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When news broke out of a New Kids on the Block reunion, Danny Wood was quick to post a bulletin on MySpace saying that it’s not true. But the New Kid has changed his tune and has since posted a new post on his official blog about the possibility of a reunion. He says “Hi to all the New Kids On The Block fans, I wanted to clarify since my first post this morning regarding the NKOTB reunion. I loved being a part of the group, and have always thought “maybe someday we’ll get back together” – you just never know when your someday will come. I can guarantee all the fans that if this reunion were to happen, they would hear about it first on NKOTB.com.”

Ashlee Simpson is in a good place. She has two multi-platinum records that debuted back to back at the top of the charts and collectively sold more than four million copies in the U.S. alone. She has two sold-out tours under her belt, a tight-knit family, a loyal fan base, and a burgeoning second career as an actress. So when it came time to create her third album, she wanted the music to represent where she was at in life.

“Life is really good right now. I’m young. I love my life and I enjoy my time off too. I wanted to celebrate all that on my next record. I wanted to make music people could shake their booties to and use beats for the first time. I wanted to sing fun songs. Basically, I wanted to make a party record.”

Ashlee teamed up with power producer Timbaland on her new single “Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)” making it destined for dance-floor anthem status. The track immediately rocketed to the Top 20 pop singles on iTunes and received its TRL debut. The video for the hauntingly catchy song takes your imagination on a wild ride through a dreamlike world of surrealism.

Much like John Mayer, country singer Carrie Underwood is aware of the power of YouTube. The American Idol alum has launched her very own YouTube page at YouTube.com/CarrieUnderwood. Check the page every so often for more updates which may include some footage from backstage at the Opry from last Sunday.

And unlike Oprah who prevents embedding on her YouTube channel, Carrie’s videos are embeddable-friendly. That is how you win fans over – when you give them what they want. Carrie is such a sweetheart for doing that! I wonder if she’ll be posting any personal videos and video blogs too. Now that will be something.

The Jonas Brothers have come out with a follow-up video to their smash hit ‘SOS’. The video is for their single ‘When You Look Me in the Eyes’. It’s the third release from their self-titled album and it touches on the three teenage boys’ dramatic and softer side.

The video has a pretty simple concept. Actually, it just shows black and white video footage of the band of brothers on the road, their concert tour, backstage interviews and other miscellaneous videos. I guess they’re too busy making surprise appearances at future concert venues to make an actual video for the song.

Any song that has lyrics like “make that pussy talk” is sure to be a song that people would make their sex tapes to. Sex tape star Ray J should know. Brandy’s little brother does more than sex tapes nowadays as he also makes some very raunchy jams. It looks like he’s trying hard to be his generation’s R. Kelly. Let’s just hope it ends with the music and doesn’t go into pedophilia.

Ray J’s new single is called ‘Sexy Can I’ and it features Yung Berg. It’s all about taking pictures and making pussy talk. It’s really good. And perfect for all your sex tape endeavors.

Three of the world’s most iconic women – Madonna, Shakira and Marilyn Monroe, are all going to be featured in a new commercial and campaign for hair care expert Sunsilk. Using old stock footage, a commercial featuring the three will debut during the Super Bowl XLII. But if you can’t wait to check it out, a video has already leaked on YouTube. It’s all part of a new Sunsilk campaign called ‘Life Can’t Wait’ which has the goal of inspiring women all over the world to get up off of their couches and start living their lives to the fullest.

Now I’m just wondering – who’s collecting royalties for Marilyn?

Diddy – the rapper, the producer, the entrepreneur and now, the actor. Now that he has a starring role in the upcoming film ‘A Raisin in the Sun’, he would now like to be called by his given name, Sean Combs. He says “The reason why it’s very important to me is ya’ll know me for a lot for different things–music, fashion, television and films. But you don’t really know me as an actor. I’d like to introduce my actor to you. That’s me! Sean Combs! My name is Sean Combs! You know I’ve got a lot of split personalities.”

