Gwyneth Paltrow has confirmed that she’s been offered a role in the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages. The show, which features songs from artists including Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, and Poison, is set for a cinematic makeover with Alec Baldwin in talks to join the project. The film tells [...]
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Alec Baldwin For “Rock Of Ages†Movie
December 16th, 2010 |
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Emmy-winning actor Alec Baldwin, who tapped into his talents as a “Song & Dance Man” as host of the 2010 Academy Awards, is being courted for a lead role in New Line Cinema’s buzzworthy movie musical Rock of Ages, a theatrical adaptation of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production of the same name. Rock of Ages [...]
Usher Kicked In Nose By Fan; Marisa Miller Goes Nude For Skin Cancer Research; David Batista’s Daughter Leaks Sex Tape & Other Evening Crunch Crumbs
December 15th, 2010 |
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-Stalkers, stampedes, and broken noses: All in the price of being a sex symbol. Just ask Usher.. -Thora Birch is out of a job… -”Biblically-correct” former beauty queen Carrie Prejean is having a baby boy…. -Mary J. Blige is learning French for her role as Nina Simone…. -Diddy’s Greatest Hits: Woman-Wise…. -Replicas of the ivory [...]
Mary J. Blige “Rock Of Ages†Movie
November 30th, 2010 |
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Mary J. Blige has started negotiations to join Tom Cruise and Taylor Swift in the cast of the upcoming movie musical Rock of Ages alongside Tom Cruise. Rock of Ages is the story of a small town girl and a big city rocker who fall in love to the soundtrack of some of greatest pop [...]
Alicia Keys Welcomes Son Egypt
October 16th, 2010 |
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E! Online is reporting that Alicia Keys gave birth to a son (with Swizz Beats), named Eqypt on October 14th in NYC. Singer Mary J. Blige tweeted her congrats to the couple: “I’m So excited 2 Congratulate my brother @therealswizzz and @Alicia keys on there New, baby, boy!!!!!!!” Swizz later tweeted: “I’m so thankful for [...]
Alicia Keys Gives Birth To Son Egypt
October 16th, 2010 |
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Homewreckers: 1. Respectable Housewives: 0….It’s a boy for singing star Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz (real name Kaseem Dean). The newlyweds are celebrating the arrival of their son Egypt Dauode Dean, who was born at New York’s St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital late Thursday night. Little Egypt is the first child for the “Un-Thinkable” [...]
VH1 Divas 2010 — Katy Perry, Keri Hilson, Nicki Minaj — Will Honor America’s Troops
October 14th, 2010 |
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This year’s VH1′s Divas will not only pay tribute to the talent of singers like Katy Perry, Sugarland, Keri Hilson, and Paramore, but also to the brave men and women who risk their lives our country. This year’s “Divas” are taking some of the focus off themselves by singing for the military through a partnership [...]
Saturday Crunch Crumbs
July 10th, 2010 |
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-In news that will send classic comic strip fans sailing to the moon, Garfield, Archie, and a host of other staples from The Funny Pages are being honored with their own postage stamps! The “Sunday Funnies” stamps announced earlier this year by the United States Postal Service will be issued July 16. CLICK HERE for [...]
Evening Crunch Crumbs: July Is National Ice Cream Month; Nick Jonas Signs Up For More Les Miserables; Party With Ryan Seacrest & The Cast Of “Jersey Shoreâ€
July 7th, 2010 |
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-The walking STI known as Tila Tequila is tapping into her inner video ho. Miss Tila — or whatever she calls herself nowadays — is featured in Oh My God’s new music video, “My Own Adventure.” (Thanks Kevin!) -Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Former President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the special month [...]
Lilith Fair Tour 2010 Scraps 10 More Dates
July 2nd, 2010 |
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Lady rockers are the latest victims of a weak concert season in North America.Organizers of the all-female Lilith Fair Festival Tour, co-founded by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan in 1997, cancelled almost one-third of the scheduled shows on Thursday. The lineup will vary as the tour proceeds, with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Carly Simon, Mary [...]
