In case you missed the premiere episode of the VH1 reality series, “Fantasia For Real,” check it out here. The episode starts around the 3:16 mark.
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Month: January 2010
Beyonce to take break in 2010
Plan to see a little less of Beyonce this year. The “Single Ladies” singer wants to take a little time to relax.
“It’s definitely time to take a break, to recharge my batteries,” the 28-year-old singer told USA Today. “I’d like to take about six months and not go into the studio. I need to just live life, to be inspired by things again.”
Beyonce will still stay busy with her performance at the Grammy Awards Jan. 31 where she is up for 10 nominations for her album, “I Am…Sasha Fierce.” There are also two weeks worth of concerts in South America and the Caribbean in February. Not to mention the release of her new Coty fragrance, “Beyonce Heat.”
But she insists she is going to take a breather:
“It will be the hardest thing in the world for me to make myself not do an album and shoot a video and turn it in and say, ‘I’m ready!’ I already have all these melodies and ideas in my head. I have to tell myself, ‘Sit down! Sit down!’ “
Blagojevich apologizes for ‘I’m blacker than Barack Obama’ comment
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich apologized Monday for comments that he made in a Feb. issue of Esquire magazine where he said:
“I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little Laundromat in a black community not far from where he lived. I saw it all growing up.”
Blagojevich later said:
“It was a very stupid thing to say. Obviously, I’m not blacker than President Obama. I was speaking metaphorically, and it was, again, a stupid way of saying it.”
Sade ‘Soldier of Love’ video
Here is the music video for Sade’s new single, “Soldier of Love.” Her first album in ten years will be released Feb. 9.
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Alicia Keys performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Alicia Keys was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” this week. Charles Barkley was the host. Here is her solo performance of “Empire State of Mind.”
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She also performed her single, “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart.”
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Lil’ Kim remixes Rihanna’s ‘Hard’
Lil’ Kim hosted “The Return of the Queen of Hip-Hop” event Friday night at M2 Ultra Lounge in New York City. Funkmaster Flex partied with the Queen Bee who also performed.
Listen to the Lil’ Kim’s remix of Rihanna’s “Hard.”
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Guess who?
The year 2009, this star bust upon the music scene and became a household name overnight. Guess who?
Trey Songz joins Jay-Z on tour
R&B singer Trey Songz is the newest artist added to Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 tour. The second leg of the tour begins Feb. 20 and ends March 27 in Las Vegas. Young Jeezy will also be on the tour, reports Honeymag.com. Here is Trey during a photo shoot for the cover of the publication.
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Lupe Fiasco climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro
Rapper Lupe Fiasco is climbing the highest peak in Africa as part of a journey to focus attention on the need for clean water in developing nations.
“Summit on Summit” bring scientists and well known stars like Jessica Biel and Santigold together for a 50-mile route to the 19,340-foot peak Mt. Kilimanjaro. The trek, which began Thursday, can be followed on SummitontheSummit.com where participants will tweet and upload video and photos.
MTV will also air the journey in a 90-minute documentary March 14.
‘Precious’ Gabourey Sidibe is a V magazine cover girl
In the “Size Issue” of V magazine, the publication is celebrating women of all sizes. “Precious” star Gabourey Sidibe, 26 and Dakota Fanning, 15, are on the two covers hitting newsstands Jan. 14. In her V interview, Sidibe credits comedian and “Precious” co-star Mo’Nique for inspiring her as a plus-size actress.
“Growing up there weren’t a lot of actresses and singers that looked like me,” says the New York born-and-bred actress. “There were no real times that I thought maybe I can do it, until Mo’Nique came along. She’s a plus-sized woman who didn’t care about one day being skinny. All my life I’ve been hearing that I’ll never amount to anything until I am skinny. She disproved everything that everyone has ever told me.”
Sidibe is currently working on her second film, “Yelling to the Sky,” alongside Zoe Kravitz.