Michael Jackson’s personal MD will get to keep practicing medicine for the meantime…Gary Coleman must be cremated by Wednesday, so sez a judge…8 yr old girl sets new record in a race…summer allergy tips…lots more in today’s killer show prep !
*** CAN’T YA HEAR ME NOW ???***
*** 10% of Canadians have some kind of hearing loss…and they’re not even married
*** 20% of Canadian 65 and older suffer hearing problems
*** MJ UPDATES***
*** A Los Angeles judge said Monday he can’t suspend Michael Jackson’s personal MD, Conrad Murray while he waits trial on a charge connected to the King of Pop’s death last June 25th.
Murray, whose been charged with involuntary manslaughter’s admitted he administered the anesthesia propofol to Jackson to help him sleep, but hasn’t admitted any wrongdoing.
LA Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor denied the California state medical board’s request that Murray’s license to practice medicine be suspended. Murray and Jackson’s parents, Joe and Katherine were at Monday’s hearing.
*** AND*** Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for Michael Jackson’s estate’s calling Joe Jackson’s claims his wife could’ve prevented his death “preposterous.”
Joe, told Britain’s News of the World he wanted Katherine, his wife of 60 years, to “step in” and help get their son into rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription drugs, but she refused out of respect for his privacy.
Jackson, 50, died last June 25 of a propofol overdose.
*** AND*** Chris Tucker accepted an award on behalf of Michael Jackson Monday night at the Apollo Theater’s annual spring benefit concert in New York. The pair were good buddies before Jackson’s death last June 25. Jaimee Foxx hosted the event which also honoured Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, and featured a tribute to Jackson.
*** AND*** Michael Jackson will appear in a new video game by developers Ubisoft…which’llrate players’ ability to dance like the late King Of Pop. It’ll be one of the 1st titles to use motion detection technology which’s coming out on several consoles later this year.
The mighty Gloved One last appeared in a video game called Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, which was released in 1989.
The game’s launch will coincide with the release of an album in November containing previously unreleased Jackson tracks…and will include songs from his back catalogue, including Billie Jean and Beat It.
*** GARY COLEMAN UPDATES***
*** The cause of death of Diff’rent Strokes star Gary Coleman’s been listed as a fall, with chronic renal failure as a contributing factor. The document, released Monday categorized the 42-year-old actor’s May 28 death as an accident, was made public Monday.
Coleman underwent 4 hours of dialysis treatment hours before he hit his head, which lead to a brain hemorrhage.
Funeral plans for Coleman are still incomplete at this time while Coleman’s ex-wife and former manager battle over who has control of Coleman’s estate.
*** AND*** A Utah judge on Monday ordered Gary Coleman’s remains be cremated by Wednesday afternoon, so Coleman’s former girlfriend and manager, Anna Gray has enough time to travel from Oregon to Utah to see his body.
Coleman’s ashes and property will be securely stored until an estate executor’s named.
Coleman’s ex-wife, Shannon Price, and his former girlfriend-manager, Anna Gray, both claim they’re the lawful administrators of his estate.
Gray’s named in a 2005 will, and the judge delayed Coleman’s cremation so Gray could travel to Utah from Portland, Ore., and see his body before it’s cremated.
*** MISS UNIVERSE CANADA PAGEANT CONTROVERSY UPDATES***
*** Miss Universe Canada Pageant officials booted 21 yr. old Sophie Froment from the competition Saturday after they were told she appeared in TV commercials for an extramarital dating website Ashley Madison.com. The ads never ran in Canada because they were rejected by the TTC’s advertising review committee for not meeting community standards but aired in the US.
The Beauties of Canada website, which produces the Miss Universe Canada pageant said Froment got the hook cuz she made some career choices that aren’t compatible with the image of women their organization tries to promote which disqualified her from representing Canada at the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant. The law student was asked to bow out of the competition Friday, but refused, saying “It was a job. … I’m proud of who I am. And proud of what I do.
*** AMERICA-BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT UPDATES***
*** “America’s Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan’s in talks with CNN about starting up his own prime time panel show. The former editor of Britain’s Daily Mirror and a winner on “The Celebrity Apprentice”‘s being courted by CNN now searching for a new identity in the wake of low ratings and the departures of some of its key on-camera people, Christiane Amanpour and Gerri Willis.
*** MORE IDOL CHATTER***
***Adam Lambert’s new music video, If I Had You, hit VH1 and AdamOfficial.com was featured yesterday around noon Eastern. Shot at night near Los Angeles’ Griffith Park in early May, the video was inspired by Adam’s experience at the Burning Man festival nearly 5 years ago.
*** AND *** Adam Lambert was left red-faced during an appearance on U.K. talk show Justin Lee Collins: Good Times on Monday, when a male fan asked for an onscreen kiss. The fan, named Joe, asked the openly gay American Idol star for a kiss but Lambert, said “I’m very flattered but I have to pass. I’ll probably have an off-screen gay kiss later. I’m not a w**re!” He then gave his fan a hug.
*** AND *** Chidi Uzomah Jr., a special forces reserve for the U.S. Army, accused of harassing “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest’s been sentenced to 2 years in prison on a felony count of stalking and 2 misdemeanor counts of violating a court order in November after he pulled out a knife and threatened staff at Seacrest’s Los Angeles office.
