Archive for March, 2007

Manager says Britney is not on suicide watch

Britney Spears is not on suicide watch, her manager has insisted.
The troubled pop star is understood to have entered rehab for a third time in a week last Wednesday, after very publicly shaving her head.
Over the weekend, pictures of her apparently attacking a car with an umbrella were published in the global media, prompting further […]

March 1st, 2007 - Posted in Music News

Sean “Diddy” Combs breached name deal, court says

A British court ruled on Wednesday that U.S. rap star Sean “Diddy” Combs had breached an agreement with a London-based record producer not to use the alias “Diddy” in Britain.
But the judgment did not take the potentially more serious decision to order the performer to change his alias or stop using the hugely popular […]

March 1st, 2007 - Posted in Music News

Jackson ‘evaluating’ Las Vegas offers

Michael Jackson is “reviewing and evaluating” proposals for his future including several offers to perform in Las Vegas, his spokeswoman said Tuesday, but he doesn’t feel any pressure to make a quick decision. Raymone K. Bain confirmed that, after a period of globe-trotting, Jackson is currently living in Las Vegas.
“Mr. Jackson has been presented […]

March 1st, 2007 - Posted in Music News

`Purple’ role for Destiny’s Williams

Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child is joining the Chicago production of “The Color Purple,” producers announced Tuesday.
Williams will play the role of Shug Avery, a sexy blues singer.
The stage version of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel will open in Chicago on April 17. It’s still playing on Broadway.
Several of the stars of the New York […]

March 1st, 2007 - Posted in Music News

Seal loses court appeal over payments

Seal lost his bid Wednesday to overturn a British court ruling ordering the Grammy-winning singer to pay his ex-manager commissions on earnings from his first two albums.
Court of Appeal Judge Roger Toulson dismissed Seal’s challenge to a High Court ruling in June that his former manager John Wadlow was entitled to unpaid commissions due under […]

March 1st, 2007 - Posted in Music News

‘Kazaa’ makers settle piracy lawsuits

One of the big guns of the Wild West days of freely downloading music and movies over the Internet is going straight.
Settling lawsuits around the world, the company behind software called “Kazaa” said Thursday it will redesign its pioneering file-sharing program to block customers who try to find and download copyrighted music and movies. It […]

March 1st, 2007 - Posted in Music News