Day in Pop Report for 12/14/2010
The Day in Pop Digest for 12/14/10: (Billboard) George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against members of the Black Eyed Peas, UMG Recordings and Cherry Hill Music for allegedly sampling his song "(Not Just) Knee Deep" on a Grammy-award nominated album. more(FMQB) There has been a lot of controversy and differing opinions about the new Michael Jackson album, Michael, that comes out on Tuesday. And producer Teddy Riley admits that Jackson's vocals had to be "processed" in order for the album to be completed after his death. But Riley insists, "you are still hearing the true Michael Jackson." more (Billboard) Gwyneth Paltrow and "Glee's" matchup was so nice, they've decided to do it twice. The Oscar-winning actress has confirmed that she'll appear on a second episode of the Fox show more Meanwhile, Paltrow has said she won't be appearing in Marvel Pictures superheroes mash-up The Avengers more Wait.... even more. Gwyneth Paltrow has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Faith Hill and Tim McGraw were on hand Monday to help Paltrow celebrate the unveiling of her star more (Yahoo) Australian movie star Hugh Jackman was slightly injured on Tuesday while performing a stunt during the taping of an Oprah Winfrey show at the Sydney Opera House. more (Jam!) Eminem is set to knock film fans out with his next big screen role - the hip-hop star will play an up-and-coming boxer in movie Southpaw. more (Billboard) Although Selena Gomez was recently spotted at an IHOP in Philadelphia with Justin Bieber, the singer claims that the two teen stars are just friends. more (Jam!) Celebrity [and PR seeking] drug counselor Dr. Drew Pinsky has urged Miley Cyrus to seek professional help following her bong-smoking scandal - insisting she's "acting out" following the breakdown of her parents' marriage. more (Yahoo) NBC is banking on some reality show royalty to create a new singing competition to challenge "American Idol." The network said Monday that it will debut "The Voice of America" in the spring. more. Apparently, NBC is still on the air. (Billboard) Rapper Ja Rule is set to serve two years in prison stemming from a July 2007 gun bust, when both he and rapper Lil Wayne were arrested following a concert performance. more (Jam!) Mariah Carey is baffled by longstanding rumours she is bisexual - insisting speculation she is attracted to women is not "reality." more (BBC) Glee, Mad Men and Modern Family are among the American Film Institute's Top 10 television programs of 2010. more (Yahoo) California wants a little bit more of the King of Pop — roughly $131,000 in tax penalties. more (Yahoo) The game show "Jeopardy!" will pit man versus machine this winter in a competition that will show how successful scientists are in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence. more (Yahoo) "Dexter" star Michael C, Hall and the actress who plays his sister in the serial-killer TV drama are getting divorced after less than two years of marriage, news reports said on Monday. more
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(EMI) Katy Perry is the first female artist in 11 years to score three No. 1 singles from the same album on Billboard's Hot 100. "Firework," the third single from her Grammy-nominated No. 1 album Teenage Dream, claims the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 and Digital Songs chart this week, following on the heels of Katy's two previous No. 1 singles "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream." Katy also hit No. 1 with "I Kissed A Girl," which held the top spot for seven weeks in the summer of 2008. On December 2nd, it was announced that Katy had been nominated for four 2011 Grammy Awards: "Album of the Year" and "Best Pop Vocal Album" for Teenage Dream, "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for the single "Teenage Dream," and "Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals" for "California Gurls." She was nominated in 2009 for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for "I Kissed A Girl" and in 2010 for "Hot N Cold" from her 2008 debut album One of the Boys. Katy has won a BRIT Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards, an NRJ Music Award, a People's Choice Award, and two Teen Choice Awards, among other international honor more on this story
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The documentary film "Mr. Immortality: The Life and Times of Twista," is set to hit DVD January 11th."I'm really looking forward to the documentary coming out because it's a project we've been workin' on for a little bit and I know it shows a little bit of me that a lot of people haven't seen before," said Twista. This biopic is filled with music stars like Ne-Yo, Jeremih, The Dream, Scott Storch, Big Boi of Outkast and even super stars like Ron Artest from the Lakers and US Congressman Danny Davis. more on this story
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(Press Here) MEN, featuring Le Tigre's JD Samson, is set to kick off their nationwide tour Tuesday, February 1st in San Francisco. MEN will be touring in support of their debut album, Talk About Body, which will be released on that day on IAMSOUND Records. These spring dates will include stops across the U.S., as well as select cities in Canada and Europe dates
