In the world of celebrity news, there’s no shortage of hits and misses. This week, Channing Tatum gets People Magazine‘s top honour and the media gets a little too serious on the Justin Bieber/Selena Gomez split.
HIT: Channing Tatum named People‘s “Sexiest Man of 2012″
I’m not going to lie, this is more of a half-hearted hit. I, like the rest of the internet, believed that the honour would finally go to Ryan Gosling. Seriously, the People’s Sexiest Man Alive award is like the Oscars for him: his name gets thrown around a lot but he never gets the prize. On the other hand, Tatum had a fantastic year. Between 21 Jump Street, Magic Mike (!!), and the three other movies he put out this year, Tatum really got the chance to show off his butt his acting skills.
MISS: Media analysis of the Justin Bieber/Selena Gomez split
I can’t help but shake my head whenever I see another entertainment show talk about the Bieber/Gomez break-up. Every entertainment host I’ve seen has used the kind of sad, serious tone that should only be reserved for disasters when they analysis “what went wrong.” Bieber and Gomez are 18- and 20-years-old respectively. Dear entertainment tools, what do you think happened? Breaking up with someone is hard, but to do it under such scrutiny is unimaginable. Just let them be!
HIT: iCarly fans to finally meet Carly’s dad
I don’t even watch the show, but from what I’ve heard, Carly’s dad is a colonel in the army and hasn’t been in a single episode of iCarly until now. I don’t want to spoil the plot for anyone so I’ll just leave that revelation at that (EW will spoil it though). I do suspect that this will be one tearjerker of an episode because it’s probably one of the sweetest storylines I’ve ever read. Prepare thy tissue boxes!
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Joe and Nick Jonas
This is probably one of the most exciting moments that a JoBros fan could witness. Joe Jonas tweeted this magically pic of him and his brother Nick in the studio making new music. If you haven’t already heard, they’ll all be teaming up for a reunion show at Radio City Music Hall October 11. The show practically sold out in minutes, but you know — a new album brings along a new tour.
Timbaland
Looks like Missy Elliott is back in the music scene, with not one, but two songs this weekend. It’s hard to believe her song “Work It” that I was completely obsessed with, was released in 2002. Let’s see if she still has what it takes.
Rita Ora
Rita Ora performed at G-A-Y in London Saturday night, and it looks like her famous friend Harry Styles joined in on the fun. The picture was taken backstage, which later followed by a food fight. Oh the life of a rockstar..
After month of hinting, Drake has finally dropped his duet the late R&B singer Aaliyah. Titled “Enough Said,” the four minute track bills Drake as a featured artist and includes previously unreleased Aaliyah vocal tracks. The song is reportedly being included on a post-humous Aaliyah album.
The R&B singer died in a plane crash in the Bahamas back in 2001 at the age of 22.
Produced by Drake’s longtime collaborator Noah “40” Shebib, the song has been met with some controversy since its release.
It’s been widely speculated that Drake will be producing the Aaliyah album without help from some vital Aaliyah supporters. Last week, Producer Timbaland said that anything involving Aaliyah should not be produced with his or rapper Missy Elliot’s input. Both he and Missy worked closely with Aaliyah before her untimely passing.
According to MissInfo, that may have changed. Their sources say Timbaland will be producing two tracks. As of now, there is not word of Missy’s involvement just yet.
Another big controversy is the claim that Drake included a little dig at Chris Brown. Drake raps:
Running through the city with n****s I’d give a kidney,
Selling under 150 you n****s got to be kidding,
Is this even still a discussion?
Don’t you ever wake up disgusted?
The Toronto-based rapper may be referring to the measly 135,000 copies Chris Brown’s album “Fortune” sold in its first week. In comparison, Drake’s “Take Care” moved 600,000 copies.
If it really is a dig at Brown, an Aaliyah tribute song may not have been the best place to do it on. He should’ve got 40 to produce another song for that.
LISTEN TO “ENOUGH SAID” BELOW:
Justin Bieber revealed that he’ll be doing a songwriting collaboration with Taylor Swift for his third album Believe and that it might have a country twang. Bieber announced the collaboration on the U.K.’s Capital FM Radio and hinted that the album will feature a range of styles: ”It doesn’t stay in a box,” he explained. “Everything is so different and that’s why I’m so happy with this album.”
Swift is just one of many all-stars contributing to the album, which also includes Drake, Kanye West, Timbaland and Diplo. Justin also announced on Twitter that the album will include a duet with Usher. You’ll have to wait until the summer to hear it though.
Justin and Taylor have previously collaborated in the past, when Taylor was a special guest at his concert.
Watch it here:
Timbaland just dropped his new track featuring Dev called “Break Ya Back,” and it’s pretty slick, not to mention steamy.
The song is sexually charged as Dev says the boys are ”trying to find my hidden valley” while Timbaland responds: “I got your thighs rubbin’/From this bass I be pumpin.”
This is the second collaboration they’ve worked on together (the other was “Don’t Hurt It”) and it will appear on Timbaland’s upcoming album “Shock Value III,” which is his third solo project. What do you think of it?
Listen to it here:
Proof that money doesn’t buy you everything, it just buys you bigger problems. TMZ reports that a huge search effort was placed on Timbaland yesterday after his family believed he maybe suicidal.
Apparently a $2 Million piece of jewelry was stolen from the music producer. Timbaland called his brother in law yesterday to discuss the robbery which took place at his house, and was deeply upset as he believed it was orchestrated by someone close. His family believed he may be suicidal, and called the police.
