More Pics After The JumpShakira took her sexy hips to Barcelona to shoot a brand new video and we have quite a few pics to share from the set.
The singer will be quite busy over the next several months. She will be starting her World 'Tour Of Earthly Delights' in support of her new album, 'Sale El Sol', in Montreal on September 15. The tour winds its way through the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Europe before wrapping December 20 in London.
The U.S. leg of has 21 dates starting on September 21 in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Shakira told Ace Showbiz, the show will be like no other:
"It's going to have themes and there'll be a lot of audience interaction. My live show will have a lot of that - a lot of dancing, a joie de vivre," she said. "I feel such freedom on stage. It's such a rush to be performing. I like to see everybody's faces on stage, to see the reaction. Normally, you can only see the front row because of the lights. So you'll see a lot of (my) energy... but there are also going to be other moments that I hope are artistically energetic. I want people to feel things up close."
'Sole El Sol' hits stores September 2 and has features from Pitbull and Calle 13.
I guess Lindsay Lohan is just very clumsy.
Despite all of the footage of the starlet falling coming out of clubs, asleep in the back of cars and acting erratically, the doctors at UCLA have determined she doesn't have a drug problem and is not bi-polar according to TMZ.
Lindsay has been weaned off all the meds she was taking. Dilaudid, Ambien, Adderall, Zoloft, Trazodone and Nexium and has had no adverse reaction. She has also not had any withdrawal symptoms from alcohol.
Her doctors are recommending she spend no more than 30 of the 90 days ordered by the judge in her case in their facility.
Once she is out of the treatment facility, Lindsay will keep on winning. She has reportedly been offered $1million dollars from OK Magazine for her first post jail/rehab interview.
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Video After The JumpWow, Charles Hamilton, so many things can be said about this guy.
He's insanely talented and quite possibly legally insane, as in coo coo as well.
The Harlem mc with an affinity for the color pink recently sat down with XXL to explain why he walked into a mental hospital on two good legs and emerged in a wheelchair with pink wheels.
“The reason I’m in a wheelchair is because I have sharp pains since I was in the hospital and a lil bit before,” he said. “I have sharp pains when I’m walking and literally I want to collapse but I can’t I have to continue to walk. So my right leg has been acting kinda funny. I still have a lil’ mobility, I can still stand up in the booth…but I’d rather the mobility of my legs be jeopardized than my musicality be jeopardized at any given point of time. “
But why exactly was he in the psych ward in the first place?
“Honestly I can say I was in the hospital for a broken heart," he says.
See, this type of talk could be why he was dropped from Interscope Records him without ever releasing an album. Still, when you hear him spit a 27 minute freestyle like he does in the video below you can't help but wonder is this all a publicity stunt?
Weird sh*t fo sho.
After honeymooning with wife Alicia Keys in the Mediterranean recently, Swizz Beatz is back to business. The producer/rapper has inked a deal with Everest Entertainment and Atlantic/Warner Records for the release of his as-yet-untitled sophomore album.
"I couldn't ask to be in a better place right now," Swizz, who was previously signed to Universal Motown, said in a statement. "Both Everest and the Atlantic/Warner team have been great and I'm looking forward to sharing this project with true fans of good music."
The partnership will not only mark the release of Swizz's upcoming album, but it's also the first musical release for Everest, which is most known for producing films including Sony Pictures Classics "Mother and Child" and Fox Searchlight's upcoming comedy "Win Win."
The Grammy-Award-winning hitmaker's set is due this fall and is expected to feature topnotch artists like Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Coldplay, John Legend, Drake and T.I.
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After honeymooning with wife Alicia Keys in the Mediterranean recently, Swizz Beatz is back to business. The producer/rapper has inked a deal with Everest Entertainment and Atlantic/Warner Records for the release of his as-yet-untitled sophomore album.
"I couldn't ask to be in a better place right now," Swizz, who was previously signed to Universal Motown, said in a statement. "Both Everest and the Atlantic/Warner team have been great and I'm looking forward to sharing this project with true fans of good music."
The partnership will not only mark the release of Swizz's upcoming album, but it's also the first musical release for Everest, which is most known for producing films including Sony Pictures Classics "Mother and Child" and Fox Searchlight's upcoming comedy "Win Win."
The Grammy-Award-winning hitmaker's set is due this fall and is expected to feature topnotch artists like Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Coldplay, John Legend, Drake and T.I.