Uzomah violated a restraining order issued in a previous case after he admitted to attacking one of Seacrest’s bodyguards.
The 25 yr. old soldier pleaded not guilty to the charges at a hearing in Los Angeles on November 3; he was arraigned again in March, and pleaded no contest to felony stalking after the case was moved to a different court. Seacrest was awarded a civil restraining order.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed 2 other misdemeanor counts in exchange the plea.
Uzomah was handed the maximum sentence for the remaining charge on Monday and will serve the term at a California state prison.
*** 8 YR. OLD GIRL KICKS EVERYONE’S ASS IN RACE***
*** An 8 yr old Mill Valley, Calif. girl beat 1,400 other runners to win the 100th running of the 7.5-mile Dipsea race from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach north of San Francisco over the weekend. Reilly Johnson also claimed fame to being the youngest-ever champion after defeating triple winner and grandmother Melody-Anne Schultz.
*** SUMMER ALLERGY TIPS***
*** Summer’s the most enjoyable time to spend outdoors but can also be the most irritating…’specially after allergies kick in.
Dr. David Resnick and Dr. Ronit Herzog, allergy specialists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York have the following advice for people who struggle with sneezing, runny nose, eye irritation, or in some cases, asthma symptoms and hives that can be caused by pollens, molds, food allergies or a typical bee sting.
Resnick and Herzog advice people with pollen allergies to reduce activities between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m., when counts are usually highest, and they suggest shower/shampoo after being outside. Other tips…
— Run an air conditioner that can filter out large pollen particles rather than window fans which draw pollen in.
— Use eye drops, nose spray and non-sedating antihistamine to temporarily relieve symptoms. Taking medication an hour before exposure can help decrease symptom severity.
– Remove contact lenses that’ll make red, swollen or itchy eyes from allergies worse.
*** TOO MUCH TV/COMPUTER TIME=TEEN PAIN***
*** The more time teens spend in front of TV’s and computer screens, the greater risk of physical complaints, according to researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway.
Common ailments of the 30,000 Nordic teenagers include back pain, headaches-which, in girls was associated with computer use and TV viewing, but not gaming.
*** The Public Works and Government Services Canada auction site for seized and surplus property includes jewellery, musical instruments, “Superman” pajamas and underwear. The site opened to visitors in January 2009 and generated more than $13 million in profits during the last fiscal year. The auctions also feature “Care Bears” underwear for girls as well as underwear for adults.
*** South Dakota’s joined several other states and the U.S. government in holding auctions for wild animal parts found or confiscated by wildlife officers. The state held its 1st ever auction for wild animal parts including antlers, mountain lion skulls and bobcat hides Saturday, joining other states with similar auctions including Kansas and Arizona. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began an online auction for animal parts and products, with more than 300,000 items including clothing and accessories made from pythons, ostriches and lizards.
*** 2 Kalamazoo, Michigan people were arrested after a fight that started as an argument about the accuracy of a Wendy’s order and ended up in a food fight. Police responded to a report about a loud disturbance and found food items scattered on the ground near a Wendy’s drive-through. Witnesses told police the fight started when 4 customers in a vehicle began arguing with an employee through the drive-through window about the accuracy of their order. The argument became heated and the occupants of the car began throwing the food at the employee, who in turn threw the items back at the car. 2 of the customers then came into the store and began physically fighting with workers. They were arrested and charged with assault and excessive noise.
*** A Florida teacher’s lawsuit against her old school says she was fired because administrators found out her baby was conceived before her wedding. Jarretta Hamilton, a former 4th-grade teacher at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, said she approached administrators in April 2009, shortly after her wedding to tell them she was pregnant and request maternity leave for the coming fall. Hamilton told administrators the baby was conceived about 3 weeks before the wedding, and she was fired 1 week later without being allowed to finish the school year.
*** A 38 yr. old Boston man whose portfolio website became famous for featuring a picture of himself in the same Burt Reynolds lying naked on a bearskin rug shot in the ’72 snap in Cosmo’s got 2 Webby awards Monday in New York and several jobs. Lawson Clarke launched his malecopywriter.com site last year after he was laid off and has received attention from several industry publications and getting more than 1 million hits. He said the site became so popular that he was able to turn down full-time job offers in favor of steady freelance work. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences awarded Clarke 2 Webby Awards, given out for excellence on the Internet for best home/welcome page and best self-promotion/portfolio site.
*** 2 California Home Depot workers were married Saturday in Aisle 1, in the store’s garden section of the Lake Forest Home Depot, surrounded by about 100 guests and a few dozen shoppers. Carolyn Weatherly, 56, and Audwin Mosby, 55 tied the knot in the store- the 1st wedding in a California Home Depot and only the 2nd nationwide after an Alaska ceremony.
*** A foul odour coming from a 5-gallon jar of mayonnaise resulted in the closing of a road and the evacuation of several Florida homes. 2 people called to complain of the smell Tuesday and said the odour left them with trouble breathing and a burning sensation in their eyes. A team searched the residence and found a “large barrel” left behind by the previous occupants of the home.
