Beyonce’s little sister Solange Knowles rubbed shoulders with pregnant singer Ashlee Simpson backstage during the taping of MTV’s FNMTV last week at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood. The 22-year old recently put on the hat of a video director when she made her directorial debut with ‘Sandcastle Disco’ which was written by Cee-Lo and produced by Soulshock & Karlin. The song is the second single off of her sophomore release ‘SoL-AngeL & the Hadley St. Dreams’ which will be dropping in stores on August 26. Her video for the song debuted on the show last Friday. Do the guests of FNMTV have to take pictures with Ashlee when they come by?
Aubrey O’Day visited MTV’s Total Request Live on Monday at the MTV Times Square Studios in New York City. The 24-year old Danity Kane member has been toning down her sexy image lately as she stars as Amber Von Tussle in the Broadway musical ‘Hairspray’. Aubrey said “I’ve learned the part in two weeks, so it’s been crazy, but such a beautiful experience and everyone has been so welcoming, and I just fit right in… It’s positive energy; it’s not negative, but definitely I have butterflies in my tummy right now. I’m just very excited to go onstage tonight and be a little snotty brat.” It’s easy for her to be a snotty brat since it’s not too far from how she really is anyway.
The reigning queen of the summer jam Rihanna was spotted out and about in New York City on Wednesday. She went over to MTV studios to tape TRL earlier this week where she claimed that her new single ‘Disturbia’ is going to be the song of the summer. Considering that her songs have had that title since 2005 – ‘Pon de Replay’ in 2005, ‘SOS’ in 2006 and ‘Umbrella’ in 2007 – there’s no reason why ‘Disturbia’ can’t rule for 2008. Add to that, the song was written by hit maker, and current boy toy, Chris Brown. It’s pretty much a certified hit.
It has recently been announced that Janet Jackson is selling out by starring in an MTV reality show. The untitled project which has already started casting will feature Janet as she mentors a group of aspiring singers and dancers. The project will be filmed in the coming months as she prepares for her world tour. One of the show’s producers says “It’s really about finding who’s the next Janet Jackson or Justin Timberlake or Usher. And we’ll find it from a pool of people who you wouldn’t typically find it from. We’ll go to YMCAs, church groups, local community centers and try to cast the show.”
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz has confessed that he was once so depressed that he tried to commit suicide. In an effort to encourage students suffering from mental illness to get help, Pete, Mary J. Blige and Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan front the Jed Foundation’s ‘Half of Us’ campaign which is aimed to cut student suicide rates. The 3 musicians sat down for interviews detailing their darkest hours which appear on MTV’s college channel mtvU. Pete confessed to being so messed up and taking a bunch of prescription drugs in a parking lot. Suicide is never the answer. Get help if you’re feeling depressed.
Ever since she went crazy, Britney Spears’ record label has been mum. But not anymore.
MTV News was able to get an interview with label rep Allan Mayer. He says, “It’s not Jive’s place to fashion a public-relations campaign with respect to Britney’s personal issues, but Jive does care about her and does support her. We’re not pointing fingers — because the media and the paparazzi wouldn’t exist if there weren’t an appetite for it. But there’s no question that when you have someone at this level of celebrity, they become like cartoons or soap-opera characters, and we forget that they’re human beings. People say that’s the trade you make, that you have to give up your privacy or the ability to lead a normal life, but sometimes you make that bargain before you realize what it entails and it’s too late. Britney’s a grown woman, and she makes her own choices, and we respect that. But she’s been at a disadvantage [without a consistent team], and obviously that makes it harder to cope.”
Shakira already knows how to put out a hit record – but now she’s tackling an even bigger subject: the history of western civilization. Isn’t this piece of news something so different from what we all have being listening, viewing, reading for so many days now. News of the MTV VMAs where singers just boozed, parties, broke relations, fought with each other, gave bad performances bla bla bla. With so much happening isn’t it so cool of Shakira to sit down and learn something that’s worthy of a mention. While everyone else has been at the beach, the MTV Awards and the Emmys, Shakira’s been studying History of Western Civilization all summer at UCLA. I think this is absolutely cool thing that she has enrolled herself into, instead of wasting time and energy of wasteful matter she’s decide that there is time for better things in life and she is utilizing that time for something good, babes you rock!
