Kanye West hit the stage in Gothenburg, Sweden where he was joined by a special guest. Prince surprisingly joined the rapper and they performed together.

Kanye told the crowd, “Everybody put your hands in the sky right now. Say hell yeah!”

It’s been a good couple of weeks for Kanye. His album with Jay-Z broke the U.S. iTunes Store’s one-week sales record when it sold nearly 290,000 downloads!

Does this mean we forgive Kanye for the Taylor Swift incident and he is now cool again?

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David Arquette was kicked out of a Prince concert recently, reports CTV.

The actor reportedly got into an altercation with security at one of Prince’s ‘Welcome 2 America’ shows at Los Angeles Forum.

Apparently, there is a no photography rule at the concert, but Prince announced they could take pictures for the next few songs. While David didn’t take out his phone, a young fan next to him did, and when security came to confiscate the item, Arquette stood up for him. And that lead to him being thrown out.

David said: “Prince was like, ‘Alright, I’m about to play my hits, so get out your phones’. I didn’t take anymore pictures but the kid next to me was taking pictures and I still had my phone in my hand.”

“Security came to take this kid away and they said, ‘You gotta get rid of all those pictures on your phone.’ I said, ‘Prince just said we could take the pictures.’ And so I got kicked out of the Prince show.”

I mean, this is silly. Security at these concerts can be really ridiculous sometimes. I don’t think this was worth being thrown out for, but hey, at least he didn’t get kicked off the stage for not dancing like Kim Kardashian.

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Jaden and Willow Smith, the superstar children of Will and Jada Pinket Smith, are reportedly mentoring Michael Jackson’s kids Prince, Paris and Blanket.

Jaden, who has appeared in several films including ‘The Karate Kid’ remake, and Willow, best known for her hit single ‘Whip my Hair,’ were seen on a movie set in L.A. yesterday with Jackson’s children.

The whole meeting was allegedly set up by Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother, to help nudge her grandchildren in a positive direction.

Sources close to Katherine say she believes the Smith children are prime examples of young success in Hollywood. They are both extremely talented and down-to-earth, and thinks the three children could learn a lot from them.

I’ll give her that – they do seem to have a very good head on their shoulders. And extremely cool to hang out with.

Katherine wants Michael’s kids to enjoy their childhood and is actively encouraging them to become involved in all kinds of activities, including acting or singing.

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As we reported a few months back, Michael Jackson’s children were struggling with the loss of their father and had no one but their family to help them cope with the rough times.

Katherine Jackson said that although the kids were essentially friendless, that would change once they enrolled in a private school in September.  Well, fast-forward to today and TMZ reports that Prince and Paris are ready to take the leap.

The two eldest of MJ’s kids (Prince, 13, and Paris, 12) began attending the prestigious Buckley School on Wednesday.  Unlike his two siblings, 8-year-old Blanket will remain at home and receive private lessons, as Katherine feels that he’s still too young to be going to school.

A source tells TMZ that Prince wanted to go to the private school for “a social experience.”

Despite two risqué alum—Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian—hopefully this will be a positive experience for two of the late pop king’s kids.

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As if to brace themselves for the emotional first anniversary of their father’s death, Michael Jackson’s children, Prince, Paris, and Blanket, escaped with their grandmother Katherine to Maui, reports People.com.

Spending a day on the island playing in the water, the three kids tried to enjoy the time away.  Although her two brothers seemed to be making the best of it, Paris was seen to be having a noticeably difficult time.

A source close to the Jackson family says,”Early on, Paris didn’t think she could live without her father … she just didn’t know how she was going to function. But [Katherine] has been so supportive of her that Paris is much better.”

The source says, “You have to remember that everybody in that family was suffering from grief, so Michael’s kids never felt alone in it,” continuing, “That helped them to become stronger.”

The family is schedule to be in Gary, Indiana on Friday afternoon, where a monument honouring Michael Jackson will be unveiled outside of the home where the singer grew up.

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Nearly one year after his death, Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine has spoken out in an interview about her son and the well being of her grandchildren.

In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Katherine Jackson says that Michael’s three children, Paris, Prince and Blanket, are living very isolated lives.

“They don’t have any friends. They don’t go to school, they have private lessons at home – but that will change in September, when they are due to enrol at private college. But they have their cousins and aunts and uncles around them constantly, and that’s helped them immensely,” says Katherine.

“To them, it’s normal, it’s the life they have known. They have a certain time to go to bed, then they get up and get dressed for lessons. They practise karate and swim, which they love.”

Michael’s daughter Paris, 12, has turned her room into a shrine for her father, she is surrounded by pictures of her late Dad.

His sons Prince, 13, and Blanket, 8, speak regularly about wanting to make their father proud. Apparently all three children listen to Michael’s music regularly.

