Kanye West not banned from Haiti telethon
Moral of this story, never upset a Disney tween.
Rumour has it, Kanye West has been barred from taking part in George Clooney’s televised telethon – Hope for Haiti: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, this Friday.
According to PopEater, the rappers outspoken nature is the reason for the snub. During a televised goodwill event for Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005, West ranted that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” and at the 2009 MTV VMAs, the 32-year-old, surprisingly stormed the stage to interrupt Taylor Swift as she was accepting an award, reducing the starlet to tears.
A source for the gossip site said: “After what he said on the Katrina telethon and the way he behaved at the MTV Video Music Awards, everyone agrees it’s just best that he does not participate. Kayne has to make everything about himself. He will do anything to steal the spotlight and, well, this night it’s just not about him.”
But a rep for MTV quashed whispers that the Love Lockdown singer is banned from the show: “That’s absolutely not true. We did reach out to Kanye.”
A cavalcade of stars are confirmed to be participating on Friday night’s telethon for Haiti’s earthquake victims, including Madonna, Jay-Z, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Will Smith, Muhammad Ali and Robert Pattinson.
Barred or not, if Kanye was to make an appearance, we imagine it would go a little something like this…”Haiti i’m really happy for you, and i’ma let you finish, but I was the biggest disaster of 2009 of all time.”
OK, I know what your thinking… that meme was a fail. My reply to that… *Kanye shrug*
Check out the benefits airing times, channels and ways to donate after the jump… (more…)
Meet the Celebrity Big Brother 2010 housemates
The New Year welcomes or should that be grimaces the return of Channel Four’s Celebrity Big Brother for one last run of celebrity voyeurism.
After weeks of speculation, the final line-up has been revealed in all it’s mainly d-list glory. Read after the jump to check out who we’ll be getting to know more of for the next 27 days…
Beyonce Knowles throws 40th birthday bash for Jay-Z
P.Diddy is in danger of losing his legendary party-throwing status where Beyoncé Knowles is concerned.
The 28-year-old diva spared no expense in helping husband Jay-Z celebrate his 40th birthday in style, flying 50 of the rappers closest friends from New York to the Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic over the weekend.
The star-studded affair, which included Kanye West, Oprah Winfrey and Ne-Yo amongst the guests, saw the birthday boy and Alicia Keys sing an impromptu version of their hit song Empire State of Mind.
Themed around the Al Pacino gangster movie Scarface, the night was kicked off with a lavish dinner of caviar and champagne, followed by a midnight firework display with synchronised swimmers dancing alongside in the villa’s pool.
Of course, The Squealer was invited…But…err…we had to wash our hair…
Kanye West apologises to Taylor Swift on Jay Leno
He’s eating his words now.
Following widespread condemnation by celebrities and the general population alike for his impromptu rant at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Kanye West has issued not one, but three apologies to Taylor Swift via his blog and now the Jay Leno show.
The 32-year-old rapper was booked on the chat-show along with Jay-Z and Rihanna to perform their current single ‘Run This Town’ but asked if he could say a few words beforehand.
On the verge of tears, West struggled to keep his composure when Jay asked what his mother, who died two years ago, would have thought about his behaviour, he said: “My hurt caused someone else’s hurt. After this, I need to take time off and work out how I’m going to deal with this for the rest of my life.”
Check out the apology on the video above…
Kanye West crashes Taylor Swift’s VMA moment
Vodpod videos no longer available.Every award show has its YouTube moment and for the Video Music Awards on Sunday, Kanye West provided himself as the spectacle.
The 32-year-old rapper stormed on stage during an acceptance speech by Taylor Swift for ‘Best Female Video’ and unleashed an astonishing rant, leaving the country starlet humiliated.
Grabbing the microphone off the 18-year-old singer, he said: “I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” referring to the former Destiny’s Child members ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’.
As West handed back the microphone, a shell-shocked and unable to continue Swift seemed close to tears.
According to sources at the VMA’s the ‘Love Lockdown’ singer was soon-after kicked out of the building, while ‘Swift was seen crying hysterically backstage’.
However, a clearly mortified Beyoncé ended up providing damage control by giving the young star a chance to finish her speech during her acceptance for ‘Best Video’.
Oh Kanye, your such a clown. In your own words…how could you be so heartless? (err Apologies for the bad pun)
Check out the incident on the video above…
Rihanna and Kanye West to launch perfume
Yet more celebrities adding perfumist to their list of credentials.
Rihanna and Kanye West are set to launch their own fragrance lines in 2010.
The musicians have signed a deal with their mentor Jay-Z to endorse scents for his company Iconic Fragrances, of which is collaborating with Parlux Fragrances Inc.
Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z said: “We are excited for the opportunity to partner with Parlux and their management team in the launch of these dynamic new brands.”
“This venture will take what is already a successful franchise at Parlux to a new level.”
In the past, Parlux has teamed up with Queen Latifah, Marc Ekco and Jessica Simpson.
Final negotiations are also being made for the rapper to contribute a fragrance himself as well as one from an unnamed “well-established” female artist (Beyoncé anyone?).
Anything Hova touches turns into gold and with Ri-Ri and Kayne involved in the pipeline, i’m just gonna go ahead and assume the Jigga man thinks the credit crunch is a type of plastic-tasting cereal.
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