Taylor Swift is rapidly shedding her folksy country queen look for a sexier more mature fashion style. She makes a statement in a ruby red dress at the Weinstein Co. holiday party on Thursday night (Nov. 21) in West Hollywood. Swift, 23, must be angling for a movie role. She appears to have made Hollywood networking one of her top priorities....
Beyonce appears to be getting into her new short hairstyle, although she’s sporting considerably more hair than the short bob she showed off two weeks ago. She looks like early Jennifer Aniston now. The 31-year-old entertainer unveiled the new look, obviously thanks to some extensions, at the 2013 V Festival over the weekend. She shot the images backstage wearing some Afro-Caribbean influenced dresses. ...
David Salidor and his New York City-based public relations company, dis COMPANY, celebrate their anniversary in March, marking 30 years representing celebrities from Madonna to Debbie Gibson. It’s safe to say he’s seen it all and lived to talk about it. Salidor sat with us for a wide-ranging interview, touching on subjects both good and bad and offered his take on what’s next for our media-infused society. He also spills on his plans for the foreseeable future....
Beyonce’s long fiery mane that she flailed wildly as Sasha Fierce is no more. Gone are the pesky extensions, replaced by a short bob of her natural hair. The singer premiered the new look on Instagram. Move over, Miley Cyrus. Miley jumped on the look in August a year ago and actress Emma Watson lopped off all her hair after she finished filming the “Harry Potter” series. She posted three photos showing off the new look on her Instagram account. See them here!...
Adam Levine treats women like taxi cabs; as soon as one pulls out, another one pulls up. But these are more like Ferraris. Only a month after breaking up with model Behati Prinsloo, Levine is reportedly romancing an even more exotic actress....
Rihanna has forgiven Chris Brown for the vicious beating she received on the eve of the Grammys in 2009, why can’t everyone else? He’s still the poster boy for domestic abuse and can’t seem to shake the image of a hotheaded abuser. ...
Justin Bieber is irked by rumors that he hooked up with Milyn Jensen, a fetching nursing student. But he’s only getting pay-back for cultivating a bad-boy reputation. Now the tabloids are exploiting it. ...
Kara Dioguardi, the sexy songwriter who scored a bundle as a judge on “American Idol,” got a welcome Christmas present. She unloaded her Studio City mansion for $6.3 million and appears lucky enough to have broken even or made a slight profit. The Los Angeles real estate market is still hit or miss four years after the financial crisis and real estate bust....
Pete Bennett, one of the top promotion men in rock music during its Golden era, died suddenly of a heart attack on Thanksgiving day at his home in Connecticut. He was 77.
Bennett, named “World’s Top Promotion Man,” by Billboard magazine, is credited for propelling the careers of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor and many artists and bands. Bennett, born in the Bronx, NY was described by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney as “the promotion man responsible for getting the Beatles on the radio,” according to his company Peter Bennett Enterprises....
Rihanna puts her raw sexuality on display on the cover of GQ magazine’s upcoming issue. She says she is uninhibited about exposing her curvaceous body because nudity is part of the culture of her native Barbados. “That comes from my culture,” she tells the magazine. “That’s just the way it’s always been, and I think that for people, especially in America, they make it like the forbidden fruit, but that only makes kids more curious.” She’s got that right....
Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Billy Joel, Sting and Jon Bon Jovi are among the headliners who have signed up to perform in a special one-hour broadcast to help raise money for the Red Cross on behalf of Hurricane Sandy victims. The special, which will air on NBC and Bravo and USA cable networks was announced today by NBCUniversal. The “Today Show’s” Matt Lauer will host the telethon, titled “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” and late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon will also appear....
Chris Brown is suffering from an embarrassment of riches, and he expresses himself in a new video. “I’m stressed out… when you share history with somebody, then you tend to fall in love with somebody else, it’s kinda difficult. Is there such thing as loving two people?” he asks. That’s a question for the ages. It’s probably been a dilemma since the dawn of humankind. I don’t know if that’s possible, but for me, I feel like that,” he says in the video, a 90-second meditation on “the real Chris Brown.”...
Randy Newman, a singer-songwriter known for his sarcasm, is speaking the unspeakable about the current presidential election. Or rather, he’s singing it. His new song, “I’m Dreaming” is an ode to those longing for a white president, again. Newman has written the soundtracks for more than a dozen films, including “Ragtime,” “The Natural,” “Leatherheads” and “Meet the Parents.” ...
Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Mike Nesmith, known collectively as The Monkees, made their television debut 46 years ago this month (Sept. 12). The made-for-TV band’s show lasted two years, but their music career still lives on today. Dolenz characterized the band’s improbable success in an interview this year: “The Monkees really becoming a band was like the equivalent of Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan,” he said. Micky is still going strong with a reunion tour and new album on tap. ...
