Friday, February 11, 2011

Britney Spears

Britney Spears Says She's A Homebody, Wants to Act Again and 'Run With Lions'

It wouldn't be a proper leaked Britney Spears tune turned iTunes No. 1 place holder without a little scandal. A country group, The Bellamy Brothers, are crying foul that the pop star ripped off her new single's title from one of their own 1979 hits. Brit's song is titled "Hold It Against Me" while the brothers have a jingle called, "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me." Although the group has not filed any legal action against Ms. Spears, they are looking into the 'coincidence.'
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Lindsay Lohan's Lawyer: I Can Win This Thing; Let's Make a Deal

Lindsay 'Jailbird' Lohan will not be heading to the slammer anytime soon. Like a cat with nine lives, Lindsay plead not guilty to charges of grand theft for allegedly stealing a $2,500 necklace from a Venice, California boutique. The starlet claimed that the necklace was on loan to her. Although the judge won't be sending Lindsay to jail, the troubled actress was scolded and told that if she screwed up again she would be thrown in the slammer with no chance of bail. Looks like you better buckle down and stay out of trouble, girl.

Why Is Kim Kardashian Hotter Than Jen Aniston This Week?

Keeping tabs on the always-entertaining world of entertainment news, GossipCenter.com tracks celebrity online popularity 24/7 with their Gossip Center Hot 45 List.

The Gossip Center Hot 45 List is calculated by looking at the popularity of the site's hottest stories, and determining which stars are on the rise, and who is crashing and burning. All of the articles, pictures and videos on the Gossip Center Network are scanned for activity, and the rankings are updated several times a day.

Over the past seven days, Kim Kardashian made her way back to the top spot on the Hot 45 list while Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker both ate up the spotlight as they promoted their new movie "Just Go With It".

Let’s see how this all played out.

Always one of the hottest commodities on the web, Miss Kardashian continued her eye-grabbing ways as she made headlines for being brought onstage and later kicked off during Prince's Madison Square Garden concert. Kim also looked stunning in a brand new spread as Cleopatra for the March 2011 issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Meanwhile, Miss Aniston and Miss Decker both did their expected duties in placing second and sixth, respectively, as the two beauties premiered their comedy caper "Just Go With It" - which hits theaters on Friday, February 11th.

The big mover and shaker of the week was Ashlee Simpson, as the former "Melrose Place" star shot from obscurity to the seventh slot upon the shockingly sudden news that she's filed for divorce from Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz.

As for the big drop, Audrina Patridge slipped out of the spotlight, despite her appearance at the Heart Truth's Red Dress Fashion Show.

Brit Awards 2011: British Female Solo Artist

The competition is stiff in this category, with Ellie Goulding, Cheryl Cole and Paloma Faith all in the running to lift the gong.

Best of British: Ellie Goulding is one of the female artists up for the gong

It’s set to be handbags at dawn on February 15 as the five ladies nominated for the British Female Solo Artist gong battle it out to lift the gong at this year’s Brit Awards.

Cheryl Cole, Ellie Goulding, Rumer, Paloma Faith and Laura Marling are all in the running for the prestigious title, after enjoying a strong year in the music industry.

The nation’s sweetheart Cheryl enjoyed another successful stint in the music business last year, with 2010 marking the release of Cole’s second album, Messy Little Raindrops, which went to number one in the UK charts. Her first song from the album, Promise This, also shot to the top spot in the singles charts.

The singer is also nominated in the British Single category at this year’s Brit Awards.

Singer-songwriter Rumer (Sarah Prentice) has also enjoyed a strong year, with her album Seasons of My Soul hitting the number 3 spot in the UK charts.

In 2010 alone the Pakistan-born performer – whose voice has been likened to that of Karen Carpenter - was embraced by a number of big names in the industry, performing alongside jazz star Jamie Cullum at the Royal Variety performance, invited as Elton John’s special guest at the BBC Electric Proms, and appearing on Later with Jools Holland.

Ellie Goulding continues to be a force to be reckoned with, with the 24-year-old re-releasing her album Lights the newly titled Bright Lights. The album includes six new tracks from the singer including a cover of Elton John’s Your Song, which became her highest charting single to date, reaching number two in the UK singles charts in November 2010.

Ellie, who won the Critics' Choice award at the 2010 BRIT Awards (a title which this year belongs to rising star Jessie J), has also been nominated in the British Breakthrough Artist category.

