KELLY ROWLAND GOT DROPPED

2 months after Kelly fired Matthew, it's being reported she got dropped from the label.

British tabloid News of The World reports the Dilemma singer has been dumped by bosses at Columbia, because they fear she is "no longer commercially viable".

Meanwhile, Rowland is currently working on a new reality TV project, called The Fashion Show, which she'll co-host.

***UPDATE**

Kelly comfirms severing ties with Columbia:

Because Columbia Records has been my home base as an artist for more than a decade, the decision to move out on my own required a lot of soul-searching.

As a solo artist, I felt the need to explore new directions, new challenges, and new freedoms outside my comfort zone and my friends and family at Columbia have been incredibly understanding about my evolution.

I want to thank everyone at Columbia for the love and support they’ve shown and I will never forget how many good times we’ve had over the years.

THE MAKING OF...LOVE SEX MAGIC

THE GAYS LOVE TYRA

CELEB INTERVIEWS

Gaga in France


Can't wait for his new album from J to the Muah


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Oh yes, the genius Akon's introduces French Montana. Anybody who brings me Lady Gaga is a genius. And I'll give anyone he cosigns a chance

TI SHOWS HE WILL BE ABLE TO COOK FOR HIS BF IN JAIL

CELEB INTERVIEWS

JHUD TALKS LIFE AND CAREER


AKON TALKS TPAIN

CICI CHILLIN ON COURTSIDE

Ciara is in NY handling business in prep for the release of her cd Fantasy Ride May 5th. She must be cheesing because of the recent smash she has with Love Sex Magic, her single with Justin Timberfake (which he cowrote, coproduce, and personally made a demo for her....even assisted in directing the video). Reports say he pursued Ci at some Sony/BMG meeting and told her about a song he had for her...I guess he had a vision/fantasy of Ciara doing more pop than urban and that didn't include booty hop. The rest is history I guess. The video is #1 on itunes, mtv, vh1 and here on the PS top 5 songs. It's the #1 purchased son on the rnb/soul chart on itunes and made top 5 overall songs purchased on the main itunes charts. It's charting in other countries making top 10 in countries including Sweden, Belguim, Australia, France etc. It debuted at #65 on the world charts. All within a week of releasing the video. Check the video out on the chart in the blogroll on the right.

KELLY CLARKSON DOESN'T HOOK UP

Kelly is on the set of her latest video for "I Don't Hook Up." She has had the #1 album for the past 2 weeks but will more than likely be trumped by Miley Cyrus this week.

PUFFY SAYS HIS ADS INCLUDE ALL SHADES OF WOMEN

ARE YOU HATERS HAPPY NOW? After this report, Puffy responds with these:


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I AM TOUR....BEYONCE

RADIO


SURVIVOR INTRO/ AT LAST


EGO


SMASH INTO YOU


DIVA

NEW VIDEO: KELLY PICKLER OF AMERICAN IDOL FAME

With Taylor Swift on the jawn, this is a hit. I see a lil Carrie Underwood "Before He Cheats " swag poppin off but I like it

JLO GETS MANHANDLED AT LAX

I AM TOUR......BEYONCE

Covering Alanis song


Irreplaceable

NEW MAINO F/ TPAIN

Kinda hot

NO DARK BUTTS FOR DIDDY: CASTING CALL FOR HIS COMMERCIAL

GAGA VLOGS

RIHANNA GETS A NEW TATOO

WTF? That's where she wanted to put it but could not so....

She got them here. A gun. Nice. Now you wanna get gangsta. Where was all that when you were getting knocked upside the head

SIMON COWELL RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT

BLAKE LIVELY ON LETTERMAN

BEYONCE THE GAMER

CIARA IN AND OUT OF THE WAVERLY IN WEST VILLAGE

KIM STILL TALKING ABOUT BIG MOVIE

50 REJECTS STALLONE ROLE

Sorry haters, he was not dropped:

"50 Cent was offered the role of Hale Caesar in 'The Expendables,' however as he is currently in the process of completing his forthcoming album Before I Self Destruct with Dr. Dre and Eminem," a rep for the MC told MTV News in a statement. "He was unfortunately not able to commit to the project."

