My World

Jay-Z In L'Uomo Vogue

2008-07-10T10:26:00.001-07:00

Jay Z has done a photoshoot for the Italien Vogue.

Britney Video Confirmed

2008-07-10T10:16:00.000-07:00

"There is footage being shot of Britney some time this week in conjunction with Madonna's upcoming (Sticky & Sweet) tour," Madonna's publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said in an e-mail Tuesday to The Associated Press. "That is all the information I have available. The rest is `a secret.'"Rosenberg denied reports that Spears, 26, is shooting a music video.

Madonna guest starred in a music video for Spears' single "Me Against the Music" in 2003. The singers stirred up controversy that year with an open-mouth kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Madonna, 49, will kick off her tour Aug. 23 in Cardiff, Wales, and wind through European destinations including London and Paris before jumping to the U.S. in October.She'll wrap it up Nov. 30 in Mexico City."

Maybe some day, Britney is the pop princess again....

Jennifer Hudson´s album cover

2008-07-10T10:06:00.000-07:00

This is Jennifer Huson´s official cover for her debutalbum "Jennifer Hudson". The leadsingle of the album is "Spotlight" and it will be released on Sept. 30th. As for the cover, I like it. However she did a diet. I am curious to hear the album. But i hope she's not having an album full of ballads.

Nelly feat. Usher - Long Night

2008-07-10T10:04:00.000-07:00

Nelly has done a song for his forthcoming album "Brass Knuckles" with Usher. They both collaborated on a song called 'Long Night' which is produced by Usher's kid brother JLack. Brass Knuckles is due out August 19th.

The Best Singer: LEONA LEWIS

2008-07-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

1. Leona Lewis

2. Christina Aguilera

3. Mariah Carey

4. Beyoncé

5. Whitney Houston

Why Nicole Kidman called her baby Sunday Rose

2008-07-09T05:43:00.000-07:00

The mystery of Nicole Kidman's unusual name choice for her newborn daughter has been solved.
The Oscar-winner's father revealed 'Sunday' was inspired by an Australian arts patron notorious for her lurid love life.
Antony Kidman said the name was first suggested by him and his wife Janelle, who drew inspiration from prominent Australian Sunday Reed.

'I have read a bit about Sunday Reed and her husband John. She was a key mover and shaker in the arts around the beginning of the century.
'The name Sunday struck me as being a nice name for a woman, so my wife and I mentioned it,' Antony Kidman told Australia's Daily Telegraph newspaper on Wednesday.

Those stars are crazy! This name is horrible. Just imagine: The little girl goes to school, the teacher asks her: "What´s your name?" And she: "Sunday." I really don´t understand Nicole or Gwyneth. She called her kids: Apple and Moses. This is not funny! Poor kids.

Christina Aguilera: Back to Work

2008-07-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

Christina Aguilera is ready to resume her role as pop music princess.
The “Hurt” songstress was spotted leaving a Studio City, California recording studio last night looking like she’d just put in a hard day in the vocal booth, wearing a grey cardigan overtop a white screenprinted shirt with black leggings and blue heels.

Christina has been working hard to get back into her pre-baby sexy form. And that’s a lot of work when you consider just how much her body changed throughout her pregnancy.
She recently told press, “My stomach was really where I carried my weight. Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40lbs, which is a lot for my size. My hips also changed significantly. And my feet grew from a size five-and-a-half to a size seven in flats! Thank God my feet went back to normal. I would have been so depressed if I had to get rid of my shoe collection!”

I am so looking foreward to her new album! She is one of the greatest artist of our time and I am so happy that she is working again.

Britney Spears pretties up for Madonna Video

2008-07-09T05:24:00.000-07:00

Well, it looks like her persistence is definitely paying off. Britney Spears has been on the long road to getting back in shape and yesterday the pop princess’ appearance said it all.
The "Piece Of Me” singer was spotted on her way out of the B2V hair salon in Beverly Hills, California looking radiant as she made her way to the waiting chauffeured white SUV.

Sporting a glowing tan and fresh extensions, Brit looked pretty in a silk printed minidress complete with a white leather handbag and platform flip flops.

And it sounds like the “Piece of Me” songstress hit a snag in the process of filming her video montage for Madonna’s upcoming tour. An inside source told press that there were technical glitches and other production delays with the elevator she will dance on and around. “The video will be very deep. You’ve never seen Britney like this before. It will blow your mind.”

I am actually looking foreward to this preformance. If never been a great Britney Fan but I am very curious about this video.

Amy Winehouse going to rehab??

2008-07-09T05:18:00.000-07:00

Amy has never been a big fan of rehab, but it seems that she may be abandoning her preferences for the sake of finally getting healthy.
The "Rehab" singer was spotted arriving at the Stapleford Centre in South West London earlier today with a vacant expression on her face. Without delay, she proceeded to the Drugs and Alcohol specialist clinic.

Amy recently detailed to press her own prognosis for why she has such a penchant for trouble- she says that she’s young and bored. “To be honest, my husband’s away, I’m bored, I’m young. I felt like there was nothing to live for. It’s just been a low ebb.”
As for her past tries at getting clean, Winehouse claims she’s never gone all out. “I’ve never been to rehab, I mean, done it properly. I’m young, and I’m in love, and I get my nuts off sometimes

Amy, get your life together. You such a great singer and you´re so talented! Go to rehab and get clean!

Megan Fox: Single or Not?

