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These 10 Songs Were Meant for Other Singers

Janet Jackson could have sung 'How Will I Know'

(Newser) - Can't picture anyone other than Whitney Houston singing "How Will I Know"? Well, Janet Jackson was offered the song first, reports Entertainment Tonight . Nine more songs that were originally intended for someone else:
  • Justin Timberlake's "Rock Your Body" was originally offered to Michael Jackson—as
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MacFarlane&#39;s Most Offensive Oscar Jokes
 MacFarlane's 
 Most Offensive 
 Oscar Jokes 
oscars 2013
Feb 25, 2013 3:35 AM CST

MacFarlane's Most Offensive Oscar Jokes

Boos, groans mixed with laughs for rookie host

(Newser) - Academy bosses must have known Seth MacFarlane would come to the Oscars armed with a few bad-taste jokes—and the Family Guy creator did not disappoint. Some of the rookie host's more controversial moments, as per Entertainment Weekly and the Huffington Post :
  • Django Unchained "is the story of
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Rihanna Bloodied in Bottle Attack

Enraged 'fan' strikes outside London nightclub

(Newser) - An angry man hurled a soda bottle at Rihanna outside a London nightclub last night and left her with a bloody knee, the New York Post reports. The attacker shouted something about her being back with Chris Brown before flinging the Lucozade bottle at the star, who fell on a...

Grammys: Not Bad, Not Great, Really Long


 Grammys: 
 Not Bad, 
 Not Great, 
 Really Long 
OPINION roundup
Feb 11, 2013 1:22 PM CST

Grammys: Not Bad, Not Great, Really Long

Reviewers split on last night's award show

(Newser) - It seems everyone can agree on one thing about the Grammys: As E! put it in the first line of its recap, "So, that was ... long." Beyond that, reviews for the three-and-a-half-hour ceremony (which included "more than 30 performers but only 11 trophy presentations," notes Chris...

Taylor Swift Opens the Grammys
 Top Grammy Wins 
 for Mumford, fun., Gotye 
grammys 2013
Feb 11, 2013 12:17 AM CST

Top Grammy Wins for Mumford, fun., Gotye

Plus, awards for Adele, Carrie Underwood, Jay-Z

(Newser) - It's the Grammy Awards, which, as we all know, are more about performances than actual awards—so the show opened, not at all surprisingly, with a performance by Taylor Swift. The music world's darling gave what appeared to be a circus/carnival/Alice in Wonderland-themed performance of "We Are...

Rihanna, Chris Brown Quite Cozy at the Grammys

Couple attends award show together

(Newser) - Four years ago, Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna on the eve of the 2009 Grammys. Tonight they're attending the award show together, and looking quite cozy while doing so, People points out, tweeting a picture of the couple . Our favorite tweet on the matter comes from Patrick Ryan : "Rihanna'...

Rihanna Accompanies Chris Brown to Court

Judge needs more time to rule on whether his probation will be revoked

(Newser) - Chris Brown is in hot water on allegations that he faked his community service , and TMZ reports that he showed up at court today to plead his case with a notable fellow celeb: Rihanna. It was, of course, his assault of her in 2009 that got him on probation to...

Rihanna: This Is Why I'm Back With Chris Brown

'Even if it's a mistake, it's my mistake'

(Newser) - No more being coy for Rihanna: The singer talks very specifically about getting back together with Chris Brown, less than four years after he assaulted her, in the latest issue of Rolling Stone . "I decided it was more important for me to be happy," she says. "I...

Rihanna, Chris Brown Take It Public

Maybe-celebrity couple gets cozy at Lakers game

(Newser) - So Rihanna and Chris Brown are just "best of friends" ? The "Diamonds" singer spent Christmas day getting cozy with Brown at an LA Lakers game and left chatting and holding hands with him, Huffington Post reports. She even followed by posting an Instagram photo of herself smoking...

6 Artists Tie for Most Grammy Nods

Nominees announced during live CBS special

(Newser) - The Grammy Awards celebrated the diversity of music as six different artists tied for lead nominee: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, and fun. Auerbach received five nominations as a member of the Keys and also is up for producer of the...

