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Britney Spears says “I’m an emotional wreck”

Britney SpearsPop princess Britney Spears, whose marriage and parenting skills are under a media microscope, tearfully admitted being “an emotional wreck” in excerpts of an interview aired on Thursday.Intermittently weeping and chewing gum throughout, Spears denied she is estranged from her husband, Kevin Federline, saying on NBC’s “Today” show that Federline is helping her weather the hormonal ups and downs of her second pregnancy.

“He helps me. He has to. I’m an emotional wreck right now,” Spears said. “Not in a bad way. Just, just, you know, I’ll start laughing hysterically and then I’ll just start crying, like just because … . It’s my hormones.

She called paparazzi images of her driving with her infant son, Sean Preston, on her lap “cheap shots” and said that as a small child, she sat in her father’s lap as he drove.

Spears said she has wept on occasion over allegations that she is a bad mother, and wished only that paparazzi would leave her alone.

“You have to realize that we’re people and that we need, we just need privacy and we need our respect,” she said. “And those are things that you have to have as a human being.”

The remarks were excerpted from an interview to be shown on NBC’s “Dateline”.

Add comment June 16th, 2006

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell Finally Gives Birth

Geri Halliwell has given birth to a baby girl at London’s Portland Hospital, according to The Sun.

The singer’s representatives haven’t officially confirmed the birth yet, but it is believed she underwent a Caesarean section in the early hours this morning at the private hospital. And she reportedly enjoyed the services of the same obstetrician that delivered Victoria Beckham’s first son Brooklyn.

Geri’s mum Anna Maria was at her side, but The Sun claims father Sacha Gervasi – a Hollywood screenwriter who split with Geri shortly after she fell pregnant – was not present.

Add comment May 15th, 2006

Britney Spears Can’t Wait To Hit The Stage

BritneyBritney Spears says she misses touring and can’t wait to get back to work.

It’s only been five months since she popped out son Sean Preston, but the hardworking princess of pop reckons she’s ready to make a return to music. She said: “This may sound weird, but I miss travelling. I miss the road, seeing different places and being with the dancers and having fun.

“That feeling of being on the stage, knowing it’s your best – I love that. I needed a break. I needed to be hungry again. I belong out there. I can do these things.”

And Britney says that while she’s been away there have been no serious challengers for her pop crown. “It’s a huge lull. I haven’t seen anybody out there who has had a performance where I’m like, ‘That’s awesome’. It’s been boring. Nothing’s been wow to me.”

Please come back Britney - the world needs wow.

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1 comment February 17th, 2006

Lisa Marie Presley Celebrates Her Fourth Marriage


The King’s daughter quietly marries her producer in Japan

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Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of late rock & roll legend Elvis, married guitarist and music producer Michael

Lockwood on January 22nd in a traditional Japanese ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, her publicist announced Thursday.

This is the fourth marriage for Presley, 38, who has previously exchanged vows with Michael Jackson, Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage and songwriter Danny Keough, the father of her two children. Keough served as best man at the Kyoto ceremony, while Presley’s mother, actress Priscilla Presley, walked the bride down the aisle.

Lockwood executive-produced Presley’s second album, 2005’s Now What, which featured collaborations with Pink, ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and songwriter Linda Perry. Keough and Billy Corgan were among those Presley collaborated with on her 2003 debut, To Whom It May Concern. Both were Top Ten albums.

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Add comment February 17th, 2006

Britney Spears Hates The Paparazzi

Spears: “Princess Diana got killed by one of these people. They’re crossing the line.”

Pop princess Britney Spears declared during an interview yesterday that she is frustrated and angry over the paparazzi, because she can’t leave the house to take a walk with her four-month baby without being stalked by them.

Spears, 24, who was heavily criticized last week after she was photographed driving with her son Sean Preston on her lap, also declared that not even the police can protect her from the paparazzi.

“I don’t really go out with him,” Spears told a US magazine. “And it’s kind of sad because I can’t walk down the street with a stroller (pram). I’m not expecting people to pity me. I’m just telling the truth.”

