Does Ciara look so happy at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo because, as the 3am Girls allege, 50 Cent sent a chartered plane to Monaco filled with rose petals, teddy bears, and chocolates? Lord I hope not. I say she’s just a naturally happy girl. More pics from the show after the jump.
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Beyonce, who is winding down her successful world tour, wants more international success (a la Rihanna) with her next album, according to the British duo supposedly helping her with her new material. Think more “Umbrella” and less “Get Me Bodied.”
Freemasons star James Wiltshire says, “The album is going to be huge. It will rival anything the likes of Britney and Rihanna have done recently. Beyonce and her team can see where mistakes were made on the last album. It was very American, very R+B and stripped back. “They want to go for a more international sound this time. She wants to hit as many audiences as possible.”
I think this Wiltshire character sort of lost all credibility when he threw Britney into that comparison. How hard is it to rival the stuff she’s done recently. But if this is true, bummer. I vastly prefer Beyonce’s music to Rihanna’s (although I might like Rihanna’s better if Beyonce was the one singing).
• Rihanna seen making out with Josh Hartnett? I see it more than that Shia LaBeouf thing. []
• Twice, Foxy Brown has refused to get on the correction department bus that’s supposed to transport her from Rikers to the Brooklyn courthouse. Just because. [SP]
• Usher and Tameka get some good PR from Essence. []
• Whatever, you know Oprah has someone carrying her bags for her. [Jossip]
• With the proceeds from her monstrously successful album, from which she keeps pulling singles to make videos for, Fergie should get Will.i.am some teeth-whitening. [CL]
• Have a fear of needles, Jamie? [MG]
• Oh, the young R&B divas. Always biting each other’s style. []
• R. Kelly is going on tour, his trial be damned. Real talk! [MTV]
• How BET’s controversial “Read A Book” skit came to life. [King]
• VH1 is quickly becoming the blackest network on television, for better or worse. [SOHH]
• El DeBarge is officially planning a comeback, but he might want to iron out those legal issues first. [SP]
• MTV Arabia will probably only find about 3 percent of most of the programming on MTV USA appropriate for broadcast. [AHH]
• For the Lauren London and Chris Brown fans out there. []
• Oh, please Ne-Yo. [TMZ]
• One reason why Rihanna and Shia LaBeouf should always use protection. [INO]
• Clearly, Jay-Z is really feeling the American Gangster angle. [C&D]
• Kind of like what Casper the Friendly Ghost would look like if he had a black wig and 12 nose jobs. [MG]
• Rihanna’s taking lessons at the Beyonce School of Oversaturation. [PH]
• Timbaland wants a showdown with Dr. Dre, if Detox ever actually comes out. [SP]
• Nineteen thousand dead insurgents. More than 3,000 dead troops. Twenty-seven thousand troops wounded. The Iraq War? Priceless. []
Sometimes trademark hats are cute (not to mention necessary) — think LL Cool J and Common. But Ne-Yo’s just annoys me, the way it’s always cocked over one eye. How often do you think he trips because his equilibrium is thrown off?
• I don’t see boob job, I see well-placed “cutlets” and Hollywood Tape. But that’s me. [SOHH]
• The other woman speaks! And its quickly apparent that no matter how nice or well-spoken she is, she’s still pretty much an ass hole who had a baby with another woman’s man. [SR]
• Please don’t say Remy Ma was actually the inspiration for this look. [C&D]
• Try to resist the urge to get up and do it when you think no one’s looking. []
• DMC changed his name recently from Devastating Mic Controller to Deliver My Children. It’s for a good cause, but it makes him sound a little like he’s in need of an ob-gyn, right? [AHH]
Upon the completion of last night’s disaster of an award show, my first thought was that it’s going to be uglier than Britney’s extensions at the MTV offices today. I foresee heads rolling. My second thought was to rewatch Britney Spear’s performance, but I realized I couldn’t. It was that bad, for those of you lucky enough to miss it. The woman who used to bring the house down, couldn’t even lip-synch properly, had serious trouble standing still, let alone dancing, and pretty much put on the most listless, embarrassing, shoddy performance in VMA history. I’m sure there was some sort of sedative and/or alcohol involved. Anyway, it’s rough watching a career terminate before your very eyes. Don’t think I can do it again any time soon.
And the new format, with the main stage and all the little parties in other rooms, was confusing and annoying, even though it allowed for more performances. The whole thing was sloppy and unorganized. My highlights and lowlights, plus pics galore after the jump.
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• Oh really, Rihanna? [BF]
• Obama-kahs, special yarmulkes emblazoned with “Obama ‘08″ are now being sold by a group called Jews for Obama. Now that’s just excessive. [TS]
• I would commend Akon for how seamlessly he is able to jump from discussing his wife to his “booty calls,” if he wasn’t so incredibly disgusting. []
• Celebrity Rap Superstar: apparently more entertaining that I gave it credit for. [SOHH]
• If I didn’t loathe Michael Vick, I might fear for his safety. People out here love their dogs. [EUR]