Chris Brown Deactivates Account After Twitter Brawl

Female comedian gets death threats

(Newser) - Chris Brown has deleted his Twitter account once again . This time, he took his toys and stormed off the social networking site following a heated, NSFW exchange yesterday with comedian Jenny Johnson (who has been doggedly and hilariously mocking Brown on Twitter since 2009, the Huffington Post notes). Johnson replied...

Things Heating Up Between Rihanna, Chris Brown?

She tweets shirtless pic of him in bed, they spend Thanksgiving together

(Newser) - Evidence keeps mounting that Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together, despite the fact that he insists they're just the "best of friends." Just last night, Rihanna tweeted a picture of a shirtless Chris Brown laying in bed, boxers on full display, TMZ reports. And they spent...

Chris Brown, Rihanna's New Duet: 'Nobodies Business'

Because grammar is for losers

(Newser) - Guess who Rihanna's collaborating with on her upcoming album, the appropriately-named Unapologetic? That's right, a certain ex-boyfriend who assaulted her: Chris Brown. Rihanna revealed the collaboration in a handwritten track list she tweeted yesterday, Us reports. The song title is pretty much what you'd expect: "Nobodies...

14 Crazy Celeb Appearance Fees
 14 Crazy Celeb 
 Appearance Fees 
$8m to do what?!
Oct 21, 2012 9:54 AM CDT

14 Crazy Celeb Appearance Fees

Rihanna gets paid how much to turn on Christmas lights?

(Newser) - Another reminder that you're not a celebrity : You don't get paid $8 million to switch on your Christmas lights. But that is how much Rihanna is reportedly getting paid to do just that at a London mall this holiday season. To be fair, she's giving a concert,...

10 Artists Who Turned Down Hit Songs

Just think, Janet could have had 'How Will I Know'

(Newser) - Sometimes celebrities aren't so lucky—as evidenced by these 10 musical artists who rejected songs that later turned into hits by someone else. From Celebuzz :
  • Leona Lewis recorded "We Found Love" before Rihanna, but didn't want to commit. "Mine's better," she says, although she
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Oprah OK With Rihanna and Brown, as Long as ...

... the abused singer helps Brown to 'help himself'

(Newser) - With opinions flying left and right about Rihanna's apparent reunion with Chris Brown, there's at least commentator keeping cool: Oprah. The iconic interviewer said she's not going to slam the 24-year-old "We Found Love" singer for hooking up with her violent ex, Us reports. "I...

Single Chris Brown: Is it Possible to Love 2 People?

Releases confessional video in wake of Karrueche Tran split

(Newser) - Chris Brown isn't exactly handling his break-up from Karrueche Tran in typical Hollywood fashion: Instead, he released a sort of confessional video last night, in which he mused about his love for, apparently, both Tran and Rihanna. "Is there such thing as loving two people?" Brown asks, as...

Brown Splits With Galpal as Rihanna Rumors Abound

It's over between Chris and Karrueche Tran

(Newser) - Rumors of a Chris Brown-Rihanna reunion have been building for months — years, even —but they've really started to ramp up this week. And, conveniently enough, Brown today confirmed it's over between him and girlfriend Karrueche Tran after one year together. "I have decided to be...

Chris Brown Tests Positive for Pot on Probation

He tells judge he smoked 'medical marijuana'

(Newser) - Chris Brown has tested positive for drugs while on probation for a 2009 felony conviction for assaulting former gal pal Rihanna. He failed a random drug test while doing community service in Virginia. He told a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom yesterday that he had smoked marijuana in California,...

'Abuse' Alerts Slapped on Chris Brown CDs

'Wildcat' stickers warn of singer's violent past

(Newser) - Can music fans get any angrier with Chris Brown? Now that he has tattooed what appears to many to be an image of a battered woman on his neck , people are attacking his CDs. "Abuse warning" stickers have been slapped on copies of Brown's latest album, Fortune, alerting...

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