No Doubt are delivering hard to their loyal fans, old and new. The California-based band may be one of the biggest on the planet in the last 20 years, but they remember their SoCal roots — and they’re getting back to them with a mini-residency in promotion of ‘Push and Shove,’ which hits shelves Sept. 25.
In a new profile in Rolling Stone, pink-loving femcee Nicki Minaj opens up about her painful past, which includes a violent and drug-addicted father. But she also retracts a claim she made early in her career, which was that she was bisexual. Minaj now claims she said she was into girls not to attract a female lover, but to attract media attention and to grab headlines early on. While she finds women to be sexy, she doesn’t bed ‘em.
Carl Rae Jepsen probably made enough cash and buzz off of ‘Call Me Maybe’ to sustain her for a lifetime, but not necessarily to sustain her stans for that long. The good news for fans of the preternaturally youthful 26-year-old? Snippets of her album ‘Kiss’ hit the Web, and they were pretty good. The bad news? They got yanked pretty swiftly by Universal Music Group.
Is there a rivalry (or a cat fight) brewing between the leading ladies of two titans of hip-hop? It would seem so. Rumors abound that Beyonce, wife of Jay-Z, and Kim Kardashian, ladyfriend of the Hova’s Watch the Throne counterpart Kanye West, are icy to one another and that they had an awkward encounter at the first-ever Made in America festival in Philly over the holiday weekend. Apparently, Queen B gave Kimmy K the cold shoulder and snubbed her. What gives?
Season 11 of ‘American Idol‘ concluded with the crowning of victor Phillip Phillips; but as the saying goes, the show must go on. Top 10 finalists fans came to know and love over the course of the season – Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Hollie Cavanagh, Skylar Laine, Elise Testone, Colton Dixon, DeAndre Brackensick, Heejun Han and Erika Van Pelt – are currently out on tour bringing TV stardom to the concert stage and allowing fans across the country the opportunity to hear and see them perform live before the next season kicks off.
It has been predicted that by 2020, the United States will experience a nearly 14.5 percent labor increase, making room for an additional 20 million new jobs as the result of this country’s growing population and competitive marketplace.
Is Nicki Minaj voting for Mitt Romney? That’s the question everyone is asking after hearing the new Lil Wayne ‘Mercy’ remix, which features a verse from Minaj in which she suggests she will vote for the Republican presidential candidate.
Mehcad Brooks has rocked our world on USA’s ‘Necessary Roughness’ and HBO’s ‘True Blood,’ so he’s pretty much a small screen hunk who bursts off the boob tube. Forget “Must See TV” – he’s necessary viewing.
Alice Pyne isn’t your average teenager. The 16-year-old from Ulverston, England has been fighting cancer since she was12, and within the last year, her illness has been diagnosed as terminal. But that hasn’t stopped the spunky teen from making the most out of every moment.