*** Customers and staff were shocked when a deer crashed through a large window at Applebee’s restaurant in Batavia, New York just after 7 p.m. Sunday and ran around the establishment, leaving a trail of broken glass, before being led out the front door. No one was injured.
*** 600 people are riding in this year’s 150th anniversary of the old Pony Express mail service ride which runs from Sacramento to St. Joseph, Mo. Organizers at the Callao, Utah, station, one of 165 stations on the route said this year’s ride’s been increased from the traditional 10 days to 20 days to allow for extra celebrations. Riders who volunteer with the association carry $5 commemorative letters-the same price paid in 1860. The Pony Express ran from April 1860 to October 1861.
*** Connecticut State Police believe a man on drugs mistook a home for a bed and breakfast and went fell asleep in a bedroom. A Higganum couple told cops they were with relatives in their home when a family member went inside and found a credit card on the stairs, and Walker Bruce, 45, asleep in a bedroom. Bruce told them he’d mistaken the house for a bed and breakfast and left his credit card on the stairs as payment. Bruce was charged with 3rd-degree burglary and taken to hospital for examination.
*** “It was a job. … I’m proud of who I am. And proud of what I do.”- Miss Universe Canada pageant contestant Sophie Froment on getting booted from the competition for appearing in AshleyMadison.com extra marital affairs dating website.
Waylon Jennings- 77
Johnny Halliday (French Elvis)-67
Muff Winwood (Traffic)-67
Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply)- 61
Jim Belushi 56
Wade Boggs 52
Helen Hunt 47
Courtney Cox Arquette 46
Michael Britt, guitar, Lonestar- 44
Ice Cube-41
Leah Remini 40
Neil Patrick Harris 37
Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)-34
Billy Martin, guitarist, Good Charlotte-29
Nadine Coyle, Girls Aloud-25
1994- “The Lion King” opened in American theaters.
1956- John Lennon met Paul McCartney in Woolton, England, at a church party. John was 15; Paul was 13.
1963- Kyu Sakamoto started a 3 week run at #1 on the US singles chart with ‘Sukiyaki’, the 1st-ever Japanese song to do so.
1964- The Beatles toured Australia
1965- The Rolling Stones kicked off an 8-date mini-European tour at The Odeon Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland with special guests Hollies.
1967- Guitarist Peter Green quit the John Mayall Band. Green to form Fleetwood Mac.
1970- Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac married Jenny Boyd.
1974- Abba’s debut album ‘Waterloo’ entered the UK chart for the 1st time peaking at #28.
1974- Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods’ 2 week run at #1 on the US singles chart with ‘Billy Don’t Be A Hero’
1974- Elvis Presley played the 1st night of an 18 date US tour with 4 shows at the Tarrant County Center, Forth Worth, Texas.
1982- Pete Farndon bass player with The Pretenders was fired from the group and went on to form a group with Topper Headon from The Clash. Farndon was found dead in his bath on April 14, 1983.
1985- Bryan Ferry was #1 on the UK album chart with ‘Boys And Girls’ his 1st solo #1 LP.
1985- Dire Straits’ 9 week run at #1 on the US album chart with, ‘Brothers In Arms’.
1986- U2 and Sting headlined a concert in New Jersey celebrating 25 years of Amnesty International.
1988- A photographer took a shot of Bruce Springsteen in his underpants sharing an intimate moment with his backing singer Patti Scialfa during his world tour in Rome…confirming the rumours the Boss and Patti were having an affair.
1989- Nirvana’s debut album ‘Bleach’ was released in the US. The title for the album came from a poster ‘Bleach Your Works’ urging drug users to bleach their needles.
1989- Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage. Over 200,000 people attended the gig causing damage to buildings and bridges.
1990-Keith Richards and Charlie Watts overdubbed tracks for a tribute album to the late Charlie Mingus in Madrid. Both played on “Oh, Lord, Don’t Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me.”
1991- Paula Abdul’s 5 week run at #1 on the US singles chart with ‘Rush Rush’
1996- Ella Fitzgerald died in Beverly Hills, California, aged 79
2002- A rare autographed copy of The Beatles’ album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at auction for £34,000 ($57,800), more than 5 times the estimated price.
2003- Radiohead’s 4th UK #1 album with ‘Hail To The Thief.’
2003- Metallica was #1 on the US album chart with ‘St Anger’
2005- Coldplay was #1 on US album chart with their 3rd album ‘X&Y’
2005- Destiny’s Child announced they were splitting after their world tour.
2008- Liverpool was voted England’s most musical city in a national campaign set up by the Arts Council. The home of The Beatles, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, OMD and The Zutons took 49% of the vote in an online poll set up by the funding body. Sheffield, home of the Arctic Monkeys and Pulp was 2nd while Manchester with Oasis, Stone Roses and The Smiths came 3rd
2008- Coldplay was #1 on the UK album chart with their 4th studio album ‘Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.’
