The UK media is reporting that Victoria Beckham is in negotiations to be the next celebrity Pussycat Doll ? and there?s a good chance that she will be. The Pussycat Dolls spokesperson Alisa Boushey said that ?Victoria’s been in talks with the Dolls for some time and will be joining them onstage. She would have done it sooner, but it’s a question of her busy schedule. But it will be happening very soon.? If a deal does get inked, Victoria will join the likes of Christina Aguilera, Charlize Theron, Eva Longoria, Pam Anderson, Christina Applegate and Paris Hilton as celebrity Dolls.
If you were one of those people who Mariah Carey left high and dry at her CD signing at Universal City Walk last week, the curvaceous diva has arranged something for you in her efforts to make nice of what she did. Mariah left the event without signing the CDs for about 100 people that had been guaranteed that she would give her autograph. If you were one of the jilted fans, take the blue wrist band that was given to you with the purchase of her album back to the Hard Rock Caf? at City Walk on April 25. There will be people there who will arrange to have an autograph sent your way.
After massacring the Beatles? classic ?Eight Days a Week?, American Idol wannabe Kristy Lee Cook is surprisingly still on the show ? and her looks may have something to do with it. Sources are saying that while most of the world was convinced that she was going to get the ax last week and later surprised at David Hernandez?s leaving, the other contestants were making theories on why Kristy was saved. The prevailing theory ? it?s too early to send home a hot chick. Never mind if you can?t sing worth crap, just look hot. Can you say Kellie Pickler and Haley Scarnato?
Justin Timberlake created a phat video for his song “Run” with Gnarls Barkley. But you won’t be seeing it on television anytime soon.
According to the Associated Press, MTV has banned the video because of the strobe effects in it. Apparently, it doesn’t pass the Harding Test, which determines whether or not something will trigger epileptic seizures.
You can find the video in various places online, but you watch at your own risk!
There are Janet Jackson fans, there are Madonna fans and then there are fans of both divas. But did you know that the pop stars have a very icy relationship towards each other? Janet revealed as such when she had an interview with HX magazine and boy, the claws came out!
The most quotable thing from that interview was when HX asked what advice Janet would give to a ?Janet? drag queen heading into battle with a ?Madonna? drag queen. Janet answered with ?Kick the bitch?s ass!? There goes having to stick to the ?no comment? thing or at the very least trying to stay calm through all of it.
The bad boy of Oasis Liam Ghallagher and the good girl of All Saints Nicole Appleton finally tied the knot in a secret ceremony in London on Valentine?s Day. Oh! How romantic! The couple has been together for almost 8 years which has given fruit in the form of a 7-year old son named Gene. Now they can be one big happy dysfunctional family!
The ceremony was small and intimate and was held at the Westminster Register Office. Noticeably absent from the ceremony was Liam?s brother Noel. Maybe his invitation got lost in the mail ? or maybe he just wasn?t invited completely.
Nickelback front man Chad Kroeger was spotted by paparazzi earlier this week but it looks like he?s been bitten by the shyness bug. The rocker actually reminded photographers that he?s a nobody saying that he doesn?t ?sell magazines, so f**k off?. Well that wasn?t very ?rock star? of him. I would have at least expected a photographer to get punched and more swearing to come from him.
Chad?s wanting to be ignored went nowhere though because despite knowing just how worthless he is, he still managed to go home with an SUV full of chicks. Now that?s what being a rock star is about!
It?s the era of reunions and all you former teenyboppers can now go back to those wonder years. The wait is over! According to People, the boy band that spawned all boy bands is reportedly reuniting and going to hit the stage one more time. The New Kids on the Block website has been down for years but was recently redesigned and is up and running once again. A source said that an official tour announcement should be made in a few days.
In the early 90s, the band melted hearts of teen girls all over the world and sold 50 million albums before disbanding in 1994. Now, the thirty-something men have the chance to do it all over again ? they hope.
Boyband McFly have decided to cut their ties to the record label that made them famous and fly solo. The lads have decided that the time has come to grow up and shake of the shackles of being a boy band.
Oh dear. Could this spell the end for McFly? It does break the first lesson in pop ? don?t tamper with a winning formula.
