Day in Pop Report for 02/28/2011
(Billboard) Will.i.am has leaked a snippet of another track from Britney Spears' "Femme Fatale" album, "The Big Fat Bass," on his dipdive.com website more (Yahoo) A spokeswoman for Elizabeth Taylor says the two-time Oscar winner spent her birthday watching the Academy Awards in a Los Angeles hospital room, where she's recovering from treatment for congestive heart failure. more (BBC) The King's Speech is to be released in the US in a swearing-free version which will open it up to younger audiences, its director Tom Hooper confirms. more (BBC) Adele holds her reign over the UK charts with Someone Like You staying as number one single and 21 remaining as number one album. more (Yahoo) A Southern California judge has ordered an independent medical evaluation of ailing Etta James after her son's attorney contended that the "At Last" blues singer could be in "very serious danger" under the care of a live-in doctor. more (Yahoo) ABC says it will broadcast an interview tomorrow night with Charlie Sheen that was recorded after the incendiary rant that led CBS and Warner Bros. Television to halt production of "Two and a Half Men" for the season. more (Billboard) The producers of the Broadway of production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" are considering a sixth delay of the musical's opening night, according to the New York Times. more (Yahoo) Juvenile was arrested on a drug charge and released from a northern Louisiana jail after posting bond, police said Sunday. He was charged with simple possession of marijuana and driving on a suspended license more Watch Kesha blow here (Yahoo) Prison officials won't allow music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector to attend a civil trial in which he is trying to recoup $1 million paid to celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro, a lawyer told a judge on Friday. more
Sources involved in the situation tell us ... a couple of castmembers were hanging out at a bar inside the Hard Rock around 1:00 AM Wednesday morning when they got into a heated argument with a male patron. We're told someone involved in the argument grabbed a drinking glass and smashed it over the man's head ... and the guy was hurt so badly, he needed immediate medical attention. more on this story
Some years there are there shocking results at the Academy Awards with dark horses pulling out a win for an Oscar but this year The King's Speech went in with no real competition and dominated during Sunday Night's awards ceremony. Below you will find the full list of nominees with the winners highlighted in bold face. Read the list here
Sheen tells us he wants the world to know what really happened behind-the-scenes of the show during his 8-year run ... the good times and the bad ... and he plans on naming names -- including co-stars. We're told Sheen even has a title in mind -- "When the Laughter Stopped." Sheen says even though he's still working on the book -- he's expecting a bidding war for the publishing rights ... starting around $10 mil. more on this story
Following up his Monday night show (which included guest Carlos Santana and a cover of Rhianna's "Rude Boy") and Wednesday night show (which included every imaginable Prince hit) was a tall order, but Prince did just that � playing a lengthy set packed full of funk and capped off with a medley of late-'60s Sly and the Family Stone songs, including "Everyday People," "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Dance to the Music." Joining him for the slew of Sly songs was none other than original Sly bassist Larry Graham, who opened the first of Prince's two Oracle shows with his band Graham Central Station. more on this story
Multiple sources say the dye is not officially cast, but the powers that be think there's enough evidence to prosecute Mel, however not enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Oksana extorted him -- notwithstanding that she demanded $15 million from him in return for keeping the tapes secret. All of our sources say ... the turning point for prosecutors was the fact that prior to Oksana going to the Sheriff's Department and accusing Gibson of domestic violence, Mel's family law attorneys filed a declaration in the family law case, in which Mel admits to slapping Oksana -- he says because she was shaking baby Lucia wildly and feared Shaken Baby Syndrome. more on this story
The band will play the Riot Room on April 9th, joining a festival line-up that includes The Appleseed Cast, Daniel Johnston, Margot & the nuclear so and so's, The Raveonettes, and Two Door Cinema Club, among others. Cursive has also now added an April 8th show at Knickerbockers in Lincoln, NE.
Ronson told the Daily Mirror: "I'm doing the music for Arthur. I'm just finishing it. It's my first time doing a film score and it's something I've wanted to do for a really long time." Meanwhile, Boy George would like to work with Ronson on the new Culture Club album. He told the Hollywood Reporter: "He's a bit of a wizard in terms of his timing and also getting the right people to work together. And he has a respect for musical history. He's very fascinated by the whole '80s thing, but I think he references all those decades where style and music integrity were quite pivotal: the '50s, '60s, '70s. We have a lot in common." more on this story
Earlier this week, Prince, Paris, and Blanket presented a check for $10K to the L.A. Housing Corporation -- a group that provides shelter for homeless families. Sources tell us Michael used to take his kids to volunteer with the group. MJ's heirs made the donation on behalf of his Heal the World Foundation. All three of them joined the group's Youth Board of Advisors last year. more on this story
She is devastated that she cannot commit to any live dates at this stage, but her album remains a very positive force in her current journey. Poly has been tweeting about her illness and will continue to keep in touch with fans: "It's been a bit of a battle fighting this cancer but hey ho I'm still alive, Luv Poly x". She also recently added via Twitter "Hoping & praying I can fight this cancer. Thank u all 4 ur positive vibes, I'm overwhelmed, ur keeping me in the land of living.
My Morning Jacket front man Jim James declared "[touring] ain't what like the Beastie Boys promised on the song 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn'!" as they ripped into fan-favorite "One Big Holiday" in front of an intimate 200 member-audience last night at the taping of "VH1 Storytellers" at Metropolis Studios in New York, NY. The hour-long "VH1 Storytellers" episode will feature the band performing a selection of songs including "Gideon," "Dondante," and a new track, "Wonderful," from their upcoming album. While introducing "Dondante," an emotional James told the story of the childhood friend who gave him his first guitar, formed their first band and collectively dreamed of appearing on "VH1 Storytellers." That friend has since died, but James explained that he was with them on stage in spirit as their boyhood dream came true last night. more on this story
In the exclusive clip, Bieber is seen being his usual prank-prone self, getting into water gun fights with his pal Sean Kingston and others � but Bieber finds himself on the receiving end of a massive bucket of water as he emerges from in between two buses. Thankfully, he can give it and take it, as he smiles off the fact that his luscious pre-haircut locks just got drenched. Earlier this week, Celebuzz chatted with 'NSN' director Jon M. Chu, who told us that working with the Biebs turned into one big prank-fest. He said that Biebs is "an amazing gentleman � most of the time. He's only 16, so he's extremely rebellious, so he will prank me all the time. He's called my ex-girlfriend on my behalf, he's taken over my Twitter obviously, he's done many things and he just loves to play all the time. So, when I'm working, and my work is to follow him around, it's very difficult sometimes, but that's the fun of it all. I'll be filming him, and he'll just start running so I have to run with him, and I don't do physical activity, so it isn't very fun for me." Watch the video here
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