The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys performed at a benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims on Wednesday night.
The sold-out Madison Square Garden show was televised, streamed online and aired on radio all over the world. Producers said up to 2 billion people could experience the concert live as other acts including Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Chris Martin, Kanye West and Paul McCartney took the stage.
$30million was raised through ticket sales alone,
-- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band opened the show with "Land of Hope and Dreams" and " and Wrecking Ball." Jon Bon Jovi came out for a set with Bruce, including "Born to Run". Springsteen later returned the favor by joining Bon Jovi on "Who Says You Cant Go Home".
-- On piano: New York native Alicia Keys asked the audience to hold their cell phones high for her song, "No One".
-- Adam Sandler performed a rewrite of the "Hallelujah" with a new chorus: 'Sandy, screw ya, well get through ya, because were New Yawkers.'
-- The Rolling Stones ripped through "You've Got Me Rockin" and "Jumping Jack Flash".
-- Paul McCartney was part of a Nirvana reunion, performing a new song with that band's former members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic… before playing some of his own hits. McCartney kicked off with "Helter Skelter".
-- Billy Joel talked to the crowd about the resiliency of New Yorkers and then performed his signature "New York State of Mind".
-- Chris Martin sang Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" before being joined by Michael Stipe of R.E.M. for "Losing My Religion".
-- The Who weaved Sandy into their set, showing pictures of storm devastation on video screens during "Pinball Wizard". Pete Townshend made a quick revision to the lyrics of "Baba ORiley", changing 'teenage wasteland' to 'Sandy wasteland.'
-- Eric Clapton switched from acoustic to electric guitar and sang "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" and "Crossroads".
-- Kanye West told the audience that he had friends displaced by Sandy who were staying at his house, before getting the crowd swaying with a version of "Gold Digger".
-- Roger Waters played a set of Pink Floyd tunes-- joined by Eddie Vedder for "Comfortably Numb".
-- The final notes of Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind" (performed with Paul McCartney) brought the star-filled show to an end at 1:19 a.m. Thursday, nearly six hours after Bruce Springsteen opened the show.
Lindsay Lohan’s probation was officially revoked yesterday (Wednesday).
The actress was arraigned yesterday morning on charges that she lied to cops and drove recklessly when she crashed her Porsche last June in Santa Monica.
She wasn’t in court but the judge revoked Lindsay’s probation in the jewelry heist case.
The judge scheduled a hearing for January 15, 2013.
If the judge decides Lohan did indeed violate her probation, the actress faces up to 245 days in jail.
Lindsay Lohan is no longer following The Wanted's Max George on Twitter, after he called her a "groupie" in a recent interview.
He made the comment when a reporter asked if they were dating, and a bandmate jokingly added, "She is probably hiding in our suitcase right now!"
By the way, Lindsay was labeled as the band’s groupie by the media ever since she hopped on their tour bus.
If you believe In Touch magazine....
Lamar Odom has been caught cheating on his wife, Khloe Kardashian, with four different women.
During a Thanksgiving trip to New York without Khloe, a source close to the couple says he snuck two different women up to his hotel room.
The insider also claims that Lamar was spotted with a "short blonde girl" last weekend.
He was also later spotted in an alley with two thin brunettes in their late twenties.
TMZ posted of Miley Cyrus' fiance Liam Hemsworth hitting another guy in the face during a street fight early Sunday morning in Philadelphia.
Liam had just left a bar when he confronted a guy he thought had thrown a rock at him and his friend.
Liam punched the guy in the face as the guy is hanging on to Liam's leg.
Cops arrived but made no arrests. Liam took off with his friend.
Police say no one has filed a police report, yet.
Katt Williams is a wanted man again because a judge in Seattle issued a warrant for the comedian's arrest.
Williams didn't show for his arraignment yesterday (Wednesday) on assault, harassment, and obstruction charges stemming from his bar fight in Seattle on December 2nd.
His attorney was there and claimed his client didn't attend due to a “medical issue." But the judge didn’t like the excuse and immediately issued the bench warrant.
A member of Sarah Jessica Parker's entourage made the star miss her flight after she stole a pair of designer sunglasses at the airport in Oslo, Norway.
The “Sex And The City” actress and her party were boarding a flight to New York City when they were confronted by cops.
An airport shop owner claims a freelance make-up that was with Parker stole a pair of expensive sunglasses. A settlement was sorted on-the-spot and she had to pay a $1,400 fine.
But the incident caused them to miss the flight.... They had to take another flight to NYC.
Sir Ian McKellen's rep says the veteran actor does NOT have prostate cancer.
The Sun ran a story which it quoted “The Hobbit” star saying he’s had the cancer for six or seven years but it’s not spreading.
But his rep said he doesn’t have cancer and it was taken out of context and from an interview from years ago.
