Beyonce 'Temps' us with latest movie role

 

Beyoncé is certainly a busy lady these days. With her singing gig going so well (scoring a number one single with 'Crazy in Love') and after getting a taste of the acting bug in the films Carmen - A Hip Hopera and last years Austin Powers - Goldmember, she's ready to struts her stuff in her latest role as a gospel singer in her latest film 'The Fighting Temptations'.

The sexy siren's new film features Oscar Winner Cuba Gooding Jr as her leading man who is a New York ad executive who has to assemble a gospel group in Georgia in order to claim a large inheritance. Beyoncé plays a nightclub singer recruited to join the choir. Singers Faith Evans, Montell Jordan, Angie Stone and one time disco diva Melba Moore are also in the cast and also contribute to the soundtrack as well.

And speaking of soundtracks, she duets on just about every song on there (well 8 of the 14 songs on there). The lead offf single will be the title track from the film featuring Missy Elliott, Free (from BET's 106 and Park) and my girl rapper MC Lyte. Here is the track listing for the soundtrack.

Beyoncé Knowles f/ Missy Elliott, Mc Lyte and Free - ' Fighting Temptation'
Destiny's Child - 'I Know'
Solange f/ Papa Reu - 'Don't Fight the Feelin'
Angie Stone and Eddie Levert f/ Walter Williams, Melba Moore, Montell Jordan, Zand and T-Bone - 'Rain Down'
T-Bone, Zane and Montell Jordan - 'To Da River'
Ann Nesby - 'I'm Getting Ready'
Shirley Caesar and Ann Nesby - 'The Stone'
Faith Evans - 'Heaven Knows'
Beyoncé Knowles - 'Fever'
Beyoncé Knowles and Bilal - 'Everything I Do'
O'Jays - 'Loves Me Like a Rock'
Beyoncé Knowles - 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'
Beyoncé Knowles - 'He Still Loves Me'
Beyoncé, Angie Stone and Melba Moore - 'Time to Come Home'
Beyoncé Knowles f/ P. Diddy - 'Summertime'

Source: billboard.com

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Mary J. Blige to perform at the MTV's Video Music Awards

Mary J. Blige has been tapped to join a list of heavyweight performers that already includes rapper 50 Cent, Good Charlotte, Coldplay and Christina Aguilera. Mary appears on the night with a nomination for her duet with Common on his "Come Close" video.

 

Her new album 'Love & Life' will hits stores next week (on August 26) with the lead off single 'Love at 1st Sight' is steadily climbing the Billboard Pop and R&B charts

Others who appear as presenters will be Nelly, Avril, DMX and Fallon join Pamela Anderson, Pharrell, Drew Barrymore, comedian Ben Stiller, Dave Navarro and Jason Biggs alongside P. Diddy, Ashanti, American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, Redman, Snoop Dogg, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and LeBron James.

The 2003 VMAs, hosted by Chris Rock, will be broadcast live on MTV at 8 p.m. ET. Immediately before the show, MTV News will serve up live pre-show coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Source: VH1.com

 

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Luther shows positive signs of recovery, regains 90% of his voice

 

Luther Vandross is giving fans the reason--the reason to believe. The Grammy-winning R&B balladeer, stricken in April by a stroke, is now talking and showing movement on his right side, reports say.

A spokeswoman for J Records, Vandross' label home, calls those two breakthroughs the "most exciting developments. Every day there's something new," the rep tells Rolling Stone.

Another sign of progress: The hit-maker, currently being cared for at an undisclosed rehab facility, is recognizing his own tunes on the radio, and sometimes singing along. Still, J Records' Lois Najarian, is careful not to overstate the challenges ahead for Vandross, telling the Associated Press she doesn't want to "give the impression that miracles are taking place and he's going to be up and singing right away."

The fact that he's singing at all, though, is why his business manager once described his progress as a "modern-day miracle." Vandross was found unconscious in his Manhattan apartment on April 16. In the ensuing touch-and-go weeks, the critically ill crooner battled pneumonia and endured a tracheotomy, all while in a coma.

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'Ready for the World is ready for a comeback

 

Remember the band Ready For The World - the group that made their mark with the Number One R&B dance floor hit 'Oh Sheila' in 1985 and the ballad 'Let Me Love You Down' has reunited to record and promote a new single, called 'Black-N-Mild'. The band is currently completing
work on a full-length CD, expected to be released in October on California-based Stoney Burke Recordings.

Ready For The World still features the same lineup, which includes lead singer Melvin Riley along with John Eaton on bass, Greg Potts on keyboards, Gordon Strozier on lead guitar, Willie Triplett, Jr. on percussion, and Gerald Valentine on drums. Signed to MCA, Ready For The World was rare in that it was one of the few new jack acts to actually play all their own instruments.

Known as much for their funky clothes and wild '80s hairstyles, the members of Ready For The World prided themselves on their musicianship, blending rock and funk with soul. Member Willie Triplett says that the new CD will reflect current R&B trends. He says, "We're staying with the times at least. I think we were pretty much in a class by ourselves in the beginning because there were not a lot of bands out at the time. At the present, we're making sure the music is up to date, and lyric-wise, we're on the mark."