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Filed under: Celebrity Style, Gut Reactions, Highbrow Celebrities, Movie News, Music News, TV News
From Lindsay Lohan “helping” Ungaro to Hayden Panettiere guest-designing for Dooney & Burke, high-profile partnerships between celebrities and fashion designers have become the trend du jour. Almost every week, a new star adds “fashion designer” … Read more -
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Miley Cyrus’ tour bus driver was killed last night after his vehicle flipped over on a highway in Virginia, TMZ is reporting. The singer’s manager told TMZ, “It was one of our tour buses, but not Miley’s. It was one of our buses that transported our … Read more -
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In the spirit of giving this holiday season, PopEater and NiceOne! are teaming up to see which celebrities you think have been nice and charitable this year. Then, after you’re done voting, we hope you’ll stop over to NiceOne! and submit your … Read more -
Filed under: American Idol, Music News, Health Issues, TV News
First Glenn Beck and now this!?! Inflamed appendixes are wreaking havoc on celebrities this month, with Jordin Sparks the latest victim.The ‘American Idol’ winner is on the mend after having an attack of acute appendicitis this past week. She had … Read more
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‘He’s better than he’s ever been,’ Russell Simmons says at Plaza Hotel party.
By Shaheem Reid
Tyrese Gibson, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Rapper Baby
Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesNEW YORK — Still fly, still relevant, still making multiple hustles lucrative. Sean “Diddy” Combs is 40 years old. The money in the room was anything but dirty on Thursday night, as Diddy celebrated his birthday (which was actually November 4) in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel. The atmosphere was almost like Garden of Eden meets “The Godfather,” with trees, grass and black decorations. Diddy and his goodfellas came dressed in tuxedos, the ladies in elegant gowns, and all were greeted by ballerinas serving drinks.
A little before midnight, the host walked in with a huge entourage that included Trey Songz, Tyrese, Red Café, Andre Harrell and director F. Gary Gray. Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Kim Kardashian, Martha Stewart, Gayle King, Jimmy Fallon, Bell Biv DeVoe, Jimmy Iovine, Bono and countless others all came to express their love for one of the most important figures in music over the past two decades.
“Some people start at 19, [by] 26 they’re done. He’s 40. He’s better than he’s ever been,” Russell Simmons marveled. “He’s hotter now than ever. I just watch him. He keeps getting better. He never changes with the hustle. He branches out in different areas, opens new doors. He’s an inspiration.”
Nelly echoed that sentiment. “It’s incredible, he’s one of my biggest inspirations in this,” he said. “He does the most in everything, probably working with the least. He maximizes it to the max. You see somebody doing that, how can you not want to be inspired by it?”
Estelle said the greatest thing she’s learned by watching Diddy over the years is to “do things your way versus doing things anybody else’s way. Do it the way you’re gonna do it, and be extra big and extra large.”
“It’s 4-0. You just get better,” actress Regina King said. “Forty is the new 30; it’s elegant. He wants everybody to be beautiful [at the party]. So the photographs, when he looks back on it 20 years from now, he’ll say, ‘Look how beautiful we were.’ It’s an opportunity to get pretty and throw on pretty dresses.
“I love the way [Diddy]’s evolved,” she added. “I’m glad he’s grown up. Whether he likes it or not, he’s still a role model. You can be a good role model or a bad role model. He’s grown up in a lot of people’s eyes. Those kids who want to be like him, they’re gonna pull up their pants and look to be [in multiple businesses] as opposed to just the rapper.”
So do the industry icons who’ve already past this milestone age have advice to give Mr. Combs?
“The great thing is, he has done so much in 40 years. There’s a lot of advice he can give to other people,” Grammy winner Herbie Hancock said. “There’s so much he’s learned. I hope he continues to do that, continues to grow. I see this path he’s set for himself to expand and continue to grow in various directions. That’s a great inspiration to others.”
