Rihanna got yet another tattoo over the weekend. Spoiler alert: It’s not of Chris Brown . Or Drake. The singer, who has at least 16 other tattoos, got inked up on her ankle. That’s a falcon of some kind, which she explained in the following Tweet: “Falcon: a light that always shines in the darkness! Never close their eyes during sleep,” Rihanna wrote about her newest, permanent work of body art. Among Rihanna’s many other tattoos: A cross on her neck A gun on her ribcage Various stars here and there Music notes on both of her feet The word “Love” on her finger She also had a thug life tattoo at one point, though it looks like that may have been one of those temporary things. Probably for the best on that one.
He has proven himself in the acting world, the publishing world and, oh yes, the music world. But Justin Bieber continues to impress, conquering yet another discipline this week by officially graduating from high school. “I just finished,” Bieber tells Great Britain’s The Daily Telegraph . “I passed my test — I’m free! It was hard doing school and work every day.” Why would a 19-year old millionaire even need his high school diploma? “That was something my mom really wanted me to do, so I had to do it for her,” he said. “I mean, this kind of lifestyle has given me a different perspective on life. I’ve been able to travel the world. At school, usually you have to do a lot of writing and reading. I’m really not into that stuff. I like to be out there.” And out there he clearly has been, traveling the world, coming up with new business ventures. The latest, the fragrance “Someday,” will serve as a means of charity: for every bottle sold in Australia, $2 of the proceeds will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. “I’m so blessed to be in this position,” Justin says. “With everything I do, I try to give back.”
It may not be Friday, but Rebecca Black has come out with a new single. The controversial teenager – best known for what many consider to the worst track in the history of recorded music – will be all over the news again this week because her latest song, “Sing It,” gets released tomorrow on iTunes. That familiar voice/It speaks to me/Tells me everything is gonna be ok/It’s meant to, meant to be… Sun is out/ And the darkness fades/Got my headphones on and I’m under/In a dream but I’m wide awake , sings Black over the course of verses that actually don NOT sound overly auto-tuned. What do you think of “Sing It?” Listen now and decide: Rebecca Black – “Sing It”
Reformed British rockers are ‘honoured’ to serve as openers on European leg of Gaga’s tour, which kicks off August 14 in Bulgaria. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: Joe Scarnici/ WireImage Perhaps looking for some actual Heavy Metal Lovers, Lady Gaga has tapped reunited British rockers the Darkness as the opening act on the first — though we’re willing to bet not last — leg of her Born This Way Ball, which kicks off August 14 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Darkness confirmed the news Tuesday morning (April 10) on their official site (which, in a very Darkness move, is called TheActualDarkness.com ), writing that they were “honoured [British spelling, extra classy] to announce their addition to the bill as main support for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball tour 2012.” The glammy, hammy rockers — best known for theatrical hits like “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” and “Growing on Me” — burned bright before imploding in 2006 , but announced a reunion (and plans for a new album) just last year. And as a way of kickstarting the next chapter of their career, frontman Justin Hawkins appeared in a well-received Samsung commercial that aired during Super Bowl XLV, in which he starred as a Spandex-clad pied piper who rescued folks from the monotony of everyday life. So, you know, it was basically a documentary. It’s not clear if the Darkness will serve as the opening act on all of Gaga’s Euro dates (a spokesperson for the band did not respond to MTV News’ request for comment by press time), but, thanks to the Mother Monster herself, we now know that there are European dates for the much-discussed BTW Ball. Gaga unveiled the first 21 shows early Tuesday morning on her Twitter account. After kicking off August 14 in Bulgaria, she’ll make stops in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Germany, France and the U.K. before wrapping October 6 in Barcelona. Related Videos MTV First: Lady Gaga
