Alicia Keys to Take On James Bond?
E! Online - 11th Jul 2008
Alicia Keys:
Alicia Keys as a Bond Girl?
Not exactly.
But I just got word that the songbird is the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.
No official announcement has been made, but a source tells me, "I believe
Alicia is the winner."
There have been a lot of rumors surrounding the highly coveted spot to belt one out for 007. A gaggle of artists reportedly submitted songs for consideration to producers of the 22nd Bond film, including Beyoncé, Leona Lewis, Duran Duran, Jack White, Duffy and, most recently, Annie Lennox.
Amy Winehouse was the first singer linked to the movie, but she apparently never finished recording her song with über-producer Mark Ronson.
A rep for
Keys declined to comment. A rep for the movie said there was "no info" available right now about a potential title song.
The flick, starring
Daniel Craig as the silver screen's most famous spy, is scheduled for a November release.
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Alicia Keys postponed two concerts on her European tour after being put on vocal rest by her doctor, her publicist said Saturday.
Keys, whose latest album, "As I Am," has sold millions of copies worldwide, was supposed to perform Monday in Glasgow, Scotland, and Tuesday in Manchester, England. But the Grammy-winning singer was told to spend the next few days off the stage because of laryngitis, publicist Patti Webster said in a statement.
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Alicia Keys has canceled two shows on her newly launched North American tour because of swollen vocal cords, her record label said on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old R&B singer scrapped Tuesday's show in Pittsburgh, the third stop of the tour, and has also pulled the plug on Thursday's concert in Cleveland.
The tour is expected to resume in Columbus on Saturday. Tickets for the Cleveland show will be honored at Columbus, said J Records.
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Want to be a backup singer for Alicia Keys? The R&B star is inviting female singers who are aged 21 to 30 to "audition" via MySpace.
Hopefuls have until May 5 to submit a video, 30 seconds or longer, of themselves singing a capella to Keys' MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/aliciakeys); according to a release. Ideal candidates "must be physically fit and able to dance."
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Although the night was about the best offerings on the urban music scene, there was one person in particular who - despite not being present - had the attention of the star-studded audience at Tuesday's BET awards - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
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