Monthly Archives: June 2002

Anastacia Don’t Know Football

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She’s singing the official tournament anthem for the FIFA World Cup, but Anastacia barely knows about the sport or even who Pele is!

The American dazzler who was picked by FIFA to perform her track, ‘Boom’, in front of nearly a billion people before the finals on the 30th of June, told the papers that she hasn’t the slightest idea who the Brazilian football legend was.

She said “I first performed ‘Boom’ at the World Cup draw in South Korea last December. I was really nervous because I knew the whole world was watching. I was determined not to mess up. Afterwards I was introduced to ‘Pay-lay.’ Then I knew he was a footballer but that was it. I don’t know everything.”

The ‘One Day In Your Life’ singer added “Being an American, we’re not that savvy about football or soccer as we call it. I don’t understand the game. They stop it all the time and I never know why. I don’t know the European game of soccer but I do know the passion behind the sport. That’s what I understand. I’m still amazed they picked me. ‘Pay-lay’ was standing next to me and talking to me plus all.”

Red Hot Chilli Peppers Expect New LP Out In August

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The next Red Hot Chilli Peppers full-length release will be called ‘By The Way’ of which will spawn their first number of the same name, which just made its entry onto the Billboard charts, coming in at a No.55 slot.

Lead singer, Anthony Kiedis, has told MTV the album was supposed to arrive in shops sometime around June but because he feels that together with the rest of his band, studio time clocked up was longer than expected, so now the album’s slated to drop somewhere in August.

‘By The Way’ will be their first album since 1999’s fantastic ‘Californication’.

A while back, Red Hot Chili Peppers released an LP entitled ‘The Hits’ in order to create a bit of word of mouth before their next album arrives. Now here’s where it gets interesting or rather frustrating if you will. ‘The Hits’ will not be available for sale. It was fashioned by the rockers’ label, Warner Music, as a promotional item only before the release of their new studio set ‘By The Way’.

‘The Hits’ will be used for retail and media promotions and only be available via contests. If you ever manage to get your hands on that, be sure to hold on to it real well. That’s definitely an instant collectors item.

India.Arie’s Video Breaks Record

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India.Arie’s long-running marvelous song ‘Video’ falls off Billboard’s Hot 100 this week, but not before coming close to breaking a record.

See, the funny thing is, over the course of two chart runs, India’s single, this is the one that got her those Grammy nominations, spent a total of 31 weeks on the chart, never rising higher than No. 47.

According to the people at Billboard, they’ve noted that ‘Video’ is actually the second-longest running title to not reach beyond the top 40 regions.

The record holder belongs to Ricky Martin and his ‘The Cup of Life’ which spent 34 weeks on the chart, also in two chart runs, without advancing higher than No. 45.

Ain’t It Funny That J.Lo’s Single Again

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Now, not really sure if this one’s here just to create a buzz since her name’s not exactly a permanent fixture in tabloids now that she’s married and all but word has it that the gorgeous ‘Ain’t It Funny’ singer, J. Lo is solo again.

A source, apparently confirmed to The Associated Press that Jennifer Lopez, 31 and her dancer of a husband, Cris Judd, have separated. In accordance with what the source said, it seems that the pair parted amicably and have no immediate plans for divorce.

And as we all have come to know the standard celebrity formula is to just deny all and so Jennifer Lopez’s spokesman did just that.

The actress/singer married Cris, 32, in a private ceremony in Calabasas, California on the 29th of September last year. The wedding came immediately a few months after she broke up with hip-hop star, Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, with whom she had a decidedly publicized romance.

Cris appeared prominently as a background dancer in the video for her hit ‘Love Don’t Cost A Thing’ but in current months has become increasingly more active in her career. He directed the video for the Ja Rule remix of her song ‘Ain’t It Funny’ and choreographed her recent NBC concert special. He can even be seen in her new remix track ‘I’m Gonna Be Alright’, a song/remix that I personally think is awesome. Anyway, that’s not all. Both Cris and Jennifer share writing credits for the song ‘Alive’ from her recent thriller ‘Enough.’

If this is indeed true, and she does decide to divorce him later on, then the sexy Latina is no stranger to divorces. In 1997, she married model, Ojani Noa and divorced him the following year.

Michael Jackson Demanding Justice For Artists

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The King of Pop, Michael Jackson is lending his voice to a coalition demanding “justice” for recording artists.

According to the BBC, the recently formed New-York based National Action Network (NAN) has been set up to investigate incidences of artist exploitation by major record labels.

The NAN has drawn support from infamous celebrity lawyer Johnnie Cochran and civil rights campaigner the Reverend Al Sharpton.

Michael has released a statement explaining his reasons for joining the coalition. “Record companies have to start treating artists with respect, honour and finanicial justice. Therefore I am proud to join this coalition which represents all artists.”

Meanwhile, Al Sharpton stated that the coalition would attempt to prevent the slave-to-the-record-company mentatility that currently prevails.

NAN will be prepared to work with the Recording Artists Coalition (RAC), which has campaigned for fairer contracts and more oversight into the accounting practices of record companies.

NAN will also use its influence with radio stations to boycott material from companies deemed as treating their artists unfairly.

