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Once the title of American Idol has lost its luster on you because someone hotter has come along, there’s always musical theater to run to. Just like fellow Idol alums Fantasia Barrino, Clay Aiken, Diana DeGarmo, Frenchie Davis and Constantine Maroulis, ex-American Idol champ Taylor Hicks is heading to the Great White Way. The […]

The Veronicas’ Hook Me Up is now #6 on the iTunes pop chart and #19 overall! This album is a departure from The Veronicas’ trademark sound and ventures into a more electro-dance territory. Lisa and Jess took a minute to write a special message to their fans for all of their recent support:
Hey […]

While we’re still not sure exactly what her purpose is, Rumer Willis is trying her hand at all possible showbiz career ventures. According to music insiders, the celebrity spawn has drummed up a lot of interest from music execs with her “deep, husky” voice. Fox News reports that the 19-year old’s unique voice for someone […]

Justin Timberlake has donated $100,000 each to the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and the Memphis Music Foundation on behalf of his charity, The Justin Timberlake Foundation. Both organizations will use the generous donation to enhance the music education systems for local students which is the aim of JT’s (who happens to originally hail from […]

Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured after his band’s bus crashed in Houston, Texas. The Grammy award winning singer and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. Around 5 AM on Sunday, cops say that the band’s bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, […]

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 […]

Mindy McCready is going to start her new year on the right foot because she is a free woman. She definitely has a lot to be grateful for after the beleaguered country singer was sentenced to a year in jail for violating her probation. She’s been arrested about as many times as Foxy Brown!
Upon her […]

Rap mogul Diddy’s twins D’Lila Star Combs and Jessie James Combs turned 1 year old last week. Their dad recently told Us Weekly about his and ex Kim Porter’s twins saying “They’re trying to stand up and discover everything. All it takes is one look from them and my heart melts.” Looking at those […]

Birthday girl Avril Lavigne was out celebrating with friends last night when she decided to turn the tables on the photogs waiting outside of Koi to snap the rocker. Now that’s a nice way of celebrating some moments of your B’day, clicking the pics of all those photographers who followed her to the place where […]

The song won the prize for Best Original Music and Lyrics for the program Saturday Night Live at the 59th Creative Arts Emmy Awards on the September 8 in Los Angeles.
Timberlake teamed up with comic Andy Samberg to make the song, which spoofed early-’90s R&B/pop acts like Color Me Badd.
Samberg told the audience : “Justin, […]

Harry Connick Jr. walked through the Bourbon Street jazz club where he performed as a child, saying repeatedly how amazed he is that so little has changed.
“It’s exactly the same,” the singer-pianist said Wednesday at the Maison Bourbon, where more than 30 years ago he performed on piano with the Dixieland jazz band. “I remember […]

Justin Timberlake fans in Sacramento and San Jose will have to wait a bit longer to get “Lovestoned.”Justin’s “FutureSex/LoveShow” concerts scheduled for last night and tomorrow in the California cities have been postponed, due to vocal strain suffered by the “SexyBack” singer.
A rep for Timberlake issued a statement to Access Hollywood assuring fans that the […]

After five seasons, the American Idol phenomenon is seemingly about to die down. Last season’s ratings were down from a series high the year before and now, word has come out that their summer concert tour was a big bomb.
I say, we blame it on Sanjaya. We all know that hair can’t sing.
Anyway, the majority […]

Whether she’s gone under a tone of airbrushing or not, country darling Faith Hill is still quite a beautiful lady. The blonde bombshell looked radiant and fresh faced in New York this past weekend when she and husband Tim McGraw were spotted leaving their midtown Manhattan hotel.
While Faith was looking all kinds of radiant, Tim […]

R&B singer Usher Raymond and his pregnant wife Tameka Foster still don’t know if they’re having a girl or a boy but Usher is wishing and hoping for a son.
In a recent appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, Usher reveals that if he gets his way, he’s naming the little tyke after himself. “I’m […]

The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields and Jeff Buckley’s cover of the Leonard Cohen classic Hallelujah feature in a poll to find the 10 greatest tracks.
Fifty songwriters, including Coldplay’s Chris Martin and John Legend, took part in the vote for Q Magazine.
“Hallelujah is as near perfect as you can get. It transcends your mood. I can listen […]

R&B star Sean Kingston will play slain rap heavyweight Notorious B.I.G. in an upcoming biopic. The singer, who is dominating the charts with summer hit Beautiful Girls, has landed the lead role in the movie, which is being produced by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. This is a different issue but would the producers ever ask him […]

Aaron Lewis is determined not to be what you expect. The front man of the band Staind is a bass fishing, camouflage wearing, pickup truck driving, country music and talk radio fan. And, as Lewis has often said, he’s a “musician, not an entertainer.” Yes, I heard this over and over again and each musician […]

Kanye West’s rival 50 Cent recently lost his cool this week. He was reportedly furious at the fact that a new video of his was leaked to the web. What’s worse? He thinks that the leak was an inside job at Interscope.
The video ‘Follow My Lead’ was intended to drop in October and it features […]

Coffee shop chain Starbucks Corp. said on Monday its new Hear Music record label will release a live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor this holiday season.
Taylor’s “One Man Band” will be the third album released by Hear Music, which was formed by Starbucks and Concord Music Group earlier this year. An album by folk singer […]

Country star Billy Currington has penned a vicious new tune about his alcoholic step dad after realizing how his childhood was tainted by the bully in therapy. Hang in there Billy your wonderful, you can overcome this obstacle, you’re a wonderful talented singer and I’ll be praying for you! This is what happens when you […]

Kanye is pulling a publicity stunt using the word bling, as if he invented it, to say he won’t use it any more. His album is coming out the same day as 50 cent, the guys using situations or each other to pick fights with to get attention. It’s call ‘beef” what beef he has […]

Here’s the live music video of R&B singer Kelly Rowland confirmed that her new single off “Ms. Kelly” will be “Ghetto”
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Courtney Love strips down to her birthday suit for the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The only thing that made the photos not x rated are strategically placed large pieces of jewelry.
The rock chick’s photo shoot was done in Paris on Coco Chanel’s couch. She was photographed by none other than Uncle Karl himself. […]

Justin Timberlake should change his middle name to ‘collaboration’. He is the king of it, so it seems. He just added another artist to his collaboration notch and it’s not just some puny artist. It’s none other than country music royalty Reba McEntire.
Justin is one of the artists featured on Reba’s new album ‘Reba […]