of $10,000 each from 50 Cent.”
It seems that the esteemed rapper and highly respected business man has taken it upon himself to help Cheryl Cole make her way through the bumpy road that is the American music industry. Apparently, Cheryl Cole is very thrilled to have Jay-Z helping her out as a source relates: “Cheryl is the biggest fan of Jay-Z and Beyonce. To hear the feeling is mutual has totally made her year. She never imagined her album would have taken off like this. To get Jay-Z’s support is beyond her wildest dreams.” Looks like Cheryl Cole is really starting off on the right foot in America… after all, who better to make a name for you in the music industry then a well established rapper, eh?
Chris Brown has a new music video featuring R&B singer Cassie called for their single ‘Crawl’. The music video director, Joseph Kahn, talked about it with MTV, saying “The entire video for ‘Crawl’ was his idea. I’m talking every single idea in there is Chris’, and it’s pretty awesome. It’s an interesting video for me, because it’s so rare that music videos ever try to achieve anything emotional. With ‘Crawl’ you feel it in here [points to his heart]. Chris just basically told me a story of what he felt this video was going to be, with his heart glowing and how he’s, like, cold. It is a very personal story. But it’s told in such a graphic manner that I fell in love with the idea. It’s Chris’ story. Period. I am the pencil that put it down on the paper.”
Although Timbaland has a lot of major contributors to his new album ‘Shock Value II’, the producer was surprisingly taken with Miley Cyrus. He said “Man, she’s gonna be like Justin [Timberlake]. She comes from that same musical background, where she’s just got it. Her voice is just there. The best way to put it is she’s special. When I worked with her, I was very impressed. I was like, ‘Whoa.’” I know how the Disney star is coming off as some sort of sensation but I doubt that Miley’s going to achieve the same thing that Justin has. And considering what the pop/R&B singer has done with his career, I doubt anyone would want to be compared to the guy.
The first-ever items to be auctioned off by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler – including his boxer shorts – have been revealed.
The legendary rocker has donated clothing and memorabilia to raise money for the MusiCares MAP fund, which helps musicians in their recovery from addictions.
The items to be auctioned off in New York include a Betsey Johnson pinstripe black suit, which is expected to sell for $600, and a Helen David English Eccentrics shirt, which is expected to fetch $800.
Two pairs of Tyler’s boxer shorts, one reading Light My Fire, are also going under the hammer and are expected to sell for more than $200.
Also up for auction on 21 November are signed guitars belonging to Ronnie Wood and Paul McCartney, and guitars hand-painted by Carly Simon, David Lee Roth and others.
Demi Lovato has a new music video out for her song ‘Remember December’. The 17-year old singer recently spoke to MTV about it, saying “The music video relates to the song in a way that a girl has so much to say to the guy, and it feels like he’s not listening, and she wants him to remember everything that they had. And so instead of having a love interest in this video, it’s all about being fierce and kind of, like, taking control as a girl. It’s like girl empowerment. Yeah, divas!” Or it can just be the Disney star’s way of saying that she doesn’t need a man in her life.
As time passes, more and more people are trying to cash in on Michael Jackson’s death. You can add another one to that list. The original marriage certificate which was issued to the King of Pop and Lisa Marie Presley, from when they were married in the Dominican Republic in 1994, is going up for auction in January. Phillip Weiss, who is auctioning off the paper, says “when you have an item that combines his name and legend with the Presley name and legend, their marriage certificate no less, with both of their signatures on it, you’ve got something that’s almost impossible to predict what it will bring at auction.” He’s got a valid point.
Jared Leto and the rest of his band 30 Seconds to Mars have a new video out for ‘Kings + Queens’. The video features bicyclists cruising around LA. Jared went on his Twitter after the shoot, saying “Shoot was insane and amazing. Just realized the first time we played KINGS+QUEENS together was up there overlooking LA. Fitting. ” After a two year battle to get their new album completed and released, it’s finally ready and the singer/actor couldn’t be more excited. Jared told MTV “We spent two years of our lives working on that record, and it was us against the world. We didn’t have outside influence or help, we didn’t have a label, we had us, betting the farm, and pushing ourselves.”
