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- Director: Isaac Ravishankara
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Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
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'It was always my dream to DJ for Michael Jackson,' Cassidy says at album-release party Monday night.
By Steven Roberts
Michael Jackson's <i>Michael</i>
Photo: Epic Records
NEW YORK — Many a Michael Jackson fan lined up outside of the Roseland Ballroom on Monday night to celebrate the release of the King of Pop's posthumous Michael album. Dozens of dancers and fans filled the ballroom's floor, decked out in costumes inspired by MJ's iconic looks from throughout his esteem career. One of those fans also happened to be the evening's master of ceremonies, DJ Cassidy.
"I'm here to make the fans dance," he told MTV News. "I think that's why Michael essentially made the music. He wanted to make people dance. He wanted to make people feel the emotion he felt, and I'm here to do just that. I'm here to help the fans in the celebration of the king."
Dressed in a leather suit with a pink shirt and socks, a red bowtie and shell-top Adidas, Cassidy said that he's been a fan of Jackson for as long as he can remember. The late singer has been his inspiration in anything artistic in his life, from music to fashion.
"So much of my fashion comes from Michael," Cassidy explained. "So much of how I play music comes from how he formed his songs, how he created his sound that really inspired the way that I DJ. And really, it inspired me to want to be a DJ, to want to make people dance.
"So, when I became a DJ at the age of 10, it was always my dream to DJ for Michael Jackson," he added. "Tonight's just a small way for me to really celebrate his music."
The party's guests also included producers Teddy Riley, Eddie Cascio and Neff U, who each had a hand in producing Michael's tracks. But before he began to spin for the night, Cassidy was thinking back to the classics, particularly his favorite party song, 1979's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."
"You can be anywhere in the world, any city, any small town, any type of crowd, black, white, old, young, poor, rich, at any type of venue," he said. "They could be wanting to hear house music, hip-hop music, anything in between, but 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' will turn that party out."
What's your favorite Michael Jackson song? Share it in the comments.
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Donald Trump announced yesterday that Carrie Prejean would be allowed to keep her crown as Miss California despite the semi-nude photos that have surfaced. Today, Miss California Pageant Director Shanna Moakler has resigned her post.
'Since the press conference yesterday, I had a chance to think about what has taken place, and I feel that at this time it is in my best interest to resign from the Miss California USA organization,' Moakler tells Us.
'I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the Miss Universe Organization when I no longer believe in it, or the contracts I signed committing myself as a youth,' she continues. 'I want to be a role model for young woman with high hopes of pageantry, but now feel it more important to be a role model for my children. I am sorry and hope I have not let any young supporters down but wish them the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams.' "
Meanwhile, Katie Rees, who was stripped of her crown as Miss Nevada because of nude photos in 2006, is complaining of a "huge double standard."
'Semi-nude photos are semi-nude photos,' she told E! News.
'I don't know why I am the only one who was punished for their behavior,' she said. 'I was only 19 when those photos were taken of me, and it was me in my personal life, far before I was crowned Miss Nevada. Carrie actually posed for these professional semi-nude photos.
'I think that's worse.' "
And the saga continues...
Photos by Wenn.com
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Well, it looks like Shanna Moakler is about to have the last laugh! Donald Trump has reportedly told TMZ that he gave "the green light" to fire Carrie Prejean as Miss California.
Trump said: 'To me she was the sweetest thing. Everyone else -- she treated like s**t.' "
Trump also said Carrie has refused to appear at about 30 events as Miss California, despite being contractually bound to appear.
And after all that drama! What in the world is Carrie thinking???
Update: Click on the click here to continue reading link below to see Carrie's and Shanna's responses to the firing!
Source: http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2009/06/10/miss-california-may-lose-her-crown-after-all/
Earlier today...
MY 3-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW JACK: Why do we get presents on Christmas?
MY MOM: Well, do you know who baby Jesus is?
JACK: You mean Chuck E. Cheesus?
Uh, that'd be a no.
Source: http://www.prettyinthecity.com/blog/2010/12/14/religion-fail.html
And now for an update on the West Coast YBF celebs. Come inside for pics of Halle, Sanaa Lathan and Ciara kicking it in Cali...
Last night, Microsoft Tag hosted a party for the release of Ciara's new album Basic Instinct (Dec 14th) at Drai's Hollywood.
Not gonna lie, she always pulls off the athletic look and still looks cute.
Looks like Ciara really is back to take the crown. Or something like that.
She posed with her producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart.
Rob Kardashian was in the house.
