The Queen of Pop will reportedly incorporate the cast of the Emmy-nominated TV comedy Glee in her next world tour. Material Girl Madonna is hoping to combine live performances based on the hit TV show’s Madonna tribute episode (Who could forget Sue’s hysterical take on “Vogue?”) with her own live set when she hits the [...]
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Kelly Osbourne Befriends Ex-Boyfriend’s Transsexual Mistress
January 25th, 2011 |
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Image Source…. Chicks Before Dicks! (Even when one of said “chicks” happens to have one…) Kelly Osbourne has found a new friend in the transgender model that bisexual ex-beau Luke Worrall reportedly cheated on her with throughout much of their nearly two-year relationship. Kelly — who just snagged a deal as the new face of [...]
Madonna’s Brother Thinks Her Obsession With Young Men Is “Creepy†(At Least We’re Not The Only Ones…)
January 25th, 2011 |
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If you think The Material Girl’s obsession with barely legal male models is getting a little bizarre now that she’s almost eligible for the Tuesday Morning Senior Citizen Discount at Denny’s, you won’t be surprised to learn that the singer’s estranged brother agrees with you. Madonna has snuggled up to a string of paramours half-her-age [...]
Kelly Osbourne Madonna Material Girl Spokesmodel
January 24th, 2011 |
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We hear Kelly Osbourne is set to replace wildchild Taylor Momsen as the new face of Material Girl, the clothing line that Pop Queen Madonna launched with her 14-year-old daughter Lourdes last summer. Kelly — who co-hosts E!’s Fashion Police — is expected take over the Material Girl spokesmodel role from the Gossip Girl actress [...]
Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me†VIDEO Sneak Peek
January 24th, 2011 |
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Britney Stans may now begin hyperventilating: On Sunday, Spears Tweeted a picture from the second day of the video shoot for her catchy pop track “Hold It Against Me.” The promo is being directed by Gaga-favored lensman Jonas Akerlund and will premiere ahead of Spears’ still-untitled upcoming disc. “HIAM,” the first single from Brit’s forthcoming [...]
Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me†Shatters Billboard Spin Record
January 18th, 2011 |
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Britney Spears’ latest track, “Hold It Against Me,” has received the highest amount of radio play in Billboard’s 18-year history. On Monday, Brit’s dance-fused single stormed Billboard’s Pop Songs chart — which lists the most-played songs on 130 mainstream Top 40 radio stations across the US — at No. 16, earning 4,071 plays in its [...]
Madonna searching for a model
January 12th, 2011 |
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Madonna is looking for a new model to promote her teenage clothing range. The 52-year-old singer launched her Material Girl range which is aimed at teenage girls last year with “Gossip Girl” star Taylor Momsen promoting the brand but, according to a posting on the company’s official website, Madonna is looking for a new ambassador, [...]
Tia Mowry Pregnant; MySpace Giving 500 Employees The Boot; Nothing Comes Between A Huffington & Their Blackberry; & More Evening Crunch Crumbs
January 12th, 2011 |
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-From Sister, Sister to Mother, Mother: The Game’s Tia Mowry joins the Hollywood Baby Brigade…. -The pedo playground formerly known as MySpace.com has let go 500 employees in its latest wave of restructuring. Once the web’s leading social networking website, MySpace has struggled in recent years to keep up with the new mecca of online [...]
Vanilla Ice: “I Dumped Madonna For Being Too Sexy!â€
January 11th, 2011 |
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It took a couple of decades, but early ’90s rap sensation Vanilla Ice is finally spilling the beans on why he kicked The Material Girl to the curb all those years ago. While promoting his appearance on the UK reality series Dancing on Ice (think Dancing With the Stars meets the Ice Capades…), the biggest [...]