McFly have been disgustingly successful, with seven No1 singles and two No1 albums – not to mention enough awards to buckle a steel shelving unit. But their success is largely down to the clever guidance of their management team and Island, their label.
A source said: ?The boys feel they have outgrown the company. Label chiefs have plans for them they disagree with. They are tired of being a boy band. They want to be recognised for their song writing and being more than just a teen act. The time in Australia has given them a chance to put together their battle plan. They are all really excited about the idea of being free to make their own decisions about their future.?
Going alone is a gamble. It could all be downhill from here?
If Britney Spears is able to hang on for dear life yet still continue on her wild path, this could very well pass as the ghost of her future. Pop wreck, I?d like you to meet Rock wreck.
Rock wreck Courtney Love showed up to the appropriately titled Hysteric Glamour party in West Hollywood last Thursday. Check out the bangs that she had her 15-year old daughter Frances Bean do with a butter knife. I?ll tell you what was hysterical at that party. It?s Courtney?s new hair do. How can she let her daughter cut her hair with a butter knife?
If you?re a Spice Girls fan, I have some good news and I have some bad news to share to all of you. Good news first. The British girl power group is adding several more concerts in America. But the bad news is that there?s now word on whether or not they will be adding shows elsewhere in the world.
I think they should. It just means more money to be earned anyway. Last I heard, Australia is offering nearly $5 million to each girl just to do 3 concerts in 3 Australian cities. You can?t tell me that the offer isn?t appealing. It?s $5 million!
Fox News is reporting that Madonna has conned both UNICEF USA and Gucci into helping her raise money for the Kabbalah Center. Their shocking report goes on to say that Gucci is throwing an all-star fundraiser on February 6 for Madonna?s Raising Malawi charity. However, neither Gucci nor UNICEF is aware that Raising Malawi is merely a front for Philip Berg?s Kabbalah Center of Los Angeles. The so-called charity isn?t even a registered charity. In fact, all of its forms, filings and press releases direct back to the Kabbalah Center. It?s all mighty fishy if you ask me. Madonna?s just using Malawi!
It has been revealed that rap star Eminem didn?t have such a Merry Christmas after being rushed to hospital suffering from a heart condition. Real name Marshall Mathers, the star spent time in a Detroit hospital before returning home to recover.
It seems that the ?Slim Shady? isn?t so slim anymore ? with the formerly skinny rapper?s weight spiralling; I doubt that this could have aided any heart condition. At 5ft 8in pushing 14st 7lb is heavy going.
Add that to the recent problems of the past few years and its not surprising his blood pressure is rising. Marshall has battled drug addiction and has been in and out of rehab. His volatile marriage to Kim ? married, divorced, married, on the rocks ? can?t have helped either.
Kid Rock was supposed to be arraigned in Dekalb County, Georgia on Monday but the case has been postponed until next month. Knowing the justice system, it may not go on at all. Rock?s arraignment is not scheduled to happen on February 4. But according to the Dekalb County Solicitors Office, the case may or may not go forward, pending more evidence.
The rocker was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge back in October after he allegedly got into a fight over a woman at a Waffle House. The man who supposedly went after Rock got charged with one felony count of second degree criminal damage to property.
Amy Winehouse?s luck seems to be making a turn for the better now that it?s a new year. The singer just got a lucky break because prosecutors have decided that they will not charge Wino in her husband?s witness tampering case. She was under investigation because police grew suspicious of the amount of money that her husband attempted to use for bribery since he doesn?t really sweat money and only Wino makes the cash flow in.
Amy was even ?arrested? last month but was really just brought in for questioning about it. It looks like she did good in the interrogation room because she is now in the clear. As for her husband, the jury is still out.
Miley Cyrus is a Disney star who is all of 15 years old. When it comes to the material she chooses to sing, you would expect something that would highly appeal to the teenyboppers all over the world and not a fun, sleek and sexy pop song.
But that?s exactly how you would describe the song ?See You Again?. Sure, it?s a total rip off of ?I Wear My Sunglasses at Night? but the tweens like, it appeals to an older audience and even radio is catching on to the song. Maybe it?s because most of Miley?s fans never even heard the original song in the 80s.
