September 21, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Beyonce Gets Tossed In With Kelly Rowland’s ‘Dirty Laundry’

They say airing your dirty laundry in public is uncouth, but when your entire life is in the spotlight, they're bound to see it anyway. On her brand-new single released on Wednesday (May 15), Kelly Rowland unapologetically is putting everything on the clothesline for the entire world to see -- even the delicates, from her acknowledged jealousy of Beyoncé to an abusive relationship that still seems to haunt her.

And from the sounds of "Dirty Laundry," a collaboration with The-Dream off Rowland's upcoming Talk a Good Game album, she's got an awfully heavy load. It's everything the 32-year-old has kept in for 10 years in the form of smooth R&B — with each chapter separated by melancholy coos that "when you're soaked in tears for years, it never airs out/ When you make pain look this good, it never wears out."

"When my sister was onstage, killing it like a mother----er / I was enraged, feeling it like a mother---er," Rowland sings in chapter one. If it wasn't clear that that "sister" is Kelly's former Destiny's Child comrade, she makes it perfectly crystal when she refers to Bey's rapid rise to fame after the trio's 2001 album. And while the spotlight shone so brightly on the Queen-to-be, Kelly was in the dark throes of an abusive relationship. "Post-Survivor she's on fire, but who wants to hear my bullsh--? Meanwhile this n---a is putting his hands on me / I swear y'all don't know the half of this industry."

"I was battered. He's hitting the window like it was me, until it ...

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Kim Kardashian’s Pregnancy ‘Hasn’t Hit’ Kendall And Kylie Yet

It's only a matter of time before Kim Kardashian gives birth to her first child with Kanye West. But, if you think the entire Kardashian clan is prepped for the reported July arrival of baby Kimye, you'd better think again.

Kim's youngest sisters, Kylie and Kendall, are not quite ready to be aunts to Kim and Yeezy's baby quite yet. "I mean we're all pretty excited," Kendall told MTV News last weekend at Wango Tango in L.A. "It still hasn't hit me yet, so I don't know."

It's a big summer for the Jenner-Kardashian crew. In addition to welcoming another bundle of joy to their large, extended family, the latest season of kicks off on E! on June 2. The show will welcome stepbrothers, former "Hills" star Brody Jenner as well as Brandon, and Brandon's wife Leah, to the pack. Kendall shared this season promises "our usual craziness."

Snooki Gives Kim K Advice: 'How To Look Glam During Labor.'

"We're in the middle of filming it still," Kylie added. "We still film. I wake up in the morning, they're there. So, I don't know... exciting stuff."

So, what else is exciting the teen sisters? Unsurprisingly, they are looking forward to all the latest summer fashions. The fashionistas-turned-fashion designers dished about what you should be wearing as the temperatures get warmer and warmer. "Anything from our Pac Sun line," Kylie plugged, adding, "cut-out dresses, shorts. I live in shorts during the summer."

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Kim Kardashian’s Pregnancy ‘Hasn’t Hit’ Jenner Sisters Yet

It's only a matter of time before Kim Kardashian gives birth to her first child with Kanye West. But, if you think the entire Kardashian clan is prepped for the reported July arrival of baby Kimye, you'd better think again.

Kim's youngest sisters, Kylie and Kendall, are not quite ready to be aunts to Kim and Yeezy's baby quite yet. "I mean we're all pretty excited," Kendall told MTV News last weekend at Wango Tango in L.A. "It still hasn't hit me yet, so I don't know."

It's a big summer for the Jenner-Kardashian crew. In addition to welcoming another bundle of joy to their large, extended family, the latest season of kicks off on E! on June 2. The show will welcome stepbrothers, former "Hills" star Brody Jenner as well as Brandon, and Brandon's wife Leah, to the pack. Kendall shared this season promises "our usual craziness."

Snooki Gives Kim K Advice: 'How To Look Glam During Labor.'

"We're in the middle of filming it still," Kylie added. "We still film. I wake up in the morning, they're there. So, I don't know... exciting stuff."

