Archive: December 2011 (21-30 of 94)

Dec 22 2011 09:31 AM ET

Adam Lambert arrested in Finland

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Categories: Adam Lambert, Legal Troubles
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Adam Lambert was arrested outside a club in Finland on Thursday night for fighting with his boyfriend (Finnish Big Brother star Sauli Koskinen), according to multiple reports. The dispute began inside a Helsinki bar and spilled out into the street, where the cops apprehended the duo and took them into custody. They were reportedly questioned and released.

UPDATE (12/22 12:30 p.m. ET) Lambert tweeted about the scuffle on Friday: “Jetlag+Vodka=blackout. Us÷blackout=irrational confusion. jail+guilt+press=lesson learned. Sauli+Adam+hangover burgers= laughing bout it. :) “

Koskinen responded to the incident with a blog post (roughly translated from Finnish): “The limelight is not easy. But celebrities are only human people. Love is not easy but it is forever! … [E]verything is really good! … Hey, the evening was pretty funny and the hangover is already gone! Yay!

“P.S. By the way, paparazzi, including those at the rear door of the police station … Go home already!”

Dec 22 2011 07:26 AM ET

George Michael healthy, home for Christmas: Report

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Categories: George Michael

Austria’s state broadcaster says George Michael has been released from a Vienna hospital and will be able to celebrate Christmas at home.

The 48-year-old British singer was being treated for pneumonia. Broadcaster ORF says he was released Thursday morning from the AKH hospital and is catching a flight to London later in the day.

A woman answering the hospital phone said she could not comment due to confidentiality laws.

Michael was hospitalized late last month after canceling a performance in the Austrian capital.

Dec 21 2011 12:27 PM ET

Dutch editor fired over racial slur to describe Rihanna

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Categories: Rihanna

The editor of a Dutch fashion magazine has been fired after using a racial slur referring to Barbados-born Rihanna that set off a social media furor and prompted an outraged response from the singer. Eva Hoeke, editor of Jackie, and the magazine’s publisher said in a joint statement on Facebook that Hoeke’s use of a racial slur — “although without malicious intentions” — was cause for her departure after eight years on the job.

Hoeke said she was unaware the word was so loaded because “you hear it all the time on radio and TV.” It was used in an article on how to dress your daughter like a pop star. By Wednesday, the Facebook apology had attracted hundreds of comments, many condemning Hoeke but some saying the reaction was overblown.

Dec 20 2011 05:08 PM ET

Dearly departed playlist: A tribute to all the artists who died this year, via their own music

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Categories: Amy Winehouse, Country, Y'all!, Hip-Hop/Rap, In Memoriam, Indie Rock, Metal, Pop, R&B, R.I.P., Soul
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The music world lost a number of great contributors and classic artists this year, and far too many of them clearly had unfinished business. EW has already memorialized many of them, from the tragic end of taken-before-their-time artists like Amy Winehouse, Heavy D, and Gerard Smith of TV on the Radio, to the decades-long influence of industry icons such as Jerry Lieber, Clarence Clemons, Don Kirshner, and Nick Ashford. They will all be missed because each one of them left an indelible mark on the music world.

In an effort to tip our collective hat to them one last time before the year is out, we’ve put together a special (though by no means exhaustive) playlist, which features a key song that best sums up the career of the dearly departed, from the one hit wonders to the career giants. Enjoy reliving each one’s greatest moments.

Amy Winehouse, “Tears Dry on Their Own”
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Dec 20 2011 02:53 PM ET

David Archuleta to serve Mormon mission

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Categories: American Idol, Music, Television

American Idol runner-up David Archuleta will take a break from his singing career to serve a two-year proselytizing mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The contestant from the 2007-2008 season made the announcement during a Christmas concert Monday in downtown Salt Lake City, according to the Deseret News. The 20-year-old Miami native, who grew up in Murray, Utah, said he’s not quitting music, but feels a strong call to serve the church. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 20 2011 12:53 PM ET

Jon Bon Jovi: Dead... or alive? (Hint: It was a hoax)

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Categories: Bon Jovi, Rock, Things Nobody Asked For, Things On The Internet, Train Wrecks Averted, Whoopsies!

Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Yesterday, 49-year-old rocker Jon Bon Jovi was the latest casualty of Internet rumors claiming he had died of a massive heart attack. Before fans could indulge in too much gnashing of teeth or plan an epic 21-can Aquanet salute synced to “Blaze of Glory,” Bon Jovi himself took to Facebook and Twitter to set the record straight with a cheeky pic (right) of himself holding a sign that read “Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey Dec. 19, 2011 6:00.” READ FULL STORY »

Dec 20 2011 06:39 AM ET

Judge shifts expenses from Michael Jackson executors

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Categories: Michael Jackson, Music

The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate will no longer have to pay some legal expenses and other costs out of their own pockets after a judge approved changes Monday to the estate that has earned hundreds of millions of dollars since the pop star’s death.

The changes approved by Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff mean attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain will no longer pay the costs from their share of the estate. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 19 2011 12:09 PM ET

Paul McCartney releasing an album of standards

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Categories: Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney is releasing an album of standards — plus two new songs of his own. The former Beatle announced Monday that his new disc will be out on Feb. 7. It doesn’t have a title yet. He’s already streaming one song, “My Valentine,” on his website.

McCartney says he and John Lennon were inspired in their own writing by some of the standards. Some of them he first heard when his father performed them at home on piano.

Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder make appearances on the disc, which was recorded with Diana Krall and her band. McCartney says he’s been thinking about the project for 20 years and, at age 69, figured “if I don’t do it now, I’ll never do it.”

Read more:
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Dec 19 2011 12:00 PM ET

VH1 Divas tonight: Five reasons you should watch

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Categories: Amy Winehouse, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Florence + The Machine, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J, Jill Scott, Kelly Clarkson, Marsha Ambrosius, Mary J. Blige, Music, Pop, R&B, Sharon Jones, Soul
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EW was on the scene at last night’s taping of VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (airing tonight at 9 p.m. ET). In addition to talking to the Divas — including repeat performers Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Kelly Clarkson, plus Jessie J and Florence + the Machine’s Florence Welch — we narrowed down exactly why the 13-year-old institution is still worth checking out. Below, five reasons to tune into tonight’s special. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 16 2011 12:41 PM ET

Britney Spears engaged

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Categories: About Last Night, Britney Spears
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Following up on rampant online buzz, People is reporting that Britney Spears is engaged to Jason Trawick, the agent she’s been officially dating since May of last year.

Spears previously hinted at big news in a tweet: “OMG. Last night Jason surprised me with the one gift I’ve been waiting for. Can’t wait to show you! SO SO SO excited!!!! Xxo”

No word yet on whether or not Trawick’s proposal was anything like the time Brit got the Titanic necklace from that astronaut. (That really happened, right?)

Spears has been married twice before: Once to old friend Jason “I Wasn’t In Seinfeld” Alexander in a blink-of-an-eye Vegas hitching, and once to an underground Brazilian rapper who later starred in Celebrity Fit Club. What was his name again?

Mazel tov, Brit. Here’s hoping you finally found someone who will e-mail your heart on the regular.

More on EW.com:
Nicole Scherzinger performs new song ‘Pretty’ on ‘The X Factor’; will she finally catch her break?
Adele, Florence and The Machine, Bon Iver, or Fleet Foxes: Who made EW’s album of the year?

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