News Ticker: Lil Wayne, Ashlee Simpson, KISS

Lil Wayne’s much-anticipated Tha Carter III was leaked this weekend by a DJ who was seeking revenge on Weezy. Due to her newly unveiled pregnancy, Ashlee Simpson has postponed her just-announced summer tour. The fire at Universal Studios this weekend scorched many of the music division’s original masters. Thousands of original Decca, MCA and ABC recordings, featuring artists like Bing Crosby and the Carpenters, were destroyed. KISS’ Gene Simmons revealed that the band may continue touring even after he and Paul Stanley retire. To recruit new members, Simmons is considering a reality show a la Rock Star. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-06-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Imperial Teen - The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band

Artist: Imperial Teen Review: So about that title. Hair: Jone Stebbins tours with her styling scissors. TV: Roddy Bottum scored the defunct ABC series Help Me Help You. Baby: Lynn Truell, nee Perko, is pregnant in her booklet photo. Which leaves Will Schwartz as the band, still harboring dreams that these veteran art-pop up-and-comers will someday be remunerative as well as catchy. Catchy they remain on their belated fourth album -- also bright, dynamic, tender, brainy, unpretentious and civilly pansexual. But after... Rating: 3.5 Stars

Published: 2007-09-12 Provider: Rolling Stone

"We Are the Pipettes" by The Pipettes

The Pipettes' debut album, We Are the Pipettes, was originally released in the United Kingdom back in the middle of 2006, resulting in a tidal wave of hype that carried over to American shores. The band, known for its stylish update of classic girl-group pop and its trio of adorable singers in polka dot frocks, garnered copious internet buzz, and the record became a hot item in import bins. It's tempting to suggest that a proper release of the album has come far too late in the United States, and that the Pipettes' momentum is already on the wane, but that assumption would have to be based on the insulting notion that the group's appeal is strictly limited to net-savvy hipsters. Not so! Every track on We Are the Pipettes gleams and sparkles with crisp string arrangements, groovy beats, slick harmonies and meticulously crafted melodies that appreciate with each listen, leaving tracks like "Pull Shapes," "ABC," and "One Night Stand" feeling like familiar

Published: 2007-10-01 Provider: Artist Direct

Britney Spears News Bonanza! Plus New Janet Jackson Album, “Guitar Hero III” Sued Over Mono Sound and More

Britney Spears news time! Where to begin? We’ll start here: a thirty-second clip of Britney Spears’ almost-didn’t-happen, paparazzi-criticizing new video for “Piece of Me” can be viewed here. Want to see more? Tune into 20/20 tonight at 10 PM on ABC to see more clips and a report about the singer. Her train is so wrecked, in fact, that American Idol doesn’t want anything to with her, as executive producer Nigel Lythgoe tells Us that the poptart won’t appear on AI because “I don’t think she is well enough to do anything.” She is well enough to do one thing: Party! After not appearing at a court deposition because she was “too ill,” Brit showed up at her Hollywood hotspots ’til 2 AM, prompting her ex Kevin Federline to ask the court to not allow Spears to argue for more custody of their children. Janet Jackson will release her new album Discipline, produced by Rodney Jenkins, the Dream, Ne-Yo and her boyfriend Jermaine Dupri, on February 26th. The first single from the album is “Feedback,” which you can find here. Twisted Sister are accused of not refunding $25,000 they were given for a troops-supporting benefit show that was canceled. When the lure of the hair-metal band only managed to sell eighty-seven tickets, the concert was scrapped, and now the band is not only reportedly keeping their upfront fee, they’re demanding the remainder of the $25,000 they’re owed for not performing. The Drive-By Truckers will release their eighth album Brighter Than Creation’s Dark on January 28th. They’ll support the nineteen-song LP with a twenty-nine-city tour that kicks off February 11th in Anaheim, California. In what could be the strangest lawsuit ever, a strange, strange audiophile named Samuel Livingstone filed a class action suit against Activision, the makers of Guitar Hero III for saying that the Nintendo Wii version of the game comes with “Dolb

Published: 2007-12-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Teri Hatcher Naked?

Only ET has the news from Teri Hatcher that she is going to be naked on the new season of "Desperate Housewives" -- and this time she may take her clothes off for a new guy! "It is ABC. I can't be completely naked," Teri jokes with ET's Mark Steines, who is talking to the actress about her upcoming charity event as a guest vocalist for The Band from TV, while getting the latest on "Desperate Housewives." "She is five years in the future and there are circumstances that have led her to have a more pulled-together personality," Teri continues. "There is a new guy on the show. He is great."

