Charlie Sheen Flops in Detroit

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Television, Rumors,

The Motor City doesn’t have a high population of Charlie Sheen fans... anymore. The former Two and a Half Men actor began his 20-city tour in Detroit, Michigan and fell completely flat before the audience of 5,000 over the weekend.

His show “My Violent Torpedo of Truth: Defeat is Not an Option” was unstructured, unorganized and not well received by the watching crowd. One reviewer likened the show to a “motivational seminar” and felt a “creepy atmosphere.” We expected as much -- we watched Sheen’s live Internet shows.

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American Idol’s Casey Abrams Hospitalized

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Television, Rumors,

Casey Abrams, whom TMZ reports is certainly in American Idol’s Top 24 this year, has been hospitalized. Abrams was dealing with severe stomach pains about three hours before 20 million people were attempting to catch a glimpse of him on Idol’s Wednesday broadcast.

Abrams, 19, was rehearsing in CBS Television City when he became ill. It is expected he will be hospitalized overnight, and perhaps longer. He and the other 12 men in Idol’s Top 24 are scheduled to tape a performance for the show this Friday. We're told that if he’s not well enough to go on stage, Casey Abrams will be eliminated from the contest.

We’ll keep you updated as the story develops. As always, you can get all your Idol news right here: just read all our American Idol 10 posts.

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Sandra Bullock Surprises Charity Concert Audience

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Music, Charity, Kind Acts,

Sandra Bullock gave a surprise serenade at the Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery show on Tuesday.

The Oscar winning-actress - who has only recently begun a return to public life following revelations of her husband Jesse James’ affair with tattoo model Michelle “Bombshell” McGee - joked with crowds at the charity event at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee after learning the show had raised over $2 million.

Walking onto the stage holding an acoustic guitar, Sandra - who was there to introduce singer Faith Hill - told the crowd, “When they told me how much you all contributed, I realized I had to do more than be funny. I’m going to bring the house down. And I’m going to do it Nashville style!”

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Lady Gaga to Feature Real Corpses at Concerts

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Style, Rumors,

Although she’s been known to talk about her morbid fascinations, Lady Gaga has never brought her deadly inspiration to the stage—until now.

The “Alejandro” singer plans to team up with scientist Gunther Von Hagens - who is famous for his Body Worlds exhibitions, which depicts preserved human corpses in various poses - to come up with a striking new vision for her Monster Ball Tour.

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Lady Gaga Always in Character

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Clothing, Style, Rumors,

Even Lady Gaga is insecure. The eccentric singer - famed for her daring outfits - refuses to let herself give into her feelings of self-doubt because she needs to maintain her pop persona at all times.

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, ‘B***h, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.’”

The “Bad Romance” singer - real name Stefani Germanotta - takes her image so seriously, she wouldn’t even let ill-health stop her from dressing up: “If I were to ever, God forbid, get hurt onstage and my fans were screaming outside of the hospital, waiting for me to come out, I’d come out as Gaga.”

Despite her gruelling dance routines, the star also refuses to drink water on stage as she thinks showing signs of weakness such as dehydration would let her fans down. “I don’t even drink water onstage in front of anybody, because I want them to focus on the fantasy of the music.”

Gaga takes her inspiration from the late Michael Jackson because of the way he carried on even after his hair caught fire during filming of a Pepsi commercial in 1984. “Michael got burned, and he lifted that glittered glove so damn high so his fans could see him, because he was in the art of show business.”

Katie’s Choreographer Teaches Tom How to Dance

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Tom Cruise has been taking dance lessons from his wife’s choreographer.

The 47-year-old actor teamed up with Jennifer Lopez to perform a comic routine at last night’s MTV Movie Awards in the guise of his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman and revealed his spouse Katie Holmes had helped him with his extensive preparations for the sketch.

“I worked with Katie’s choreographer, Tyce Diorio. Katie loved it. She was there while we were working on it. You know, I can dance a bit and we rehearsed, and my wife’s a dancer and so I like dancing,” he said, speaking after the performance.

The routine saw Tom being spanked by the Back Up Plan star, who stopped him returning the gesture, and ended with the Knight and Day actor trying and failing to do the splits. Tom admitted he had a great time portraying the foul-mouthed, fat, balding producer in a series of sketches at the awards, which took place at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

“It was a lot of fun - it was great. It was a blast!” he added.

American Idol 9: Crystal Bowersox Addresses Rumors

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Television, Rumors,

Remember when we reported about the argument between American Idol 9’s Crystal Bowersox and Ryan Seacrest? Reports from the scene of the event stated that Idol’s front-runner was ready to leave the competition - mid-week!

Now, Crystal Bowersox has come forward to address the rumors. “It was blown out of proportion,” the singer said of her confrontation with Idol‘s host, which she downplayed as “a very civil and helpful conversation.”

“It was just…I missed my kid,” she explained. Cool-as-a-cucumber Crystal never really seemed like the tantrum type, anyway.

Get all your gossip, interviews and spoilers right here - check out all our American Idol 9 posts.

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Janet Jackson Broke Down Before VMA Performance

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Television, Meltdowns,

Janet Jackson said the realization of her brother Michael’s passing only hit her three months after his death.

The “Make Me” singer said she had avoided everything that could remind her of her brother after he suddenly passed away in June, until she was about to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards in September, when she saw a huge picture in tribute to him.

Janet, 43, said, “It hit me before I was about to do the performance, and it hit me when we were in rehearsal. There was a huge image of him on this screen, and I started to cry. I had to step away.”

She also said that she is continuing to come to terms with the singer’s death, of acute intoxication by the anesthetic Propofol, but that she feels in future things will get easier.

She added, “You know, a day doesn’t go by where you don’t think about him. It’s always there, in every sense. “But it will get better. It’s not easy, but I know with time it will get easier. But it will never be easy. It’s my brother.”

Leighton Meester Performs Alongside Weezer

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Music, Television, Videos,

From covering Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” to sharing the living room stage with Taylor Swift, Weezer’s front man Rivers Cuomo seems to enjoy cozying up to cute pop stars as of late. Cuomo has now moved on to aspiring pop princesses, like Leighton Meester.

During an All Hallow’s Eve show in New York, the Gossip Girl actress performed a supposedly-spontaneous duet for the band’s latest single,  “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To.”

While her voice is lost in the video (who wouldn’t be intimidated?), I’m more concerned about her multi-colored leggings, sci-fi-inspired jacket, and Amy Winehouse hair.

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Jay-Z Wants Cold Yoga

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Jay-Z wants yoga lessons from Chris Martin.

The “99 Problems” rapper has been supporting Chris’s band Coldplay on tour and admits that he is envious of the singer’s on-stage flexibility and wants to be able to mimic his movements.

The hip-hop star, who is good friends with Chris and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, said, “I try and work out four times a week—cardio, weights, push ups, pull ups—but I haven’t for a month because of vacation and touring. Chris hasn’t tried to get me to do yoga yet, but I am close to doing it.  I’m envious of what he can do on stage. Watching him is amazing, he can really move. I want to be able to move like that, get my leg behind my ear, things like that.”

The rapper, who is married to Beyonce Knowles, enjoys life on the road but admits he misses his home comforts: “I miss my bed, the comfort of your own bed, there’s nothing like it. I only trust my own sheets. I don’t take my own with me though.”