Peter Kowalczyk was charged with assault last week after punching Leona Lewis during her book signing. The Metropolitan Police announced that he will be appearing before the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court on October 26th. As of now, the man has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. You’d have to be off your rocker if you attacked someone like Leona. The singer is absolutely the sweetest. By the way, I’m not so sure about the guy being mentally ill. I bet he’s just saying that he is to get a more lenient sentence.
Julie Cowell, 82, says her son’s signature honesty began to show up early, at age five. “I bought a new hat and asked him if I looked nice in it. He replied, ‘You look like a poodle.’ It would only upset me if he really was a nasty person. Simon isn’t nasty – he’s just honest.”
Cowell said Simon, who just turned 50, was raised in the UK on politeness, which is more important to her than his wildly successful television career. Julie often goes to the studio to watch the son she said informed her he would not be getting married at the tender age of 19. “I thought he might change his mind, but he’s now 50 and it doesn’t look likely to happen.”
Julie, who survived breast cancer 14 years ago, recalled her husband Eric’s death of a heart attack on the day Simon had his first Number One in the US with Westlife. She said: “Simon phoned me from America, thrilled. I couldn’t bring myself to tell him that his father had died, and I said I’d call him back. I wanted him to have his day of celebration but he had to be told, so [Simon’s brother] Nicholas called him. He came straight home and was devastated.”
Katie Holmes is set to vamp it up for a Judy Garland tribute performance on US talent show So You Think You Can Dance.
Tom Cruise’s wife is reportedly planning to wow TV audiences by strutting her stuff on stage in a sexy all-black ensemble during the show, hosted by British presenter Cat Deeley.
In a jaw-dropping routine, the former Dawson’s Creek actress, 30, will sing Garland’s Get Happy hit from the 1950 musical Summer Stock.
She is expected to show off her figure in an outfit similar to Garland’s famous black velvet fedora, patent leather heels, nylon stockings, body-hugging skirt and micro-mini skirt.
Holmes has reportedly been rehearsing this week at the Fox studios, in California.
A source said the Batman Begins star has been thrilling everyone with her performance
“She looks incredible. She is just doing an amazing job. Everyone is absolutely floored by how talented she is.”
The red-hot performance is expected to be shown on the primetime Fox show early next month.
Janet Jackson recently kicked off her new Rock With U tour in Vancouver to amazing reviews. A critic for the Vancouver Sun said “It is a reminder that she is a trend-setter in her own right, a true diva, and a marvellous performer.” The show lasted for a whopping 2 and a half hours, featured around 10 dancers and a lot of costume changes for Miss Jackson. Her final set list features some of her most famous songs from some of her biggest albums. If you’re a new Janet fan, going to her show is the best way to get yourself acquainted with her stuff.
On September 23rd the world got a lot sweeter with the release of Plain White T’s album, Big Bad World. The follow up record to Every Second Counts which featured the smash “Hey There Delilah” was also produced by Johnny K (Simple Plan, 3 Doors Down). Along with “Natural Disaster,” the band has added another track, “1,2,3,4” to their official MySpace page, myspace.com/plainwhitets.
It’s a little bit sad and greatly hypocritical that some people just forget their words and let go of their pride. If you remember, Kanye West was rather upset and insulted at last year’s MTV VMAs because he didn’t win the number of awards he thought he deserved. He was also annoyed that his performance was limited to a small stage. He vowed to never return to another VMA after that. Apparently, his word is only as good as the money they can throw at him as Kanye was at the 25th VMAs this past Sunday.
Rihanna performed ‘Disturbia’ at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards which were held at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles last weekend. English comedian Russell Brand hosted the event with Britney Spears opening up the show. Rihanna was one of the people who stood up to give Britney a standing ovation during the opening. If you remember last year’s VMAs, Rihanna was seen laughing at the recovering starlet over her disaster of a performance. Honestly, I think Rihanna got robbed out of some of the awards that Britney got. But maybe they gave it to her for all her efforts to get better. Plus, it’s a great way of rebuilding a relationship with Britney. Rihanna didn’t seem to mind anyway.
