SPOTTED: A blonde Juliet Simms at The Grove in Los Angeles, for an interview with Renee Bargh of Extra.
We last saw the 25-year old Juliet as a brunette auditioning for The Voice on NBC by giving a haunting raspy rendition of The Beatles’ Oh Darlin.
Speaking to reporters earlier this week after landing herself a spot on mentor Cee Lo Green’s team, Juliet said: “I’ve always been the one on the sidelines watching my friends’ bands getting huge or they would blow up. I remember playing shows with Katy Perry back at the Viper Room five or six years ago.” She continued, “I’ve always been the one on the sidelines and it was finally, ‘That’s it!’ I’m not taking this anymore! I saw this opportunity and seized it and it’s worked out in my favor.” Continue reading →
Adam Lambertis featured in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly where he opens up about his much anticipated sophomore album, his current sense of fashion, and how his music has evolved. He also speaks candidly about being gay.
On being gay:
“I mean, it’s a tough life. And contrary to popular belief, it’s not a f—ing choice.”
On his current fashion sense:
“I’ve kind of started to tone it down in the respect that [my look] is not as flashy now. It’s still different and avant-garde, but it’s a bit more chic; a bit more designer as opposed to Vegas. I’d love to work on my own fashion line, accessory line, shoes or something, but obviously right now I’m focused on my music.”
On his new song “Outlaws of Love”:
“Love is such a beautiful thing. When you’re lucky enough to find love it’s one of the greatest feelings in the world. And the particular challenge for gay people, and particularly gay men, from my perspective, is [that] monogamy and true love works. Because we are brought up in a society that tells us it’s wrong.”
On his next album, Trespass:
“The style [on the new album] is a little bit evolved. I think the last album I was trying to update the style of the late ‘70s, early ‘80s with the glam rock and with rock music on a whole visually and aesthetically. I think this album is more in the direction of contemporary again. It’s fresh and it’s something people maybe haven’t heard before. Lyrically, it’s very honest and real. We’ve been trying to take great songs and then as far as the production and the sonic nature of them, we try to give them a funk sensibility. I think it’s a really cool new sound.”
On Thursday, rocker Bono of U2 was on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen asked the rock god if it’s true that he never listens to his own music. Bono responded that he tries to avoid it, because:
“My voice annoys me and I always think I could have sang it better… particularly in those 80’s songs, I think I sound like a girl!”
After a good chuckle, Ellen said, “You sound like a really pretty girl!”
On Wednesday’s X Factor, the remaining 7 contestants had the daunting task of singing a Michael Jackson song, in front of a studio full of the King of Pop’s family including Jackson’s brothers Marlon, Tito and Jermaine and Jackson’s mother Katherine, and his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.
That’s a lot of Jacksons in the house!
“When I heard it was Michael Jackson week, I was really excited because my family has a connection to him,” Chris Rene told us in his pre-performance video package. “My grandfather was a songwriter. He wrote Rockin’ Robin and then the Jackson 5 picked that song.”
When it came time for Chris to rehearse his chosen song, his mentor L.A. Reid told him he wanted to see a little more Chris and a little less Michael in Chris’ performance. Rene took those words to heart and by performing Jackson’s I’ll Be There in his own style and flair, he showed us why he belongs in the top 7.
Wearing a bedazzled Letterman jacket with an M on the left breast, Rene sang MJ with a bit of a hip hop flair. The judges all liked Chris, with the exception of Simon Cowell. “The vocal was a little shaky at the top,” he said. “When the rap kicked in, it was much, much better. I think you’re going to need a lot of support from your home town tonight.”
Nicole Scherzinger disagreed. “What’s so amazing about Michael Jackson is that you always feel his spirit though his music, and I felt your spirit tonight and it was so beautiful,” she said.
To vote for Rene, call 855-843-9306 . Watch his performance below:
The 2012 Grammy Awards will air February 12 on CBS and the list of nominees was just revealed. Adele scored six nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year. But even with six nods, Adele was beat out by Kanye West who got seven nominations including song of the year for “All of the Lights.”
