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Britney Spears Posts Hot New Bikini Photo: Just How Crazy Is She?

Keith Girard
Britney Spears’ body is together, even if her head isn’t on quite straight. The newly minted X-Factor judge posted a bikini photo of herself on Twitter and has looked as good since her “Oops!… I Did It Again” days back in the 1990s. So what gives with her mental condition? In a shocking decision earlier this week, Judge Reva Goetz decided after a hearing to continue a conservatorship she was placed under four and a half years ago. Since then, father Jamie Spears, has had complete control over the 30-year-old singer’s career, personal life and finances....
CELEBRITIES
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Miley Cyrus Shares Some Love With Mom Tish in Twitter Photo

Keith Girard
Miley Cyrus is hanging out with mom Leticia "Tish" Cyrus, while fiancé Liam Hemsworth is off on his latest film in Philadelphia. Miley is dressed in a hot little cropped top, while mom looks much more down to earth. "Photoshoot withhhh mommmmmyyyyy," Miley tweeted along with a photo of her in sky-high heels towering over her petite 45-year-old mom....
CELEBRITIES
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Chris Lighty's Death a Sign of Hip Hop's Fading Presence

Keith Girard
Chris Lighty was at the center of the hip-hop revolution and his shocking suicide is one more sign that the music genre is fading in importance among a key constituency… white suburban kids. Lighty, 44, was a key player early on as hip-hop and rap rose to prominence in the 1990s. At his height, he’d managed such artists as 50 Cent, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Soulja Boy, L.L. Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey and rapper Ja Rule....
HIP-HOP
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Rita Ora Locked, Loaded, Ready in GQ Mag (photos, video)

Keith Girard
Rita Ora wants to be the real deal and she’s got the goods to make it happen: Exotic looks, a shockingly good voice and the right attitude. The UK songstress is on the verge of breaking big in the United States and makes a stunning debut in GQ magazine. So far, she’s best known in the UK. Her self-titled debut album, ORA, will be released by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label in Great Britain Aug. 28. It will get a U.S. release date sometime after that, likely in the fall....
R & B
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B.o.B., Nicki Minaj Off on Tangent in Out of My Mind Video (watch)

Keith Girard
Rapper B.o.B. goes head-trip to head-trip with Nicki Minaj in the insane new video for B.o.B’s “Out of My Mind.” It’s hard to tell who’s crazier, B.o.B, who plays a mental patient, or Nicki who plays a doctor. That’s right, say it… Dr. Minaj. Nicki is known for her frenetic raps, and B.o.B, real name real Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., matches her rhyme for rhyme in rapid fire sequences that take place in an off-the-wall mental institution....
HIP-HOP

Sean Young Co-Hosts Michael J. Fox Foundation, Leukemia Society Gala

Keith Girard
Actress Sean Young, swimsuit model Julie Henderson and radio personality Gina Giordan co-hosted the first annual Michael J. Fox Foundation Team Fox and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Gala in East Hampton. The music of Billy Joel was celebrated. The event, presented by Ocean Productions, featured Dan “Danny V” Vechesky ’s 52nd Street Band, the world’s longest running Billy Joel tribute band....
LIVING
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Carly Rae Jepsen Hot Cute on Today Summer Stage (watch!)

Keith Girard
Carly Rae Jepsen sang the song of the summer “Call Me Maybe” on the “Today Show’s” Summer Stage this morning. She got the Rockefeller Plaza crowd on their feet and rocking to the catchy tune, which began as a YouTube viral sensation. Jepsen, 26, is a protege of fellow Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber, who also got his start as a YouTube phenom. “Call Me Maybe” is the first song by a Canadian artist to reach the top of the digital chart since Bieber’s “Baby” in January 2010. ...
POP
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Mariah Carey Pulls No Punches in Triumphant Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
Mariah Carey, the newly minted “American Idol” judge, has given up on her music career. She showed off her svelte post-baby body in a new video for her latest single “Triumphant.” It features heavyweight (literally) rapper Rick Ross. Mariah, 42, plays a front-row glamour girl sitting at money-man Rick Ross’s side and a stunning ring girl, who announces the rounds. Rapper Meek Mill plays a fighter and also raps on the track....
R & B
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Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney Have White Wedding Day (photos, video)

Keith Girard
Lady Gaga turned performance art into a dry-run for her wedding day with boyfriend Taylor Kinney standing in as the groom. The video, the fifth in her series of fashion films, is set to her song “You and I.” Move over Bride of Frankenstein. Gaga, 26, started out in bondage gear and ripped fish nets writhing on the floor and tossing her unwashed hair unrepentant. Then the scene cuts to Gaga in a white dress and back again to her leather straps, halter and ripped stockings. ...
POP
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Abraham Roentgen’s Royal Furniture at Met Museum (photos)

Keith Girard
Abraham Roentgen was known throughout Europe for fine cabinetmaking starting in the mid-1700s, when he established his shop in Germany. Today, Roentgen’s works are hailed as masterpieces, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art has gathered nearly 60 exquisite pieces, many of which have never been seen outside of Europe, for a special exhibition in New York....
MUSEUMS
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Green Day's 'Oh Love' Video an Ode to the Crotch (watch!)

Keith Girard
Green Day caves in to materialism in its first video from rock trilogy ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! It’s fill with hot babes, eating hot pasta. Or is this just a parody? You never know with Billie Joe Armstrong. Just call the video an ode to the crotch. The band, so long identified with hard rock and revolution for the hell of it, offers a taste of sartorial splendors in the clip for single “Oh Love.”...
ROCK
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Lady Gaga Dishes Up Raw Meat for Animal Rights Activists

Keith Girard
Lady Gaga is the new poster girl for anti-fur activists. Move over Kim Kardashian. The 26-year-old singer, who professes to be a humanitarian, apparently draws the line at skinning animals alive. Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta,, scolded animal rights activists, calling them "childish" and even gave a shout out to Kardashian....
CELEBRITIES
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Nicki Minaj Battles Vocal Cord Injury to Appear on Today (watch!)

Keith Girard
Nicki Minaj talked about her alter-egos, Barbie and Roman, on NBC’s the “Today Show” this morning, but it was all Nicki on stage. She belted out “Starships” and what she described as a “grittier” song. Minaj also revealed that she is suffering from a bruised vocal cord. “Doctors orders. Out for the count now,” she tweeted....
R & B

Beth Stern Hosts Get Wild Summer Gala in Southampton (photos)

Keith Girard
Beth Ostrosky Stern, wife of radio shock jock Howard Stern, co-chaired the “Get Wild” Summer Gala for the The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons, drawing on the summer redoubt’s residents for the event at Dune Beach in Southampton. Christopher Obetz and Ellen Scarborough co-chaired the event for the center, which rescues and preserves Long Island’s native wildlife....
LIVING
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Adam Lambert Crafts New Look, Stunning Tattoo (photos!)

Keith Girard
Adam Lambert has always had a flair for the flamboyant, to say the least, and he’s ever experimenting with his look. He showed off two different styles on twitter just this week, plus a new tattoo. Lambert, 30, who was the runner up on American Idol’s eighth season in 2009, finishing behind Kris Allen. Some critics say his over-the-top gayness cost him the crown....
POP

Keith Girard

Keith Girard four decades of experience as an award-winning reporter, editor-in-chief, and senior media executive. Keith’s career began in Washington, D.C., where he was a reporter for The Washington Post and a contributing editor for Regardie's and Washingtonian magazines. He also worked as a writer/producer in CNN's Washington Bureau and has written one book on the U.S. Marines in the Gulf War.