Ben Affleck responded to Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs comments earlier this week where after seeing Ben and Jennifer Lopez making out, Diddy said, “You got to leave that stuff for the bedroom. I wouldn’t be caught dead kissing anyone in the street, even a hottie like J.Lo. The lady has way too much class for that.”
Ben retorted to the diss telling Howard Stern, “Rappers are always rapping about some bullsh**. P. Diddy should stick to what he’s good at. And what is that, by the way?”
Entertainment Weekly profiled the latest fashion craze of men and women wearing neckties with T-shirts that has been popularized by Avril Lavigne, Kelly Osbourne and Michelle Branch.
New York City based stylist Darshan Gress remarked “In essence, you’ve have to have a strong personality to wear it, especially if you’re a girl”.
Stylist Stephanie Wolfe, whose clients include Avril Lavigne remarked, “Avril is antifashion, yet she’s setting fashion trends.”
Robbie Williams has split from his song-writer Guy Chambers.
Guy has refused to sign an agreement he would only work with the former Take That star. So that means an end to the partnership which produced the likes of ‘Angels’, ‘Let Me Entertain You’ and ‘Millennium’.
A spokesman for Guy said “Guy has decided to work with other people and on other projects. He feels he cannot commit to working exclusively with Robbie. After six years and five albums he feels it is time to move on.”
“‘Escapology’ is finished and Guy has co-written 12 of the 14 songs. He feels he is bowing out on a creative high.”
Hear’Say’s Danny Foster says now that the group has split, he’s also going to fly off England and go to India for an exotic vacation or something.
Chances are he will be travelling for the remainder of the year, where he’ll contemplate his future. His grandad Reggie commented, “He’s looking forward to a rest and getting away from it all. It has been stressful. Something like that always is. Personally, I was always happier listening to him sing karaoke down the pub.”
If you’ve thought the new offering from Blue, ‘One Love’ sounds pretty much the same kind of material they offered previously, you are right.
According to Duncan, they’ve returned to the tried-and-tested formula of ‘All Rise’ and ‘Fly By’ to make sure fans know who they are.
“We’ve been out of the market for a few months so we wanted people to turn on the radio and think, ‘Blue are back’. We don’t want them to think, ‘Who’s that?'”
But if fans are a bit worried that Blue’s eagerly-anticipated second album will not have developed from last year’s smash-hit, ‘All Rise’, fear not. There are lots of surprises.
“The other singles are going to be different” Lee told, speaking to a webzine. “We’re not going to change our style but on the album there’s a lot of variation. The fans are going to like it.”
“There’s a cover called ‘Don’t Treat Me Like A Fool’ which is from Angie Stone’s first album, ‘Black Diamond'” Duncan revealed. “We’re really pleased about this album. We were working on it the same time as ‘All Rise’. The music is going to be more up-tempo and edgier. We wrote about 90% of it.”
Blue’s new album is released come 11th of November.
MTV spoke with the Miss India-pretty Norah Jones recently and they asked her what she thought describing her as a jazz artist?
She said “Frankly, I don’t care what people think. I’m on Blue Note Records, which is a huge jazz label, and I got introduced to them when I was primarily more of a jazz artist. I sang jazz standards. That’s all I did.”
“But as we were making our record, I started writing songs and getting into other things. The record didn’t turn out to be much of a jazz record and I know that and they know that. And I don’t claim to be a jazz artist anymore and I don’t claim it to be a jazz record. But people do call it that because of Blue Note I think.”
“It’s not accurate but it doesn’t matter. It’s just music. It shouldn’t be that big a deal. I know true jazz fans don’t like it because they’re like, “No, that’s not jazz,” but whatever. I agree so. Others call me the next Sarah McLachlan. Really, it’s not a big deal. I don’t get upset. If people think that’s jazz, they don’t know… they should listen to Miles Davis and stuff.”
Launch.com chatted with 98 Degrees star Nick Lachey about his impending marriage to Jessica Simpson.
While only offering that the marriage would occur this month, Nick explained, “It’s just something that, you know, was definitely the right time and the right thing to do.”
“You know, we’ve grown a lot together and separately, and I don’t think there’s a doubt in either of our minds that it’s the right thing to do, the right timing and everything.”
Ashanti has responded to Tweet’s negative remarks in Honey magazine. Tweet, apparently believes that Ashanti is not talented and that her record company, Murder Inc. bought all her records just to propel her to the top of the charts.
“I think Tweet is a good artist” Ashanti said. “I am rooting for young black females and males doing positive things and being successful. But as far as her saying she is more original than Ashanti and thinking she is better than me- I mean that’s all good. She’s confident in herself and has her own opinion, great, but I ain’t never gonna bow down to Tweet.”
The tracklisting for the new version of Kylie Minogue’s Greatest Hits has been revealed.
Released through Jive on the 18th of November, the double CD will feature all of the striking elfin of a superstar’s Stock Aitken Waterman-produced hits from ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ through to ‘Celebration’.
Of more interest to Kylie devotees, the second CD will feature a load of rare and previously unreleased remixes, including a brand new 2002 remix of her 1989 No. 1 ‘Hand On Your Heart’.
A DVD collection of her PWL hits will also be released at the same time. November is looking set to be a pricey one for Kylie fans who can also get their hands on a reissue of her ‘Fever’ album, which comes complete with a bonus remix CD, plus her new live DVD which was filmed during her Fever tour in Manchester earlier this year.
Is Neutrino seeing Preeya Kalidas of Bombay Dreams fame?
Apparently, word on the street is that the two got pretty wild over each other at one of the MOBO after-parties.
One source claims “Neutrino spotted her from way over and came to chat her up. They have met before at a shindig but it never really blossomed into anything.”
“Before the rest of us knew it, the two were sneaking off, exchanging looks and glances like lovers would, kissing, touching. The works really.”
An acquaintance of Neutrino’s revealed “She’s very pretty and it’s just the sort of girl Neutrino fancies. Very exotic looking ain’t she? A treasure definitely.”