The rise of the musical and artistic force that is Lady GaGa is profiled by this month's Rolling Stone magazine. David LaChapelle did the remarkable photo shoot for the magazine, and Lady GaGa did the rest. She's a walking, talking and singing piece of art - driven by ambition and supported by her own version of Andy Warhol's Factory. Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta 23 years ago, Lady G...
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American Idol has been plagued by voting problems since inception. Sites like VoteForTheWorst.com have made it their mission to distort the will of the people by mobilizing the vote for the worst candidate. Combine that with text power voting and over-worked busy phone lines, the error in voting makes any close race a poor measure of the will of the people.This year's vote for the winner of Am...
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'Candy' is the first single from Paolo Nutini's latest album 'Sunny Side Up.'Paolo Nutini 'Candy'
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A new day has begun, as international singing sensation Susan Boyle progressed to the 'Britain's Got Talent' finale that will be held next Saturday, May 30th. After a shaky start, Ms. Boyle soon requited herself and delivered an inspired rendition of 'Memory' from Cats. An audience estimated at 14 million viewers judged her semi-finals performance on 'Britain's Got Talent' the best of the night. S
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In a profile by the New York Times, Eminem speaks as someone excised of demons past. The rapper appears newly clean and sober, better equipped to tap into his extraordinary creative powers. His life continues to be revealed through his art, as his latest album, 'Relapse,' tells the tale of a drug addled life glimpsed through dense fog. He may or may not have had Valium mixed into his food to ma...
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It has taken Christina Aguilera a while to dip her toe in the cinematic pool, but it looks like the big-voiced diva is finally ready for her close-up. X-tina has signed on to play the lead character in a movie titled "Burlesque," a tale of a small town girl with dreams of becoming -- you guessed it -- a burlesque superstar. It is clearly a role that Miss Aguilera was born to play. Even more
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It may sound too good to be true, but in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Queen guitarist Brian May suggested the band would like to have a conversation with Adam Lambert about possibly joining the group. Mr. Lambert's stunning vocal range earned comparisons to former Queen front man Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991. This sounds like a match made in Heaven, if not eternal paradise the...
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Beyoncé's best assets are hypnotically captured (in all their undulating glory) in her latest black & white magnum opus, "Ego." Not content to just stroke her own, um... ego, B waxes poetic about her man's positive attributes -- one in particular sounds rather large:"It's too big, it's too wideIt's too strong, it won't fitHe got a big ego, such a huge egoI love his big ego, it's too muchHe walk
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The wacky voting system that is American Idol has culled the most talented performers from the herd to produce a dark horse winner in Kris Allen. Meanwhile, the one true star of the contest, Adam Lambert, will have to be content with receiving all the benefits of appearing on the American Idol juggernaut without the shame of singing the producers' first force-fed song choice, 'No Boundaries.' I...
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Amy Winehouse and her family will be the subject of a new documentary later this year from Israeli-American interviewer Daphne Barak. The journalist spent time with Amy and her family recently on St. Lucia. The documentary will be a "truthful and revealing look at her complicated life." On a separate note, Ms Winehouse was hospitalized again after falling ill. Three weeks ago she was hospitaliz...
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Michael Jackson's opening concert date at London's O2 arena is being pushed back from July 8th to July 13th, while the next 3 dates following have been pushed back to spring 2010. "Due to the sheer magnitude of the “This Is It” concerts at the O2 Arena promoters and producers AEG Live and Kenny Ortega, Michael’s directorial partner and creative collaborator have elected to move back a few of
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William Shatner chews up and swallows the scenery to retain his massive girth, yet this dark star complains to one and all of being ignored in big screen Star Trek treatments. Here is but another reason why. William Shatner 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds'
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The New York Times posed the question: is the country ready to hand the crown to an androgynous, seemingly gay 27 year-old fireball from San Diego? Presumably neither Adam Lambert's age nor San Diego roots will be an issue, but being an androgynous, gay fireball might be. However, talent contests that aren't rooted in merit undermine their validity. In this particular season, Mr. Lambert has be...
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If you live in Europe or Australia the third single from the album 'Day & Age' is 'The World We Live In' and the video brings Brandon Flowers' star power to the fore.The Killers 'The World We Live In'
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Judging from the pictures, the competition was fierce at the 54th Annual Eurovision Song Contest 2009. 42 countries battled it out for the top prize, but in the end it was the baby-faced Alexander Rybak, armed with only a violin and a dream who walked away with the crown. To view all of the dazzling performances head over to YouTube. Below is the winning song "Fairytale," as well as a couple
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Anne of Cleves may not have been considered a great beauty, but she did outlive the other 5 of Henry VIII's six wives. Songstress Joss Stone will make an appearance on the last two episodes of Showtime's The Tudors as the Queen of England. "The thing about Anne of Cleves is she was not supposed to be attractive. Anne, let's be honest, was described as quite frumpy and ugly. But hey, I did it! I...
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He had a good run. Danny Gokey expected to be eliminated on last night's American Idol, leaving Adam Lambert and Kris Allen to square off in the finals. The widowed music director has other aspirations, in music and other marketing ventures. However, now the focus shifts to Adam and Kris, the pair that looked finals bound early on. Kris is good, but Adam is that extraordinary talent that surfac...
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Beyoncé and T.I. led the 9th Annual BET award nominations with 5 each. Beyoncé was acknowledged for Best Video with 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' and 'If I Were a Boy,' and is up for Best Female R&B Artist, Best Actress and Viewer's Choice. T.I. received two nominations for Best Collaboration - with Rihanna on 'Live Your Life' and Yung L.A. and Young Dro on 'Aint I' - in addition to Best M.
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