Friday, June 17, 2011
'Glee' star Naya Rivera talks to EW about her upcoming solo album
As soon as she gets done with the Glee tour, her focus will be solely on her solo album for the month of July. “I won’t have anything I’m working on until after the tour is over,” Rivera told EW when we caught up with her, “so July 4th, when I get back home in L.A., is when I’ll hunker down and spend that whole month hammering out the details and the creative process of that. I’m really excited about that.”
Patti LaBelle to Receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award
The 67-year-old 'Lady Marmalade' singer will be presented with the prestigious BET Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her more than five decades in the music industry, working with her '60s soul group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, '70s rock-influenced female vocal group Labelle, to her solo 'New Attitude' in the '80s and recent run on Broadway in the musical 'Fela!'
The BET Awards will also be honoring comedian Steve Harvey for his various philanthropic efforts, bestowing him with the Humanitarian Award.
The 2011 BET Awards will be hosted by comedian Kevin Hart, and features performances by Jill Scott and Alicia Keys, and will air live on June 26, from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Singer Chris Brown is the frontrunner for the awards show, with six nominations, including Best Male R&B Artist, while rapper Lil Wayne is a close second with five nominations, three of which are for 'Look at Me Now,' his duet with Brown.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Britney Spears' 'I Wanna Go' Video to Premiere Next Wednesday
Britney Spears' official "I Wanna Go" video will make its MTV premiere at 6 a.m. ET Wednesday (June 22), sliding in just in time to qualify for this year's Video Music Awards.
The eligibility period for the MTV Video Awards closes June 24, which has resulted in a pile-up of video premieres over the last two weeks. "Better With the Lights Off" by the New Boyz featuring Chris Brown premiered Wednesday and Meek Mill featuring Rick Ross' "Tupac Back" hit MTV, MTV2 and MTVu screens early Friday (June 17).
Other music videos set to premiere before the 24th are Theophilus London's "Last Name London" (June 20), Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup" (June 21), Grieves' "On the Rocks" (June 22) and Cobra Starship's "You Make Me Feel" (June 24).
About 500 music videos will be in contention for the VMAs which will be held Aug. 28 at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.
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Hilary Duff Will Start Recording New Album This Summer
On what she thinks her new music will sound like:
"It's hard to say until I get in the studio with a producer and a writer that I'm in love with and feel like really gets me. A pop/rock dance sound is where I want to go because it's what I like. And strong hooks, I think that's the most important -- songs that get stuck in people's heads and that are catchy and make you feel good."
On what she's looking forward to most this summer:
"Travel. We always make big travel plans over summer. I don't know where we're going yet. We just got back from Hawaii, which was great, but that was like a quick trip. He's never been to Italy before, so I think we might want to go there. And I'm going to start making my record -- that's going to happen like sooner or later. I won't [be going to Pittsburgh]. I got plenty of Pittsburgh this year. I had a good time, the people were really nice and just crazy about hockey, but no. I'm looking for a place a little sunnier."
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