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She has had one of the most successful music careers in history topping chart after chart for the last 30'ish years and she is about to break another record. Madonnas latest release 'Give Me All Your Luvin' is anticipated to hit the number one spot on the Billboard Dance/Party top 100 list for the week... which means it will be her 41st hit to make number 1! No one is close competition to her... Janet Jackson is the next in line with just 19 number ones.
Just when you thought is wasn't possible for any more singing competition shows to be created... well there is yet another one. Coming soon 'Teen Icon'. This competition is open to anyone ages 12-19, and not limited to the US, auditions will be taken from Canada, the UK, South Africa and other English speaking countries. The judges for this show will be Jordin Sparks (made famous from American Idol) Tiffany (80's pop star) Jesse McCartney and a fourth judges who is yet to be announced. No premier date for this show is available yet, but auditions will start in the next few weeks.
This months edition of Playboy Magazine has a little something for everyone, plus its a history making edition. Being only the 10th man to grace to the cover of Playboy, Bruno Mars becomes a part of the 'sex and music' theme. That's a pretty huge honor, to be only 1 of 10 men to be welcomed into the Playboy family... wow!
Britney Spears is one of the female celebs that have been in the talks with the X-Factors producers. The producers offered her an amazing $10 million dollar contract, which she reportedly has turned down and is holding out for more money... like $20 million!!!! To put this is perspective J-Lo made $12 million for her time on American Idol and Christina Aguilera is doing The Voice for $10 million. I wonder if Fox will dig deep and pay Britney what she wants to be there. However Fox isn't just competing with Britney's offer. Britney is also in talks with Las Vegas to set up residency there as a permanent performer.
We knew she wouldn't stay single long, Katy Perry allegedly has a new guy in her life. She was recently spotted in Paris with French model Baptiste Giabiconi. They were said to be very flirty with each other while sharing laughs and whispers. Even though they were part of a group it was noticed that they stayed very close to each other all night.
She may have got to big break from American Idol, but Kelly Clarkson isn't going back to A.I. Instead, Kelly has signed on to be a mentor on yet another singing talent show called Duets. The idea of this show is a little different because the celebs involved are not judges but mentors. The mentors will be traveling around to find people to perform duets with them, each week the contestant will perform with the celeb, hoping to win the grand prize which is a record contract from Hollywood Records. The list of mentors includes Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Ritchie, Robin Thicke and Jennifer Nettles.
Yet another singing talent show is on the way. This time Queen Latifah, Gloria Estefan and John Rich are the judges, but this isn't your typical American Idol/X-Factor style show. Instead of holding auditions, the judges are going to travel around the country scouting out their own idea of talent in local performers. The show is going to air on The CW this summer, and there are more judges/mentors to be announced.
Can this be right, Lady Gaga is ready to settle down?! Gaga is currently in a relationship with Taylor Kinney from Vampire Diaries. Gaga has reportedly said that she wants to settle down, get married and start a family... but not necessarily in that order. Gaga apparently wants to have a baby in the next year!! Taylor is apparently on board with this idea because he's been quoted saying that he can't wait to be a daddy.
More good things for Avril Lavigne... not only is she in talks to maybe be a new judge for The X-Factor, and she's got a new line of nail art, shoes and clothing on the way- but she is also working on a new album! As she just Tweeted she is also teaming up with someone else we are very familiar with, Nickelbacks Chad Kroeger. Apparently the two are collaborating on a few tracks together...
This morning on Good Morning America they annouced the cast of the latest season of Dancing With The Stars. Now I normally don't watch this show either BUT.... after hearing who's gonna be on it, I will probably just have to watch. Some of the bigger names that are exciting to have on board.. Jaleel White- remember he played Steve Urkle on Family Matters. Singers Gavin Degraw and Gladys Knight will also take part. Now the reason why I will watch... Donald Driver from the Green Bay Packers will be dancing!!!! I am super excited, I think he will do well.
They definitely have some history together- Chris Brown and Rihanna do. They dated for a while and then Chris got in trouble for being physically abusive to Rihanna. There were court dates, restraining orders and lots of public drama involved. But what is this? Rihanna and Chris may be joining forces and performing together?? An insider at American Idol told E! that if the two reunite it will be on stage of American Idol to perform their duet 'Turn up the Music' from Chris' latest album.
With Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger leaving the X-Factor, Simon Cowell is still looking for replacements. Rumors are that he's been talking to Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Katy Perry, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears and even Whitney Houston before her passing. Now the latest rumor is that they are talking to Avril Lavigne!!
With Paula Abdul out of the picture, Simon Cowell is working to fill a spot at the X-Factor judges table, and who has he been talking to now... Britney Spears!!!!
