50 Cent continues his promise to help those who are in need. Recently, the rap star served over 250 meals for starving homeless people. In addition -- according to Allhiphop.com, in association with SMS Audio, 50 has also offered to donate 250 more meals to Feeding America for every set of headphones that is purchased domestically on SMSAudio.com.In other news, reports say that the rapper was in the hospital earlier this week due to a stomach virus. According to Thisis50.com, it may have been due to something that he ate in London. He tweeted yesterday (May 17th), "I'm feeling better today I think I'm gonna get out of the hospital soon."
ADELE ACHIEVES ANOTHER MILESTONE
Adele's popularity has not shown any signs of calming down. Her sophomore album, 21 passed the 9 million sales mark in the US. It will reach diamond status after it passes the 10 million mark. Meanwhile, Adele won two Ivor Novello songwriting awards. She picked up the songwriter of the year award and her song "Rolling in the Deep" was the most performed work of 2011.
DISCO LEGEND DONNA SUMMER DEAD AT 63
The Queen of Disco Donna Summer died on Thursday (May 17th) of lung cancer. She was 63 years old. According to TMZ.com, Donna's family said in a statement, "Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith. While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time." She was reportedly in Florida at the time of her death. Sources say that the singer was trying to keep the extent of her illness quiet. The source added that she was actually focused on completing a new album and was in good spirits. Donna's longtime attorney Gerry Rosenblatt said that the disco icon didn't let people know how sick she was. He told RadarOnline.com, "Donna was a very private person, and I suspected there was an issue because she had turned down very lucrative work over the past year, but she never talked to me about being sick and it was never confirmed. She turned down all the interviews and all scheduled work. You knew that something was up and I suspected a serious illness."He continued, "I am very shaken up, I have been her attorney since 1980, and I know her whole family. This is not a good day. "Donna became a superstar in the 1970's with hits like "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls" and "Love To Love You Baby". Throughout the 80's, the five time Grammy winner also had huge hits like "She Works Hard for the Money" and "This Time I Know It's for Real." Donna leaves behind her husband of 31 years, Bruce Sudano and three daughters, Mimi Sommer, Brooklyn Sudano and Amanda Sudano. CELEBRITY REACTIONS Celebrities took to Twitter to mourn the death of Donna Summer. Quincy Jones tweeted, "Rest in Peace dear Donna Summer. Your voice was the heartbeat and soundtrack of a decade." Ellen DeGeneres wrote, "I'm so sad about the news that Donna Summer died this morning. I was a big fan. I even used one of her songs in my show that airs today." Mary J Blige: "RIP Donna Summer! You were truly a game changer!" Rihanna: "Donna Summer??" Keri Hilson: "I may be an 80's baby, but I loved the disco era. Donna Summer & Diana Ross were the inspiration for my 70's scene in Pretty Girl Rock vid!"Ryan Seacrest: "I remember sitting in the front seat of my mom's toyota while she sang Donna Summer's "she works hard for the money" songs were just classic"Timbaland: "this cant be true. I can't believe this RIP Donna Summer. At a loss for words"Robin Roberts: "Heard about the passing of #DonnaSummer - fond memories of singing and dancing to her music. Blessings to her family.?Holly Robinson Peete: "#IJUSTCANT. Donna Summer..."The VOICE"... Well Done Diva. #RIPDonna *long tears*Jackee Harry wrote, "Life Is A Dash - But Donna Summer's Was Beautifully Punctuated! #LoveToLove Her. RIP Donna."Niecy Nash: "Whitney. Tina Marie. Vesta. Now Donna Summer. The choir in heaven has a new member. They will be singing up a beautiful storm:) RIP DonnaSummer #discodiva #sadtweet"Rupaul: "Donna Summer, your last dance with remain in our hearts forever."The Roots' ?uestlove wrote, "Donna Summer. Man I can't believe this--- like 'My Baby Understands' was on my workout playlist this morning! This MORNING! God...I just..." BIOLaDonna Adrian Gaines was born on December 31, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a groundbreaking artist who merged the sounds of R&B, pop, funk, rock, disco and electronica. As a young girl, Donna sang in church choirs and city-wide choruses. By her early twenties, she launched her music career on stage in Munich, Germany, in productions of Hair and Porgy & Bess. While in Germany, she hooked up with producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellote who produced her first single "Hostage," which became a hit in The Netherlands, France