Posts with tag "fantasia"

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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Fantasia Barrino on Stage Again: I 'Bounce Back'

Posted Aug 30th 2010 at 08:15 AM by PopEater Staff

Paris Hilton wasn't the only star making news in Las Vegas over the weekend. In a dramatic turnaround, Fantasia Barrino, who attempted suicide earlier this month, grabbed a mic on Friday night, singing four songs (including a cover of Prince's 'Purple Rain') at a nightclub in the Palms Casino and Resort, PEOPLE reports. And the 'American Idol' champ didn't shy away from the recent emotional crisis ...

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Fantasia Barrino: Overdose Was No Accident

Posted Aug 23rd 2010 at 10:26 AM by PopEater Staff

'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino is finally opening up about her recent overdose -- admitting it was no accident. "I didn't have any fight in me. I didn't care about anything. I just wanted out," Barrino tells VH1 in a new 'Behind the Music' interview (via PEOPLE). Two weeks ago, Barrino was admitted to Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville in Charlotte, N.C., after overdosing on aspirin ...

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A Glimpse Inside Fantasia's Infectious Life

Posted Aug 18th 2010 at 06:00 PM by Adam Horne

In anticipation of her third studio album, 'Back to Me,' 'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino recently graced our L.A. studio for a live Sessions performance. Taped just days before her much-publicized hospitalization, the soulful singer was in good spirits as the cameras rolled. In the following exclusive clip, you can catch a glimpse of Fantasia's infectious personality as she lounges in ...

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Fantasia Steams Ahead Following Worst Week Ever

Posted Aug 17th 2010 at 08:43 AM by PopEater Staff

Fantasia Barrino isn't going to let a suicide attempt and a much-ballyhooed adultery scandal stop her from moving forward with her music career. She will return to the spotlight on Aug. 24, when she performs on 'Good Morning America,' and then spend the next couple of weeks making other promotional stops for her new album, 'Back to Me.' Barrino was hospitalized last week after taking too much ...

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Fantasia Released From Hospital Following Overdose

Posted Aug 11th 2010 at 09:15 PM by PopEater Staff

Former 'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino was released from a North Carolina hospital on Wednesday, two days after she overdosed on aspirin and sleep aids, UsMagazine.com reports. The singer's overdose has been characterized as a suicide attempt by authorities. Barrino's manager, Brian Dickens, confirmed her release in a statement: "She has been lifted up by the outpouring of love and ...

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Fantasia After 'Idol': From Fairy Tale to Bad Dream

Posted Aug 11th 2010 at 08:48 AM by Rob Shuter

Six years after triumphantly winning the third season of 'American Idol,' Fantasia Barrino was rushed to a North Carolina hospital this week where she is being treated for an aspirin and sleeping pill overdose. This tragic U-turn in her fortunes has many asking: How did her fairytale life turn so quickly into a nightmare? "Fantasia wrongly assumed that after she won 'Idol' that all her ...

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Fantasia Barrino Hospitalized for Aspirin Overdose

Posted Aug 10th 2010 at 03:38 PM by PopEater Staff

'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized Monday night after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid following an "overwhelming" day of media backlash for a relationship she's having with a married man, the singer's manager has confirmed. "She was dehydrated and exhausted at the time," the rep, Brian Dickens, said in a statement to TMZ. "Fantasia is stable now. She will be released ...

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Fantasia Accused of Stealing Husband, Sex Tapes

Posted Aug 9th 2010 at 10:29 AM by PopEater Staff

'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino has gotten herself mixed up in a love triangle complete with matching tattoos and alleged sex tapes, according to court documents filed by a woman seeking child support and alimony from her estranged husband. Barrino is named in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in North Carolina by Paula Cook, who alleges the singer has been openly carrying on an affair with her ...