Enrique Iglesias Honored With Leadership Award Sunday
The Ru Report says that Enrique Iglesias will be one of those being honored on Sunday at the ‘Una Noche de Esperanza (A Night of Hope)’ leadership awards dinner and art auction at Hollywood’s House of Blues. The seventh annual fundraiser is presented by AltaMed Health Services, with proceeds benefitting AltaMed, which operates the largest HIV/AIDS medical care program for the under-insured public, with special focus on Latinos living in California.
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‘Jersey Girl’ Being Filmed In Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Daily News reports that shooting for the Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck starring ‘Jersey Girl’ will begin in a couple weeks — in Philly. Lots of shooting will be done in the former Navy Yard, at the Business Center, and at the Famous Deli. Some shooting in New Jersey as well. The shooting in Philly will be passed off to moviegoers as New York.
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Lance Bass Still Planning For A Launch
The New York Daily News reports the rep for Lance Bass insists the comments later retracted from Sergei Gorbunov won’t have any impact on the *NSYNC star continuing on his mission to space. “We’re planning for a launch. He wouldn’t be working his ass off if he wasn’t going.” David Krieff, president of Destiny Productions, who is financing the effort blasted, “This idiot at the Russian space agency is making a fool of himself.”
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Did Simon Spoil Christina Votes With Fiance Revelation?
‘American Idol’ executive producer Nigel Lythgoe was asked by Access Hollywood on Thursday whether Simon Cowell’s revelation on Tuesday’s episode that Christina Christian had a fiance had any role in perhaps men not voting for her. “Then they’re not voting for talent,” he said. “He was upset personally because he has a crush on her, but no, I don’t think that affects the vote.” The fiance news wasn’t exactly a secret, as he had appeared on one of the cable news networks last week.
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Paula Admits She & Simon Were Reprimanded For Bickering
Entertainment Tonight quizzed ‘American Idol’ judge Paula Abdul on whether reports that the bickering between her and Simon Cowell got so out of hand that an executive producer reprimanding both of them were true. “Actually, that did happen, it did happen, pretty funny though because I sat in the room — well, I beg of you guys to watch every single show,” she shared. “I made a promise to myself I would never initiate or provoke anyone so you’re talking to the wrong person here.”
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Christina Christian Leaves Message To Fans
After being hospitalized and voted off ‘American Idol’ on Wednesday, Christina Christian checked in with fans on the show’s message board Wednesday night. She wrote, “I am still in the hospital, but I’m ok. I just want you all to know that yes, I am sad about being voted off tonight, but I had so much fun. It was a great run, and everything has been worth it.” Christina added, “Thank you all for your support. I love you, and I promise, you haven’t seen the last of me!”
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J.Lo’s Ex Doing Club Circuit With Hard-Partying Aguilera
The New York Post reports Cris Judd has signed on with Roklin management in Los Angeles and, according to pals, “He is very keen to get into acting.” Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband has also been hitting the Los Angeles club circuit hard. “He has been going out every night to the Lounge and AD, and is just having a good time,” said a source. “He and a bunch of people always go back to Christina Aguilera’s house to keep partying after the clubs shut.”
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Jacko Turns Personal Beef Into Potentially Explosive Ethnic Issue
Lloyd Williams of The Black World Today opined on the Michael Jackson comments made against Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola weeks ago. Williams called Jacko’s charges of racism by Mottola “a particularly nutty suggestion when it’s the lighter party who’s claiming to be black.” Williams added, “Nobody’s lily-white here. Sony is a Japanese company. Mariah Carey is half-black and half-white. Michael has a couple of bi-racial kids. Tommy Mottola is darker than Jackson, whose lifelong hobby was turning himself white. Talk about pathology. So, I’m not gullible enough to fall for the incendiary racial angle, even though the music industry has an ugly legacy of exploiting African-American musicians. Go ask Little Richard about that, not wacko Jacko.”
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Corporate Pop Giddy Over Love Hewitt Streams
AOL and Jive Music today announced that AOL Music’s online premiere of Jennifer Love Hewitt’s first music video, ‘BareNaked,’ was streamed more than 1.48 million times in just seven days. “The public knows Jennifer Love Hewitt as one of Hollywood’s most successful young TV and Film actors,” said Randy Miller, Senior VP of Marketing for Jive Records. “It’s fantastic that the online debut of her video on AOL produced such astounding results and proves that her fans are interested in her music and will support her dream of becoming a successful singer and songwriter.”
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Ice-T Offers Advise To Michael Jackson
Rod Harmon of Knight Ridder Newspapers spoke with Ice-T and asked the rapper/actor about the woes of Michael Jackson and his battle against Sony Music amidst charges of racism. “Honestly, I think what happened with Michael Jackson is that he’s kept so much to himself to make himself an oddity, that it’s hard for people to grab hold of him the way we grabbed hold of him in our day,” he explained. “It’s really a message to all of us that if you’re in this business, and you’re not selling the numbers they want you to, they will drop you.” Ice suggested, “You gotta reproduce yourself; you gotta come again and get in the groove. Your name is not what sells records. Hot records sell records. I’m going to put out a record that’s so hot this year, people are going to say, ‘Oh, that’s Ice?!!’”
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