So, what else is exciting the teen sisters? Unsurprisingly, they are looking forward to all the latest summer fashions. The fashionistas-turned-fashion designers dished about what you should be wearing as the temperatures get warmer and warmer. "Anything from our Pac Sun line," Kylie plugged, adding, "cut-out dresses, shorts. I live in shorts during the summer."

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Jay-Z Exec Produced ‘Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack Lands #2 <I>Billboard</I> Debut

is two-for-two. After surprising pundits with a second place, $51 million box office debut,
 the all-star soundtrack to the Baz Luhrmann literary spectacle will also hit the runner-up spot on next week's Billboard 200 album chart.

The album, executive produced
 by Jay-Z, moved 137,000 copies, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. That was solid, but not enough to beat out the third straight #1 debut from Lady Antebellum, whose Golden took the top spot on sales of 167,000.

It was a different story, however, on the iTunes album chart, where "Gatsby" snagged the top spot and Golden had to settle for #2.

There were plenty of other debuts in the top 10, including a #3 bow for the NOW 46 compilation (91,000), Annie Up (83,000), the second album from Miranda Lambert's side project Pistol Annies and the first album of new studio material from rock legend Rod Stewart in 12 years, Time (52,000).

Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience slipped three spots to #6 (65,000) as the album steamed past 1.8 million copies and Bruno Mars slipped two to #10 with Unorthodox Jukebox, even as sales were up nearly 25 percent to 32,000.

Elsewhere on the charts, the third studio collection from Zooey Deschanel's hook-up with M. Ward, She & Him's Vol. 3, landed at #15 (26,000).

Look for chart debuts next week from Vampire Weekend, Demi Lovato, Trace Adkins and George Strait.

There was less activity on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, where the top five was unchanged. Hangout Music Festival
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Selena Gomez Will ‘Always Be Close to My Heart,’ Demi Lovato Says

They grew up together on the small screen and collaborated on music and TV movies and, in the process, became best friends.

Since meeting back in 2002 on the set of "Barney & Friends," Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez have managed the impossible: maintaining their lifelong bond in the public spotlight. Yet, like with any friendship, they have endured some hardships over the years and at times stopped communicating, which Lovato opened up about during her special Tuesday.

"We've been through a lot together, we've had periods of times we here we grew apart and we just didn't really talk," Lovato said, possibly referring to the time in 2010 when she opened up to Girls Life magazine alluding to the fact they were no longer friends due to a trust issue.

However, the former Disney starlets have put the past in the past and are back on track. "Now we are in a place where I think we realized that life is so short and that when you have people in your life that love you so much then, you should just always be around them," Lovato said. "She's going to be a big sister, and I want to be around for that. Everything about her, she has a great soul, she's talented, she's beautiful, and she will always be really, really close to my heart."

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Lovato said the two don't talk every day, but that "doesn't invalidate" their friendship at all, being that they are each other's biggest supporters.

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Thirty Seconds To Mars’ ‘New Beginning’ Starts With <i>LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS</i>

Thirty Seconds To Mars are less than a week away from the release of their LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS album, but at the moment, they have more important things on their minds.

"I'm talking to Buzz-F---ing-Aldrin right now!" Jared Leto exclaimed, furiously texting away on his phone. "He came to our 'Church of Mars' show in DC — one of the free shows we're doing around the country — and it was, needless to say, amazing to meet him."

"We got to meet him the other day in DC and it was so cool to have that dude in the room," Tomo Milicevic added. "Plus, we have one of the most amazing Vines ever with him, where he's doing the 'Best Time Ever' face."

In case you were wondering, here is what doing the "Best Time Ever" face with the second guy to ever walk on the moon looks like. Of course, Mars are pretty used to rubbing elbows with astronauts these days; back in March, they launched the first copy of their single "Up In The Air" into orbit on board a SpaceX rocket, then conducted a live Q&A with one of the astronauts living on the International Space Station.

In short, they've literally gone out of their way (like, thousands of miles above the planet) to promote their new record, so while chatting with Buzz Aldrin is nice and all, Mars also realized it was time to get down to business: LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS is due to be released on May 21, and needless ...

