New Rihanna Grammy Advertisement
Check out a new exclusive advertisement, for the 51st annual Grammy awards with the theme “Celebrate the Music That Makes Us.”All of the text used for Rihanna’s portrait contains the song titles from a list of at least 15 songs that inspired her. The most notable presence on the Rihanna ad is Destiny’s Child’s“Say My Name.”Rihanna's selections also included many Mariah Carey songs: "Vision of Love," "Butterfly," "Honey," "Emotions," "Can't Let Go," "We Belong Together," "Always Be My Baby" and

Stevie Wonder, Thom Yorke Get Artsy for Grammys
Filed under: Exclusive, Grammy AwardsSpinner.com: With the 51st Grammy Awards just around the corner, Spinner obtained some exclusive artwork, featuring Stevie Wonder, Rihanna and Lil Wayne, surrounding and promoting the soireee. Each of the three artists, in addition to Radiohead's Thom Yorke and... Read more

Grammys sign up Lil Wayne, Thom Yorke for new campaign
Lil Wayne, Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder and Rihanna have signed on for a massive Recording Academy ad campaign. Television, print, online and radio spots will try to drum up some excitement for the organization's annual Grammy awards,...

Mind The Gap Between Gaycrest's Ears
American Idol returned last night and surprisingly, Paula wasn't the one to make an ass out of herself. Give her time before she realizes they are making her signature sweet Vicodin tea with Aspirin instead. Damn them. Paula needs her medicine!This time, it was Gaycrest's turn to put on the dunce cap. He wears it so well. After Scott MacIntyre, who is pretty much blind, got a yellow paper to the finals, Gaycrest tried to high-five his ass! Yes, high-fiving a fucking blind dude! And then Gaycrest said, "We'l

Radiohead's Thom Yorke releases Barack Obama celebration song
Radiohead's Thom Yorke has made a new remix of his solo song 'Harrowdown Hill' available as a free download, in celebration of Barack Obama's win in the US presidential election. The song, the original of which appeared on Yorke's 2006 solo album 'The Eraser', is available to download now from Radiohead.com. Yorke wrote on the website: "In celebration of November 5, Jonny's [Greenwood, guitarist] birthday amid bonfire and fireworks in the UK and the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA, I humbly d

Radiohead's Greatest Hits = Their Best Album Ever?
The band may not be happy about it, but Radiohead's greatest hits album will be released next Tuesday. Ironically, Popjustice declares it their "best album ever": "Nobody will admit that it is their favorite Radiohead album because people are embarrassed about saying their favorite albums are Greatest Hits albums when it is SIMPLE POP FACT that Greatest Hits albums always ARE acts' best albums." Agree? Disagree? Appalled that it's even being released without the band's consent? I have gotten my hands on an

Dido: Dido's subversive lyrics?
There are plenty of singers it's easy to picture facing accusations of politically subversive lyricism, artists you could imagine courting controversy by taking a controversial political stance in their songs. Thom Yorke, perhaps, or Shane McGowan, but Dido? The British pop songbird, whose most outstanding virtue is her inoffensiveness, has apparently gotten herself in hot water over the song "Let's Do the Things We Normally Do" from her album Safe Trip Home.    Parlaiment member Gregory

HBO to Broadcast Obama's Starry Inaugural Opening Ceremonies
A mix of stars – including Barbra Streisand, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen – have been approached to perform at Barack Obama's inaugural opening ceremonies, which will be held Jan. 18 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Variety reports that HBO has won the rights to broadcast the event, which will be attended by both President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will be available free-of-charge not only

25 Best Mash-Up's of 2008
There didn’t seem to be a bunch of great mash-ups this year, but still plenty to create a list so here are the best that I have found the last twelve months even if some were actually created before 2008. Here is where I usually give my disclaimer of actually ever having or even hearing these songs for legal reasons, but since the RIAA recently admitted lawsuits weren’t the best course of action when it came to illegal downloading and gave up the practice I guess I know longer have to do that. Granted s

Beyonce's Coming to the Neighborhood!
Beyonce Knowles will perform at the official Neighborhood Ball on Jan. 20, along with Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and others. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) Well, we were wrong: One of the official inaugural balls is going be awesome. After decades of B-list entertainment at the inaugural balls, the Presidential Inaugural Committee just announced the line-up for the official "The Neighborhood Ball" at the Convention Center: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Shakira and Stevie Wo

Kanye, Sheryl, Stevie's Record Showing for Obama
At this point in the increasingly contentious presidential race, Barack Obama feels no need to change his tune. Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and a number of other avowed Obama...

