The Insider correspondent Marc Malkin has learned that Janet Jackson is in talks to work with MTV again a year after the infamous Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction.
“It’s not something you’d expect from Janet,” a source said. “It should be announced in the next week or two, but this will mend their relationship.”
Meanwhile, Janet Jackson is in the studio working on her next album. Look for the first single to drop in May or June followed by the album in the fall.
Star magazine spoke with Eminem’s grandmother Betty Kresin after complaints in the press from Sarah Mathers, who says she is the rapper’s half-sister and Eminem refuses to meet her.
“I don’t blame Marshall for being skeptical of these Johnny-come-latelies,” Betty Kresin said. “They twist it to make it seem like Marshall is the bad guy for not wanting to establish relationships with them, but why should he right?”
Betty Kresin added, “Now that he’s a multimillionaire, everyone who has any sort of family connection wants a piece of him.”
The Daily Star reports that Geri Halliwell is upset with the news that Darius Danesh wants to get back together with ex-girlfriend Natasha Henstridge.
“Geri has become used to Darius being around and didn’t seem too happy with the idea of Darius getting involved with Natasha again,” a source explained.
The Sunday Mirror reports that gay comedian Matt Lucas just returned from a vacation in Los Angeles where he stayed at the home of Robbie Williams. A source said the pair “relaxed and chilled out. They are merely very good friends.”
With Sophie Ellis Bextor set to release her third album soon, the release of Busface’s Circles required a bit of a rework.
Sophie, who guest-vocals on the track, will instead be referred to as “Mademoiselle EB”.
Circles is due out February 21st.
Sophie told fans on her official forum, “I am not trying to dissasociate myself with the song, as such, but as I am not done with my album yet. I decided to have fun with an alter ego so there was no confusion over whether it was a single from album 3 or not. I wish Busface the very best with the track. I am very, very excited at how my album is coming together. Woo hoo!”
Blue star Simon Webbe has revealed an unsanitary habit of his bandmate Lee Ryan.
“Lee’s got a habit of blowing his nose on his hands,” Simon Webbe who manages the pop outfit, VS, told The Daily Star. “It’s horrible. Especially when you’re eating.”
Coutesy: www.desi-talent.co.uk
Jay Sean and the ‘Doh Point Nau’ crew flew out to Mumbai last week on a promotional tour that would see them perform in a few gigs in aid of the Tsunami disaster.
It has also emerged the crew will be getting involved in a bollywood project.
desi-talent.co.uk can exclusively reveal Jay Sean will appear in Balaji Telefilms’ ‘Kya Kool Hai Hum’. The movie is directed by Sangeeth Sivan and will star lead actors Tusshar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Neha Dhupia and Isha Koppikar.
‘Kya Kool hai Hum’ is a youth/fun plot and will have a sequence of an MTV show with a fashion show as part of it. It is in this fashion show sequence that Jay Sean will star and a specially mixed version of ‘One Night’ will be filmed to this sequence.
Jay’s mentor Rishi Rich will provide the mix to ‘One Night’. And its not the first he’s been involved in bollywood, last year Rishi provided the music to one of the biggest anthems of 2004 with the smash hit ‘U & I’ for the film ‘Hum Tum’.
Mariah Carey Set To Release “The Emancipation of Mimi”
In-Stores April 12th on Island Def Jam
(January 24, 2005) New York, New York – Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artist of all time, is set to release her highly anticipated album, The Emancipation of Mimi, on Island Def Jam. Already being heralded as one of the hottest releases of the year, the album is set to arrive in stores on April 12th (and one day earlier in territories outside the US).
The new single “It’s Like That” (co-produced by ueber-producer Jermaine Dupri), which was officially released just yesterday, is already a top 20 hit on the Rhythm chart and this week’s Hot Shot Debut on the Billboard Hot 100, with over 35 million in audience – all without the support of a music video! The music video will be shot next
week by Hollywood A-list director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon).
Mariah Carey wrote and co-produced every song on the album, which features guest appearances by superstar artists Snoop Dogg, Nelly and Twista, and features production by The Neptunes, Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri.- MariahCarey.com
As the saying goes, new year, new start, and especially in the case of all the major record companies as it’s that time of year again when piles of CD’s resolute round the bargain bin, when official sites start getting closed down and when we start to never again hear of acts once here. Yep, because the latest victims of the dreaded record label drop have been flying around, and apparently, Shaznay Lewis might just be one of them, due to the dissappointing sales of album Open, which only managed #22 in the album chart last summer, and her October 2004 single You, which went in 32 places lower than debut Never Felt Like This Before, at 46, compared to the number 8 position her previous single achieved.
But she’s not the only one, oh no. Apparently, Kristian Leontiou, Jay Sean, Raghav, Lisa Scott Lee, Sam & Mark, V and The 411 are other possible names that have been rumoured as well.Here are some handy hints to finding out if your fave act has been dropped or not:
1. Check their label’s website, especially artist lists. Check news about the artist to see whether or not any new news has appeared.
2. Do the exact same thing with their official website.
3. Contact labels if you do have any further concerns.
The People reports that Prince Harry wanted to hit on Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy at the Prince’s Trust concert in Windsor but didn’t have the nerve. Most Wanted singer Darren Hajul said “When I told him how on tour I’d usually pull five or six girls a week his eyes lit-up like Christmas tree lights”.
“He wanted to know all the sordid details. If we could have swapped places there and then Harry would have. He didn’t think Cheryl Tweedy would take him seriously but I said go for it. As we laughed he kept sneaking ciggies off people and swigging his beer. Harry’s a party animal but he doesn’t have a bad bone in his body.”
“I don’t think he ever ased her out in the end. He’s just too shy.”