Oprah Piers Morgan First Guest! [Madonna's Still Banned]
January 7th, 2011 |
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Piers Morgan’s first guest – Oprah!! On Thursday, Piers Morgan revealed that the first guest that will sit down for a series of dish on his new CNN show, Piers Morgan Tonight, will be OWN boss Oprah Winfrey. “I genuinely think she’s the perfect guest for the show because she’s not only the biggest celebrity [...]
Madonna Plays Santa For Malawian Orphans
December 28th, 2010 |
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It was a very Madge Christmas in Malawi last weekend as Queen of Pop Madonna shipped boxes of toys, clothes, chocolates, and other sweets to six orphanages in the African nation, PEOPLE Magazine spills. Boxes of goods were shipped with a handwritten note from the star, which read: “To my Malawi children on Christmas and [...]
Madonna showers Malawi orphans with gifts
December 28th, 2010 |
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Pop star Madonna made sure orphaned children in Malawi had a merry Christmas as she sent boxes of toys, clothes and other gifts to her charity in the African country. The “Holiday” hitmaker and Michael Berg founded the Raising Malawi foundation in 2006 to bring an end to the poverty and hardship suffered by orphans [...]
Kirsten Dunst dresses down to avoid paparazzi
December 28th, 2010 |
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Actress Kirsten Dunst admits that she deliberately dresses down to avoid celebrity photographers. “I just don’t want to look bad in those pictures. Paparazzi don’t have as much interest in you when you’re not wearing big sunglasses and carrying a $5,000 bag,” showbizspy.com quoted her as telling a magazine. “I have no interest in wearing [...]
Cameron Diaz Bonds With A-Rod’s Daughters
December 21st, 2010 |
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Is Cameron Diaz stepping into the role of stepmom? The actress, 38, looked at ease over the weekend as she kicked back with on-again/off-again beau Alex Rodriguez, 35, and his little girls Natasha, 6, and Ella, 2, in Mexico last weekend. Both girls were born during the womanizing Yankee slugger’s union with ex-wife Cynthia, who [...]
Taylor Momsen Dropped By IMG Models
December 21st, 2010 |
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Taylor Momsen should have plenty of time to brush up on her geography now that she’s no longer affiliated with the world-famous IMG Modeling Agency. The scandal-ridden, angst-driven singer/actress, 17, has reportedly been dropped by the agency that has represented her for more than three years after her controversial behavior on and off stage became [...]
JamBase Questionnaire: Brian Haas
December 7th, 2010 |
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Welcome back to JamBase’s baker’s dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from The New Up.
Odysseys are a tricky business. By nature, they are circuitous and fraught with sirens calling one towards the rocks and angry, jealous gods tossing stones in one’s pathway. The long, winding road of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey handily reflects the mythological origins of their name, with myriad lineup changes and stylistic shifts over their many years. But one element remains constant – though perhaps bobbing his head wildly – and that’s Brian Haas, who is hands down one of the finest keyboardists of his generation, a player for the ages who continues the line begun by Earl Hines, Chick Corea and John Medeski.
Another facet of an odyssey is surprise around each turn, and one need only press play on Stay Gold, the latest JFJO studio joint (released June 21 on Royal Potato Family), and they’re whisked into brightly hued fresh spaces dappled with Chris Combs’ lap steel (and growing compositional acumen) and Haas’ ever-potent piano. The atmosphere of opener “The Sensation of Seeing Light” touches on Jacob Fred’s existing gift for capturing elemental qualities in song, but it’s followed by “Trampoline Phoenix,” which shifts and explodes in a patient, intense way for a vibe that’s genuinely new. This vibe – a little Okie, a little funky, a little classical – continues on the superb “Hanby’s Window,” which burns and jumps with giddy life. A lovely melodic sense infuses this set, with the entire quartet using conscious control and playing to the shared sensibilities of each piece. So, as usual, instrumental music is given a gift when JFJO gathers, particularly in the flowing, gorgeous piano work of Haas on Stay Gold.
