March 2009 News Archive (Page 26)

Usher said what many people have already said - Chris Brown flexing and grinning on a jet ski weeks after his arrest is in poor taste. Now Usher's apologizing!

The question is: Who exactly is holding onto his nuts besides his wife, Tameka?

In a video for Jermaine Dupri's "Living the Life" series, Usher says "I'm a little disappointed in this photo. After the other photo [of Rihanna's bruised face posted by TMZ]? C'mon, Chris. Have a little bit of remorse, man. The man's on jet skis? Like, just relaxing in Miami?"

Usher released the following statement yesterday night,

"The comments made during a recent recording session amongst friends were taken out of context and blown out of proportion. I apologize on behalf of myself and my friends if anyone was offended. The intentions were not to pass judgment and we meant no harm. I respect and wish the best for all parties involved."

Well, at least Usher's apology sounds more sincere than Chris Brown's.

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Not so fast, y'all! As many gossip blogger Britney fans are claiming that she was amazing and all that shiz, objective reviewers, who actually attended her kickoff show, are saying not so much.

The LA Times says,

"Her singing was dominated by a backing track. Her moves were nothing special, defined by much strutting and stripper-like shimmying, with the minimum amount of acrobatics to prove her mettle as a dance-pop queen."

MTV says,

"At times, Britney herself is almost dwarfed by the spectacle… She brought the circus to her hometown, and it was a huge, sold-out, screaming success. It probably just would've benefited from a little more Britney Spears, that's all."

While People magazine gives a scathing, detailed review. Excerpts:

A visibly nervous Spears, performing in front of enthusiastic fans near her Kentwood, La., hometown, never really hit her old stride.

Throughout the show's four sections, there was a lot more strutting than real choreographic feats from Spears. And there was a decided lack of joy in her performance, which felt labored at times.

It didn't help that she hardly engaged the audience, not addressing them at all until after her lone encore, "Womanizer," performed in sexed-up cop uniforms. Given that Spears probably doesn't do much live singing either, it left a definite chill in the air.

When she wrapped the concert about 90 minutes after emerging, she seemed more relieved than anything that it was all over.

I already knew that the whole Circus setup for her concert is way over the top for just about anyone. Her concerts come with vibrant visuals, illusions, Cirque du Soleil-inspired aerialists, an army of dancers and more. It will be hard for Britney to not get lost and overshadowed with such a massive spectacle and entourage. I'm sure she'll improve as the tour rolls on, though.

Britney Spears looks great and her costumes are sexy and cute.

Just imagine how many costume changes Brit Brit has to quickly go through night after night?! But she is a veteran! She's been doing this for 11 years now and she's still workin' it out on stage. Britney has had a remarkable comeback; we are truly in awe of her rebound success.

Kanye West has delivered the very best quotes of his career!

The ‘Stronger' rapper believes he has been chosen to have such superior musical ability and his only regret is being unable to see himself on stage.

"God chose me. He made a path for me. I am God's vessel.

But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."

No word on when Kanye's gonna be no longer relevant enough to give contrived statements to the press to keep himself in the media. I hope never, cause he is hilarious!

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Britney Spears has been busting her ass for months, if not the past year, to get ready for her live comeback. At her Louisiana tour kickoff, she was back to the Britney we loved years ago, an engaging performer with strong stage presence.

Welcome back!

Britney Spears descended from the New Orleans Arena ceiling and back into fans' hearts Tuesday night with a bump-and-grind performance on a Big Top stage.

As the pop star launched her first tour in five years, the 16-song set began with Spears, 27, being lowered from the rafters in a cage and breaking into the single "Circus," followed by "Piece of Me" and Radar" with stripper-pole dancing.

"Oh my god, she looks amazing," said Joshua Matassa, 23, from New Orleans. "And the show's a spectacle �" it really looks like a three-ring circus."

Later, fire shot out of the middle of the stage during "Slave," and the nearly sold-out 19,000-seat arena broke out into an explosion of screams as Spears performed "Toxic" and "Baby One More Time" back-to-back.

If you wanna read about Britney's fans losing their shit during the concert, you can do so here at her website.

Here's a picture of Angelina Jolie as a blonde spy in her new movie "Salt." She adores action movies and action movies adore her. She could wear any hair color and still look beautiful.

Okay, all. I totally have blogger's guilt for not being able to fully update yesterday, so I'd like to start things off on a funny note. Here's Jimmy Kimmel's interview with the Octomom!!!!!

You don't have to be a Miley Cyrus fan to recognize that she's scrutinized for everything. It's sad. This is ridiculous, Miley Cyrus was jogging, therefore her shirt was moving around, and the paps took photos of her cleavage during the brief moments that it was exposed.

The commentary on her outfit is very upsetting because this is one time Miley should be left alone, it's like she can't do anything right. As a woman with a D-cup who spent around 15 minutes last night trying to squeeze her boobs into a top without them looking like they're gonna burst out, when you have boobs, you have to put in extra effort to make sure they're not exposed. Had Miley been an A-cup, no one would be saying shit right now.

"I guess it's just… I'm not allowed to jog any more."

The New York Post remarked that the 16-year-old singer put herself "on full display … in a cleverly crafted photo op that would make [sic] green with envy."

Cyrus said she was with her 8-year-old little sister, who "wanted to have a car wash. So I was like, ‘OK, we're going to have a car wash. It's, like, 100 degrees out.

"As I'm running, it got a little bit lower and you could see a little of the bathing suit top. So, oh my goodness, Miley Cyrus wears a two-piece! Kill me! I'm wearing a two-piece. … with an 8-year old."

"I guess it's just… I'm not allowed to jog any more." - You can tell the scrutiny is really starting to get to Miley more and more these days.

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Megan has a very strong case and she will win some money, but I just don't know who I want to end up on top. Sharon is a grown ass woman who allowed a bloated faced Barbie doll to get under her skin.

Sharon's supposed to be so much better than that, but I can relate. There was a lady at the hospital where my dad was staying who was rude to him and a few nurses had to get in between us to break up our argument. It had been a while since I'd been in a fight and every bone in my body was aching to fuck her up. I was so ready, but I didn't wanna get kicked out of the hospital either. You mess with my family, you're messing with me! After that, all the nurses and helpers on that floor would stare me down like, 'Watch out now! It's the HBIC!' whenever I would walk around the hospital. Damn straight.

Back to Megan's lawsuit. Megan will win, but guess what? Sharon gave her what she deserved, so it will be money well spent. :) Hope Sharon views it in the same way.

Megan Hauserman claims Sharon went ballistic during a taping, punching and grabbing her by the hair and refusing to let go, and scratching her to boot. Osbourne opened the can of whoop ass after Megan told Sharon she was famous only because she managed a brain dead rock star.

In a lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Hauserman is suing Osbourne for battery, negligence and infliction of emotional distress.

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You may be wondering why I'm writing about albino Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, but wonder no longer, just look at WTFug she's got on! This is so many kinds of wrong, I just don't know where to begin. This mess looks like three dresses put together, one dress for the sleeves, one for the collar, and one for the remainder of this frock. And then there's sheer pockets!

Christian Lacroix made this gown.