and Belgium. In 1972, she married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer and gave birth to their daughter Mimi Sommer in 1973. The two divorced after she had an alleged affair but she kept his last name, but changed it to Summer. In 1975, Moroder and Bellotte produced "Love To Love You Baby" -- which rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also released hits like "MacArthur Park," "Bad Girls," "Hot Stuff," "Dim All The Lights," "On The Radio" and Enough Is Enough" as well as the Grammy and Academy award winning theme song "Last Dance" from the Thank God It's Friday film. By 1977, the pressures of fame and past mistakes had begun to take a toll on her. Donna had began suffering from depression and anxiety attacks and had attempted suicide several times. She was also addicted to prescription medicine. Following a nervous breakdown in 1979, Summer became a born again Christian. On her suicide attempt, she once reportedly said, "It sorta snuck up on me, and I think it because I had my daughter, and during that period, my marriage broke up, and I was alone, and I was staying up at night, and I would go out and work and then, I would be getting 2 to 3 hours a sleep a day. It was scary, and so I couldn't deal another minute of it, and I was on my way out the window . . ." She continued, "I was sticking my foot out, I was shifting my weight, and I got caught in a curtain and the maid opened the door, exactly that time . . . and I thought, 'Oh, my God!,' It really kind of shook me, it woke me up and then I let her in, and I got on the phone, and I think I called somebody said, 'I need help,' and thank God that lady came, because I'd be gone today." In 1980, Donna became the first artist to sign to David Geffen's new label Geffen Records. She released three albums on the label, The Wanderer, 1982's Donna Summer and She Works Hard for the Money. She went on to collaborate with writers and producers like Quincy Jones, Michael Omartian, and England's dance-pop production compound Stock Aitken Waterman and produced hits like "State of Independence," featuring Michael Jackson on backing vocals, and "She Works Hard For The Money," one of the most-played songs of all-time, and "This Time I Know It's For Real." By the mid 1980's Donna Summer was embroiled in controversy. She allegedly made anti-gay comments regarding the-then relatively new disease AIDS. Her comments had a negative impact on her career and saw thousands of her records being returned to her record company by angry fans. Donna allegedly said that AIDS was a punishment from God for the immoral lifestyles of homosexual. She later apologized and denied making the comments. She went on the release the albums Cats Without Claws (1984), All Systems Go (1987), Another Place And Time (1989). In the 90's she released albums such as Mistaken Identity, The Donna Summer Anthology, Christmas Spirit, and Endless Summer: Greatest Hits -- which spawned the #1 hit, "Melody of Love", and Live & More Encore. She continued to tour to sold out audiences worldwide and also made guest appearances on the hit TV sitcom Family Matters. In 1999, Sony/Epic Records released VH1 Presents Donna Summer: Live & More - Encore! an album and DVD of Donna's acclaimed VH1 broadcast taped at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The show premiered on VH1 as one of the network's highest rated shows to date and featured live performances of Summer's top hits. In 2003, she released The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer. She also released her autobiography Ordinary Girl. In 2008, celebrating four decades of milestones, Donna Summer released a new album in 17 years entitled Crayons. The album debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart making it Summer's highest debuting album ever. It also debuted at #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. " Career Achievements The five-time Grammy winner was the first female artist to have back-to-back multiplatinum double albums and the first female artist to incorporate synthesizers as well as the first artist to create and extended play song. She was also first female to have four #1 singles in a 12 month period; 3 as a solo artist and one as a duo with Barbra Streisand. Donna Summer was the first artist to win the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (1979, "Hot Stuff") as well as the first-ever recipient of the Grammy for Best Dance Recording (1997, "Carry On"). In 2004, she became one of the first inductees, as both an Artist Inductee and a Record Inductee (for 1977's "I Feel Love") into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York City. Donna Summer earned five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, three consecutive #1 platinum