Britney Spears jokingly ties the knot with long time friend
The new year got off to a harmonizing start with the announcement of one of the juiciest story lines of the barely christened new year. It seems that the joke went too far for pop diva Britney Spears who this past weekend got married (yep it's not a type o - married) to her long time friend Jason Alexander (no he's not the actor from Steinfeld either).
Britney and Jason who's from her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana. did the dirty deed over the weekend at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, NA famous for celebrity weddings such as basketball legend Michael Jordan and the super fine Tera Patrick (the world knows her as Carmen Electra).
In a statement made to the press today the lawyer for the now divorced pop star David Chesnoff said ''it was a joke gone too far. Seriously she decided she didn't want to get married I think they decided that it they didn't address it as carefully as they should of done and after discussing and evaluating it between them they decided that marriage was not for them''.
The 22 year old princess of Pop is gearing up to go on tour in March in support of her new album 'In the Zone' released last November. I'm sure this one won't die down any time soon as spin-offs to it will evolve - stay tuned
- - Source: Feedroom.com
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Barbershop 2 to hit theaters/stores in spring
After the success of the original film the stars of Barbershop make a seasoned return in the sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business that will be opening in cheaters across the country this spring (Feb 6th to be exact).
Making a return appearance is clippers Ice Cube (Friday, All about the Benjamins), Cedric The Entertainer (The Steve Harvey Show), Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance), Eve and new to the cast is (a slimmer looking) Queen Latifah (Chicago).
The soundtrack features Mary J Blige (who duets with Eve on the lead off single - Not Today) Keyshia Col, Pharrell (of the Neptunes) plus classic tracks from The Isley Bros and the Godfather of Soul James Brown
- Source: REACTmag.com
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The biggest selling LP of 2003: 50 Cent
Not that it was any surprise to anyone but the biggest selling record of 2003 doesn't belong to any pop princess (or prince for that matter), or any boy band but would you believe one of rap most controversial star's protégé.
It was some year for 50 Cent. Not only did he clean up on most of the awards circuit but he also takes home top honors for the biggest selling LP of 2003 with sales certified and exceeded 6 million copied according to Sound Scan. The NY native debut album 'Get rich or Die Tryin' spawned monster hits for the newcomer including the club anthem 'In da Club' and 'Wanster' (aimed at fellow rap artist Ja Rule for the most part).
Coming in at No.2 is Atlanta's own Andre 2000 and Big Boi who is better known as the outfit Outkast. Their latest release their solo double sided set Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is certified platinum 4 times (and counting) and share a unique honor on the Billboard charts - they have the No.1 album in the country and they are No.1 and 2 on the Top 100 chart with Andre 2000 - Hey Ya and Big Boi - The Way you Move respectively.
- Source: Eonline.com
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B2K calls it quits - sites 'indifferences' as the reason
Barely less than a week old and already 2004 has seen it's first casualty in the music entertainment industry. It comes in the form of a major break up of one of R&B's most popular young groups. After being together for six years, the members of pop R&B group B2K have gone their separate ways. The group consisting of Omarion, Lil Fizz, J-Boog and Raz released three albums, a couple of EPs and a soundtrack all through Sony's Epic label and now look to go it alone. The reason reportedly being disagreements between each other.
The manager of the group, Chris Stokes will continue to manage Omarion under his management agency The Ultimate Group (T.U.G) while the three remaining members will be managed by CMX.
"We've had a great run together making hit songs, albums and now movies," quotes Stokes "The kids are growing up and are interested in pursing their own careers. I have enormous respect for each of them, and I wish them success in their pursuit of their individual careers. B2K was an extremely talented singing group that will surely be missed."
- Source - billboard.com