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Alicia Keys Weds Producer Beau

Singer and Swizz Beatz are expecting their first child

(Newser) - So that's where the celebrities were—Alicia Keys married rap producer Swizz Beatz yesterday in a small ceremony attended by, among others, Bono and Queen Latifah, reports the Daily Mail . Though overshadowed by Chelsea Clinton's blowout in New York's Hudson Valley, the exchange of vows on the French island of...

Tea Party Bard Sheds Secret Identity

Jon David's real name revealed as Jonathan Kahn

(Newser) - Tea Partiers know him as Jon David, the guy with the guitar whose song “American Heart” has become an anthem for the movement. “I got American parts / Got American faith / In America's heart,” he croons at rallies around the country, semi-disguised by hat and sunglasses....

Bret Michaels Leaves Hospital
 Bret Michaels Leaves Hospital 
May 4, 2010 2:50 PM CDT

Bret Michaels Leaves Hospital

Doctor expects '100% recovery'

(Newser) - Good news for Bret Michaels fans: The singer has left the hospital less than 2 weeks after suffering a brain hemorrhage and is expected to make a full recovery. Michaels' doctor says he is "still very sick" and continues to receive treatment at an undisclosed location, reports People . But...

Bieber Concert Canceled After Fans Faint

Mob rushes stage amid 'Bieber Fever'

(Newser) - Australian authorities have canceled a concert by 16-year-old Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber after screaming fans mobbed the performance site, causing injuries and several teens to faint and hyperventilate. Bieber was to sing 3 songs at a Sydney Harbor venue for a TV broadcast today. But the gig was nixed when...

Rocker Alex Chilton Dead at 59
 Rocker Alex Chilton Dead at 59 
OBITUARY
Mar 17, 2010 9:16 PM CDT

Rocker Alex Chilton Dead at 59

Heart attack likely fells singer of Box Tops, Big Star

(Newser) - Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist known for his vocals on the Box Tops’ 1967 hit The Letter and a cult favorite to many of the past two decades' musicians, died today at 59. A heart attack is believed to the culprit, the Commercial Appeal of Chilton’s native Memphis...

Feminism&rsquo;s New Hero: Lady Gaga

 Feminism’s 
 New Hero: 
 Lady Gaga 
opinion
Feb 24, 2010 6:18 PM CST

Feminism’s New Hero: Lady Gaga

She's half-nude, but she's not trying to be sexy

(Newser) - Say what you will about Lady Gaga's music and barely-there costumes, the woman is well on her way to becoming a "feminist icon and a gender revolutionary," writes Chloe Angyal. Yes, she prances around nearly naked like Britney Spears and company, but with one key difference: She's not...

Taylor Swift's Label Fires Back at Haters

 Taylor Swift's 
 Label Fires Back 
 at Haters 
grammy night fallout
Feb 4, 2010 2:14 PM CST

Taylor Swift's Label Fires Back at Haters

'She's not the best technical singer,' says chief, but she's 'emotional'

(Newser) - Get off Taylor Swift’s back about that "strikingly bad" Grammy performance with Stevie Nicks, pleads/threatens the head of her label, Big Machine Records. “Maybe she's not the best technical singer,” Scott Borchetta tells the Tennessean , “but she's probably the best emotional singer.” And that's...

Susan Boyle 'Shocked' by Home Invader

Scottish singer unharmed; police nab man for questioning

(Newser) - Singer Susan Boyle is “unharmed” but still “shocked” after a late-night run-in with a mysterious man who had infiltrated her home. The Scottish chanteuse and reality star was coming home around 10pm after recording a Haiti charity single. “Susan returned home with a friend and found an...

Van Morrison Not Father of Love Child
 Van Morrison 
 Not Father of 
 Love Child 
RUMORS ON THE INTERNETS
Dec 31, 2009 1:12 PM CST

Van Morrison Not Father of Love Child

Hackers made up tale of baby with manager, singer says

(Newser) - Contrary to the tale spun by hackers who posted it on his official website, Van Morrison is not the father of a baby boy with “American manager” “Gigi Lee” who is the “spitting image of his daddy.” That is “utterly without foundation,” the Irish...

Winehouse Charged in New Assault
 Winehouse 
 Charged in 
 New Assault 



NO, NO, NO
Dec 23, 2009 12:21 PM CST

Winehouse Charged in New Assault

This time, singer roughs up employee at Cinderella performance

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse made quite a scene at the theater this past weekend and has been charged with assault as a result. \Winehouse attended a stage production of Cinderella, which was fine until police say she started shouting things like “He's f---ing behind you” and “F--- Cinders, Prince Charming,...