“The lifeline of any music company is air play”, he commented.

Current plans for NAN include a “summit” of recording artists to debate the issues and high profile meetings with the five major labels, namely Vivendi Universal, Sony, EMI, BMG and AOL Time Warner.

Kylie Minogue And Vinnie Jones In A Film

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Kylie Minogue will make her acting comeback with hard man Vinnie Jones in a new ‘Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels’ movie. After a series of box office duds, Kylie hopes she’ll have better luck with ‘Guns, Money And Home Cooking.’

According to the press, Kylie and Vinnie will play bank robbers who flee to a remote lighthouse after a heist goes wrong. They seek refuge with an eccentric old lady played by Dame Joan Plowright but find themselves being held hostage.

Filming will start later this year after Kylie finishes her tour.

A source close to Kylie said: “Most of the films she has been involved with have been complete flops and she is desperate to crack the big screen. ‘Guns, Money And Cooking’ has the potential to be a big hit and is in the same vein of as ‘Lock, Stock’.”

Word has it that after ‘Guns’, Kylie will work on another film, ‘The Snow Queen,’ immediately and will star alongside Joely Richardson.

Beckham Loves Ashanti And More

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England captain, David Beckham, or Mr Posh, had a few free cds flown to Japan in order to help him unwind. And it appears that he is a bit of a hip-hopper.

His roll included the new releases from Ashanti, Ja Rule, Christina Milian and Ludacris.

A source close to the Beckhams said “David’s a massive R&B fan. An aide contacted the record label. They agreed to give him the albums for free and they have been flown out to Japan ahead of the Sweden match.”

Now what I’m left wondering is how come he didn’t ask for Victoria’s? Oh well, maybe he’s heard it so many times at home or maybe they’ve got like millions of her discs since she’s now dropped by Virgin because of poor sales of her LPs and singles.

Off Limitz Hits Up Theme Parks and Malls This Summer!

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As part of their 2002 Hit it Up Tour, and in support of their new hit single – “Falling in Love” – Off Limitz will embark on a 20-city tour that includes among other notable venues – Busch Gardens, Walt Disney World Resort, Centennial Olympic Park, SeaWorld and some of the largest Malls across the United States.

Off Limitz’ success to date includes a hit on Canadian radio called “Forgot About You,” winning a TONOS challenge to record with David Foster and Carol Bayer Sager, headlining a Backstreet Boys pre-show with Canada’s Power 107 and opening for Blu Cantrell.

But this tour – bigger and more expansive than any of their efforts to date – is sure to turn the spotlight on Off Limitz even more.

Off Limitz is fighting an uphill battle for sure – five goodlooking guys that can not only sing, but write and arrange their own songs! But they are not fazed in the least by the “boyband” stereotype and prefer to let the music speak for itself.

There are currently over 20 fan sites on the Internet dedicated to Off Limitz, their official online promotions team community has over 300 members and their fan base continues to expand in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

You can witness the growing phenomenon that is Off Limitz this summer at:

Off Limitz 2002 Hit it Up Tour

July 2 – The Shops at Prudential Center – Boston, MA

July 4 – Busch Gardens – Williamsburg, VA

July 6 – Concord Mills – Concord, NC

July 7 – Philadelphia, PA

July 9 – Long Island, NY

July 13 – Walt Disney World Resort – Orlando, FL

July 17 – Mall of Georgia – Atlanta, GA

July 18 – Centennial Olympic Park – Atlanta, GA

July 20 – Nashville, TN – Opry Mills

Jul 22 – Crossroads Mall – Oklahoma City, OK

July 24 – Valley View Center – Dallas, TX

July 26 – Good Morning Arizona TV Appearance

July 27 – Arizona Mills – Tempe AZ

July 29 – Colorado Springs, CO

August 3 – Ontario Mills – Ontario, CA

August 6 – Los Angeles, CA

August 8 – SeaWorld San Diego, CA

August 10 – Glendale California

To learn more about Off Limitz – visit the Off Limitz Official Web site at – http://www.offlimitz-music.com

And look for Off Limitz new single – “Falling in Love” with bonus tracks “Over” and “Hit it Up” at radio in June and in stores July 2, 2002!

Skinnier Westlife and Kian’s Westwife

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The Westlife lads have been put on a pre-US tour diet by record label chiefs, because the high life has turned them into bloaters.

One source said “Westlife are going to have to compete against far more skinnier boy bands so they’d better go be thin so as to appeal to the American majority.”

Meanwhile, it sure looks like Westlife’s pretty boy, Kian Egan, has found himself a Westwife. According to reports, Kian was recently spotted shopping for an engagement ring with a mystery blonde at London’s Cartier jewelers.

If he does marry, he will be the second Westlife boy to get attached.

Posh’s Really Posh Baby

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Posh and Becks’s second baby has already been offered a modeling gig before it’s even born.

According to NW magazine, London designer Eric Way wants the baby to model a $13 million diamond encrusted jacket that he’ll then auction for charity.

Apparently, born with a silver spoon is not enough for a posh baby like Victoria’s.

Wow – is that child fortunate or is that child fortunate? Man – – – – – – – – – – –