Waylon Jennings- 77
Michael Britt, guitar, Lonestar- 44
2006- Lonestar’s “I’m Already There” and “My Front Porch Looking In” went gold
2006- Mac Davis and Will Jennings were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. Kris Kristofferson received the Johnny Mercer Award
2004- Lyric Street released Josh Gracin’s self-titled debut album and his single “Nothin’ To Lose”
1991- Joe Diffie scored the #1 country single on Billboard with “If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)”
1991- Minnie Pearl performed her final show in Joliet, Illinois before suffering from a stroke 2 days later
1985- Ricky Skaggs hit #1 on Billboard with “Country Boy,” the only chart-topping single to feature the Looney Tunes theme in an instrumental break
1969- “Hee Haw” makes its prime time debut on CBS-TV, replacing the controversial “Smothers Brothers” show. The cast included: Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones. The 1st guests: Charley Pride and Loretta Lynn
1956- John Lennon met Paul McCartney in Woolton, England, at a church party. John was 15; Paul was 13.
1964- The Beatles toured Australia
2008- Liverpool was voted England’s most musical city in a national campaign set up by the Arts Council. The home of The Beatles, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, OMD and The Zutons took 49% of the vote in an online poll set up by the funding body. Sheffield, home of the Arctic Monkeys and Pulp was 2nd while Manchester with Oasis, Stone Roses and The Smiths came 3rd
1965- The Rolling Stones kicked off an 8-date mini-European tour at The Odeon Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland with special guests Hollies.
Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)-34
Billy Martin, guitarist, Good Charlotte-29
*** TEEN CHOICE AWARDS***
*** Miley Cyrus scored 3 nods for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, including Best Female Artist. The 17 yr. old star will compete with Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, Shakira and Lady Gaga for the award and is also nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Drama for ” The Last Song.”
Cyrus’s also up for Choice Movie: Dance category.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s up against ‘Alice in Wonderland,” “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,” Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and “Clash of the Titans’ for Choice Movie: Fantasy.
Robert Pattison goes fang to fang with Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner for the Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy title.
Kristen Stewart’s up for Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy category.
Justin Bieber’s up against his mentor Usher for Choice Music: Male Artist
The Black Eyed Peas are up for the Choice Music: Group award.
Other nominees…
Beyonce and Alicia Keys (R&B Artist)
Kings Of Leon and MGMT (Rock Group)
Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood (Female Country Artist).
TV CATEGORIES…
“Gossip Girl”- Best Drama and Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester go head to head in in the Best Actor and Actress (Drama) categories, respectively.
Glee’s Lea Michelle (Best Actress, Comedy)
Cory Monteith (Best Actor, Comedy)
Jane Lynch (Best Villain)‘s also been nominated.
Glee’s competing against “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “The Big Bang Theory” for Best Comedy.
The Teen Choice Awards will be hosted by Katy Perry August 9th in LA.
*** Toby Keith, who lost almost all of his touring equipment in the recent Tennessee floods’ been added to next week’s Nashville Rising concert at the Bridgestone Arena hosted by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to raise funds for victims of the storm. Keith joins Billy Ray Cyrus, ZZ Top, Leann Rimes, Brooks & Dunn, Amy Grant, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.
*** The case against Neal Horsley, the man accused of threatening Elton John’s life’s been dropped just hours before his trial was due to begin. Horsley was arrested in March and charged with making terrorist threats, criminal defamation and using the internet to disseminate threats after he posted a spiteful rant about the singer on Youtube.
He was held in Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia ahead of his trial, which was due to start on Monday, but the court appointment was cancelled after the judge dismissed the case against Horsley because his actions didn’t warrant criminal charges.
Horsley was outraged when Sir Elton said Jesus Christ was gay in a Parade magazine interview in February, and he wrote an angry online response, entitled ‘Why Elton John Must Die.’
A viral video, which appeared on YouTube also featured footage of Horsley holding an ‘Elton John Must Die‘ sign outside the star’s home in Atlanta, Georgia.
*** Green Day’s American Idiot musical won 2 Tony’s Sunday night for Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design. The San Fran band performed as well, alongside the cast of American Idiot.
*** The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers sez his 1st solo album, Flamingo started out as a new Killers album and that making it was a “lonely” process. Flamingo’ll be released this Fall after the 1st single Crossfire drops in September. Flowers collaborated with Stuart Price, Brendan O’Brien and Jenny Lewis for the album.
*** Tom Petty and The Tribune Co. have teamed up for a new online promotion around his upcoming record, Mojo. A new Web hub in conjunction with TomPetty.com will offer unique content, videos, concert tickets and other merchandise.
*** U2 bassist Adam Clayton’s suing the band’s own financial manager over “alleged negligence.” Gaby Smyth, who controls U2′s finances, and 2 accountants are named in the suit, filed in Dublin. It’s beleievd the suit may be in conjunction with Clayton’s ex-housekeeper, who allegedly defrauded the bassist out of approximately 1.8 million Euros.
*** Ben Folds’ new album, Lonely Avenue with author Nick Hornby’s out September 28. Hornby (High Fidelity, About A Boy) wrote the lyrics…Folds sings and wrote and performed the music.
*** The lineup for the “Nashville Rising” benefit concert June 22nd’ll now include ZZ Top, Toby Keith, Billy Ray Cyrus and more. The concert’ll raise funds for those affected by the recent flooding in Tennessee.
