Billboard top 25 songs
Billboard top 25 songs (week of April 29)
1. Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
2. Poker Face by Lady GaGa
3. Day N Nite by Kid Cudi
4. Blame It by Jamie Foxx and T-Pain
5. Right Round by Flo Rida
6. Kiss Me Thru The Phone by Soulja Boy and Sammie
7. Sugar by Flo Rida and Wynter
8. Dead and Gone by T.I. and Justin Timberlake
9. The Climb by Miley Cyrus
10. Halo by Beyonce
11. We Made You by Eminem
12 Gives You Hell by The All-American Rejects
13. Don’t Trust Me by 30H!3
14. Just Dance by Lady GaGa and Colby O’Donis
15. You Found Me by The Fray
16. I Know You Want Me by Pitbull
17. My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson
18. Love Story by Taylor Swift
19. If U Seek Amy by Britney Spears
20. Second Chance by Shinedown
21. Turn My Swag On by Soulja Boy
22. Turnin Me On by Keri Hilson and Lil Wayne
23. I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
24. Love Sex Magic by Ciara and Justin Timberlake
25. Sober by Pink
Toni Braxton sues her insurance company
R&B singer Toni Braxton is accusing her insurance company of being shady, and now she is suing them.
It all started in 2006 when Braxton had to cancel her long-running concerts in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel due to heart complications.
Braxton alleges the insurance company was supposed to to pay for financial losses that occurred as result of the concert cancellations because it was part of her insurance plan that she purchased.
Good luck to Braxton trying to beat the insurance company in court. It seems like everyone gets screwed by insurance companies
I’ve had to tangle with insurance companies in the past when they refused to pay their portion of what they were supposed to pay for when it came to my dental and health bills.
It’s definitely no fun to deal with insurance companies, and I hope she wins.
Tim Henley
Billboard top 10 albums
Billboard top 10 albums (week of April 29)
1. Deeper Than Rap by Rick Ross – 158,000 copies
2. Hannah Montana soundtrack by Various Artists – 104,000 copies
3. Sounds Of The Universe by Depeche Mode – 80,000 copies
4. Unstoppable by Rascal Flatts – 68,000 copies
5. Asleep In The Bread Aisle by Asher Roth – 65,000 copies
6. Twilight Soundtrack by Various Artists – more than 40,000 copies
7. The Fame by Lady GaGa – 40,000 copies
8. Forever In A Day by Day 26 – 37,000 copies
9. NOW volume 30 by Various Artists - 36,000 copies
10. The Last Kiss by Jadakiss – 30,000 copies
Sean Penn is getting divorced
Another Sean Penn marriage is ending in divorce.
Penn filed for divorce from his wife Robin Wright Penn this week. The couple has been married since 1996, and they have two children together.
According to the Associated Press, the couple separated in 2007, but they reconciled in 2008.
Who knows? Maybe this time, they will reconcile this time too.
This is Penn’s second marriage. His first marriage to pop star Madonna lasted four years and ended in 1989.
Tim Henley
Prince revealed he suffers from epilepsy
Legendary singer Prince was known for his flashy flamboyant style during the 1980s and 1990s.
But now, we might know the reason why he used to be so flashy–he suffers from epilepsy.
In an interview with Tavis Smiley on the PBS channel, Prince said “I’ve never spoken about this before but I was born epileptic,” the reclusive singer told PBS’s Tavis Smiley in an interview Monday night. “I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn’t know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had.”
From that point on, I’ve been having to deal with a lot of things, getting teased a lot in school,” he said. “And early in my career I tried to compensate by being as flashy as I could and as noisy as I could.”
Prince is currently promoting his latest album “LotusFlow3r” which is currently in the top 20 on the Billboard charts.
Tim Henley
Dennis Rodman ordered to pay $225,000
A judge ruled that former NBA star Dennis Rodman will have to pay to $225,000 for slapping the rear end of a 28-year-old Las Vegas waitress.
The woman claims the incident took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
She said after the incident, she was humiliated in front of her co workers and everyone else. So, she sued Rodman and she’s now a wealthy woman.