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Prince has been humiliated publicly by the Irish Courts. A judge decided to release information about a court battle that the pop singer lost, according to TMZ.

High Court Justice Peter Kelly announced that Prince owes almost $3 Million to concert promoters after he backed out of a 2008 show in Dublin.

The two parties apparently reached a settlement in February but Prince has yet to write a cheque.

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Prince is using an army of lawyers to attack several of the largest fan websites devoted to him.

The lawyers are seeking compensation for the sites’ use of Prince’s likeness, including lyrics, photographs, images, and album covers. They request “substantive details of the means by which [the fansites] propose to compensate our clients [Paisley Park Enterprises, NPG Records and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)] for damages…”

The owners of three fansites have banded together and formed PrinceFansUnited.com. According to the site, “It is our opinion that these threats are not made in an attempt to enforce valid copyright as Prince alleges in his threats, rather we believe they are attempts to stifle all critical commentary about Prince. We strongly believe that such actions are in violation of the freedom of speech and should not be allowed. Prince claims that fansites are not allowed to present any artwork with Prince’s likeness, to the extreme that he has demanded removal of fan’s own photographs of their Prince inspired tattoos and their vehicles displaying Prince inspired license plates.”

Alyssa Milano has previously also sued her own fans because of their websites.

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Prince’s “Purple Rain” has been voted Hollywood’s greatest soundtrack by the editors of Vanity Fair, beating out other classics like “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Trainspotting” and “Saturday Night Fever.”

The magazine revealed their top 10 soundtracks Wednesday, whittling the list down from 50.

“Purple Rain,” from the 1984 movie of the same name, was described by editors as “a sound that defined the ’80s,” combining “funk, R&B, pop, metal and even psychedelia.”

They also called the film “perhaps the best badly acted film ever.” Prince, at the height of his success in the 1980s, plays a talented young performer dealing with family issues and love.

The magazine’s selection of 50 soundtracks will be explored in a one-off publication titled “Movies Rock” in November, which will feature actor Bill Murray’s impression of Elvis Presley on the cover.

Issues will be sent to subscribers of the 14 titles published by Condé Nast, which also publishes Vanity Fair.

Here is Vanity Fair’s list of the top 10 greatest soundtracks:
1. Purple Rain
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. The Harder They Come
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Graduate
6. Superfly
7. Trainspotting
8. Saturday Night Fever
9. American Graffiti
10. The Big Chill

To accompany the special magazine issue, Condé Nast is hosting a “Movies Rock” concert on Dec. 2 at Los Angeles’s Kodak Theatre, where the Academy Awards also take place.

Artists such as Elton John, Carrie Underwood, John Legend and Beyoncé will perform famous music from the movies.

The concert will be broadcast as a two-hour television special on CBS on Dec. 7.

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Pop superstar PRINCE stunned fans at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland early on Tuesday morning (17Jul07) by making a last minute, late night concert appearance.

The singer/songwriter gave fans only a few hours to snap up tickets for the intimate show, during which he performed tracks from his new album Planet
Earth.

Lucky fans who were able to grab tickets for the sold out show were also treated to an acoustic version of classic track Little Red Corvette.
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Music industry bosses have slammed PRINCE’s plans to give away copies of his new album free in a U.K. newspaper, insisting the stunt “beggars belief.”

Bosses at Sony BMG U.K. have won an exemption from the terms of a new worldwide deal struck by the pop superstar and executives at the company’s mother label Columbia in the U.S. after learning Prince plans to release Planet Earth as a giveaway with Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper.

The Mail’s editors scored the coup after a series of meetings with Prince’s representatives. The 10-track album will now be released with editions of the newspaper later this month.

But Paul Quirk, co-chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association, can’t understand why Prince is shunning a traditional release.

He says, “The Artist formerly known as Prince should know that with behaviour like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores.

“It is an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career.

“It is yet another example of the damaging covermount culture which is destroying any perception of value around recorded music.”

The practice of “covermounts” – where newspapers attempt to lure readers with DVDs and CDs – is now used widely in the industry.

The Mail on Sunday’s recent CD giveaways include Peter Gabriel, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, UB40 and Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.

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PRINCE cancelled plans to appear in an episode of THE SIMPSONS, because creator Matt Groening wouldn’t agree to a script written by the pop star’s chauffeur.

The Purple Rain hitmaker was set to follow Michael Jackson, Sir Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones, who have all made guest appearance on the animated hit. But pulled out of the show at the very last minute.

Groening tells the New York Daily News, “Prince wanted to do the show, so we wrote him a script. It didn’t work out, because his chauffeur had written a script too, and Prince wanted to use that one.”

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PRINCE’s residency in Las Vegas is coming to a close – he’ll vacate the Rio hotel and casino at the end of the month.