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Airs Tonight
CBS is airing the Victoria’s Secret fashion show at 10/9 CST. Be sure to set your DVR or plop down in front of the TV when the whole thing goes down. Televised fashion shows are always exciting, so I like to watch them as they come on versus recording them. Of course, remember the entire thing was pre-taped so there won’t be any live surprises.Maybe Victoria’s Secret will consider going live in the next few years. Now THAT would be fun!As a warm-up to tonight's broadcast (at 10 onCBS), a behind-the-sc

VIBE MAGAZINE'S JANUARY 2009 \"TABLOID ISSUE\"
VIBE magazine, the definitive voice of urban culture, and the only lifestyle magazine to put out an annual "Tabloid Issue," shouts out the "Best and Worst of 2008" in their highly anticipated second edition. VIBE MAGAZINE'S JANUARY 2009 "TABLOID ISSUE" - "The Best & Worst of '2008" - On Stands Dec 16 "Rumored couple" Rihanna and Chris Brown grace the January 2009 cover as well as married superstars Jay-Z and Beyoncé, and the "Hot Bodies" of tennis champion Serena Williams and rapper Nelly. Here's a sn

Lisa Bonet's New Baby: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa
You know her as Lisa Bonet from "The Cosby Show," and Lilakoi Moon (Bonet changed her name in 1995) has given birth to her third child: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa. Lilakoi, 41, has a daughter Zoe, 20, with ex-husband Lenny Kravitz and a daughter Lola, 20 months, with boyfriend Jason Momoa of "Stargate: Atlantis" fame. According to his website, Bonet delivered a son named Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa. From the fan forum on his official site. He was born on the stormest, rainy

New Bonet Baby's Unusual Name Explained
Baby Nakoa-Wolf is a little brother for the couple's 18-month-old daughter Lola Iolani. Bonet also has a 20-year-old daughter, Zoe, with ex-husband Lenny Kravitz .

Motown Records marks its 50th anniversary
Monday officially started the 50th anniversary of Motown Records. That’s the date in 1959 that Berry Gordy Jr. secured an $800 loan to start the company that soon would spin out chart-topping hits by Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, the Temptations and many others.

Motown hitmaker Norman Whitfield dies in LA
Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who helped create some of the legendary label's most important anthems, including Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through the Grapevine and the Temptations' Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The hitmaker died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Motown Alumni Assn. spokesman Ron Brewington. He was 65. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Brewington said Whitfield suffered from diabetes a

Motown hitmaker Norman Whitfield dies in L.A
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who helped create some of the legendary label's most important anthems, including Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The hitmaker died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday, said Motown Alumni Assn. spokesman Ron Brewington. He was 65. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Brewington said Whitfi

Stevie Wonder announces extra concerts
Music legend Stevie Wonder has announced two new dates for his New Zealand tour next month.

Hitmaking Motown Producer Norman Whitfield Dies In L.A.
Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who helped create some of the legendary label's most important anthems, including Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on Wednesday.   The hitmaker died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday, said Motown Alumni Assn. spokesman Ron Brewington. He was 65. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Brewington said Whitfield suffered from diab

Stevie Wonder announces extra concerts
Music legend Stevie Wonder has announced two new dates for his New Zealand tour next month.

Esmee Denters Blown Away By Stevie Wonder Concert
Esmee Denters updated fans on her blog at MySpace on Thursday (September 18) after seeing Stevie Wonder perform back home in the Netherlands. Denters writes: Hey everybody, I got back home to the Netherlands just in time because one of my all-time favorite singers was here to perform! I have always wanted to see one of his shows ever since I was little. My dad is a music freak just like me and when I grew up it really inspired me to likeall different types of music. But he had one record that I always be

Little Stevie Wonder
Very few of the current “recording artists” can truly be considered musicians. Not only in our culturally depraved generation, but throughout time. Not every name playing musical chairs atop the Billboard chart at the end of the week is that of a person who has made it their duty to master music and perfect their art. True, some have remarkable voices and occasionally one or two may excel and take their craft to a slightly higher level and wider audience. They then become representative figure

Singers for Obama release “Yes We Can” album
 You’ve heard them at the Obama campaign rallies and speeches for months, and now  all those Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer and Los Lonely Boys songs that warm up the Democratic Party Crowds have been put together on one album.  Billed as the first-ever presidential campaign compilation, the 18-song disc “Yes We Can: Voices of [...]