Folk singer Laura Marling could also be in with a good shot of lifting the coveted award. The English performer had both her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim and her second album I Speak Because I Can nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Finally, quirky singer Paloma Faith, who shot to fame after the release of her debut album Do Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, in 2009 is also in the running for the gong.

The redhead’s debut album managed to stay in the charts for over 40 weeks, and she revealed last year that she’s currently working on new music – so music insiders are no doubt waiting with baited breath for the new material.

British Female Solo Artist nominees:
• Cheryl Cole
• Ellie Goulding
• Laura Marling
• Paloma Faith
• Rumer

Brit Awards 2011: British Male Artist

Mark Ronson, Tinie Tempah and Plan B are just some of the performers nominated in this prestigious category.

A Brit of alright: Mark Ronson is one of the nominees

The British Male Artist category is set to be one of the highlights of the night at this year’s Brit Awards, with top talent such as Paul Weller and Tinie Tempah up for the gong.

Tinie Tempah has had a fantastic year in the music business, and is nominated for a whopping four awards this year, so he’s no doubt one of the hottest contenders in the running.

The 22-year-old rapper, whose recent hits including Written in the Stars and Frisky, was truly catapulted to fame and success after releasing his debut single Pass Out in February last year. Since then there’s been no stopping him, and Tinie has worked with a number of big names in the industry including Rihanna, Snoop Dogg and Tinchy Stryder.

Also in the running for the British Male Artist gong is music producer and performer Mark Ronson, whose work this year has included The Bike Song and Somebody to Love Me.

Robert Plant - best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin –has gone on to enjoy solo success in his own right in recent years.

In 2010 the singer-songwriter embarked on a tour with new group Band of Joy (reprising the name of his very first band in the 1960s) in the US, before announcing an 11-date European tour for late 2010, followed by yet more US tour dates for 2011. He is also in the running to lift the award.

Also up for the gong is rapper and singer Plan B, who has also enjoyed a successful year in the music business, with his second album, which was released in 2010, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, going straight into the UK album chart at the number one position.

Paul Weller rounds off the nominations for British Male Solo Artist. The singer-songwriter has achieved international fame for his music over the last 30 years or so.

Last year was another resounding success for the performer, with his tenth studio album Wake Up the Nation, which was released last year, hitting the number two position in the UK charts.

Tough competition in the British Male Solo Artist category indeed, and only time will tell who will lift the gong, when the winners are announced on February 15.

British Male Solo Artist nominees
• Mark Ronson
• Paul Weller
• Plan B
• Robert Plant
• Tinie Tempah

Brit Awards 2011: British Breakthrough Act

This year's Brit Award Breakthrough Act nominations show the predominance of alternative and new folk acts breaking into the UK mainstream.

Little lion men: Mumford & Sons are up for a Brit Award

The past year has seen nu-folk and alternative acts break into the mainstream left right and centre and solo female artists have also been dominating the charts. Last year’s Brit Queen Florence and the Machine paved the way but the award for Best British Breakthrough Act shows the shape of things to come in 2011.

First up is Flo’s contemporary Ellie Goulding, of Starry Eyes fame and is the critics’ one to watch winning the Critics Choice award at last year’s Brits and also topping the BBC Sound of 2010 lists. She cemented her place in the fickle world of pop last year with a cover of Elton John’s Your Song, which after being used for the John Lewis Christmas TV ad snagged her the number 2 slot on the UK charts.

Checked shirt wearing public school boys Mumford & Sons were championed by Radio 1 and as a result have achieved considerable success in the UK and over the pond. Making the ukulele cool, they were nominated for two Grammys in 2010 and have had their music sampled on TV everywhere from Grey’s Anatomy to the beeb.

Rumer is the outsider of the group being less well known than the other contenders but this hasn’t stopped her from earning another BRIT nomination for Best British Female. She is championed by music giants Elton John, Jools Holland and Burt Bacharach earning her some serious music credentials but will it be enough to win her the Breakthrough Act gong?

Tinie Tempah is this year’s nomination king clocking up four nominations in total. The 22 year old, who some will inevitably compare to Dizzee Rascal, burst on the scene with Written In The Stars and has not looked back since.

