R&B songstress Melanie Fiona performed on ‘Live With Regis & Kelly’ today. The singer did a rendition of ‘Bang Bang’, the 3rd single to be lifted from her debut album, ‘The Bridge’. Peep the performance below:

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Check out Jennifer Lopez on the set of a new photoshoot for Gucci. The entertainer was joined by her husband Marc Anthony and her children on the Malibu beach. Shout out to Punchbowl Blog for the pic!

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Popular stage walker Rihanna has been selected to be a judge at the upcoming International Songwriters Competition. The Competition results in 66 winners including a grand prize winner who will share more than $150k in cash and prizes, with the with the top scorer earning $25’k in cash and $20k in prizes. Rihanna joins a list of other artists and industry heads including Timbaland, Kings of Leon and Peter Gabriel. {Source}

Rihanna is not a talented singer in any sense of the word and she is definitely not a songwriter, so it is quite baffling that she could be expected to judge such a competition. In fact, most of the material included on her own projects is actually handed to her, along with the direction of her music and image. It’s all carefully calculated by her label.  What’s next for a Rihanna? A spot on the American Idol judging panel?

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After the massive success of his #1 debut album, ‘Thank Me Later’, Drake has announced to his fans on Twitter that he is already working on a followup. To date, ‘Thank Me Later’ has already sold over 600k in the US alone. Check out his announcement below (via Rap-Up):

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Peep the official cover for The Saturdays new EP ‘Headlines’ (due August 24th). Preceding the album is the surprisingly good ‘Missing You’…

Check out the tracklisting after the jump…

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Christina Milian made her first public appearance yesterday following the news of  break-up of her marriage to The-Dream. Interestingly, the singer – who was snapped while buying milk formula for the couple’s 6 month old Violet, was still wearing her wedding ring.

This comes despite The Nightmare The-Dream announcing their separation earlier this week, after pictures of him getting frisky with his assistant surfaced.

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There’s no doubt the situation is most unfortunate for Milian, 28, who was reportedly ‘blind-sided’ by Dream’s announcement, after believing that they were working through their issues. That said, the moral of story goes as thus…never mix work with play!

By no means should blame be apportioned to Christina (this solely on the basis of what we know). However Ms. Milian’s continued blending of the private and professional was bound to end in disaster – as time has shown over and over again in the entertainment industry. Indeed, she worked with Nick Cannon on the movie ‘Love Don’t Cost A Thing’ only to go on and date him. He is now married to Mariah Carey. She teamed up with producers Cool & Dre for her ‘So Amazin’‘ LP, going on to date Dre – a relationship which fizzled along with the album. And now The-Dream drama – the story of which follows a similar narrative, only with more serious consequences. A broken (less than 9 month) marriage, raising a child alone, and both an album and record deal which tie her almost exclusively to Tubby Terius. Not a good look.

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As ever, the Beyonce machine presses on – even when she’s on a hiatus. Check out the superstar’s latest commercial for L’Oreal and their new Infallible lipstick range…

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Despite scoring a number one on the Billboard Dance Chart with ‘Acapella’, Kelis’ latest album ‘Flesh Tone’ has debuted on the Billboard 200 chart with one of the year’s worst opening tally’s. Find out just how much the former Mrs. Nas sold first week after the jump…

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Peep R&B star Brandy posing it up at pal Serena Williams’ Pre-ESPYs Party in Bel Air last night (July 13th).

The former Moesha star is currently filming season two of her hit VH1 reality show, ‘A Family Business’, as well as recording her new album, which will reportedly be released by Def Jam.

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Chris Brown is preparing to release a special video for his fans. ’12 Strands (Matrix)’ is a track that did not make the final cut of his ‘Graffiti’ LP but the singer has decided to make a video for the song as a bonus release. Check out a preview of Brown’s action-packed clip below:

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Last month That Grape Juice provided a glimpse of the Monica’s ‘Love All Over Me’ video. Now even more images from the set of the production have been released. The singer will release the video  on July 15th via VEVO and will give her fans the opportunity to vote for her love interest on her official website on the same day. On July 23, she will announce the winner and premiere the viewers’ choice video. Check out the images below (via Rap-Up):

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Here is yet another sneak peek of the upcoming videos for Ne-Yo’s ‘Beautiful Monster’ and ‘Champagne Life’. The tracks serve at the lead singles from his ‘Libra Scale’ album which hits stores of September 21st. Peep the preview below:

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