Jacob Fred plays NYE in their native Tulsa, Oklahoma – tackling, perhaps literally, the music of Madonna, Beyonce and Lady Gaga – and then a special NYC Winger Jazz Fest gig in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge on January 8 (late night – starting at 1 am), but Mistah Haas squirreled away a few moments to answer our questions. (Dennis Cook)
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1. Great music rarely happens withoutÂ…
Risk
2. The first album I bought wasÂ…
Thriller.
3. The last song or album to really flip my wig wasÂ…
Wooden Arms by Patrick Watson
4. When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to beÂ…
A rock star
5. My favorite sort of gig isÂ…
A relaxed, peaceful, exuberant celebration
6. One thing I wish people knew about me isÂ…
I stopped wishing a long time ago – I create.
7. I love the sound ofÂ…
Birds, the ocean, the wind in the trees and my breath.
8. One day I hope to make an album as fantastic asÂ…
John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme
9. The best meal I ever had on tour was atÂ…
A friend’s house
10. I always find the coolest audiences inÂ…
Europe
11. The worst habit I’ve picked up being on the road all the time isÂ…
An addiction to driving.
12. The Beatles or the Stones? Por que?
The Beatles. John Lennon.
13. The craziest thing I ever saw wasÂ…
A naked man wearing shoes run through an alley in West Hollywood and approach a black Chevy Suburban. An arm came out of the Suburban window and the naked man received fast pleasuring. This happened 100 feet away from a large group of us. The man said nothing. He ran off and the Chevy drove away. We cheered.
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Brahim Zaibat Spills The Tea On Dating Madonna
December 6th, 2010 |
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Madonna’s latest manchild is obviously not afraid of getting a spanking from his new girlfriend — he’s already blabbed to a magazine about his relationship with the Material Girl. Dancer/choreographer Brahim Zaibat, 24, told Grazia Magazine last year that he’s not looking to sell his story, but is apparently out to dispel some nasty dish [...]
Madonna â€just a woman like all the othersâ€, says new beau
December 3rd, 2010 |
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Madonna”s new man Brahim Zaibat has described the Queen of Pop as “just a woman like all the othersâ€. Speaking out for the first time about his love for her in a highly revealing interview, the 24-year-old said the passionate affair had made him suspicious of old friends, and caused him to change his mobile [...]
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Three New Live Clips
December 2nd, 2010 |
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THE ODYSSEY CONTINUES
Lovers of instrumental gold with a jazz soul know that Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is a great fount of such richness. The relatively new incarnation of the quartet with double bassist Jeff Harshbarger joining Brian Haas (keys), Josh Raymer (drums) and Chris Combs (lap steel) earlier this year. The foursome has been busy building their road legs and diving into a new batch of exciting studio recordings since debuting Ludwig! this past June (JamBase review).
JFJO’s recent West Coast Tour found them recording a new album direct to lathe for a vinyl release coming next April featuring two new songs and two improvs. Next January recording will occur in the band’s native Tulsa, OK on Chris Comb’s Race Riot Suite at the legendary Church Studios with special guests Jeff Coffin, Steven Bernstein, Peter Apfelbaum and Mark Southerland. That release is due out next fall.
Jacob Fred will perform a very special New Year’s Eve show at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, where they will deconstruct and Fred-i-fy the music of Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Madonna. One hopes tape will be running so those of us not fortunate enough to be in Oklahoma at the dawn of 2011 will get to experience this splendid freak show after the fact. Tickets for the NYE show are available here.
In the meantime, the band offers us a trio of fine live offerings, starting with a new B.Haas song entitled “Myers Flat to Miranda,” which is a stretch of the Avenue of the Giants in Northern California.
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Madonna Hard Candy Gym Mexico Facing Shutdown
December 1st, 2010 |
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Madonna flew into Mexico City Monday to open her new Hard Candy Fitness Gym, but patrons won’t be feeling the burn for long, if local officials have anything to say about it. The club she launched this week is in danger of being shut down because it lacks a security plan and a land use [...]