TLC Singer Had Brain Tumor- Tony Bennett Saw Lady Gaga Naked- Beyonce Accused of Plagiarism- Amy Winehouse Book- Drake Album Delayed- more
(FMQB) TLC singer T-Boz has been very public about her battle with sickle cell anemia, and now she revealed in a CNN interview that she had a brain tumor removed. "I started having headaches. They were so frequent; something was wrong," T-Boz told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta more
(Jam!) Tony Bennett was left aghast after walking in on Lady Gaga's naked photo shoot during the recording of their duet of The Lady Is A Tramp for Bennett's new Duets II album. more
(BBC) Mitch Winehouse is to publish a memoir about his daughter Amy, with the proceeds going to the charity set up in the singer's name. more
(Jam!) Beyonce is facing fresh allegations she plagiarized a Belgian choreographer's dance moves in her new music video Countdown. The superstar premiered the song in America on Thursday and has been accused of copying a routine more
(FMQB) Drake has informed fans that his sophomore album, Take Care, has been pushed back from October 24 to November 15, due to a delay in clearing samples. more
Adele is adamant the throat issues which prompted her to cancel her U.S. tour were caused by her talkative nature, and not her smoking habit. more
(BBC) Rihanna scores the sixth UK chart-topping single of her career with We Found Love. more
(BBC) Ugly Betty star America Ferrera is to make her London stage debut in the long-running musical Chicago, it has been announced. more
Singled Out: Candice Night's Call it Love
Blackmore's Night's Candice Night is releasing her new solo album "Reflections" today and to celebrate we asked her to tell us a little bit about the first single "Call it Love". Here is the story:
Although I released Call It Love from my cd Reflections as my 1st radio single, it was a song that I had written and recorded years before in a completely different style than what wound up on the cd. Originally, when I first sat down with a producer to breathe life into it from the skeletal way that I write, (just piano and voice), his approach was in a very different vein than I heard it in my head. It wound up turning out more basic, even slightly jazzy, and my original vision of the song was worlds away from the direction that the producer brought it to.
So when I decided to compile some songs for my 1st solo cd release, Call It Love was one of the ones I really wanted to try to approach again with the hopes of recreating it in the way that I had heard it in my head from the start. It was important for me to be able to add this song on the cd because it was so true to so many situations I had been through or seen through friends and family, lyrically. Just a simple storyline of true love, yet as we go through relationships, even if they feel so right often we are scarred by what we have been through before, or don't want to put a scary big word like "love" to define our feelings because it is the admission of something so much deeper, and that makes us vulnerable. So we call these feelings anything else to escape the gravity of the scary love situation, which makes it so much easier to run away, if we need to , and escape is an easy way out. Serious emotions can be frightening and confining. We call it luck or "fate that our paths have crossed", or "its a dream to be with someone like ..." and finally when we are ready we take that scary leap and actually use the "L" word. Love. Then somehow it all fits into place.
With my BN producer, we worked out the instrumentation that I originally heard in my head, added a few parts in the arrangement, some Beatle-esque background harmonies to the bridge and finally it took shape to be the song I always knew it could be.
Now that you know the story behind the song, learn more about the album right here!
Terrell Owens Rushed To The Hospital
(TMZ) NFL star Terrell Owens was hospitalized in L.A. last week -- after someone called 911 to report a medical emergency at an apartment where the football player had been staying ... TMZ has learned.
An ambulance was sent to the apartment at 11:02 PM Thursday night -- and police arrived soon after.
Officials are not disclosing the nature of the emergency -- or explaining why cops were called to the scene.
We're told T.O. had already been rushed away by ambulance by the time cops arrived to the apartment, so they followed up with the football star at the hospital.
He has since been released from the hospital. more
TMZ followed up with this: Emergency officials were responding to a call about a possible prescription pill overdose when they were dispatched to the L.A. apartment where Terrell Owens was staying last week ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ. more on this story
M83's New Album Streaming Online
Urban Outfitters is streaming M83's new double album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming on their website ahead of next week's release and the store will carry an exclusive colored vinyl format of the release.
On Saturday October 15, Urban Outfitters will play the full album in each of their 165 stores across the country starting at 3pm local time. To stream Hurry Up, We're Dreaming through Urban Outfitters go here
M83 is excited to announce that Active Child will support the band throughout the fall US tour dates which start in Washington D.C on October 28th. more on this story
American Idol's Randy Jackson Gets New Vh1 Series
American Idol's Randy Jackson has landed a new series for Vh1 which the network bills as Jackson schooling "celebrities about what life is in the real world for those who didn't get their big breaks in "Aptitude Test" (working title). The one-hour series will premiere in 2012."