You can see the full nominations list on the Academy’s official site but below are the nominees for some of the significant categories: Record of the Year Adele, “Rolling in the Deep” Bon Iver, “Holocene” Bruno Mars, “Grenade” Mumford & Sons, “The Cave” Katy Perry, “Firework” Song of the Year Kanye West, “All of the Lights” Mumford & Sons, “The Cave” Bruno Mars, “Grenade” Bon Iver, “Holocene” Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Best New Artist The Band Perry Bon Iver J. Cole Nicki Minaj Skrillex
Album of the Year Adele, “21” The Foo Fighters, “Wasting Light” Lady Gaga, “Born This Way” Bruno Mars, “Doo-wops and Hooligans” Rihanna, “Loud”
Pop Vocal Album Adele, “21” Cee Lo Green, “The Lady Killer” Lady Gaga, “Born This Way” Bruno Mars, “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” Rihanna, “Loud”
Best New Artist Bon Iver Nicki Minaj The Band Perry J. Cole Scrillex
Country Album Jason Aldean, “My Kinda Party” Eric Church, “Chief” Lady Antebellum, “Own the Night” Blake Shelton, “Red River Blue” George Strait, Here for a Good Time” Taylor Swift “Speak Now”
Just released: The cover album for Amy Winehouse‘s final, posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
The cover perfectly captures the beautiful Amy that fans love and miss: Her trademark teased beehive, the exaggerated winged black eyeliner and, of course, her tattoos.
In other Winehouse news, the printed chiffon Disaya-designed dress she wore for her Back to Black album cover sold at an auction yesterday for $68,000. Proceeds from the dress and the upcoming album will benefit the Amy Winehouse Foundation .
Country singer Mindy McCready tells Access Hollywood that despite reports today, she is not missing and she did not kidnap her 5-year-old son.
In an e-mail to Access Hollywood, the crooner said: “I am working with lawyers to try to get all this straightened out. I did not steal my child, as it would be impossible for me to kidnap what already belongs to me! There never was any missing persons report and never an Amber Alert.”
This email flies in the face of the Associated Press which reported earlier that the Department of Children and Families said a missing persons report was filed in Florida on Tuesday. Per AP, the report was filed after the singer took her son, Zander, from the singer’s father’s home. McCready’s mother reportedly has custody of the child.
Per AP, a judge has ordered McCready to return Zander by Thursday.
Singer-songwriter Jewel married Ty Murray in 2008 and her wishes to have a baby came true four months ago when she gave birth to her first child, son Kase Townes.
Jewel posted the picture above with the following caption: “Thought I’d share a pic of the baby taken on Thanksgiving – he is the happiest baby!”
Happy and adorable that is!
Jewel recently told the Today Show: “I hit the baby lotto. He’s just a really sweet, easy-going little baby. I’m so lucky.”
Our Day Will Come, a new song off of Amy Winehouse‘s posthumous album, has just been released. And unlike other songs released after an artist’s death which may not live up to par, this song whole-heartedly captures Amy’s soft, sultry style and raw ability.
That’s because Amy herself was working on this album before her untimely death and her cover of the Ruby and the Romantics’ 1963 song, though recorded back in 2002, is vintage Amy Winehouse.
The album, her third, will be called Lioness: Hidden Treasures and will drop December 5.
Unlike other celebrities who shirk their responsibility as role models, Taylor Swift embraces hers.
Based on excerpt’s from tomorrow night’s 60 Minutes, the singer says she understands that some people may look up to her and she takes it seriously.
“I definitely think about a million people when I’m getting dressed in the morning, and that’s just part of my life now,” Swift tells the news show. “I think it’s my responsibility to know it and to be conscious of it.”
Swift also says she won’t take the easy road and act badly only to blame it all on her young age. She says, “It would be really easy to say ‘I’m 21 now, I do what I want. You raise your kids!'” Swift continues,”But it’s not the truth of it. The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation.”