2008-07-09T05:12:00.000-07:00

According to recent reports, Megan Fox may have broken off her engagement to Brian Austin Green.
The “Transformers” beauty was spotted flying solo yesterday as she shopped in West Hollywood, stopping into celebrity-popular Fred Segal boutique to pick up a few items.

And Miss Fox was looking casual & sexy in a purple t-shirt teamed with a pair of tight-fitting black yoga pants, flip flops and a two-strap backpack.
Contrary to the reports that they’ve hit Splitsville, Brian Austin Green recently told press that everything is fine. “No, we’re solid. We met on Hope and Faith. We’ve lived together for three years. We have tattoos of each other’s names. We have more time away from each other now than we’d like.”

Usher covers ESSENCE

2008-07-08T06:37:00.000-07:00

Usher did a cover shoot for Essence with his 8 month old son, Usher Raymond IV. He got exactely the sam nose as his dad.
Here are some snippets of the interview.

Usher sat down with actor and author Hill Harper to talk about the ups and downs of being married, the choices he's made, putting God first, and his ultimate purpose: being the best father he can be to his son, Usher Raymond V.

HILL HARPER: In the last year, you got married and you've had a baby. Which has changed you more?
USHER: They're both linked—I can't have one without the other. But the one thing that changed me the most is having a wife. Our child is an extension of that union.
HARPER: Why?
USHER: Because now I represent what he is to become. He's gonna admire me, he's gonna look up to me. He's gonna say, "I wanna be"—or he should say— "I wanna be like my father. I wanna be a man of valor. I wanna possess what my father has as a man." To get married was a choice. To have a child is a responsibility.
HARPER: Does that new responsibility challenge you to make music that is more responsible?USHER: I started making Here I Stand before I had my son and before I was married. It was a deliberate choice to make music with substance, not just about the things that we're accustomed to—music about being the celebrity, the player, or having the car, the girl and the bling.
HARPER: Your father wasn't around to raise you. How do you plan to be different for your son than your father was for you?
USHER: Just simply being there. I don't judge my father because I forgave him for anything he'd ever done to hurt me unintentionally. My father and I had a very short amount of time together throughout my entire life, but the most valuable time was during his final days. He asked me to forgive him for not being there. He asked me to give him a chance, give him a shot because he loved me, and he had always loved me. But it was very difficult for him to be in the situation he was in and be the example he wanted me to follow. So he intentionally stayed away. And he was kept away from me too. He didn't like it, but he didn't fight it because he knew he wasn't living right.
HARPER: What would you say to young men and women about what they should expect from a man who's a father? What is living right as a father? How do you define that? How would that man look?
USHER: That man would accept his responsibilities as a father, regardless of whether he was with the mother of the child. Men will leave a situation for several reasons. One, it's not comfortable. It may be violent. The two of you may grow apart. But you should never abandon that responsibility, which is to be there, reading with your child, being supportive of your child's growth. That is communicating. That is making the choice to put your child before your own vanity.
HARPER: If you could take your finger and touch your 9-month-old son, Usher V, on the head and impart some certain knowledge, what would you want him to know?
USHER: First of all, I'd actually look inside myself and evaluate what I felt like I missed from my own father.
HARPER: What did you miss?
USHER: Knowing that I was accepted. That I mattered. And hearing that he cared enough to put me before himself.

For the complete interview with Usher by Hill Harper, check out the August 2008 issue of ESSENCE now on sale.

Mariah Carey covers ELLE

2008-07-08T04:42:00.000-07:00

Mariah Carey is on the Cover of the new Elle. You can´t deny it, she looks great and she got a great body I am now going to post the whole article here:

Article:

"Do you hate me?" asks Mariah Carey, absorbing me into her well-toned figure with a firm hug. "I'm so sorry I'm late," she says, gazing into my eyes as she pulls away and flutters both hands in the air to illustrate what I can only assume is her rationale. "The nails are still drying!"

It's 12:37 A.M. I'm in the living room of a sprawling suite on a high floor of the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons in Los Angeles, and "Mimi" is, in fact, over two and a half hours late for our Friday night interview. It's classic diva: Make journalist cool heels down stairs in hotel bar while Mimi - what...? Has her nails done? Yes.

Why don't I mind? Unlike today's breed of talentless manufactured star churning out pop drivel, Mariah has been paying her dues for nearly 20 years - and the dividends continue to roll in. With the April release of her latest album, E=MC², and its tongue-in-cheek sing-along "Touch My Body," the seven-octave vocal acrobat topped Elvis' record for most No. 1 Billboard chart singles. Now, with 18 No. 1's, it's likely she'll soon bump the record-holding Beatles (who have 20) from their top spot, all - with the exception of just one track - with songs she's either written or cowritten. Her eponymous debut was released in 1990 and went platinum nine times; she's put out 10 more studio albums since and is the third-highest-selling female artist, behind Barbra Streisand and Madonna. She escaped a disastrous marriage to a former Sony record exec Tommy Mottola and survived an "emotional breakdown" in 2001. With 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi, the biggest-selling record of that year, she led a comeback coup, nearly erasing our memories of the critically and publicly eviscerated 2001 film and accompanying soundtrack train wreck known as Glitter.

And for me, at this late hour on a Friday night, it's no small compensation that at 38, her youthful face radiates an irresistible blend of beauty and charmed innocence. Poured into perfectly fitting Louis Vuitton jeans ("The new Lou-ees," she declares, in her self-mocking, outer-borough accent) topped with "an old sweatshirt from 1991" over a black Wolford bodysuit, she ensconces herself on one side of a love seat, legs extended. Her black patent Azzedine Alaia heels elegantly crossed one ankle over the other, she conjures a hip, fully clothed, modern-day version of Titan's Venus of Urbino.