Russell Simmons agreed. “There’s no advice. Put one foot in front of the other. What advice can I give him? Smile and breathe.”
And dance! Diddy is known for having his guests dance all night.
“The thing I can appreciate about Puff is that at one point you can go into any club and from 12:30 on, every hit they’re playing, it’s a Bad Boy hit,” said actor Malcolm Jamal Warner, who’s known Diddy since the ’80s.
“I’ll make sure I grab Lil Kim and we’ll cut up the rug definitely,” “Dancing with the Stars” pro Derek Hough smiled. “One of my all-time favorite songs was the ‘Mo Money, Mo Problems.’ Even now when it comes on, I’m a cheeseball, I’m a dork. I’m out there singing the whole song. I get into it.”
DJ Cassidy and D-Nice spun the records at this party, but Kid Capri listed the playlist he wanted to hear. ” ‘Mo Money, Mo Problems,’ you gotta have that,” he said. “You gotta have any Biggie record, ‘Hypnotize,’ ‘Juicy,’ ‘One More Chance.’ There’s so many bad Boy records that was classics! It was like that with them. They gonna keep moving too.”
While the DJs played all the hits, they could not compare to a live performance by Al Green, who took the stage to sing “Love and Happiness.”
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Cyrus was not on the bus that crashed in Virginia Friday morning.
By Gil Kaufman
Miley Cyrus
Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImageOne person was killed when one of Miley Cyrus‘ tour buses crashed on an Interstate in rural Virginia on Friday (November 20). According to The Associated Press, Cyrus was not on the bus that crashed at around 8:15 a.m.
Virginia State Police said one unidentified person was killed when the bus overturned on Interstate 85, about 40 miles south of Richmond. Multiple sources have identified the deceased as the driver of the bus; the driver’s name had not been released at press time. Another one of the nine passengers on the bus carrying Cyrus’ production crew was injured in the incident and transported to a local hospital in undisclosed condition.
TMZ reported that the bus was one of four in a tour caravan carrying the 16-year-old singer. Officials told the site that the roads were slick at the time of the accident, due to overnight rains, but that it was unknown at press time if the driver died before or after the bus went off the road and overturned.
Cyrus is slated to play a show on Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina. A spokesperson for the singer could not be reached for comment at press time, but a source close to Cyrus confirmed that she was not on the bus that crashed. Photos of the accident site show the bus on its side in a gully by the side of the Interstate.
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‘The wardrobe is amazing,’ Lambert promises.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Larry Carroll
Adam Lambert
Photo: MTV NewsWith the American Music Awards only two days away, and with everyone from Rihanna to Eminem to Adam Lambert set to perform, there’s bound to be multiple standout moments. So how will Lambert compete with those other superstars when performs his “glammy” single, “For Your Entertainment”? Lots of sex appeal, obviously.
“It’s gonna be sexy, I think,” he told MTV News about his performance on Sunday night. “The wardrobe is amazing. I’m working with 10 dancers that I’m so impressed by. I was looking for a certain sensuality — five guys, five girls and they’re all incredible.”
Lambert is also bringing his “For Your Entertainment” video band
on board for the performance, and said he simply loves working with them. “I also auditioned a band a couple weeks ago that I’ve been working with,” he said. “I’m so impressed by [them] and it feels really good to be part of a team situation again. It’s great because I’m back in a team environment and it reminds me of my roots in musical theater.”Occasionally, when performing, artists like to take aspects of their music videos as a basis for their live act. And fans will definitely get to see aspects of his Ray Kay-directed video for “For Your Entertainment.”
It is kind of an extension of what we filmed for the music video stylistically, the fashion of it, some of the choreography choices,” he said. “The band is also featured in the music video, so yeah, it’s really sexy.”
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Jay also contributes a verse to Thicke’s Sex Therapy, in Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Tim Kash
Nicki Minaj
Photo: DrJays.comThe O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive
Jay-Z gave Robin Thicke a guest verse for his upcoming Sex Therapy album — as well as the idea to invite another performer to the project.