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Lil Wayne Brought ‘Positive Energy’ To Emmett Till’s Story, Future Says

Future doesn't believe Lil Waynehad any bad intent when he recorded his controversial Emmett Till line on the first . In fact, the way the Astronaut Kid sees things, Weezy helped educate people on the slain civil rights figure in a round-about way.

"I think overall with the whole situation he did bring light in a positive way to what happened, even though they might've thought it was negative, he brought positive energy to the situation," Future said on Tuesday when he phoned into Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show on Los Angeles Power 106. "He raised awareness to people who didn't even know Emmett Till, to young kids that never even knew what happened to him."

In 1955, Till, who was just a teenager, was fatally beaten by a group of white men after he whistled at a white woman. His mother insisted that her son have an open casket funeral so the world can see and remember the brutality of the racially charged murder. Till has been referenced in rap lyrics before, most notably by Kanye West and Remy Ma with no protest, but Wayne's "Karate Chop" lyric struck a chord with Till family representatives after the song dropped in February. "Beat the p---y up like Emmett Till," Weezy rhymed, drawing a dark reference to the civil rights figure.

"The record, it was done from a good place, good art, he ain't have no bad intentions when he was thinking about it like that," Future told MTV News back in February.

Future's label, Epic Records, quickly removed the controversial ...

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‘Star Trek’ Baddie Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals Role’s Biggest Challenge

In Benedict Cumberbatch plays John Harrison, a would-be terrorist who sets his sights on Starfleet for reasons that may lead to intergalactic war.

But joining an ensemble cast whose collegial familiarity with one another is palpable both on and off screen, Cumberbatch said he struggled occasionally to keep his villainous character separate from folks he would otherwise characterize as friends.

"The only hardship of playing that kind of a character is that I did have to physically remove myself on a couple of occasions," Cumberbatch told MTV News. "To just get my game on, set my head straight and realize that there was glass, literal and figurative, between my character and their characters."

Cumberbatch said he deeply admired the familial energy shared by the actors who starred in the first "Star Trek." "As a fan of the first one, it so came across, and that was the joyous thing about it," Cumberbatch explained. "You thought you'd known these characters, not just because you were re-creating iconic characters from this franchise, but because of the chemistry between you. And it just seemed effortless, because you were being so bold, and such light touches at the same time."

Find Out What 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Was Almost Named!

"Star Trek Into Darkness" was directed by J.J. Abrams, who helmed the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot and helped develop the ensemble that is now associated with the franchise. Abrams credits great casting directors and collaborations for the natural chemistry his actors share onscreen. "The extraordinary casting directors helped us find these actors that literally were a ...

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Britney Spears Thinks Her Sons Would Be ‘Good In The Limelight’

Watch out, world: There might be a couple more Spearses in the limelight soon. Britney Spears' sons, Jayden and Sean, seem to have caught the performing bug from their superstar mom.

"They do like attention, so I think they would probably be good in the limelight," she told "Extra" about her two kids with ex Kevin Federline. "We're taking baby steps at this point, right now, as far as agencies and stuff go, but they're little comedians. So, I don't know, we'll see."

Speaking of baby steps, Spears, who split up with her agent fiancé Jason Trawick in January and has since been spotted with rumored beau David Lucado, admitted to wanting more kids, someday. She gushed, "Awww, I want a girl!"

But, for now, Spears is busy with work. Since leaving the "X Factor", she's put her focus on her upcoming album release, as well as prepping for her Vegas live show. The show is set to debut this fall. "I'm excited," she said of the Sin City gig. "I love Vegas any time I get to go there, so I'm excited, I'm pumped. I haven't done a show in a really long time, so it'll be fun."

And, new music is also on the horizon. In addition to dropping a new song, off the "Smurfs 2" soundtrack this summer, Spears has been hitting the studio and holding brainstorming sessions with will.i.am, who is executive producing her next project. The album marks her first release since 2011's Femme Fatale.

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