Day in Pop Report for 05/19/2011
(Billboard) As she bids adieu to her syndicated talk show, Oprah Winfrey can also kiss goodbye to her standing as the most powerful person in showbiz, according to the list-makers at Forbes magazine, who gave Lady Gaga the No. 1 spot on this year's Celebrity 100. more (FMQB) Lady Gaga will reveal intimate stories from her youth and path to stardom in a new one-hour documentary, Lady Gaga: Inside The Outside, which is set to premiere on MTV on Thursday, May 26 more (Billboard) Are Ke$ha and T-Pain in love? The pop singer and Auto-Tune star have been tweeting at each other since Sunday, and the playful rapport culminated with T-Pain posting a picture of the pair nuzzling each other more (Jam!) Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley are moving on from their divorce by putting their marital home back on the market. more (FMQB) The RIAA has handed out its Gold and Platinum certifications for the month of April, with Britney Spears' new album Femme Fatale already going Gold and Platinum more (AP) Scotty McCreery flawlessly performed a trio of tunes on American Idol Wednesday, while his two competitors briefly botched their songs. more (Billboard) The nominees for the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards were revealed yesterday, with Arcade Fire, Drake, Justin Bieber and Metric leading the way more (NME) Take That's 'futuristic' 'Progress' tour to cost �50 million Singers' production will also feature Robbie Williams solo spot more (FMQB) Rapper Nas tells Billboard he has a new record on the way, saying he is inspired by the current state of Hip-Hop. more (Billboard) Paramount Home Entertainment topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart the week ending May 15 with "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" more (Reuters) Lady Gaga's heavily-hyped new album "Born This Way" made its way to the Internet on Wednesday, five days ahead of its official release on May 23. more (Billboard) Adele's "21" claims an eighth week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart -- the longest reign of any album since early 2009 more
The Prince tells us the 94-year-old star has been unresponsive since 2AM this morning. Zsa Zsa was rushed to the hospital yesterday where doctors performed emergency surgery to repair a "major infection in her stomach" caused by a feeding tube. more on this story
TMZ has learned ... the fine people over at Hustler have bravely decided to make a XXX parody ... starring the cold-hearted bastard himself. It's called "This Ain't Osama bin Laden XXX" -- and the porn studio claims Osama's secret porn stash was a major inspiration ... telling us, "We're pretty sure from what we've heard that bin Laden was a big fan of Hustler. He was looking at porn, now porn is looking at him." more on this story
The album was recorded over a year between the spring of 2009 and the spring of 2010, while Beyonc� took time away from the spotlight. She engaged in what she describes as simple things, including listening to every kind of music she truly enjoys. Her mixed musical gumbo will be displayed on the upcoming album. The title signifies not only the artist's fourth solo offering and the day of her birth but it is also a personal gift to her fans. For over one year now her fans around the world took to their social media pages urging her to name the album for her special number. The video for the album's lead single, "Run The World (Girls)," was filmed in Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert over three days in April, the Francis Lawrence-directed video boasts a cast of over 200 dancers, a menagerie of exotic animals and Beyonc� as the leader of a stunning army of women. Check it out
Beverly Hills cops were called to Shauna's home just before midnight, after someone called and reported a fight at her home. Shauna was arrested on a charge of felony domestic violence after cops notice visible marks on her husband, Laurent Homburger. Homburger was also arrested on a domestic violence charge. Sand and Homburger were taken to the Beverly Hills Police Station where they were booked. She has been bailed out. He has not. more on this story
We're told a heavyset man who goes by the name, "Bubba" -- was in front of the liquor store in Inglewood, CA Monday night when someone shot and killed M-Bone. Bubba famously did the "Dougie" without a shirt on in the group's music video -- and is close personal friends with several members of C.S.D.. Several witnesses tell us Bubba was waiting inside of the car M-Bone drove to the store ... and when the fatal shots were fired, shards of broken glass struck Bubba in the face. Bubba was hospitalized for his wounds -- though we're told the injuries are not life-threatening. As we previously reported, cops are on the hunt for the killer -- and looking into the possibility the shooting was all over a girl. more on this story
He joins the previously announced lineup which also includes Chaka Kahn, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and New Edition. Also joining the line-up are Morris Day & The Time, Loose Ends, Noel Gourdin, and Timothy Bloom. more on this story
This was a remix to a song called "Raining in my Head" off my "Magic Bullet Cassette". It was the first beat I ever heard from Aoi who went on to If you compare all 3 verses (OG version, Pistol's and my new one) you'll get the idea. I told Aoi to flip the instrumental and we turned it into the refrain in We got the zoot suits from some tacky store in Newark that was having a going out of business sale and rented the casket from a costume shop in New York. When we were pulling the casket out of the van to bring into Tone's place, my good pal Sam No Dice pulled up in a car looking to cash a check a few buildings away so he and a few of his buddies joined us for the photo shoot. Small world. Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you check out the video right here!