Steven Tyler Enters Rehab
 Steven Tyler Enters Rehab 
Dec 23, 2009 3:44 AM CST

Steven Tyler Enters Rehab

Aerosmith frontman says he's not leaving band

(Newser) - Rocker Steven Tyler has entered a rehab facility to deal with an addiction to prescription painkillers. The Aerosmith singer denied rumors he was leaving the band and said he was looking forward to getting back on the stage as soon as possible, People reports. Tyler, 61, suffers chronic pain from...

Miley Cyrus: I'm Quitting Pop Music

 Miley Cyrus: 
 I'm Quitting 
 Pop Music 
devastating news
Dec 10, 2009 10:49 AM CST

Miley Cyrus: I'm Quitting Pop Music

Singer, tween sensation wants to move on to 'something edgier'

(Newser) - The tattoo was only the beginning: Miley Cyrus is ready to shed her pop ways and do "something edgier." The 17-year-old told a British TV show the pop album she's currently working on is "my last for a little while." Up next? A break, during which...

Billy Joel: Daughter on the Mend After OD

Alexa Ray Joel took a homeopathic drug, source says

(Newser) - Alexa Ray Joel is out of the hospital and "is going to be fine," her father, Billy Joel, said last night. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter, reportedly distraught over a recent breakup, was treated at a New York hospital after overdosing on a substance a source identifies as a homeopathic...

Boyle's I Dreamed Great for Fans, But...
 Boyle's I Dreamed 
 Great for Fans, But... 
music REVIEW
Nov 23, 2009 1:04 PM CST

Boyle's I Dreamed Great for Fans, But...

Her voice is serviceable, some gripe, but why are we listening?

(Newser) - Critics agree that for what it is, Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream ain't half bad. Fans will love it, and the rest of the world may respond with the same odd mixture of feelings that accompanied her television debut. Some takes:
  • "Boyle's record is no joke," Linnie
...

Mariah's Latest Diva Demands
 Mariah's Latest Diva Demands 
20 WHITE KITTENS
Nov 20, 2009 11:04 AM CST

Mariah's Latest Diva Demands

Carey's latest appearance marked by more ridiculous requests

(Newser) - Famous for her diva behavior, Mariah Carey kept thousands of London fans waiting for nearly an hour before she finally arrived at a holiday lighting ceremony. The Daily Mail runs down her demands for the appearance, all but one of which she got:
  • One hundred white doves and 20 white
...

Pre-Lady Gaga Wowed NYU
 Pre-Lady Gaga Wowed NYU 
Nov 20, 2009 2:40 AM CST

Pre-Lady Gaga Wowed NYU

She used to be Stefani Germanotta, student

(Newser) - Before she was an over-the-top star dogged by rumors that she's intersex, Lady Gaga was babelicious Stefani Germanotta, a New York University student with a killer voice who wowed her classmates at a 2005 talent show. Gaga strutted her new stuff for fictional students of her near-alma-mater (she never graduated...

Arab Singer's 'Monkey' Lyric Enrages Nubians

Black Egyptians demand song be banned

(Newser) - Egypt's 2 million-strong black community has been outraged by a Lebanese pop song that refers to them as monkeys. The song by Haifa Wehbe, one of the Arab's world's biggest stars, includes a child singing: "Where is my teddy bear and the Nubian monkey?" Nubian lawyers have filed an...

Boyle to Sing on Dancing With the Stars

Scottish sensation flying to LA next week

(Newser) - Susan Boyle will make an appearance on Dancing With the Stars, but as a singer not a dancer. It's not clear which episode she'll be on, but the 48-year-old Scottish singer will fly to LA next week to tape it. "She loves America," her brother tells People , adding...

Singer Wouldn't Have Wanted Coyotes Killed: Mom

Taylor Mitchell was huge nature lover

(Newser) - Taylor Mitchell, the 19-year-old Canadian singer killed by coyotes on a hike Tuesday, was such a nature lover that she would have wanted to spare the coyotes, her mom says. “When the decision had been made to kill the pack of coyotes, I clearly heard Taylor's voice say, 'Please...

Jacko Tape: Hitler Was a Great Showman

Singer told rabbi friend that he could have helped turn Hitler away from evil

(Newser) - Michael Jackson knew the power to move crowds when he saw it. "Hitler was a genius orator," the star told his rabbi buddy Shmuley Boteach in the course of many hours of taped conversations obtained by the Sun. "To make that many people turn and change and...

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