The good new is that she can probably quit her waitress job now.
Tim Henley
Top 10 movies at the box office
Top 10 movies at the box office (weekend ending April 26)
1. Obsessed – $28.5 million
2. 17 Again – 11.6 million
3 .Fighting – 11.4 million
4. The Soloist – $9.7 million
5. Earth – $8.5 million
6. Monsters vs. Aliens – $8.5 million
7. State of Play – $6.8 million
8. Hanna Montana – $6.3 million
9. Fast and Furious – $6 million
10. Crank: High Voltage – $2.4 million
Celebrity birthdays (April 26th and 27th)
April 26th
Jon Lee, 46 (singer)
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, 39 (singer)
Jet Li, 46 (actor)
Carol Burnett, 76 (actress)
April 27th
Sheena Easton, 50 (singer)
Casey Kasem, 77 (radio personality)
Jack Klugman, 87 (actor)
Golden Girls actress dies
Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur died Saturday from cancer at age 86.
The actress died at her home in Los Angeles.
Arthur is the second Golden Girls actress to pass away during the past year. In July, Estelle Getty died after a battle with Dementia.
Arthur portrayed Dorothy on the Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992.
Prior to that, she played on the 1970s sitcom “Maude.” She will be missed.
Tim Henley
American Idol Chatter
“American Idol” is down to the final five contestants. Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai were eliminated from the show this week during the disco theme.
Remaining are Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta.
Click here to listen to what The Oklahoman staff members Mike Koehler and Yvette Walker have to say about this week’s Idol episode.
Britney Spears hair weave fell out duing concert
Something very embarrassing happened to Britney Spears’ head. While she was performing a concert in Oakland California, some of her hair weave extensions fell out. It’s very humorous.
Take a look at the clip below. Some of her hair extensions fell out on the chair at about 14 seconds into the clip. Her hairstylist should be fired for sewing her weave tighter.
Celebrity birthdays (April 24th)
Kelly Clarkson, 27 (singer)
Cedric the Entertainer, 45 (comedian)
Jean-Paul Gaultier, 57 (fashion designer)
Barbara Streisand, 67 (singer/actress)
Shirley MacLaine, 75 (actress)
New music video: Sissy’s Song by Alan Jackson
Billboard Top 25 songs
Billboard Top 25 songs (week of April 22)
1. Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
2. Poker Face by Lady GaGa
3. Right Round by Flo Rida
4. The Climb by Miley Cyrus
5. Kiss Me Thru The Phone by Soulja Boy and Sammie
6. Day N Nite by Kid Cudi
7. Blame It by Jamie Foxx and T-Pain
8. Dead and Gone by T.I. and Justin Timberlake
9. We Made You by Eminem
10. You Found Me by The Fray
11. Gives You Hell by The All-American Rejects
12. Halo by Beyonce
13. My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson
14. Just Dance by Lady GaGa adn Colby O’Donis
15. Sugar by Flo Rida and Wynter
16. Love Story by Taylor Swift
17. Crazier by Taylor Swift
18. Hoedown Throwdown by Miley Cyrus
19. Dont Trust Me by 30H!3
20. Shinedown by Second Chance
21. Turnin Me On by Keri Hilson and Lil Wayne
22. If U Seek Amy by Britney Spears
23. I Know You Want Me by Pitbull
24. I Love College by Asher Roth
25. Love Sex Magic by Ciara and Justin Timberlake
American Idol judge suffered from eating disorder
Kara DioGuardi is by far the most physically attractive person on American Idol’s judge’s panel. Which is why I was surprised to learn that she once suffered from an eating disorder.
In an interview with Extra TV, DioGuardi said she used to be a binge eater. “I had kind of a binge eating disorder where instead of dealing with my emotions, I would stuff them down with food. I actually went into a treatment center for it. It was definitely that excess eating to kind of just stuff all the emotions down. I really was a creative kid who didn’t know she was creative and didn’t have those outlets because I was always afraid to join the theater group and not perform.”
