The Real Housewives Of Atlanta brought the drama for its 9th season. Indeed, despite almost a decade on-air, the Bravo smash is losing none of its sassy steam.
All season long, the current cycle of he show has delivered on its promise of shady twists and turns, ensuring each week was a must-see.
Want to know what Phaedra, Kenya, Kandi, Cynthia, Porsha, and Sheree will be serving up on their season finale (episode 20 / season 9)?
While the final years of ‘American Idol’ didn’t yield memorable winners, it did on occasion produce legitimate OMG moments.
Case in point, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj‘s shocking feud.
Brought to mass attention when a video of the pair arguing at an early audition “leaked,” the beef slow-cooked for all to see over the course of the entire season.
Much ado has been made about the divas weekly duels, with Carey going as for as to say “it was like working with Satan in hell.”
However, with the show in rearview, former producers are speaking up and out. And we’re not sure Mimi will be too pleased.
Two of Pop’s brightest stars are to thank for this week’s From The Vault pick. Today we take you back to 2008 with Madonna and Justin Timberlake‘s ‘4 Minutes.’
After dabbling in Disco with 2005’s ‘Confessions On A Dancefloor,’ the Pop queen decided – yet again – to steer her sound down Urban avenue.
Rather than re-treading old terrain, she enlisted the super-producer Timbaland alongside Timberlake and Pharrell Williams to craft her eleventh album ‘Hard Candy.’
‘4 Minutes,’ which was Grammy nominated, was served up as its lead single.
The bass-heavy effort peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Canada’s Hot 100. It also claimed the top spot of charts in many European countries such as the UK, France, Germany and Italy.
Christened “conceptualistic” by M herself, the video – directed by Jonas & François – sees the stars trying to escape a dark force that was bent on destroying everything around them. As is expected under such circumstances, the pair dance up a storm along the way and showcase a copious amount of chemistry.
Nominated for “Best Dancing In A Video” at the 2008 VMAs, the clip lost to the Pussycat Dolls’ ‘When I Grow Up.’ Understandable.
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Reactions to the song and video were mixed back in 08 and remain so now.
It didn’t mature into the classic all parties likely thought it would be, but its production is still intact and truly effective to this day.
Still we’d like to know, almost a decade later, what do YOU make of this collaboration?
Fresh from debuting new single ‘Until The Pain Is Gone,’ Daley has wasted no time delivering the video for the Jill Scott collaboration.
Directed by Julian Schratter, the visually arresting clip is the first to be serviced from the singer’s sophomore album ‘The Spectrum’ – due via BMG later this year.
Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the Manchester bred talent will be taking to the road on a US tour with Leela James.