“I’ve pulled over and asked the cops, ‘Could you please help me? They’ve been driving recklessly back there.’ And they say, ‘Sorry ma’am, I can’t help you. This is how it is.’”

“I mean, Princess Diana got killed by one of these people. They’re crossing the line.”

Last week, in an interview broadcast by the TV show, “Access Hollywood” Britney said: “I made a mistake and so it is what it is, I guess. Being put in the situation that I was in, it was kind of bad with the paparazzi.”

Add comment February 16th, 2006

Complete List Of Grammy Award Winners

Winners at Wednesday’s 48th Annual Grammy Awards:

Album of the Year: “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,” U2.

Record of the Year: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day.

New Artist: John Legend

Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Ordinary People,” John Legend.

Pop Vocal Album: “Breakaway,” Kelly Clarkson.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Numb/Encore,” Jay-Z featuring Linkin Park.

Song of the Year: “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own,” U2.

Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Since U Been Gone,” Kelly Clarkson.

Country Album: “Lonely Runs Both Ways,” Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Rap Album: “Late Registration,” Kanye West.

Rock Album: “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,” U2.

Rap Solo Performance: “Gold Digger,” Kanye West.

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: “Don’t Phunk With My Heart,” The Black Eyed Peas.

Rap Song: “Diamonds From Sierra Leone,” D. Harris and Kanye West.

Solo Rock Vocal Performance: “Devils & Dust,” Bruce Springsteen.

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own,” U2.

Hard Rock Performance: “B.Y.O.B.,” System of a Down.

Metal Performance: “Before I Forget,” Slipknot.

Rock Instrumental Performance: “69 Freedom Special,” Les Paul and Friends.

Rock Song: “City of Blinding Lights, U2, (U2).

Alternative Music Album: “Get Behind Me Satan,” The White Stripes.

Female R&B Vocal Performance: “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey.

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: “So Amazing,” Beyonce and Stevie Wonder.

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “A House Is Not a Home,” Aretha Franklin.

Urban/Alternative Performance: “Welcome to Jamrock,” Damian Marley.

R&B Song: “We Belong Together,” J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, (Mariah Carey).

R&B Album: “Get Lifted,” John Legend.

Contemporary R&B Album: “The Emancipation of Mimi,” Mariah Carey.

Male Pop Vocal Performance: “From the Bottom of My Heart,” Stevie Wonder.

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: “This Love,” Maroon 5.

Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Feel Good Inc.,” Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul.

Pop Instrumental Performance: “Caravan,” Les Paul.

Pop Instrumental Album: “At This Time,” Burt Bacharach.

Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “The Art of Romance,” Tony Bennett.

Female Country Vocal Performance: “The Connection,” Emmylou Harris.

Male Country Vocal Performance: “You’ll Think of Me,” Keith Urban.

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: “Restless,” Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Country Collaboration With Vocals: “Like We Never Loved at All,” Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

Country Instrumental Performance: “Unionhouse Branch,” Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Country Song: “Bless the Broken Road,” Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon, (Rascal Flatts).

Latin Pop Album: “Escucha,” Laura Pausini.

Latin Rock/Alternative Album: “Fijacion Oral Vol. 1,” Shakira.

Traditional Tropical Latin Album: “Bebo De Cuba,” Bebo Valdes.

Salsa/Merengue Album: “Son Del Alma,” Willy Chirino.

Mexican/Mexican-American Album: “Mexico En La Piel,” Luis Miguel.

Tejano Album: “Chicanisimo,” Little Joe Y La Familia.

Engineered Album, Classical: “Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets,” Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet).

Producer of the Year, Classical: Tim Handley.

Classical Album: “Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience,” Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Christine Brewer and Joan Morris, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra).

Orchestral Performance: “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13,” Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus).

Opera Recording: “Verdi: Falstaff,” Sir Colin Davis, conductor (London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra).

Choral Performance: “Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience,” Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson and Thomas Young, Michigan State University Children’s Choir, University of Michigan Chamber Choir, University of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University of Michigan University Choir and University Musical Society Choral Union, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra).

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): “Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3,” Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra).

Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): “Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky,” Evgeny Kissin.

Chamber Music Performance: “Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets,” Emerson String Quartet.

