CBS is worried about The Grammys. The 55th Annual Awards show airs from Los Angeles on February 10 (this Sunday), and the network has issued an email telling performers to keep their clothes on. This means no boobs, butt cracks or other private parts. Check out the super awkward email below.
Honestly, we thought Britney Spears or Demi Lovato would announce their departure from The X-Factor before this next person. L.A. Reid is calling it quits. He’s going back to his real-life job at Sony’s music label, Epic Records. Also, just because Dave Grohl is drumming on the new Queens of the Stone Age record, it doesn’t mean he’s going on tour with them. C’mon now, he’s a very busy guy. Catch up on more news below.
This week, Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler announced that if the band were to stay together, they would leave Columbia Records for good and go the indie route. He’s done it before, he can do it again. Justin Bieber released another music video, this time for “Beauty and a Beat,” just another song about wanting a girlfriend. And Lana Del Rey debuted a music video about what it’s like to be crazy. It’s like kissing a bunch of old dudes apparently. All that and more below.
What were the American Idol producers thinking when they hired two divas to coexist in the same judging panel? Seriously, they had to know that something like this was going to happen. Earlier this week, TMZ released a video in which Nicki Minaj shouts insults at Mariah Carey. Now, Carey has told veteran journalist Barbara Walters that the rapper threatened to shoot her… if only she had a gun.
We’ve all seen those revolting Now That’s what I Call Music! infomercials. They feature pop song after pop song, and usually leave us humming a ridiculous tune for days. But now, they might cease to exist –– Are you jumping of joy already?
When you’re Lady Gaga, getting called hurtful names is bound to happen. In the business she’s in you have to have “thick skin” in order to make it. But every now and then, you get comments so mean that require some special attention. With that said, a New York politician called Gaga a ‘slut’ and other nasty things, mainly because of the time she smoked pot onstage.
This week, everyone was worried about one thing – Nicki Minaj‘s supposed endorsement for Mitt Romney. President Obama was even talking about it. But the lady rapper has since cleared it up for us (now the world is at peace). Also, the dates for the 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have been announced. And Interpol‘s Paul Banks has announced a solo tour. All that and more below.
America’s country-singing pixie Taylor Swift is raising havoc once again. The young singer has launched her first arrow of shame with her new song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” off of her upcoming fourth album .
This week, the rumors that Jennifer Lopez was quitting American Idol returned. But this time, they didn’t stop at rumors because Jenny from the Block ended up quitting the show, along with pal and co-judge Steven Tyler. Meanwhile, Skrillex is on a roll with film projects, as it was announced that he would be contributing his music to Disney’s upcoming animated movie Wreck-It Ralph. We’ve also got Cookie Monster doing his own little parody of Billboard‘s hottest single right now, “Call Me Maybe.”All that and more below.
