Hayden Panettiere heats up New York City as she arrives at the Ed Sullivan Theater for her Late Show with David Letterman appearance on Monday afternoon (July 6).
Strutting in a pair of Stuart Weitzman heels, the 19-year-old actress rocked a sheer black Caroline Seikaly dress as she posed for photographers; completing her look with House of Lavande jewels.
Panettiere kicks off promotion for her new movie, I Love You, Beth Cooper, based on the novel of the same name by Larry Doyle. The flick opens in theaters everywhere on Friday, July 10!
Snapshots of Hayden Panettiere's Letterman arrival (below):
Check out Arctic Monkeys' brand new single, “Crying Lightning,” which made its debut on radio earlier today (Monday, July 6).
Produced by James Ford, “Crying Lightning” is lifted from the British rockers' forthcoming third studio album, Humbug, which is set to release first in Japan on Wednesday, August 19; dropping in the UK and US on Tuesday, August 25.
The single will be available for digital download, exclusively from iTunes, on Tuesday (July 7).
The Jackson family have announced the participants for Michael Jackson's memorial service on Tuesday (July 7) at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
The family's rep confirms Ron Boyd (family friend), Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey (who will reportedly perform), Andrae Crouch Choir, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson (confirmed to be performing), Shaheen Jafargholi, Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Michael's former flame Brooke Shields (pictured above), Stevie Wonder, Usher, and Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend) will all be in attendance.
Contrary to media reports, Debbie Rowe will not be attending Jackson's public memorial.
According to ABC News, a burial service for the late Pop Icon will take place early Tuesday morning at the famed Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California. The service will reportedly begin at 8 a.m. PST and could delay the start of the memorial service at the Staples Center, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. PST.
Continuing to promote their latest album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, pop sensations the Jonas Brothers dropped byLive with Regis and Kelly on Monday (July 6).
The brothers hit the stage to perform their current single “Fly With Me.” Lines, Vines and Trying Times ― the boys' third studio album ― peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 last month.
Check out the JB perform (above), and click here for their Regis and Kelly chat.
US rockers Paramore have just debuted their hotly-anticipated new single, “Ignorance,” on their official website!
Oh, we can practically hear Twilight fans' hearts flutter as we type.
The new single is set to see a digital release tomorrow (Tuesday, July 7), the same day pre-orders for their upcoming third studio album, Brand New Eyes, begin.
Brand New Eyes, produced by Rob Cavallo and co-produced by Paramore, is the follow-up to the band's smash '07 sophomore, Riot!, which received critical-acclamation. The new disc will be available everywhere from Tuesday, September 29.
Stream Paramore's brand new single (above)!
UK sensation Little Boots (aka Victoria Hesketh) dropped by BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross last week (July 3), where she performed her upcoming new single “Remedy.”
“Electronic live music can often just be like... dudes stood behind laptops and it's very soulless. It's that human element that I want to bring back to electronic music, and it being exciting and physical and fresh,” Boots, 25, recently said on taking electropop to the stage.
The infectious “Remedy” is the second single lifted from Boots' debut album, Hands, which dropped in stores last month. The disc, featuring production from Joe Goddard and RedOne, also includes the hit first single “New In Town.”
Check out Little Boots' fantastic live performance (above), and if you haven't already, click here to purchase your copy of Hands!
Emma Watson smiles pretty as she attends the London photocall for her upcoming flick, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, on Monday afternoon (July 6) at Claridge’s Hotel.
The stunning 19-year-old British actress, who will attend Brown University in the fall, posed for photographers alongside her costars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, and Jessie Cave (among others).
Although suffering from a mild bout of Swine Flu, that didn't stop 20-year-old Grint from attending the London photo call.
Emma looked sensational in a Proenza Schouler Resort 2010 dress with a gorgeous jeweled neckline, competing her look with Giuseppe Zanotti platform gladiator sandals.
Furthering promotion for the new HP flick, Ms. Watson stopped by the UK's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross last week; check out her adorable interview (below):
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince opens in theaters everywhere on July 15!
According to new reports, songstress Mariah Carey will take the stage to perform at Michael Jackson's memorial service tomorrow (Tuesday, July 7) at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
The 39-year-old “Obsessed” songbird will reportedly belt out the Jackson 5 classic, “I'll Be There,” which Carey famously covered on her '90s MTV Unplugged EP. Oscar winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson is also confirmed to be performing at the service. According to CNN, Hudson will be joined by Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich, who is producing the show.
Many stars are rumored to be in attendance including Jackson's longtime friends Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, and Paul McCartney, who is also rumored to be performing. A number of television networks have confirmed their intention to air the Staples Center hosted memorial, including ABC, CNN, E!, Fox News, and MSNBC. E! will broadcast the ceremony, slated to take place at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, on its website as will CNN via CNN Live.