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A federal grand jury indicted Roger Clemens on Thursday on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
An indictment was returned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson of the District at a brief hearing shortly after 1:30 p.m. The indictment charges Clemens with one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements and two counts of perjury in connection with his February 2008 testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
If convicted, he faces 15 to 21 months in prison."Our government cannot function if witnesses are not held accountable for false statements made before Congress," said U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Mahen Jr. in a statement. "Today the message is clear: If a witness makes a choice to ignore his or her obligation to testify honestly, there will be consequences."
In February 2008, Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner who pitched for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros, and Brian McNamee, his former trainer, contradicted one another in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about whether Clemens had used banned substances.
The hearing came after McNamee had linked Clemens to banned substances in George Mitchell's report on baseball players' use of performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens alleged that McNamee was lying; McNamee reached a deal with federal authorities to avoid prosecution for steroid distribution.
The Post reported in February 2009 that McNamee, in testimony at the hearing, said he injected Clemens nearly 40 times with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998 to 2001.
McNamee's attorneys have said that their client gave federal investigators syringes, gauze pads and other items that he claimed he used to inject Clemens. He stored the items in a FedEx box in his basement.
Clemens and his defense team have long challenged McNamee's credibility, saying the former trainer has lied about the pitcher's alleged drug use. They also have said that McNamee may have cooked up the evidence.
On Aug. 12, a federal appeals court in Houston refused to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Clemens filed against McNamee. In a 2 to 1 ruling, a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a Houston federal district judge's 2009 dismissal of most of Clemens's claims against McNamee.
In an e-mail, Rusty Hardin, Clemens's lawyer, said "we have heard nothing from the government."
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Montana Fishburne's plan for world domination is working it seems.
She's gotten plenty of press since her decision to pursue a career in porn.
She covers the new issue of 'As Is' magazine, but the mag air brushes over her famous "leopard booty" as Montana calls it.
And with good reason, I suppose. Her butt is covered with what looks like acne scars.
"I've had spots on my butt forever, they're like........it's a leopard booty," she said in a recent interview
When she earns enough paper, I'm sure they can sandblast those things off, or at least I hope.
It doesn't look like "Chippy-D" is going to be making up with her dad, Laurence anytime soon though, judging by the headline quote on the cover.
“I’m Not Doing Sh*t To Him, But F**king And Having My Career.”
Well, Damn!
Video After The JumpDetails are sketchy as to why these two got into a fight. I think the white dude called the black dude a P*ssy. But Honestly, I really dont care what the reason was, I just like knock outs, lol.
You can see the black dude is clearly outweighed, but he still handles his business and puts fat boy on his a** in the end.
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In her new promotional campaign for the Dereon 2010 Fall collection, R&B singer Beyonce is seen photographed in leggings which look extremely similar to leggings from Iceland’s E-label.
“This is naturally huge and I am still half in shock. I didn’t twig straight away that this was her own label: I just thought she was wearing our leggings. It is practically just copy/paste,” says Heba Hallgrimsdottir, one of the owners of E-label.
The designer of the black studded with metal spikes leggings, Asgrimur Mar Fridriksson, confirmed that Beyonce purchased the exact pair from their E-label brand at a branch of Topshop in London last November, stating it is a very “strange coincidence.”
As to a lawsuit, Heba said her company needs to do more due diligence before going forward.
“I have only just heard about this and no decision has yet been taken. We need to inspect her brand’s trousers closer because, according to law, it is not copied if a certain number of things have been changed from the original design,” Heba said.
She added that Beyonce’s E-label leggings were bought from the Edit section of Topshop, which sell designs from little-known labels.
Heba also states that E-label has not copyrighted its design, but believes that widespread media coverage of Beyonce’s purchase last November, both in Iceland and overseas, would be evidence enough to prove plagiarism – if E-label eventually decides that the new design was indeed copied from their own.
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A prosecutor says Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is not just being charged with disorderly conduct and creating a public nuisance, but also annoying people on a beach.
Yes, that's a crime in New Jersey.
At a hearing in Seaside Heights on Wednesday, an attorney for the Jersey Shore star entered not guilty pleas to all three charges, which relate to an arrest July 30 for being intoxicated in public.
No matter how it turns out, the pint-sized Snooki is not expected to serve jail time. If she's convicted of all three charges, she faces $2,000 in fines. Her attorney claims her clean record should keep maximum fines down to $500.
