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Sep 11

No Doubt to delay album release until 2012

Michael J Morsella – Celebrity News Service Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – Fans awaiting No Doubt’s upcoming album will have to wait just a little bit longer.

The band released a statement to their fans on their website stating that their sixth album would not be released this year.

“Ideally our new record would be coming out this year but it’s just not ready yet. We don’t want to rush this album just to get it out,” the band wrote in the statement.

No Doubt is best known for their 1995 hit album Tragic Kingdom, which includes hits “Just a Girl,” “Spiderwebs” and “Don’t Speak.”

The band has been on hiatus from 2004-2008.

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12
Sep 11

Cyndi Lauper flubs National Anthem at U.S. Open

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter

Flushing Meadows, NY, United States (AHN) – Add Cyndi Lauper to the growing list of celebrities to flub the National Anthem.

The pop singer was performing the Star Spangled Banner at the U.S. Open in a Sept.11 tribute when she stumbled on a few words.

Instead of signing “O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming,” Lauper sang, “O’er the ramparts we watched as our flag was still streaming.”

In February, Christina Aguilera was criticized when she fumbled over lines as she performed the National Anthem during the Super Bowl.

Lauper sang before the semifinal match between Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki.

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09
Sep 11

Twitter boasts 100 million active users

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter

San Franciso, CA, United States (AHN) – Twitter, the social networking, micro-blogging service that lets users send and read messages of up to 140 characters long, announced on Thursday that it has 100 million active users and receives about 400 million page views per month.

The impressive numbers cover all active users including people, brands, TV shows and blogs. Interestingly, Twitter also revealed that about 40 percent of active accounts had not tweeted in the past month. They simply read tweets rather than creating them.

Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched in July of that same year. A recent study showed that 13 percent of Americans on the web use Twitter, making it one of the most popular services in the United States. The growing smartphone trend has only increased Twitter’s presence and popularity.

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25
Aug 11

Pitbull responds to Lindsay Lohan lawsuit, says lyrics were misinterpreted

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – Lindsay Lohan hit rapper Pitbull with a lawsuit over a line in his #1 single “Give Me Everything” with Ne-Yo. But he says he had no intentions of hurting her whatsoever and, in fact, was hoping to keep her relevant.

“I was very surprised when I found out about the lawsuit,” Pitbull said. “To me it was very ironic, to be honest with you. At first I read it and I thought, ‘It’s gotta be a joke.’ [But] come to find out that’s it’s very realistic.”

Pitbull sat down for an interview with his official website, PlanetPit.com, where he stressed that the line in question, where he raps “I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan,” was misinterpreted.

“When I was mentioning Lindsay Lohan on the record, it was a positive message,” Pitbull says. “When I say got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan, it means you run that area.”

That might be a bit of a stretch but Pitbull says he’s all about the positivity on his work and he’s supported Lindsay throughout her career and even her hard times. He also thought mentioning her in a song, which shot all the way to the top of the charts and sold millions of singles, might even help. Instead, Lohan cited mental anguish and irreparable harm in the lawsuit.

“In no way shape or form would I want to bring that on anybody and I didn’t look to defamate, degrade, or hurt someone’s career,” Pitbull added. “For me mentioning it on a No. 1 record around the world, I thought it would be helping someone’s career and also keeping them relevant.”

Pitbull will perform the song live at this Sunday’s Video Music Awards on MTV and even extends an invitation for Lindsay to join him.

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24
Aug 11

Sugababes lose rights to name after former member wins legal battle

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – Sugababes, the popular girl group from the UK, are no more. Former member Mutya Buena won the legal rights to the girl’s names which means the current line-up, Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah, and Jade Ewen, are left nameless.

Buena, one of the group’s original members, had been seeking the legal rights to the name since her departure in 2005. She recorded four albums with the group.

Following the departure of another original member, Keisha Buchanan, in 2009, the Sugababes were left with no originals (although current member Heidi had been with the group since album #2) and surely helped the case.

“I won the official name of the Sugababes now!!! I deserve this! I’m over the moon!” Buena wrote on her Facebook.

The news comes just as Sugababes were about to release their eighth studio album and had just dropped the album’s lead single, “Freedom.” The girls would have to perform under a new name.

So what do you suggest the girls call themselves? Maybe $ugababes like American singer Ke$ha? Or could they just add a The in front?

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20
Aug 11

Lady Gaga to Open 2011 MTV VMAS

Michael J Morsella – Celebrity News Service Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – Lady Gaga will be the opening performer at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

Gaga made the announcement on Thursday via a banner in New York’s Times Square.

“It means the world to me,” Gaga said about the performance.

“I just feel really blessed every day. I have the most amazing fans,” she added.

Gaga is nominated for four VMAs, and was in New York to premiere her new video for her song “Yoü and I.”