Good things just keep coming for Adele... not only did she clean up at the Grammy Awards, recovered from her surgery and become one of the most popular artists, but she also continues to break some major records.
Nick Cannon, who was just recently was released from the hospital after suffering minor kidney failure, was sent back to the hospital last week. This time Nick found out he was suffering from blood clots in the lungs and an enlarged ventricle in his heart. Cannon says that along with his previous issues with his kidneys, the blood clots formed because of his lifestyle of traveling a lot and spending a lot of time sitting in airplanes. Doctors say he needs to change his work schedule and start taking care of himself.
The announcement has been made that Whitney Houston's funeral will be this Saturday in New Jersey, and will be held in the church where Whitney used to sing as a child. The funeral service is going to help privately, which means by invite only. Guess who's not getting an invite? Ex-husband Bobby Brown. Family members of Whitney have spoken out saying they don't like him because he is the reason that she got hooked on doing drugs. Bobby made a statement that he wants to be there to support their daughter and show his respect to Whitney.
Well a good majority of us saw and heard Adele sing Sunday night at the Grammy awards.. yes she sounded amazing, but did you notice the difference in her voice? Adele says that as a result of the surgery and having the polyp removed, her voice changed and went up and octave. She says that she's ok with it cause she still sounds like herself, she was just surprised it went up and not deeper.
After a night of hosting a very exciting Grammy party at the Playboy Mansion, Diddy was taken to the hospital suffering from a severe migraine. He had been complaining about his head hurting but after the party the migraine escalated and made him concerned. Doctors treated him and sent him home.
Last night was the highly anticipated Grammy Awards... and I say highly anticiapted because they really had a great line up of performers, especially the return of Adele. Which I must say, it was great to see Adele back and she definitely delivered... she did songs, Rollin in the Deep and Someone Like You.. both fantastic, and she looks amazing too.
On Saturday we were all struck by the shocking news of the passing of singer Whitney Houston. Yes she may have had her fair share of dirty laundry, it can't be denied that she was a powerful singer and a huge part of the 80's and 90's pop culture. I can remember when the movie "The Bodyguard" first came out and then when she did a cover of Dolly Partons "I Will Always Love You." I remember being torn as a fan of Dolly's to admit that I liked Whitneys version better.
It has been months since we have heard anything from Adele, that of course is due to her recent throat surgery. Adele suffered from polyps in her throat and herniated vocal chords. Coming up this Sunday before the highly anticipated Grammy Awards, 60 Minutes will air an interview with her.
Another major concert announcement just happened.. Lady Gaga releasing some of the details for her upcoming Born This Way Ball Tour. The first part of her tour will start in Asia and Japan, then go to Australia. After that the tour will take her to Europe and Latin American and then finally she will start the North American leg. She will travel North America starting in 2013 going through March.
After lots of talk, Madonna has finally announced the details of her upcoming tour. Hitting the road to promote her new album M.D.N.A. will visit over 20 cities during her first tour in over 3 years. The first part of the tour will take her to Europe and the Middle East, then in August she will start the North American leg.
Christina Aguilera is back for season 2 of The Voice, and she brought with her diva attitude. Christina is very conscious of her figure and always wants to look her best, but may be taking it too far and upsetting her co-judges. According to a source she will demand scenes to be re-shot because the camera caught her in an unflattering angle, and she has strong demands for her make-up artists, stylists and producers.
Watch out facebook and Twitter... the monsters are taking over. Lady Gaga is expanding her her love for her fans aka 'little monsters' by creating a new social network. Currently the site is going through testing but if you are a fan of Gaga and want to join you can put yourself on the waiting list now. Just go to littlemonsters.com to find out all the details oh how it will work.
April 15th... a day that has been drilled into our head for the longest time... dreaded April 15th, tax day. With as much emphasis that is put into this deadline I find it unbelievable that celebrities can 'forget' to pay their taxes. Sean Kingston just got busted for owing back taxes from 2009. With as much money that these celebs makes, and with all the accountants and assistants they hire how it is possible somebody didn't say 'hey Sean, did you get your taxes done yet?' and what I think i really odd is that he only owes $131,000, yes that is insane to you and me.. but that's like what they earn for making one public appearance. I hate when famous people think they can get away with stuff like that.
So this weekend was the premier of season 2 of The Voice... and the season has already started with controversy. Randy Jackson from American Idol apparently said that The Voice was a show for 'Second chance people'. Referring to some contestants that have already had one record contract but didn't make it big. Adam Levine showed his dislike for that while on the Ellen show on Friday. He defended the contestants and said in this industry sometimes you need two, three or four chances to get it right and there's nothing wrong with that.