Whether you like it or not, Mariah Carey has a new movie coming out!
The film centers on two lower-middle class brothers (Adam Rothenberg, Ethan Peck) who decide to take the road in search for a better life. Along the way they meet a waitress (Carey) whose dreams of a singing career have been dashed by a bad marriage.
VERY ORIGINAL. Yeah.
Her new (soon-to-bomb-much-like-Glitter) film, Tennessee, is being released in theaters this December.
According to a new report, Alicia Keys could be named as the other woman in the divorce of hip hop producer Swizz Beatz and R&B singer Mashonda. The soon-to-be former Mrs. Swizz apparently lost it when she heard about the birthday party that Alicia threw for Swizz at the Manhattan Louis Vuitton store last week. A friend of the producer told the media “His relationship with Alicia began after their separation. He hasn’t kept it a secret. He still has great love for Mashonda and has promised to take care of her and their son and support her career.” Mashonda says otherwise though. A friend says “Mashonda has had enough. She put her career on hold to be a wife and mother. She’s tired of pretending she’s deaf, dumb and blind to what’s going on. She can’t believe how disrespectful Alicia is being.”
I find it surprising how successful the New Kids on the Block reunion was. It may get a couple other boy bands in the reunion business so don’t be surprised if NSYNC made a comeback – even Lance Bass said so. In a recent interview, the former boy band member said that the odds were good for a reunion. Justin Timberlake may not need it but he may do it if even just for kicks. Lance said “We’re definitely itching to do some music. We’ve always discussed it. It’s always a possibility and we still owe some records to the record companies. I’m serious!” As for a timeline for their reunion, Lance says that it could be as quick as next year saying “It could be possibly a year, it could be five years from now. Depends on everyone’s schedules kind of aligning together.”
It has been confirmed, Madonna is going on tour this fall. The Queen of Pop will kick off her ‘Stick & Sweet’ tour in Cardiff, Wales on the 23rd of August and will begin her North American leg of the tour in Rutherford, New Jersey on the 3rd of October. Currently, the end of her tour is listed to be on the 26th of November at the Miami Dolphin Stadium but it is also being noted that additional dates and venues may still be announced. Madonna’s new tour is also set to visit Mexico and South America later this year. Tickets of the first couple of dates on her tour go on sale on May 16th.
“The strip came alive again that night, and Facebook Nation got its Bon Jovi,” wrote Artist Direct on Tokio Hotel’s SOLD OUT show at the Roxy on Los Angeles’ famous Sunset Strip (2/15). It does feel like the Facebook generation has found its Bon Jovi and media outlets are starting to take notice. TMZ.com, famous for dishing on Britney Spears and the rest of Hollywood’s happenings, found time to mention a Jay-Z and Nicole Scherzinger spotting at Tokio Hotel’s Roxy gig.
Miley Cyrus and her dad Billy Ray are set to host the 2008 CMT Music Awards to be held on April 14 from Belmont University’s Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Scheduled to perform on the awards night are Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Sugarland and Toby Keith. What – no ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ from Billy Ray?! Oh well, I’m sure Miley will find something for him to do as she whores it up in front of the cameras.
In other Miley news, Disney also announced that the ‘Hannah Montana’ movie will shoot in Tennessee and Los Angeles with a scheduled release date of May 1, 2009.
Madonna and Justin Timberlake’s collaboration ‘4 Minutes to Save the World’ has leaked and is making the rounds all over the internet. And as people say, don’t believe the hype. I’m disappointed really. You can barely hear Madonna singing because the song is all about the beats and it overpowers the whole thing. The melody is completely sacrificed and I can’t even determine where the chorus is. And those darn horns repeating on a loop – it’s so annoying! The song sounds more like something from one of Gwen Stefani’s solo albums. It’s ironic because Gwen has been vocal about how she’s been inspired mostly by Madonna. Sorry Madonna, not even golden boy Justin could give you a hit. I’m just not digging the song. Maybe it will grow on me.
Black Eyed Peas star Fergie wants to keep all details about her future wedding to Josh Duhamel secret – but fears her own loose tongue will let her down.
