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In the July issue of FHM Australia, Pink takes a couple of digs at rapper Kanye West. The pop rocker said “Kanye West is the person pissing me off right now. I was at Stella McCartney’s Paris fashion show with the vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Paul McCartney and Kanye West. The entire time Kanye is going, ‘They need more fur in this show’. He just wouldn’t shut up about how he loved fur. I mean, he’s saying this to me, the PETA guy and Paul McCartney! I was just so grossed out by him. I’m like, ‘You’re an idiot!’ There are so many people who I think are a waste of skin and he’s up there. I should wear him. Go on, donate yourself Kanye. People can wear your fur.”

Paris, Destinee and Ariel head to Guitar Center in Los Angeles in Episode 9 of Clique Girlz TV. Destinee’s dream of getting a Les Paul finally comes true as the girls jam on some guitars and then rock an impromptu performance in the store. Head over to cliquegirlz.com for exclusive photos, blogs and more.

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In celebration of the release of Madonna’s upcoming album HARD CANDY, Control Room, MSN and Verizon Wireless will present the one and only Madonna live in New York’s famed Roseland Ballroom on Wednesday, April 30th. The show will be available live on MSN Music In Concert at music.msn.com/inconcert and will also be available for viewing post-show.

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Madonna is now offering a HARD CANDY SPECIAL EDITION BOX SET to her fans. This is a limited collector’s edition, and it includes the full Hard Candy album with two bonus remixes of “4 Minutes”, a 16-page full color booklet with photos, and a bag of “Starlite” mint candies. Head over to the Warner Bros Store to order yours today before they run out!

Madonna has just released an embeddable widget allowing fans to stay up-to-date on the latest news, video, audio, photos, contests, and more. The widget also features audio and video of “4 Minutes” featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, the first single from the forthcoming Hard Candy.

Hard Candy hits stores April 29.

Ever wanted to ask Ashlee Simpson a question? Now’s your chance! Head over to the new Q&A section of her official site to submit questions, and Ashlee will post her responses. Ashlee is set to release her album Bittersweet World on 4/22 that features the single “Little Miss Obsessive,” a duet with Tom Higgenson of Plain White Ts.

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New advertisements for MAC’s Viva Glam campaign with Fergie as their newest face. The campaign actually began back in 1994 and has already raised more than $100 million for HIV/AIDS. Fergie says “I’ve been a fan of the campaign since the early days, and I remembered when RuPaul and Mary J. Blige did it. They pick controversial people who aren’t afraid to speak their mind, and that’s definitely me. I’m very proud to be a part of it.”

I’ll tell you what’s controversial. It’s the fact that this picture was photoshopped to the point that I’m not even sure if it’s still Fergie in the picture.

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.”

Rihanna’s hit single ‘Umbrella’ has been the biggest single of the year which merited a lot of covers from different artists representing different genres. It’s actually the most covered single of 2007. It’s so big that even Rihanna has done her own cover of her own song!

Rihanna actually went back in to the studio and recorded an amazing acoustic version of the song. Her acoustic version features a new arrangement and even a few added lyrics. It’s incredible! Maybe this would be the end of the ‘Umbrella’ covers. It’s already gone back to where it all started – Rihanna herself.

When you get successful, people all of sudden either want to be your friend and get some freebies bought with your hard-earned money or they want to sue you for it.

While a lot of celebrities get sued for something when they get rich with baseless accusations, I can’t say the same for Soulja Boy who just got sued with a very tough case ahead of him. The rapper with the most obnoxious song of the year is being sued for trademark infringement by a musician named Souljah Boy.

A rep for the guy with an H says “I am writing on behalf of the law firm of Alexander, Odunze & Kang LLP to give you a heads up re: the attached complaint, which was filed in federal court this afternoon on behalf of Willie Lyons p/k/a Souljah Boy. By way of background (and as you may already know), Mr. Lyons, known in commerce as Souljah Boy for over twelve years, is suing artist Soulja Boy (birth name: DeAndre Way), his record label, attorney & manager in connection with his blatant infringement of Mr. Lyons’ trademark.”

Soulja may have to pay up.

Early Thursday morning, Black Eyed Peas front woman Fergie was on hand to announce the nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Despite being a big favorite to score a lot of nods, the ‘Fergalicious’ singer only got one nomination for herself in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal.Despite the disappointing number, Fergie still helped kick off the Grammy’s celebration with a People party at the Avalon Hollywood nightclub on Thursday in Hollywood. I bet she’s saying that she already has 3 Grammy’s anyway so she still has reason to party. And let’s not forget that her album has 5 hit singles off of it. That’s something!