Looking at her whenever she’s on American Idol, I never would have knows she had an eating problem. She seems to have overcame it well.
Tim Henley
Celebrity birthdays (April 23rd)
Dev Patel, 19 (actor)
George Lopez, 48 (comedian)
Valerie Bertinelli, 49 (comedian)
Michael Moore, 55 (documentarian)
Joyce DeWitt, 60 (actress)
Shirley Temple, 81 (actress)
Mike Tyson gives his opinion about Chris Brown
Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is weighing in on the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation.
When asked about the violent incident that took place earlier this year between Chris Brown and Rihanna, Tyson told MTV “My personal opinion about that is, he’s just a baby. He’s just a little baby that don’t know how to handle his emotions when it comes to a woman. And he probably hears this and thinks, ‘I know how to handle my emotions’ we all think we do. But the fact is, you look at this person and you might be crazy in love, but we don’t know how to handle those feelings.”
If anybody knows about domestic situations, it’s definitely Mike Tyson. During his career, he’s been accused of beating up his ex-wife (Robin Givens) and he was convicted of rape.
Tyson has been doing his rounds on the media circuit promoting a new documentary about his life. The documentary will be released in theaters Friday (April 24)
Tim Henley
American Idol tour dates announced
The American Idol finale is still weeks away, and we don’t yet know who will be crowned the champion, but for those of you who are Idol fanatics, you can start planning for the tour.
The top 10 contestants will be touring the country this summer.
The 50-city tour will kick off July 5 in Portland Oregon, and it will conclude Sept. 15 in Manchester New Hampshire. The tour dates are posted below.
| July 5 | Portland, OR | Rose Garden |
| July 7 | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Dome |
| July 8 | Vancouver, BC | General Motors Place |
| July 10 | Sacramento, CA | ARCO Arena |
| July 11 | Oakland, CA | Oracle Arena |
| July 12 | San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
| July 14 | West Valley City, UT | The E Center |
| July 16 | Los Angeles, CA | Staples Center |
| July 17 | Ontario, CA | Citizens Business Bank Arena |
| July 18 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Sports Arena |
| July 20 | Glendale, AZ | jobing.com Arena |
| July 23 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center |
| July 24 | Tulsa, OK | BOK Center |
| July 25 | N. Little Rock, AR | Alltel Arena |
| July 26 | Memphis, TN | FedExForum |
| July 28 | Tampa, FL | St. Pete Times Forum |
| July 29 | Sunrise, FL | BankAtlantic Center |
| July 31 | Duluth, GA | Arena at Gwinnett Center |
| August 1 | Charlotte, NC | Time Warner Cable Arena |
| August 2 | Greensboro, NC | Greensboro Coliseum |
| August 4 | Washington, DC | Verizon Center |
| August 5 | Baltimore, MD | 1st Mariner Arena |
| August 7 | Atlantic City, NJ | Boardwalk Hall |
| August 8 | Newark, NJ | Prudential Center |
| August 11 | Long Island, NY | Nassau Coliseum |
| August 14 | Hamilton, ON | Copps Coliseum |
| August 15 | Rochester, NY | BlueCross Arena |
| August 16 | Hartford, CT | XL Center |
| August 18 | Boston, MA | TD Banknorth Garden |
| August 19 | Albany, NY | Times Union Center |
| August 20 | Philadelphia, PA | Wachovia Center |
| August 22 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mellon Arena |
| August 23 | Cleveland, OH | Wolstein Center |
| August 25 | Columbus, OH | Schottenstein Center |
| August 26 | Auburn Hills, MI | Palace at Auburn Hills |
| August 28 | Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center |
| August 29 | St. Louis, MO | Scottrade Center |
| August 30 | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center |
| September 1 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center |
| September 2 | Rosemont, IL | Allstate Arena |
| September 4 | Madison, WI | Alliant Energy Center |
| September 5 | Indianapolis, IN | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| September 6 | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena |
| September 8 | Reading, PA | Sovereign Center |
| September 9 | Wilkes Barre, PA | Wachovia Arena |
| September 10 | Bridgeport, CT | Arena at Harbor Yard |
| September 12 | Portand, ME | Cumberland County Civic Center |
| September 13 | Providence, RI | Dunkin’ Donuts Center |
| September 14 | Syracuse, NY | WarMemorial at OnCenter |
| September 15 | Manchester, NH | Verizon Wireless Arena |
Jennifer Hudson is pregnant
Essence magazine is reporting that Oscar-winning actress and former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson is pregnant with her first child.