The singer and her actor fiance announced their engagement on Christmas Day (25Dec07), and although she’s yet to start planning her nuptials, Fergie isn’t sure if she can keep from spilling the secrets herself.
She says, “I’m thrilled. But I’m not giving any details – I think the fine points are sacred.
“But it’s hard for me because I have a big mouth”.
MTV recently traveled to Murray, Utah, in order to speak with those who knew David Archuleta in high school.Here’s how a few friends of the American Idol favorite described the adorable 17-year old:
Kellene Kim, a friend and classmate at Murray High, said she called Archuleta “Lettuce Boy.” The reason?
“David has a tendency to not really listen, ’cause he kinda likes to sing to himself,” Kim explained. “We were sitting around, just hanging out, talking about how someone had found a bug in their lettuce from a fast-food place, and [David] tunes in. He heard us, and he’s like, ‘What? But I love lettuce!’ And so now we call him ‘lettuce boy.’ ”
Mietra Aarabi told MTV News: “Music is David’s life and always has been. When he’s talking in just normal conversation, if anything reminds him of a song, he just starts randomly singing.”
Rihanna once again proves that she’s a good girl gone bad when she performed on stage in a red and black number at the RDS Arena on Wednesday in Dublin, Ireland. This was the Barbadian singer’s first performance after she shook up the internet with the recent pool shots of her and Chris Brown having a romantic vacation. Chris is one very lucky guy. He gets to see that whenever he may want to. The hearts of girls all over the world are breaking and the minds of guys are racing. What a visual to have in your head, huh?
Carrie Underwood sings the title track ‘How Great Thou Art’ off of the album ‘How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry’. The American Idol champ joins legions of country music’s finest on the album which also features the likes of Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, The Charlie Daniels Band with Mac Powell, Sara Evans, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Brad Paisley and Ricky Skaggs and the Whites. The album is available in stores now so don’t forget to get your hands on it. Carrie has truly made a name for herself in the industry by being asked to work with such fine talent.
The Jonas Brothers have come out with a follow-up video to their smash hit ‘SOS’. The video is for their single ‘When You Look Me in the Eyes’. It’s the third release from their self-titled album and it touches on the three teenage boys’ dramatic and softer side.
The video has a pretty simple concept. Actually, it just shows black and white video footage of the band of brothers on the road, their concert tour, backstage interviews and other miscellaneous videos. I guess they’re too busy making surprise appearances at future concert venues to make an actual video for the song.
01 – Work That
02 – Grown Woman
03 – Just Fine
04 – Feel Like A Woman
05 – Stay Down
06 – Hurt Again
07 – Shake Down
09 – Roses
10 – Fade Away
11 – What Love Is
12 – Work In Progress (Growing Pains)
13 – Talk To Me
14 – If You Love Me
15 – Smoke
16 – Come To Me (Peace)
It just goes to prove that money and fame cannot make you immune to normal human feelings and suffering. The sad news is depression still affects us all; rich and poor alike. And singer Alicia Keys; as gorgeous and successful as she is, is one of those to suffer.The fab ‘No-One’ artist has revealed that a tendency to bottle up her feelings leads to feelings of hurt and anger. She said: “I was feeling so sad all the time, and I couldn’t shake it. I started burying my feelings, and it got to a point where I couldn’t even tell my family or my friends, ‘I’m twisted,’ or ‘I’m exhausted,’ or ‘I’m so angry.’ I became a master of putting up the wall so that I was unreadable.”
Thankfully Keys has since pulled through that tough time and is enjoying life with current boyfriend Kerry Brothers. But it is a note to remember that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side; and no-one is above being human.
After traveling all over the globe and dragging his girlfriend Jessica Biel and his family along for the ride, Justin Timberlake’s massive world tour finally came to an end on Thursday. That’s all folks!The superstar closed his FutureSex/LoveShow’ World Tour in the grounds of the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. That’s a long way from home!
But now that it’s over, I’m wondering whether Justin’s acting like a jackass would end along with it. It’s Christmas time, let’s hope it does. But if his actions are anything to go by, all we’re going to be doing is hoping against hope.