double albums (she's the only artist, male or female, ever to accomplish this), 11 gold albums, four #1 singles, 2 platinum singles, and 12 gold singles. Donna was also the first female artist to have a #1 single and #1 album on the Billboard charts simultaneously ("Live & More;" "MacArthur Park" 1978) a feat she also repeated six months later ("Bad Girls" & "Hot Stuff" in 1979). She charted 22 #1 hits on the Billboard Disco/Dance charts, over a period of 25 years a milestone solidifying her as The Queen of Dance. In addition to her recording and performing career, Summer was an accomplished visual artist whose work had been shown at exhibitions worldwide. Since 1989, she had sold over 1.2 million dollars in original art - with her highest piece going for $150,000. Donna has sold more than 130 million records worldwide. She was ranked at #24 in Billboard Magazine's 50th anniversary issue featuring Hot 100 Artists of All Time. SOUND Donna Summer on growing up:"Growing up in my house was very difficult in, in one sense because you couldn't, you couldn't have privacy. I mean, we took baths together, we went to the bathroom together - I mean, if someone happened to be in the bathtub and you had to go to the bathroom, you just went. And, uh, it was just, you shared just about everything." Donna Sumer on singing at her dad's church at 10-year-old:"It sort of knocked everybody out of the pews. When I looked up through my tears, everyone in the whole church's eyes were downcast and they were crying, and I thought, 'Oh my God.' I looked at my dad and he was crying. It was that, on that first time I ever sang that I heard God speak to me, and He said to me that I was gonna be famous, and that I was not to misuse the power that he was giving me." Donna on painting being therapeutic"The reason I've always done it and never even thought of it as a talent or an art, for me, was because it was therapeutic. It was something that was always there, it was something that I always did. I've done it for years - I'd say, before my oldest daughter was born, or just around the time that she was born, I started really getting into it again. But I was too - I wouldn't let anybody see anything, 'cause the people that painted that were around me were much, much more advanced than I was. So I would kind of paint and keep it to myself." On her 2008 album Crayons:"I just felt like it was okay for me to explore some areas that I probably would have been reluctant to explore before, and once I got going I determined that every song -- no two songs would go on the album if they were alike. It really had to be different. So that was my criteria for the album. And I wanted each song to possibly be able to be a single." Summer recalled how the process of recording Crayons came about: "Two years before this album got done, my record company came to me and asked me to do, you know, like a standards record, which I told them 'no.' And they said, 'But people your age, we don't know if there's market there for you, they don't really know what to do with people (laughs) your age...' I said, 'What does my age got to do with it? I mean isn't it about the songs?' I was talking one day to Clive Davis, who I totally respect and love. I said, 'Clive, which direction should I go?' And he said, 'Listen Donna, It's all about the songs. Just get great songs.'"
GOTYE CONTINUES TO STAY ON TOP
It's a good thing Gotye decided against pulling every trace of "Somebody That I Used To Know" off of the radio and the Internet -- because the track just spent it's fifth week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This makes it the longest-running number one from a solo male act since Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie" in 2010. But, what would the song be without the sense of emotion that Kimbra brings to it? Gotye told ABC, that she just had what he was looking for from the beginning.He said, "The second me and Kimbra got together, just in her apartment in east Melbourne, pretty much the second she started singing, I thought ok, she's got a kind of feel for this. A kind of interpretation, a kind of an intensity and darkness,she instantly gets it."
JUSTIN BIEBER MODELS HIS CAREER AROUND MICHAEL JACKSON
Justin Bieber models everything he does after Michael Jackson -- everything? Justin was named the third most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes and he admitted to the magazine that he hopes to be a mini mogul in the industry. He said, "I mean for me it's only one person. Everything that I do is kind of modeled after Michael Jackson. Scooter wants me to be knowledgeable about my business and know what I'm actually doing and not one of those artists that lets everybody take care of it. He wants me to be a mini mogul myself."
