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…)
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…
Lady Gaga’s VMA style
The most talked about moment from the Video Music Award’s may have been yet another famous rant from Kanye West, but let’s not overlook the many costume changes of Lady Gaga.
The ‘Poker Face’ singer slipped in to no-less then six outrageous outfits during the show, including what can only be described as some sort of bird nest collar-come-headpiece.
I have to admit she provided some great comical value to the show.
Click on the thumbnails below to check out her interesting attire…
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…
Drake injured during concert stage fall
Canadian rapper Drake took a nasty fall on stage, further damaging his already-injured knee during a set for Lil Wayne’s ‘Americas Most Wanted’ Tour in Camden, New Jersey on Friday.
The rising hip-hop artist, who reportedly tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) while playing basketball last month, ignored doctors warning to rest-up his leg and sit the tour out to prevent such an incident.
Prior to the fall, Heartbreak Drake spoke to MTV about his decision to perform, he said: “I didn’t really get any approval from my doctor, but I made a personal decision 48 hours ago that I’d be letting a lot of people down if I didn’t show up and at least show them I’m there for them.
“For the last two weeks, I’ve been really going hard, getting all types of acupuncture, trying to bring the swelling down. I’m walking around — no cane. I’ll put a brace on it tomorrow night. No one will probably even know I’m injured…I’m not doing my own set. That’s one thing I have to apologize to my fans about. It’s too much of a risk, if I hit that wrong turn [doing] 30 minutes every night. If I tear my ACL again, the doctors say I might not be able to walk again. I have to be cautious.”
Video footage of the fall sees Drizzy ramping up the crowd with Lil Wayne in the run up to perform his hit song ‘Best I Ever Had’ before he takes a tumble. Stagehands run to his aid before escorting him off the stage and leaving an awkward Weezy to finish up the set.
Shortly after his slip, the 22-year-old tweeted: “All is well. On the bus laying down…Getting surgery this week but I’m walking. Thank you my whole YM [Young Money] family for the help. Lion Hearts!”
Good to hear Drizzy Drake is recovering well. For those of you who may remember him from his ‘Degrassi’ days playing a young, wheel-chair bound Jimmy, all I have to say is…oh the irony.
Check out the video of the fall below…
Kelis and Nas to divorce
Hip-Hop power couple Nas and Kelis are to divorce after nearly 4-years of marriage.
The pair met back in 2002 at the MTV Music Video Awards, have cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for the split.
29-year-old, Kelis, who is seven months pregnant with their first child has requested the rapper’s right to spousal support to be terminated.
Shame.
Vanessa Minnillo cheating on Nick Lachey
Former MTV presenter Vanessa Minnillo has been caught canoodling with a man and it wasn’t long-term boyfriend Nick Lachey.
A source tells Page Six the 28-year-old was spotted cosying up to 90210’s Matt Lanter at the SLS hotel in Los Angeles.
“Vanessa definitely wasn’t with Nick. She sat on Matt’s lap and was really close to him for two hours at the party. He looks like a younger version of Nick.”
Rumours of a split have plagued the couple for a while now so perhaps she isn’t cheating.
Better yet does anyone even care about these two? Thought not.
The Squealer 