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BET Networks presents BET Honors, a night honoring the achievements of six extraordinary legends in music, the arts, service and education. The 2011 honorees include legendary actress Cicely Tyson (Theatrical Arts), Oscar award-winning actor/musician and comedian Jamie Foxx (Entertainer), supermodel/entrepreneur Iman (Service), publishing mogul Linda Johnson Rice (Media), world renowned musician/composer Herbie Hancock and accomplished historian/educator Lonnie G. Bunch (Education). Hosted by actress Gabrielle Union for the third year and taped at the historic Warner Theater in Washington, DC, BET HONORS recognizes lifetime contributions and exceptional service of certain individuals to African-American culture in music, media, film, service and education. The special will premiere during Black History Month on Monday, February 21 at 9:00 p.m.* more on this story
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Vh1 sent over this news: The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year's event will again take place at the Hollywood Palladium. This is the fourth year in a row that VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network and the first year the show will also be broadcast internationally."Black Swan" received an unprecedented 12 nominations for the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, garnering nods for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Score. "True Grit" and "The King's Speech" followed close behind with 11 nominations each, while "Inception" received 10 nominations and "The Social Network" garnered 9. "Toy Story 3" was honored in the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature categories while two Best Picture nominees, "Inception" and "The Town," were also recognized in the Best Action Movie category. "127 Hours," "The Fighter" and "Winter's Bone" also scored multiple nominations, including Best Picture. more on this story
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(Webster) Wynonna and Naomi Judd will make a pit-stop from The Judds: The Last Encore tour tonight, December 14th, to spend an hour with longtime friend Larry King during his final week as host of CNN's Larry King Live.About Larry King Live: The hit show has been on the air since 1985 and the man with the suspenders, Larry King, has become one of the most recognizable faces in the news world, mostly for his slicked back hair, his big square glasses and his intriguing interviews with the people of the day. Everyone from former President Ronald Reagan to United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to former Governor Jesse Ventura have all appeared on the CNN prime time news program "Larry King Live." About The Judds: Kentucky natives, The Judds, are one of the most successful country music duos of all time – amassing fourteen number-one hits and over 60 industry awards including multiple CMA, ACM and GRAMMY awards. more on this story
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(EMI) Amos Lee will make television appearances early next year in support of his upcoming album Mission Bell, which will be released by Blue Note Records on January 25th. The singer and songwriter will appear on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on January 26th, The Early Show on February 18th, and on PBS's Tavis Smiley (airdate TBA). The first single from Mission Bell, Lee's fourth album for EMI's Blue Note Records, is "Windows Are Rolled Down," which was released digitally on November 22nd and continues to move up the AAA charts, currently sitting at #22 with more than 60 stations already playing the track after just 3 weeks. more on this story
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(Celebuzz) Keri Hilson will release her second album, No Boys Allowed, on Dec. 21. The 12-track set features collaborations with J. Cole, Nelly, Kanye West, Rick Ross and Chris Brown. While other artists may feel significant pressure following a successful debut, Hilson is surprisingly calm about the new album's reception."I am in a place where I'm a lot less concerned with how things are received. That mindset for me right now is a gift. I don't feel the pressure to be liked or loved by everyone. I can't please everyone. You're not going to win that battle, even when you feel like you are doing something everyone will like. People have something to say no matter what, so I may as well be myself." It is this confidence and strong sense of self that thematically propels Hilson's latest offering. Driven by the hit singles "Breaking Point" and "Pretty Girl Rock," No Boys Allowed is a call to arms for women everywhere. "Sonically [the album] is the same, but the topics and my delivery are probably a little more aggressive," says Hilson of the evolution of her sound. "The core of it is still emotional, the tone of it is still coming from the same place. Women do need girl power, we do need the togetherness that my music may bring them." more on this story