For more information on Tuesday's broadcast schedule and websites that will be streaming the memorial service, click here.
After a long, long wait, it's finally here!
Courtesy of ShockTillYouDrop.com, check out the just-released red band trailer (above) for Megan Fox's upcoming dark comedy, Jennifer's Body, written by Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) and directed by Karyn Kusama. Mamma Mia's Amanda Seyfried and O.C. alum Adam Brody also star.
The film follows Jennifer (Fox), a mean-girl cheerleader possessed by a demon who begins feeding off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. It is then up to her “plain Jane” best friend Needy (Seyfried) to kill Jennifer, escape from a correctional facility and go after lead singer Nikolai (Brody) and his Satan-worshiping rock band responsible for the transformation.
Jennifer's Body is scheduled to impact theaters on September 18, 2009.
Director Kusama, Cody, and producer Jason Reitman have sent out a message regarding the trailer:
“Fox is putting a trailer of Jennifer's Body in front of Bruno this Friday. Great, right? Only problem is it's not our trailer. It's kind of a straight horror preview and while we're sure it'll appeal to many of you, we wanted to make sure you guys got to see our cut... Lets call it the “filmmaker's cut”. We think it captures the comedy and scares of the horror films we grew up on―a kind of nostalgia for when horror films were fun. Can't wait to show you the whole film... In the meantime, here's the red band trailer we wanted our fans to see.”
We concur, horror movies are no fun anymore.
FYI - You have to insert your age to view the trailer!
3 search warrants executed in Jackson investigation
Continuing her I Am tour in Atlanta, Georgia, superstar Beyoncé pays tribute to her idol, the late Michael Jackson.
Closing the singer's set on Wednesday night (July 1), the music during the 27-year-old's “Halo” performance suddenly paused, and the screen displayed a home movie taken of Beyoncé at just 5-years-old, chattering about attending a Michael Jackson show later that night.
Knowles then said, “That night I saw my hero perform for the first time. When I left the show, I said mommy, I wanna be just like him. We miss you, we love you, and we thank you for all the memories, Michael Jackson.” An iconic photo of Jackson in profile appeared on the screen as the music resumed and Beyoncé poured out a new chorus to the song, sinking to her knees and singing, “Michael I can see your halo, I pray it won't fade away.”
This was incredibly moving.
Stream Beyoncé's stunning tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson (above)!
On Saturday night (July 4), the reigning Queen of Pop paid her respects to the late King of Pop with a musical tribute.
Performing at the 02 Arena in London, where Michael Jackson was set to stage his This Is It series of concerts beginning Monday, July 13, as Madonna sang her hit song “Holiday” during her Sticky and Sweet tour, a Jackson impersonator took to the stage, sporting a sequin-embellished jacket, white glove, white socks, and a white T-shirt, as an image of a young Jackson was projected in the background.
The impersonator then moonwalked to Michael's smash “Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'.”
After Madonna shouted, “Let's give it up for one of the greatest artists the world has ever known, Michael Jackson. Long live the king!” She and her dancers donned jeweled gloves on their right hands to honor Jackson in their last dance.
Check out Madonna's tribute to Michael (above)!
During one of her recent shows, “Poker Face” songstress Lady GaGa describes (in detail) the feeling she gets when amongst a slew of roaring fans!
Oh, how we love her wacky ways. Check it out (above)!
Also, click here to scope out Ms. GaGa and Kanye West's full Fall tour date list for their upcoming co-headlining tour, which has just been unveiled. We predict some scorching shows!
AnnaLynne McCord lets her hair down as she celebrates the Fourth Of July at the AXE Lounge on Saturday night in Southampton, New York.
Rocking her trademark curls, the 21-year-old 90210 actress posed for photographers in a zip front denim dress. McCord completed her look with René Caovilla heels and a simple black clutch. Accompanying AnnaLynne was her 90210 costar Kellan Lutz; most famous for portraying Emmett Cullen in the Twilight series.
McCord recently shed some light on 90210's ever-changing story arcs, saying: “Well, I was pretty confused for most of the year! I didn’t know what was going on! (laughs) It was back and forth, I kind of like the fact that everyday it was a new kind of something, I’m the type that gets a little ADD and I need constant stimulation, and they definitely do that on the show! I had a lot of fun with it.”
90210 kicks off its sophomore season on Tuesday, September 8 @ 8 p.m. on the CW network, followed by the series premiere of the new Melrose Place @ 9 p.m.