~~Actor, Steve Buscemi is 55 (Fargo; Reservoir Dogs; The Big Lebowski; Monsters, Inc.; Boardwalk Empire)
~~Actor/comedian/singer, Jamie Foxx is 45 (In Living Color, Roc's Crazy George, Jaime Foxx Show, Any Given Sunday, Bait, Breakin' The Rules, Collateral, Ray, Stealth, Jarhead, Miami Vice (2006), Dreamgirls, The Kingdom; Django Unchained)
~~Actress, Wendie Malick is 62 (Just Shoot Me; Hot in Cleveland; narrates depressing animal adoption commercials)
~~Veteran actor, Christopher Plummer is 83 (The Sound Of Music; A Beautiful Mind; The Insider; Up; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; many more)
~~Veteran actor, Dick Van Dyke is 87 (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Pantotime Quiz reg, The Dick Van Dyke Show, New Dick Van Dyke Show, Carol Burnett Show reg, Van Dyke & Company, Diagnosis Murder)
~~Reality 'star', NeNe Leakes is 45 (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
~~Radio host, former presidential candidate, Herman Cain is 67
~~Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve, is 59
~~Actress/host, Debbie Matenopoulos is 38
~~Host/actor/singer, John Davidson is 71 (Love, American Style; That's Incredible!, The (New) $25,000 Pyramid)
~~Actress Kathy Garver ("Family Affair") is 67. (Sweet November; The Princess Diaries)
~~Actor Johnny Whitaker ("Family Affair") is 53. (General Hospital)
~~Actor James Kyson Lee ("Heroes") is 37.
~~NFL coach, Rex Ryan (New York Jets) is 50
~~ESPN Play-by-Play Announcer, Mike Tirico is 46
MUSICALLY:
~~Country singer Taylor Swift is 23
~~Singer-guitarist Tom Delonge (of Angels and Airwaves and of Blink-182) is 37
~~Singer Amy Lee (of Evanescence) is 31.
~~Singer/guitarist/Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent is 64
~~Guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) is 64
~~Singer Morris Day (of The Time) is 56.
~~Guitarist Ron Getman (of The Tractors) is 64.
~~Country singer-guitarist Randy Owen (of Alabama) is 63.
~~Country singer John Anderson is 58.
~~Country singer Buck White (of The Whites) is 82.
~~Bassist John Munson (of Semisonic and of Twilight Hours) is 50
~~Guitarist, Berton Averre (The Knack) is 58
Beginning at midnight (today), new Federal Communications Commission rules bar television networks from blasting viewers with those excessively loud, screamy commercial breaks.
The rules were adopted a year ago, and they will require commercials to have the same average volume as the programs that feature them.
The FCC was prompted to action last year when Congress passed the "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act"—aka the CALM Act.
If you still find a commercial to be much louder than it should be, you can report it by calling 1-888-TELL-FCC:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Show— Hugh Jackman, Maria Sharapova, J.D. McPherson
Late Show with David Letterman—Jamie Foxx, Julie Chen, DIIV
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon— Martin Short, John Cena, Neal Brennan
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson— Howie Mandel, Olivia Williams
Last Call with Carson Daly--Dave Zirin, Bre Pettis, the Jezabels
ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'—Zachary Knighton, Dan Deacon
Today Show— TBA.
Good Morning America—Anthony Warlow and Lilla Crawford perform a number from ``Annie''; chef Emeril Lagasse.
CBS This Morning— TBA.
Live With Kelly and Michael— Don Johnson, Eddie Redmayne, Colbie Caillat
The View— Ashley Hebert & J.P. Rosenbaum, Rickie Lee Jones & Ben Harper
The Talk— Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu
The Ellen DeGeneres Show— Amanda Seyfried, Usher
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central—Kristen Stewart
THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy Central—Sister Simone Campbell, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Sean Lennon
Chelsea Lately — Amanda Seyfried, Brad Wollack, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Greg Fitzsimmons
CONAN, TBS — Damon Wayans Jr., Sheamus, Ryan Adams
A convicted killer in a New Mexico prison was planning to have Justin Bieber murdered -- and castrated!
Convicted murderer Dana Martin is serving two life sentences for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in 2000. He recruited a fellow inmate at prison named Mark Staake to kill Beiber once he was released.
Apparently, Martin is obsessed with Bieber and even has a tattoo of him on his leg.
The other guy (and his nephew) planned to kill Bieber in New York City last month when Bieber was performing at Madison Square Garden. The plan was to kidnap Bieber and his bodyguard and strangle them. The nephew was then going to castrate them.
But for some reason the inmate blew the whistle and police arrested his hitman.
The nephew made it to New York, but police arrested him before he could get anywhere near Bieber.