*** The Go-Go’s have been forced to cancel their Happily Ever After summer farewell tour which was to kick off on July 7 at the Lilith Fair in San Diego, and end in Austin, TX on July 27. The band will also be unable to perform live on Good Morning America July 16 in New York’s Central Park cuz guitarist Jane Wiedlin injured herself after a 20-foot fall while hiking near her home in Northern California. She’s undergoing ACL replacement surgery for her knee in the coming weeks with up to a year’s recovery.
*** To celebrate the World Cup and the U.S. soccer team, Weezer’s recorded an unofficial theme song for the team, “Represent.” The song’s now available as a free iTunes download. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo’s a huge soccer fan.
*** Filter’s special set at the Hollywood Roosevelt for Deleon Tequila last week now features exclusive videos of the band performing their new single, “The Inevitable Relapse,” as well as their classic track “Hey Man, Nice Shot,” on YouTube.
*** The Goo Goo Dolls’ new video for the song “Home,”‘s now available on the Tunelab.com website. The song’s from their 9th studio album, Something For The Rest Of Us’ due August 31. The Goos are currently on tour this summer until August 29 in Los Angeles.
*** Biffy Clyro hope to start recording new material on and off while playing European festivals in the next few months. Biffy Clyro plays Isle Of Wight, T In The Park and the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
*** Amanda Palmer will release an EP of Radiohead covers,Amanda Palmer Plays The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele, on July 17.The 1st single, a cover of Kid A’s “Idioteque,”‘s now available at www.amandapalmer.net.
*** My Morning Jacket will play all 5 of their studio albums over 5 nights at New York City’s Terminal 5. The band’ll play each of their albums chronologically on October 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23, with their debut The Tennessee Fire on the 1st night and 2008′s Evil Urges on the last.
*** OK Go debuted their latest video, “End Love,” at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Saturday afternoon, just before the USA/England World Cup game. The video went online today (Tuesday) at okgo.net. OK Go will re-issue their newest album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, on their own Paracadute label via RED distribution on June 29. 2 bonus tracks will be added to the record.
*** Coldplay’s apologized to the makers of Glee for turning down a request to use their music on a special episode of the show and have withdrawn their permission for producers to have access to their full catalogue.
*** Pete Yorn’s releasing a new, self-titled album on September 28
Ice Cube-41
Nadine Coyle, Girls Aloud-25
*** GAGA NOTES***
*** Katy Perry denies she’s fallen out with Lady Gaga after slamming blasphemous entertainers in a Twitter rant. Perry was thought to have a shot at Gaga’s controversial, new “Alejandro” video last week when she tweeted, “Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.”
The video shows Gaga, dressed in a latex nuns’ outfit, suggestively swallowing a string of rosary beads and simulating sex with a group of scantily-clad male dancers, wearing only her underwear.
Perry, the daughter of church ministers sez she respects Gaga’s point of view, even if she disagrees with her use of religious imagery.
*** TEEN CHOICE AWARDS***
*** Miley Cyrus scored 3 nods for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, including Best Female Artist. The 17 yr. old star will compete with Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, Shakira and Lady Gaga for the award and is also nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Drama for ” The Last Song.”
Cyrus’s also up for Choice Movie: Dance category.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s up against ‘Alice in Wonderland,” “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,” Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and “Clash of the Titans’ for Choice Movie: Fantasy.
Robert Pattison goes fang to fang with Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner for the Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy title.
Kristen Stewart’s up for Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy category.
Justin Bieber’s up against his mentor Usher for Choice Music: Male Artist
The Black Eyed Peas are up for the Choice Music: Group award.
Other nominees…
Beyonce and Alicia Keys (R&B Artist)
Kings Of Leon and MGMT (Rock Group)
Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood (Female Country Artist).
TV CATEGORIES…
“Gossip Girl”- Best Drama and Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester go head to head in in the Best Actor and Actress (Drama) categories, respectively.
Glee’s Lea Michelle (Best Actress, Comedy)
Cory Monteith (Best Actor, Comedy)
Jane Lynch (Best Villain)‘s also been nominated.
Glee’s competing against “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “The Big Bang Theory” for Best Comedy.
The Teen Choice Awards will be hosted by Katy Perry August 9th in LA.
*** MORE NOTES***
*** Kid Cudi was busted on Friday for criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance (liquid coke) after he allegedly pounded on and kicked down a NYC apartment door. The rapper, real name Scott Mescudi, 26, also broke the woman’s cell phone. He played Bonnaroo Saturday night.
***Adam Lambert’s new music video, If I Had You, hit VH1 and AdamOfficial.com was featured yesterday around noon Eastern. Shot at night near Los Angeles’ Griffith Park in early May, the video was inspired by Adam’s experience at the Burning Man festival nearly 5 years ago.
*** Chris Tucker accepted an award on behalf of Michael Jackson Monday night at the Apollo Theater’s annual spring benefit concert in New York. The pair were good buddies before Jackson’s death last June 25. Jaimee Foxx hosted the event which also honoured Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, and featured a tribute to Jackson.