Some celebrities really do care about things other than themselves. Apparently ex-army man James Blunt plants a tree every time that he sells a concert ticket online. In the garden of his own home no less.
Well I guess if you have a garden the size of a football pitch there are worse things you could do than grow an orchard. Trees included are apple, orange, avocado, lime and plum.
Fruity.
James says; “I’m really into growing trees these days, trying to do my bit for the environment. In fact, we plant a tree every time we sell a ticket online.”
Rumour has it that to this day James has planted four trees.
It just goes to show that just because you won the title of American Idol, it doesn?t mean you will BE America?s Idol forever. In some indirect way, that?s already proven by the likes of Elliot Yamin and Chris Daughtry who ended up being bigger than their season?s winner and runner up, Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee.Anyway, Ruben Studdard won on the second season of American Idol but he?s failed at having any success with his recording career. As a result, Ruben has been dropped by his record label J. Records. What?s he going to do now that his vocal chords have been ripped out?
Scott Weiland, the singer for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, was arrested when he crashed his car while driving on an LA highway on November 21. He has recently been charged with driving under the influence of drugs with a prior conviction and with an allegation that he refused a chemical test as required by the law.Los Angeles City Attorney spokesperson Frank Mateljan made a statement regarding Scott?s legal trouble saying that the singer faces ?maximum penalty of one year county jail and a $1000 fine, and a minimum penalty eight days in jail (because of the prior conviction and the refusal to take a drug test). His car could also be impounded for up to 30 days.?
The internet is buzzing! While we all eagerly await the release of the new Green Day record, people are buzzing about a band called the Foxboro Hot Tubs. What do the two bands have to do with each other? People are saying pretty much everyting.
The Foxboro Hot Tubs released an EP of six songs and it has people thinking that it?s actually Billie Joe and the rest of the Green Day boys experimenting with a new sound. The tunes in the EP sound like they?re sung by Billie Joe but have a very 60s inspired sound. Somebody needs to verify this.
The Victoria?s Secret Fashion Show, apart from jiggling body parts and feathers, saw a lot of musical performances on Thursday. Too bad we have to wait for about two weeks to see it all.
Will.I.Am. opened the show by singing/rapping live. He did two songs including his current single ?Got It From Your Momma?. Seal also performed a couple of songs on the show. One even featured his model wife Heidi Klum. And she sang live too!
But we all want to hear about the Spice Girls right? The show was their first performance in nearly ten years. I say, they could have done better. The girls performed ?Stop? and their current single ?Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)?. Imagine, Heidi sang live but the girls lipsynched!
Timberlake is a rarity in the sphere of boy band alumni: he has pop cultural significance on a mass scale, and credibility with hard-to-please music fans. Amid an eye-popping stage setting, the US popstar ticked all the musical boxes. His exceptional dancing was not unexpected. Yet his vocal performance, as well as his competence on a range of instruments – guitar, electric piano, synth, and, to the crowd’s delight, keytar – was surprising and impressive.
Then there were the songs – Like I Love You came early, while Senorita was given an elongated treatment. The musical cues of Prince and Michael Jackson were palpable without being overwhelming. There were cheesy moments, but not too many. Cry Me a River, for example, the song reportedly written in response to his break-up from Britney Spears, was presented as a sublime pop song. Time was taken for a diatribe on magpies on the golf course, and for a round of tequila shots with the band. Then, finally, there was SexyBack.
Timberlake has achieved excellence by combining pop music, dance and spectacle. And with a show of this caliber, there is little room for spontaneity. Regardless, it will take something extraordinary to top it.
Demon Hunter is known for writing about spiritual warfare, but Storm the Gates of Hell exposes the battlefront that’s present in everyday life. “Sixteen” refers to the minute after the first fifteen of fame, taking aim at hypocritical Christians who publicly live their faith for the wrong reasons. Hard to believe Demon Hunter is a hardcore band based on the pop piano hook that opens “Thorns,” an anti-cutting/suicide anthem that points to the wounds of Christ as reason against further self-infliction and shame. “Follow the Wolves” challenges believers to not conform to the worldly ways of sheep, but rather dare to live a higher spiritual calling.