And so was TV personality Julissa Bermudez.
And the gorgeous Sanaa Lathan was spotted at trendy Trousdale Lounge in Hollywood.
Looking good Sanaa.
And Halle Berry was spotted grocery shopping and going in on the paps:
She seems a little upset as the paps probably got way too close. Y'all know she does NOT play behind her baby Nahla....
Photos via INF/WireImage/Turner/PacificCoastNews
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Eminem, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj also rank high on Google's lists of the year's most popular searches.
By James Montgomery
Justin Bieber
Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images
It may not come as a surprise to you, but Justin Bieber is very popular. The latest evidence of this is the just-released Google "Zeitgeist" chart, which aggregated the billions of queries the search engine received in 2010 and compiled them into one list of the most-searched topics of the year. And Bieber came out on top.
JB edged out Katy Perry, Selena Gomez and the omnipresent Kim Kardashian to claim the #1 spot on Google's "Fastest Rising People" list, which took the most popular people searches of the year and compared them to data from 2009. Eminem came in at #5, followed by Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Lautner, Megan Fox and Robert Pattinson.
Bieber was also #1 on the "Fastest Rising in Entertainment" list (ahead of Shakira, Eminem and, uh, Netflix), and landed at #3 on the general "Fastest Rising" list — bested only by Chatroulette and Apple's iPad — making him the highest actual human being on the list.
And that's using data from the entire world; if you narrow the list to include only searches done in the U.S., Bieber is #1 once again — by an even larger margin. The teen star's total searches more than doubled those of Ke$ha, who comes in at #2, followed by Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj and "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks. Heidi Montag, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan round out the rest of the Top 10.
Are you surprised Justin Bieber was one of the most popular Google searches of the year? Tell us in the comments!
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Fed Up (featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross)
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'I was pregnant with this DVD,' she laughs to MTV News as 'I Am ... World Tour' is set to air Thanksgiving Day on ABC.
By Jocelyn Vena
Beyoncé never really seems to slow down, so when the time came to choose a director for her concert special DVD "I Am ... World Tour," the singer decided to take on those duties too. It's an accomplishment the singer jokes may have sparked those pregnancy rumors.
"I was pregnant with this DVD, yes!" she joked to MTV News.
The DVD hits stores on November 30, but fans can catch the 90-minute "I Am ... World Tour" TV special when it airs on ABC Thanksgiving night at 9:30 p.m. ET. Beyoncé opened up about what it was like to sit in the director's chair.
"Well, I've done some co-directing for music videos [but] this was definitely a big step for me, and I'm so thrilled," she said at the New York City screening for the flick.
Beyoncé said she was completely hands-on, deciding which moments made the final cut and which ones wound up on the cutting-room floor. "It was hard work," she said. "I learned so much. I have a new respect for directors and I think I would like to do more of it."
Her parents, Mathew and Tina Knowles, who also attended the screening over the weekend, said the film gives B the recognition she deserves after years of collaborating on many of her own videos.
"I'm really excited about this because Beyoncé has been making little short films and really helping to direct her videos," Tina told us. "So it's nice that she'll get credit for doing something that she really loves doing and that she's very talented at."
Dad Mathew recalled all of the effort his superstar daughter put into the special. "I'm so proud," he said. "I had an opportunity [to see the film], I've been to Houston with a screening; I've been to Bentonville, [Arkansas], with a screening, and to see the excitement from the audience, what an incredible job Beyoncé did as a director in the editing, I'm just so proud. Hopefully, all the fans go out and get the DVD and soundtrack and look at that ABC special coming on Thanksgiving."
Are you excited to see Beyoncé's concert special? Tell us in the comments!
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With their good looks and funny one-liners, the combination of Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson is more than enough to command our attention onscreen.
But, according to Rudd, it was their legendary costar Jack Nicholson who kept everyone captivated on the set of their romantic comedy How Do You Know (which hits theaters Dec. 17). "He's the biggest thing to walk into a room, and he has been for his whole life," Rudd, 41, tells iVillage exclusively. "We'd be standing around ... and he'd say some Shining story. I've never been more attentive to anything in my life."
In the sitdown with iVillage, Wilson also dished about why he thought Reese Witherspoon was "attractive" playing a tough girl and how he related to his brutally honest character -- even if he is a total player. "I think everyone knows somebody like that who says exactly what they're thinking," the 42-year-old actor said.
Watch our exclusive video interview above to find out more behind-the-scenes dish from Wilson and Rudd!
What movie star seems like they'd be the most fun to work with? Chime in below!
