Another track has leaked from John Mayer’s forthcoming album Battle Studies, prior to its Nov. 17 release date: “Half of My Heart,” a duet with country starlet Taylor Swift.
The “Love Story” singer is a big fan of the rocker but never dreamed she’d get to sing one of his songs.
“I was so excited when he Twitter-messaged me. He was like, ‘Hey, I just wrote this song this morning and I can only hear you singing on it with me. I was like, ‘Yes!’”
Check out another segment of Rihanna’s interview on Good Morning America this morning. This time, the singer describes the details of Chris Brown’s attack on her last February.
“There was no person when I looked at him,” the 21-year-old Rihanna recalled during the second installment of an interview witg Diane Sawyer. ‘‘He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank.”…on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
The heat is on Down Under. The Australian government is stepping into a lip-synching scandal erupting over portions of Britney Spears’ Perth concert tour. The Minister for Fair Trading is demanding a disclaimer, which states that part of the show is pre-recorded, be placed on all tickets sold to see Britney.
Britney performed to over 17,000 fans at the Perth Burswood Dome last night, but thousands of disgruntled fans — some having paid up to $1,500 per ticket — reportedly stormed out of the Australian debut of The Circus concert, infuriated by the pop singer’s “appalling” performance on stage. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
Sharon Osbourne has a nasty habit of calling it like she sees it — especially when what she sees isn’t that pretty. Osbourne sparked controversy this week after mocking singer Susan Boyle and her appearance on Sirius’ “The Opie & Anthony Show.”
“I like everybody to do well,” Sharon remarked. “Even somebody that looks like a slapped arse. God bless her. It’s like, ‘You go girl’. She does look like a hairy arsehole. She is a lovely lady. You just want to say ‘god bless’ and here’s a Gillette razor.”…on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, and Justin Timberlake will be voicing characters in a new Yogi Bear movie, Variety has learned.
JT is in talks to play the straight-talking bear, Boo Boo, in a new live-action and computer animated movie version of the animated classic The Yogi Bear Show.
Anna is in negotiations to play a documentary filmmaker who descends on Jellystone National Park in the film, while Dan is up for the role of Yogi.
Shooting is expected to start in New Zealand next month.
Beyonce is facing more backlash from Islamic groups. Just last month, Muslim leaders in Malaysia led protests against Beyonce’s sexy on-stage performance. The diva subsequently scrapped her concert in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Now conservative Muslims in Egypt fear Beyonce’s upcoming “Sasha Fierce” show will threaten the country’s “social peace and stability.”
The superstar is due to bring her I Am… World Tour to the mostly Muslim nation this evening, but strict Islamic groups have complained to the government, branding the show an “insolent sex party” that must be stopped.
“Why are you encouraging this insolent sex party? You are accused of disturbing social peace and stability, encouraging vice and debauchery,” a representative for opposition group Muslim Brotherhood wrote in a letter to authorities.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation isn’t happy about this week’s episode of South Park. GLAADis blasting the envelope-pushing comedy for its use of the word “fag” in a recent airing.
The episode — which aired on the long-running Comedy Central series on Wednesday — sees the characters use the anti-gay slur to refer to “annoying and inconsiderate” riders of Harley Davidson motorcycles. Homosexuals in the area take offense at first, but later join in with the “re-branding” of the word. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
The Jonas Brothers paid tribute to the King Of Pop Michael Jackson at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday. The pop trio revealed that ’60s-’70s sibling band The Jackson 5 were their first major musical influences just before they introduced a tribute piece to the late “Thriller” hitmaker, during which Jackson fans performed hits like “ABC,” “Bad,” and “Man in The Mirror” in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Newlyweds Lamar Odom, of the Los Angeles Lakers, and socialite Khloe Kardashian sat down for a knee-slapping chat on love, babies, and their quickie wedding with E!’s First Lady of Late Night, Chelsea Handler.
The couple was on to promote their Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ Wedding Special, airing this Sunday on E!.