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Snoop Dogg Banned From Performing at Dutch Festival

Keith GirardJune 21, 2010

Rapper Snoop Dogg is a menace to society, at least in the Netherlands ,where Dutch officials have banned him from performing at an upcoming music festival. Snoop said he is "astonished" by decision....

HIP-HOP

Brooklyn Museum Shows Warhol’s Religious Obsession

Keith GirardJune 21, 2010

Along with iconic soup cans and eccentric downtown lifestyle, '60s pop artist Andy Warhol also harbored a fascination with religion and was known to frequent a tony Upper East Side church for services....

ArtGALLERIES

Watch: Guitarist Slash Attacked on Stage in Italy (video)

Keith GirardJune 15, 2010

Guitarist Slash was picking his way through Guns 'n Roses standard "Sweet Child o' Mine" when an over exuberant fan emerged from stage left and nearly knocked Slash off the stage in a dramatic incident during an Italian concert....

ROCK

Adam Lambert Plays Spiky Pan in 'If I Had You' Video (watch)

Keith GirardJune 14, 2010

Adam Lambert's new video for his catchy eurobeat dance tune "If I Had You," is filled with dancers in glam costumes, following him pan-like through the woods, but this time he's avoided the crotch-grabbing, simulated fellatio and male-dancer-kissing of the American Music Awards....

DANCE

Sarah McLachlan Returns With Video Off New Album (see it)

Keith GirardJune 12, 2010

Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan is re-emerging from a self-imposed seven-year exile with a new album ahead of the Lilith Fair, the all-female tour she founded, which has become a major concert event....

POP

Miley Cyrus Rocks Madrid, Sans Lesbian Kiss, Cameltoe (video)

Keith GirardJune 7, 2010

Between denials and telling the press to get over her on-stage, girl-on-girl action, Miley Cyrus turned up the heat again at the Rock in Rio Madrid Festival on Sunday night (June 6)....

POP

Katy Perry Sauces Up Cali Gurls on MTV Movie Awards (watch)

Keith GirardJune 7, 2010

Katy Perry performed her new new single “California Gurls” live at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday (June 5). It’s her sexiest single yet and featured bikini-topped dancers....

POP

Christina Aguilera Goes Bionic on MTV Movie Awards (Watch!)

Keith GirardJune 7, 2010

Former Disney star Christina Aguliera broke the barrier on raunchy sexuality. Now after a hiatus and motherhood, Aguliera is back and set the stage on fire -- almost literally -- at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday (June 5)....

POP

Eminem Recovery Single 'Not Afraid' Video Drops (full video)

Keith GirardJune 5, 2010

Rapper Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers, has been working hard overseas promoting his new album, Recovery, which debuts June 22. But the promotion tour will switch to the United States this weekend (June 5) when the video for his lead single debuts on MTV....

HIP-HOP

Crystal Bowersox Ditches Boyfriend; Is Hometown Next?

Keith GirardJune 1, 2010

“American Idol” season nine front-runner, Crystal Bowersox may be too big to go home again....

CELEBRITIES

Class Warfare: Countess Luann de Lesseps Debuts Video

Keith GirardMay 29, 2010

New York Housewife Countess LuAnn de Lesseps now has something in common with Lady Gaga — a catchy dance music video and a single, “Money Can’t Buy You Class.” Could that be directed at her fellow cast mates?...

DANCE

Mitch Koulouris Mines Rock's Past to Build Its Future

Keith GirardMay 27, 2010

Mitchell Koulouris is the chief executive and grand wizard behind Digital Music Group, Inc., a digital distribution company that is pushing beyond its home base in California and trying to establish a global footprint....

ROCK

Rihanna Takes Naked Romp in Rockstar 101 Video (watch)

Keith GirardMay 26, 2010

Rihanna ratchets up the war of raunch with Lady Gaga, Christina Aguliera and Beyonce in her latest video, Rockstar 101. The video is laced with lots of sexy writhing and risqué barely there outfits....

ROCK

Bret Michaels Caps Recovery With Celebrity Apprentice Win

Keith GirardMay 24, 2010

Poison's Bret Michael's captured the top prize on "Celebrity Apprentice" after a near brush with death from a brain hemorrhage, followed by a mild stroke. He has made a miraculous recovery since, but put his life in peril again to make the show....

CELEBRITIES

Tommy James Recalls Music's Slimy Mob Underbelly

WinchesterMay 23, 2010

Singer Tommy James holds special significance in the annals of pop music. James and his group, The Shondells, were a major, major force in modern, coming-of-age music in the '60s....

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