Celine Dion launches sunglasses collection
June 9th, 2010 |
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Singer Celine Dion has launched her own range of sunglasses.
The singer has a new shady deal, which she hopes will rival accessories lines from Mary J. Blige, Madonna and Lady Gaga, reports the Daily Star.
Dion, who is pregnant with twins, has launched her own Eyes Signature Collection of sunglasses – the ones she’’s often seen [...]
Bumbershoot 2010 Lineup Dylan, Weezer, Decemberists
June 2nd, 2010 |
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ANOTHER CRAZY COOL MIX OF MUSIC IN SEATTLE
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Bumbershoot 2010 is set to take place September 4-6 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, WA. The multi-stage festival will be headlined by Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Weezer, Hole, Rise Against, Neko Case, The Decemberists, J. Cole and one more special guest to be announced soon. In addition, there’s this donkey choking array of talent hitting the stage this year:
LMFAO / Billy Bragg / Ozomatli / Angelique Kidjo / Solomon Burke / The Dandy Warhols / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Jenny and Johnny (featuring Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice) / Jamie Lidell / The Raveonettes / Balkan Beat Box / Motion City Soundtrack / The Thermals / Ra Ra Riot / The English Beat / Justin Townes Earle / Booker T. / Surfer Blood / The Bouncing Souls / Japandroids / Bob Schneider / Anvil / Bomba Estereo / Jay Electronica / Aterciopelados / Baroness / James Cotton “Superharp” Blues Band / David Bazan / Meat Puppets / Crash Kings / This Providence / Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express / The Moondoggies / The Whigs / Greg Laswell / Civil Twilight / Trampled By Turtles / The Clientele / Atlas Sound / Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames / The Budos Band / Bobby Bare Jr. / Horse Feathers / Vienna Teng Trio / HEALTH / Plants and Animals / Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime / Wheedle’s Groove / Hey Marseilles / Kings Go Forth / Sweet Water / Delorean / JEFF the Brotherhood / Chris Pureka / Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra / Garotas Suecas / The Maldives / The Constellations / Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio / Grynch / Visqueen / Victor Shade / Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs / Fresh Espresso / Pete Molinari / Sista Monica’s “Singin in the Spirit” / Lay Low / Unnatural Helpers / Idiot Pilot / The Round / Wild Orchid Children / The Cute Lepers / Feral Children / Fences / Caspar Babypants / The Tripwires / Fatal Lucciauno / Loch Lomond / The Physics / THEESatisfaction / School of Rock All Stars / See Me River / Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers / People Eating People / Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme / Brent Amaker & The Rodeo / Born Anchors / Slender Means / BOAT / McTuff Trio / Parlour Steps / The Redwood Plan / Helladope / Lisa Dank / Greta Matassa Quartet / The Lonely H / Matt Jorgensen Quintet / Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies! / Great Waves / Brian Vogan / Johnny Bregar with more to come, including comedy, performing arts, film, literary and visual arts.
Stars at the Cannes Film Festival are trying to give Lohan support
May 25th, 2010 |
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The stars that will be coming at the Cannes Film Festival will be supporting Lindsay Lohan as she faces a legal turmoil.
During the 17th amfAR Cinema against AIDS, Reuters had the chance to have a small talk with singer Mary J. Blige. She said that she understands what Lindsay Lohan is going through and this [...]
J.Lo raises $6.7mn for AIDS charity at Cannes auction
May 22nd, 2010 |
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Jennifer Lopez has worked her charm to help raise 6.7 million dollars for AIDS charity at a Cannes Film Festival auction.
The ‘Back-Up’ plan actress tried to tempt the audience to drive up the bids on about 10 luxury lots, which included a gold-plated bottle of champagne and a monkey-shaped pendant in diamonds and gemstones.
In fact, [...]