OBAMA ON 60 MINUTES

NEW MONICA "ONE IN A LIFETIME"

PICS ON SET OF NEW EMINEM VIDEO

Em Dre 50 in Vegas shooting video.

Clearly Em's in character there in the middle

50 AND CIARA SLIP UP AGAIN....CAUGHT IN VEGAS

But smart enough to escape cameras, damn.

Hip-hop’s sexy couple rapper 50 Cent and singer Ciara made it a Cirque du Soleil visit to Las Vegas. They took in the early show of O at the Bellagio, and even though hip-hop mogul 50 Cent was disguised in an Afro wig, baseball cap and sunglasses, he was still spotted. Ciara also tried to be incognito in a huge pair of trendy shades and a large parka.

The twosome arrived just as O began and entered through the back of the theater with the help of their bodyguard. Ciara snacked on Sour Patch Kids, Snickers and Hershey bars during the show, and they left seconds before the performance ended to avoid getting mobbed.

They also saw the sexy, adults-only Zumanity at New York-New York. The provocative production known as “the sensual side of Cirque du Soleil” features topless beauties taking milk baths and swimming in an oversized champagne glass under the guidance of a very tall male emcee dressed as a woman!

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TRICK DADDY HAS LUPUS

This is serious, a friend of mine died from this

BEYONCE TALKS VOGUE

NEW VIDEO CIARA F/ JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE LOVE SEX MAGIC

SMOKY STEAMY HOT SEXY. The two have crazy chemistry; the chair scene when she went between his leg and out the other...AND the crotch grab seen above//...hot; the runway trick on the floor...hot; the ballet pole poses and then the one leg shake gave a new meaning to the stanky leg; the afro scene...wow; the tiger in the cage scene....omg; the breakdown backbend on top of him....**passes out**; **gets up and says** i need a cold drink. Completely unexpected, impressed and floored.

CI KILT IT!!!

WATCH IT HERE

And stay tuned for Ciara on SNL to perform this with Justin on May 9th.

AND TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE SWAGGA JACKED THE THEME FROM CLICK HERE

MORE BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MTV

TUPAC IS ALIVE AND WELL !?

Okay it's a lookalike

GRACE JONES SIZZLES

Eighties star Grace Jones performs during her concert in Berlin, Germany.

NO WONDER WHY DUDE NEEDS A TELEPROMPTER TO TALK

While I can say something like that, the president sure can't (in reference to the "special" comment)

PORTIA PROMO NEW TV SERIES

HOT MESS OF THE WEEK

Broke Hogan needs to step back and reevaluate this situation

PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: SPECIAL EDITION

IT'S GAGA BISHES

PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK

PCD in Canada

PCD in Canada promoting a rerelease on March 31st with these new songs

Carrie Underwood on Idol

CIARA VIDEO SNIPPET: SHE'S GOING TO KILL IN THIS ONE

Offcourse this is an unedited cut of one scene. It will not show all of this in the main video. Can't wait. The song is on itunes worldwide and has charted in about 13 countries; already #1 in Sweden, Australia, Denmark....UK will get this on Monday along with the release of the video worldwide. It's debuted on the hot 100 in the US at 86, #18 on the main US itunes, and #2 on rnb US itunes. Needless to sey, she may have an international smash with this one. I give this 2 weeks to be top 10 on the US hot 100.

and access hollywood promo with more sneak peak

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50 GETS ANOTHER MOVIE ROLE

50 Cent will be replacing Forest Whitaker in an upcoming Sylvester Stallone flick titled The Expendables. Whitaker dropped from the flick due to a scheduling conflict and the G-Unit rapper was Stallone’s next choice. The film revolves around a group of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator. The Expendables is expected to begin filming this month. The film was written by Stallone and he will be also starring and directing.

The film boasts a cast of revered action stars including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

LATOYA LUCKETT PROMO FOR NEW ALBUM ON BET

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RIP NATASHA RICHARDSON

Liam Neeson and his family have just released the following statement about the passing of Natasha Richardson:

"Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."

YOUTUBE CLIP OF THE DAY

Never Ever Spoof by some bored kids

KANYE'S LAW

Per AllHipHop:

Los Angeles county prosecutors have charged Kanye West with three criminal misdemeanors for breaking a paparazzo's camera during an altercation at the Los Angeles Airport last year.