Here are the details they sent out: "Aptitude Test" is a show from Randy Jackson and Shed Media where each week a high profile celebrity gets a chance to see what might have happened if they never had their big break in the entertainment business. After retaking their high school career aptitude test to determine their "rightful calling," the celebrity will then don a disguise and undergo on-the-job training before revealing their true identity to their boss and co-workers. The show will mix both humor and heart in this fish-out-of-water experience.
"We immediately loved this idea from Randy Jackson as it hits all the right notes for us – celebrities, real-life experiences and good storytelling," said Jeff Olde, EVP Original Programming and Production. "We get to dive in with a celebrity and learn what their 'day job' might have been had the star thing not worked out. But the heart and humor of the show is following the celebrities on that real life journey as they train in a new craft and ultimately get to reveal their true identities to the people training them." more on this story
David Crosby and Graham Nash Go HD
David Crosby and Graham Nash's new record label Blue Castle are today releasing the HD DVD Crosby-Nash: In Concert, capturing a full concert filmed in high-definition at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, CT on May 22 during the U.S. portion of the duo's 2011 tour.
Crosby-Nash: In Concert features stirring versions of career-spanning classics including "Guinevere," "Marrakesh Express," "Deja vu," "Wooden Ships," "Our House," "They Want It All," "Just A Song Before I Go," "Almost Cut My Hair," and "Don't Dig Here." HDNet (hd.net) broadcast the concert live last spring, and will air highlights from the DVD on Sunday, October 16 (10PM/EDT, 7PM/PDT).
Crosby-Nash: In Concert's bonus content features previously unreleased bonus videos of Crosby & Nash songs, including "Immigration Man," and an intense live version of "Don't Dig Here." more on this story
NOW That's What I Call Music Announces 40th Release
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 40 will be released November 8th in single-disc and deluxe 2CD packages. Both configurations will also be available for download purchase from all major digital service providers.
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 40 features 16 current major chart hits from today's hottest artists, including Britney Spears, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Foster The People, David Guetta featuring Usher, and more, plus four up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks.
The Deluxe Edition adds a bonus disc with 16 more smash hits showcasing many of the top artists featured in the NOW series to date, including Katy Perry, The Black Eyed Peas, P!nk, Lady Gaga, and more. more on this story
Kelsey Grammer Wants To Gag Camille
(TMZ) We've learned Kelsey Grammer is going into court this week ... asking a judge to impose a gag order on ex-wife Camille after her encounter with TMZ last week.
Our camera guy ran into Camille and her son last Tuesday -- and asked Camille which activities she enjoys doing with her kids. Camille instructed her son to answer the question and he replied, "Play."
Sources tell us Kelsey wasn't happy with the situation -- and wants the family judge to prohibit Camille from exposing their kids to media cameras in the future.
Sources connected with "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" tell us ... Camille is indignant because just days later Kelsey paraded both of their children in front of a bank of cameras at Boa, a place ALWAYS buzzing with paparazzi. more on this story
Dolly Parton Talks Sacrifice
Dolly Parton talks about "Sacrifice," the second single from her latest album Better Day.
The new single release coincides with a second leg of U.S. tour dates, which kicked off this past Friday, October 7 and wraps October 18 in Florida.
Of the new song, Dolly says, "'The Sacrifice' is another song that is just so, totally, me. I think it's so totally everybody that has a dream and desire to be successful, and in order to be successful we have to give up things that we'd rather not. But if we're not willing to make that sacrifice usually we don't see those dreams come true." more on this story
Magma's Christian Vander Releasing John Coltrane Tribute Album
(Glass Onyon) Magma's Christian Vander will be releasing a tribute to jazz innovator John Coltrane on October 15, 2011 - l'homme suprême .
Christian Vander explains, "On July 17, 1967, time stopped. The great saxophone player John Coltrane left us. I was lucky enough to discover, at a very young age, an exceptional musician. The beauty, the spirituality, the strength, the softness, as well as the fragility of notes. The expression of that sound which spoke to me like a voice. From that moment on, he became my daily bread. Indispensable. No one can ignore the immensity of his visionary works. It still resonates in all of today's musical productions, and certainly in those of tomorrow.
"In 1997, I had a dream, a record, dedicated to John Coltrane. A child painted the sun on a white cardboard, and below that sun, he wrote a title in blue... John Coltrane l'homme suprême."
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