Snapshots of AnnaLynne McCord's Fourth Of July AXE celebration (below):
Who has the best selling song of mid-2009??? Who has the best selling album of mid-2009???
Click here to check out the Top 10 of both categories!
FYI - this list made us realize (more than ever) the current state music is in.
Sigh.
Our adoration for Ms. Taylor Swift has just shot up a few levels!
The 19-year-old country cutie has only gone and covered one of our favorite songs ever: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' late ’70s hit “American Girl.”
And, it doesn't suck.
Normally we don't enjoy others tampering with the classics, but this gets a thumbs up from us. Swift's live cover works surprisingly well; injecting a more country element to the mix whilst still maintaining the feel of the original, the “Love Story” songbird takes the track and makes it her own. Although nothing beats Petty's, this is definitely one of the better covers we've heard.
Check out Taylor's sweet “American Girl” cover (below):
Check out the recently-released trailer (above) for the upcoming vampire flick Daybreakers, written and directed by Peter and Michael Spierig.
See synopsis (below):
Set in 2019, a plague transforms the world's population into vampires. With fewer humans to provide blood, the vampires seek to farm the remaining humans and to find a way to continue their existence. A secret team of vampires uncover a way that would rescue the human race.
We haven't seen a really great, grisly vampire movie in a long while. Let's hope this holds up.
Also starring Transformers breakout star Isabel Lucas and Willem Dafoe, Daybreakers is scheduled to impact theaters on January 8, 2010.
With her Cobra Starship collaboration “Good Girls Go Bad” on its way to becoming a hit, Leighton Meester's much talked about musical venture is looking to be a successful one.
Just moments ago, a new track entitled “Body Control” from the Gossip Girl starlet managed to leak online. You can check it out by streaming above!
We'll admit, when news broke that Meester was working on a debut album, we gave the infamous “actress turned singer” eye-roll. Why? Why, oh why, Blair Waldorf? Can't you just stick to roaming the streets of the Upper East Side, looking fashionably beautiful while doing so? Then we heard the 23-year-old's cover of Kim Carnes' “Bette Davis Eyes,” and ultimately retracted said eye-roll. It's true. And by the time both “Birthday” and “Good Girls Go Bad” had surfaced, we were already online looking for an official album release date.
Now, “Body Control.” We like it. The retro spacey cut is a gleaming disco ball of electropop infectiousness, but we do have one qualm: auto enhancement. There's such a thing as too much synthesizer, and it couldn't be more evident here. Yes, the music is dance pop; synthesizers are pretty much inevitable, but the problem is, the overkill going on here is drowning out the very purpose of the track: Leighton. We want to hear Leighton Meester sing, not the computer.
You see, this is the very problem that puts a damper on live performing. Sure, swimming in the keyboard sounds is all well and good on track, but when it comes to projecting the material live on stage, you're on your own; which then often times forces the singer to use playback (and you know how much we hate playback).
We're hoping Meester's next cut to leak is more mellow-driven, because, although we're enjoying the material so far, she has yet to prove she can actually sing.
Leighton Meester's hotly-anticipated debut album is scheduled to drop in the fall, via Universal Republic. If you missed out earlier in the week, click here to check out the “Good Girls Go Bad” music video.
We're loving, loving, loving this!
Check out (above) a behind-the-scenes look at Vanity Fair's “42nd Street” themed photo shoot for their upcoming August issue.
Captured by photographer Norman Jean Roy, O.C. alum Willa Holland, Emma Stone, Rashida Jones, and Krysten Ritter are among the many featured.
Have fun and stay safe, bbs!
xoxoxo.
Rumer Willis, the eldest daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, is set to invade the world's most famous zip code, according to new reports.
The 20-year-old actress will play a “punky lesbian named Gia” in the upcoming sophomore season of the CW's 90210 reboot. Willis' character will reportedly appear in one episode and will work at the school paper, the Blaze News, alongside Navid (Michael Steger), Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes), and Silver (Jessica Stroup).
An insider tells Access Hollywood, “Gia is a punky, cute lesbian who isn't afraid to speak her mind.”
We do enjoy the new 90210... but one thing it's in dire need of is diversity amongst its characters. This is a step in the right direction; even if it is only for one episode.
90210 kicks off its second run on Tuesday, September 8 @ 8 p.m. on the CW.
You can catch Rumer in the forthcoming horror flick Sorority Row, a remake of the 1983 slasher of the same name, impacting theaters on September 11. The Stewart Hendler-directed flick also stars Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung, Audrina Patridge, 90210's Matt Lanter (aka Liam), and a cameo from the one and only Carrie Fisher! If you missed out the first time, check out the official movie trailer (below):