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Ne-Yo took a playful shot at the size of Rihanna's forehead according to the UK Mirror.
Ne-Yo was a guest of Kimberly Walsh on her Viva TV Show 'Suck My Pop' when he said. "Everyone knows that Rihanna has a great big forehead! There's nothing wrong with it, it's just... Rihanna's forehead is two of yours! I can say that because I'm big brother."
Big Brother, you look like you're at the head of the class your damn self.
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Video After The JumpShaquille O'Neal is back for another week of competition on his tv show, 'Shaq Vs'.
This week he hits the track to take on America's fastest man, Tyson Gay. Then he runs a relay race with Dwight Howard, Maurice Green, Desean Jackson, and Chris Johnson.
These speedsters might have underestimated the big ball players.
Check out the video to see who wins.
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Video After The JumpSpectators ran for their lives when a bull jumped into the stands at a bullring in Navarre on Wednesday, injuring at least 30 people, according to Spanish media.
The terrifying incident happened in Tafalla, in the northern region of Navarra, and occurred when the animal leapt over the fence and climbed up the stairs of the stands knocking over people, including young children.
A 10-year-old boy was in a serious condition with stomach wounds while another spectator was gored in the back according to Spanish media.
Most of the injuries were minor and were treated by medical staff on site but five were transported to hospital for further attention.
The incident occurred during a contest of recortadores when brave participants attempt to dodge the bull as it runs frantically around the arena.
Spectators and officials later tied a rope around the bull to get it under control.
Spanish media reported that the animal was removed from the arena by a crane and later killed.
It is extremely rare for a bull to jump over a security barrier and into the crowd. The incident comes at a time when the country is split over whether bullfighting should be completely outlawed.
Last month Catalonia became the first major Spanish region to ban the deadly sport after heated debate that pitted animal rights against a pillar of traditional culture. The ban will take effect from 2010 in the northeastern coastal region whose capital is Barcelona.
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Just weeks after a track titled "Repercussions" leaked on the internet, the elusive Lauryn Hill debuts on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 94 -- her first debut as a lead artist in over 10 years.
The last time the West Orange, New Jersey, native charted as a lead artist on the tally was back in November 1999, when "Turn Your Lights Down Low," featuring Bob Marley, peaked at No. 49. In 2006, the Method Man track "Say," featuring Hill, charted at No. 66 after 10 weeks on the chart.
The release of "Repercussions" came on the same day the former Fugees member performed at the FESPAD Festival in Kigali, Rwanda last month and fueled the rumors that Hill is finally working on a follow-up album.
Lauryn Hill will be headlining the Rock The Bells tour next month. She will be joined by Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest and Slick Rick, among others
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Video After The JumpFor one special evening, Chelsea Handler is bringing her late-night raunch to primetime: Handler will be hosting the MTV Video Music Awards. The comedienne announced the gig on her E! talk show, "Chelsea Lately," on Wednesday (August 18).
"Everyone knows that when you think of rap music and hip-hop you think of 'Chelsea Lately.' And that's why I will be hosting [the show]," Handler quipped, before urging her staff to vie for the extra tickets MTV gave her. "Let the ass-kissing begin," the funnywoman smiled.
Handler will work the mic at this year's awards show, which airs live from Los Angeles on September 12 at 9 p.m. ET. This is the first time the L.A.-based star will host the event where celebs like Lady Gaga, Eminem, Drake, Usher and Katy Perry are up for Moonmen. Among the performers set to hit the stage are Kanye West, B.o.B, Florence and the Machine and Handler's sometime suitor, Justin Bieber.
The talk-show diva is the latest in a long list of comics to handling host duties at the VMAs. In 1985, Eddie Murphy took the cameras backstage at Radio City Music Hall and surprised guests with an impromptu visit to the ladies room. Arsenio Hall presided over the festivities four years in a row, armed with a collection of Day-Glo suits and a quick wit that sparked the requisite "roo, roo, roo!" chorus from the crowd. Fellow late-night comic Jimmy Fallon kicked-off his 2002 hosting duties with an amped-up musical number. Chris Rock helped MTV turn 20 in 2003, delivering a memorable opening monologue that rivaled the infamous Madonna-Britney Spears-Christina Aguilera smooch. Potty-mouthed Brit Russell Brand flexed his skills on two different coasts; hosting in Hollywood in 2008 and returning the next year to helm the VMA's 2009 New York City homecoming.