She’s gotten very creative in making a plea to be let out of jail but it’s no use, Foxy Brown is staying in the slammer. The rapper recently asked to be release so she could see an ear specialist in Los Angeles. She claims that only a Hollywood doc could make it all better. However, a judge said on Thursday that she needed more info to determine if Foxy would really go deaf if she stays in jail. While at the hearing, Foxy pleaded to be released saying “I have too much talent to throw it away. I know I will make you proud and my family proud.” Really now.

What do Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, and Feist have in common? Besides having an incredibly successful 2007, each artist has been nominated for a Grammy and has secured a spot on the 2008 Grammy Nominees CD. The 15th edition of the best-selling compilation includes 21 tracks nominated across the spectrum of categories this year. Over 15 million Grammy® Nominees CDs have been sold worldwide!

2008 GRAMMY® Nominees CD Final Tracklisting

1. Justin Timberlake
What Goes Around… Comes Around (Interlude)
Record of the Year

2. Amy Winehouse
Rehab
Record Of The Year
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Album Of The Year
Song Of The Year

3. Beyoncé
Irreplaceable
Record Of The Year

4. Foo Fighters
The Pretender
Record Of The Year
Album Of The Year

5. Maroon 5
Makes Me Wonder
Best Pop Vocal Album

6. Feist
I234
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

7. Bon Jovi
(You Want To) Make A Memory
Best Pop Vocal Album

8. Paul McCartney
Dance Tonight
Best Pop Vocal Album

9. Christina Aguilera
Candyman
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

10. Nelly Furtado
Say It Right
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

11. Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Good Life
Album Of The Year

12. Herbie Hancock
River Featuring Corinne Bailey Rae
Album Of The Year

13. Vince Gill (Guest Vocalist: Sheryl Crow)
What You Give Away
Album Of The Year

14. Carrie Underwood
Before He Cheats
Song Of The Year

15. Plain White T’s
Hey There Delilah
Song Of The Year

16. Corinne Bailey Rae
Like A Star
Song Of The Year

17. Green Day
Working Class Hero
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

18. Daughtry
It’s Not Over
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

19. Nickelback
If Everyone Cared
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

20. The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

21. U2
Instant Karma
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Well this one is quick. Someone should sock Chris Daughtry for selling out on his beliefs. The American Idol alum is doing damage control over his harsh criticism of the show which launched his career on his official blog. He opens by saying that he was just being honest but that he’s sorry. He also wrote that “if you heard the whole conversation you would’ve heard all the good things I said about the show as well… I was never trying to “DISS” the show or “BITE THE HAND THAT FED ME” so to speak. I was simply giving my input on what I think would spice the show up a bit.
Sorry for being honest.”

Tokio Hotel have commanded a global fan base over the past five years, but 2008 will mark the quartet’s highly anticipated arrival to the US. Lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, explains, “It’s always been a dream of ours to make it in the states. We grew up listening to American bands like…Green Day and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. We wanted to get a chance to do what they do.” Tokio Hotel will finally get that chance with Scream!, their debut English album that hits stores on April 15th.

Bill, Tom, Georg, and Gustav are giving the world a glimpse into their lives every week on Tokio Hotel TV. Fans can catch new episodes every Wednesday at 5pm PST on TokioHotel-US.com and on their official Youtube channel youtube.com/tokiohotelchannel where the band’s devout following has helped the episodes reach hundreds of thousands views. Below find the complete episode list where you can see everything from the guys talking about their excitement over their US debut in Episode 6 to winning and performing at the MTV EMAs and partying with

Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger in Episode 7.

Amy Winehouse’s husband, who is locked away in Pentonville prison on GBH charges, has reportedly turned to God in his hour of need.

Blake Fielder-Civil has reportedly been receiving daily visits from the prison chaplain and also has a bible in his cell, which sources say he finds really therapeutic.

Perhaps God will help him channel his anger at Amy’s recent behaviour. Blake was said to be furious after the newly blonde singer stayed the night in a hotel with producer Mark Ronson. Apparently he feels threatened and worries Amy will choose Mark over him.

Charlotte Church and fella Gavin Henson can breathe a sigh of relief. Gavin appeared in Cardiff magistrates court on Friday facing charges of disorderly conduct regarding an incident where the Rugby star allegedly vomited and publicly urinated while in a first class carriage, before calling a fellow passenger a “fat c**t”.

