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Nicki Minaj Casts Voodoo Spell in Sizzling V Photos

Keith GirardJanuary 12, 2011

Nicky Minaj is the hottest act in rap and she’s only released one album. With an infectious style, solid rhyming and exotic looks, she’s already established herself as one of music’s reigning queens, and she pushes the envelope even further in a new photo shoot....

HIP-HOP

Fergie Plays Dark Seductress for Dr. Pepper (watch!)

Keith GirardJanuary 11, 2011

Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie shows off her talented tongue in a new commerical for Dr. Pepper that features her in a sharp departure from her normal hip-hop, fly-girl look....

CELEBRITIES

John Domenico: From Rock to Religion, a Spiritual Awakening

Keith GirardJanuary 9, 2011

In author John Domenico’s 50-plus years, he’s embarked on a seeker’s journey that has taken him from steadfast Catholicism to born-again Christianity to a unique kind of inclusive spirituality....

ArtBOOKS

Egypt to New York City: Fix Our Obelisk or Give it Back!

Keith GirardJanuary 9, 2011

An ancient Egyptian obelisk, long a fixture in New York City's Central Park. could be on its way back to Egypt, if city officials don't take better care of it....

MUSEUMS

Nicki Minaj Bares Curves Kim Kardashian Would Die For (photos)

Keith GirardJanuary 8, 2011

Skyrocketing hip hop singer Nicki Minaj shows off her Grand Prix level curves in a new set of photos that mark her debut album's going platinum with more than 1 million U.S. sales....

HIP-HOP

Mariah Carey's Newest Bling: A $400,000 Rolls Royce (see it!)

Keith GirardJanuary 7, 2011

These may be hard economic times, but Mariah Carey hasn't lost her taste for bling, and husband Nick Cannon has no qualms about spending her money to please her. Would you believe a $400,000 car for Christmas?...

CELEBRITIES

Toni Braxton Says She May Finally Strip for Playboy

Keith GirardJanuary 5, 2011

Cash starved R&B singer Toni Braxton may finally relent and bare all for Playboy magazine, after turning down the magazine three times in the past....

CELEBRITIES

Kim Kardashian Shows Off New Song; Video to Follow (listen!)

Keith GirardJanuary 3, 2011

Kim Kardashian is about to launch another career as a singer. She showed off her new single at Las Vegas club Tao, during a New Year's Eve celebration....

DANCE

John Mellencamp, Wife Elaine End 20-Year Marriage

Keith GirardDecember 31, 2010

Singer John Mellencamp, 59, and wife Elaine, 43, one of the few rock solid couples on the rock and roll scene, have decided to end their marriage after 20 years together....

CELEBRITIES

Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony Millionaire Tax Deadbeats

Keith GirardDecember 30, 2010

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony owe millions of dollars in back taxes, despite earning millions more every year in income from music, endorsements and clothing and perfume lines....

CELEBRITIES

Alanis Morissette, New Baby Boy Both Doing Well

Keith GirardDecember 28, 2010

Alanis Morissette, who battle anorexia and bulimia early in her career and later became a fitness buff, has given birth to a healthy baby boy, on Christmas day no less. No, she is not naming him Jesus....

CELEBRITIES

Enrique Iglesias Pulls a Tiger Woods in New Video (watch!)

Keith GirardDecember 23, 2010

Enrique Iglesias seduces a slew of women in his new video. Didn't anyone tell the Latin lover about Tiger Woods? ...

POP

Clay Cole, Legendary New York Music Show Host, Dies

Keith GirardDecember 19, 2010

I had just finished watching the movie Pirate Radio (2009) with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy and the wonderful Rhys Ilfans, and marveled at all the terrific music in the movie; from several Rolling Stones tracks to The Turtles’ “Eleanor.”...

Music

Critics Mixed on Michael Jackson Album 'Michael' (photos, video)

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2010

Michael Jackson may or may not be singing the first single, “Hold My Hand” off his first posthumous album, but music critics, for the most part, are giving a thumbs up to the song and sentimental new video featuring the King of Pop....

POP

Da Vinci Mona Lisa Mystery; Real Secret Codes Discovered in Eyes

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2010

Leonardo Da Vinci's mysterious Mona Lisa has just gotten even more intriguing. The Italian genius apparently painted tiny numbers and letters into the eyes of the enigmatic painting, but their meaning is unclear....

ArtRENAISSANCE