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Video After The JumpIs Shyne running Def Jam now? Because he talks like he's calling the shots over at the label. And when the hell did he become a blood?
Po says his new album is done and he's been in talks with Birdman over at Cash Money to possibly drop two albums on the same day. One on Def Jam and one on Cash Money.
"I'm done," Shyne told MTV. "I'm just making albums at this point. I'm on my fifth album. I'm not sure, me and Baby [Birdman] been talking. We been talking about doing the Cash Money thing where I put one album out on Def Jam, distributed by Def Jam, and Baby [will] distribute one album on Cash Money. I might do that, I'm not sure, we're still finishing the fine points and negotiate that," he continued. "I might come with something six months later, every six months. I got so much to say, I don't think I could answer all the questions on just one album. So I definitely think we would put out two different albums on the same day."
None of the material I've heard from Shyne since his release from prison would suggest fans would go out and support one album, much less two on the same day.
He goes on to talk about he and Birdman wearing the same flag and being family.
"He reached out to me and let me know if there was anything he could do to assist. When I was about to come out, he reached out to me again to see if there was anything he could do to help me. We've always had an open line of communication through the same banner, through the same rag. That's inevitable. I've got the utmost respect for what he does. [Baby's] a real roller, putting it in. He built Cash Money from nothing, rebuilt it to something even greater. Wayne, what's happening, Eastside Damu all the time. Rikers Island, I know the brothers is taking care of you in there. So Cash Money is definitely family."Read more…
If anyone was wondering how Lindsay Lohan would make a living after her stay in jail and in-patient rehab, we now have our answer. The 24-year-old actress, who hasn't headlined a theatrical release since 2007, is set to net a lucrative payday for her first post-sentence interview.OK! magazine has offered Lohan $1 million for the interview, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lohan has reportedly not yet agreed to the deal — she's still receiving treatment at a rehab facility run by UCLA Medical Center — but she will likely be released well before completing the court-ordered 90-day treatment plan, instead entering an out-patient program. Thus we might be hearing from Lohan — and the actress might be cashing a hefty paycheck — sooner than previously expected.
Lohan, of course, won't be the first celebrity to be offered a big payoff following a personal scandal or tragedy. In 2007, after serving a short jail stint, Paris Hilton was reportedly offered as much as $1 million from NBC for her first post-jail interview before that deal fell through and she appeared on "Larry King Live," reportedly without payment. NBC also reportedly paid $2 million for an interview with Prince William and Prince Harry and the American rights to broadcast a concert in honor of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Whichever outlet ultimately lands the Lohan interview, it should expect to pony up some serious cash, as the actress' professional opportunities are limited at this point. She was fired from "The Other Side" in April, with the film's director, David Michaels, saying that "producers of the movie have reported that financiers have been resistant to finance the movie with Lindsay in the lead role." He added that Lohan was simply "not bankable."
She does have a small role in Robert Rodriguez's "Machete," but it's not clear she'll be free to promote the film. Meanwhile, the filmmakers behind "Inferno," a biopic in which Lohan is set to star as 1970s porn star Linda Lovelace, remain committed to the actress, though the indie flick will hardly deliver a significant payday.
In addition to the interview paycheck, THR reports that Lohan could attract appearance fees in New York and Los Angeles that range anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000. Yet it remains to be seen whether Lohan can make the necessary personal and professional changes to stay out of legal trouble in the future, especially as she heads back into the media spotlight so soon after jail and rehab.
"She can take this and she can learn from it and it becomes a cathartic event in her life," Howard Bragman, founder of publicity firm Fifteen Minutes, told MTV News. "The one thing we haven't heard from Lindsay is 'I'm sorry, I have a problem, I'm going to resolve it.' She doesn't have PR problems, she has life problems. You can't fix your problems until you admit you have them. I think she needs a lot of therapy. She needs to let her career be second and her life be first."
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Video After The JumpWhile the death of hip-hop has been a matter of debate in recent years, the demise of the star female emcee had been all but accepted.
There had always been at least one female rap act to contrast hip-hop's defining male edge, from Queen Latifah to Lil Kim to Missy Elliott to Lauryn Hill. But in the past few years, women rappers were mere blips on the scene, and the occasional hit only underscored how weak the field had become.
Until now.
Nicki Minaj, the in-your-face, highly animated sex kitten and protege of rap prince Lil Wayne, has not only emerged as hip-hop's leading female, she's outdoing her male counterparts, too.