*** Taylor Swift kept her promise and stayed for 15 hours in a marathon meet n’ greet with 2,000 fans at Sunday’s CMA Musical Festival. Swift hosted the Bridgestone Arena event in Nashville that featured a behind-the-scenes look at her bus, backstage “tea party,” wardrobe and set pieces.
*** Toby Keith, who lost almost all of his touring equipment in the recent Tennessee floods’ been added to next week’s Nashville Rising concert at the Bridgestone Arena hosted by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to raise funds for victims of the storm. Keith joins Billy Ray Cyrus, ZZ Top, Leann Rimes, Brooks & Dunn, Amy Grant, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.
Waylon Jennings- 77
Michael Britt, guitar, Lonestar- 44
2006- Lonestar’s “I’m Already There” and “My Front Porch Looking In” went gold
2006- Mac Davis and Will Jennings were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. Kris Kristofferson received the Johnny Mercer Award
2004- Lyric Street released Josh Gracin’s self-titled debut album and his single “Nothin’ To Lose”
1991- Joe Diffie scored the #1 country single on Billboard with “If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)”
1991- Minnie Pearl performed her final show in Joliet, Illinois before suffering from a stroke 2 days later
1985- Ricky Skaggs hit #1 on Billboard with “Country Boy,” the only chart-topping single to feature the Looney Tunes theme in an instrumental break
1969- “Hee Haw” makes its prime time debut on CBS-TV, replacing the controversial “Smothers Brothers” show. The cast included: Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones. The 1st guests: Charley Pride and Loretta Lynn
*** TEEN CHOICE AWARDS***
*** Miley Cyrus scored 3 nods for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, including Best Female Artist. The 17 yr. old star will compete with Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, Shakira and Lady Gaga for the award and is also nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Drama for ” The Last Song.”
Cyrus’s also up for Choice Movie: Dance category.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s up against ‘Alice in Wonderland,” “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,” Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and “Clash of the Titans’ for Choice Movie: Fantasy.
Robert Pattison goes fang to fang with Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner for the Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy title.
Kristen Stewart’s up for Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy category.
Justin Bieber’s up against his mentor Usher for Choice Music: Male Artist
The Black Eyed Peas are up for the Choice Music: Group award.
Other nominees…
Beyonce and Alicia Keys (R&B Artist)
Kings Of Leon and MGMT (Rock Group)
Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood (Female Country Artist).
TV CATEGORIES…
“Gossip Girl”- Best Drama and Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester go head to head in in the Best Actor and Actress (Drama) categories, respectively.
Glee’s Lea Michelle (Best Actress, Comedy)
Cory Monteith (Best Actor, Comedy)
Jane Lynch (Best Villain)‘s also been nominated.
Glee’s competing against “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “The Big Bang Theory” for Best Comedy.
The Teen Choice Awards will be hosted by Katy Perry August 9th in LA.
*** MORE NOTES***
*** Country legend-sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died of natural causes Sunday night at his Virginia home, according to his wife, Donna Dean. Dean had many hits, including his benchmark ’61 song,”Big Bad John” and went into business with his famous Jimmy Dean sausages. He recently was voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and will be posthumously inducted later this year. Funeral services are pending.
*** Tickets for Garth Brooks’ concerts at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas go on sale Saturday through Ticketmaster. The shows run Sept. 10-12, Oct. 1-3 and 22-24 and Nov. 5-7 and 19-21.
Tickets for 20 Brooks concerts at the Encore Theater for the spring and summer were sold out within hours.
*** Taylor Swift kept her promise and stayed for 15 hours in a marathon meet n’ greet with 2,000 fans at Sunday’s CMA Musical Festival. Swift hosted the Bridgestone Arena event in Nashville that featured a behind-the-scenes look at her bus, backstage “tea party,” wardrobe and set pieces.
*** The lineup for the “Nashville Rising” benefit concert June 22nd’ll now include ZZ Top, Toby Keith, Billy Ray Cyrus and more. The concert’ll raise funds for those affected by the recent flooding in Tennessee.
*** AND*** Toby Keith, who lost almost all of his touring equipment in the recent Tennessee floods’ been added to next week’s Nashville Rising concert at the Bridgestone Arena hosted by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to raise funds for victims of the storm. Keith joins Billy Ray Cyrus, ZZ Top, Leann Rimes, Brooks & Dunn, Amy Grant, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.
Johnny Halliday (French Elvis)-67
Muff Winwood (Traffic)-67
Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply)- 61
*** MJ UPDATES***
*** A Los Angeles judge said Monday he can’t suspend Michael Jackson’s personal MD, Conrad Murray while he waits trial on a charge connected to the King of Pop’s death last June 25th.
Murray, whose been charged with involuntary manslaughter’s admitted he administered the anesthesia propofol to Jackson to help him sleep, but hasn’t admitted any wrongdoing.
LA Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor denied the California state medical board’s request that Murray’s license to practice medicine be suspended. Murray and Jackson’s parents, Joe and Katherine were at Monday’s hearing.
*** AND*** Chris Tucker accepted an award on behalf of Michael Jackson Monday night at the Apollo Theater’s annual spring benefit concert in New York. The pair were good buddies before Jackson’s death last June 25. Jaimee Foxx hosted the event which also honoured Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, and featured a tribute to Jackson.