What’s striking about Storm, produced again by Aaron Sprinkle (The Almost, Emery), is the way it makes hardcore simultaneously credible and accessible, balancing Demon Hunter’s sound without compromising it. Unlike most other bands in the genre, you can actually understand Clark’s singing/screaming without need of a lyric sheet (most of the time). This band is more thoughtful than most, never resorting to cheesy clich?s like Christian metal bands of the past, yet never ashamed of their beliefs either. Their faith-based expression is another example of balance in their music.
Blake Lewis is the popular runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. Born in Redmond, Washington, Lewis started singing at age five and competed in statewide talent contests while in high school. He became a beat-boxer at 17, inspired by the then Seattle-based a cappella group M-Pact. Lewis was a member of the Pacific Northwest a cappella group Kickshaw for four years. He also recorded several music videos and wrote a number of original songs.
After “American Idol,” Lewis signed to 19 Recordings / ARISTA Records and started working on his debut album with a stellar line-up of producers and songwriters. Among the producers were Jonathan “JR” Rotem, who has worked with Rihanna (on her No. 1 single “SOS”) and Sean Kingston; Ryan “Alias” Tedder, who has worked with Timbaland; and S*A*M & Sluggo, who have worked with two of the year’s biggest new artists, Gym Class Heroes and Boys Like Girls.
Lewis’ debut album, Audio Day Dream (A.D.D), will be released on December 4. “Break Anotha” is the first single off the album.
You would think that his anger would have died down because of his successful record sales but Kanye West is still fuming mad at MTV. He?s mad to the point of vowing to boycott the network after he felt unjustly treated at the 2007 VMAs in Vegas.
The rapper even had a diva moment at the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party on Wednesday night. MTV attempted to film Kanye?s interview with Us but the angry Kanye swatted away at the MTV cameras, all while telling the cameraman and producer that ?I have nothing against you, just your bosses.?
The producer protested by saying that he has nothing to do with the boss and what happened but Kanye kept his hand over the camera lens during his entire interview with Us.
What goes up, must come down. Gwen Stefani is another artist that has proven that. She joins the likes of Beyonce, Mika and Constantine Maroulis as prime examples.
Gwen was doing her thing with her concert when she fell down during a performance in Glasgow, UK on September 20. She was in the middle of singing the song ?Cool?, the fourth single from her album ?Love. Angel. Music. Baby.? It may not be as entertaining as Beyonce?s fall nor was it as interactive as Constantine?s but it?s definitely noticeable. It?s either she fell through a trap door or she fell off the stage.
But as they say, the show must go on. Once Gwen got her balance back, the crowd went wild.
Pop superstar Justin Timberlake has confessed he canceled two recent concerts because he was “hungover.” Justin, I think you?re phenomenal. Your music has gotten me through so many bad experiences; it makes me happy to listen to your sexy voice. That hangover thing is a road you don’t want to travel. It messed up my life, relationships, goals. Your so talented, don’t let the pressure force you to be something your really not. At the end of the day those people you get high with don’t really give a damn. Life will give you a thousand more opportunities to make up for this let up and you please do not listen to any of those barking comments calling for your apologizes for canceling the gig. They have no idea of how taxing it is to be a famous super celebrity singer; they all want to see you go down someday so that they have the final laugh on you. But I know you are a super performer and you can play to the crowds wherever you go whenever you want to. I love you. Cynthia
Troubled British pop star Amy Winehouse isn’t planning to sober up anytime soon – if her rider backstage at the MOBO Awards in London is anything to go by. The Rehab singer, who suffered health problems this summer after an apparent drug overdose, hasn’t cut back on her heavy drinking ways. Wasted talent.. she really should go to rehab poor thing she must have some really emotional heart agues for always wanting to be drunk she cant handle it sober.. is anyone surprised? I am not, really once these girls get into boozing and stuff like drugs then it really a matter of time that they start screwing up where ever they go, where they can. The awards ceremonies and parties are the perfect get away escapes for the drunkards and druggies with the comforts of lavish lounges and night clubs to party they just can?t resist the temptation to booze and get high all night till they are carried away by some friends to their homes or hotel rooms.
