Day in Pop Report for 07/15/2010
(ASB) A month after dropping the record, the "Best I Ever Had" Drake is already returned to studio to work on another studio project. more Kid Rock had this update: Don't miss the CMA Music Festival when it airs on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 8/7c on ABC. The four-day event took place at the LP Stadium in Nashville, TN from June 10-13. It featured Kid Rock and an all-star lineup of country music's best including Zac Brown Band, Martina Mcbride, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and many more! (ASB) This year, International Songwriting Competition is going to have Rihanna, Timbaland and Kelly Clarkson on the judge panel. more (ASB) Miley Cyrus' brother Trace Cyrus is at war with his former Metro Station bandmates - they've filed a lawsuit against the star after he announced the group's split without their permission. The 21 year old, who is president of their company Metrostation, Inc, announced in March that the band had parted ways. more (seattlepi) Taylor Swift will host a live chat to talk with fans about a new album next Tuesday. Swift says of her fans in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "I want them to be the first to know about my new music, and I can't wait to talk to everybody as directly as I can!" more (People) Their breakup happened during one of the most pivotal moments in her career � when she was about to perform on American Idol's finale � but Crystal Bowersox says her ex, Tony Kusian, is getting a bad rap for something he didn't even do. more Nas And Damien Marley Release Hidden Studio Sessions; The Making of "Distant Relatives" Check it out here (People) The upside for Enrique Iglesias: His beloved Spain just won its first World Cup soccer title. The downside: Now, he has to water ski naked in front of the entire city of Miami � as he promised he would if the team won. more (Billboard) A movie chronicling Joaquin Phoenix's puzzling 2008 decision to retire from acting and reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician will debut in U.S. movie theaters in September more (ASB) Mika has been approached to compose a song for the U.K. to be performed in 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. .K. competitor Josh Dubovie was left red-faced after placing last in the annual contest in May this year with a song written by record producer Pete Waterman. more (THR) Betty White will guest star on the sophomore season premiere of Community. more (BBC) A sexual harassment case made against actor Steven Seagal by his former personal assistant is dropped more (People) Kelly Osbourne and British model Luke Worrall have called off their engagement amid reports he had cheated on her. more (ASB) After making cameos in other artists' music videos, Bruno Mars finally appears in his own clip which was directed by Nick Bilardello and Cameron Duddy to support his single "The Other Side". more (ASB) Eminem still stays at the No. 1 position on Billboard Hot 200 with his latest effort "Recovery" this week. more (BBC) The daughter of legendary US TV star Lucille Ball threatens to halt an auction of her effects, saying it "prostitutes her memory" more
Holley, who in 2009 joined the school's Vocal Department chaired by multiple Grammy-award-nominee Tierney Sutton, has extensive credits singing alongside the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, Usher, Queen Latifah, Sugarland and Rod Stewart. Holley is reunited with longtime friend and colleague Ricky Minor, whom he worked with on Idol for five seasons and who is now the music director for the Tonight Show Band. "It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks since Leno has been back on the air, but I'm so excited to start this great new chapter in my music career," says Holley. After a quick chuckle he says, "I've been up night and day learning hundreds of songs." Holley will continue his work at LA Music Academy where his newest courses, Stage Presence, Rehearsal Technique and Showcase, were implemented this semester and are available to all students in the diploma and degree programs.
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The film, which opens nationally on August 6th, is a Paramount Pictures release, directed and co-written by George Gallo and produced by Christopher Mallick, William Sherak, Jason Shuman and Michael J. Weiss with Tricia Holloway serving as music supervisor. MIDDLE MEN stars Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht, Jacinda Barrett, Laura Ramsey, Terry Crews, Rade Sherbedgia, with Kevin Pollak and James Caan. In 1995, everyone had a VCR, music was sold in record stores, and the world-wide-web was a new found discovery. Businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) had the perfect life � a beautiful family and a successful career fixing problem companies. And then he met Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht), two genius but troubled men, who had invented the way adult entertainment is sold over the internet. When Jack agrees to help steer their business, he soon finds himself caught between a 23-year-old porn star and the FBI all the while becoming one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of his time. Inspired by a true story that proves business is a lot like sex� getting in is easy, pulling out is hard. Daily Variety descried MIDDLE MEN as "Boogie Nights meets Goodfellas."