West and his manager Don Crowley confronted a paparazzo who was taking pictures of the rapper at LAX airport on September 11th 2008 and they swiped his camera and broke it.

According to The Los Angeles Times, West has been charged with one count of vandalism, one count of grand theft and one count of battery. He faces up to two years and six months behind bars if convicted on all counts.

Crowley was charged with two counts of vandalism, two counts of grand theft and two counts of battery. He faces five years in jail if convicted.

50 TALKS BUSINESS WITH KING MAGAZINE

DANG: Here's an excerpt:

People are struggling to make money in the music industry. Do you have a lot of investments outside of entertainment?
Absolutely. I make more money away from music than I do off of music—well, I was. Shit is terrible right now. Look at the economy in general. General Motors and Chrysler are looking for a bailout. It’s going to be a financial issue if they don’t succeed, though. If they don’t receive the assistance, they will go bankrupt in the next couple of years.

Isn’t it sort of like what happens to rappers when they don’t produce what the market wants?
That too. In this climate, it’s not just them. Every time you open the newspaper you see another business or establishment you thought was credible in trouble, like Circuit City filing for bankruptcy. The United States is the place to do business. So if it’s bad here, where do you go? We’re the feeding ground. All those Asian countries—Thailand, Taiwan, China—they’re manufacturing things to sell here. How long do [regular people] have to survive before we recover? We may lose our middle class. If you have $20,000 in stocks invested in different areas, a home that you actually want to live in and [a] car, that’s middle class. So those people, if you had stocks in GM like I had, [they are in trouble]. My [broker] from Goldman Sachs just got laid off. [If] the guy you got assisting you [with financial] decisions is having issues, then you really got to look into it, right?

Speaking of Main Street, there’s foreclosure crisis in your old neighborhood, South Jamaica, Queens.
Yeah, it’s got a [high foreclosure] rate because we are conditioned to want things that we don’t need. That’s as people, period. In general, as soon we can afford the $300,000 house, we’re selling it to get the $500,000 one.

I imagine you’ve had trouble convincing other rappers to be fiscally conservative?
If you try to convey that type of information to the average rapper, you ain’t going to do nothing but confuse them and make them angry with you.

So what’s your five-year plan?
I create a five-year plan and then I accomplish it in a year or so. Things happen at a real rapid pace for me. Recently, I did a film with Val Kilmer and Sharon Stone called Streets of Blood. I play a police officer. While I was shooting, I said I wanted to eventually start writing and producing films. So I created a film-production company. I just opened this office [in Hollywood]. Ideas that were part of my five-year plan happened this year. I thought it would take 10 years to get to the space I’m in now.

Who would you still like to collaborate with in Hollywood?
Martin Lawrence. We’re actually looking at film scripts right now to collaborate. And Seann William Scott. He just had a film come out called Role Models. I was with him on the Tyra show.

Stifler!
[Laughs] He’s a funny guy, man. I think there’s an opportunity for me to have a stronger position within the film world. The biggest actor in the world came from a musical career.

The Fresh Prince became Will Smith. Would you be Curtis Jackson or 50 Cent?
Curtis, absolutely. 50 Cent is a portion of my character. You become the song to your audience. They can’t see past [it].

On the iTunes bonus track “Smile (I’m Leaving),” you talk about how this next album might be your last. Really?Jay-Z has signed a so-called 360-degree deal with Live Nation that includes a large advance in exchange for pieces of his touring and merchandise. Would you ever sign that type of deal?
I don’t know if I’m willing to do a 360-degree deal at this point. I mean, Jay is in a different space in his career. He may be tired of running around and negotiating each individual deal. The 360 deal would be actually putting that in someone else’s hands to support those outside ventures taking place.

So you wouldn’t feel great about giving up those percentages?
I’m comfortable doing it the way I’ve been doing it. The difference between him [and me] is obvious. He’s married, he’s getting ready to be 40 years old. He’s in a different place, he might not want to run around, and even touring may soon be out of the question. He might want to be in the office and run one of the companies. He’s got enough business sense to do that. He can do whatever he wants.