*** AND*** Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for Michael Jackson’s estate’s calling Joe Jackson’s claims his wife could’ve prevented his death “preposterous.”
Joe, told Britain’s News of the World he wanted Katherine, his wife of 60 years, to “step in” and help get their son into rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription drugs, but she refused out of respect for his privacy.
Jackson, 50, died last June 25 of a propofol overdose.
*** AND*** Michael Jackson will appear in a new video game by developers Ubisoft…which’llrate players’ ability to dance like the late King Of Pop. It’ll be one of the 1st titles to use motion detection technology which’s coming out on several consoles later this year.
The mighty Gloved One last appeared in a video game called Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, which was released in 1989.
The game’s launch will coincide with the release of an album in November containing previously unreleased Jackson tracks…and will include songs from his back catalogue, including Billie Jean and Beat It.
*** MORE NOTES***
*** Country legend-sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died of natural causes Sunday night at his Virginia home, according to his wife, Donna Dean. Dean had many hits, including his benchmark ’61 song,”Big Bad John” and went into business with his famous Jimmy Dean sausages. He recently was voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and will be posthumously inducted later this year. Funeral services are pending.
*** The case against Neal Horsley, the man accused of threatening Elton John’s life’s been dropped just hours before his trial was due to begin. Horsley was arrested in March and charged with making terrorist threats, criminal defamation and using the internet to disseminate threats after he posted a spiteful rant about the singer on Youtube.
He was held in Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia ahead of his trial, which was due to start on Monday, but the court appointment was cancelled after the judge dismissed the case against Horsley because his actions didn’t warrant criminal charges.
Horsley was outraged when Sir Elton said Jesus Christ was gay in a Parade magazine interview in February, and he wrote an angry online response, entitled ‘Why Elton John Must Die.’
A viral video, which appeared on YouTube also featured footage of Horsley holding an ‘Elton John Must Die‘ sign outside the star’s home in Atlanta, Georgia.
*** Tickets are selling quickly for “Grease: Sing-a-Long” in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Fort Lauderdale/Miami, San Diego, Austin and Ocala. The show’ll have special limited engagements in Houston, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio and Detroit which were chosen because they had the most fans request screenings of the digitally re-mastered movie musical during an online campaign. The Top 5 Demand it! cities start exclusive runs of the movie July 15 after opening July 8 in the 1st run of exclusive showings in 12 markets across the US.
*** Tom Petty and The Tribune Co. have teamed up for a new online promotion around his upcoming record, Mojo. A new Web hub in conjunction with TomPetty.com will offer unique content, videos, concert tickets and other merchandise.
*** U2 bassist Adam Clayton’s suing the band’s own financial manager over “alleged negligence.” Gaby Smyth, who controls U2′s finances, and 2 accountants are named in the suit, filed in Dublin. It’s beleievd the suit may be in conjunction with Clayton’s ex-housekeeper, who allegedly defrauded the bassist out of approximately 1.8 million Euros.
*** The lineup for the “Nashville Rising” benefit concert June 22nd’ll now include ZZ Top, Toby Keith, Billy Ray Cyrus and more. The concert’ll raise funds for those affected by the recent flooding in Tennessee.
*** AND*** Toby Keith, who lost almost all of his touring equipment in the recent Tennessee floods’ been added to next week’s Nashville Rising concert at the Bridgestone Arena hosted by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to raise funds for victims of the storm. Keith joins Billy Ray Cyrus, ZZ Top, Leann Rimes, Brooks & Dunn, Amy Grant, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.
*** The Go-Go’s have been forced to cancel their Happily Ever After summer farewell tour which was to kick off on July 7 at the Lilith Fair in San Diego, and end in Austin, TX on July 27. The band will also be unable to perform live on Good Morning America July 16 in New York’s Central Park cuz guitarist Jane Wiedlin injured herself after a 20-foot fall while hiking near her home in Northern California. She’s undergoing ACL replacement surgery for her knee in the coming weeks with up to a year’s recovery.
1988- A photographer took a shot of Bruce Springsteen in his underpants sharing an intimate moment with his backing singer Patti Scialfa during his world tour in Rome…confirming the rumours the Boss and Patti were having an affair.
*** AND *** Adam Lambert was left red-faced during an appearance on U.K. talk show Justin Lee Collins: Good Times on Monday, when a male fan asked for an onscreen kiss. The fan, named Joe, asked the openly gay American Idol star for a kiss but Lambert, said “I’m very flattered but I have to pass. I’ll probably have an off-screen gay kiss later. I’m not a w**re!” He then gave his fan a hug.
Jim Belushi 56
Wade Boggs 52
Helen Hunt 47
Courtney Cox Arquette 46
Leah Remini 40
Neil Patrick Harris 37
*** GARY COLEMAN UPDATES***
*** The cause of death of Diff’rent Strokes star Gary Coleman’s been listed as a fall, with chronic renal failure as a contributing factor. The document, released Monday categorized the 42-year-old actor’s May 28 death as an accident, was made public Monday.
Coleman underwent 4 hours of dialysis treatment hours before he hit his head, which lead to a brain hemorrhage.
