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Celine Dion, Usher To Perform at Whitney Houston Tribute

Keith Girard
Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher will headline a special tribute concert in memory of pop icon Whitney Houston, who died in February on the eve of the Grammy Awards from complications related to drug abuse. The one-hour CBS Entertainment special will tape Oct. 11 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. and air on CBS Nov. 16 at 10pm. It’s titled “We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston.” The special will include interviews and clips from Houston’s most memorable performances, including never-seen-before footage. During her career, the six-time Grammy winner sold more than 170 million albums, songs and videos....
R & B
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Taylor Swift's 'Begin Again' Laments Another Love Lost (listen!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Swift has released the second single “Begin Again,” from her upcoming album. It’s another haunting ballad about love gone bad that has been spawned by one of her soured relationships. The question is, which one? Swift, whose music is often inspired by her real-life relationships, is known for her songs that sting her ex-boyfriends for doing her wrong. Her first single off the album, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” touched off speculation, once again, over the target of her venomous putdown, with ex-flame Jake Gyllenhaal emerging as the odds on favorite....
COUNTRY
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Randy Newman Scores Racism in Presidential Election (listen!)

Keith Girard
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.” ...
CELEBRITIES
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Lady Gaga, Popeye Now Share Something in Common (photo)

Keith Girard
Lady Gaga has gone nautical with her latest tattoo. Although likely unintended, it’s a tribute to the most famous seafarer of all Popeye the Sailor Man. Both now have sea anchors adorning their skin. Gaga posted a photo of her new tat on her Web site, littlemonsters.com. And let her fans in on the development over Twitter. “Thanks Hank and @amstattoomuseum for my New Ink!!” she wrote. “We miss you already, see you at the ball!”...
CELEBRITIES
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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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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
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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
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Sacré Bleu! Madonna Irks Paris Fans After Walking Out of Show

Keith Girard
Madonna cut short a special performance in Paris last night (July 26) and was roundly booed and hooted by the audience made up mostly by her most ardent French fans. Sacré Bleu! The show was meant to be an intimate peformance in the l’Olympia club, a 2,700 seat venue. On her current tour the Material Girl, 53, has been playing to large arenas....
POP
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Carly Rae Jepsen Sex Tape Real; Will Justin Bieber Drop Her?

Keith Girard
Carly Rae Jepsen is getting called, maybe, on her denial that photos from an alleged sex tape are her. Will the religious Justin Bieber drop her. A hacker has been trying to sell photos of the singer nude that he claims were lifted from her site.The photos are grainy and hard to decipher, but the woman in them bears a resemblance to the “Call Me Maybe” singer, who is a Bieber protege....
CELEBRITIES
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Lana Del Rey Ode to Love Lost on Summer Sadness Video

Keith Girard
Lana Del Rey stars in another dreamy, sepia-toned video that’s a symbolic portrayal of her song “Summertime Sadness.” The tune is based on a supposedly true story about two lesbian lovers who taken their own lives. Del Rey looks stunningly fashionable as she plunges off a bridge. The images of her could have been culled from a high-fashion photo spread. Although the video has a story line, it’s more a collection of images or video postcards. Jaime King stars as Del Rey’s lover; her husband Kyle Newman, a filmmaker co-directs with Spencer Susser, who belongs to the Australian filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films....
POP
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Denise Rich, Socialite Songwriter, Flees U.S. Over Taxes

Keith Girard
Denise Rich, the wealthy New York socialite who bought her way into the upper echelons of American entertainment and politics has decided it no longer pays to be an American citizen. She’ll reportedly save millions in taxes. In a stunning move that is sure to embarrass her political friends, which include Hillary and Bill Clinton, the ex-wife of rogue billionaire trader Marc Rich, has renounced her U.S. citizenship in favor of becoming an Austrian....
CELEBRITIES
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Drake Joins 2 Chainz on 'No Lie' Video; Disses Rihanna (watch!)

Keith Girard
Rapper 2 Chainz is out with a new video for his song “No Lie,” which features fellow rapper Drake in what sounds like a distinctly negative reference to a singer that could be, might be, probably is Rihanna. Only last weekend Rihanna was worth fighting over. She’s been cited as one of the reasons that Drake and his posse got into a bottle tossing contest with R&B artist Chris Brown....
HIP-HOP