Most of all, Venus Mimi seems happy - "festive", as she says. Why shouldn't she be? With another hit record under her belt and two new movies (Tennessee, which has already garnered her decent reviews on the festival circuit, and a cameo in the Adam Sandler vehicle You Don't Mess With the Zohan), and having just been named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world - complete with gushing tribute penned by her hero, Stevie Wonder - Mariah has plenty of reasons to celebrate. Oh, and there's that recent little surprise marriage on the island of Eleuthera to 27-year-old actor-rapper Nick Cannon, who's slumbering in the next room, I'm told. The new Mister is certainly a sound sleeper ("Nothing can wake him up," Carey says), considering the loud barking that occasionally erupts from behind the bedroom door.

Though I've been warned of M.C.'s nocturnal reputation, I foolishly begin our conversation by asking the night owl if she's tired.

"Do I look good?" she responds in a silky voice.

"You look fabulous," I answer, assuring her I wasn't insinuating she looked anything less than perfect. I'm not lying - she looks spectacular. She tells me about her French trainer, Patricia, whose favorite word during workouts is, naturally, encore. "She's about the size of my arm - that's her body," she says, wrapping her hand around her left bicep. "But it's all muscle. It's not like she's emaciated. She's happy with me. She lets me eat meals now.

"Sipping Gatorade Ice (is that dinner? Breakfast?) from a wineglass, Mariah reveals pages of her life as pure story book. Her first marriage, to Mottola, at age 23, might be observed as a Rapunzel tale of princess trapped in a tower (or, more precisely, an enormous $10 million mansion in Bedford, Connecticut). "When I was in an unhappy place in my life," Carey says of her past, "I always wanted to be kidnapped. I just wanted a way out, but didn't have one." Ten years after her split with Mottola, handsome young prince Nick Cannon has come to the rescue. "He sort of kidnapped me and took me on a helicopter ride. Then he re-proposed." Cannon's first proposal had taken place on Carey's roof in Manhattan a couple of evenings prior and involved the hiding of a 17-carat diamond ring inside a candy ring pop. "They've been calling me Cinderella since I first started out, so, of course, being Cinderella..." she says, laughing. "Most people would think, Okay, please! This doesn't happen in real life.

"The newlyweds met in 2005 at the Teen Choice Awards, where Cannon (then most famous for the film Drumline and The Nick Cannon Show on Nickelodeon) presented her an award. Only recently, however, did they officially get romantically involved. "We really kept the whole relationship aspect of it quiet," Carey says. "Therefore, we didn't really 'date,' you know what I mean? Because that would have been not quiet or private. I think we didn't want to give people a chance to be like, 'What are you doing? What are you talking about? This is so quick... are you sure?" The couple clandestinely both got their first tattoos before tying the knot - hers is a butterfly on the small of her back with "Mrs. Cannon" written down the center; his, a shoulder-spanning rendering of her name - to signify their love.

While rumors have flourished that the marriage might just be cleverly timed to help promote the new album, such a publicity stunt seems unlikely. It may be difficult for some to buy M.C.'s deceiving combination of glam diva meets naive sweetheart, but her consistently cute image is part of the reason for her continued success. According to the press, her worst offense during her 2001 "breakdown" was handing out Popsicles to teens on MTV's Total Request Live while wearing a skimpy outfit - a far cry from Whitney Houston's notorious battles with Bobby Brown and drug rehab. Unlike the tough chameleon Madonna, with whom she is often contrasted, Mariah has remained a vulnerable performer, more Marilyn Monroe than Mae West. (Incidentally, Carey paid over $600,000 to own Marilyn's white piano.) Further, despite her sales records, Carey rarely gets credit for being a cultural force; yet listen to so many of the contestants on American Idol - season three winner Fantasia Barrino comes to mind - and you'll undoubtedly hear attempts at Carey's signature melismatic (the art of moving a single syllable over multiple notes) vocal pyrotechnics accompanied by her note-trailing hand gestures."You see a lot of singers come on wanting to sing her songs, wanting to sing like her," says American Idol's Randy Jackson, who has worked with Mariah since the beginning of her career. "She's one of the best singers in the world, but she's also one of the best songwriters in the world. There hasn't been one like her since her. The great singing voice starts with a great tone; that's what you love about Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Stevie, Donny Hathaway, Nina Simone, Ella -- it's about the tone. Mariah's got that amazing buttery tone and then all of the vocal ability. That's what makes it so ungodly deadly. It's instantly recognizable on the radio as a brand -- and to be able to write like that? Dude! C'mon! A lot of people you find today -- I won't mention names -- they have the vocal ability, but the tone is not beautiful. That's what we can the Holy Grail, I guess. She's got it all -- all in her throat, dawg!"

Producer Jermaine Dupri, with whom Carey cowrote major hits, including "We Belong Together," and who helped out on several E=MC² cuts, says, "She's a person who knows exactly her style of music and knows what her fans are into, and she's probably one of the most talented singers out there."

