Despite not being able to conquer the top spot in the UK, Mariah Carey has garnered the top spot in the albums’ chart in America this week. She only came in at #3 in the UK with the top spot going to The Kooks. Her ‘E=MC2’ record had been projected to sell around 500,000 units in the US. As of Wednesday, it was reported that the album debuted to a pretty massive sale of approximately 475,000 copies sold. Congratulations to Mariah on that one. Now, the countdown is on to see how well Madonna will do on her first week.
Now that it’s pretty safe to say that Madonna will be able to keep her Malawian adopted son David Banda, new reports are coming out that the Queen of Pop wants to adopt again. This time around, she’s hoping to adopt a baby girl from India. It is being said that she’s planning to make the trip and the adoption after the promotional stuff for her new album ‘Hard Candy’ gets done. Madonna was in India with her family earlier this year and met with someone who supposedly talked her into adopting a child from India. I say that this is a complete rumor.
Kylie Minogue has revealed that the first doctor she saw failed to diagnose that she had breast cancer.
Chatting on US TV, the Australian singer told how she was initially misdiagnosed when she went for a check-up before she embarked on her Showgirl tour in 2005.
Kylie told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres: “Because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right.”
Kylie added that she decided to continue with the world tour because a doctor has told her she was perfectly healthy. The star heard stories from other women who had been to see a doctor for a diagnosis and were told things were fine, when in fact, they were not.
Kylie said: “I don’t want to say that to frighten people but that’s just a fact. You must follow your intuition and if you have any doubt go back again”.
Kylie has previously spoken about the “anger” she felt after she was diagnosed with the disease in 2005 and how she channeled it into her album X, which reached No.4 in the UK charts last year.
Kristy Lee Cook should be jumping for joy right now as country legend Dolly Parton will be appearing as a special guest on American Idol on Tuesday. The country crooner will be a mentor to the finalists on April 1’s show and the night will be filled with her songs. Dolly will also return on Wednesday’s results show to perform her single ‘Jesus & Gravity’, the second single from her new album ‘Backwoods Barbie’. Like I said, Kristy Lee should be jumping for joy since she sings country. To be honest, I’m interested on what David Cook will do with a country song.
Lily Allen has dismissed reports in the UK press that many audience members walked-out of filming for her new TV show last week. The UK pop star has taken to her blog to respond to reports in the national press that the first episode of the chat show was beset by problems.
This weekend, the Mail On Sunday claimed one third of the crowd at “Lily Allen & Friends” left because they were bored. However, Lily says some were forced to leave because the recording had overrun and people had to get home.
She wrote: “Thank you to the ever supportive ‘Mail On Sunday’, they insinuated a third of the audience left because they were bored with the content of the show. In fact, due to it being the FIRST show we’ve done we ran over a little and naturally a small number of the audience had to catch the last trains back to wherever they came from.”
Elsewhere in the online posting, Lily said she is nearing completion on her new album, the follow-up to 2006 debut “Alright, Still”.
One of the first Grammy Awards to be handed out on Sunday went to the Queen of Pop, Madonna. The singer won for Best Long Form Music Video for her ‘Confessions’ tour at the pre-telecast ceremony. Congratulations to Madonna! I’m sure that once her new album comes out, she would get a lot more awards considering who she worked with on the album. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland have already proven how much of a powerhouse duo they are behind the sound boards and it’s sure to bring Madonna a good edge for next year’s awards.
Having a miscarriage can be hard on a woman and on a relationship. Lily Allen knows.
After suffering the loss of her baby with rocker Ed Simons, Lily has called it quits. Well, for now anyway. Rumors have flown that the two are broken up, but some sources say they spent time together today. Her rep has no comment at this time.
A friend simply says, “She is feeling fine. She is throwing herself into her work on her new album and TV show.”
‘High School Musical 3’ is yet to start filming but Vanessa Hudgens continues to work hard. She recently exercised her magic at a Los Angeles studio on Tuesday. The ‘High School Musical’ star has been busy recording new songs and refining old ones for her sophomore album.
Her acting career may not have been affected by her scandalous pictures but I wonder if her music career will. We all know the formula of innocent teen turning racy as we’ve seen with the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. I just find it highly ironic that all three of them happen to be Disney girls. What a trend!
Jennifer Hudson avoided being cited by the fashion police by sporting two different looks by Donna Karan to ring in the New Year at the Setai Hotel on Monday. She first sported a body-hugging white dress on the red carpet and then changed into a fire-engine red dress for her performance. She performed four tracks from her upcoming album, including ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’ from the movie ‘Dreamgirls’.
Jennifer said that she was incredibly thrilled to be performing there for such a prestigious New Year’s Eve celebration. When she was asked what her wishes for 2008 were, she said “My New Year’s resolution is to focus more and always be happy, even though I work all the time.”
All you die-hard Britney Spears listen up! Don’t miss out on your chance to get a one of a kind autographed copy of her album ‘Blackout.’ Britney is auctioning off the album on EBay and 100% of the proceeds go to UNICEF. There are many other artists out there who have sold more than Britney such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder-who both sold over 100 million records. Elvis is another. Tons and tons more. People who are in her same age group-Beyonce for one has sold over 100 Million records and she’s the same age as Britney, and they started out around the same time. Christina Aguilera has sold over 30 million records and to be “less famous” as Britney, that says a lot. SO you bragging that Brit has sold over 50 Million records aren’t as big of a brag as you claim it to be.
The Spice Girls are off to do their Christmas shopping early. At least, in a commercial they are. The group full of girl power recently released a commercial for UK-based grocery chain Tesco which shows them holiday shopping.
Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice does the narration for the commercial which not only promotes the store but the Spice Girls’ ‘Greatest Hits’ album as well. The commercial is basically old footage from all of their old music videos mixed in with their new album cover and a couple of other things.
And remember… Ginger does the voice over. I guess that’s enough.
A Christian media watchdog group is calling for “satanic” rapper 50 Cent to retire. The Resistance objects to the hip-hop superstar’s lyrics and lifestyle, and want him to step down as he promised he would if Kanye West’s Graduation beat his Curtis disc to the top of the U.S. albums chart - which it did. if you wanna start making things with “filth” in it retire or stop, then i guess the whole world needs a bit of a make over, cuz their r much filthier things out there than 50’s music…jus saying. You his music will not heal the world of its sorrows nor will it provide cleaning drinking water or electricity to those who need it. Why not run a signature campaign to ask US President G.W. Bush to retire he nearing the end of his term with election approaching next year, so why not ask him to give up office an year earlier. That way the world be more secure and a better more peaceful place to live in. He has killed thousand of our soldiers and yet he cannot understand that war will not help safe guard this country. And he has plans to go on war with Iran, OMG.