A massive search effort was put in place to look for Timbaland’s Escalade, and he was eventually spotted and pulled over by police. Officers spoke with him and took him back home. After an examination by paramedics, it was concluded he is not a threat to himself or anybody else.
Timbaland has always been known for big-star collaborations, and his upcoming studio album Studio Value II is no exception. The roster features an abundance of guests, with the biggest surprise being Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.
According to chartattack.com, Kroeger, Drake, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Chris Daughtry, Brandy, The Fay and Keri Hilson make guest appearances on Timbaland’s radio platform-spanning follow-up to 2007′s Shock Value, which is out Nov. 23 through Universal Music.
Furtado guests on the album’s first single, “Morning After Dark,” which will be available to buy on iTunes beginning this coming Tuesday (Oct. 27). Furtado previously guested on Shock Value, as did Timberlake and Hilson.
Dr. Dre has carried his meticulous musical knowledge and expertise into the creation of The HP Envy 15 Beats limited-edition laptop, billboard.com reports.
Dre, alongside acclaimed producer Jimmy Iovine, helped unveil his latest project at Interscope’s Thom Thom club in California on Friday. Iovine noted that contributions were also made by production specialists like Pharrell, Kanye West, Timbaland and will.i.am.
Retailing at $2,299, the laptop will launch in the U.S. on October 22nd, and will be sold at major retailers and through HP direct. The purchase will also include a pair of “Beats by Dr. Dre” headphones, and mixing software from Native Instruments’ Traktor LE.
The laptop will introduce the pinnacle in sound technology, enabling consumers to listen to music at its best.
Timbaland might not be good enough for Jay-Z.
The hip hop star’s upcoming record was previously reported to be produced by Timbaland, but Jay-Z tells Rolling Stone magazine that plans are not set in stone.
“You know, I love Timbaland–he is like a brother to me–but until the music is done, it’s premature.”
On top of recording sessions with Timbaland, Jay-Z revealed he will also work with Kanye West–making the sessions a “musical competition” between the two superproducers.
“I’m a person that works off music. If Timbaland makes 10 great tracks then he produces the album. If Kanye West makes 10 great tracks, then he produces the album. If he makes three, I’ll take three. I let the music dictate the direction.”
Jay-Z was in Canada last weekend to play the first annual Pemberton Music Festival.
Dominating billboard charts and taking over radio play with his all-star pop collaborations just doesn’t seem to be enough for Timbaland.
The superstar producer has now decided to take over the mobile world and team up with Verizon Wireless to create a straight-to-mobile-phone album.
Timbaland will release one track at a time each month over the next year exclusively to V Cast subscribers, MTV News reports. The five-time Grammy nominee will do what he does best and call upon different artists to assist on each song. And he’ll do all this while touring the country on the Verizon Mobile Recording Studio Bus. Fans will be able to catch all the action on a Timbaland channel for V Cast members.
The songs will hit the Verizon airwaves for mass download just days after production in full-length form, ringtone and ringback versions.
But if you aren’t a V Cast subscriber, don’t worry; Verizon plans to release a compilation album at the end of the year.
Rap moguls JAY-Z and TIMBALAND are being sued by an Egyptian music firm, who claim the stars illegally copied a melody from a 1957 song.
Osama Admed Fahmy, who owns the copyright to the song Khosara, Khosara, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court, accusing Jay-Z of using the track’s melody in his 2000 single Big Pimpin’, which appeared on his 1999 album Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter.
This latest lawsuit follows an August (07) decision by a California judge to
dismiss another lawsuit by Ahab Joseph Nafal, who claimed Big Pimpin’ infringed the copyright of Khosara, Khorasa.
Lawyers for EMI Records argued the 50-year-old track was governed by the 1909 Copyright Act, AllHipHop.com reports. (ES/WNWCAH)
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Music producer TIMBALAND is on the verge of quitting the music industry, because he is bored of being the best and most innovative.
The hip hop star, who has never won a Grammy, is looking for a protege to pass on his rap empire to.
He says, “I don’t need to do anything for money. I’m just glad to have a job. But music is boring right now. I’m too innovative for the world. I’ve been doing it so long, I’m about to throw in the towel.
“I’m about to de-crown myself and pass it over to one of the up-and-coming producers under me. They won’t be able to be me – there’s only one Timbaland – but there’s a certain sound that I try to teach.”
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Hip-hop producer/rapper TIMBALAND is to host a campaign fundraiser for presidential hopeful HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON in Miami, Florida later this month.
The music mogul, who has produced for JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, NELLY FURTADO, MADONNA and SIR ELTON JOHN, is organizing a $1,000-a-head fundraiser, in which Clinton’s husband, former US President BILL CLINTON will also attend, the New York Post reports.
Hillary is competing alongside BARACK OBAMA for the US presidency in the 2008 elections.
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Pop star Justin Timberlake has confirmed that he’ll lend a hand writing and producing the new album by aging pop stars Duran Duran.
It’s a positive development for the band after they lost founding guitarist Andy Taylor, who left the group in October.
“We’ve got some good stuff happening here,” Duran Druan front-man Simon LeBon told the CBC of their collaboration with Timberlake. “We are in a very good space.”
Also working with the band on their new album is producer Timbaland.
“We’ve done three tracks with Timbaland,” said LeBon. “We’ve collaborated in a writing and production manner on one of those tracks with Justin Timberlake.”
No release date has been set for the record, which will be the band’s first studio LP since 2004′s “Astronaut.”