Carrie Underwood hosted the 2009 Country Music Association Awards at the Sommet Center on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. Carrie also performed that night, singing her new single ‘Cowboy Casanova’. The 26-year old American Idol alum co-hosted the show with Brad Paisley. The two singers opened up the show by changing the lyrics to ‘Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys’ to include a reference to Kanye West. It was a pretty hilarious moment. And honestly, I was half expecting the rapper to randomly show up when Taylor Swift won her awards. He would have never come out of there alive.
Rihanna is going to debut her music video for her single ‘Russian Roulette’ on 20/20 tonight while Chris Brown will be doing the same with his music video for ‘Crawl’ on the Wendy Williams Show. The two singers and former lovers both have spots on the Billboard Top 100 at the moment with the Barbadian babe’s collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West ‘Run this Town’ at number 7, and R&B douche at number 24 with ‘I Can Transform Ya’. Some people aren’t surprised that fans are still buying Chris’ albums, with one psychologist saying “His fans will keep buying his albums because they want to feel like they are helping him. Supporting him through this tough time makes fans feel like they are a part of Brown’s inner circle.”
It seems that Lil Wayne’s new record is finally getting a release date. The rapper’s album ‘Rebirth’ was originally set to have gone out this past April. However, after many delays, it kept getting pushed back. Now, the so called rock oriented album will be hitting the stores this December 15th, just in time for the holidays! However, the album’s lead single ‘Prom Queen’ which was released back in January failed to get much popularity. That means that he needs to come out with a hot new single in the next couple of weeks to get some good promotion for the album.
If you missed out on Taylor Swift’s guest hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, you pretty much missed on one of the greatest episodes of the comedy show ever. The country singer sang and played guitar to ‘Monologue Song (La La La)’. She killed it! Here are some sample lyrics: “You might think I’d bring up Joe [Jonas], that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I’m not gonna mention him in my monologue. Hey Joe, I’m doing real well. Tonight, I’m hosting SNL but I’m not gonna brag about that in my monologue. La la la. Ha ha ha. La la la.”; And if you’re wondering if I might be dating the werewolf from Twilight. Hey Taylor [Lautner]! (blows kiss, winks) But I’m not gonna comment on that in my monologue.”; and “You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye [West] and how he ran up on stage and ruined my VMA monologue. But there’s nothing more to say cuz everything’s okay. I’ve got security lining the stage. It’s my SNL monologue.”
Britney Spears reportedly hit out in her hotel room this past weekend after she angered her fans at her concert the past week for lip synching. The fact that they expected her to sing live considering who she was is beyond me. All of Australia rallied against the pop singer upon landing in the country last week, criticizing her for charging loads of money for a concert that wasn’t live. And yet they still went to the show. Where’s the logic in the whole thing? If they didn’t like the fact that she doesn’t sing live, they shouldn’t have bought tickets. It’s not like she’s known for singing live.
Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has revealed that that he always knew that his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain would not have a long life.
Grohl, 40, admitted that he had prepared himself for the eventuality.
He said: “There are some people that you meet in life that you just know that they are not going to live to be a 100 years old.
In some ways, you kind of prepare yourself emotionally for that to be a reality.”
But he admitted that, even so, Cobain’s suicide in 1994 still came as a shock to him, and that it was one of the worst moments of his life.
He said: “It was a terrible surprise. It was probably the worst thing that has happened to me in my life. I remember the day after that, I woke up and I was heartbroken that he was gone…”
Grohl, who is now the drummer in rock group Them Crooked Vultures, added: “Usually, it takes something like that for people to appreciate life as a gift and you have to take advantage of the time that you have.
“Sometimes, you just can’t save someone from themselves.”
Miley Cyrus recently admitted that she’s actually never heard a Jay-Z song, referencing her current Top 40 hit, ‘Party in the USA’, adding that she doesn’t really listen to pop music. I don’t think that the rapper’s music can be considered as pop but whatever. Miley pretty much bashed the song saying that it’s not even her style of music. She said “I don’t know, I didn’t write the song, so I have no idea. Honestly, I picked that song because I needed something to go with my clothing line. I didn’t write it and … I didn’t expect it to be popular, originally. It was just something that I wanted to do, and I needed some songs and it turned out for the best.”