Who has the best model for staying relevant to fans?
Puffy has the best model for staying relevant, because [he does it] without a song. He’s been able to maintain an interest and stay in a space to executive produce television and film projects, and stay relevant to hip-hop culture. What was the last record that made you feel like, ‘Oh, my God, Puffy is on fire’? You don’t need it. That’s what makes his business model exciting to me. There are only three of us to look at: Jay, [me] and Puff. [We have] three totally different situations. We’ve just been a part of hip-hop culture. That’s the similarity. I still think they’ll be relevant. I just think they’re like the fire hydrant: You can’t move those guys out of the street. I think they’ll [still] be the guys you need to connect with [to] get a shot.

So where will your brand be in the future?
Well, I believe that I will have a stronger position as we move forward. What I have on my side is age. [Laughs] See, in the next five years they’ll be 45 and 44 years old. And I’ll just be close to where they are now

NICOLE OF PCD CONFIRMS ALBUM RERELEASE

MORE STILLS FROM CIARA AND JUSTIN VIDEO

***Dies*** I must see video NOW.

She has great chemistry with any leading man in her video.

GENUWINE ADDRESS RUMORS

ELLEN INTERVIEWS HER LOVE

YOUR ROYAL BEYNESS

Long before she was a superstar and style icon, Beyonce Knowles' parents Matthew and Tina taught her how to perform and dress. Although she may sing about being an "Independent Woman," the 27-year-old still relies on her family for career and fashion advice. Beyonce isn't just the Knowles' daughter, she's the family business.

In the latest issue of Vogue, on newstands March 24, the normally private performer opens up to Jonathan Van Meter about the people closest to her:

On her father, Matthew Knowles: "My father is still my manager. He does all of the business deals and negotiations. The best thing is having someone I trust. I know he is up until 4:00 a.m. fighting and working and doing things that no one else would do."

On bumping heads with her father: "It's definitely tense. And if there's one person in my life I argue with the most, it's him. But it's business. It's always about business."

On her father's reputation in the music business for driving a hard bargain: "He is a tough bargainer. But he really knows what he's doing, and he's a workaholic."

On her mother, Tina Knowles: "My mother is truly my best friend "We work together on our clothing line [The House of Dereon].

She handles my movies: She reads all the scripts and tells me the good ones, and then I read them."

On their involvement in her career: "My father has other artists. My mother does her own clothing line on HSN. Their whole lives are not ... me. But if they wanted to retire, I'm sure we would figure out who would help me."

On imagining having her big career without them: "I can't," she says, shaking her head. "We all did this together."

Did she say other artists? That would be Trinity 6 and Michelle Williams? Oh okay.

JOHN MAYER TWEETS

Per US Weekly:

"I ended a relationship to be alone because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right," he said.

KANYE'S BLONDE DYKE AND HER SISTER?

50 TO RELEASE 2 ALBUMS THIS YEAR AND OPEN FOR FALL OUT BOY ON TOUR

MTV Shows

KIM ROCKS DWTS

I'm impressed

KEISHA COLE SIS PREGGERS AGAIN

RUSSEL BRAND DOES CHELSEA

TOP MODEL MADNESS

They say someone tried to clear out the competition by yelling out that there was a bomb....and noone from there made the show> SMDH

RUSSEL BRAND PROMOTES HIS BOOK

I like this guy's comedy

IS AMERIE DEF JAM'S NEW RIHANNA?

Amerie's Def Jam debut is due for release this summer. The Take Control singer has been hard at work flying to and from Miami , LA, Atlanta and New York to work with various big name music producers. Thus far Salaam Remi , Dallas Austin , Sean Garret, Bangladesh ,Tricky Stewart, Chad Beatz and Adonis have been confirmed. The set will be executive produced by grammy award award winning producer Bryan Micheal Cox. Def Jam reps. claim that things are in place to take Amerie's career up a notch using a marketing scheme similar to that used to make Rihanna the household name she is now.The first single will primiere in Sring 2009

MORE LIL KIM

HOT NESS OF THE WEEK

GAGA in concert...WOW

Minus Kanye....The blondyke is totally FIERCE

HOT MESS OF THE WEEK

wtf@ Nicole from PCD

Get some real friends

Jhuge looking a hot mess on tour

PERFORMANCES

Gaga does the View

Keisha Cole on Leno

Ryan L and Ursher impromptu

Jada freestyle

The Dream f/ Kanye Myspace performance

MANISTON SINGLE......AGAIN

They wowed Hollywood with a high-profile Oscar date, posing arm-in-arm for photographs in what was largely seen as their official coming out as a couple after a year of off-and-on dating. Then Jennifer Aniston headed to Europe to promote Marley & Me and John Mayer stayed in L.A. to work on his music.