Published: 2008-07-24 Provider: Entertainment Tonight

Teri Hatcher's Racy Interview

Only ET has the news from Teri Hatcher that she is going to be naked on the new season of "Desperate Housewives" -- and this time she may take her clothes for a new guy! "It is ABC. I can't be completely naked," Teri jokes with ET's Mark Steines, who is talking to the actress about her upcoming charity event as a guest vocalist for The Band from TV, while getting the latest on "Desperate Housewives." "She is five years in the future and there are circumstances that have led her to have a more pulled-together personality," Teri continues. "There is a new guy on the show. He is great."

Published: 2008-07-24 Provider: Entertainment Tonight

Adam Levine: Good Morning America!

Adam Levine of Maroon 5 chats up the band’s new album, “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” on ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday at New York City’s Bryant Park. Kick off summer with performances by polished, pop-rock group Maroon 5: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Part 2 is a performance of “If [...]

Published: 2008-06-27 Provider: Just Jared Keywords: Aaam Levine

Drew Lachey is a Spamalot Spaz

Grammy nominee Drew Lachey of boy band 98 Degrees fame sings and dancers in his first performance as Patsy, King Arthur’s trusted manservant in the Broadway musical Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Shubert Theatre in New York City on Tuesday. Lachey, who was also the second season champion on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, was joined [...]

Published: 2008-06-25 Provider: Just Jared Keywords: Drew Lachey

Ashton Kutcher and Family Have a Blast with "Opportunity Knocks"

Actor/producer Ashton Kutcher has turned his new reality game show Opportunity Knocks into a way for his family -- wife, actress Demi Moore, 45, and daughters Rumer Glenn, 19, Scout LaRue, 17 on Sunday, and Tallulah Belle, 14 -- to grow closer. The 30-year-old admitted that when he started thinking about concepts for the series, which features host JD Roth showing up at a family's home and creating a game show on their front lawn, that he began "playing with that idea with my family and with my girls" asking questions like, "Who is Tallulah's favorite band?" or "What kind of perfume does my wife wear every day?"  We would play [guessing games] for two bucks at the dinner table with the girls and Demi and we all had a blast with it.Opportunity Knocks premieres on ABC on Tuesday, September 23rd at 8 p.m. Rumer, Scout and Tallulah's dad is actor Bruce Willis. Source: OK! Magazine; Photo by Kevin Winter for Getty Images.

Published: 2008-07-18 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: Celebrity Dads, Quotable quotes, Reality TV, Top News

Jonas Brothers Poised To Annoy, Baffle Adults [Millenials]

Since the Disney Teen Idol Factory's Miley Cyrus model has developed a "slutty photos" malfunction, the company is ramping up the marketing on its male prototypes, The Jonas Brothers. Like Cyrus, the band has sold millions of albums but you probably can't name a single one of their songs unless you spend a lot of time around 12 year-old girls. According to The New York Times, the trio features none of Cyrus's dangerous hints of a sex drive. On this particular May evening, the band members wore “purity” rings, reflecting their stated intentions to save themselves sexually for marriage. Parents, prepare to buy your daughter a silver ring to match her blonde Hannah Montana wig. Because there will be no escaping the brothers. The brothers — Kevin, 20, Joseph, 18, and Nick, 15 — are to be fully unleashed on the American public starting Tuesday night, when a preview of their new movie, “Camp Rock,” will be made available on Disney Channel on Demand, a limited-availability service offered to some Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Verizon customers. On Friday the movie will begin its run on the Disney Channel, with an audio simulcast on Radio Disney, followed by broadcasts on ABC on Saturday and the ABC Family channel on Sunday. While Camp Rock sounds like a perfectly innocent Critical Studies thesis on the life of Freddy Mercury, the Times warns that it is just the beginning of the Jonas Brothers onslaught. With a new video, 46-date North American tour and 3-D theatrical film release on the horizon, we advise you to make the most of your remaining hours of freedom. Go to the beach. Spend time with your significant other. Because once Camp Rock debuts, there's no escaping our new, adorable overlords. [Photo Credit: Wire Image] Summer Advisory: A Jonas Front Looms

Published: 2008-06-18 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Millenials, Camp Rock, Disney, Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers

Jackson Five 'could tour in 2008'

The Jackson Five are planning a reunion tour, with Michael set to take part, Jermaine Jackson says.

Published: 2007-11-26 Provider: BBC

Highlights

This morning, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform live from Rockefeller Plaza on "Today" (Channel 4 at 7).

Published: 2007-09-28 Provider: Washington Post