The 26-year-old Minaj has yet to release an official studio album, but she's saturating all facets of hip-hop, from radio to mixtapes to magazines.
She's costarred on songs with Lil Wayne, Drake, Usher, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and Diddy, among many others. She's also set to appear on Kanye West's upcoming CD. With her collaborations, she's landed 10 songs on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart, including three in the Top 10; and Minaj's had eight overall tunes on the Hot 100.
Her current single, the Annie Lennox-sampled "Your Love," is spending its seventh week on top of the rap charts; it's the first time a female act, as the lead artist, has topped that chart since Lil Kim did in 2003. And "Your Love" is steadily climbing elsewhere, peaking at No. 5 and No. 14 on the R&B and Hot 100 charts, respectively.
"I think since Nicki came out there's going to be a lot of new girls coming out," producer-rapper Pharrell said. "There's always one that paves the way and opens the door (and) I think she reopened the door to hip-hop for females."
Minaj, whose real name is Onika Maraj, was born in Trinidad, but grew up in Queens, N.Y. Lil Wayne discovered Minaj and signed her to his Cash Money imprint last year. She's released three mixtapes and performs with the rap group Young Money, which includes Lil Wayne and Drake. The group's 2009 album, the gold-selling "We Are Young Money," has produced two Top 10 singles on the pop charts
"Now that you have somebody that has pretty much her own style and does her own thing, people are gravitating toward it, so I think that makes her stick out 'cause she's so different," said Ludacris, who had Minaj rap on his hit "My Chick Bad."
Minaj's style is one that is playful, youthful and wild. She wears multicolored wigs, sings and raps in various accents and boasts about her sexuality, even playing up bisexuality, though she's said in a recent Vibe interview that she doesn't date or sleep with women. (Minaj's rep said the rapper would not be interviewed for this article because it was not solely about her.)
Like Minaj, a lot of female rappers reached their height in the mid 1990s to early 2000s as part of a hip-hop posse.
Junior M.A.F.I.A introduced Lil Kim, the multiplatinum diva who flaunted her sex appeal on the mic and in her music videos. Jay-Z introduced Foxy Brown, a feisty, skilled rapper who battled Lil Kim for rap's top female spot in the 90s. And Ruff Ryders, led by DMX, brought forth Eve.
50 Cent said the decline of those kind of posses has limited new female talent.
"There's not as many female rappers because there's not as many emerging crews," 50 Cent explained. "When those new crews come up, there's a potential for a female artist when the head of that crew sees the idea of bringing someone to speak from a female perspective."
Lil Kim and Foxy Brown both have seen their careers wane after criminal charges led to time behind bars.
Eve has achieved platinum success, won a Grammy and stretched into television and movies, but she has had trouble releasing her fourth album after two disappointing singles in 2007. After leaving Interscope, she plans to release a new album with EMI in January.
When asked about the lack of top female rappers, Eve said: "I wish I had an answer or some kind of theory.
"In my travels, I do meet girls who are like, 'Oh, I want to be an emcee. I want to rap.' So I don't know what the problem is or why it hasn't happened."
While Eve gives credit to Minaj, she says that hip-hop needs more than one voice speaking for women.
"Even though Nicki is representing for females period, she's not representing for every female. She's a specific type of entertainer," Eve said.
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Video After The JumpDMX gave his first interview since being released from his most recent stint in jail to Super Snake of 101.5 Jamz in Pheonix just prior to him taking the stage.Dark Man X talked about his clothing line, what he needs to do to stay out of trouble and supporting his son, who is also a rapper.
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Video After The Jump11-time World Boxing Champion, James Toney is about to take on UFC legend, Randy Couture in his mixed martial arts debut at UFC 118 on August 28.
During a press conference for the fight, the subject of Evander Holyfield was brought up. Holyfield said recently that Toney was making a mistake by venturing into the world of MMA.
Toney wasn't happy about that, and had a message for Evander:
"If you talk to Holyfield again, tell him to stop beating his wife.....stop and come see me. And by the way, I know he's fighting in Detroit, which is my hometown in November. Strange things can happen to you when you're in my town."
When a reporter said that sounded like a threat, Tony didn't back down.
"I don't care what it sounds like."
Damn, I guess old grudges die hard. Holyfield was beaten by Toney in their 2003 fight.
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