The network which is seemingly obsessed with giving has-beens their own shows is doing the same for two female hip hop artists. VH1 is giving Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton of Salt n Pepa and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas from TLC each their own reality shows. Both shows are scheduled to premiere in 2010 and have orders in for 8 half-hour episodes. Though separate shows, both will follow each singer in search of love and romance just like most VH1 shows do. I guess the execs realized that they were neglecting a certain demographic when they decided to give Jessica Simpson her own reality show ‘The Price of Beauty’.
Liza Minnelli went on the CBS Early Show this past Friday to talk about her good friend, the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. And it seems that she knows something about the late singer that is bound to make headlines, and not the good kind. Liza said “All those who knew him well really know what he was like, and I’m sure that now the accolades are going and I’m sure when the autopsy comes, all hell’s going to break loose. So thank God we’re celebrating him now.” I wonder what she means by that. It obviously has something to do with the autopsy and perhaps drugs.
No one has gone untouched by the passing of the King of Pop Michael Jackson and his fellow legendary comrades and friends are all shocked by the singer’s death. Diana Ross, who was a very big factor in the rise to fame of the Jackson 5, recently released a statement saying “I can’t stop crying, this is too sudden and shocking. I am unable to imagine this. My heart is hurting. I am in prayer for his kids and the family.” Tina Turner also commented on the sudden passing of her peer saying “I am shocked and saddened by Michael’s passing. I, along with his millions of fans, looked forward to seeing him tour one more time. Now, may he rest in peace.”
The rapper has recently pleaded guilty in regards to a Los Angeles drug possesion charge. It seems that this course of action will entitle Coolio with the opportunity to spend an eighteen month vacation in the land of eternal hapiness… namely rehab. It looks like Coolio will get off if he completes this little escape. He will however be due in court in September so that his progress can be verified. It’s probably high time Coolio slowed down a bit and got with the programme. Either way it’s for his own good… the other place and the other fellas he’s going to be going to if he doesn’t might convince him of it in their own way.
It is being reported that Michael Jackson’s lawyer has a copy of the singer’s will and intends to file it with the court. It is also being said that the Jackson family doesn’t have a copy of the will in attorney John Branca’s possession. It is not clear as to how many wills the singer made but it is believed that the one in Branca’s possession is the most current. Branca has a long history with the late King of Pop. Back in 1985, Branca brokered the deal for Michael to purchase The Beatles’ publishing catalogue. Branca and Michael stopped working together back in 2006 but the lawyer was hired again just three weeks ago.
Sir Paul McCartney has denied reports he is planning to work with Bob Dylan.
Bob, 68, was said to be keen to work with former Beatles star Sir Paul, 67, by he is claiming it is also rumours.
Talking about working with Bob, Sir Paul said: “No, that’s a newspaper thing. He just said some very complimentary things about me in some interviews, and I love him.
“I think he’s a great poet and writer so I’ve always admired him. I don’t rule it out. But we’re not the kind of people who would ring each other up.”
Beatles songs owned by Michael Jackson will remain the property of the company that currently holds them, according to a report.
The rights to more than 200 songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and others are held by the company, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, in which Jackson had a 50 per cent stake.
A UK paper reported in January that Jackson planned to will the rights to the Lennon and McCartney catalogue to McCartney, to heal a rift between the two.
But Paul McCartney paid tribute to the pop great. On his website, McCartney said: “I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. His music will be remembered forever and my memories of our time together will be happy ones.”
Sony/ATV owns rights to songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and others, with Jackson’s stake valued at about US$1 billion, according to Ivan Thornton, a private wealth adviser who worked with Jackson and his family.
Jackson reportedly paid US$47.5 million for the ATV stake in 1985, outbidding Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and McCartney for it. He later allowed Sony the option to buy half in order to refinance US$300 million in loans.
Martin Bandier, chief executive officer of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, said, “For him, this was really honing his business skills in an area that he loved.”
It’s looking to be the year of the comeback divas. The much anticipated album of Whitney Houston is coming out this September and Barbara Streisand is also back with her first new studio album in four years! On ‘Love is the Answer’, the iconic singer teamed up with Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall. The album is scheduled to drop on September 29th. It’s Barbra’s first full-length collection of all new recordings since ‘Guilty Pleasures’ back in 2006. I hope she’s got a lot of good material on there. She’s got a lot of time to make up for, not to mention that crappy TV special she put on a while back.
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