Archive for July, 2009

Lil Wayne Still Working On Rebirth, Focusing On Young Money Label

MC says he’ll release rock/hip-hop LP once his Young Money label is in order.By Shaheem Reid

Lil Wayne

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Lil Wayne is in no rush to put out his Rebirth LP. The record’s release has been pushed back repeatedly, and no concrete date has been announced. Weezy says he’s been working on the LP, but [...]

‘The Hills’ Premiere Date Set

New season, featuring Kristin Cavallari, will premiere September 29 at 10 p.m. on MTV.By Jocelyn Vena

Kristin Cavallari

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Ready, set, drama! “The Hills,” minus Lauren Conrad, is set to return on September 29 at 10 p.m. on MTV. And when it does, a familiar face is set to make her comeback to [...]

Exclusive: Spencer Smith Reveals New Members Of Panic! At The Disco

Band carrying out Blink-182 tour dates with members of the Cab, the Brobecks.By James Montgomery

Panic! at the Disco’s Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie

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For two weeks, Spencer Smith sat idly by while his former bandmate, guitarist Ryan Ross, spoke at length about leaving Panic! at the Disco and venturing out on a [...]

Amber Rose To Star In Kanye West’s ‘Robocop’ Video

Model talks about becoming a robot for her boyfriend’s clip.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway

Amber Rose and Nicki Minaj

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Shorty’s kinda crazy, but it turns him on. Kanye West said it, not us, in the song that’s becoming a video starring his girlfriend, Amber Rose.

“I have Kanye’s ‘Robocop’ video,” Rose told [...]

New Boyz Challenge Chris Brown To A Jerkin’ Competition

‘I called you out, Chris Brown!’ Legacy jokes.By Steven Roberts

New Boyz Legacy and Ben J

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Every so often, a new dance craze comes along to captivate the hearts and minds of people all over the world. Whether it’s the Macarena or Soulja Boy Tell’em’s Crank That, the dance becomes a staple at summer barbeques, [...]

Demi Lovato Is ‘Completely Ecstatic’ Over #1 Debut

Here We Go Again will be #1 on the Billboard albums chart next week.By Jocelyn Vena

Demi Lovato

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On Tuesday night, Demi Lovato achieved something most 16-year-olds only dream of: Her new album, Here We Go Again, will be #1
on the Billboard albums chart next week.

“It’s great! I’m having a blast. I mean. [...]

Kelly Clarkson’s Claims Are ‘Hurtful And Absurd,’ Ryan Tedder Says

Clarkson took OneRepublic frontman/ songwriter to task for similarities between her new single and Beyoncé’s ‘Halo.’By James Montgomery

Ryan Tedder

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Over the weekend, after several blogs noticed the similarities between Kelly Clarkson’s new single “Already Gone” and Beyoncé’s hit “Halo,” Clarkson did an interview in which she claimed she was unaware of “Halo” until [...]

Silversun Pickups Win Over Metallica Fans, Make Their ‘Darkest Video’

Frontman Brian Aubert calls upcoming ‘Substitution’ clip ’sort of depressing.’By James Montgomery

The Silversun Pickups

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Earlier this year, before Metallica thundered onstage at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, the Silversun Pickups were given the unenviable task of warming up an audience of over-served, overheated, die-hard metal fans.

It seemed like an odd choice for an [...]

Stan Lee Reflects On ‘Friendly’ Relationship With Michael Jackson

Pair met ‘a number of times’ in the 1990s to discuss buying Marvel Comics.By Rick Marshall

Stan Lee

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SAN DIEGO — It’s no secret that Michael Jackson was a comic book fan — just take a look at some of the items from his personal collection. But what many people don’t realize is that the [...]

‘Gossip Girl’ Star Taylor Momsen Rocks Her Sweet 16 Birthday Party With Pretty Reckless

Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, Jessica Szhor, others cheer their castmate on.By Rya Backer with Hayley Murphy

Taylor Momsen

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NEW YORK — OK, not everyone has a sweet-16 birthday party that was sponsored by MySpace, was held at one of Manhattan’s hottest venues and was DJed by MisShapes — and doubled as your new band’s homecoming [...]