Small Ensemble Performance: “Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre, Derive 1 & 2,” Pierre Boulez, conductor, Hilary Summers, Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Classical Vocal Performance: “Bach: Cantatas,” Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul, Members of the RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Baroque Soloists).

Classical Contemporary Composition: “Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience,” William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin).

Classical Crossover Album: “4 plus Four,” Turtle Island String Quartet and Ying Quartet.

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Ray,” Ray Charles.

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Ray,” Craig Armstrong, composer.

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Believe,” Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, songwriters, from “The Polar Express.”

Instrumental Composition: “Into the Light,” Billy Childs, composer.

Instrumental Arrangement: “The Incredits,” Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Various Artists).

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?” Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein and Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti and Sting).

Traditional Blues Album: “80,” B.B. King and Friends.

Traditional Folk Album: “Fiddler’s Green,” Tim O’Brien.

Contemporary Folk Album: “Fair & Square,” John Prine.

Native American Music Album: “Sacred Ground A Tribute to Mother Earth,” Various Artists.

Hawaiian Music Album: “Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Vol. 1,” Various Artists.

Reggae Album: “Welcome to Jamrock,” Damian Marley.

Traditional World Music Album: “In the Heart of the Moon,” Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate.

Contemporary World Music Album: “Eletracustico,” Gilberto Gil.

Polka Album: “Shake, Rattle and Polka!” Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra.

Musical Album for Children: “Songs From the Neighborhood The Music of Mister Rogers,” Various Artists.

Spoken Word Album for Children: “Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long,” Various Artists.

Spoken Word Album: “Dreams From My Father,” Sen. Barack Obama.

Comedy Album: “Never Scared,” Chris Rock.

Musical Show Album: “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”

Gospel Performance: “Pray,” CeCe Winans.

Rock Gospel Song: “Be Blessed,” Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis and James Q. Wright, (Yolanda Adams).

Rock Gospel Album: “Until My Heart Caves In,” Audio Adrenaline.

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: “Lifesong,” Casting Crowns.

Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Album: “Rock of Ages … Hymns & Faith,” Amy Grant.

Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: “Purified,” CeCe Winans.

Gospel Choir or Gospel Chorus: “One Voice,” Gladys Knight, choir director.

New Age Album: “Silver Solstice,” Paul Winter Consort.

Jazz Vocal Album: “Good Night, and Good Luck,” Dianne Reeves.

Jazz Instrumental Solo: “Why Was I Born?” Sonny Rollins.

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: “Beyond the Sound Barrier,” Wayne Shorter Quartet.

Contemporary Jazz Album: “The Way Up,” Pat Metheny Group.

Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “Overtime,” Dave Holland Big Band.

Latin Jazz Album: “Listen Here!” Eddie Palmieri.

Traditional Soul Gospel Album: “Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs,” Donnie McClurkin.

Dance Recording: “Galvanize,” The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip.

Electronic/Dance Album: “Push the Button,” The Chemical Brothers.

Bluegrass Album: “The Company We Keep,” The Del McCoury Band.

Contemporary Blues Album: “Cost of Living,” Delbert McClinton.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Steve Lillywhite.

Short Form Music Video: “Control,” Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop.

Best Long Form Music Video: “No Direction Home” (Bob Dylan).

Recording Package: “The Forgotten Arm,” Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann).

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “The Legend,” Ian Cuttler, art director (Johnny Cash).

Album Notes: “The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax,” John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton).

Historical Album: “The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax,” Jeffrey Greenberg and Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers (Jelly Roll Morton).

Engineered Album, Non-Classical: “Back Home,” Alan Douglas and Mick Guzauski, engineers (Eric Clapton).

Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix),” Louie Vega, remixer (Curtis Mayfield).

Surround Sound Album: “Brothers in Arms 20th Anniversary Edition,” Chuck Ainlay, Bob Ludwig, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits).

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Add comment February 9th, 2006

Snoop Dogg Pushing The Pussycat Dolls’ ‘Buttons’

The image “http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/p/pussycat_dolls/grammy_style_studio_06/188x110.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.The Pussycat Dolls have landed yet another hot MC. Snoop Dogg will be joining the ranks of past superstar collaborators Busta Rhymes, Timbaland and the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am, who’ve each churned out beats for  the group’s platinum debut disc.