She will be the center of attention this Sunday at the Superbowl. Madonna will be performing the half time show, but immediately following the end of the Superbowl tickets for her tour will go on sale. As of right now no tour dates have been announced, but her new song 'Give Me All Your Luvin' is available today on iTunes.
Britney Spears is jumping on the video game bandwagon... she has just teamed up with Hasbro for a new video dance game called 'Twister Dance. She tweeted that she was very excited about the game and her and her kids love to play it. Twister Dances mixes the game of Twister and video dancing. The game will feature a remix of Brits song 'Til the World Ends', it also will feature songs from Ke$ha and Willow Smith. Twister Dance will be available this fall.
For the last week Lady Gaga has potentially been teasing us about an upcoming tour on Twitter and facebook. He latest post said that she was looking forward to this weekends Superbowl (she is a Giants fan) but says that she loves the comment that one of followers posted which said that Gaga should get drunk and announce the tour dates. Gaga's reply was "Am I that predictable?"
Well we've been waiting and now it is finally confirmed.... Adele will be making her first come-back performance at the Grammy Awards on Feb 12th! As well as performing, Adele is nominated for 6 Grammy Awards, including song, record and album of the year for her latest album 21.
Well the rumors are being put rest by rep at Interscope Records, Lady Gaga will not be releasing her song 'Heavy Metal Lover' of the album Born This Way. In fact there will not be anymore singles released off that album. This is thought to be because her latest single 'Marry the Night' was the first song to not land in the Billboards top 10. The record label is going to wait on releasing new Gaga music until her new album drops later this year.
Some of you are excited and some of you are disappointed that Madonna will the be the artist performing during the Superbowl half time show. However Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas (who performed last years show) says that LMFAO will be stepping in for some during during this years performance. Do you think Will really knows something we don't? Guess we'll have to wait and see but I say Yes Please!
The very talented and good lookin' Jason Derulo is off the market ladies!... sorry. Jason finally announced who he's been seeing, and honestly it has been kept a good secret for over a year. Derulo says that he's been dating American Idolist Jordin Sparks!
First it was with facebook friends, then twitter followers now Rihanna has done it again by beating out Lady Gaga with the number of views she has had on YouTube. You all love Rihanna and it shows with over 2 billion views of videos on YouTube. She still trails slightly behind Justin Bieber who holds the title of the most views with 2.2 billion.
For all of you that love the punk-rock goodness of Avril Lavigne's style you will love her latest project. Avril has come out with nail polish that will be released through Sally Hanson Nails. But this isn't your typical bottle of nail color, Avril's designs are going to be on the latest trend which is nail polish strips. These strips are made of nail polish but instead of painting it on you apply the strips to your nails, file down the tip and you're good to go. 12 different nail art styles designed by Avril are available.
After 7 years of marriage and 3 children, model Heidi Klum and singer Seal have announced they are getting divorced. In a recent statement Heidi said the couple has enjoyed 7 years of marriage but have grown apart. She also says that the split is amicable and are staying positive for the children. It is rumored that Klum will file papers this week citing the ever popular irreconcilable differences.
It has been a few months since we have been able to hear Adele sing. Since suffering vocal injuries and then having corrective surgery she has been recovering under strict directions on how to save her voice. But way may be hearing from here again soon. Adele may be performing at the Grammy Awards on Feb 12. She has confirmed that she will be there, and will decide when it gets closer if she will sing or not. Adele has a big night ahead of here as she is nominated for 6 Grammy's for her awesome new album 21.
On Saturday, musics power couple, Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their new little baby to the world. They named their baby girl Blue Ivy Carter. Blue was born by c-section and both baby and mom are doing well. Click here to find out the significance of the the name Blue Ivy Carter.
Katy Perry opens up on Twitter to thank her fans for all their support after the recent news that Katy and Russel Brand have split. Perry Tweeted that she is ...grateful for all the love and support, and that they have made her heart happy again. Perry and Brand married in October of 2010, and Brand just filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.
Deep down I bet it's every Packer fans dream to be on the field during a game... but perhaps not to be laid out flat by linebacker. But that's what happened to a 15 year old fan who ran onto the field. After out running the security guards, linebacker Brad Jones jumped into action. He says that when he tackled the kid he could hear him laughing the whole time. When asked why he did it, Jones said he did it because he was cold. The kid was fined $870 and has been banned from Lambeau Field.
Over the Holidays actress Drew Barrymore got engaged!! Her boyfriend of just over a year popped the question. His name is Will Kopelman and he is an art director. He proposed to her in Sun Valley Idaho. In a recent interview with US Magazine, Drew said that she is eager to get married and have kids.
Whether it's vampires, hobbits or superheros, 2012 has got you covered for great movies. Look forward to these blockbuster movies coming to the theater this year...