One Direction's Harry Styles has apparently told Taylor Swift that he has “never felt like this” about a girl before.
The 18-year-old singer is dating the 22-year-old country singer.
He has dated much older women in the past, but it seems his relationship with Taylor could be more serious.
One source said, “Harry has told her this is a big deal for him and that he has never felt like this about a girl before. He’s had loads of flings with other girls, but nobody has got to him like Taylor has.”
Britney Spears made $58 million over the past year, more than any other woman in the music industry. Her "Femme Fatale" album was certified platinum in the U.S. and her tour made up for most of the cash. Endorsements and a fragrance line added millions more.
Spears beat out Taylor Swift, who came in at No. 2 with $57 million. Taylor made most of her money on the road as well, making over $1 million per night. She also got big money from endorsements with CoverGirl and Sony and there's more cash on the way. Her latest album, "Red", sold 1.2 million units its opening week, the best debut by any artist since 2002.
Rihanna was third with $53 million. Along with touring money and her hits, she cashed in on endorsements with Vita Coco and Nivea, as well as her fragrance Reb'l Fleur.
No. 4 was Lady Gaga with $52 million and Katy Perry rounded out the top five with $45 million.
Other ladies on the list included Madonna with $30 million, Beyoncé with $40 million (she'll earn even more next year when her $50 million deal with Pepsi kicks in), and Nicki Minaj, who barely missed the top ten.
Ryan Seacrest's New Year's Eve party is getting better. Justin Bieber was added to the west coast party lineup on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," and PSY will take the stage in Times Square.
Other new additions to the west coast party include Jason Aldean, Greyson Chance, Ellie Goulding and the Wanted. They'll join previously announced Black Eyed Peas member Fergie, Brandy, Flo Rida, Karmin, OneRepublic and Pitbull.
Over in New York, PSY is joining Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen and Neon Trees.
Fergie and Jenny McCarthy will host a two-hour tribute to Dick Clark starting at 8 p.m.
Rihanna's "We Found Love" was the most played song on the American radio airwaves this past year.
Flo Rida finished in second place with "Good Feeling".
Both Flo and Rhi Rhi showed up twice on the list. Other acts appearing twice in the Top 20 included Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj.
Here are the 20 most played songs on US radio in the past year:
1. Rihanna and Calvin Harris - 'We Found Love'
2. Flo Rida - 'Good Feeling'
3. The Wanted - 'Glad You Came'
4. Ellie Goulding - 'Lights'
5. Gotye and Kimbra - 'Somebody That I Used To Know'
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Call Me Maybe'
7. fun. featuring Janelle Monae - 'We Are Young'
8. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa - 'Payphone'
9. Kelly Clarkson - 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)'
10. Nicki Minaj - 'Starships'
11. Flo Rida featuring Sia - 'Wild Ones'
12. Adele - 'Set Fire to the Rain'
13. Bruno Mars - 'It Will Rain'
14. One Direction - 'What Makes You Beautiful'
15. LMFAO - 'Sexy and I Know It'
16. Katy Perry - 'Wide Awake'
17. Jessie J - 'Domino'
18. David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj - 'Turn Me On'
19. Rihanna - 'Where Have You Been'
20. Katy Perry - 'The One That Got Away'
Norah Jones broke her silence after her father Ravi Shankar died on Tuesday and said he will be "greatly missed."
A post on her website said: "We were at his side when he passed away. We know that you all feel our loss with us, and we thank you for all of your prayers and good wishes through this difficult time. Although it is a time for sorrow and sadness, it is also a time for all of us to give thanks and to be grateful that we were able to have him as a part of our lives. His spirit and his legacy will live on forever in our hearts and in his music. My dad's music touched millions of people. He will be greatly missed by me and music lovers everywhere."
Police arrested a Canadian hacker who stole nude images from Carly Rae Jepsen's computer and tried to sell them.
According to TMZ, police got a tip about the stolen photos from Carly's camp back in March and had been investigating it since. The hacker eventually turned himself in.
The 25-year-old will be in court January 4th.
Bruno Mars is at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as "Locked Out of Heaven" moved up a spot. The song took down Rihanna's "Diamonds" after three weeks on top. The track sold 197,000 downloads.
"Diamonds" fell to No. 2 with 143,000 downloads sold.
Ke$ha's "Die Young" held at No. 3, The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" moved up 5-4 and Maroon 5's "One More Night" dropped 4-5.
Taylor Swift dropped back into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart with "Red". The set sold 167,000 copies.
Wiz Khalifa's "O.N.I.F.C." debuted at No. 2 with 141,000 copies sold.
Rod Stewart's "Merry Christmas, Baby," held at No. 3, One Direction's "Take Me Home" stayed at No. 4 and Michael Buble's "Christmas" moved up7-5.