Source: http://www.ivillage.com/paul-rudd-owen-wilson-reveal-behind-scenes-dirt-how-do-you-know/1-a-306916
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Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore catch some air in Egypt! Plus, check out more stars' cute, candid and crazy Twitter photos!
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Taylor Swift performs at the 2010 American Music Awards
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Rapper chides veteran talk-show host for mispronouncing Tupac's name.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Jay-Z
Photo: Bryan Bedder/ Getty Images
BROOKLYN, New York — Jay-Z's new book, "Decoded," may be about translating the lyrics in his songs, but when the iconic MC sat down with talk-show host Charlie Rose, he promised to "decode" everything.
Rose interviewed the rapper on Thursday before an audience at the Brooklyn Museum for a future episode of his PBS program, and the pair touched on much more than music.
With Beyoncé, his mother and other family members seated in the front row, Jay-Z held court on an array of topics, including Tupac Shakur, his arrest for stabbing a record executive and his drug-dealing past.
"Did you ever do the drugs?" Rose asked the Roc Nation boss.
"Crack cocaine," Jay responded, drawing laughs from the audience. "C'mon, man. That's hard-core, man. Maybe a little weed. A Ballantine Ale. Or a Guinness Stout."
"Decoded," Jay-Z's first book, is part memoir and part deconstruction of his lyrics, which have helped to garner more #1 albums than any solo artist in history.
Sporting a gray blazer, black v-neck sweater, dark denim jeans and designer kicks, Jay-Z was casual and charismatic throughout the evening.
When Rose mispronounced Tupac's name, the rapper humorously chided the talk-show host.
"If it was Tupac," Jay said, pronouncing it "two-pack" and pausing to let the laughter build up, "it would be spelled with a 'k' and not a 'c' at the end. You're not the first to say it wrong, but hopefully, after tonight, you'll be the last." The veteran journalist redeemed himself when he leaned over to give Jay-Z a fist pound, signifying that he had learned his lesson.
Rose probed further into the "Run This Town" star's life, at one point asking about his arrest in the stabbing of former Biggie confidant Lance "Un" Rivera.
"He was stabbed, but he went home without taking an aspirin," Jay responded, defusing the headlines of the past. "He was fine. Don't feel bad for him."
As the conversation neared its end, Rose brought up the guarded rapper's marriage to singer Beyoncé. He pointed to a clip of the two from the video for "O3 Bonnie and Clyde," but Jay chimed in before Rose could ask his question.
"I don't know how I let her wear that Boston hat," Jay-Z said. "She took the B a little too far. That's what I thought of.
"How did I get out of that," he joked, after Rose was flustered and forgot his question.
As of press time, the broadcast date for the episode of "Charlie Rose" featuring Jay-Z had not been announced.
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Cranking out another stop on the press circuit, Angelina Jolie was joined by Brad Pitt at "The Tourist" premiere in Madrid, Spain on Thursday (December 16).
Held at Palacio de los Deportes, the "Mr and Mrs Smith" co-star couple looked fabulous per the usual as they worked the red carpet.
With co-star Johnny Depp also in attendance, Miss Jolie spent the morning at a press photo call - during which time she had nothing but praise for her Spanish visit.
She told reporters that she loves "Madrid and Barcelona mainly for art and great food." She added: "There are extraordinary museums and collections of art here."
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They're two of the most talented artists in the music industry these days, and Justin Bieber recently teamed up with Diddy for time at his New York City studio.
On Tuesday night (December 14),the ?Baby? singer excitedly tweeted, "In the studio getting creative. Just got to show luv to my big bro @iamdiddy and his new album 'Last Train to Paris.'?
Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, explained to MTV that the pop star had an idea for a song that he needed to "get off of his chest," and that Diddy's studio is like a second home for the teen superstar.
Having ended his night at Usher?s show at Madison Square Garden, Justin also wrote to his Twitter faithful, "I've missed the studio. Just making music. Made some great records tonight. Now en route to see my big bro @usherraymondiv."
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Kadir Nelson only spoke to Jackson once before the singer's death.
By Gil Kaufman
When it came to putting together Michael, the first posthumous album of material from late King of Pop Michael Jackson, everyone was working with half a playbook. The producers of the singer's first studio album since 2001 had to figure out what the notoriously detail-oriented Jackson would want them to do with the grab bag of songs he was working on at the time of his death.
Even the artist behind the album's iconic cover, a Renaissance-painting-like mash-up of iconic images from throughout Jackson's career, was forced to go on his understanding of what Michael would have approved of.
