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Shakira’s new album She Wolf
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, also known as Shakira, is back in action with something wild. Her third studio album “She Wolf” will be launched on October 2nd and it’s set to bring a new side of her. She’s presenting a tight bond between art and artist, featuring jaw dropping torques vertebrae moves.
Featured in a golden cage, transforming from a wolf into a girl, paying tribute to King of Pop Michael Jackson and then hitting the dance floor with other dancers. Shakira is doing all, not leaving any stone unturned. It seems for Shakira even excess is also not enough. That’s why the Colombian beauty always comes with bomb blasting performance. Be it dancing moves, lyrics or the gorgeous herself.The song is less experimental sound-wise than the previous single, but the demos portray it as an up-tempo, nostalgic ballad. The catchy club-esque track is filled with self-examination and new-found strength.
Source: momento24.com
Michael Jackson buried tonight in hidden monument
GLENDALE, Calif.–Michael Jackson will finally be buried this evening in a private ceremony that will be a stark contrast to a life played out on a world stage, with headlines screaming his every move and frenzy following his footsteps.
His death, memorial and investigation amplified the delirium and prolonged the anguish of family and fans. Ten weeks after he died June 25, he is scheduled to be interred in what will be a hidden monument in a mausoleum made of marble and mortar.
There will be only silence. No marquees, no spotlights, no paparazzi.
His burial was delayed by police and coroner investigations, which concluded his death was a homicide. Investigators focused on sleep medications and other drugs administered to the pop singer at his Los Angeles mansion. No charges have been laid.
The funeral was eventually scheduled for Aug. 29, which would have been Jackson’s 51th birthday, but it was delayed until today at the request of some family members who did not want to mark his birthday that way.
Jeryll Cohen, an attorney for the administrators of Jackson’s estate, said his debt-ridden estate has enough cash to pay for the funeral and a judge authorized the payment after a hearing yesterday.
“The expenses are extraordinary, however, Michael Jackson was extraordinary,” Cohen said.
Few details about the service have been disclosed. Cohen told the judge that part of the reason it will be so expensive is because 12 burial spaces are being bought.
Jackson is scheduled to be interred in a mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale, which is about 13 kilometres north of downtown Los Angeles. He will be placed in the Great Mausoleum, where he’ll join Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields and Red Skelton.
Cemetery websites and blogs have been buzzing ever since Jackson’s family announced the Forest Lawn plan. Hits to Lisa Burk’s blog at
www.gravehunting.com have gone through the roof, she said. Interest in him “blows everything else out of the water because he was so internationally known.”
Jackson’s burial will not stop the tributes, however. Oprah Winfrey’s Sept. 16 show will be dedicated to Jackson and will feature “never-before-revealed personal details” from her 1993 interview with him.
Source: thestar.com
Michael Jackson Dies
We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.
Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.
We’re told one of the staff members at Jackson’s home called 911.
La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.
Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince “Blanket” Michael Jackson II.
Source: TMZ
Michael Jackson Rushed To Hospital From His Home
Source: hollywood.tv
Pink Floyd to sue EMI over royalty payments
Rockers Pink Floyd are planning to take legal action against their record label EMI over pending royalty payments. The ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ hitmaker band will be suing the label because it miscalculated royalties owed to them from their back catalogue, reports The Daily Star.
The band, which has been in collaboration with the label since 1967, is seeking undisclosed damages. Meanwhile Pink Floyd is also a member of a body called ‘Featured Artists Coalition,’ which demands more power for the artists.
Source:entertainment.oneindia.in
Jour de la Terre | Earth Day Canada
Fondé en 1991, avec l’appui du programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement, Projets Saint-Laurent (PSL), anciennement la Corporation Saint-Laurent, est un organisme à but non lucratif (OBNL). L’organisme a pour mission d’accompagner les individus et les institutions dans leur volonté d’améliorer leurs comportements environnementaux. En 1995, PSL se voyait octroyer la mission d’organiser le volet québécois du plus grand événement participatif en environnement au monde : le Jour de la Terre (22 avril).
À travers la réalisation de ses activités culturelles et éducatives de sensibilisation et de participation à l’amélioration de l’environnement, PSL a démontré sa capacité à gérer d’importants événements impliquant de multiples partenaires et intervenants des secteurs publics et privés, bénévoles, équipes de travail, artistes, etc.
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Earth Day Canada (EDC) is a national environmental communications organization mandated to improve the state of the environment by empowering Canadians to achieve local solutions. Since 1991, EDC has been coordinating Earth Day/Earth Month events, and creating successful community programs and award-winning artistic and media projects.
Earth Day Canada was a recent winner of the top environmental education award in North America for its innovative programs and educational resources. The “Outstanding Service to Environmental Education by an Organization” award was presented to EDC by the Washington-based North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), the world’s largest association of environmental educators, with members in over 55 countries.
EDC was selected by the NAAEE judging panel based on its “visible contributions in environmental education, dedicated service in the field of environmental education, and excellence in reporting environmental issues for the purpose of educating the public, in print or electronic media.”
EDC is a registered charity, and the Canadian arm of Earth Day Network. With over 3,500 affiliated community-based organizations and 5,000 member organizations, EDC operates year-round to provide resources, user-friendly programs, and networking assistance to help Canadians help the Earth
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The Russian Hottie Who Says She’s Mel Gibson’s Mistress
Mel Gibson has his own $42 million ultra-traditionalist Catholic church near Malibu. And the “other women” behind his divorce? Well, the tabloids are still sifting through at least four ladies on three continents.
So far, the front-runner among his purported mistresses is Russian pop singer Oksana Pochepa, who has been telling the press she’s in a “serious” thing with the movie star. From The Sun:
We are different people, but Mel is a grown man and knows precisely what he wants and me too – I know what I want.
There’s also some unidentified brunette in Costa Rica Gibson was spotted hugging on the beach. The Mail reports that Gibson’s womanizing began spiraling out of control after he filmed Apocalypto in Mexico more than two years ago and was drinking heavily in Veracruz. The tabloid added that his wife, who Gibson once told the New Yorker was “a much better person than I am,” got tired of setting him straight.
Maybe Gibson’s congregation can pick up the slack. Its members would probably like some sort of explanation for his behavior, too. Especially the ones set to live in the houses his construction company is building “inside the walled grounds.”
Source: gawker.com
Carlos Santana inaugurate The Joint.
Legendary guitarist and singer Carlos Santana used his “Supernatural” ways to inaugurate The Joint, The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s brand new, state-of-the-art concert venue on Tuesday afternoon, and we’ve got the ribbon-cutting snapshots!
The event featured Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Randy Kwasniewski (President of Morgans Hotel Group, Las Vegas and President and COO of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino), John Meglen (President and co-CEO of AEG Live/Concerts West) and Patrick Berge (President of Sceno Plus).
The Joint Grand Opening celebration continues this weekend with concerts by Paul McCartney, The Killers and Avenged Sevenfold. And Santana will have his first-ever rock residency at the Las Vegas location. His “Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through the Hits” debuts May 27, running through 2010, and he told ET that the show is “a spiritual experience without religion.”
Source: etonline.com
Madonna Injured in Horse-Riding Accident
Madonna‘s spokesperson confirms to ET that the singer was injured after being thrown off a horse earlier today.
Madonna has just been released from Southampton Hospital with minor injuries and bruises.
The accident occurred when the horse Madonna was riding was startled by paparazzi who jumped out of the bushes to photograph the singer who was visiting friends on Eastern Long Island over the weekend. Madonna will be having further tests and continues to remain under observation by doctors.
Source: etonline.com
