Day in Pop Report for 10/24/2012
(popmusiclife) Madonna's MDNA tour rolled into Dallas over the weekend for two back-to-back concerts at the American Airlines Center. At the first show, on Saturday, Madonna fell on stage while interacting with fans during her smash hit, "Like A Prayer." While out on the runway in the middle of the crowd, the singer crouched down and held out her microphone as fans sang the song. Madonna stood up and walked a little further and repeated the move, but this time she took a tumble and fell onstage. Watch video here.
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(TMZ) The new judge on "America's Next Top Model" is a wanted man ... after allegedly beating the holy hell out of another person in Beverly Hills back in March -- law enforcement sources tell TMZ.According to law enforcement sources, Rob Evans -- a former boxer -- is accused of beating the other guy up so bad, the victim ended up in the hospital with serious injuries. We're told Rob's boxer past is part of the reason he's wanted for felony assault with a deadly weapon. We're told the warrant was issued for Evans' arrest soon after the incident, but Evans cooperated with police from the get go -- so they didn't need to track him down. But that all changed in recent weeks, when cops say Evans suddenly went silent -- and stopped speaking to them. We're told the Beverly Hills PD now views Evans as a fugitive -- and have dispatched a special fugitive team to track Evans down. Once found, he will be arrested on the spot. more on this story
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(TMZ) Michael Lohan recruited rehab mastermind Dr. Drew for his massive Lindsay intervention last week, TMZ has learned -- but Dr. Drew declined, believing he would accidentally sabotage the entire operation.Michael tells TMZ, he had been planning the Lindsay intervention for months ... and a couple weeks ago, he approached Dr. Drew to spearhead the mission. But Michael tells us, Dr. Drew declined because he thought Lindsay would freak if she saw that he was involved -- defeating the entire purpose of the intervention. According to Michael, Dr. Drew believed Lindsay needed someone with a lower profile ... someone less intimidating ... so Drew referred Michael to another intervention specialist. Michael says he ultimately settled on someone else entirely -- someone with a connection to Lindsay's lawyer Dave Feldman -- but as we first reported, the intervention was a miserable failure ... and the cops were called. more on this story
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(CBS Local) After five contentious years where the band utilized different lead singers, the original Shiny Toy Guns line-up featuring vocalist Carah Faye Charnow has regrouped to record their third full-length album, appropriately titled III, which was released this week.There's a maturity within the band from going through sort of the rollercoaster that we've been going through that we lovingly call the band demon," joked Jeremy Dawson during a recent exclusive interview with CBS Local. "It causes tires to explode and bands to break up, keyboards to blow up and keyboards to crash. You can feel all that life stuff in the writing, lyrics and the whole projection of the record. It's very intense in some ways, and very lightened up in other ways. The basic word is real. It's so real." Read more and listen here.
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(SC) Barsuk Records have set a January 22nd release date for Ra Ra Riot's third album Beta Love. The album marks the band's first outing as a four piece with members Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin forming the core of the group. Beta Love's songs are informed by the works of cyperpunk novelist William Gibson and futurist Ray Kurzweil. more on this story
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(CBS Local) Armed with a head of lettuce, Dan Auerbach pursues RZA through the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant only to be beaten upside the head with a fish.The sequence is just one of many hilarious slo-mo scenes in the new video from The Black Keys and Wu Tang Clan's RZA. The video was shot to accompany their collaborative song, "The Baddest Man Alive," from the motion picture soundtrack to RZA's soon-to-be-released Kung Fu flick; The Man With The Iron Fists. More including the video here.
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(CBS Local) Richard Marx is doing something he's never done before: releasing a Christmas album.For his first ever holiday release, Christmas Spirit, Marx tackles classic carols like "O Holy Night," "White Christmas" and "Silent Night." The singer also has fun sharing two originals including the title track and the ballad "Christmas Mornings." For the last five years, Marx has been recording his own Xmas tunes with his three sons as holiday greeting cards. This year in tribute to his grandmother, who always wanted him to do a traditional holiday album, the singer headed down to a Nashville studio to put these classics on tape. more on this story
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The Warner Sound have released a new video from Gary Clark Jr. in their The Live Room series.Gary Clark Jr. performs his song "Bright Lights" in an exclusive recording session live at Pedernales Recording Studio in Austin, TX for the show. The Warner Sound is the label's online video channel where they showcase their artists with original shows and series. The Live Room is an exclusive Warner Sound original series that captures their artists performing live recording sessions in the most iconic recording studios across America. You can watch Gary Clark Jr.'s performance here.