"Talent always wins," agrees L.A. Reid, the chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group and co-executive producer of the new album. "And Mariah Carey has an abundance of talent; she's extremely gifted. She's eternally youthful, and because she's a true fan of music and a student of music and she's a sponge -- she's always soaking up music around her -- she refuses to grow old or get outdated. For an artist who's been in the business for almost 20 years, she's still one of the youngest. Her music has such young appeal. Her fans include 11-year-old kids from Long Island, for example. It's remarkable that she has this magic that's a combination of eternal youth and amazing talent.

"Talent and fame often come with a price, but for someone who has been a tabloid target for so long, Carey displays an admirable ability to not take herself too seriously -- as witnessed in the video for her record-breaking single "Touch My Body," in which a tech support dork from "Compu Nerd" (played by 30 Rock's hilariously geeky Jack McBrayer) comes to her mansion to fix her computer and lives out his fantasy with Mariah, complete with slo-mo pillow fights and late-night walks with her pet unicorn. "Much of this album is just jokes," she says, "whether they're inside jokes or pretty overt; but some people don't want to actually acknowledge that I might tell a joke while singing a song or make it the actual hook.

"Humor, along with music, has always been an outlet for Carey. Her parents divorced when she was three. She and her older brother and sister lived with her mother -- a struggling Irish-American opera singer -- on Long Island, moving 13 times before Mariah graduated from high school. For most of her life until shortly before his death from cancer in 2002, Carey had a fraught relationship with her father -- an African-American aeronautical engineer whose father was part Venezuelan.

Because of her mixed heritage, Mariah lacked, as she says, the "support system" that being visibly one race or another can offer; because she is so light-skinned, people are often not conscious of her racial heritage. "It's such a visual society in which we live that people forget, 'Oh, yeah, her father's black,'" Carey says. "So, many things will be said in front of me that wouldn't be said in front of another friend whose complexion might be slightly darker.

"This was also seen by record labels as something to exploit in promoting her music. "A friend pointed out that I was marketed by a huge massive conglomerate that did like the ambiguity of my voice lending itself to [making air quotes] 'soul' music," she says. "They liked the fact that the look sort of was, and is, ambiguous." This racial haziness allowed Carey to appeal to both pop and hip-hop audiences – a crossover that continues to make her songs, notable for their genre hybridization, massive hits on diverse radio stations and in the clubs as well.

She says that her racial ambiguity is something that naturally attracts her to Barack Obama as a presidential candidate. "I can relate a lot to so many of the stories he tells. Clearly I am not the political analyst of the ages, but this is something that hits me on a deeper level than anything I've ever experienced growing up," she says. Will she be singing Obama's theme song or making any campaign appearances? "I would be honored if he wanted me to be involved in any way. Right now I'm kind of watching from the sidelines.

"Teaming up with Obama may or may not happen, but Carey has spent much of her career collaborating with an unlikely range of performers, from Ol' Dirty Bastard rapping on the hip-hop remix of "Fantasy" (a song based on a sample from the Tom Tom Club's peppy early-'80s synch hit "Genius of Love") to a duet with Pavarotti on "Hero," a song she admits to me she now finds "schmaltzy." She hopes to soon partner up with Wonder, who wrote of her in Time: "I've met only three people who had a truly wonderful voice and spirit to match: my first wife Syreeta, Minnie Riperton, and Mariah."

"Knowing him and being able to call him a friend is such a massive honor for me," she says. "HIs songs are probably the first songs I ever sang. We're going to collaborate on something. We keep talking about it, and it's just like, my schedule will be one thing and his will be another. He's a night owl too.

"No longer able to ignore the furious barking coming from the bedroom, Carey excuses herself, and moments later, a bounding Jack Russell darts into the room. "That's J.J. He's responsible for this bite on my hand," she says, pointing out a small mark just below her right thumb. "He has to be a star of the show or he's angry," She jokes how the blogs even made "news" out of the Hello Kitty Band-Aid she used on the small wound.

While considering her microscopically scrutinized public persona, M.C. stresses the difference between the image she might conjure in her song lyrics (for example, a few lines from the first track on E=MC², "Migrate": "If you're inked up thuggin' that swag I like/ Face body and Lamborghini outside/ Obviously boy you qualify/ Otherwise migrate, bye") versus what she's said she's been looking for in a relationship. "I think you'd find that I mentioned spiritually, I mentioned sense of humor, and I mentioned someone I felt I could have a family with, and that we'd be on the same page. It wasn't like, 'They gotta have this, that...' I'll write that in a song, but it may not necessarily be true.

"Nick is someone, like her, who's "motivated by faith," she says. "We really do share a similar spiritual outlook on life... Even though people have their own fears about 'Was I in a relationship before this, was I not in a relationship before this,' to me, I wasn't in a real relationship; it was more of a friendship and a working situation.

"She talks about Nick wistfully ("He's a great guy..."), but also warns me she's cautious not to speak for him, fearing that anything she says will be misinterpreted by the ravenous media gossip machine. "It's difficult, especially when legitimate press is saying, 'They're having a $4 million wedding,' Why? What -- did we set a budget?" She waxes sarcastic over the swirling rumors of a more formal and more costly future New York nuptial: "It's gonna be $4 million! It's going to be really cool! We're going to give away gold as people leave! We're going to sprinkle them with gold! It's going to be very Coming to America! What do they think? Our whole point [in having the unannounced beach wedding] was to do the opposite!

"She claps her hands and commands the boisterous J.J., who is currently running amok, to sit. He immediately snaps to attention and obeys. I'm impressed. Her striking authority over the dog leads me to inquire what kind of mother she thinks she might be, should she and Nick decide to have children. She stresses that it's important to her that, despite her and Nick's fame, her future kids live in "reality."

