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Celebrity Scoop – 02/26/2020
DUFFY WAS RAPED, DRUGGED & HELD CAPTIVE FOR DAYS – (02/26/2020)
Singer Duffy said in her first public Instagram post on Tuesday that she left the spotlight almost 10 years ago because she had been kidnapped and raped.
Duffy, real name Aimee Anne Duffy, said opened up about the incident to a journalist who found her last summer and that it felt “amazing” to talk.
“The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days,” Duffy said. “Of course I survived. The recovery took time.”
Duffy rose to international fame in 2008 after the release of her song “Mercy,” which was featured in Grey’s Anatomy and the Sex and the City film. She won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2009.
It is unclear when or where the alleged kidnapping occurred or whether Duffy contacted the police. She said she plans on releasing a spoken interview in the coming weeks in an effort to answer any questions.
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Full Story: CNN
THE CHAINSMOKERS SCRUB THEIR INSTAGRAM, ANNOUNCE BREAK – (02/26/2020)
The Chainsmokers – Alex Pall and Drew Taggart – have announced a break from social media and have scrubbed their entire account in order to work on their new album.
“We are going to be taking some time to create our next chapter in music. We have never been more inspired and are already hard at work on TCS4 but we are going to be taking a break from social media (minus a few obligations) to give it the attention it needs,” they announced in a statement.
The guys will continue their Las Vegas residency at XS and have big deal festival sets including Electric Daisy Carnival and a headlining show at Creamfields on the horizon.
The guys dropped their last album World War Joy back in December.
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Full Story: Billboard
KELLY CLARKSON TO HOST BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS IN APRIL: Kelly Clarkson will host the 2020 Billboard Music Awards for her third consecutive year. This year’s show will take place April 29th at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The show airs live on NBC. Billboard praised Clarkson in a press release for helping to create “many iconic Billboard Music Awards moments.” Clarkson is just the third person to host or co-host the BBMAs three or more times. Comedian Kathy Griffin co-hosted the show three years running from 1998-2000. Rapper Ludacris hosted the 2014 show and co-hosted the show the following three years.
LADY GAGA TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘STUPID LOVE’ ON FRIDAY: Lady Gaga announced she will be releasing a new single, titled “Stupid Love,” at midnight on Friday. A photo of a billboard promoting the single with artwork featuring a pair of pink lips accompanied the announcement. “Stupid Love” will be the first single released for Gaga’s sixth studio album. She last released Joanne in 2016. The track will be Gaga’s first song since 2018’s A Star Is Born. Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song “Shallow” from the film won Best Original Song at the Oscars.
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Celebrity Scoop – 02/25/2020
ALICIA KEYS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, BEYONCÉ PERFORM AT KOBE & GIANNA BRYANT’S CELEBRATION OF LIFE – (02/25/2020)
A public memorial to honor Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna Bryant and the seven other people who died in a helicopter crash last month took place at the Staples Center on Monday.
Many celebrities, athletes and artists were invited to participate in the event and pay their respects.
Beyoncé got things started, performing moving renditions of her hit songs “XO” and “Halo.” One of Kobe’s favorite songs was “XO” and Beyoncé asked the room to join her in singing. She started her performance with a message for the crowd:
“I’m here, because I love Kobe and this was one of his favorite songs. So I want to start that over, but I want us to do it all together and I want you to sing it so loud they hear your love. Are y’all ready? Love you.”
Alicia Keys took the stage for a performance during the Celebration of Life. Seated at a purple piano, Keys was joined by a string quartet to perform Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.” Before Alicia took the stage, Kobe’s longtime friend and current General Manager for the Lakers Rob Pelinka shared a story about how Kobe taught himself “Moonlight Sonata” on the piano just so that he could perform it for wife Vanessa.
Christina Aguilera was the final performer to take the stage. She was joined by an orchestra to perform “Ave Maria.” The solemn performance concluded with the singer blowing a kiss to Bryant’s family.
The public memorial also included words from Jimmy Kimmel, Michael Jordan, Sabrina Ionescu and an emotional speech from Vanessa Bryant.
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Full Story: Deadline
BEYONCE BANNED PHOTOS OF HER PERFORMANCE DURING KOBE BRYANT MEMORIAL – (02/25/2020)
Reports say that photographers were banned from taking photos of Beyonce during her performance at Kobe Bryant‘s memorial at the Staples Center yesterday (February 24th). According to Page Six, editors at the AP and Getty Images told the Post that organizers the live-streamed Staples Center event prohibited them from taking photos of the singer or Bryant’s children.
One insider at the event said, “It is so offensive to Kobe’s family and the fans, Beyonce is so controlling of her image — she usually only allows approved selected images of her to be released — so no photographers at the Kobe memorial were allowed to take her picture. Really, at a memorial? Not even the family of Michael Jackson did that.”
The insider continued, “A Staples Center staffer was dispatched to make sure not a single camera was focused on the stage. The photographers couldn’t believe it. This doesn’t help Beyonce’s image at all, it hurts her. It makes her look like a diva. The memorial wasn’t about her. The only shots of Bey that did emerge were screen grabs from TV. None of the other artists at the memorial asked for this, not Christina Aguilera, not Alicia Keys.”
