Saturday, 31 May 2008
Jessica Simpson breaks up with Tony Romo
New York (ANI): American pop singer Jessica Simpson has reportedly split with her quarterback boyfriend Tony Romo. According to a report in TMZ.com, the couple, who have been dating since November 2007, have quietly parted their ways. An Us Weekly spy overheard Romo as telling his friends that he was single again, and it was that same night that Simpson was spotted on a drinking binge with her pals, reports the New York Daily News. While they were still seeing each other, Simpson had publicly spoken about her Dallas Cowboys quarterback beau, telling Glamour magazine in its June issue that Romo is her "future husband." As for Romo, a close friend of his told Us Weekly in February that he thinks the two will wed.
Friday, 30 May 2008
Diahann Carroll
Artist: Diahann Carroll
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Accompanied By The Andre Previn Trio
Year: 1969
Tracks: 10
Nobody Sees Me Cry
Year: 1967
Tracks: 11
Actress and singer Diahann Carroll was natural Carol Diann Johnson on July 17, 1935, in the Bronx, NY. Beginning her music vocation at an former age, Carroll was the recipient of a Metropolitan Opera erudition for studies at New York's High School of Music and Art at a bare x years of age. While silent a teen, Carroll began on the job parttime as a role model, a TV actress, and as a night club isaac Bashevis Singer, star to her Broadway debut (the Harold Arlen/Truman Capote production House of Flowers) and her picture show debut (the modern version of Bizet's opera Carmen with an all-black cast Carmen Jones) both in 1954. More picture show work came her way (including the 1959 celluloid version of Porgy & Bess), as well as a Tony Award in 1962 for her work on the Broadway production No Strings. Beginning in the late '50s, Carroll launched a successful recording calling, issuance albums on a unconstipated footing throughout the next deuce decades (including such titles as 1957's Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen, 1960's Diahann Carroll and Andre Previn, and 1962's The Fabulous Diahann Carroll, among many others).
In the previous '60s, Carroll starred in the TV sitcom Julia, for which she was nominative for an Emmy Award and the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. The '70s saw Carroll give arguably the finest playing performance of her vocation in 1974's Claudine, for which she was nominative for an Academy Award. Carroll would return to TV work in the mid-'80s with her personation of businesswoman Dominique Devereaux on the remove dark scoop opera Dynasty, piece she earned her second Emmy nomination for a guest appearing on the comedy series A Different World (also during the same decennary, Carroll published an autobiography, 1986's Diahann). In the '90s, Carroll starred in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard and toured the U.S. performing greco-Roman Broadway standards in Almost Like Being in Love: The Lerner and Loewe Songbook. 2001 saw the release of the 16-track digest Nonentity Sees Me Cry: The Best of the Columbia Years.
Jessica Alba - Fascinating Fact 5299
Fergie - Fergie Feared Accidental Stage Dive
Pop star FERGIE feared she would fall from the stage and career into the crowd during a bizarre acrobatic live performance on a U.S. TV show on Tuesday (20May08).
The Black Eyed Peas star shocked viewers by crawling across the stage and writhing in skin-tight leggings while singing Heart's Barracuda, before performing a series of catapults that almost propelled her into the Today Show audience at New York's Rockefeller Plaza.
And the 33-year-old confessed afterwards she had lost control and came close to tumbling from the stage.
She said afterwards, "I should've pointed my toes. My gymnastics coach would've been upset. I just didn't want to fall off I didn't know how much room I had. Thank you for letting me crawl on your floor."
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Elektronische Maschine
Artist: Elektronische Maschine
Genre(s):
Electronic
Electronic: Progressive
Discography:
Das Netz
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
The Key To Compute
Year: 2000
Tracks: 8
Energy
Year: 2000
Tracks: 14
Reaktor
Year: 1995
Tracks: 11
Wayne Williams
Bonde Do Role
Artist: Bonde Do Role
Genre(s):
Electronic
Rock
Discography:
With Lasers
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Bonde Do Role With Lasers
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Melo Do Tabaco
Year: 2006
Tracks: 6
Pumping kayoed bass-heavy terpsichore beat generation laced with unlikely samples and mated with goofy just salacious raps, Bonde do Rolê ar unrivalled of the showtime acts of the Apostles on Brazil's blue funk carioca (or baile funk) setting to gain an international audience. Consisting of lead MC Marina Ribatski, MC and producer Pedro D'eyrot, and DJ and producer Rodrigo Gorky, Bonde do Rolê offer up a willfully warped version on funk carioca, conflux their beat generation with odd but obvious samples from the likes of Alice in Chains and Tone-Loc piece Ribatski delivers eccentric rhymes virtually quirky sexual activity and partying of all sorts; as D'eyrot puts it, "The jest is to be as stupid and cheesy as you pot be." Bonde do Rolê had earned a sizeable fan following at domicile when they attracted the attention of American DJ and producer Diplo, wHO heard them during a visit to Brazil. Diplo fell for the group's wild music and frantic phase indicate, and sign-language them to his Mad Decent record mark in the U.S., piece the respected British label Domino smitten a deal with the group for Europe. After blowing many minds during their performances on a abbreviated American circuit in the spring of 2007, Bonde do Rolê prepared to acquittance their showtime album with Diplo, With Lasers, in the summer of 2007.
50 Cent Entourage Member Arrested For Assault
A member of rapper 50 CENT's entourage has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman.
According to reports, police received a phone call in the early hours of Tuesday (27May08) morning from the In Da Club star's Connecticut mansion from the alleged victim, claiming she had been attacked by Dwayne McKenzie.