“You’re going to love our special guest on [this remix],” the group’s Nicole Scherzinger teased as the girls perused the racks of designer duds, shades and plush handbags at the 2006 Grammy Style Studio event Saturday.


After a bit of prodding, Scherzinger revealed the identity of the rapper who would be putting a fresh twist on their sultry new single, “Buttons”: none other than Doggfather himself.

“It’s the D-O-double-G, baby!” she exclaimed.

The girls first joined forces with the West Coast rapper for their sexy performance of “Santa Baby” on the 2005 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas in December, where Snoop dressed up as Santa Claus.

It seems the Dolls have quite a knack for landing guest stars. Busta spat some rhymes on PCD’s debut single, the Cee-Lo-produced “Don’t Cha”, while Will is currently featured in the Dolls’ current clip, “Beep.”

Will and the Peas have even recruited the gals to open for them on their upcoming spring trek, which kicks off March 23 in Fresno, California, and the Dolls are prepping for the gig by giving their live show a massive overhaul.


“We’re reconfiguring [things] and starting all over with the choreography,” Scherzinger explained. “We want to make it really big because we’re on tour with the Peas and they always have the best show, so it’s definitely going to be high-impact and really high-energy.”

“We’re gonna put a little throwback to the Pussycat Dolls and show our history a bit [too],” added Pussycat Kimberly Wyatt.

“There’ll be some gymnastics, some fireworks and some skinny-dipping onstage,” Scherzinger joked.

The Dolls have been basking in the success of PCD and just returned from Germany, where they received the Golden Camera Award for Best International Pop Group. They have even higher hopes for the future, though.

“Next year we hope to be on the Grammys,” said Scherzinger. “[But right now] every day is like a roller coaster for us and we feel very fortunate and very blessed.”

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Add comment February 8th, 2006

Nominees For The 48th Annual Grammy Awards, 2006

Album of the Year
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Kanye West - Late Registration

Record of the Year

Mariah Carey - “We Belong Together”
Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.”
Green Day - “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl”
Kanye West - “Gold Digger”

Song of the Year

Rascal Flatts - “Bless the Broken Road”
Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters
Bruce Springsteen - “Devils & Dust”
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
John Legend - “Ordinary People”
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters
U2 - “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”
U2, songwriters
Mariah Carey - “We Belong Together”
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters

Best New Artist

Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend
Sugarland

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Mariah Carey - “It’s Like That”
Kelly Clarkson - “Since U Been Gone”
Sheryl Crow - “Good Is Good”
Bonnie Raitt - “I Will Not Be Broken”
Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl”

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Jack Johnson - “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing”
Paul McCartney - “Fine Line”
Seal - “Walk on By”
Rob Thomas - “Lonely No More”
Stevie Wonder - “From the Bottom of My Heart”

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

Black Eyed Peas - “Don’t Lie”
The Killers - “Mr. Brightside”
Los Lonely Boys - “More Than Love”
Maroon 5 - “This Love”
The White Stripes - “My Doorbell”

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Black Eyed Peas & Jack Johnson - “Gone Going”
Foo Fighters Featuring Norah Jones - “Virginia Moon”
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul - “Feel Good Inc.”
Herbie Hancock Featuring Christina Aguilera - “A Song for You”
Stevie Wonder Featuring India.Arie - “A Time to Love”

Best Pop Vocal Album

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby

Best Dance Recording

The Chemical Brothers Featuring Q-Tip - “Galvanize”
Deep Dish - “Say Hello”
LCD Soundsystem - “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House”
Fatboy Slim & Lateef - “Wonderful Night”
Kylie Minogue - “I Believe in You”
New Order - “Guilt Is a Useless Emotion”

Best Electronic/Dance Album
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
Daft Punk - Human After All
Fatboy Slim - Palookaville
Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Eric Clapton - “Revolution”
Robert Plant - “Shine It All Around”
Bruce Springsteen - “Devils & Dust”
Rob Thomas - “This Is How a Heart Breaks”
Neil Young - “The Painter”