Gaga opens up about the Born This Way creative process in latest ‘Gagavision.’ By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga Photo: Tom Briglia/ WireImage This week’s “Gagavision” theme is “Music From Born This Way, ” as Gaga revealed more details about her May 23 album release. The video includes a possible preview to one of the album’s tracks, shots from her forthcoming HBO special and her thoughts on last week’s leak of her latest single, “Judas.” Perhaps a tease to one of the album’s tracks, the music for the “Gagavision” video includes a song that starts off with slow, dramatic church-organ keyboard notes as Gaga says, “My fans are my sunshine. They are the sunshine in the darkness of the arena. “Looking out into the darkness, I feel really fearless and strong and brave.” A montage of Gaga rehearsing and making phone calls and her fans holding up signs plays as the song’s synth tempo kicks in. Dressed like a space-age Cruella De Vil, Gaga heads off to do a promo. “The greatest challenge in writing Born This Way is I had to become confident and secure in myself,” she explained. “I had to leave my insecurity behind, whatever residual scars behind. I spent two years delving deep into my wombs; the blood transfusion.” The video even addresses the “Judas” leak that took place right before she released it to the masses on April 15. She likens it to a disembodiment, saying, “A slow death! Just put me out of my f—ing misery, just put that sh– out. They were tearing [the song] limb for limb. First it was the arm of the song, then the liver. … “I wrote it really quick,” she later says, while lounging fully clothed in an empty bathtub. “I mean, all of the songs on the album, to be completely candid, the creative process is approximately [a] 15-minutes process. It’s 15 minutes of vomiting my creative ideas in the forms of melodies, usually, or chord progressions and melodies and some sort of a theme, lyric idea. And then I spend days, weeks, months, years fine tuning. But the idea is, you honor your vomit.” The video ends with Gaga teasing her Monster Ball and the “polarizing” cover art for Born This Way . Fittingly, new teasers for her HBO special, which was taped at her Monster Ball shows at Madison Square Garden earlier this year, also hit the Net . The special airs May 7. In one promo, Gaga hits the streets of New York City dressed in a studded leather jacket and high platform (and heelless) ankle boots, as “Born This Way” plays in the background. It leads to shots of the madness at MSG leading up to the show, which is eventually teased in the clip. In the second, shorter preview, shots of her performance is teased while her new single, “Judas,” plays. Related Photos The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga Related Artists Lady Gaga
Leave it to Lady Gaga, no stranger to getting people talking as it is, to up the ante tenfold this weekend with a controversial new song about “Judas.” Told through the perspective of Mary Magdelene, the lyrics go like this: “In the most Biblical sense / I am beyond repentance / Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind / But in the cultural sense / I just speak in future tense / Judas kiss me if offensed / Or wear ear condom next time…” Okay then … Lady Gaga – Judas Gaga’s creative director, Laurieann Gibson, who is religious herself, says they made sure to not offend anyone. Here’s how she describes the song : “It was amazing to have that conversation about salvation, peace and the search for the truth in a room of non-believers and believers, to me, that was saying God is active in a big way. And the place that it came to is surreal.” “We don’t touch on things that we have no right touching upon, but the inspiration, the soul and idea that out of your oppression, your darkness, your Judas, you can come into the marvelous light. So it’s about the inspiration and to never give up.” In conclusion, she says Lady Gaga has “created a new Jerusalem.” Has she? Tell us: What do you think of Gaga’s “Judas”?
Filed under: Ozzy Osbourne , car crash , accident Ozzy Osbourne put his sick-ass Ferrari in mortal danger yesterday — TMZ has learned the Prince of Darkness rear-ended another car in L.A. … and then looked confused about it. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, it all went down yesterday morning –… Read more
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Dr. Laura is not alone in her fight for the right to say n!gger. After dropping the N-bomb 20 something times a Pastor at the Dove World Outreach Church rants about the racist double standard that prevents white people from using the word as freely as a black man on HBO'S Def Comedy Jam. The Pastor claims no matter how anyone spins it – it is a form of reverse racism to get mad when Whites say n!gger. But then he drops this gem of wisdom – “The standard that the Bible clearly tells us, Black is Black – White is White. What relationship can the Darkness have with Light? we cannot keep coming back and forth, right is right – wrong is wrong. Hold the Stadard” This Pastor's pants must be on the ground . . Cause his head is up his ass. But that's just my opinion, what do you think of this Churches use of the N-word, and does anyone else see a not so subtle message in this Bible quote added by: Stoneyroad
I hope you don't go to bed and have night terrors about this thing screaming at you while you're alone in the darkness. Because that would just be the worst . ( via ) Watch
