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Diddy Sued for Age Discrimination After Firing 51-Year-Old
Posted Sep 2nd 2010 at 09:06 AM by PopEater / Wire Services
A New York woman has sued rapper-producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, 40, saying he fired her because of her age two decades after she helped launch his career. Fifty-one-year-old Francesca Spero filed the age discrimination lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. The lawsuit says the Malverne resident introduced Combs to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and Uptown Records after meeting Combs ...
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Rapper T.I. and New Bride Arrested for Drugs
Posted Sep 2nd 2010 at 06:38 AM by PopEater Staff
T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle, who were married in a secret Miami ceremony just one month ago, were arrested in LA for alleged possession of a controlled substance, TMZ reports. Police sources tell TMZ that LA County sheriff's deputies pulled the 29-year-old hip-hop star over on Sunset Boulevard at 10:30 PM, smelling marijuana. The two were arrested after a search of the car. T.I. is still on ...
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Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' Flutters to No. 1
Posted Sep 1st 2010 at 09:45 PM by PopEater Staff
Katy Perry is officially back to her 'I Kissed a Girl' form now that her 'Teenage Dream' topped the Billboard 200 album chart this week, selling around 192,000 copies. It's the first time Perry has ever reached No. 1, and it only took some cotton candy-scented albums, blue hair, and a shimmering hit song ('California Girls') to get the job done. ...
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Cee Lo's New 'F**k You' Official Music Video
Posted Sep 1st 2010 at 12:19 PM by PopEater Staff
Since it dropped on the scene two weeks ago, the Internet has been totally obsessed with Cee Lo's new song, 'F**k You.' Cee Lo, who you may recognize as one-half of 'Crazy' duo Gnarls Barkley, hit the viral jackpot with relatable lyrics about a thwarted love and, most importantly, that oh-so-fun chorus. Fans of the song have settled for a stand-in, lyrics-only video since the song hit the ...
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Sara Bareilles Turns 'Mantras' Into Hits -- Exclusive Video
Posted Sep 1st 2010 at 11:50 AM by Melinda Newman
While the rest of us are stuck chanting affirmations to ourselves into the bathroom mirror to make ourselves feel better, Sara Bareilles turns hers into hit tunes. "I'm definitely someone who writes songs to myself because I need to say those mantras over and over again," she tells PopEater. "I need to live those words." Take current hit, 'King of Anything,' for example: The sprightly song, ...
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Jason Reeves, 'Helium Hearts' -- Video Premiere
Posted Sep 1st 2010 at 10:11 AM by Cristin Maher
In the past few years, Iowa native Jason Reeves has worked his way from college dropout to accomplished singer-songwriter. His 2007 album 'The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales)' was released independently by Reeves, but after his success, it was re-release by Warner Bros. In addition to getting signed to the third largest record label in the music industry, Reeves ...
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Photos: Rihanna Is Put on Wax at Madame Tussauds
Posted Aug 31st 2010 at 10:21 PM by The Editors of StyleList
R&B star Rihanna was recently inducted into Madame Tussauds famous wax museum in Washington D.C., becoming as everlasting as her hit singles. The R&B sensation joins the ranks of George Washington, Barack Obama, Tyra Banks, Angelina Jolie, as well as recent addition Kim Kardashian in the museum's halls. As a nod to one of the singer's favorite designers, the Rihanna replica rocks the ...
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Is Lauryn Hill's Return for the Better?
Posted Aug 31st 2010 at 03:24 PM by Jason Newman
Pop-Ed: Last weekend's Rock The Bells festival on New York's Governors Island saw a compendium of legendary hip-hop acts -- including A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg -- performing their respective landmark albums. But for the nearly 20,000 people who paid $100 or more for the festival, a rare appearance by Lauryn Hill, erstwhile Fugee and the force behind the celebrated 1998 ...
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Jack Osbourne Shows Ozzy in a New Light With 'Life Won't Wait' Video
Posted Aug 31st 2010 at 10:00 AM by PopEater Staff
The set of Ozzy Osbourne's music video for 'Life Won't Wait' -- off his latest album, 'Scream' -- was quite the family affair. Jack Osbourne took the reigns as the vid's director and decided to show the Prince of Darkness in a whole new light. "It's moving away from the traditional Ozzy goth video ... It's a lot brighter and lighter than people are use to seeing," Jack admits in an exclusive ...
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Lady Starlight: How I Taught Lady Gaga to Rock Out
Posted Aug 31st 2010 at 06:00 AM by Matthew Shepatin
She cut a direct path up to Lady Starlight and put a dollar bill in her underwear. Stefani Germanotta, an NYU dropout celebrating her 20th birthday at her much-older boyfriend's Lower East Side rock club, St. Jerome's, was transfixed by this leather-studded hottie shaking her ass in the skimpiest leather thong in history. Germanotta's eyes lit up with fascination. Who is this girl? It was as ...
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Samantha Ronson's Dog Attacks, Kills Neighbor's Dog
Posted Aug 30th 2010 at 08:45 PM by PopEater Staff
Celebrity DJ and Lindsay Lohan's ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson and her dog didn't have a great day. TMZ reports Ronson's dog, a bulldog named Cadillac, allegedly mauled a neighbor's dog to death. Cadillac also reportedly attacked the dog's female owner as well. The mauled dog, Tiger, was a two-year old Maltese that appeared to weigh between three and five pounds. After a 911 call was placed ...
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Bodyguards Follow Prince and Paris Jackson Around New School
Posted Aug 30th 2010 at 05:04 PM by PopEater Staff
Michael Jackson's two oldest children -- Prince Michael, 13, and Paris, 12 -- began their studies at a traditional school last Wednesday -- their first experience outside of homeschooling. But before they could hit the books like "normal" kids, Prince and Paris had to first win over their skeptical grandmother, Katherine. A family member close to the situation tells PopEater that Paris and ...
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'Behind the Sessions' With the 'American Idiot' Cast
Posted Aug 30th 2010 at 05:00 PM by Adam Horne
The exuberant cast of the 'American Idiot' musical recently stopped by our Sessions studio to perform songs from the Green Day album-turned-Broadway extravaganza. Making the trek downtown to our New York office from the bright lights of 44th street, the cast let our cameras capture all the behind-the-scenes buzz as they practiced their choreography, warmed up their voices and posed for a group ...
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Kanye West 'Runaway Love' Remix With Justin Bieber
Posted Aug 30th 2010 at 03:22 PM by PopEater Staff
It's official: Kanye West and Justin Bieber have teamed up with Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon to remix Justin's 'My World 2.0' song 'Runaway Love.' They debuted the track on Hip Hop Connection. Twitter brought the unlikely trio together after West tweeted, "Listening to @JustinBieber 'Run Away love.'" The two pop stars then exchanged messages, and the rest is music history. Listen to 'Runaway Love' ...
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Slash to Divorce Wife of Nine Years
Posted Aug 30th 2010 at 02:54 PM by PopEater Staff
Velvet Revolver guitarist and former Guns N' Roses shredder Slash is filing for divorce from Perla Ferrar, his wife since 2001. The couple has two boys, 6 and 8 years old. Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson, will seek joint custody, TMZ reports. Sources close to the pair tell TMZ "the breakup is extremely acrimonious." Slash and Perla's date of separation is listed as July 15, 2010. There ...
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