The Crown Prosecution Service decided that the 25-year-old sportsman will not face trial due to insufficient evidence.

The three other men travelling with Henson are due before in court on Monday accused of disorderly conduct. It would make sense that there isn’t enough evidence against them either surely…but then they aren’t famous Rugby players. We shall see…

Once again it’s Amy Winehouse in the headlines; this time infuriating jailed hubby Blake in the process.

While Blake Fielder-Civil is locked away in Pentonville prison; his missus is locking herself away in hotel rooms with her record boss, Mark Ronson.

Soul star Amy, 24, and handsome Mark, 32, had guzzled booze and slurped Häagen-Dazs ice cream together during a late-night studio recording session. Then at 5.30am they hurried off to the trendy K West Hotel at Notting Hill, west London, and checked into the same room, booked in Mark’s name. Amy emerged at midday yesterday. Pals say the pair are “inseparable”

A friend said: “It’s the last thing Blake needs to hear right now. He’s furious about how close they are. He’s fearful that Mark has much more in common with Amy than he does and is worried he’ll steal her away.”

Even if you claim to be all sugar, you can’t deny that you still have some spice. A Sugababe has snapped and proved just that. Amelle Berraah of the British girl group was arrested on Thursday for getting into a fight. The singer allegedly caused damage to a neighbor’s car following a fight with the vehicle’s owner.

A source told the Daily Mirror that “There’s been needle between the two families and on Thursday it hit boiling point.” Amelle was taken to a police station in Aldershot, Hampshire after the incident which took place at her sister Laila’s home. She has since been released following four hours of questioning.

When one party ends, you just move to another one that’s still hopping. Two out of three Jonas Brothers, Kevin and Nick, were spotted entering their tour bus after leaving the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Albany, New York. The band of brothers has played their final sold out show at the Times Union Centre as part of the Hannah Montana tour. But that doesn’t mean you won’t be seeing them at a place near you any time soon.

The brothers are soon to start doing their own thing after signing a deal with Live Nation. If you remember how much Madonna is set to make off of Live Nation, you can just imagine what the boys would wind up with.

Rumors have been running rampant lately that the Backstreet Boys are about to get the boot from their record label Jive Records. The reason behind the rumors is that their last two releases didn’t really perform well.

However, a Jive Records spokesperson has recently gone on the record and put an end to the rumors by saying “Reports about Jive Records dropping Backstreet Boys are completely untrue. The group is about to embark on a worldwide tour in support of their album ‘Unbreakable’ starting February 16 in Toyko, Japan as well as some high profile television appearances.” That’s a relief!

It’s already a week into the New Year and it’s just about time that the Spice Girls wish their Spice fans a Happy 2008. The lovely and talented Mel C took the initiative and posted a message on the official Spice Girls blog.

In the post, she says that she feels that 2008 is going to be a good one. She mentioned how she and the girls partied together in celebration of the New Year. She also talked about being excited for their concert on the 12th just because it’s her birthday and she’s never really performed on her special day.

18-year old Joe Jonas from the Jonas Brothers was reportedly rushed to the emergency room on Saturday. Thankfully, it was nothing too serious and he’s doing fine right now.

The teen heartthrob was reportedly horsing around backstage at a concert in Atlantic City when he tripped and hit his head. A source says that the singer ran into a wall. Joe was taken to a nearby hospital where he received a few stitches and was released shortly after. Be a little more careful next time Joe. Tween hearts would break into million pieces if anything really bad happens to you.

Go back in the recesses of your mind and recall the 90’s hip-hop duo, Kid ‘N Play. Remember? I even remember their cartoon.

Anyway, apparently Play was caught in the middle of a car chase. He wasn’t being chased by the cops but instead was hit by the fleeing vehicle.

A man named Raul Riva Aldamo, a robbery suspect, was running from police when he slammed into Play (real name Christopher Martin). Play was taken to the hospital that day (December 29) and was released on January 2. Aldamo died from his injuries.

Martin is now teaching at North Carolina Central University.