Mariah Carey isn’t just flexing her vocal chords these days, she’s beefing up her acting resume.
It’s been almost 15 years since the disaster / cult classic that was ‘Glitter’ and, in the time since, Mimi has largely made right the wrongs of the ill-advised flick with critically praised roles in ‘Wise Girls,”Precious,’ and ‘The Butler.’
Christina Aguilera dripped all sorts of diva last night at the 3rd Annual Breakthrough Prize Award Ceremony in California.
The vocal force attended the event with fiance Matt Rutler, with whom she has a new daughter with. As widely reported, the couple welcomed baby Summer Rain last August.
Xtina, who clearly had an agenda to flash and flaunt her fierce curves, is gearing up for a return to the spotlight.
She’s set to resume her role as a coach on The Voice next Spring and is hard at work on her first album in three years.
Pending then, peep more pics of the ‘Your Body’ belter below…
Alicia Keys has found a friend in the soulful duo that is Lion Babe.
Yes, after catching wind of their rising buzz and the music that fuels it the ‘Samsonite Man’ singer/songwriter invited them to join her on stage at her ‘Black Ball.’
Its brand spanking new production style and community-based storylines may see the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ strike ratings gold this season.
So, it’s a shame that fans are to learn that one of its newbies won’t be there to bask in its impending glory.
Does Vivica A. Fox eat the booty like groceries? Let ‘Magic Stick’ emcee 50 Cent tell it, the actress has this and a few other bedroom tricks up her sleeve.
The two are engaged in a social media catfight after Fox took to ‘Watch What Happens Live…with Andy Cohen’ to discuss 50’s comments on ‘Empire’s ratings decline. As fans may remember, the rapper implied the show was losing fans due to “too much gay stuff.”
Viv – never one to mince words – implied his comments were hypocritical and said he looked like a “booty snatcher” on a cover of Vibe magazine he once shared with fellow fallen rapper Soulja Boy (as seen below):
Needless to say, both rappers were quick to clap back;
Coolio’s monumental mid-90’s hit ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ is this week’s ‘From The Vault’ pick.
Released exactly 20 years ago in 1995, ‘Paradise’ is one of modern music’s renowned efforts and undeniably rapper Coolio’s signature track
The song – which features singer L.V. – tells the tale of an African-American “gangster” and the reasons behind his deviant ways. With his choral background vocals and his infamous Bible-extracted opening line (“As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death”), it is heavily based on a sample from the mighty Stevie Wonder’s ‘Pastime Paradise’ from blueprint album ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’, reprising the melody of said track’s chorus to build its very own impressive one.
It served as the first single from Coolio’s sophomore effort, also titled ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ but most notably was included in the Michelle Pheiffer-led movie ‘Dangerous Minds.’ The song’s lyrical content fit perfectly with the film’s vision on African-American and Latinos youth in America.
A worldwide smash, ‘Paradise’ reached #1 in over 20 countries including the US, the UK, France and Australia. It is also the first ever rap single to sell over a million copies.
This song earned its banner act a Grammy Award as well as a Billboard Music Award.
Antoine Fuqua helmed the cut’s visual, which features Coolio in a dark room spitting his rhymes in front of an attentive Pheiffer (who reprised her ‘Dangerous Minds’ role). Footage from the movie is juxtaposed to great effect. Adding to the awards haul, the clip for ‘Paradise’ was rewarded with two MTV Video Music Awards.
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Two decades on, ‘Paradise’ remains potent both musically and lyrically. And though Coolio has been absent from the charts this past decade, he will forever be a figure in Pop Culture thanks to this honest take on what it means to be young and discriminated-against in the 20th century.
Fleur East returned to the stage that started it all tonight – ‘The X Factor UK.’ The fierce performer let out an almighty roar as she hit the stage to perform debut single ‘Sax.’
Already top 5 on iTunes following its release on Friday, the dynamite dance-floor jam looks set to blow all the way up after the show-stopping performance.
Watch the Londoner flaunt her X Factor after the jump…
Justin Bieber‘s ‘Purpose’ promo train pulled into the UK this week.
With the like-titled album due in stores on November 13th, the 21-year-old is covering all bases (especially in light of his chart showdown with One Direction).
Today’s stop was BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards 2015, where the Canadian heartthrob served up a spirited showing of #1 single ‘What Do You Mean?’
Backed by an army of dancers, watch Bieber blaze is his own kind of way after the jump…
Jennifer Lopez is staging a TV takeover come January.
For, not only will she hit screens weekly on the final season of ‘American Idol,’ she will play the lead in new NBC series ‘Shades of Blue.’
The cop drama sees Lopez take on the role of Harlee Santos, an FBI agent (and single mom) assigned to an anti-corruption task force.
Per the newly unleashed trailer, the show will centre on Santos’ torn feelings about spying on her coworkers and her emotional allegiance to her hard-driving boss.
Peep the fist look at ‘Shades of Blue,’ which also stars Ray Liotta, below…
Unscrupulous business moves may have stopped Sheree Whitfield shining on the forthcoming season of its ‘Atlanta’ branch but we’re sure it will serve as a valuable lesson for the new batch of ‘Wives’ gearing up to join the ‘Real Housewives’ family.
Yes, after watching NeNe Leakes outperform the likes of Bethenny Frankel and Caroline Manzo to become the most successful ‘Housewife’ of all time, a new group of women have signed on to follow in her footsteps.