"You can get caught up in Hollywood-land or celebrity-land, and that's maybe not the best thing for kids, 'cause they didn't ask for it. Speaking for myself, I don't know that I always felt safe and secure [as a child] -- and that's nobody's fault; we're not mudslinging or trying to slay anybody -- but truly I really feel like it's very important to be responsible and to think, Well, maybe if I do this it's not the best thing for my child. You have to take a backseat a little bit, and as someone in the public eye, you're not used to doing that." How does she view Nick as a potential father? "I couldn't imagine anybody that I've ever met being a better dad," she says.

It's now after 2:30 A.M., and as the superstar who keeps the hours of a vampire chats about having kids, her happiness is self-evident. "It's definitely the best place I've ever been in my life. If you really look at my life, I've never had a personal life, or if I did, it was just wearing a mask and it was not existing, you know?" she says. "I put my career ahead of my personal life because I think I didn't know that I was deserving of both, because that was just how I always felt about myself. That was just my own insecurity and land in which I live." Like the butterflies with which she adorns herself and her albums, she's undergone a dazzling metamorphosis since being trapped in the cocoon that was her marriage to Mottola -- a period she not so subtly reference in "Side Effects," one of the darker songs on E=MC². When I ask her about the track, with its obvious lyrical references to the Mottola days, and how that period compares to now, she responds, "There's one line I laugh at: 'After a while I would just lie/ You was dead wrong/ Said you was right.' You know how that happens?" she asks. "You're like, 'Okay, you're right,' but you don't even say it that way? You're like, 'Okayyyyy you're riiiiiggghhht...' That's just bleak. That's not festive at all. And I'm pretty much a very festive chick."

Snippet: Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland - Return The Flavour (Kiss Me)

2008-07-08T04:29:00.001-07:00

A while ago it was reported that Keri´s first single would be "Return The Flavour". But the changed it into "Energie" (which I am very glad of!). The song is produced and featured by Timbaland. It will also feature on Keri´s fourthcoming album In A Perfect World (23rd September).

I am actually liking the song.....but it sound like Timbaland has recycled some of his old stuff. Don´t get me wrong, I like Timbalands music but he just needs to make something new.

I´m actually looking foreward to Keri´s new album. I´m really into Energie and I heard some of the new stuff. Some of the song could easily be radio hits.

Song Of The Week: Linkin Park - "Leave Out All The Rest"

2008-07-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Every week, I am going to present the "Song of the Week". Sometimes it´s a brand new song, like this one for example, or an older one. I am going to post the lyrics, the video and some background informations. I hope you all enjoy and fell free to leave comments! You also can make some suggestions and maybe your favourite song is the next "Song Of The Week".

Linkin Park - "Leave Out All The Rest"

Facts:
Title: Leave Out All The Rest
Album: Minutes to Midnight
Songwrithers: Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joseph Hahn, Robert Bourdon
Length: 3:25
Premiere: 2nd June 2008 at http://linkinpark.com/
Director: Joe Hahn
Location: Van Nuys, California

“Leave Out All the Rest” is the third track and the fifth and final single from Linkin Park’s third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. The video is directed by bandmate Joe Hahn, the action takes place in a futuristic, sci-fi influenced setting, and will depict what the daily life of the band’s members would be like if they lived in outer space.

Hahn, whose directorial credits include such award-winning videos as LINKIN PARK's "In The End" (2002's VMA "Video of the Year" winner) and "Somewhere I Belong" (2003's VMA "Best Rock Video" winner), as well as music clips for XZIBIT, STORY OF THE YEAR and ALKALINE TRIO, recently made his first foray into directing short films with "The Seed", a short film he produced and directed. Hahn also directed LINKIN PARK videos for the smash hits "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out" off "Minutes to Midnight".

Explaining about the clip, previously in an interview Joe said to the press, "We're explorers in space, just like when we go on tour. We're leaving our home life behind, and I guess it kind of ties into 'Leave Out All the Rest', in that we have to leave things behind in order to do something better."

Explaining about the song, Linkin Park's lead vocalist Chester Bennington said, "We knew this was going to be a single from the very beginning, so we worked really hard on making sure it had great lyrics. I'm singing 'Pretending someone else can save me from myself' during it because it's supposed to feel like an apology letter, as though I'm moving on but I want people to remember the good things and not the bad things. A lot of the song is about humility."

The band themselves recently confirmed that they already started the work for the following to "Minutes to Midnight" but they won't be releasing it this year. "We're way ahead of the game. We're not planning on releasing a record this year. We don't know when it's going to come out. But we just started working on stuff in the studio," said Chester.

Video:

http://www.mediafire.com/?m55wn1mnwzm (Credits goes to 7Sinz IPod Videos)

Making Of:

Lyrics:

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared
After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me I want you to know

When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed
Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me I want you to know

Forgetting / all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending / someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

Forgetting / all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending / someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
I can't be who you are

I am sooo in love with this song. This is actually one of my favourite songs ever! What do you think of the video??

Leona Lewis: New Photoshoot by Marc Baptiste

2008-07-07T11:27:00.002-07:00

Leona Lewis did a gorgeous photoshoot session with Marc Baptiste. She really looks beautiful. Credits to Leona-Lewis.US

Hancock: My Review

2008-07-07T05:09:00.000-07:00

Plot
There are heroes…there are superheroes…and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility – everyone knows tat- everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock’s well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough – as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn’t the kind of man who cares what other people think – until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock’s greatest challenge yet – and a task that may prove impossible as Ray’s wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), insists that he’s a lost cause.