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

Coldplay - “Speed of Sound”
Foo Fighters - “Best of You”
Franz Ferdinand - “Do You Want To”
The Killers - “All These Things That I’ve Done”
U2 - “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”

Best Hard Rock Performance
Audioslave - “Doesn’t Remind Me”
Nine Inch Nails - “The Hand That Feeds”
Robert Plant - “Tin Pan Valley”
Queens of the Stone Age - “Little Sister”
System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”

Best Metal Performance

Ministry - “The Great Satan”
Mudvayne - “Determined”
Rammstein - “Mein Teil”
Shadows Fall - “What Drives the Weak”
Slipknot - “Before I Forget”

Best Rock Song
Foo Fighters - “Best of You”
Weezer - “Beverly Hills”
U2 - “City of Blinding Lights”
Bruce Springsteen - “Devils & Dust”
Coldplay - “Speed of Sound”

Best Rock Album
Coldplay - X&Y
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Neil Young - Prairie Wind

Best Alternative Music Album

The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Beck - Guero
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Amerie - “1 Thing”
Beyoncé - “Wishing on a Star”
Mariah Carey - “We Belong Together”
Fantasia - “Free Yourself”
Alicia Keys - “Unbreakable”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Jamie Foxx - “Creepin’ “
John Legend - “Ordinary People”
Mario - “Let Me Love You”
Usher - “Superstar”
Stevie Wonder - “So What the Fuss”

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder - “So Amazing”
Destiny’s Child - “Cater 2 U”
Alicia Keys Featuring Jermaine Paul - “If This World Were Mine”
John Legend Featuring Lauryn Hill - “So High”
Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris - “How Will I Know”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Mariah Carey - “Mine Again”
Fantasia - “Summertime”
Aretha Franklin - “A House Is Not a Home”
Alicia Keys - “If I Was Your Woman”
John Legend - “Stay With You”

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Floetry - “SupaStar”
Gorillaz - “Dirty Harry”
Van Hunt - “Dust”
Damian Marley - “Welcome to Jamrock”
Mos Def - “Ghetto Rock”

Best R&B Song
Destiny’s Child - “Cater 2 U”
Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Ricky Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Robert Waller & Michelle Williams, songwriters
Fantasia - “Free Yourself”
Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott & Nisan Stewart, songwriters
John Legend - “Ordinary People”
W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters
Alicia Keys - “Unbreakable”
Garry Glenn, Alicia Keys, Harold Lily & Kanye West, songwriters
Mariah Carey - “We Belong Together”
J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal

Best R&B Album

Earth, Wind & Fire - Illumination
Fantasia - Free Yourself
Alicia Keys - Unplugged
John Legend - Get Lifted
Stevie Wonder - A Time to Love

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Amerie - Touch
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Destiny’s Child - Destiny Fulfilled
Mario - Turning Point
Omarion - O

Best Rap Solo Performance

Common - “Testify”
Eminem - “Mockingbird”
50 Cent - “Disco Inferno”
Ludacris - “Number One Spot”
T.I. - “U Don’t Know Me”
Kanye West - “Gold Digger”

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Black Eyed Peas - “Don’t Phunk With My Heart”
Common Featuring the Last Poets - “The Corner”
Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent - “Encore”
The Game Featuring 50 Cent - “Hate It or Love It”
Ying Yang Twins - “Wait (The Whisper Song)”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott - “1, 2 Step”
Common Featuring Kanye West & John Legend - “They Say”
Destiny’s Child Featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne - “Soldier”
Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park - “Numb/Encore”
Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve - “Rich Girl”

Best Rap Song

50 Cent - “Candy Shop”
Kanye West - “Diamonds From Sierra Leone”
Black Eyed Peas - “Don’t Phunk With My Heart “
The Game Featuring 50 Cent - “Hate It or Love It”
Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop - “Lose Control”

Best Rap Album

Common - Be
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook
Eminem - Encore
50 Cent - The Massacre
Kanye West - Late Registration

Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Josh Groban - “Believe” (from “The Polar Express”)
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters
The Arcade Fire - “Cold Wind” (from “Six Feet Under: Volume 2 - Everything Ends”)
The Arcade Fire, songwriters
Wyclef Jean - “Million Voices” (from “Hotel Rwanda”)
Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra & Wyclef Jean, songwriters
Tom Petty - “Square One” (from “Elizabethtown”)
Tom Petty, songwriter
Danny Elfman - “Wonka’s Welcome Song” (from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”)
John August & Danny Elfman, songwriters

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
“Beyond the Sea” (Kevin Spacey)
“Napoleon Dynamite” (Various Artists)
“No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - Bootleg Series, Vol. 7″ (Bob Dylan)
“Ray” (Ray Charles)
“Six Feet Under: Volume 2 - Everything Ends” (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

“The Aviator” (Howard Shore, composer)
“The Incredibles” (Michael Giacchino, composer)
“Million Dollar Baby” (Clint Eastwood, composer)
“Ray” (Craig Armstrong, composer)
“Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” (John Williams, composer)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
Demon Days (Gorillaz)

Nigel Godrich
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney

Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
“Be Blessed” (Yolanda Adams)
“Dance With My Father” (Celine Dion)
“Harajuku Girls” (Gwen Stefani)
“Never Too Much” (Mary J. Blige)
“Nobody Cares” (Deborah Cox)
“Pure Gold” (Earth, Wind & Fire)
“These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ ” (Jessica Simpson)

Steve Lillywhite
How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (U2)
Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz)

The Neptunes

“Already Platinum” (Slim Thug Featuring Pharrell)
“Hollaback Girl” (Gwen Stefani)
“Let’s Get Blown” (Snoop Dogg)
“On & On” (Missy Elliott)
“Say Somethin’ ” (Mariah Carey Featuring Snoop Dogg)
“Touch” (Omarion)

Best Short Form Music Video
Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop - “Lose Control”
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul - “Feel Good Inc.”
Jamiroquai - “Feels Just Like It Should”
Martina McBride - “God’s Will”
Sarah McLachlan - “World on Fire”

Add comment February 7th, 2006

Ashlee Simpson Explains ‘Tipsy’ Behavior, Reveals New Boyfriend

As soon as Ashlee Simpson seems to have recovered from one embarrassing incident, another pops up — the SNL lip-syncing episode was followed by the Orange Bowl booing, and more recently, video of some McDonald’s misbehavior hit the Internet just a month before her collapse onstage in Japan. But as she sings on her I Am Me track “L.O.V.E.,” she can get through anything with a little help from her friends — if only friends weren’t so hard to find in the first place.

“I don’t think I’m hard to get to know when I meet someone,” the singer told Seventeen in an interview that appears in the magazine’s March issue (she’s on the cover). “But it’s different to trust somebody, to be like, ‘OK, I’m going through this. Can you help me?’ Or to, like, actually lean on somebody. Because people will go sell your story or make up something about you and say, ‘Blah blah blah,’ which gets back to so-and-so.”

Even other celebs — who should understand her situation — aren’t that trustworthy, Simpson said. “I think it’s always in my mind to stay away from the Hollywood scene. Luckily, I have my sister. She’s like, ‘Don’t go near that person.’ “

Too bad Jessica wasn’t around to warn Ashlee not to get near the guy holding up his cell phone in line at a Toronto-area McDonald’s. The younger Simpson explained her counter-crawling behavior — which was caught on his phone’s video camera and spread on the Internet in November — as the result of her being “a little tipsy.”

“I was being a little, you know, silly and crazy that day,” Ashlee told the mag. “I was laughing and joking around, and the guy behind me in line was like, ‘Uh, you’re gross’ — but he didn’t know who I was until I turned around. … So then he was like, ‘Can I have my picture with you?’ And I was like, ‘Dude, you called me gross!’ ” (In the clip, Simpson tells him she won’t take a picture with him because he won’t kiss her feet).

Simpson said she wasn’t aware that the camera was rolling the whole time, and she regrets the way it makes her look (”They definitely [edited] stuff together”). But she thinks her McDonald’s moment has only made her stronger, because it forced her to deal with public expectations yet again. “I feel it was a moment of growing up,” she said. “Most people do that in college — mine has to be done in front of the world.”

