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Lady Gaga, Usher, Bono To Celebrate Bill Clinton’s Charity Work At Hollywood Gig
Tue Sep 13 2011 by Robbie Daw
For the first time since they appeared (somewhat) together on the cover of Time's Most Influential People In The World issue last year, Lady Gaga and Bill Clinton are making headlines again. This time it's for a special Hollywood Bowl gig being staged to celebrate the work the William J. Clinton Foundation — an organization Clinton founded after his presidency — has done over the past decade.
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Bono And The Edge Cameo In ‘Spider-Man’ Musical Music Video “Rise Above”
Thu Jul 28 2011 by Becky Bain
A music video set to the Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark song "Rise Above" surfaced online today, and beside the fact that the sleepy clip lacks any truly exciting footage (Backstage rehearsals! Skyscrapers! Shadows! Zzzz!), isn't this all a little too late? The show has already been torn apart, and any heat this song could have gotten as a single would have already happened when the fellas performed it back in May during the American Idol finale. Plus, we've already moved onto Andrew Garfield's Spidey. Still, hey — a Broadway show released a music video! Take that, Book of Mormon.
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Haley Reinhart’s Original Song Got Booted Because Of Bono And Spider-Man
Wed Jun 1 2011 by Becky Bain
Poor Haley Reinhart! First, the fan favorite gets voted off American Idol right before the finals, then she gets mercilessly teased with the possibility of filling in for a laryngitis-stricken Lauren Alaina, and to top it off, her original song was shelved at the last minute due to the inclusion of Bono, The Edge and Reeve Carney's performance of "Rise Above" from the Spider-Man musical. "That was going to happen," she tells The Hollywood Reporter about debuting her original tune on the finale. "And then Bono came in and it was taken away." More »
How Much Did Daft Punk’s ‘87 Ferrari Sell For In That Japan Charity Auction, Anyway?
Tue Apr 26 2011 by Robbie Daw
EMI has issued a press release that features some results of its charity auction for Japan disaster relief, in which the label says over 200 artists participated by donating personal items and memorabilia. Altogether, the label says its roster helped raise $940,000 for the Red Cross to use in supporting those affected by last month's earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. Head below to see just how much Chris Martin's jacket, Katy Perry's cupcake trampoline (!!) and Daft Punk's 1987 Ferrari featured in Electroma went for.
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The Morning Mix: Can Bono Save The ‘Spider-Man’ Musical?
Thu Mar 10 2011 by Becky Bain
:: More Spider-Man drama: Director Julie Taymor is out, and Bono and U2 are back in to help make the show "more of a Broadway musical". Shouldn't they have done that the first time around? [Vulture]
:: The Top 13 Idols are living the high life — check out their Beverly Hills digs. Yowza. It's almost as big as Jennifer Lopez's shoe closet! [TMZ]
:: RIP Lilith Fair. Sarah McLachlan announces the end of her all-female music festival. [Pink Is The New Blog]
:: Jay-Z teamed up with charitybuzz.com to offer people the chance to bid on sitting next to him at a Knicks game. The opening bid was $8,500, so you can imagine just how much more will be raised for the opportunity to sit next to Hova while he ignores you and watches the game. [Hip-Hop Wired]
:: Ja Rule is going to jail for two years. At least we'll know where he is. [Rap-Up]
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The Morning Mix: Avril’s Angsty Tattoo
Mon May 24 2010 by Becky Bain
Did You Hear?
:: Avril Lavigne graces the cover of Inked magazine, where she reveals that she has the word "f***" tattooed on her ribcage. Anyone surprised? [Pop Eater]
:: Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle are rumored to be sleeping in separate beds, due to Kevin's snoring. How anything other than sweet, sweet music akin to the sound angels make while granting wishes could exit that boy's mouth we will never believe. [Celebuzz]
:: Rapper Wale is facing heat from the GLBTA community after canceling a gig at a Black Pride event in D.C. [Hip-Hop Wired]
:: We've got the #1 feud of 2010—Justin Bieber vs. a revolving door. [MTV Buzzworthy]
:: Bono is recuperating after having an emergency spinal cord surgery. Get well soon, Bono! U2 (along with the rest of the world) needs you back in good health! [Just Jared] More »
:: Avril Lavigne graces the cover of Inked magazine, where she reveals that she has the word "f***" tattooed on her ribcage. Anyone surprised? [Pop Eater]
:: Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle are rumored to be sleeping in separate beds, due to Kevin's snoring. How anything other than sweet, sweet music akin to the sound angels make while granting wishes could exit that boy's mouth we will never believe. [Celebuzz]
:: Rapper Wale is facing heat from the GLBTA community after canceling a gig at a Black Pride event in D.C. [Hip-Hop Wired]
:: We've got the #1 feud of 2010—Justin Bieber vs. a revolving door. [MTV Buzzworthy]
:: Bono is recuperating after having an emergency spinal cord surgery. Get well soon, Bono! U2 (along with the rest of the world) needs you back in good health! [Just Jared] More »
Berlin To Bono: “Tear Down This Wall… No, The One Your Show Just Forced The Building Of”
Thu Nov 5 2009 by Maura
As part of MTV’s Katy Perry-hosted celebration of the Berlin Wall’s destruction in the wall’s former home city this week, U2 will play a free show at the Brandenburg Gate later today. Freedom and free stuff! Yay! But with freedom comes responsibility, and those people who didn’t get their act together to get tickets for the gig—they, unsurprisingly, went pretty quickly—will have to watch on TV at home. They can’t even head down to the area near the Gate and try and hear the show… because a 12-foot fence draped with white sheets is being thrown up so ticketless people will have to stay at home and drive up the telecast’s ratings. More »
Bono: Ain’t That American
Mon Oct 19 2009 by Maura
You may have forgotten that U2 frontman Bono was a very occasional guest columnist for The New York Times—after all, it’s been nine months since his Gray Lady debut, and the missive published in yesterday’s Week In Review section was only his fourth under this arrangement. It’s about Barack Obama’s recently bestowed Nobel Peace Prize! And it opens with a reference to Bono getting in hot water with the FCC earlier this decade. More »
“Rolling Stone” Holds Senior Portrait Day For Bono And The Edge
Wed Sep 30 2009 by Maura
Never Let It Be Said That Bono Isn’t Up On Current Events
Fri Feb 27 2009 by Maura
Speaking on Radio One earlier today, U2 frontman… More »