LIL KIM AIRS OUT ISSUES WITH NICKI MINAJ
Lil Kim has aired out all of her issues with Nicki Minaj. In a NYC radio interview, when asked about Nicki, she said, "How come when I come at places, they want to ask me these questions but they don't ever ask her? She has a way of trying to avoid the situation and y'all let her do it." She also said that the origin of the beef with Nicki came from when Kim was working with YMCMB and recorded a duet with Nicki. She explained, "They put the record out. When they saw the response, they pulled the record... Then it's like I'm not even hearing from them. If you listen to that song, the way I did my vocals, hers were different from how I did my vocals at that time. Shortly after that she started releasing all these records, doing my vocals the way I did my vocals... On her new album she has a song called 'Automatic' and the song is so similar to the song that I played for Slim." Lil Kim continued, "She wanted to be the only female out there. So when Baby said we not f*ckin' with this chick cause you can't stand next to her, she loved it! She didn't want to stand next to me." Lil' Kim added that in the music industry men pit women against each other and she said, "You have to be smart enough to say yo, I don't know what they talking about but you my b*tch. Don't come at me indirectly in records.....don't do that. At the end of the day, she should have just said 'I don't care, you my b*tch, I want to do other stuff with you'."She continued, "Every single record she's made was coming at me. She was coming at me in the Puffy record and in the Jay and Kayne record."She also added that she doesn't think Nicki is a "horrible" artist, but she is "overrated." WILL LIL KIM AND NICKI MINAJ EVER RECONCILE? On whether they will ever end their beef, Kim said, "We're not having a conversation. It's not gonna be hashed out. It's not gonna happen."Kim also discussed her recent issues with hip-hop newbie Azealia Banks. She said, "I never met this girl a day in my life. I never talked to this chick... I think it's in chicks' contracts when they come out, you gotta go at Lil Kim."
LOTS OF MIXED REVIEWS FOR BRITNEY SPEARS AND DEMI LOVATO ON THE X FACTOR
Lots of celebrities are offering their opinions on Demi Lovato and Britney Spears taking over as judges on The X Factor. It's no surprise that The X Factor's competitors like America's Got Talent and Duets are beefing with their network counterparts. John Legend, one of the four mentors on Duets told E! News, how he felt about the new additions to The X Factor. He said, "You know it's interesting. It should be very interesting. I don't have much to say. It's interesting when people, you know, are judging singing competitions when they aren't really singers." Howard Stern, the newest judge on America's Got Talent also wasn't afraid to speak his mind about Britney becoming a judge. He told Celebuzz, that he will tune in just to see what happens. He said, "As far as any real criticism, I think Simon and L.A. Reid will be doing that. I think Britney is going to stand there and eat a lollipop and wear a sexy outfit. I don't anticipate great opinions from her. I will tune in to see what kind of train wreck she is."Meanwhile, Robin Thicke who will also appear on Duets was quick to give the ladies some credit. He said, "Oh come on, everything Britney does, she excels at. Demi is a lovely young lady, and I'm sure they'll do nothing but make the show a lot more fun to watch."Mariah Carey also clarified her catty comments about The X Factor. She tweeted, "@BritneySpears & @SimonCowell of course I luv+care about you dahhlings, congrats! U never know what's true or gossip, I was joking around!"
MARK RONSON UPSET ABOUT BEING MISQUOTED ABOUT AMY WINEHOUSE
Mark Ronson is reportedly really unhappy about reportedly being misquoted in a recent interview in The Village Voice. Ronson reportedly claimed in the article that right before Amy Winehouse passed away, she was really freaked out by Adele's success. However, Ronson has reportedly denied that he made the comments and took to his Facebook page to say how he will not tolerate being misquoted. He said, "I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter. However in this case, I will not f**king tolerate it. Some journalist quoted me as saying Amy was 'freaked out' by Adele's success. Jesus Christ. I read the interview for the first time just now, and there are so many wrong quotes in there. I can tell the dude was writing whatever he wanted because he uses words and language that I never EVER f**king use in my daily life. At one point, he was grilling me about Amy to the point that I said that Amy was itching to get back in the studio, and the recent success of others that she had blazed a trail for had put the fire in her belly."He continued, "But that is absolutely it and all these other words are a complete affront to me, her, Adele and anyone who reads this sh**e. Sorry to get so f**king angry over something that may seem trivial but some wrongs must be righted. And I have learned my lesson and will no longer answer questions about our girl."