Other performers that have been announced include Adele, Bruno Mars, and Lil Wayne.

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will air live on August 28th on MTV with a pre-show that will be hosted by Selena Gomez.

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12
Aug 11

Coldplay announces new album name, release date

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – Coldplay fans have been highly anticipating their fifth studio album and now the band has revealed the album’s name and release date. With the band’s help, you could probably pronounce it.

Coldplay have named their follow-up to 2008′s interestingly titled “Viva La Vida… or Death and All His Friends” “Mylo Xyloto.” It’s set to hit stores in the UK on October 24th and the US on October 25th.

“Hello everybody. We have finished our new album,” Coldplay wrote on their website. “We hope you like it and we hope you are all well.”

While the album title sounds like a drug you’d take for indigestion, the band must have known fans would struggle with the aname.They included some pronunciation help on their website. “P.S. it is pronounced ‘MY-lo ZY-letoe,” they write.

But fans already have quite a few reasons to pick up the record regardless of what it’s called. They’ve already debuted a few of the tracks while performing at festivals around the world.

Among them is the bouncy lead single “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,” already a top 10 hit worldwide, as well as “Charlie Brown,” and “Hurts Like Heaven.” The next single, “Paradise,” is set to debut on September 12th.

“Mylo Xyloto” will be released in CD, digital, and vinyl, as well as a limited-edition “pop-up album version” with a hardcover book and more.

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09
Aug 11

Chipkos $18,000 flip-flops perform double duty by protecting the rainforest

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Staff

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Eco-friendly sandal company Chipkos has announced the release of an $18,000 pair of flip flops. The David Palmer painted foot attire is being billed as the world’s most expensive flip flop but will protect endangered rain forest land.

With their purchase Chipkos will protect 100,000 square feet of endangered rain forest land.

The collector’s piece gives a consumer or philanthropist the opportunity to support a major initiative to conserve the rain forest.

Chipkos sandals are a throwback to the Osho slippers from the Sixties ashram scene of India. Unconventionally “square”, the sandal design boldly breaks the norms, challenging the standard round-shaped flop and serving as a reminder of the company’s square feet protection campaign and mantra, “Stand For Square Feet.”

“We believe that people are ready for a wearable badge to express their support for nature conservation,” says former math teacher and Chipkos’ Chief Nature Ambassador, Priya Jaggia.

“Like adding land to Yosemite, each sandal purchase expands a Costa Rican national park by one hundred square feet, thereby protecting the habitat, species and resources within that land area in perpetuity,” explains Norm Gershenz, Executive Director of SaveNature.Org.

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27
Jul 11

50 Cent says he won’t release new album due to label issues

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) – 50 Cent is still in the midst of some major label drama with Interscope and, although he promised he’d be releasing his single and album, the multi-platinum rapper is now saying he won’t be releasing his fifth album anytime soon.

“Man I’m not releasing a album i can’t believe interscope is this f—ed up right now. I apologize to all my fans,” 50 Cent tweeted.

“I will work with other artist on there projects but I will not put out another album,” he said (try to ignore the spelling and grammatical errors). “They dropped the ball with me one time to many.”

The release of 50′s untitled fifth studio album, which is said to feature appearances from Eminem and the Cataracs, has been plagued with problems as of late. Due to issues with the label, 50 announced it wouldn’t be released until 2012, then November 2011, and now he says it won’t come out at all.

But 50, who worked with Dr. Dre for the next single off his upcoming “Detox” album, says he’ll be releasing that single himself. 50 says he’ll give fans a listen of the single, “Psycho,” on Thursday.

“Your gonna love it its a big song,” 50 Cent said about “Psycho.” “I just don’t’ think it deserves a great set up sense they can’t seem to get it right when it comes to me.”

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25
Jul 11

Amy Winehouse autopsy deemed inconclusive

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

London, England, United Kingdom (Celebrity News Service) – Amy Winehouse passed away on Saturday and an autopsy performed Monday was deemed “inconclusive,” according to London police officials. A cause of death is not yet established.

Officials will now await the toxicology test results, which takes two to four weeks. There were no drugs found at the scene, although Winehouse struggled with them for years and was a habitual user.

The police, which said she died alone in her bed and with no foul play involved, released her body to her family following the conclusion of the autopsy.

Winehouse’s family is planning a private funeral for Tuesday. They also visited the crowd which had gathered outside of her home where they setup a memorial with flowers and cards. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, thanked them for the support.

“Amy was about one thing and that was love,” Mitch Winehouse said. “Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends and to you guys as well. I can’t tell you what this means to us. It really is making this a lot easier for us.”

Winehouse was found dead in her home on Saturday. She died at the age of 27, joining a group of other influential artists who passed away at 27-years-old, including Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix.

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