Finally, the xx were last year’s Mercury Prize winners and despite being some of the shiest and most self effacing stars of the moment, have been universally adored for their distinctive self-titled album. The track Intro was used in extensively on TV and led many to consider them the sound of 2010.
• Ellie Goulding
• Mumford & Sons
• Rumer
• Tinie Tempah
• The xx
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Marianne Faithfull joins Jagger penis debate

Marianne Faithfull says claims by Keith Richards that his Rolling Stones bandmate Sir Mick Jagger has a small penis are ''nearly'' true.

Marianne Faithfull says rumours of Sir Mick Jagger having a small penis are "nearly" true.

The Rolling Stones frontman has been plagued by claims he has a less than impressive manhood - with bandmate Keith Richards recently saying his ex-girlfriend Marianne had "no fun with his tiny todger" - and now the 64-year-old actress has voiced her opinion on the matter.

When asked if Keith's comments were accurate, Marianne - who dated the singer from 1966 to 1970 - said: "Not quite, but nearly."

Yesterday (09.02.11), it was claimed the band's latest tour was in jeopardy as Mick is still angry with Keith' comments in his autobiography 'Life' and a subsequent interview.

A source said: "Mick read Keith's book before publication and didn't have any great problem with it.

"It was the fact that it was all dredged up in the interview afterwards that really upset him. Many believe this is the real reason why talks in relation to the tour have broken down."

Although Marianne seemed reasonably satisfied with Mick as a lover, one issue she isn't happy with is the credit she has been given in helping make the band a success.

She believes she deserves more recognition and money for her inspirational input and claims 'Satisfaction' singer Mick has a problem with sharing.

When asked if the 67-year-old rocker was selfish by Classic Rock magazine, Marianne said: "No comment. But it would be unrealistic to expect him to share. He isn't like that."

Brit Awards 2011: British Group

It’s a pretty mixed bunch in this year’s British Group category. From pop legends to Scottish rockers and nu-folk darlings, the nominations are certainly diverse.

Tat's a rap: hairy Scottish rockers are contenders of the Best Group crown

First up are Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro who have moved firmly into mainstream in the past few years with critically acclaimed albums Puzzle and Only Revolutions. They have won NME and Kerrang! Awards for Best Video for their single The Captain and it looks like the tattooed ones are strong contenders in the British Group category.
Fellow nominees Take That could hardly be more different, the reformed fab five have achieved considerable success since getting back together and letting Robbie in on the action, but how long will it last?
Nu-folk darlings Mumford & Sons have achieved worldwide success for their ukulele loving album Sigh No More. Also nominated for Best Breakthrough Act the boys were nominated for two Grammys in 2010 and have had their music sampled on TV everywhere from Grey’s Anatomy to the beeb.
Damon Albarn’s baby, Gorrilaz, have become well known for their distinctive sound and graphic and after the huge success of their debut album in 2001, when they were also nominated for the Mercury Prize, they went on to earn multiple Grammy nominations for their second album. Although they have been nominated for nine Brit awards in the past, they have never won.
Mercury Prize winners the xx have had an incredible 18 months and have become universally adored by critics and the public. Their distinctive self-titled album sees them nominated for Breakthrough Act at this year’s awards, could they clinch best group too?
• Biffy Clyro
• Gorillaz
• Mumford & Sons
• Take That
• The xx
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Brit Awards: British Album Of The Year

Take That and Mumford & Sons square up to Plan B and Tinie Tempah in the battle for British Album of the Year.

The X Factor: Mercury Prize winners the xx certainly have it

Plan B has had a complete turn of fortune over the past decade, from surviving a stab wound to the neck to going into the UK album charts at number 1. His second studio album The Defamation of Strickland Banks was released in 2010 to widespread critical acclaim and saw the young Londoner take a new more soulful direction.
The much less “street” nominees Mumford & Sons have had considerable success with their debut album Sigh No More both here and in the States. Championed by Radio 1 the checked shirt, ukulele playing gents have contributed to fellow Brit nominee Laura Marling’s album and look set for another strong year.
Pop super group and all round boyband legends, Take That, are nominated for their newest album, Progress, which is the first album of new material with the band’s original lineup after Robbie rejoined in November 2010. More of a “man-band” than a “boyband” now, are these pop veterans man enough to clinch this Brit trophy?
Hoping to steal the British Album crown from the fab five is young gun Tinie Tempah who is up for three other nominations at this year’s Brit Awards, having already come out tops at last year’s MOBO awards. The South London rapper’s debut album Disc-Overy went straight to number 1 in October last year and has spawned a string of hits such as Pass Out, Written In The Stars and Frisky.
Finally Mercury Prize winners the xx are nominated for their self-titled album, which saw them shoot to success in 2010. The track Intro has been used extensively in advertising and the unassuming trio has been propelled onto the global stage.
• Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
• Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
• Take That – Progress
• Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy
• The xx – XX
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International Female Solo Artist

Brit Awards: International Female Solo Artist

It’s handbags at dawn time as Ri-Ri goes up against Kylie and former bff Katy Perry for the International Female Solo Artist crown.

