By Jon Wiederhorn
Lil Wayne (Photo: Jason Merritt)Rap superstar Lil Wayne was admitted to the hospital late last night (April 30) after suffering another seizure, TMZ has reported.
Tuesday evening, Wayne, 30, suffered a single seizure and was rushed by his bodyguards to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was treated and released on Wednesday morning.
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(WireImage, Getty Images)In the latest bizarre development in the Michael Jackson civil trial against the entertainment production company AEG Live, Sharon Osbourne has been subpoenaed to testify.
Osbourne revealed yesterday that she had been served papers to appear as a witness and said on her TV show "The Talk," "What do you do? You do your duty. Somebody asks you to come to court, you are subpoenaed and you do your duty."
In a previous statement, Osbourne said she might have evidence that supports Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson’s claim that AEG Live, which was booking the 50-date London residency Jackson was rehearsing for at the time of his death, displayed negligence by hiring Dr. Conrad Murray to care for Jackson. The "King of Pop" died from acute Propofol intoxication in June 25, 2009.
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Korean pop star Psy rocked it Dodger-style Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, during a game against the Colorado Rockies.
In the middle of the fourth inning, he came out of the owners' box to perform a 30-second jig to "Gentleman," currently number five with a bullet on the Billboard Hot 100. That song is the follow-up his mega-hit "Gangnam Style," which has become a stadium anthem across the country and has frequently won the fan-voted Dodger Jukebox in Los Angeles
However, fans at the stadium, including Dodger legend Tommy Lasorda--whose musical tastes run closer to Frank Sinatra--didn't know quite what to make of Psy. You can see Lasorda, in a blue buttoned-down shirt, looking on dumbfounded in the video as Psy shakes his moneymaker.
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It appears that one of Beyoncé's glam looks from her "Mrs. Carter Show" tour book was borrowed from singer Kerli.
The Estonian dance diva posted side-by-side pictures on Facebook of herself in an Amato Haute Couture next to Beyoncé, who appears to be wearing the same elaborate dress.
Kerli, who recently performed her power ballad "Love Me or Leave Me" on "Dancing With The Stars" didn't seem to mind Queen B's appropriation of her ultra-glamorous look. She wrote on her Facebook page:
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Sarah Sellers [photo: Justin Goode]Season 10 "American Idol" alum and cool food blogger Sarah Sellers has been posting her viewing-party snack recipes in Reality Rocks for two "Idol" seasons now, and she's back this year to get your mouth watering every night of Season 12.
Tonight, the theme for the returning top four "Idol" finalists is "Then & Now," so Sarah "decided to take a classic (old) recipe and put a modern (new) twist on it," she explains. Enjoy!
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Wannabe hipsters, indie purists, and dyed-in-the-leather rockers scoff at hokey talent competitions like "American Idol" and "The X Factor," but there are a couple new programs in production that just might make the skinny-jeans set tune in...or try out.
"American Idol" alum and "Dancing With The Stars" favorite Kellie Pickler received the surprise of a lifetime on Friday night when her drummer Gregg Lohman--who just two months ago was badly injured in a car accident--joined her unexpectedly onstage in Illinois.
Picker and her crew were playing in Lohman's hometown of Effingham, and the singer knew he was in the audience with his family watching the show. What she didn't expect, however, was to find him sitting behind the drums all ready to go for her encore of "Red High Heels."
Pickler embraces her drummer (Derek Hough/Instagram)
"I cannot even describe how beautifully overwhelming last night's show was," Pickler described on her Facebook account. "When I hit the stage and saw that Gregg was now sitting behind his drum set I fell to pieces…For those who do not believe in miracles, we witnessed one last night."
Read More »from Kellie Pickler Has Touching Reunion With Injured Drummer OnstageBack in November, Grammy-winning duo (and famous Taylor Swift collaborators) the Civil Wars disappointed legions of fans by abruptly announcing a complete cancellation of their tour. While their fate seemed uncertain at the time, it now seems they're back on good ground--the band announced Wednesday that a new album is on the way.
Joy Williams and John Paul White teased fans in March by tweeting "We will be sharing some good news with you on May 1st, 2013." True to form, they followed up on that date with the tweet "A new self-titled album will be released soon!"
The pair shared a photo that appeared to be the album cover, and urged everyone to visit their official site for more details.
Snoop Dogg’s reincarnation as Snoop Lion is off to a less than “roaring” start. Snoop’s 12th studio album, the reggae-influenced Reincarnated, enters The Billboard 200 at #16. It’s only his third studio album to fall short of the top 10. Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss peaked at #12 in 2002. Malice N Wonderland peaked at #23 in 2009.
It’s hard for veteran artists to remain on top, especially in the fast-changing world of hip-hop. Nearly 20 years have elapsed since Snoop debuted with Doggy Style in November 1993. Two other rappers of roughly the same vintage are still on top. Nas, who debuted in 1994, hit #1 in July with his most recent album, Life Is Good. Jay-Z, who debuted in 1996, has hit #1 with 12 albums.
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photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesIt was 35 years ago today, Cheap Trick taught all the other bands to play...or something like that.
It was in 1978 that Rockford, Illinois's finest made rock 'n' roll history with Cheap Trick at Budokan, arguably (or inarguably, in this writer's not-so-humble opinion) the greatest live album of all time. The disc was initially intended to be a Japanese-only release, but once Yanks heard the import, they were understandably blown away by the ball-busting, heart-racing, riot-inciting Cheap Trick live experience.
And thus, the album became an overnight phenomenon in the U.S. as well. And thus, the standard by which all other live albums must be measured was established.
Read More »from Cheap Trick Recreates Entire ‘Budokan’ Album Live in L.A.NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting. Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won the event, watched by around 125 million people across Europe, with 281 points while German act Cascada was 21st out of 26 countries, getting just 18 points from Austria, Israel, Spain, Albania and Switzerland. ...
MONACO (AP) — The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show.
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Native American actress Misty Upham never dreamt she would be walking the red carpet at Cannes to showcase a film shot on her reservation. Upham features in "Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian", focused on the relationship between World War Two veteran Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot, and Georges Devereux, his psychoanalyst. Upham said like Picard, played by Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro, she is Blackfeet, the largest tribe in Montana state. ...
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.
