Kevin Jonas, the eldest member of the teen heartthrobs the Jonas Brothers, may soon be able to shed his purity ring as Wednesday People magazine reported the 21-year-old pop star is now engaged. Danielle Deleasa, a 22-year-old former hairdresser who Jonas met two years ago in the Bahamas, quickly said yes to his proposal, but the two have not set a wedding date yet.
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Check out the video for Best I Ever Had by Drake and directed by Kanye West
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Check out the trailer for Hayden Panettiere new movie called I Love You Beth Cooper. In this Movie Hayden Panettiere has her first Nude Scene. Here is what Hayden had to say about being nude on camera.
“I was really naked,” says Hayden Panettiere when talking about one of her scenes on upcoming comedy film entitled “I Love You, Beth Cooper”. In the scene, the 18-year-old beauty is videotaped showing off her back when dropping her towel in a locker room as she tries to impress her geeky suitor, which is portrayed by Paul Rust. “I had these little sticky petals on my boobs, but that was about it,” Panettiere tells E! Online. “My dad calls me such an exhibitionist. He always says, ‘God, even when you were little, you were such an exhibitionist!’”
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OK! magazine has defended its use of a photograph of what the publication describes as Michael Jackson’s “final moments” on the cover of its tribute issue.
Editorial director Sarah Ivens said the image “captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story”.
But Michael’s fans have already launched an online petition against the cover, which it alleges is “a violation of the basic rights of human beings”.
The picture shows Jackson being given CPR in the back of an ambulance as he lies dead or dying.
It is accompanied by the caption ‘In Loving Memory’.
OK! is believed to have paid around $500,000 for the cover image, which Ivens said she hoped would “provoke readers”.
“It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life,” she added.
The online petition against the picture’s publication had received 207 signatures at the time of writing.
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Six days after his death, Michael Jackson is back at the top of the charts.
Jackson’s albums and other Jackson-related compilations now hold the top nine positions on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog chart, all posting remarkable jumps in sales in the days following the singer’s death, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracked sales through Sunday.
The King of Pop holds a record eight of the top 10 spots. His Number Ones greatest hits package leads the pack at No. 1, selling more than 108,000 copies, a staggering 2,340 percent sales increase.
The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller take the next two spots, selling more than 102,000 and 101,000 copies, respectively.
Nearly 30 years after its first release, his breakthrough Off the Wall album came in at No. 4. The Jackson 5’s Ultimate Collection is next at No. 5. Also on the list were his Bad, Dangerous and HIStory — Volume 1 albums and his 2004 box set, The Ultimate Collection, which landed at No. 9.
The only non-Jackson album that was on the Billboard’s top 10 list was a reissue of the Woodstock movie. It came in at No. 10.
Jackson’s solo albums sold more than 415,000 copies this past week, according to Nielsen. The week before his death, the same titles sold only 10,000 copies. The one-week total is also nearly 40 percent more than what his catalog had sold in all of 2009.
The late singer also broke the record for digital downloads, as 58 percent of his solo albums were attained this way. He is the first artist to hold six of the top 10 slots on the Digital Albums chart, including the top four spots. He also holds a staggering 25 songs on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart, shattering a record set by David Cook last year.
Each of the tracks in the top 10 of Hot Digital Songs were among the top 10 most-played Jackson selections at radio following his passing, according to research provided by Nielsen BDS of monitored airplay from more than 1,600 radio stations and cable music channels.
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Kevin Skinner wows the judges of America’s Got Talent the same way Susan Boyle did in Britain’s Got Talent
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Grace Rwaramba has released a statement addressing all the rumours about Michael Jackson.
“Michael Jackson was an exceptional Human Being. He was gifted, deeply compassionate and brought joy to the lives of so many. He loved his family dearly, and above all, his beautiful children.
In addition to being my employer over the past 17 years and entrusting the care of his beloved children to me, he was my dear friend. While our friendship had challenges, as do all friendships, he was loyal to the end. I cherish and honor his memory.