MOTHERHOOD HAS CHANGED PINK
Pink has admitted to cutting back on drinking and smoking since she became a mom. She told Cosmopolitan, that she used to drink and smoke while recording a new album -- but motherhood has changed that. Pink said, "I'm used to going into the studio and smoking and drinking until three in the morning. But I can't drink as much because I'm breastfeeding. See this glass of wine? Before, I'd have, like, four of them. Now, one is good. Oh, and I quit smoking... I've exorcised a lot of my demons, but I'm still working on myself. I think I'll be a work in progress for the rest of my life." Pink has started work on her sixth studio album.
REPORT: KANYE WEST DISSED IN LONDON
Reports say that Kanye West is unhappy about the lack of attention he's receiving in London, England. According to The UK's Mail Online, Kim Kardashian -- who is in London with Kanye, has been drawing big crowds and getting lots of attention while she is promoting her jewelry line. Kanye reportedly looked unhappy as they entered BBC's Radio 1 studios yesterday (May 17th). In related news, according to Mediatakeout.com, rumor has it that Kanye may have a secret plan behind his relationship with Kim . The site reported that the rap star is working on new songs where he talks crazy about an ex-girlfriend, and it sounds like he's talking about Kim. An insider said that Kanye may be creating an entire diss album that he will release after a pre-planned messy breakup with Kim this summer. The insider said, "It could be like Usher's CONFESSIONS, where it's a BREAKUP album . . . that would be EPIC."
RUSSELL BRAND STILL LOVES KATY PERRY
Russell Brand still loves Katy Perry -- but it doesn't seem like the two are getting back together any time soon. Russell told Ellen DeGeneres that he doesn't regret his 14 months of marriage to Katy. He said, "She's such a beautiful human being and I just have only love and positivity for her. You can't absolutely make everything the way you want it to be in life. Sometimes thing are just different and then you to just move with that and try and remain in contact with what is beautiful about yourself and each other ... with any situation. Just remain beautiful -- that is still a person I still consider to be beautiful and I have nothing but positivity for her." Katy is reportedly dating Florence + The Machine, guitarist, Robert Ackroyd.
WAS NICK JONAS MILEY CYRUS' BIGGEST HEARTBREAK?
Miley Cyrus may have admitted that her biggest heartbreak was given by Nick Jonas. She told the Lifetime series, The Conversation that the greatest advice she could give her 14-year-old self would be to not sweat the small stuff. She said, "This too shall pass. It's not the end of the world. It's not the end of the world until there's no more pulse, you know what I mean? You've gotta keep going. It's something I always tell myself its generic but its true its a big something to remember. I had my biggest heartbreak when I was 14. I was in love with somebody. I was in love with this person, I thought the rest of my life is ruined because he doesn't love me back. He doesn't think I'm pretty then I'm not pretty. He doesn't think I'm worth his time then I'm not."Miley is reportedly in Miami, Florida to work on new music.
50 Cent continues his promise to help those who are in need. Recently, the rap star served over 250 meals for starving homeless people. In addition -- according to Allhiphop.com, in association with SMS Audio, 50 has also offered to donate 250 more meals to Feeding America for every set of headphones that is purchased domestically on SMSAudio.com.In other news, reports say that the rapper was in the hospital earlier this week due to a stomach virus. According to Thisis50.com, it may have been due to something that he ate in London. He tweeted yesterday (May 17th), "I'm feeling better today I think I'm gonna get out of the hospital soon."