MGMT “Live On Letterman” More Dates Announced
April 27th, 2010 |
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MGMT TO PERFORM “LIVE ON LETTERMAN;” AN EXCLUSIVE WEBCAST PERFORMANCE
FROM THE HISTORIC ED SULLIVAN THEATER; EVENT TAKES PLACE TUESDAY MAY 11
WEBCAST TO FOLLOW TAPING OF MGMT’S PERFORMANCE ON LATE SHOW WITH DAVID
LETTERMAN
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The popular “Live on Letterman” music series returns with Brooklyn’s own MGMT, who will perform a “Live on Letterman” webcast concert from the Ed Sullivan Theater Tuesday, May 11, following the taping of the band’s performance on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN. During the concert, MGMT will be performing
songs from their recently released sophomore effort, Congratulations, and songs from their debut
album, Oracular Spectacular.
This CBS Interactive Music Group event will be promoted across and broadcast on several CBS assets, as the concert
will be streamed on the LATE SHOW website at CBS.com (www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show) that evening at approximately 8:00 p.m., ET/5:00 p.m., PT, with extensive coverage on-air and online provided by several CBS radio stations in major markets
across the country. Additionally, access to live and on-demand video of the concert will be available on CBS
properties including Last.fm, mp3.com, TV.com, etonline.com and theinsider.com, as well as the CBS Television
Station websites.
MGMT’s exclusive performance is the seventh time the Late Show has used the historic Ed Sullivan Theater as a
concert venue – Pearl Jam performed
a live webcast concert for the Late Show and CBS.com in 2006, Elvis Costello and the Imposters took
part in 2007 and Paul McCartney
performed from atop the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee last year. In the past year, Tim McGraw, John Mayer and Mary J. Blige have all been featured on “Live on Letterman.”
Additionally, MGMT’s Late Show appearance will be broadcast that same night, Tuesday, May 11 (11:35 p.m.-12:37 a.m., ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
MGMT have added* more dates to their tour of North America, see below for full itinerary.
Tour Dates:
05/02/10 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX (BAMBOOZLE FESTIVAL)
05/28/10 SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA -AVILA BEACH CLUB
05/29/10 SANTA CRUZ, CA-SANTA CRUZ CIVIC AUDITORIUM SOLD OUT
05/31/10 GEORGE, WA -GORGE AMPHITHEATER (SASQUATCH! FESTIVAL) SOLD OUT
06/01/10 PORTLAND, OR-CRYSTAL BALLROOM
06/02/10 PORTLAND, OR-CRYSTAL BALLROOM
06/04/10 SALT LAKE CITY, UT -IN THE VENUE
06/06/10 AUSTIN, TX -STUBB’S BBQ SOLD OUT
06/07/10 HOUSTON, TX -HOUSE OF BLUES SOLD OUT
06/08/10 DALLAS, TX -HOUSE OF BLUES SOLD OUT
06/11/10 DENVER, CO – RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER
06/13/10 KANSAS CITY, MO -UPTOWN THEATRE
06/14/10 INDIANAPOLIS, IN -THE VOGUE THEATRE SOLD OUT
06/15/10 COLUMBUS, OH-LC PAVILION
06/16/10 DETROIT, MI -THE FILLMORE
06/18/10 CHICAGO, IL -RIVIERA THEATER SOLD OUT
06/20/10 MILWAUKEE, WI -RIVERSIDE THEATER
*07/15/10 SAN DIEGO, CA – SDSU OPEN AIR THEATRE
*07/16/10 LOS ANGELES, CA -GREEK THEATRE-LA
*07/18/10 POMONA, CA -FOX THEATRE
*07/24/10 VANCOUVER -COMMODORE BALLROOM
*08/04/10 MONTREAL -METROPOLIS
*08/05/10 TORONTO -KOOL HAUS
08/08/10 CHICAGO, IL -LOLLAPALOOZA
*08/11/10 HOLYOKE, MA- MOUNTAIN PARK
*08/14/10 COLUMBIA, MD- MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION
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“Good Morning America†Summer Concert Series 2010 Lineup
April 27th, 2010 |
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Rihana, Miley Cyrus, The Black Eyed Peas, and Lady Antebellum are among the artists who will invade New York City’s Rumsey Playfield (Central Park) when ABC’s Good Morning America sets the stage for its annual Friday summer concert series on May 21.The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato will perform ahead of the premiere of [...]