And just days after Aniston returned, they were a couple no more, sources confirm to PEOPLE.

"They had some disagreements and decided to not continue to see each other," says one source. "Jen is moving on with her life like she always does. She seems happy."


A second source says Mayer broke up with Aniston after she returned from Europe.

In the last few weeks, the former Friends star has been spending time with her close pal Courteney Cox Arquette and her yoga instructor-friend Mandy Ingber, while Mayer has been busy getting his new house ready and working in the studio.

Previous Breakup
This is not the first time Aniston, 40, and Mayer, 31, have split. In August 2007, they called it quits. At the time Mayer held an impromptu press conference outside his gym in New York, explaining to the media: "I ended a relationship to be alone because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right."

Still, lately the couple have seemed happy together. They met at a 2008 Oscar party last year, and were one of the hottest couples at this year's show after a surprise appearance by Aniston as a presenter, with Mayer as her date. Mayer later said he was there to offer moral support to his girlfriend.

In a recent interview, Aniston said she didn't believe any relationship was perfect, or was meant to last a lifetime. "Whoever said that every relationship has to last forever?" she told the U.K.'s Mail on Sunday's You magazine. "That's hoping for too much."

PIC OF THE DAY: FERGIE GOES BROWN

The singer sported long, stick-straight brunette hair while filming the music video for the Black Eyed Peas' new single "Boom Boom Pow." The two-day shoot began Monday.

LILLY ALLEN GOING OFF ON PAPPAZ

Making for quite the sight to be seen, Lily Allen was spotted lashing out at a paparazzo following a run-in in London on Thursday (March 12).

The “Smile” songstress became irate after an ensuing shutterbug drove into the back of her car, resulting in a minor collision.

Moments later, Miss Allen proceeded to kick, throw things and scream at the photographer until her security staffer pulled her away and got her under control.

There’s still no word whether or not the display and/or accident resulted in any police citations. Nonetheless, it surely appears that Lily isn’t one to mess with when it comes to her automobile!

STUDY SAYS BEYONCE LIL WAYNE AND TIMBERFAKE FANS ARE THE DUMBEST?

YOUR taste in music reflects your intelligence - and Beyonce fans are among the most stupid, it was claimed today. Devotees of the Destiny's Child star came close to the bottom of the pile in a student's comparison between exam results and musical tastes.

But they are not the worst of the worst - unless they are also fans of rapper Lil' Wayne - because his followers are deemed the least intelligent.

Devotees of Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z also ranked low in the scale, it was claimed.

They are among the findings of the probe by Virgil Griffiths, a PhD student in America, who puts Beethoven listeners as far and away the smartest.

Intelligent

Griffith compared students' scores in SAT exams with their favourite music acts and genres by analysing data on social networking sites.

Those who prefer Indie music are most intelligent, while gospel, pop and rock fans were all ranked at the lower end of the scale.

Fans of legendary acts like Queen, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra and Bob Marley are all around average and above when it comes to brains, according to Griffith's graph.

And Radiohead, U2 and Bob Dylan count some of the more intelligent people among their fans.

Those who are mad about pop music did not fare well in the analysis.

As well as Beyonce, fans of Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z both ranked at the bottom of the scale.

Their supporters all got below 1,000 in SAT scores, with the average being a mark of 1071 out of 1600. Fans of composer Beethoven were way ahead of the rest with a score of more than 1300.

British bands Coldplay, Muse and Oasis all came in dead central in the "Music that makes you dumb" graph.

On his website, of the same name, Griffith describes the results of his study as "hilarity incarnate".

He introduces the test by saying: "I've listened to artists who after listening to I thought to myself 'Wow... loving this rubbish says a lot about someone and how much they got going on in their head'.

U2 fans? intelligent? Whatever. They can take this nonsense and their scientific study that show people of certain races are less intelligent and stick it up their Ahole where it belongs.

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