My Review
Okay, this movie would never win an oscar, that’s for sure. But you knew that from the start. I really don't understand all the negative reviews of this movie. Peoples expectaions are must be WAY to high these days. I thought this movie was good! So did my two friends, with whom I went into the cinema. The movie is hilarious, with excellent action and with a VERY original story. Jason Bateman, Will Smith & Charlize Theron put on great performances. The movie enjoyable but wasn't anything special. It's certainly worth seeing but don't expect it to rock your world. Trust me, forget the reviews, judge for yourself. Great movie. 7/10 Stars

Screenshots

Trailer

What´s your opinion on the movie??

Nelly Furtado preforming "Give it to Me"

2008-07-06T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is a video of Nelly Furtardo singing Give It To Me, includes her singing a bit of Madonna's Give It To Me at the end of the song! Check it out!!

Hancock: Will Smith, Charlize Theron & Jason Bateman on Moviefone Unscripted

2008-07-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

These types of interview are my favourite ones. It´s much more funny if the actors ask the questions themselfes. Enjoy!

Christina Aguilera to release new song?

2008-07-06T08:42:00.000-07:00

I don´t know if this is fake or not, but rumors say that Christina has an upcoming new track calles "Find Myself Again".

Check this article out: http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=9326466&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID

Charlize Theron: "I hated being super-skinny!"

2008-07-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron hates playing roles which require her to fluctuate her weight.
Theron had to shed two stone to play a cancer sufferer alongside Keanu Reeves in Sweet November, as well as adding bulk to give her Oscar-winning turn in 2003's Monster.

And the star hates changing her natural body shape, admitting she felt "uncomfortable" after losing so much weight.
She says, "I went down to a size 6 and I just felt completely uncomfortable.
"I remember being cold and wrapping my arms round my body and feeling ribs and bone. I felt totally unsexy."

Women wearing size 0 are so ugly and unsexy! I mean look at Nicole Ritchie or Victoria Beckham. They look like freakin aliens. You can see all their bones and...........they are just tooo skinny.

Nick Cannon is growing tied on Mariah.

2008-07-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

Looks like the honeymoon is over for Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey. Many sources reported Mariah is using Nick as her personal whipping boy instead of her husband and friend. Mariah wears the pants in the family and Nick the most disabled man in Hollywood. And Nick doesn´t seem to like his role.
An insider: “Nick had signed on to perform at a sweet-sixteen party before he and Mariah got married, but now Mariah needs to oversee and approve his career moves. There’s no more silly Wild ’N Out, or small-time gigs. She wants him to do big venues and projects. She definitely wears the pants.”

Apparently Nick is growing tired of Mariah. I like Mariah but she is a diva and really can understand him.

Is Amy Winehouse with a new one??

2008-07-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

With her wedding ring nowhere to be seen, Amy Winehousehas been seen with a new mystery man. The trouble Grammy-winning singer left her house with a minder and heading to the Jewish shopping area of London, Golders Green.

According to a source on the scene, “Amy visited Carmelli bagel bakery and famous kosher restaurant Blooms. The singer happily posed for photographs with fans and seemed in good spirits.”
After heading home to drop off her purchases, Winehouse exited her place around 12am with two bodyguards - taking a ten minute walk to the Camden Stables Market, where she stayed until 1:30am.
Accompanied by her gentleman friend (whom she lovingly hugged and held hands with), Amy then popped into the Monarch pub along the Chalk Farm Road to visit friends inside, followed by a bite to eat at the popular Marathon kebab bar.

Insider tells, “On her way into the kebab shop, Amy, with force, pushed a guy away from the door because he was blocking her path. She later departed the kebab shop around 2:30am, and hailed a cab to take her and her male companion back home.”

Damn! Amy is so crazy. I thought she was madly in love with Blake and I also heard that he is going to be released in a few days.....She definitely smoked to much crack....

Jessica Alba: Slim Again

2008-07-06T03:50:00.000-07:00

It was a relaxing and enjoyable Independence Day for Jessica Alba and her boyfriend Cash Warren, as they strolled through Beverly Hills - stopping at Bloomingdale’s along the way.
The “Into the Blue” actress looked perfect in a pink-to-red strappy summer dress and a pair of white sandals and some oversized shades, while her beau kept it casual in a white t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops.

Just a month after giving birth to daughter Honor Marie Warren, Jessica is looking fit and sexy. She was voted the sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine last year, so she definitely knows how to work it.

As for mothering, Alba says she’ll work to balance strictness and love. “I don’t want to be my child’s best friend; I want to be a mom. But I do want my child to come to me when they have problems and need to talk, so it’s going to be about treading that line.”

Leona Lewis @ Verizon Wireless O2 Vip Lounge & NRJ Music Tour

2008-07-06T03:38:00.000-07:00

Leona Lewis was spotted at the Verizon Wireless O2 Vip Lounge two days ago. She looked absolutely fab in the black jacket and the XXL sunglasses. I also liked her hair a lot because it looked so natural.

The guy, with whom she is posing is the one hit wonder Lemar. He also won a British singing competition like Leona. She arrived with her boyfriend Lou Al Chamaa.