The University of Florida sent out an email to students participating in their study abroad program in Italy -- which states "any student who does agree to participate in the filming of the show, or who signs a waiver or legal agreement of any sort with MTV, will be dismissed from the program immediately." TMZ obtained the email -- warning the students that any action deemed potentially embarrassing to the school "will not be tolerated." The school has also threatened to contact the student's parental units to inform them why the school would be kicking them to the curb. more on this story
Available in a 2-CD Deluxe Edition and a 2-CD/1-DVD Collector's Edition, the 10th Anniversary sets include songs in A minor era bonus tracks, demos, live performances and more, hand-picked by Alicia for her fans for these editions. The two disc Deluxe Edition will include the original songs in A minor in its entirety in addition to a second disc featuring two previously unreleased recordings: the original funky blues demo for "If I Was Your Woman" and an early version of "Typewriter," recorded in Alicia's Harlem apartment in 1997. The second disc also features hard-to-find rarities from the era including "A Woman's Worth" (Remix) featuring Nas, "Juiciest" (Mixtape version), "Fallin'" ("Ali" Soundtrack Version) and "Butterflyz" (The Drumline Mix). more on this story
People who live next door to Patty and her son tell us, the boy "is the type of kid you just want to be around. He is so sweet, funny, and handsome." But that's not it -- we're also told he is extremely well-mannered and smart, loves sports, and is even involved in door-to-door fund-raising for local charities. more on this story
He will be joined by a diverse collection of talent, ranging from hip-hop pioneers De La Soul to newcomer Nosaj Thing, as well as tastemaker Daddy Kev, responsible for L.A's inimitable weekly party, Low End Theory. Meanwhile, following their memorable and rambunctious debut set at SXSW, Z-Trip will join legend LL Cool J for a series of shows. more on this story
As a prelude to the album launch, they have released a new Facebook app, 'Feed Joshua', who is a baboon (as seen on the Controlling Your Allegiance album cover) that comes alive, creating a new online experience for fans and their friends, and enabling fans to appear in their own personalized version of a new music video for the track "Joshua". A first of its kind for the industry, with the end result allowing each user to hold their own unique version of the online video. more on this story
The guy in the picture -- named Chris Lakkees -- tells TMZ, his 5-year on-and-off relationship with Jessica Alba inspired him to create a website designed to prevent unnecessary break-ups ... helping feuding couples overcome their differences with advice from people across the Internet. It's called RelationshipCourt.com -- and Chris is pretty confident Alba wouldn't have ended things if something like it existed back when they broke up ... telling us, he "always wished that someone would have mediated between Jessica and him so they at least could have stayed friends." more on this story
This chart position marks Mars' third consecutive single to reach #1 in the U.K., preceded by "Grenade" and "Just The Way You Are." In other news, Mars will donate proceeds from his upcoming performance at Alabama's Jubilee CityFest celebration "Bama's Big Bang" to the Alabama Tornado Disaster Relief Fund via the American Red Cross. more on this story
Sources close to Frank Sorrentino tell TMZ, the man volunteered to make himself the target in dunk tank for charity this Saturday -- raising money for the Plumosa School of the Arts in Delray Beach, Florida. And get this ... we're told Frank isn't just the honorable dunkee -- he and his pals also DONATED the dunking contraption just for the event.... at the Delray Beach Family Fun & Local Business Expo. more on this story
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