Bono Now The Richest Rock Star On Earth, Thanks To Facebook
Bono is now the richest rocker on the planet, according to NME. Obviously, the U2 frontman was already pretty well off — so what tipped his bank into absurd levels of wealth? Bono owns 2.3% of the shares in Facebook through his investment group, Elevation Partners, which paid $90 million for shares in 2009. Now that the ... More » |  |
Adele Turns Down Headlining Gig At Glastonbury 2013
We hate to disappoint all you Glastonbury regulars with what could have been, but Adele has reportedly turned down a headlining gig at the 2013 installment of the Glastonbury music festival. The Grammy-winning singer was approached to take on a headlining spot at England’s high-profile fest, something unheard of for an artist with only two albums. ... More » |  |
Adele’s ’21′ Has Now Sold Over 9 Million Copies In The US
After Adele‘s 21 moved another 101,000 copies last week in the lead-up to Mother’s Day — and subsequently moved back up to #2 on the Top 200 chart in the process — the Grammy-winning LP has now crossed the 9 million mark in sales here in the States. The London songstress’ sophomore effort also racked ... More » |  |
Beyonce Pays Tribute To Donna Summer: “She Was An Honest And Gifted Singer”
The passing of disco legend Donna Summer, who died yesterday (May 17) at the age of 63, has inspired many musicians, singers and artists to pay tribute to the iconic singer. Beyonce wrote a brief but touching blog post about the disco diva on her official site, paying respect to woman who helped pave the way for other ... More » |  |
Kanye West Releasing Compilation, Film ‘Cruel Summer’
Now we finally know what that 30-minute film made by Kanye West is called: Cruel Summer. Of course, given that the short flick is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next week (on May 24), and by April 25 West (who is writing, directing, producing and scoring) had yet to start any work ... More » |  |
Miley Cyrus Wears A See-Through Shirt In South Beach
After a brief jaunt to Florida (along with her newest travel companion, Happy), Miley Cyrus was ready to head back home to Los Angeles. The Punk’d master was spotted leaving her hotel on South Beach early on Friday (May 18) as she headed to Miami International Airport. Dressed like a lady of leisure, the LOL ... More » |  |
‘Battleship’ Opened Today, So We’re Live Tweeting It!
For the last few months, we’ve followed Rihanna across the globe as she promoted the release of Battleship. (Seriously, when RiRi sings “I’ve been everywhere, man” in “Where Have You Been” she means it.) We’ve made sure to keep tabs on the Talk That Talk singer as on-set photos, movie posters and trailers surfaced like stealth submarines. And now ... More » |  |
Donna Summer’s Cause Of Death: Lung Cancer, But Not From Smoking
Disco legend Donna Summer‘s death at the age of 63 was due to lung cancer, reports CNN. However, her family is quickly speaking up to clear up any rumors that smoking was a factor in the singer developing this form of cancer. “On behalf of the Sudano family, various reports currently surfacing about the cause of Ms. ... More » |  |
Rihanna In ‘Battleship’: Review Revue
It feels like we’ve been hearing about the movie adaptation of Hasbro board game Battleship since forever ago, no? Well, the action-packed sci fi film has finally arrived in theaters, and we were as surprised as anyone to find that not all reviewers decided to band together sink this Battleship. Even more interesting: Rihanna, who ... More » |  |
Jay-Z And Kanye West Take The Throne To London
The hip hop dream team of Kanye West and Jay-Z have hauled The Throne across the pond — which seems fitting, since they’re much more keen on monarchs over there, anyway. The first performance from the European leg of their tour went off at London’s O2 Arena, as it will three more times before moving ... More » |  |
Usher Kicks Off ‘Today’ Summer Concert Series: Watch!
No matter what the weather is like where you are, it’s officially summer, as the Today show has kicked off its Summer Concert Series this morning with a round of performances from Usher. The R&B star hit up Rockefeller Plaza in New York City to perform some of his hits and spout seemingly-deep truisms: “There’s ... More » |  |
Haley Reinhart Craves Comfort Food, ’90s Toons & Beatles Everything: Favorites
Favorites is our recurring video series on the personal preferences of the pop artists who inspire us. Because the artists we love love stuff too. Here’s what you probably didn’t know about Haley Reinhart: The 21-year-old American Idol Season 10 alumna loves herself some family time. We only chatted for a bit, but in practically ... More » |  |
Lady Gaga Kisses Marge, Gets Yelled At By Lisa On ‘The Simpsons’
Lady Gaga‘s episode of The Simpsons on the show’s season finale (airing this Sunday May 20 on Fox) has been previewed and hyped up so much, we feel like we’ve practically seen the whole thing already. Apparently not, as today comes two more sneak peeks at what we can expect during Gaga’s ep: in the ... More » |  |
Victoria Justice Shows Us How To “Make It In America” In New Video
How do you make it in America? Well, starring in a hit Nickelodeon show can’t hurt! The Victorious cast unleashes another infectious single with “Make It In America,” a country-tinged ditty about Hollywood dreams and showing skin. The video features Victoria Justice driving in a sun-drenched desert, grabbing some ice cream, and picking up her ... More » |  |
Nelly Furtado Wears Her “Big Hoops” On ‘Alan Carr: Chatty Man’
Nelly Furtado is poised for quite a comeback — the bigger the better, we say! Thus the bird-like songstress brought her new single to chatty man Alan Carr, wearing appropriately large earrings and otherwise flashy apparel, to strut her musical stuff before performing “Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)” at the Billboard Music Awards tomorrow. With ... More » |  |
Heather Morris Gleefully Punks Cody Simpson, Joe Jonas & Emma Roberts: Watch A Preview
Heather Morris isn’t just Glee‘s MVP dancer and a non-stop quote machine — she’s also quite skilled in the art of pranking. Morris hosts an upcoming episode of MTV Punk’d, in which she tricks Joe Jonas into helping someone steal a TV, convinces Cody Simpson that his house is being robbed, and, well, gets Emma Roberts‘ ... More » |  |
Justin Bieber Covers ‘Forbes’ Magazine, Discusses Being A Businessman
Jennifer Lopez may top Forbes‘ Celebrity 100 list, but it’s Justin Bieber who’s got the cover. He might not have proved himself to be what GQ considers to be a “man”, but this “Swaggy Adult” ranked third on the list — just behind Oprah Winfrey — having raked in $55 million in the last year. ... More » |  |
Billboard Music Awards 2012: A Viewer’s Guide
A day before the Grammys in February, Whitney Houston died suddenly and producers hastily pulled together a tribute segment for the late singer. And with the Billboard Music Awards just around the corner — the event is being broadcast live this Sunday, May 20, from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. EST ... More » |  |
‘American Idol’ Finalist Phillip Phillips Refuses Kidney Surgery
Phillip Phillips, American Idol‘s last standing male finalist of Season 11, has struck some good news this week, as he was voted into the Top 2 and will compete in next week’s finals against Jessica Sanchez. Unfortunately, the Dave Matthews-esque contestant has been suffering health issues with his kidneys all season, and doctors have urged ... More » |  |
Cee Lo Green Returns With Goodie Mob In “Is That You God?”: Listen
Cee Lo Green‘s nearly-forgotten group Goodie Mob made their return last month on The Voice, draping themselves in gold lame to perform an electro tune, “Fight To Win”. The group’s latest musical offering to surface today, titled “Is That You God?”, is pretty much the exact opposite of that song. The track, which will appear ... More » |  |