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(SL) Renee & Jeremy have set a November 13th release date for their first-ever Christmas EP for the upcoming holiday season. Entitled Sunny Christmas, the 6-song EP kicks off with the R&J-penned title track which was released last year and received holiday airplay across the country. The EP is rounded out by the duo's take on a whole stocking full of classic Christmas songs. more on this story
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(TMZ) Lindsay Lohan will not be prosecuted for an alleged hit-and-run that went down in front of a NYC hotel back in September ... TMZ has learned. Lohan had been scheduled to appear in court this week stemming from her September 19 arrest for leaving the scene of an accident ... when she allegedly drove a Porsche into a bystander at The Dream Hotel. Now ... after surveillance footage surfaced ... prosecutors decided there was not enough evidence to get a conviction so they've decided to drop the charges against the actress. The alleged victim can still pursue a civil case against Lohan -- if he chooses to go that route. more on this story
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(TMZ) MLB Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk was arrested for DUI Monday night in Illinois -- after allegedly driving his truck into the middle of a corn field ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.According to law enforcement sources, the New Lenox PD received a call about a car in the middle of a corn field around 7:20 PM. When police arrived, officers say they found Fisk behind the wheel of his F-150 -- which had a flat tire -- and he appeared to be fast asleep. We're told cops also found an open vodka bottle in the vehicle. Fisk was placed under arrest on the scene on suspicion of DUI -- and taken to a nearby hospital for a check-up. We're told he refused a blood alcohol test. His car was impounded. more on this story
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(TMZ) Video footage of a motorcycle accident that nearly wiped out Jay Leno has surfaced ... one year after the crash -- and now, it could prove the WRONG PERSON was blamed for causing the collision. Leno and the motorcyclists involved in the collision were taking part in a charity benefit called the "Love Ride" last October when the accident occurred on an L.A. freeway. You can see in the tape -- recorded via helmet cam -- a bike with two riders speeds up from behind and slams into another motorcycle, causing a massive wreck that nearly takes out Leno ... who was riding just feet away. The woman who captured the crash on camera -- Christina Silva -- was subsequently blamed for the crash and was banned from participating in this year's "Love Ride" ... but she insists the video shows she did NOTHING wrong. In fact, Silva tells us the people who pointed the finger at her were the two riders who rear-ended the other biker. It's unclear why they feel Silva is at fault. Christina tells us she has decided to release the tape to clear her name. It's unclear if the people who run the "Love Ride" have seen the footage. more on this story
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(TMZ) Magic Johnson has been sued by a former employee who claims the NBA legend is super serious when it comes to snacks ... because he forced her to "regularly squeeze his red vines to make sure they were soft."The woman behind the lawsuit is 45-year-old Lanita Thomas -- who claims she served as Magic's personal flight attendant on his private jet from 2004 until last month ... when Magic fired her. In her suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Thomas claims Magic was wrong when he told her she was let go because she showed up to work 15 minutes late one day. Thomas claims the real reason Magic wanted her gone is because he wanted a "substantially younger woman" to service him in the air. In her suit, Thomas admits she WAS 15 minutes late to work one day ... but says it was only because Magic insists on two specific types of turkey meat on his sandwiches ... and she was held up at the deli counter. She also says Magic was "very particular that all snacks were fresh" ... especially when it came to liquorice. In addition to wrongful termination, Lanita also claims Magic failed to pay her overtime and provide her with legally required breaks during her work shifts. She's asking for unspecified damages. more on this story
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(TMZ) Former NFL star Bob Whitfield has 21 days to fork over $75,000 to his reality star ex-wife Sheree Whitfield for overdue child support ... or else. According to legal docs obtained by TMZ ... Bob admits he failed to make 38 monthly child support payments of $2,142 to the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star ... more than $81k. Bob claimed he simply didn't have the money -- and had asked the court to lower his obligation ... but that was denied. Now, the two sides have struck a deal in which Bob has agreed to hand over $75k before Nov. 11 ... or face the consequences in court. In addition to the $75k, Bob has also agreed to pay $1,000 per month for the next 12 months -- before reverting back to the original $2,142. Fun Fact -- Back in 2000, Whitfield signed a 6-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons in the neighborhood of $30 million. more on this story
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(TMZ) DO NOT Photoshop Megan Fox's face on another woman's body ... and then publish it online ... because she will sue you -- at least that's the threat she sent to one website this week.Megan's legal team fired off the cease and desist letter to a parody website called Celebrity Jihad -- after the site published a shockingly good Photoshopped picture last week, depicting Megan's face on a naked woman's body. But Megan's lawyers aren't impressed with the image-doctoring skills -- claiming the photo is 100% fake and must be taken down ASAP ... or they'll sue. Read the site's sarcastic response.
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(TMZ) The Situation scored a major legal victory over a company that hired him to promote their anti-fat cream, but then sued him for reneging his duties and hiding an RX drug addiction ... TMZ has learned. According to court docs ... the "Jersey Shore" star and a company called Performance Brands both agreed to dismiss their dueling lawsuits (Sitch had filed a counter suit) after settling out of court. Sources close to Sitch tell us ... PB agreed to cough up a "good sum of money," and Sitch won't have to shell out a dime. TMZ broke the story ... PB sued Sitch after they hired him to be the face of their fat-metabolizing cream (and forked over a $75k advance) -- claiming he did ZILCH to promote the product. The company also claimed he breached his contract by hiding his RX addiction. Sitch counter-sued, claiming PB was the one in breach of contract. The case was dismissed earlier this month. more on this story
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