That artist, Kadir Nelson, sat down with MTV News last week to walk us through the thicket of images on the cover and explain how he came to create the visual summary of the pop icon's solo career.
Nelson said the ball started rolling in 2003, when Michael was working on songs for his Number Ones collection at Marvin's Room, the legendary Los Angeles recording studio founded by R&B great Marvin Gaye in 1975. Jackson saw a pair of paintings Nelson had made chronicling Gaye's life and fell in love with the images.
"As a result of seeing it, he called me one afternoon and he said, 'I really like your Marvin Gaye painting ... I want one, about me ... but I want it bigger.' Because Michael liked things to be big," Nelson said. But, as with so many projects begun by Jackson, after Nelson followed the singer's advice and read the autobiography "Moonwalker" and did some research on the painting that was to hang in Michael's home, other things came up and the project fell through the cracks.
Then, following Jackson's death in June 2009, his longtime friend and now estate co-executor John McClain rang Nelson up and said the gig was back on. "[He said], 'It's time for you to do that painting that Michael wanted you to do,' " Nelson recalled. " 'Don't ask any questions, just do the painting and we'll figure out what to do with it later.' "
The resulting image plays into Jackson's lifelong belief that bigger is better, with a regal Michael staring out in the central image while wearing a prince's Victorian blouse with a high, ruffled collar, a silver-gloved hand placed over his heart and a jewel-encrusted crown hovering over his head. Around that central image are painted nods to everything from such classic videos as "Beat It" and "Thriller" and a spaceship from one of his favorite movies, "E.T." and MTV's Moonman, a reference to the fact that Jackson's videos helped make the channel the force it is today.
The sadness of Jackson's death made Nelson a bit hesitant at first, but he said he realized he was getting a rare second chance to follow through on the abandoned project, so he was quick to say yes. "I did it because I felt that it would be a very important document ... and a tribute to Michael's life," he said of the finished work, titled "The King of Pop."
He described it as a "panoramic celebration of Michael's life, music and career" and said he strode to make it as perfect as possible to match the level of perfection Jackson insisted on in his music and art. "I felt that I owed it to him, to his family, to his fans, to do the best job possible."
Though Nelson only spoke to Jackson that one time in 2003 over the phone, he worked with the singer's brother, Jackie Jackson, on the image over a five month period at the studio where the Michael album was being completed and said that Jackie gave some insight into his sibling's thoughts. When the final image was produced, MJ's brothers Jackie and Marlon Jackson and McClain gave it a thumbs-up and said he did a good job.
Like the video for the first single, the Mark Pellington-directed "Hold My Hand," it's an artistic leap that attempts to tap into Jackson's elusive magic, but Nelson feels like he succeeded.
He considers the final product — his biggest-ever canvas at more than 9 feet wide by 4.5 feet tall — his Sistine Chapel. And like Michelangelo's signature work, Nelson labored long and hard on the painting, putting hours in from August 2009 until January 2010 and then again on and off until October.
What do you think of the finished product? Share your reviews in the comments!
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Ja Rule is taking another L this week. After copping a plea deal yesterday that will give him 2 years in jail on a gun charge, now, SOMEONE--and we give you 3 guesses as to who is behind it---has hacked his Twitter account.
Read on to find out how Ja is looking real crazy right now....
The tweets have been going on for hours. And while the person says he/she is not 50 Cent, I put 5 on it 50 has something to do with this ish. Especially after Ja's twitter slap fight with him yesterday. 50 has yet to tweet anything on his own account since yesterday.
The hacker is blasting other rappers (like giving out all of Tyga's personal info), saying crazy things about Ja (as if Ja is tweeting about himself), and basically causing ruckus. My fave tweet so far: "I'm the one who told @Ashanti women shouldn't have sideburns." *DEAD* Here's some sinppets of today's hack job:
SMDH. This can't be life though...
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As host of The Biggest Loser Allison Sweeney has been a part of dozens of weight-loss success stories for the contestants on the show. Now she's partnering with a pet food company to make sure the family beagle can beat the battle of the bulge, too. She talked to Parade about her new project and how she is getting kids Ben, 6, and Megan, 1-1/2, involved.
Alison's concern started with the family dog, Winky. "We took her to the vet for a regular check up and she instructed us that our dog was a little big overweight," she explained. "As the host of The Biggest Loser, I kind of was shocked to hear somebody say that to me. And my son was with me so we talked about it the whole way home and he was extremely concerned about Winky."
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