Elton John & Lady Gaga to collaborate at Grammy’s
Are Elton John and Lady Gaga performing together at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards this Sunday?
According to reports, the Rocket Man is set to take to the stage with the Bad Romance star at the prestigious ceremony which takes place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Monday.
It is not yet known what track the pair might perform, but given their flamboyant stage shows it is expected to be spectacular, a source for Contactmusic said: “Elton and Lady Gaga on the same stage is sure to create fireworks, it could be one of the most memorable Grammy performances of all time.”
The 62-year-old, singer is no stranger to show-stopping Grammy performances. In 2001, he famously joined Eminem for a version of the rapper’s hit Stan, amid controversy as the hip-hop star was widely regarded as homophobic at the time due to the lyrics of many of his tracks.
Other artists performing at the ceremony include Pink, Beyoncé Knowles, Blacked Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift.
Beyoncé heads up the list of nominations after being put forward for 10 honours, while Taylor Swift has eight, followed by Black Eyed Peas on six.
We don’t doubt Gaga will pick up a few style tips from the original ostentatious dresser.
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…)
People’s Choice Awards 2010: Fashion round-up
The stars were out in full force last night for the 36th annual People’s Choice Awards.
The Blind Side star Sandra Bullock picked up the award for Favourite Movie Actress, Taylor Swift beat-off stiff competition for Favourite Female Artist and Twilight claimed four trophies, including Favourite Breakout Actor honours for Taylor Lautner, who was amongst the winners of the evening.
But let’s be honest, is anyone actually interested in who got a gong?
We set our beady eye on the red carpet attire – asymmetric styles and muted palettes dominated, with white seemingly the hue of choice.
Click on the thumbnails after the jump to see who dazzled and who disappointed… (more…)
Is Taylor Swift dating Taylor Lautner?
According to the rumour-mill, Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift may be an item.
The Twilight-hunk attended not one, but two different concerts of the country singer’s concert in Chicago over the weekend.
Swift, who is co-starring with Lautner in upcoming romantic flick ‘Valentine’s Day’ set tongues wagging after giving the 17-year-old a lingering embrace following her performance of her latest single ‘Fifteen’ during a gig on Friday.
Hmm, wonder what Swift’s BFF and Lautner’s ex-galpal, Selena Gomez makes of these whispers?
Check out the hug in the video above…
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…
The Squealer 