Funeral plans for Coleman are still incomplete at this time while Coleman’s ex-wife and former manager battle over who has control of Coleman’s estate.
*** AND*** A Utah judge on Monday ordered Gary Coleman’s remains be cremated by Wednesday afternoon, so Coleman’s former girlfriend and manager, Anna Gray has enough time to travel from Oregon to Utah to see his body.
Coleman’s ashes and property will be securely stored until an estate executor’s named.
Coleman’s ex-wife, Shannon Price, and his former girlfriend-manager, Anna Gray, both claim they’re the lawful administrators of his estate.
Gray’s named in a 2005 will, and the judge delayed Coleman’s cremation so Gray could travel to Utah from Portland, Ore., and see his body before it’s cremated.
*** TEEN CHOICE AWARDS***
*** Miley Cyrus scored 3 nods for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, including Best Female Artist. The 17 yr. old star will compete with Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, Shakira and Lady Gaga for the award and is also nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Drama for ” The Last Song.”
Cyrus’s also up for Choice Movie: Dance category.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s up against ‘Alice in Wonderland,” “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,” Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and “Clash of the Titans’ for Choice Movie: Fantasy.
Robert Pattison goes fang to fang with Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner for the Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy title.
Kristen Stewart’s up for Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy category.
Justin Bieber’s up against his mentor Usher for Choice Music: Male Artist
The Black Eyed Peas are up for the Choice Music: Group award.
Other nominees…
Beyonce and Alicia Keys (R&B Artist)
Kings Of Leon and MGMT (Rock Group)
Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood (Female Country Artist).
TV CATEGORIES…
“Gossip Girl”- Best Drama and Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester go head to head in in the Best Actor and Actress (Drama) categories, respectively.
Glee’s Lea Michelle (Best Actress, Comedy)
Cory Monteith (Best Actor, Comedy)
Jane Lynch (Best Villain)‘s also been nominated.
Glee’s competing against “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “The Big Bang Theory” for Best Comedy.
The Teen Choice Awards will be hosted by Katy Perry August 9th in LA.
*** MORE IDOL CHATTER***
*** Chidi Uzomah Jr., a special forces reserve for the U.S. Army, accused of harassing “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest’s been sentenced to 2 years in prison on a felony count of stalking and 2 misdemeanor counts of violating a court order in November after he pulled out a knife and threatened staff at Seacrest’s Los Angeles office.
Uzomah violated a restraining order issued in a previous case after he admitted to attacking one of Seacrest’s bodyguards.
The 25 yr. old soldier pleaded not guilty to the charges at a hearing in Los Angeles on November 3; he was arraigned again in March, and pleaded no contest to felony stalking after the case was moved to a different court. Seacrest was awarded a civil restraining order.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed 2 other misdemeanor counts in exchange the plea.
Uzomah was handed the maximum sentence for the remaining charge on Monday and will serve the term at a California state prison.
*** MORE NEWS***
*** Police in Orange County, Fla. Are investigating the death of a man whose body was found hanging in a tree on Disney property near the Double Tree Resort Sunday afternoon after police received a 911 call. No word on whether the death was a suicide or homicide.
*** Jennifer Aniston’s camp sez she’s not going topless in Horrible Bosses which co-stars Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. The former Friends star plays a sex-obsessed, kinky dentist in the comedy which’ll be released in 2011.
*** “America’s Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan’s in talks with CNN about starting up his own prime time panel show. The former editor of Britain’s Daily Mirror and a winner on “The Celebrity Apprentice”‘s being courted by CNN now searching for a new identity in the wake of low ratings and the departures of some of its key on-camera people, Christiane Amanpour and Gerri Willis.
*** Coldplay’s apologized to the makers of Glee for turning down a request to use their music on a special episode of the show and have withdrawn their permission for producers to have access to their full catalogue.
*** Tickets are selling quickly for “Grease: Sing-a-Long” in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Fort Lauderdale/Miami, San Diego, Austin and Ocala. The show’ll have special limited engagements in Houston, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio and Detroit which were chosen because they had the most fans request screenings of the digitally re-mastered movie musical during an online campaign. The Top 5 Demand it! cities start exclusive runs of the movie July 15 after opening July 8 in the 1st run of exclusive showings in 12 markets across the US.
*** Victoria Beckham, John O’Hurley and Sebastian Bach have signed on to lend their voices for the “ The Clash of of Triton,” the new ½ hour SpongeBob SquarePants show premiering July 5. Beckham will play Queen Amphitrite, while O’Hurley portrays her husband, King Neptune, and Bach plays their rebellious son, Triton.
*** British comedian Ricky Gervais will play himself in an episode of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in the 2nd half of Season 8.
*** “True Blood” star Ryan Kwanten sez Lindsay Lohan’s NOT joining the cast of the hit TV drama despite reports to the contrary.
** Tori Spelling sez she’s not anorexic…she claims swine flu, stomach pain, migraines and nerve problems have caused her to lose weight. In her new book, TerriTORI, Spelling sez she was hospitalized at least 3 times in the last year for her problems and had to take 3 different anti-biotics that caused severe stomach pain