This year’s Brit for Best International Female Artist looks set to be the cat fight of the year as former best buds Rihanna and Katy Perry go head to head.
The modern queen of soul Alicia Keys first yodelled her way into our ears with her critically acclaimed album Songs in A Minor. Since then she’s gone on to tinkle the ivories and our senses working with Jay Z on the hugely catchy Empire State of Mind.
Katy Perry might have sung about kissing girls but there will be no love lost between her and fellow nominee Rihanna after the babe from Barbados failed to turn up to Katy’s showbiz wedding to comic Russell Brand. In between globetrotting and snaring her Prince Charming, Perry has worked with Pitbull and Snoop Dog, jury’s out on what other dog-themed artists she might collaborate with…
Showing the young guns how it’s done, undisputed international pop goddess Kylie Minogue, is also up for nominations. The woman responsible for making golden hot pants cool and creating a Locomotion dance craze at school discos will not be beaten easily, just don’t let her near Justin Trousersnake ahem Timberlake.
Rihanna got tongues wagging last year for a raunchy performance on the X Factor but can her music do the talking in this category? She has won MOBOs and Grammys and is one of the most successful female artists on the planet, but she has yet to win a Brit award despite three previous nominations.
Lastly this year’s underdog comes in the form of Swedish electro-pop artist, Robyn, who achieved international success with her song With Every Heartbeat. In 2010 she released a trio of albums called Body Talk from which spawned the hit single Dancing On My Own.

• Kylie Minogue
• Rihanna
• Robyn
• Katy Perry
• Alicia Keys
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Kimberley Walsh

Kimberley Walsh says Girls Aloud can't reunite - yet

Kimberley Walsh claims Cheryl Cole's solo career and X Factor commitments and Nadine Coyle's life in the US are stopping Girls Aloud from reuniting.

Cheryl Cole and Nadine Coyle are preventing Girls Aloud from reuniting.

Kimberley Walsh - who is also joined in the British girl group by Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts - has claimed the band can't get back together because the 'Promise This' hitmaker is "busy" with her solo career and 'X Factor' commitments, while Nadine is very rarely in the UK.

Kimberley said: "It's not down to me. It's all of us - Cheryl's busy and Nadine's not in the country, so it's difficult.

"I don't think it'll be long and we do really miss each other, so hopefully it will be soon. The last actual Girls Aloud thing we did was the Coldplay gig at Wembley Stadium, which was a year ago last September."

Although the girls have already gone over their planned year-long hiatus - which began in July 2009 so they could pursue individual projects - the 29-year-old pop beauty is adamant it is still everyone's ultimate goal to reunite Girls Aloud in the near future.

She added in an interview on UK station BBC Radio 1: "It has been a while but it really does fly by because we've all been doing so many different things. It's all of our main priority, we all absolutely love the band.

"We've been really lucky to get to the point where we can take a break and try other things but we definitely will get back and do some more things. I really do miss the girls."

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Brit Awards 2011: British Producer

It wouldn’t be fair if the artists had all the fun so the Brits have chosen their five favourite behind the scenes men for the Best British Producer Award.

