The Gossip Machine, Churning Out Cash
I just found
a great article from the New York Post that shows how "Celebrity Gossip" has developed into a new form of business for celebrities and gossip sites such as TMZ or Radar. Every little bit of the celebrities private lifes is exploited by the media and millions of people can't get enough of the juicy details of Schwarzenegger's affair, Charlie Sheen's latest outburst or the juicy details of Robert Pattinson's relationship with Kristen Stewart. The public life is forced onto them as soon as they've entered the entertainment business, and either they try to resist by avoiding known celebrity hot spots and leading a quiet life behind closed doors, or they try to use the cameras following their every move to boost their fame.
This is often a dirty game as the gossip sites have proved their unscrupulous work ethic in the past, e.g. when they've obtained pictures of Rihanna after she was beaten up by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown, or when they've bought the medical records of Britney Spears after her hospitalization in Cedar's-Sinai Medical Center in 2008, not forgetting the death of Lady Diana in a car accident after she was chased by a horde of paparazzi.
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Take Home a Pair of MS/DC Sneakers, Doodled on by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
Take home this pair of
MS/DC sneakers, doodled on by
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. The sneakers were also on display in the Los Angeles DC store!
The proceeds for this item benefit Music for Relief for Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
Michael Kenji Shinoda is a Japanese American songwriter, performer, record producer and visual artist from Agoura Hills, California. He is best known for his vocal and musical endeavors with two-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum rock band Linkin Park. The band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide to date. Their debut, "Hybrid Theory" is certified diamond (10 million sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America. The group's most recent album, "A Thousand Suns," debuted at #1 in the US and 14 other countries this year, and has already sold over 1.5 million units worldwide.
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‘Teach Me How To Dougie’ Rapper Shot To Death Sunday Night
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- M-Bone of the rap group Cali Swag District, which scored a hit last year with the song "Teach Me the Dougie," was killed in a weekend drive-by shooting as he sat in a car outside a liquor store, police said Monday.
The motive for Sunday night's shooting was under investigation, Lt. James Madia said.
The 22-year-old Inglewood man, whose real name is Mante Ray Talbert, was sitting alone in his car shortly after 10:30 p.m.
"Another car pulled alongside, gunshots were fired, and the victim was struck twice in the head," Madia said.
Talbert died at a hospital....
Florence & The Machine Start Recording New Record At Abbey Road Studios
Florence talks about recording a new record, performing at the Met Ball in New York and working with Baz Luhrman in her newest blog post on
florenceandthemachine.net:
Temples, McQueen And New York Dreams
Mon 16 May, 2011
Hello everybody!
I haven't written one of these in a while; sorry for neglecting you. I do hope this finds you all just splendid.
I'm back in Blighty now; the birds are singing, the summer's nearly here, I miss you all and hope to see you soon.
We've started recording the new record, excitingly, at the famous Abbey Road Studios. Haven't quite managed to get our pictures taken on that legendary zebra crossing yet, but we do spend a lot of time looking over at other people's attempts. Lying down in the middle of it seems to be popular, weirdly. Bit dangerous if you ask me....
Feel Your Heart Beat: Eurovision Song Contest 2011 In Germany
This year's Eurosvision Song Contest will be hosted by Germany, because our Lena has won last year's contest in Oslo with her song "Satellite". In a bout of either idiocy or ingenuity she has decided to defend her title this year by participating again with the song "Taken by a stranger" wich was chosen via televoting by the German audience.
I've decided to do some
live tweeting during the Final, so if you wanna know what I think about the different performances, follow
@adiek84 on Twitter or add
Adie Klarpol to your Facebook friends, because my Tweets will be posted to my FB wall, too.
Who should win the Eurovision Song Contest 2011? How do you like this year's Song Contest in germany?
Share your opinion by commenting here!
EDIT: You can vote for your favourite participant here: http://poll.fm/303uj
Here is some more information about the ESC:
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