Meet sexy Kerli, the Estonian pop/rock princess with a gothic twist. At just 20 years old, Kerli already has a firm grasp of what matters to her most—and that is her music. Kerli feels that it is her mission to deliver genuine music to her audience. For Kerli making music has never been about fame or money but a hope that her music might help someone in their time of need or even just bring a smile to someone’s face.The debut album, Love is Dead, showcases Kerli’s unique sound and effortlessly ethereal voice. Listeners will be intrigued as they are taken on a journey from the whimsical “Walking on Air” to the haunting “Love is Dead.”

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The alternative band Incubus is auctioning off a boatload of their stuff on eBay. It’s not because they’re broke. It’s all for the benefit of the Make Yourself Foundation, a charity founded by the band which gives to a host of other charities.

This past year, the band raised over $600,000 to support the foundation via their tours in the US and Europe. They are now looking to add to that number via the eBay auctions. There are over 50 items on sale including lead singer Brandon Boyd’s 2006 Mini Cooper, their custom Xbox, a pool cue and a lot of sneakers.

The Jonas Brothers took to the stage at the 2007 American Music Awards where Joe took a spill right at the top of their performance. Joe put up a blog about it recently and talked about what went on through the whole thing.

He said that after he fell, he saw the smiling faces of the fans and knew that he had to get up and go on with the show. Joe had so much fun performing that he didn’t even notice that he was bleeding until someone backstage pointed it out to him. And it seems that he got cut not only on his hands but on his leg too.

Does he feel no pain or what?

If you’re still in doubt, the 2007 American Music Awards held on Sunday should be all the proof you need that 2007 is the year of Rihanna. Not only did she rock the red carpet, she also rocked her performance and took some awards home while she’s at it.

Rihanna did a medley of two of her hits ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Hate That I Love You’. She performed a classical rendition of ‘Umbrella’ complete with the whole string section. Then, Ne-Yo came out to perform their duet. Later on in the night, the Barbados hottie picked up Favorite Female soul/R&B Artist beating out Beyonce and Fantasia.

R Kelly did it again. He might deny it, his label might deny it, but we all know it’s true. R Kelly can’t stand a double tour with a person that threatens to become to tour star. He must be the only one to get all the attention, otherwise…he continues touring alone.
It’s not the first time when a double concert tour needs to be ended. Some years ago, R Kelly parted the tour he was taking with Jay Z.
The Double Up tour he is on had as a performer along his side a young rap singer, called Ne-Yo. It seems that the 24 year old was getting too much attention, and Kelley probably got offended.

MTV2’s rebroadcast of the MTV European Music Awards Tokio Hotel’s award acceptance and performance. They received the Interact award which was presented to the band that generated the biggest buzz on the web beating out Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and 30 Seconds to Mars for the honor. Tokio Hotel brought the rain indoors as they closed the show with a dramatic performance of “Monsoon.”

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Please check out the new video for the infectious track “All Over You” from The Spill Canvas. The song can be heard on their Sire Records debut No Really, I’m Fine.

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It was a particularly freezing cold November night in Camden and up and coming London rockers Slaves To Gravity were playing the home leg of their current UK tour.
The 4 piece looked fresh faced and enthusiastic to be playing in their home town and as it was still early days in the tour exhaustion obviously was a long way off yet. The band weren’t the only ones ready to play either. The venue was at least half full when STG came on stage and it was easy to see those watching were friends and followers. They were singing every word and dancing to the sexy Rock and Roll this band produce.
Judging by the crowd Slaves To Gravity seemingly appeal to the lovers of the smooth and sexy. The tight trousers, the big hair, the leather and all that comes with it. Their music also oozes with sex appeal, its dirty, skin-tight and clad with pure rock and roll aggression.

Beyonce was snapped giving a warm hug to a hanbok-clad (traditional national costume) girl who brought her bouquets of flowers at Incheon Airport on Thursday in Seoul, South Korea.

The singer is scheduled to play her first set of concerts ever in Korea on the 9th and 10th of November as part of her B’Day World Tour. Before jetting off to Korea, Beyonce also performed at a concert in the Philippines where she played to a sold out crowd at the Fort Bonifacio Open Field in Metro Manila.

I’m guessing that the only reason people are still fawning over her in other places is because she’s from some place other than theirs and their not being saturated with her stuff.