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March 5th, 2010
Original Article from PopCrunch
Here are the links that will take us to the weekend. Hope you have a mellow one! Let’s get to it:
-Diddy Meets The Mona Lisa!
-Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of raping yet another woman….
-Jon Stewart plays Chatroulette…..
-Leave DMX Alone!
-Accidentally on Purpose star Jenna Elfman has welcomed her second son…..
-Jay-Z and Beyonce visit The White House!
-Jim & Pam welcomed a baby girl, Cecelia, on The Office this week….
-Psycho Alert: A Memphis Man is in police custody after trying to kill his mother over a TV remote…..
-Kelly Clarkson, The Bangles, The Go-Gos join the lineup of Lilith Fair, the infamous femme concert tour……
-First Lady Michelle Obama is donating the frock she wore to last year’s inaugural balls to the Smithsonian in Washington….
-The Sun Doesn’t Always Shine on The Great White Way; Oscar-nominated actress Abigail Breslyn opens to mixed reviews for her portrayal of Helen Keller in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker…..
-Tim Burton’s trippy remake of Alice In Wonderland opens today, to a lukewarm reception….
-Wow – this is some pad Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian are moving into together…..
-Eliminated American Idols Haeley Vaughn and Jermaine Sellars on Fox 11 L.A….
-Eliminated Idols Michelle Delamor and John Park interview on Fox 5 NY….
-Champ: The Jumping Trampoline Dog!
-MTV hasn’t turned its back on music….just Generation X….
-Speaking of MTV, get ready for a lively Spring Break on the sandy shores of Acapulco. MTV Spring Break 2010 kicks off March 20, and revellers and devoted viewers will be treated to performances by Young Money’s Drake and Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Pitbull, Trey Songz, and B.o.B. Also on hand to celebrate the fun, the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Snooki, The Situation, and Pauly D will host Fist Pumpin’ Top 20 With Jersey Shore, — countdown of the Top 20 most outrageous Spring Break moments of all time — airing March 20 @ 2 PM ET/PT…..
-Roseanne believes Marie Osmond’s son committed suicide because of the Mormon Church’s condemnation of gays…
-Cat survives in freezer for 4 weeks by eating frozen peas…..
-A Seattle Councilman wants to but a stop to the aggressive sale of Girl Scout Cookies. How aggressive can you be when you’re only 10?
-You’ve gotta see this: 29 Oscar Speeches In 2 Minutes, courtesy of Comedy.com:
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February 20th, 2010
Original Article from Celebrity Odor
Here’s a clip from the NBA All Star Game of Chicago Bulls’ mascot, Benny The Bull doing the ‘Single Ladies’ dance in front of Jay-Z, which failed miserably as Jay-Z didn’t even crack a smile. Although it can be reasonably be assumed that Jay-Z hates that song as much as everybody else who has heard it on the radio a thousand times every hour.
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February 15th, 2010
Original Article from PopCrunch
Approximately 80 of music’s biggest names gathered on February 1, 2010 to remake the 1985 charity classic “We Are The World,” in an effort to raise funds for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. “We Are The World: 25 For Haiti” made its debut during the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday night — but at least one music notable would have liked to see the anthem remain “untouched.”
“I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson’s] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched,” rap mogul Jay-Z told MTV.com at the “2 Kings” dinner during NBA All Star Weekend in Dallas on Saturday night.
“I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti,” Hov continued. “So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We Are The World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”
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February 15th, 2010
Original Article from The Hollywood Gossip
When Jay-Z speaks, people listen. That’s the kind of respect this artist and producer has earned.
That’s why his critique of the recently-remade version of “We Are the World” is receiving so much attention, as the rapper told MTV News over the weekend:
“I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched.”
The man makes a good point. No offense to Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber (okay, some offense to the former), but the iconic single loses a lot of luster when such young musicians are taking the place of Jackson, Bob Dylan and other luminaries.
“I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts,” Jay-Z added. “But… some things are just untouchable… I think it’s time for us to make a new [song].”
Do you agree with Jay-Z? Listen to the remake NOW and then vote below: What do you think of it?
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February 15th, 2010
Original Article from US Magazine
“I know everybody is gonna take this wrong,” he says
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February 7th, 2010
Original Article from PopCrunch
Proving once again that he controls this rap stuff, Jay-Z appeared in a thrilling intro for Sunday night’s 2010 Super Bowl XLIV. Here’s “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna and The Rutgers University Symphony Orchestra!
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February 1st, 2010
Original Article from Rolling Stone
Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and Barbra Streisand are just a handful of the 100-plus stars scheduled to take part in a re-recording of “We Are the World” to benefit Haiti, producer RedOne told Rolling Stone yesterday at the Grammys. Other artists contributing to the new “We Are the World” — a remake of the 1985 USA for Africa charity single that was co-written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — include Celine Dion, Fergie, Wyclef, Enrique Iglesias and more musicians who attended yesterday’s 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
“I’m so delighted and so happy to get a dream call from Quincy Jones and Randy Phillips and Lionel Richie,” RedOne told RS. “I know that Lionel Richie has been asked like 150-something times to redo ‘We Are the World’ and he said no to everything until this Haiti thing happened. The moment he saw that it happened he was like, OK, ‘We Are the World.’ And to be one of the people they called to have fresh input to the song, to help produce the song — I have no words.”
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According to RedOne, recording of the “We Are the World” remake will take place today in a Los Angeles studio. In addition to the all-star vocal talent, RedOne promises instrumentation from the likes of Orianthi (the guitarist for Michael Jackson’s This Is It show) and other big-name musicians. The AP reports Bono, Jason Mraz and Akon are also slated to appear on the track. “With music you want to help people feel something in a certain way, and this is something devastating that just happened and I am and we are the world,” RedOne said. “We’re going to be helping people that we don’t know. I have Haitian friends and stuff like that, but we’re going to be helping people that need help right now.”
Reporting by Shirley Halperin
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January 31st, 2010
Original Article from US Magazine
The usually private singer acknowledges she’s married for the first time at an awards show
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January 21st, 2010
Original Article from Rolling Stone
Bono wrote the hook for “Stranded” — his new Haiti benefit single with Jay-Z and Rihanna, which is subtitled either “Haiti Mon Amour” or “Haiti Mi Amore” — while on the phone with producer Swizz Beatz. “The idea of the song is ‘We’re not gonna leave you stranded’ and that’s what the chorus is,” Swizz Beatz tells Rolling Stone. “So me and Bono started going back and forth with ideas, and he was like, ‘You know this word stranded keeps standing out to me’ and I asked him to sing it, and he put me on hold ’cause he’s recording the ideas on a Dictaphone — so he did it there and then on the phone.”
Swizz Beatz got the song started by sending simultaneous texts to Jay-Z and Bono — but when they both called, he accidentally hung up on Jay while trying to conference them. After three hours of phone tag, they all agreed to the project, which came together in geographically scattered sessions, with extra production work by the Edge. “I knew that Jay would be able to tell a story, and that Bono would be able to sing and bring it home. The last component that I added was Rihanna, and she’s kinda like the angel that’s on the track, softening it up and giving it that caring feeling, because this hook is so powerful.”
The song will debut with a live performance on Friday night’s multi-network telethon for Haiti, and will soon be released as a single on iTunes, according to Swizz Beatz.
Stick with RS for full coverage of tomorrow night’s Hope for Haiti concert, including a live blog here on RollingStone.com.
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• Wyclef’s Mission to Haiti: Revisit the RS Feature
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January 13th, 2010
Original Article from US Magazine
Forbes ranks the music super-couple as the highest earning in entertainment
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