The following month, Ashlee had another embarrassing moment when she cut short a MTV Japan concert after complaining about losing her voice, only to collapse afterward . Growing pains on top of exhaustion? “I had been on tour, going going going, and not giving myself a breath. And it came down on me,” she told MTV Europe on Monday. “Now I’m feeling fresh and good and well,” she said. “I’m going to actually take some time off when I go home, go write in my studio and relax.”

After her collapse, Simpson flew home, where her mother took care of her for a bit. And then she went to Hawaii for a 10-day vacation with her new boyfriend, bandmate Braxton Olita. “We’ve been really close for a while now, since he’s been in the band a few months,” she told MTV Europe.

While they’re happy, she doesn’t want to rush it — especially because she has those lingering trust issues. “It’s scary for me to actually have a boyfriend,” she told Seventeen. “You give your heart up and it might be broken.” Still, she’s trying to enjoy it, just not at a tabloid-ready pace”

“A lot of people are like, ‘We just met, we’re engaged!’ That kind of thing, which is weird,” she told Seventeen. “You do what you gotta do, but for me, I think marriage is a hard thing to get through.”


“I just got a new home,” Simpson told MTV Europe, “but I’m not moving in with him!”

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Beyoncé Still No. 1, ‘High School’ Breaks Record

Beyonce, Check on itBeyoncé’s “Check On It” featuring Slim Thug retains its No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, but the star this week is the “High School Musical” soundtrack, which spawns several history-making chart debuts. Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens’ “Breaking Free” makes Hot 100 history with the biggest one-week jump of all time, rocketing 86-4. The song garnered no airplay; its 82-point rise is purely the result of digital downloads.

“Breaking Free” is also the Hot 100’s greatest sales gainer and earns the distinction as the Walt Disney label’s highest-ranked Hot 100 song of all time. It also leaps 57-1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart, sending “Check on It” to No. 2. However, the Beyoncé track remains atop the Pop 100 and rises 5-3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Nelly’s “Grillz” featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and seizes the No. 1 spot on the Hot Ringtones chart, ending the 10-week run of the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps.” Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” rises 4-3 on the Hot 100 and leads the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a sixth straight week.

On the Hot 100, James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” jumps 8-5, Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” ascends 12-6 and Chris Brown’s “Run It!” drops 3-7. The Pussycat Dolls’ “Stickwitu” falls 5-9, while Jamie Foxx’s “Unpredictable” featuring Ludacris rockets 18-8 on the Hot 100. It also holds its No. 2 spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, despite its parent album falling 1-3 on The Billboard 200.

Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” jumps 14-10 to round out the Hot 100’s top tier. Keyshia Cole’s “Love” is the chart’s greatest airplay gainer, shooting 82-49.

The top four Hot 100 debuts this week all derive from the “High School Musical” soundtrack, starting with Efron and Hudgens’ “Start of Something New” (No. 28), which is also the Hot 100’s top debut of 2006. The duo’s “What I’ve Been Looking For (Reprise),” registers at No. 67, while Hudgens’ “When There Was Me and You” debuts at No. 72.

Also new are the High School Musical Cast’s “We’re All In This Together” (No. 34) and “Stick to the Status Quo” (No. 43); Lucas Gabreel and Ashley Tisdale’s “What I’ve Been Looking For” (No. 35) and “Bop To The Top” (No. 62); P.O.D.’s “Goodbye for Now” (No. 48); Gwen Stefani’s “Crash” (No. 95); and the All-American Rejects’ “Move Along” (No. 100).

Daddy Yankee’s “Rompe” sits atop the Hot Latin Songs chart for a tenth straight week, while Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take The Wheel” leads the Hot Country Songs chart for a fourth frame. On the Adult Contemporary chart, Lifehouse’s “You And Me” maintains the No. 1 spot for a third week.

Weezer’s “Perfect Situation” also holds at No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart for a third week, while Nickelback’s “Animals” rises 4-1 on the Mainstream Rock tally, knocking Shinedown’s “Save Me” to No. 4.

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