Source Well Miss Plastic Fantastic proved me wrong. I said her debut album would flop, but the kids have bought in to the whole Barbie act and Pink Friday has been certified Platinum across the pond. Well done Nicki.
Source Singer Toni Braxton will star in the new scripted “reality” show Braxton Family Values, which will air stateside on WE TV in April. UK air date has not been set yet. Toni’s sisters Traci, Tamar, Towanda, Trina and their mother will also appear in the show.
Via BBC News A US congresswoman has been shot in the head and five other people have been killed by a gunman in Arizona. Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was shot at close range during a public meeting in Tucson. She is in a critical condition, but the doctor treating her said he was “very optimistic about her recovery”. The dead included a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge. President Barack Obama said the shooting was a “tragedy for our entire […]
Dear Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and Vevo, I would be ever so grateful if you could please explain to me why SOME websites have been picked on (including this one) and have been restricted from posting your music videos. How did you come to the decision to restrict some websites but not others? What’s wrong with us helping to promote your artists and their latest music promos? Enquiring minds would like to know. I look forward to hearing from […]
Mad News is featured in the January issue of Pride Magazine (a small feature), on page 124 – Spotlight section. Many thanks to Pride Magazine.
Via BBC News Bobby Farrell, front man of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced. The singer was found dead in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, where he had been performing, John Seine said. Farrell, he continued, had complained of breathing problems before and after a show on Wednesday. The cause of his death has yet to be established. Farrell, the only male member of the popular four-piece, had been […]
Source Call me when this woman’s 15 minutes are up.
Police in Dallas, Texas say that a pastor ( Sandy McGriff) broke in to a church members home on Christmas Eve to steal fur coats and lap top computers. Watch news report below. Most pastors just make do with the weekly tithes. But this pastor seems to have gone a step further. Complete and utter madness!
Via AFP US R&B singer Teena Marie, whose hits in the 1980s included “I Need Your Lovin’” and “Lovergirl”, has died at the age of 54, police said. Marie was found dead at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena on Sunday afternoon, according to a police spokesman. The paramedics were called after her daughter had found her unconscious. The cause of the death was not immediately known. Continue Reading…. Rest In Peace Teena Marie.
Hot 97 radio personality Cipha Sounds (real name Luis Diaz) has been suspended after he said live on air, “the reason I’m H.I.V Negative is because I don’t mess with Haitian girls”. Earlier this week, Alexandra Cameron, SVP Market Manager for the station said that Diaz would not be fired, “he’s a young man who made a mistake, does not have a track record of any malice and we are handling this as an internal matter.” Diaz has also since apologised for […]
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