Produce the goods: Brit nominee Ethan Johns has worked with Kings of Leon

This year's nominees for Best British Producer include some of the biggest names in the music industry, who have collaborated with music royalty from around the globe.
First up is Ethan Johns, keeping it in the family so to speak as he is son to producer Glyn Johns. Ethan has worked with fellow Brit nominees Kings of Leon and Laura Marling as well as Scot Paolo Nutini, Ryan Adams and Crowded House.
Former Brit Award winner John Leckie is also up for Best British Producer. Beginning his career in the famous Abbey Road Studios Leckie has worked with some of the biggest artists of the past century. He has produced many high profile critically acclaimed work such as the debut album by the Stone Roses, Radiohead’s The Bends and Muse’s Origins of Symmetry and Showbiz.
Markus Dravs’ work has a heavy presence at this year’s Brit Awards as he has produced Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More and Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, both of which are up for Best Album awards. He has also worked on Björk's Homogenic and Arcade Fire's Neon Bible and as well as Coldplay’s Viva la Vida or Death.
Multi-Grammy award winner Stuart Price is a strong contender in this category. He has produced tracks for New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon Flowers and Gwen Stefani to name but a few.
Mike Pela has also been nominated, having worked with Boy George, Pete Townsend and Sade over the years.
The Brit Awards ceremony takes place on Tuesday 15 February from 8pm. Join us on stv.tv for all the news and gossip as it happens. The show will be on stv and there will also be a live stream of the show and web chat so you can have your say on who should have won, who should sack their stylist and what this year’s biggest drama is.
• Ethan Johns
• John Leckie
• Markus Dravs
• Mike Pela
• Stuart Price
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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga wouldn't vomit in front of fans

Lady Gaga had to trick herself into not being sick live on stage during a recent concert, even though she was suffering from food poisoning, because she didn't want to let her fans down.

Lady Gaga had to trick herself into not being sick live on stage.

The 'Born This Way' singer was suffering from food poisoning during a recent concert in London, causing her to vomit backstage, but she refused to throw up when performing in front of her fans because she didn't want them to see she is as vulnerable as everyone else.

She said: "The other night, in London, I had food poisoning. I was vomiting backstage during the changes. Nobody knew ...I just Jedi mind-tricked my body. I told myself, 'You will not vomit onstage.'

"I was also thinking, 'If I do, they are going to think I'm drunk. And I don't want them to think I am human, let alone drunk. I certainly wouldn't want them to think I had something so ordinary as food poisoning."

Despite the food poisoning incident, Gaga - real name Stefani Germanotta - says she considers herself to be a "great performer".

She added in an interview with Vogue magazine: "Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer. I am a talented entertainer. I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry. I consider myself to be one of the greatest songwriters. I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do. I think it's OK to be confident in yourself."

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Brit Awards 2011: International Breakthrough Act

It's a clash of the titans for best International Breakthrough Act: the fiersome Glee Cast take on the mighty Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars.

If this year’s nominees for International Breakthrough Act held a Celebrity Deathmatch in the style of the MTV feature, it would be hard to say who would win. The contenders are a squeaky clean teen, a show choir, a political indie band, an American heart-throb or a falsetto loving Aussie band….
Ladies across the country will be swooning as new boy Bruno Mars is on the list for International Breakthrough Act, which is hardly surprising given he’s been nominated for six Grammy’s this year. His best known hits are Just the Way You Are, Nothing on You (with B.o.B.) and the credit crunch appropriate Billionaire (with Travie McCoy).
Love em or hate em the Glee Cast will be overjoyed to find themselves in the running for breakthrough act after storming the world’s screens and radios over the past year with their incessant cheery smiles, jazz hands and show choir stylings. Their cover of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing put them firmly on the map; world domination could be next.
Canadian pop-prince Justin Bieber has taken over from 1990s Aaron Carter as the clean cut poster boy of choice for teenage girls the world over. As Bieber-fever sweeps the globe we wonder if the Brit Awards ceremony might be passed the young lad’s bedtime.
The National are about as far as you can go from Mr Bieber. Hailing from Ohio this American indie group were stout supported of Obama and played at his political rallies donating all proceeds to the campaign. Politics aside, in 2010 they release critically acclaimed album High Violet which has gained a cult following.
Aussie alternative rockers The Temper Trap are the sole representatives from the southern hemisphere in this category. Sweet Disposition, the lead single from their 2009 debut album, was an infectious summer anthem that was quickly popularised by airplay and by Diet Coke and Chrysler who used it in TV ads.
• Bruno Mars
• Glee Cast
• Justin Bieber
• The National
• The Temper Trap
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Jennifer Metcalfe

Jennifer Metcalfe poses in sexy leather catsuit for biker babe shoot

Hollyoaks beauty Jennifer Metcalfe looks hot enough to melt the ice as she poses astride a motorbike for a sexy photoshoot.

The 27-year-old, who was booted off Dancing On Ice last weekend, swapped her skates for wheels and sequinned outfits for a tight leather catsuit to help promote the search for the 2011 new biker babe pin-up for Bennetts babes.