VANESSA BRYANT FILES WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST HELICOPTER COMPANY – (02/25/2020)
Vanessa Bryant has taken action against the company involved in the fatal helicopter crash that claimed that lives of Kobe and Gianna Bryant. According to TMZ, Vanessa has filed a wrongful death suit against Island Express Helicopters and Island Express Holding Corp, she also filed suit against the pilot Ara Zobayan, who also perished in the crash. In the suit, Bryant claimed that the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in foggy conditions on January 26th and should have aborted the flight.
The complaint also specifically called out Island Express for not purchasing and equipping its helicopters with a terrain avoidance warning system, a safety measure the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended in the past but the FAA has not adopted. She is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
JUSTIN BIEBER ‘SUPER GRATEFUL’ ABOUT SUCCESS OF NEW ALBUM ‘CHANGES’ – (02/25/2020)
Justin Bieber is “super grateful” for the No. 1 debut of his new album Changes.
“Super grateful for this past week with #changes,” he tweeted. He also posted several news stories about the album’s No. 1 debut, and wrote “Thank you” on each one.
Bieber released Changes on Valentine’s Day, his first album since 2015’s Purpose. It’s his fifth studio album to hit No. 1, along with two remix albums.
“Changes” entered the Billboard chart at No. 1, making him, at age 25, the youngest artist to score seven No. 1 albums. Elvis Presley held the record previously.
Justin, who turns 26 on March 1st, also teased a “visual album.” “This week is the big finale of #JustinBieberSeasons and another music video from Changes on @AppleMusic,” he wrote on Twitter. “And I think I might give you a visual album.”
Before finding out about Changes’ big debut, Bieber stopped by Kanye West’s Sunday Service to deliver a powerful rendition of Marvin Sapp’s song “Never Would Have Made It.”
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Full Story: Billboard
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Celebrity Scoop – 02/24/2020
MEGHAN TRAINOR’S DAD HIT BY A CAR – (02/24/2020)
Meghan Trainor’s father is “in stable condition” after getting hit by a car, her representative, Luke Burland, confirmed Sunday.
The singer shared a black-and-white throwback photo with Gary Trainor on Sunday, letting fans know she’s “with my dad now.” A photo on her Instagram story appears to show Meghan holding her father’s hand from a hospital bed.
“Thank you for all your sweet messages,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “It was all very scary but he is the strongest man I know.”
Gary was hit by a car Friday night in Los Angeles while crossing the street. The accident was an apparent hit and run.
Gary Trainor played a huge part in Meghan’s musical upbringing in Nantucket; she grew up singing in her Methodist church, where he played organ, and she, along with her brother Justin and her aunt Lisa, played with him in a local cover band as well. In her 2016 Billboard cover story, Meghan even credits her dad for inspiring his vocal style.
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Full Story: Billboard
HILARY DUFF PUTS ‘CREEPY’ PHOTOGRAPHER ON BLAST – (02/24/2020)
Hilary Duff hit up Instagram after a photographer approached her and her children, and started taking pictures of them without her permission. Her kids were playing football with several other kids.
The 32-year-old recorded her exchange with him on Instagram: “Paparazzi shooting KIDS Go ‘practice’ your photography on ADULTS! Creep! Laws need to change! This is stalking minors! Disgusting!”
The cellphone footage shows Duff approaching the photographer and asking him if he knew anyone playing. When he admitted that he didn’t, she asked him to stop snapping shots, and he replied: “It’s legal.”
Duff continued: “I’m asking you human-to-human, as a mother, if you don’t know anyone here, would you please stop taking pictures of our children playing football.”
He continued, saying he was “practicing his photography” and that Duff’s anger was “unwarranted.”
He then told Duff she was herself making the situation “creepy,” then put his hand over her cellphone camera lens.
Duff’s friends, including Busy Phillipps, had her back. In a comment, she wrote: “This isn’t about his job or his ‘rights.’ This is about his OWN perceived POWER over others. I imagine it’s the only time this pathetic person feels any power in his life. I know it’s illegal for an adult not with a child to be inside a playground- how is taking pictures of children without parental consent legal?!??”
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‘FRIENDS’ REUNION SET FOR ‘HBO MAX; – (02/24/2020)
The cast of Friends is reuniting on HBO Max. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer are starring in a reunion special for the forthcoming streamer; the service drops in May.
Just don’t call it a reboot or a revival. The six former costars and real-life pals will chat about their show; they reportedly are getting a hefty payday for the special. The taped unscripted reunion special will be directed by Ben Winston.
“Guess you could call this the one where they all got back together—we are reuniting with David, Jennifer, Courteney, Matt, Lisa, and Matthew for an HBO Max special that will be programmed alongside the entire Friends library,” Kevin Reilly, chief content officer, HBO Max and president, TBS, TNT, and truTV, said in a statement. “I became aware of Friends when it was in the very early stages of development and then had the opportunity to work on the series many years later and have delighted in seeing it catch on with viewers generation after generation. It taps into an era when friends—and audiences—gathered together in real time and we think this reunion special will capture that spirit, uniting original and new fans.”
The mega-hit NBC sitcom ran for 10 seasons, and the reunion has been long-rumored and eagerly sought after by generations of fans. The show, which ran from 1994-2004, got a second life on Netflix, and found a diehard set of fans among millennials and Gen-Zers.
WarnerMedia’s HBO Max snapped the service off of Netflix and bought exclusive rights for the streamer for next five years.
Will Ross and Rachel end up being on a break? TBD.
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