I am shocked, hurt and deeply saddened by recent statements the press has attributed to me, in particular, the outrageous and patently false claim that I “routinely pumped his stomach after he had ingested a dangerous combination of drugs”. I don’t even know how to pump a stomach!! In addition, I have never spoken to the Times Online, the original source of the story that has now been picked up worldwide. The statements attributed to me confirm the worst in human tendencies to sensationalize tragedy and smear reputations for profit.
I convey my heartfelt and deepest condolences to Prince, Paris, Blanket and the entire Jackson family. The pain and sorrow I feel over the loss of Michael pales in comparison to what has been taken from them forever.”
- Grace Rwaramba
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Debbie Rowe’s lawyer is responding to reports claiming that she is not the biological mother of Michael Jackson’s two oldest children.
“We refuse to be drawn into addressing the various rumors and speculation swirling in the media. The vast majority of what is out there is untrue,” Rowe’s lawyer, Marta Almli, said in a statement released to Access Hollywood. “Particularly hurtful and insidious is the most recent rumor — which is entirely false — concerning the maternity of the children,” the statement continued. “Ms. Rowe is the biological mother of the two oldest children.”
On Tuesday, TMZ.com claimed that Rowe is not biological mother of Jackson’s eldest children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11. TMZ claims multiple sources have said that all three Jackson children, “were conceived in vitro — outside the womb,” using a sperm donor and that Rowe’s eggs were not used. The Web site claims she was used as a surrogate and paid well for carrying the children.
Additionally, US Weekly reported on Tuesday that multiple sources claim Jackson’s dermatologist (and Rowe’s former boss), Dr. Arnold Klein, is the biological father to the singer’s eldest children — Prince Michael and Paris.
“He is the dad,” a source close to Jackson told the magazine. “He and Debbie signed an agreement saying they would never reveal the truth.” But on Tuesday, a rep for Dr. Arnold Klein issued a statement to Access Hollywood on behalf of the dermatologist, after his name surfaced in several reports regarding Michael Jackson’s medical treatment and the paternity of his children.
“Dr. Klein is aware of media reports connecting him to Michael Jackson,” his rep, Richard L. Charnley said in a statement to Access. “Because of patient confidentiality Dr Klein will make no statement on any reports or allegations.
“Out of respect for his patients and adherence to federal HIPAA regulations, Dr. Klein asks that the media not contact his patients nor interfere with their medical treatments,” Charnley continued in the statement. “Like millions of Michael’s fans around the world, Dr. Klein is saddened by Michael’s death and extends his condolences to Michael’s family.”
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Vibe, one of the nation’s leading popular music magazines, is closing immediately, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Word was broken early this afternoon by the Web site dailyfinance.com and spread to other music and media news sites. The spokeswoman, Tracy Nguyen, said the Vibe staff would be formally notified in a meeting at 2 p.m. She said she did not know how many people would be laid off as a result of the closure.
The closure of Vibe leaves just one large-circulation music magazine, The Source, focusing on hip-hop and R&B. The Source has had its own troubles, going through a bankruptcy and emerging under new ownership last year. A rock-focused magazine, Blender, folded last year.
In a memo to staff members announcing the closure, Steve Aaron, chief of the Vibe Media Group, wrote that for months, the company tried in vain to either find new investors or “to restructure the huge debt on our small company.”
“The print advertising collapse hit Vibe hard, especially as key ad categories like automotive and fashion, which represented the bulk of our top 10 advertisers, have stopped advertising or gone out of business,” he wrote.
The musician Quincy Jones and the company then called Time Warner created Vibe in 1992. The Wicks Group, a private equity firm, bought it in 2006. Vibe reported circulation of 818,000 in the second half of last year, a healthy figure, but like many magazines it suffered from falling advertising. It announced in February that in July, it would cut its rate base — the circulation promised to advertisers — from 800,000 to 600,000
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