Rihanna attended the BET awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (June 25), dressed in sunshine yellow, the singer flaunted herself on the red carpet and showing photographers the tattoo on her neck.
Once inside the Shrine Auditorium, Rihanna rushed to backstage to prepare for her performance of, Take A Bow, many people are seeing it as a highlight of the night.
The full list of winners are:
Female R&B artist: Alicia Keys
Male R&B artist: Chris Brown
Group: UGK
Gospel artist: Marvin Sapp
Female hip-hop artist: Missy Elliott
Male hip-hop artist: Kanye West
New artist: The Dream
Collaboration:The Good Life, Kanye West featuring T-Pain
Video director: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto
Video of the year: International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You), UGK featuring Outkast
Viewers choice video: Lollipop, Lil Wayne
Actress: Halle Berry
Actor: Denzel Washington
Female athlete: Candace Parker
Male athlete: Kobe Bryant
BET J award: Raheem DeVaughn
Lifetime achievement award: Al Green
Humanitarian award: Quincy Jones
Beyonce Knowles was filming her new movie Obsessed on Monday afternoon (click for photos) but she still made sure to make time to throw her younger sister, Solange Knowles, a big 22nd birthday party.
Beyonce and her mother, Tina Knowles, made sure to get as many people as they could to show up to the party which was held at a private residence in Los Angeles on Monday night (June 23).
The guests included rapper Ludacris, members of the PussyCat Dolls, JoJo, Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan, who was also shooting her movie on Monday afternoon in Hollywood. (click for photos).
Dressed in a strapless bright orange dress and orange shoes, Solange, posed for photos with her guests and her sister.
Solange recently spoke out about being Beyonce’s little sister, “People think that my family association helps me, but in a lot of senses it hinders me. When reaching out to these producers, they don’t know if I’m a real musician or if I’m just someone’s annoying little sister.”
Coldplay kicked off their tour at Madison Square Garden on Monday night (June 23) in New York City, the show was the first of three free ones.
Chris Martin and and co gave away over 7,000 tickets through their official website for the gigs. They are touring to support the album
Viva La Vida which went to number one on the U.S. album chart, the single of the same name also
topped the single charts.
The gig brought a hanful of celebrites out, including Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Chris Rock and Martin’s wife, Gwyneth Paltrow.
Jessica Simpson blogged on her official site on Monday (June 23), the singer was basically promoting her new single Come On Over, which was released on digital on Tuesday (June 24).
She said, “Hey y’all! I wanted to let ya know that my single “Come On Over” will be available tomorrow in itunes and amazon.com! Thanks for supporting me so much already, I have the best fans in the whole world! I’m beyond blessed.
Oh yeah and don’t forget that I will be performing it on The View live from Vegas Wednesday morning, I can’t wait to sing for y’all again. It has been way too long!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Jess”
Nothing like a bit of shameless self promotion, in other news, Jess’s single has been gotten a very good review from Billboard. The review looks like this, “Pop princess and tabloid queen Jessica Simpson needed to hit a home run with her country debut if she wanted any shot of being accepted in a skeptical carpetbagger’s world, which has recently been inundated by the Eagles, John Mellencamp, Darius Rucker, Bon Jovi and Jewel. How about this? Mission accomplished and then some. Sexy, flirtatious “Come On Over” is everything it needs to be—undeniably country and not forced. Under watchful maestro John Shanks and Brett James, Simpson shines on a steel guitar-laden track that finds her pleading with a beau to drop everything for a little loving. Is it the most thought-provoking tune in recent years? No, but Simpson is convincingly ready to play in the country arena. Come on over, indeed.”
Tell us, will you be buying Come On Over?
Amy WInehouse was spotted out in London on Monday morning (June 23) after leaving her rehab center for the day. The singer who was spotted picking up a pack of cigarettes before heading into some stores, is reportedly going to be heaving to Glastonbury to perform for Nelson Mandela’s birthday.
Her dad recently spoke to the press about Amy’s medical problems, he said “With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She’s got 70 percent lung capacity.
“When we got to the hospital a room was ready. Several doctors came in and checked to make sure she didn’t need any emergency treatment. They put her on a drip straight away because she was dehydrated. She said, ‘Don’t worry about me, dad. I know I’ve got to stop taking drugs now.’”
“She’s got emphysema. It’s in its early stages, but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there like an old person with a mask on her face struggling to breathe.”
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Leona Lewis has just scored a $2 million contract, an unknown person has offered the Bleeding Love singer to appear at a private event.
This make Leona one of the biggest payed and hottest performers in the UK right now, the singer is reportedly already worth over $12 million. But unlike a lot of stars, the singer gives a bunch of it back to charity.
A source said “Leona is one of the most sought after stars around. She has little say in the fee charges - big money sponsors literally name their fee and her management respond accordingly. She is adamant much of the profit goes straight back to her favourite charities.”
Britney Spears returned to Los Angeles with her father Jamie Spears on Friday evening (June 20th). The singer was in Louisiana to welcome her new niece Maddie Briann.
Britney was in her home state for a very short three days so she could be with her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, to welcome the new Spears member.
The singer is probably back in L.A. so she can work on her sixth album, or maybe being with little Maddie made Britney miss her boys.
Upon arrival, Britney causes a paparazzi frenzy at the airport, Britney clutched onto her minders and assistants as they tried to make their way through the wave of paparazzi.
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