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(PR) Charlie Mars has extended his U.S tour through March 2011. He'll play two dates with Shelby Lynne and a series of shows with Griffin House.Mars has been on the road all year in support of his album, Like A Bird, Like A Plane. Three tracks from Like A Bird, Like A Plane are currently being played at AAA radio - lead single "Listen to the Darkside," "Meet Me By The Backdoor" and "No Place Like Home." A live acoustic version of "Listen to the Darkside" was released as a digital single on November 30th. more on this story
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Orange Drive announces the latest addition in its New Year's Eve 'Jam on the Sand' lineup: Grammy nominated, singer/songwriter, Natasha Bedingfield. Natasha will grace the stage to perform for 8,000 fans on South Beach while ringing in the New Year. Bedingfield first gained recognition with the release of her massive debut album, Unwritten, in 2006, and she has since become known for her talent in creating songs that incorporate powerful messages, yet with a an instantly appealing magic spark and infectious pop sensibility. This gift for creating for smart, substantive music has carried through all of her release, from that first album – which garnered the singer-songwriter her first Grammy nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance – to her sophomore release Pocketful Of Sunshine, which has sold nearly 3 million copies to date, and onto her latest album Strip Me, recently released on December 7th. more on this story
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(Skye Media) Ruth Gerson will perform the title track from her album, "This Can't Be My Life," on Thursday, December 16th, 12:35am, on "The Late, Late Show w/Craig Ferguson" on CBS. The track "This Can't Be My Life" will be featured in the new independent film "Losing Control," written and directed by Valerie Weiss and score by John Swihart ("Napolean Dynamite"). Gerson will be following up her July 2010 release in Spring 2011 with an album of songs throughout time about "the bad things that happen to 'bad girls.'" Entitled "Deceived," it was produced by Rick Chertoff and William Wittman with guest appearances by Suzzy Roche and guitarist Jack Rose (who passed away on Dec. 5th, 2009). Composed primarily of murder ballads, profits from "Deceived" will go to benefit the AVON Foundation's " Speak Out Against Domestic Violence" Program. Greil Marcus has called the yet-to-be-released album "a triumph." more on this story
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Dave Koz will be performing at the Nokia Theatre LA Live on December 19th for the 13th Anniversary of his Dave Koz and Friends Smooth Jazz Christmas tour. Dave's new CD, "Hello Tomorrow," was released on October 12th and debuted at #1 on both the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and iTunes' Jazz Album chart, becoming his 4th consecutive album to bow atop both charts. The lead single from the album, "Put The Top Down," went to #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart and the Mediabase Smooth AC chart. Dave appeared in and performed on the ABC hit series Desperate Housewives with singer Dana Glover which aired on Sunday, October 24th. more on this story
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The Limousines are currently prepping their upcoming Dangerbird album for release in spring 2011, and continuing to bolster their schedule with a series of high-profile tours and other live appearances.The Limousines, featuring songwriter/vocalist Eric Victorino and multi-instrumentalist/producer Giovanni Giusti, first made a mark with their 2009 single "Very Busy People," which garnered heavy rotation on San Francisco's Live 105 (KITS-FM) as well as Sirius/XM's Alt Nation station. The San Jose, CA-based duo has since released their debut album, Get Sharp, and has shared the stage with Matt & Kim, Sleigh Bells and Temper Trap, among others. Recently, the band opened for Weezer at their historic Memories tour concerts in San Francisco and will rejoin the tour for shows on January 7th & 8th at Chicago's Aragon Entertainment Center. The Limousines' upcoming Dangerbird release will be supported with the group's appearance at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX in March. more on this story
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Lee Brice tops the Hot Country Songs chart with the single "Love Like Crazy," as the most heard song in America by Billboard. His debut album Love Like Crazy was released June 8th on Curb Records. While working hard on his major label debut, LOVE LIKE CRAZY, he penned hit singles for Tim McGraw's "Still", Garth Brooks' "More Than A Memory" a song that actually entered the charts at No. 1, and Jason Aldean "Not Every Man Lives". In the last few years, he has charted four hits of his own, including "She Ain't Right," and "Happy Endings." His latest single, "Love Like Crazy," peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart while his new single "Beautiful Every Time" is climbing the charts. more on this story
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