That’s the question everyone in the world including celebrities and fans are asking of Britney Spears, that couldn’t she manage to put one stage performance something that she is know to be strong at, just more time. You want the truth? The Honest truth? Pains pills and/or prescription medication. That’s likely what went wrong. Depression, Post Partum Depression, Pipolar Manic Depression. Britney Spears is almost assuredly mentally ill and her substance abuse is simply an attempt to cover it. She’s an emotionally unstable wreck, propped up on medication just to pay the bills of all the handlers/parasites/enamels that are leeching off of her to the tune of $700,000 a month. This is just like Anna Nicole. It really, really is. Much like Lindsay Lohan, Britney has to get into some fairly serious trouble with the law, without killing herself or someone else in the process. It’s really the only chance she has left. She’s severed ties with all the people who actually care about her and are only listening to her handlers, who continue, of course, to insist to her that nothing’s wrong. At least Lindsay still listens to her family. Britney won’t. This is sad. And tragic. Very tragic
Britney Spears spent her weekend in Las Vegas, where she has been rehearsing her performance for the MTV VMA’s on September 9th. According to sources, Britney spent all day Friday rehearsing and then that night she went and partied with P. Diddy at Pure nightclub. Hey, now that’s what I like, you work and like Britney rehearsed all day and then when work is done for the day you party hard as well to enjoy and celebrate the day’s work. That’s the culture I have been brought up on and that’s the way I think it should be. No work just partying all the time and killing life without doing anything meaningful and substantial is worthless fun. I’m really looking forward to the MTV VMA’s tomorrow. While I don’t really ever watch MTV and I dislike the majority of the type of people who will be there, I really want to see Britney’s performance.
She needs to stop making excuses about her idiot boyfriend and get away from both him and the drugs. Long ago I have said that the regulators of music industry need to put a brake on the work that these music artist and movies stars do on an year to year period. At times they are not working for years on the trot which is good like a much needed break. But when they are set to release an album and they start with the promotions that’s the time when they are exhausted like Amy was reported to before she checked into the rehab. In other words I think exhaustion today is a synonym for drugs. They need a stress buster and drugs work well for them. Look at what state she is as of today, she can’t give a live performance. But since she is a star singer she is being written about. Why doesn’t someone pick her up and dump her in the garbage tin outside her own house and get her thrown away at a remote destination. So by the time she walks back home some of that exhaustion is turned into legs paining.
It has been reported that 50 Cent “erupted” during a meeting at his record label Interscope, after a forthcoming single and video–a collaboration with Robin Thicke–inadvertently leaked on to the Internet.
Reported by MTV News, the track “Follow My Lead” was due to be released as the third single from the rapper’s forthcoming album Curtis, and after current videos for “I Get Money” and “Ayo Technology” had dropped from rotation.
According to MTV’s sources, when 50 heard about the leak he reportedly ripped a plasma TV from the wall and threw his mobile phone through a window.
He later talked about his frustrations during an interview with DJ Kay Slay on New York’s Hot 97 radio station.
He said: “The process has been ill for me this go-around. I usually have to start a project myself, as far as Interscope. I got to lead. On the first album, ‘Wanksta’ just took off before ‘In Da Club’ came about. When we got to The Massacre, I leaked ‘Disco Inferno’ and they caught up with ‘Candy Shop.’
“This album, I threw ‘Straight To The Bank’ out there, and ‘Amusement Park’ was the joint they were supposed to assist me with going after. But when that came, it grew at the same pace that ‘Straight To The Bank’ grew. And I was like, ‘Yo, it don’t feel like it’s a difference in the support for the actual record.’”
Clips from “Follow My Lead” have since been removed from YouTube, but have already been posted elsewhere.
Madonna has been making amazing and timeless music for 25 years now and it is about damn time that MTV marks the milestone with a very special celebration. Sure, they did that during one of their awards shows having drag queens dress up as her but still.
The music network is said to be working on a two hour special in honor of the Queen of Pop. Details are still being ironed out but it’s believed that Madonna herself will be performing as well as some other artists who will cover her famous tunes.
Looks like Fergie is not so “Glamorous” anymore, she falls down to number 3. Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend” is now leading the top of MTV’s Top10 Videos at number 1. Next to the girl punk rocker is Beyonce’s “Beautiful Liar” on number 2. Will the punk rock attitude of Avril be able to hold her on the top of the chart? Below are the top 10 hit makers.
1. Girlfriend • Avril Lavigne
2. Beautiful Liar • Beyonce
3. Glamorous • Fergie
4. Don’t Matter • Akon
5. Like A Boy • Ciara
6. Sweet Sacrifice • Evanescence
7. What Goes Around….Comes Around • Justin Timberlake
8. Candyman • Christina Aguilera
9. With Love • Hilary Duff
10. Like This • Kelly Rowland
My favorite skater girl just went topless! And damn she’s hot! I’ve never seen Avril Lavigne topless in a picture. She posed for a very well know magazine Blender. You don’t get to see her inside the magazine because she’s on the cover. Never taught Avril was this sexy. She gets better and hotter everytime I see her slamming her guitar in MTV. Who would have imagined that this punk princess would do something daring as posing for a magazine topless. Has the punk rebel girl attitude gone for a more mature rocker lady? I don’t think so. This is what sets Avril apart from the others. She even enjoyed doing the shoot. Move aside Beyonce coz one hot punk girl is coming to own. I love it!