Police proceeded to arrest McKenzie at the Farmington estate after concluding the woman sustained visible injuries consistent with her complaint.
McKenzie has been charged with strangulation, assault, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.
He has since been released on $10,000 (GBP5,000) bail, reports website TMZ.com.
A spokesperson for 50 Cent has declined to comment on the arrest.
According to reports, police received a phone call in the early hours of Tuesday (27May08) morning from the In Da Club star's Connecticut mansion from the alleged victim, claiming she had been attacked by Dwayne McKenzie.
Police proceeded to arrest McKenzie at the Farmington estate after concluding the woman sustained visible injuries consistent with her complaint.
McKenzie has been charged with strangulation, assault, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.
He has since been released on $10,000 (GBP5,000) bail, reports website TMZ.com.
A spokesperson for 50 Cent has declined to comment on the arrest.
LiveDaily Interview: Ne-Yo
As an artist, producer and songwriter, singer Ne-Yo [ tickets ] was nominated for five Grammys in 2008, winning the Best Contemporary R&B Album prize for his 2007 release, "Because of You." But the artist who co-produced Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" doesn't have a specific project of which he is most proud. He's grinning from ear to ear about his entire career."I'm just proud that I get to do what I love and be able to support myself doing it," Ne-Yo said during an interview with LiveDaily. "There's not a lot of people on the face of this planet who can say they love their job and be genuine and true with that. I can say that and it's the truest statement in the world. I really and truly love my job and I get paid well to do it. It's a beautiful thing."In addition to his Contemporary R&B Album award, Ne-Yo earned four other Grammy nominations this year, including two for his collaboration with Rihanna, "Hate That I Love You" (which he co-wrote), as well as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his No. 2 hit "Because Of You" and Record of the Year for "Irreplaceable." Ne-Yo is now touring with Alicia Keys [ tickets ] to promote his third album, "Year of the Gentleman," which will arrive in stores Aug. 5. So far, the only track he is playing live from "Year of the Gentleman" is "Closer," which was produced by Stargate.The forthcoming album is the follow-up to "Because of You" and 2006's "In My Own Words," both of which debuted at No.1 on The Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Album charts.Ne-Yo spoke to LiveDaily about his tour with Keys and 2007 "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks, writing songs on assignment, and what it means to be a "gentleman" in 2008.LiveDaily: How's the tour going so far?Ne-Yo: It's going pretty good. We're finally catching our stride. That's what it's called. The first few shows are always the worst. You're working out the bugs and everything. After awhile, you just fall in to a groove; that's where we are right now. The crowd's been really receptive. Everybody's gettin' on point. Nobody's forgetting any steps or any chord changes or anything, so we're good. Are you playing a lot of "Year of the Gentleman"?As of right now, the only new song that I do is "Closer." But I took all the old hits and kind of revamped them with the band and everything. It's just so that I'm not doing the same show I was doing last year. That must be fun.Yeah, yeah. The crowd is loving it. It's really good. Which song is probably the most different?Probably "So Sick." There's a part of the song where we flipped the music up completely and changed it to kind of a reggae-ish, ska-ish groove. When you're writing songs, how do you know if they will be songs for you or for another artist?Well, it depends on how the song comes to be. I have my own personal studio. I go in there in my own free will sometimes and make music. If I do that, and I haven't promised it to anybody already, then of course I keep it for myself. Normally, when an artist wants me to write a song for them, their people will pay for studio time. They'll set up a session in a studio in some random place. Anything that comes out of that session is on their dime so it goes to that artist. So you write on assignment then?Yeah, there's been instances where I've been writing and I'll listen back and go, "This would sound great on this person or that person." But lately it's been on assignment. What was it like working with Stargate?Business as usual. The guys from Stargate, we kind of came into this whole thing together with "So Sick." It's always a cool vibe working with those guys just because they know me and I know them. So it's very, very easy to write to their track. It's very, very easy for them to [work with me]. We kind of have a format now. We know exactly what each other needs to make the song a hit. Why did you decide to name your album "Year of the Gentleman"?I decided to call the album "Year of the Gentleman" because I feel that that's what's needed right now. I feel that the essence of what it is to be a gentleman needs to be brought back to this industry. It's a little lacking as of late. I'm not saying there are no gentlemen in the industry. There are definitely some. But they are few and far between. I'm basically trying to lead by example with this album, showing cats how they're supposed to treat a lady--not necessarily a woman--but a lady; a lady is respectable. How they're supposed to look. To be an entertainer back in the day meant something. You have to look the part to call yourself an entertainer. Nowadays, Joe Schmo off the street with the grungy, not properly kept look can call themselves an entertainer and everybody accepts it--well, everybody except me, anyway. I'm trying to lead by example. I'm trying to bring some class and integrity back. These days, there are no real "rock stars" anymore, except, I'd say, Lenny Kravitz. Nobody really dresses the part or the looks the part or acts the part. I could walk down the street, see some guy and never know he's in a band. You'll never know. I don't understand that. As far back as I can remember, there was a look that came with being an entertainer. There's a reason a country/Western singer wears the big cowboy hat. There's a reason he does that. It's tradition--it's what it is to be a country/Western singer. I feel the same thing with R&B music pop music. I think there's a look that goes with it. It's not fly no more. You don't see that effortless fly no more. Did living in Las Vegas inspire you?As far as creating this creature that is Ne-Yo? Absolutely. My whole sense of style comes from the whole Rat Pack era, especially now. I've always kept it pretty clean cut. But this time around, I'm really, really taking it as far as the suits and the style I have. It's very Sammy Davis Jr. It's very that era. Very, very late Las Vegas.
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