“It was Jay’s idea,” Thicke said about how Nicki Minaj came to be on “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.” “We were in the studio, and I played him the whole album. He was like, ‘You should get Nicki Minaj on that. She’s got that voice. She’s got that swag.’ So I leaned over and was like, ‘Somebody get Nicki Minaj on the phone! Jay-Z said so!’ Next thing you know, we called Nicki. She was excited. But once we told her it was Jay-Z’s idea to get her on the track, she started screaming on the phone. She was all excited. She’s a super, super talent. I can’t wait to do a video with Nicki. There’s a power in her. It’s not just that she’s sexy and that’s the only way she can get you to like her. She’s got charm — not just sex. Some women may use sex to get what they want; others have charm. She’s got charm.”
The charm of the Slick Rick/ De la Soul hip-hop vibe on Rob’s “Meiple (Me I Play)” attracted Jay to add one of his golden verses. The Jiggaman also gave Thicke his co-sign on another of the album’s cuts, “Ms. Sex.” The track pays homage to Rakim’s classic “Mahogany,” which sampled Al Green’s “I’m Glad You’re Mine.”
“Her name was Mahogany, her friend’s name was Ebony,” Thicke sings on the track, flipping Rakim’s lyrics. “I said, ‘My name is Rob, and this is Jay-Z.’ ”
The singer said Hov loved it. “Before anybody else heard it, Jay-Z heard it, and he said, ‘That’s genius. That’s genius on so many levels.’ He said, ‘First of all, who do you think you are? Who do you think you are, doing Rakim? You got ba–s, boy.’ ”
Thicke’s Sex Therapy comes out December 15.
For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines.
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‘I wanted it to be a bit of a cat-and-mouse sort of game,’ director Paul Hunter explains.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias
Britney Spears in “Me Against The Music”
Photo: Jive RecordsIt was the changing of the guard — or at least the meeting of two of the most influential pop divas of all time — when Britney Spears and Madonna hooked up for Brit’s single “Me Against the Music,” from 2003’s In the Zone. The superstars tantalize the audience (and each other) throughout the flirty video.
“Madonna is an icon of an earlier generation, and then Britney of the newer generation. She was at her peak at that point,” director Paul Hunter told MTV News about the video. “So it was a challenge to kind of bring both of the worlds together. I wanted it to be a bit of a cat-and-mouse sort of game and a little bit of a foreplay between Britney and Madonna and just sort of tease the audience.”
A few years back, Britney revealed that the collaboration came together thanks to the 2003 VMAs — you know, the show where Britney and Madonna locked lips. “I was in the middle of rehearsals for the VMAs and I played her the song, and she was like, ‘That’s your first single, right?’ ” Britney recalled. “I was like, ‘Yeah, hopefully.’ She was like, ‘I really like it.’ I was like, ‘Really?’ I was like, ‘Well, you wanna do it with me?’ She said, ‘Yeah.’ ”
Hunter said the video was all about setting Spears and Madonna apart. “I try to play opposites, when you have Britney in dark and Madonna in white,” he said. “And then we see them kind of dance around the bed … and you think they’re gonna get on top of each other and do something crazy.”
But Spears said nothing crazy was supposed to happen; it was all about teasing people. “I never actually see Madonna or touch her; I just feel her presence there,” she said. “[The song is] basically about just going to a club and letting yourself go and battling with whoever is around you and battling against the music as well. This is my first time doing a collaboration, and it’s with Miss Madonna herself.”
With the release of Britney Spears: The Singles Collection, MTV News is looking back on the pop star’s career through interviews with video directors, music-industry insiders and Spears herself, as she reflects on some of her greatest hits. Keep coming back for all things Britney, and let us know your favorite Brit songs, videos, memories and more in the comments below!
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Reuters – John Mayer is on track to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart next week, leading a seasonal onslaught of major releases.
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