Leona Lewis also preformed her smash hit single "Bleeding Love" at the NRJ Music tour in France. Check out her preformance below:

I really admire this song and I could listen to it over and over again. This song never gets boring! She did a great job as usual. I really should buy the CD :D

Keri Hilson on the Set of her new video "Energy"

2008-07-06T03:28:00.000-07:00

Keri Hilson is finally shooting a video for her new song "Energy". The video is being directed by Melina, who also directed "Green Light" (Beyoncé), "Closer" (Ne-Yo) and "I Decided" (Solange).

Have you seen Keri´s hair style. during the interview. Damn! I can´t stand it. She really need to change her stylist.

The video will have a female empowerment theme which really fits to the song. I really like the song, and I´m hoping that it is successful. "Energy" is the first single from forthcoming debut album "In A Perfect World" which will drop on Sept 23rd.

Cameron Diaz: Working out at the Gym

2008-07-04T03:31:00.000-07:00

Just like the rest of us, celebrities work hard to maintain their fit physiques. And Cameron Diaz was spotted yesterday after a hard workout in Los Angeles.
The “What happens in Vegas...” ctar chatted on her mobile phone as she walked back to her car from the gym weraing a simple white top, black yoga pants, and a pair of sneakers.

Cameron has solved her problem of singleness with an English model. Jennifer Aniston’s ex Paul Sculfor has reportedly moved into Diaz’s Hollywood Hills home.
An insider reveals: “Cameron and Paul have been spending every night together. He doesn’t have a house in LA and Cameron doesn’t mind him staying with her. When he dated Jen Aniston he used to stay at hotels, but Cameron likes him a lot and always wants to be around him.”

Check out the pictures of her at the gym with her personal trainer:

Ne-Yo: "Rihanna got a big head"

2008-07-04T03:05:00.000-07:00

R&B star Ne-Yo performed for Yahoo's Nissan Live Sets. During the Q&A session, the singer was asked by an audience member who he preferred: Beyoncé or Rihanna? Which of them looks better? Check out Ne-Yo's response below:

My answer is definitely Beyoncé. She is really beautiful and looks great. She got a great voice and her preformances are hot. And I´m actually no very fond of Rihanna....I can´t stand her. And she really got a big head....LOL. Check out some of Ne-Yo´s preformances below:

Closer:

Because of You:

Do You:

Lil´ Wayne: Video Premiere "A Milli"

2008-07-03T09:25:00.000-07:00

Finally here it is! Lil´ Wayne´s new single "A Milli". I kinda like it!

Christina Aguilera in Glamour

2008-07-03T06:20:00.000-07:00

GLAMOUR: You're obviously back into fighting shape, so let's discuss this workout of yours: boxing, running backward on a treadmill while going uphill, crunches, weights, pull-ups--it sounds brutal.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA: [Laughs.] I hate working out--I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny, saying things like, "I can't do it!"
GLAMOUR: Does your trainer crack the whip when you get like that?
CA: No--I can't deal with having someone barking at me. Mean training is not motivating to me at all; I like to be comforted [through my workout]. All my trainer has to do is say nicely, "I want you to do 200 bicycles; go right through it and don't stop." Then I'll know she's serious and I'll do it. I started out not being able to do man push-ups; pull-ups were a big one too. Now I can do five in a row.
GLAMOUR: You look great, Christina. How quickly did you notice a change in your body?
CA: Being the perfectionist that I am, my attitude was, this had better hurry up--I want results! My trainer kept saying, "Give it time, you're looking great." Everyone around me was saying they could see a difference, but, you know, you're hardest on yourself. I did see my stomach get flatter and tighter and more muscle definition.
GLAMOUR: What did you like the least about your postbaby body and what did you like the most?
CA: Well, I was OK with the booty and the boobs! [Laughs.] My stomach was really where I carried my weight. Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big--I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size. My hips also changed significantly. And my feet grew from a size 5 to a size 7 in flats--thank God they [went back to normal]. I would have been so depressed if I had to get rid of my shoe collection!
GLAMOUR: Let's talk about your new album: Can we expect to see you reinvent yourself as you did for Back to Basics?
CA: I just started recording it, but I can tell you that this record is all about fun. I'll be referencing Pop Art, Andy Warhol's art. So it will [sound] fun and fast-paced, and visually, it will be full of color, which is how it's going to tie in with my new fragrance, Inspire [in stores next month].
GLAMOUR: So Warhol, Pop Art--will it have a sixties sound to it?
CA: I want it to be a surprise! But there's also going to be a modern element to it that comes from my love of Tokyo.
GLAMOUR: I used to live there!
CA: Really? [Jordan] and I vacation there. There's such excitement and energy. It's just a zillion people walking around--it's an incredible place.
GLAMOUR: How do people react to you in Tokyo? They must go nuts.
CA: You know what's great? I'm a pretty petite person, so I just put on a hood or a hat and blend in.
GLAMOUR: What? That does not seem possible! Has being a new mom influenced your music?
CA: Absolutely--my little boy breathes new life into me. That's one of the reasons I decided to go in a playful direction with this album. I've spoken openly about the domestic violence I experienced growing up.
GLAMOUR: Now that you're a mom, is it even harder to grasp the concept of child abuse?
CA: Yes--even watching the news when you hear about babies being shaken. Of course you have compassion for children, but when you have your own, you feel it on a much deeper level. So I'm motivated to speak out even more; to do more charity work; to help children find [safe] homes.
GLAMOUR: Despite your tough childhood, you grew up into a solid person. What do you think when you see people in your industry, like Amy Winehouse, self-destruct?
CA: I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background. [As for me], I think I've always had a strong sense of self. My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing. But I have definitely made some mistakes that I would never do again.
GLAMOUR: Like what?
CA: When I was 21 and made Stripped, I was pretty distraught about some personal issues coming up from my past. I was going out and partying a lot--as people do at that age--and did some very unhealthy things to deal with the pain. But I was able to say, "OK, hold on."
GLAMOUR: But for some reason, you weren't caught on camera doing it.
CA: Thank God! [Laughs.]
GLAMOUR: You probably couldn't have gotten away with that now.
CA: I don't think so. [It wasn't until] the wave of reality TV that [our culture's] obsession with celebrity got so crazy. I think a lot of people thrive on that stuff.
GLAMOUR: So how do you manage nowadays to avoid paparazzi?
CA: A lot of people go out of their way [to be photographed]; I make a conscious effort to keep me and my family out of the limelight. The other day a paparazzo actually pulled up to my husband on the street and said, "Geez, I know the new house is big, but I've been trying to get a picture of you for months--you never leave the house!" And it's true: I'll go out at night after spending time with my son, but [during the day] I just hang out on my grounds, taking him for walks in the stroller in the backyard where we won't be seen.
GLAMOUR: Has having a child changed your relationship with your own mother?
CA: It's given me a deeper understanding of the things she went through. She had a difficult childhood, and I think she wanted to make sure [I didn't go through that]--[yet] she ended up marrying an abuser. My mom was so giving, almost too much, that she almost forgot about herself many times. So I'm careful to make time for myself. Rather than change who I am for Max, I bring the life lessons I've learned to the table.
GLAMOUR: How do you manage to make time for yourself?
CA: Obviously I didn't do anything today--you're not allowed to look at my nails!
GLAMOUR: How has your relationship with Jordan changed since the baby?
CA: It's brought us closer--we're bonded together for life. Relationships and great marriages are a whole learning and growing process. We're just great teammates.
GLAMOUR: So, how do you guys keep things sexy these days?
CA: We make sure we have Mommy and Daddy nights out. Our child comes first, obviously, but there are certain things you can do: Once we know he's in good hands, we go out late at night and have a few drinks. Then we'll come home, dim the lights and do our thing--and I'm not going into any more detail than that!