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"Life is an evolution. So as I look at the reality of who I've become, I'm very happy, you know, but at the same time I'm, I'm humbled in every way every day." � Usher, reflecting on life "I would not be who I am, what I am, without her." � Usher on the influence of his mother "Everyone started talking about this little kid that was just the next Michael Jackson." � Jonnetta Patton, Usher's mother, on his first singing appearance
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The track is currently enjoying widespread radio support across the country and the video � filmed in New York City by director Matt Creed � sees Chief performing in a world of what can only be described as decadence and murderous passion. Watch it here The song comes from Chief's debut album Modern Rituals, which will be released by Domino Records on August 17th. As they approach release date Chief will return stateside to play shows on both coasts, including two FREE shows in New York City: Governor's Island with Dr. Dog and a JellyNYC Pool Party in Brooklyn, as well as the Sunset Junction Festival in Los Angeles.
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Selling over a million singles has made Waka Waka the fastest-selling single and biggest-selling World Cup single of the digital age. The song is the #1 selling single in over 15 countries including Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Portugal. In addition, the official video for "Waka Waka" has seen nearly 100 million YouTube views and over 150 million of additional postings making it the #13 most watched video of all time and the #9 most watched music video.
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This was the first time that "106 & Park" has ever hosted a double video premiere of such lengthy clips. No word in the announcement, if they planned to re-air the videos for those that missed them as VEVO premiered 4-minute versions of each video. Libra Scale, scheduled for September 21st release, is the follow-up to Ne-Yo's RIAA platinum Year Of The Gentleman.
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This electric performance was recorded on August 8, 2009 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC. A special thrill for the band after seeing artists like Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Queen and Bob Dylan grace this same stage. Live, Volume 3 will feature material culled from their decade-long career including their most recent, critically acclaimed album I and Love and You. Live, Volume 3 showcases the amazing live performances that have helped The Avett Brothers build a legion of loyal fans; growing exponentially with each release, performance and appearance.
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It is top 10 in such major markets as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, DC, Seattle, Miami, Chicago and Boston. Aphrodite became Kylie's fifth #1 album in the UK, hitting the top spot a full 22 years to the week since her debut album Kylie entered the chart. The album also made Kylie the first solo artist in the history of the UK charts to have a #1 album in four different decades. Around the globe Aphrodite debuted in the top 10 in thirteen different countries including #1 in Mexico, #2 in Australia, Switzerland and Spain, #3 in Austria, France and Germany and top 5 in Belgium, Holland, Ireland and Taiwan.
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Though the album will surely stand as a landmark in her celebrated body of work, Minnelli maintains that the origins of Confessions were entirely organic, almost accidental. "It just sort of happened," she says. "I used to have these evenings at my house, usually on a weekend, and people like Tony Bennett�or more surprising people like Janet Jackson�would come by, and we would end up singing around the piano." Inspired by the intimacy of those incredible evenings, Liza decided to start recording some of her favorite songs with Stritch, and producer Bruce Roberts. Excited by how effortless the process became, she decided to keep going, giving the listener an up close and personal glimpse into her musical world. Unlike so many of the "Songbook" albums that have come out in recent years full of over-familiar selections, Minnelli dug deeper into the catalogues of great writers, balancing beloved numbers like "All the Way" and "At Last" with such hidden gems as "You Fascinate Me So" and "Moments Like This." The timeless songs were written by the accomplished likes of Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin and Sammy Cahn to name a few.
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If you are between the ages of 16-21 and can sing and act, then this is your chance to be cast in the musical, "WiZaRD," which opens at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center in December 2010. The musical, "WiZaRD," was created, written and directed by singer/crooner George Bugatti and is produced by the Harold Arlen Foundation. This national, grassroots competition will be held exclusively at 11 of GGP's shopping centers across the country. Be The Next Dorothy kicks off at Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California on Saturday, July 31st and the winners will be announced on September 3rd at the South Street Seaport in New York City. - more on this story
The album will be available at online digital download portals, and hard copies will be available at shows and via her website. Lack grew up in Brisbane, Australia, and now splits her time between her homeland and San Francisco. Known to some as a violin soloist, to others as a strings arranger and session musician, and to others as a composer and improv jazz musician, prior to releasing "Knitting Songs," Lack was best known to Australian audiences for her work with indie instrumental group Trinkets, whose two albums earned her critical acclaim as well as a prestigious Golden Fiddle award for "Best Violinist on an Album."
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The City Life Riddim is a quality release that will remind all of us of the potential of Jamaican music- no slackness, no almshouse, no guns or gangsterism, just party fun and conscious tunes on an extremely well produced modern one drop riddim. The City Life Riddim is available as of today on leading digital retailers worldwide, including the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon.com, eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, the Microsoft Zune Marketplace and more.
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