The father is her fiance David Otunga. Otunga was a contestant on the VH1 reality show “I Love New York 2.”
The couple are expected to get married sometime this year, but they won’t reveal the exact wedding date because they don’t want the paparazzi attending the wedding.
Hudson is currently on tour with Robin Thicke until May 8, which would give her plenty of time to prepare for having a baby.
Last year, Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were murdered in Chicago. This baby will be a blessing for her after the nightmare she experienced during the past year.
Tim Henley
Billboard top 10 albums
Billboard top 10 albums (week of April 22)
1. Hanna Montana soundtrack by Various Artists – 133,000 copies
2. Unstoppable by Rascal Flatts – 107,000 copies
3. Forever In A Day by Day 26 – 113,000 copies
4. Twilight soundtrack by Various Artists – 49,000 copies
5. NOW volume 30 by Various Artists – more than 45,000 copies
6. The Last Kiss by Jadakiss – 45,000 copies
7. Swoon by Silversun Pickups – 43,000 copies
8. The Fame by Lady GaGa – 36,000 copies
9. Wide Open by Jason Aldean – 35,000 copies
10. Fearlesss by Taylor Swift – 32,000 copies
Dolly Parton will remake “I Will Always Love You”
Country singer Dolly Parton is preparing to record a remake of her hit song “I Will Always Love You.”
Dolly will record the song as a duet with Broadway actress Stephanie J. Block. The song will appear on Block’s album this summer.
Dolly wrote and released “I Will Always Love You” in 1974, and Whitney Houston recorded a version of the song in the early 1990s for “The Bodyguard” soundtrack.
I know Dolly wrote “I Will Always Love You,” but I think she should leave it alone. She should not do a remake of that song.
Whitney already did a remake and made the song a huge success and brought Dolly millions of dollars of royalty checks.
When Dolly does this remake, I guarantee it won’t be able to hold a candle to Whitney’s version.
Tim Henley
R&B singer Brandy is recording new album
If at first you don’t succeed, dust yourself and try again.
Brandy appears to be applying that motto to her musical career. Brandy is already back in the studio working on a new album.
Brandy’s latest album was just released five months ago, but it quickly faded from the charts, and it was considered a flop.
On the new album, she’s working with R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo and the production team Stargate, according to her Web site.
Brandy is also preparing to return to her acting roots. She will star in a new Fox television series titled “This Little Piggy.”
Tim Henley
New music video: I Do Not Hook Up by Kelly Clarkson
Actress will go on a hunger strike
Actress Mia Farrow announced that she is going on a hunger strike.
Farrow, 64, is outraged at the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, so therefore, she is going to stop eating.
Farrow said she will go on a “fast of only water as a personal expression of outrage at a world that is somehow able to stand by and watch nocent men, women and children needlessly die of starvation, thirst and disease.”
I feel bad for the people of Darfur, and I completely understand where she is coming from. However, I don’t belief her hunger strike will make a difference.
Going on a hunger strike won’t help the people suffering in Darfur. The only thing a hunger strike will do is cause Farrow to die hungry.
Tim Henley
Paparazzi man said he didn’t cause Madonna’s fall
Madonna took a nasty fall during the weekend.
Madonna said she was riding on a horse when a paparazzi guy jumped out of the bushes and scared her, which caused her to fall off the horse.
However, the paparazzi guy said Madonna is lying. He said he shot photos of Madonna before she fell and right after she fell, but he wasn’t present for the actual fall.
Therefore, it’s Madonna’s own fault. Madonna suffered bruises, and she was taken to the hospital.
Tim Henley