I really enjoyed this interview. I´m a huge fan of XTina and I´m looking foreward for her new album. She stated that it will be about fun and will be influenced by Pop Art of the 60's and some modern influences, and that sounds good!

Mariah Carey: "I´ll be loving you long time" Video Premiere

2008-07-03T05:07:00.000-07:00

The official music video "I´ll be loving you long time" has premiered on Yahoo Music not too long ago. Her latest single "Bye, Bye" hasn´t been doing that well and it was only a matter of time for her new single to come out. Maybe this will help her album to pick up since many believe that E=MC² has met it's untimely end. I really hope that this isn´t the case, because she made a great album. Maybe not groundbreaking like her last one, but it´s still worth it. It was definitely a good decision to use the remix with T.I.. The video isn´t bad actually. She is doing what she can best: posing. And I really like the song. It has hit potential.

Beyoncé Knowles´ show fortune

2008-07-03T05:01:00.000-07:00

Beyoncé Knowles is set to receive £500,000 for a one-off performance.
The 'Crazy in Love' singer - who recently married rapper Jay-Z - is set to receive £250,000 for an appearance at the Bermuda music festival, with a further £250,000 to cover her expenses.
Beyoncé will join Alicia Keys as headliner of the festival, which will also feature a performance by Beyoncé's sister Solange and a host of other acts and comedians.

Rock Newman, a producer of the music festival, said securing Beyoncé will help put the tiny North Atlantic island - a British overseas territory - on the map: "This event will garner more worldwide attention for Bermuda than anything that has ever happened here. Folks around the world are going to say 'Bermuda has got it going on!' "

Linkin Park present their new Single Cover for Leave out all the Rest

2008-07-03T04:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the official Single Cover of "Leave out all the Rest" from Linkin Park. They have released a music video for their fifth and final single some time ago. Check it out, this is one of Linkin Parks best videos:

Their Multi-platinum album Minutes to Midnight is one of my favourite albums of all time, and I am really looking foreward for their new album, which ist going to be realesed next year.

Naomi Watts is pregnant

2008-07-03T03:47:00.000-07:00

Hollywood actress Naomi Watts is pregnant with her second child - just 10 months after giving birth to her son Alexander. US Weekly is reporting that Naomi Watts is in her second trimester. They just say she’s expecting but that her rep didn’t confirm it. MailOnline believe that she is four months pregnant with her second baby with actor partner Liev Schreiber.
Naomi's pregnancy news is coincidental as her best friend Nicole Kidman is awaiting the birth of her first child with husband Keith Urban any day now.

The Oscar-nominated actress and American partner Liev, who started dating in April 2005, welcomed son Alexander Pete in Los Angeles last July, who will celebrate his first birthday later this month.
She is currently taking an extended break from filming to focus on motherhood. Her next movie project, The International, isn't scheduled for release until 2009.

If it´s true, congrats to Watts and Schreiber! They really try to keep her privat life privat. After Naomi attended the 2007 Oscars with a small bump, the company sent out a press release -- but all Naomi would say was,"I'm having a good time." Finally, confirmation: In late February, Liev, 40, simply told Conan O´Brien, "I'm going to be a dad."