The pop superstar, who has performed regularly at the Rio’s Club 3121 and hosted talent nights since last November, will make way for Latin America hotspot Coco Bongo’s carnival-style club vibe.

Coco Bongo is a big hit in Cancun, Mexico, and has been dubbed “a cross between Cirque du Soleil and (New York nightclub) Studio 54.”

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British royals PRINCE WILLIAM and PRINCE HARRY could receive at least 10 million pounds (US$19.6 million) in compensation for their mother DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES’ tragic death.

Last month’s report into the car crash that killed the Princess, her lover DODI AL FAYED and their chauffeur HENRI PAUL has fuelled the possibility of civil compensation actions being taken to the French courts, where there is no upper limit for financial awards.

The bereaved family of Paul has reportedly spoken to lawyers about launching a civil compensation action to clear his name, and the Princes could be eligible for compensation for their mother’s untimely death.

STEPHANE COTTIN, chief registrar at France’s Constitutional Council, confirms, “Under article 1382 of France’s civil code, it is up to the judge to decide the level of compensation and there is no maximum limit.”

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Funk superstar Prince is confirmed to perform at the Super Bowl this February, during the halftime show.

The announcement was made on CBS’ “NFL Today,” reports Reuters.

Only three days ago, Prince received five Grammy Awards nominations.

His performance comes after the Rolling Stones held the halftime slot for the big game earlier this year, and three years after Janet Jackson set off a continuing saga of useless bickering with her infamous “wardrobe malfunction.”

Here’s hoping for no problems with Prince’s outfit…

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Prince wants people to party like it’s 1999 in Las Vegas nightclub 3121, which he plans to open next weekend in Las Vegas.

Dotmusic reports that the “Purple Rain” singer will relaunch the Rio hotel as a music venue that will play host to shows performed by him as well as acts signed to his record label, NPG.

3121 is the club located within the Rio and its website www.3121.com is currently urging visitors to buy their tickets to the event now. “Prince per4ming live at the all new Las Vegas 3121″ says a headline. “3121 has landed! Prince & The NPG have taken over and Vegas will never b the same!,” the site reads. “An amazing night of music in the only place on the planet where u can xperience it first hand, in an intimate venue now known 4 all time as 3121 LAS VEGAS.”

The site also features images of artists signed to NPG. Billboard reports that the promoters of Prince’s 2004 Musicology tour is also involved in 3121′s new direction.

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Prince reportedly offered money to girls dancing at the Hollywood club Xenii to stop dancing, reports The Sun.

He told the scantily clad dancers he would pay them twice as much as they make to stop dancing.

“What would your parents think if they could see you now? It’s wrong to dance like that. You’re too good for this. You shouldn’t be selling yourself so cheap,” Prince reportedly said.

“He seemed seized by religious fervour. He lectured the girls as soon as he saw them on the podiums,” said a witness.

Prince became a Jehovah’s Witness several years ago.

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After nearly five years of marriage, Prince and Toronto-native Manuela Testolini are divorcing.

According to People magazine, Prince’s lawyer, Alan Eidsness, said a sealed divorce action was filed on May 24 in a Minnesota court (the musician’s home state).

Prince (full name: Prince Rogers Nelson), 48, and the 29-year-old Testolini wed on New Year’s Eve 2001 in a Jehovah’s Witness ceremony in Hawaii. The couple met when Testolini worked at Prince’s charitable organization.

The singer’s first marriage was to Mayte Garcia, one of his back-up vocalists and dancers. Their marriage was brief and later annulled. Though they had one child together, the baby died shortly after birth. Prince and Testolini had no children together.

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Prince and “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell have been voted “World’s Sexiest Vegetarians” in PETA’s annual online poll. According to the animal rights group, more than 40,000 people cast their votes on PETA’s website, GoVeg.com.

Prince, 47, is a strict vegan. He even lashed out against the wool industry in the liner notes of his 1999 album, “Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic.” As for Bell, her pets played a big role in the conversion to vegetarianism.

“I have always been an animal lover,” she told PETA. “I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with ? dogs and cats, for example ? from the animals on my plate.”

Runners-up in the poll included Natalie Portman, Joaquin Phoenix and Canada’s own J.D. Fortune.

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Prince is set to be the musical guest on the Feb. 4 episode of ?Saturday Night Live,? reports Billboard.

According to NBC, it will be the artist?s first appearance on the show since 1981.

The SNL stint will also be the artist?s first major promotional appearance in support of his new Universal album, ?3121,? due out March 21.

The Salma Hayek-directed video for the lead-off single, ?Te Amo Corazon,? premiered last month on VH1.

Steve Martin will host the show that night, making it his record-extending 14th time. The remake of ?The Pink Panther,? in which Martin stars as Inspector Clouseau, is due for release the week after his hosting gig.

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