Day in Pop Report for 02/25/2013
Today's report is being posted in two parts: an A.M. and a P.M. edition. Here are the stories for this morning and we will be back later today with more stories.
Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake are teaming up to play stadiums together this summer for their Legends Of The Summer tour.The 12 stadium trek is set to kick off on July 17th at the Roger's Centre in Toronto and will conclude on August 16th in Miami, Florida. Prior to the formal announcement, Jay-Z hinted at the tour by posting a series of photos of stadiums with the hashtag "Legends of the Summer'. True to his tease, the rapper posted a total of 12 photos, one for each stadium the duo will be playing at this summer. Live Nation formally announced the tour on Friday. more on this story
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Kim Kardashian's current boyfriend Kanye West issued an onstage rant against the music industry and Jay-Z's collaboration with Justin Timberlake.The mainstream major label rapper was giving a performance in London when he took a break to criticize his former collaborator's latest collaboration. "Remind me again who's the original super-fly? And I got love for Hov but I ain't f***ing with that 'Suit & Tie'," he said according to ASB. He then went on to criticize the mix of business and rap with a long ranging rant which was quoted by the site. "I hate business people. People get on the phone with me and tell me, 'What kind of business can you do, though? What type of business are you doing? What's the numbers? How much did you sell? What's the radio spins? How much shampoo can you sell with your face on it and s**t?' "Remind me again why we in this s**t. Can you remind me again why we in this s**t? Since when [is] making music about getting rich? Since when [is] making art about getting rich?... Remind me again why we in this s**t. Remind me again why the Grammys couldn't suck my d**k." "Can I sell a drink for you please? So you can help me put on a better show. Please corporations. Can you please support me? I swear I'm a nice n**** now. I swear I'll put the pink polo back on. I swear to you. Please." more on this story
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The Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday night during a television broadcast for the major category Oscar winners. Argo took home the Best Picture Award, Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for his fictional portrayal of Abraham Lincoln. Critical favorite Zero Dark Thirty was shut out of the major categories but won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing. Below are the nominees and winners for the major categories: Best Picture Amour Argo–WINNER Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Best Actor Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln–WINNER Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight Best Actress Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook–WINNER Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts, The Impossible Best Director Michael Haneke, Amour Ang Lee, Life of Pi–WINNER David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Best Documentary Feature 5 Broken Cameras The Gatekeepers How to Survive a Plague The Invisible War Searching for Sugar Man–WINNER Best Original Screenplay Amour, Michael Hankie Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino–WINNER Flight, John Gatins Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal Best Adapted Screenplay Argo, Chris Terrio–WINNER Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Life of Pi, David Magee Lincoln, Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell Best Original Song "Before My Time" from Chasing Ice, music and lyric by J. Ralph "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted, music by Walter Murphy; lyric by Seth MacFarlane "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi, music by Mychael Danna; lyric by Bombay Jayashri "Skyfall" from Skyfall, music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth–WINNER "Suddenly" from Les Misérables, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil Read the list of winners in other categories here.
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(popmusiclife) Adele won the Oscar Sunday night for Best Original Song for her James Bond theme, "Skyfall."The UK singer also performed the song on the awards program, on a night that included a tribute to 50 years of Bond films. Adele and producer/so-songwriter Paul Epworth accepted the Academy Award, with the singer thanking Epworth for "believing in me." The pair won in a category that included songs from films "Les Miserables," "Life Of Pi," "Ted" and "Chasing Ice." Watch video here.
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Lindsay Lohan's former assistant has been subpoenaed to testify in the actresses' pending criminal case where she stands accused of lying to police, according to TMZ.The Los Angeles City Attorney's office issued a subpoena to the former assistant the site simply names as "Gavin" and they report this is the same assistant the told police that Lohan was behind the wheel during a car accident on PCH last June. They report that Gavin was the one who rolled on Lindsay and told the cops she was driving the car (despite her claims otherwise). The incident played a major role in their decision to charge her with lying to police. Sources close to Lohan told the site that the actress refuses to take a plea deal and remains adamant she never lied to police. more on this story
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Demi Lovato is giving fans a full stream online preview of her forthcoming single which is entitled, "Heart Attack."The pop performer's team have posted a audio stream of the track on her official Youtube channel ahead of the single's March 4th release. The track was produced by the Suspex and was co-written by Lovato, Mitch Allan, Jason Evigan, Sean Douglas and Nikki Williams. You can take a listen here.
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STS9 have extended their North American Winter headline tour plans well into the spring with the addition of a new string of dates and music festival appearances. The group is currently on a headline tour which is scheduled to conclude on March 23rd in Asheville, NC. The newly announced dates will kick off on April 11th in Minneapolis, MN at the famed First Avenue venue and will wrap up on April 27th in St. Petersburg, FL. STS9 are also set to appear at a variety of music festivals including a headline performances at the BUKU Music + Art Project in New Orleans and the Snowball Music Festival in Winter Park, CO. more on this story
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(Extra) "Extra's" Mario Lopez spoke with Jessica Chastain on the 2013 Oscars red carpet, who opened up about her relationship with boyfriend Gian Luca Passi, an Italian fashion exec.The "Zero Dark Thirty" star, who brought her grandmother as her date, was all smiles when Lopez asked her about Passi. "I am very, very happy. It's a wonderful thing when a career does so well and your personal life goes so well." Mario also made sure to bring Chastain's grandma into the interview, telling her, "You are the highlight of this red carpet." The two bonded at the Golden Globes when Mario interviewed her. The Best Actress nominee also admitted she did not write a speech. "Honestly, I don't think it's my year this year. more on this story
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