Alicia Keys took to the piano to perform her new song, “Empire State Of Mind” on “The Colbert Report” last night and to say that it was hilarious would be an understatement.
The funny part happens when Stephen comes out in his hoodie and raps the part that Jay-Z sings. He changed the lyrics and it’s just too funny.
Check out the video:
The lyrics:
Yeah, I love New York, it’s the king of all the cities
I lived up by the Guggenheim till I got myself some kiddies
Moved to Connecticut, bye George Pataki
Volvo to the dry-cleaners pickin’ up my khakis
Now my shopping mall is closer, my community is gated
My shorties are all private school educated
Home theater system, 60-inch plasma
Clean suburban air much better for my asthma
Still hit the city, Times Square I keep it real
Hard Rock Cafe for their appetizer deal
M&Ms Store, Disney Store, I’m in heaven
I own this town from 41st to 47
Got tickets to The Lion King, that show is fantastic
Leave half an hour early so I can beat the traffic
I can get home really fast, driver rocks an EZ-Pass
To the land of cheaper gas and the upper middle class
Stephen Colbert is awesome, I just love him to pieces. And Alicia Keys is just brilliant. This video is full of so much win.
It is that time of the year already when AskMen.com release their annual list of the years hottest women, voted by readers and the staff over on the site. Now I don’t expect you to go through every single woman on their website because it took me forever, so I am going to split this up into two posts.
I will post 99-50 in this post and then 49-1 in the next post, some names will have pictures and some wont because, if I do all pictures you will be scrolling for the rest of the day… some that don’t have pictures will be in the thumbnails after the jump below, so lets get to it shall we?
99. Kate Winslet
98. January Jones
97. Tina Fey
96. Ana Ivanovic:
95. Elizabeth Banks
94. Sophie Monk
93. Emma Stone
92. Alicia Keys
91. Danica Patrick
90. Britney Spears:
89. Nadine Velazquez
88. Leona Lewis
87. Torrie Wilson
86. Leryn Franco:
85. Sarah Shahi
84. Carolyn Murphy
83. Maria Sharapova:
60. Aishwarya Rai
59. Blake Lively
58. Emily Blunt
57. Taylor Swift
56. Elisabeth Hasselbeck
55. Maria Menounos:
54. Leighton Meester:
53. Paz Vega:
52. Christina Hendricks:
51. Christina Applegate:
50. Beyonce:
So that is 99-50, like I said not all have pictures above but there will be some in the thumbnails section after the jump below and don’t forget numbers 49-1 will follow very soon.
Sparks, who is only 18 and about to start the biggest tour of her life, is suffering from “an acute vocal cord hemorrhage,” according to officials.
The reigning “American Idol” winner canceled a concert at Penn State scheduled for last night, an Earth Day show on the National Mall in Washington, DC set for today and – most importantly – the first night of the Alicia Keys tour where she is the opening act Saturday night.
“Because of the risk of permanent vocal cord damage, Sparks has been ordered to strict vocal rest and will not be able to perform anywhere until her condition improves,” said a spokesman for the arena at Penn State.
Sparks, her family and reps from her management team at 19 Entertainment could not be immediately reached for comment yesterday.
A medical Web site for the University of Pennsylvania described bleeding in the vocal cord as “a serious problem . . . caused when a person who has laryngitis uses their voice at the height of infection.
“Some severe cases may require laser microsurgery.”
The description of the problem as “acute” also indicates the injury may be severe.
That no one from her family or record label was returning calls yesterday to explain the extent of her problems did not help calm the fears of fans either.
Calls to “pray for Jordin” were all over the “Idol” sites yesterday.
The Playboy mansion must be experiencing some hard times. One of the members of the trio of girlfriends Hugh Hefner boasts is trying to reach out and touch someone. Kendra Wilkinson posted a rather cryptic message in her Myspace page.
words i need right now and u too!!!!!
Category: Life
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others, It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important, Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart Cling to that as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give Nothing is really over … until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect, It is the fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks, It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tightly, And the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t dismiss your Dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope. To be without hope is to be without purpose.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget where you’ve been, But also know where you’re going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored every step of the way.
Nothing like expressing yourself through Alicia Keys. Cheer up boo. You have an ass you can bounce quarters off of, you live in a mansion free of charge and full time servants who can bring you Colt 45 and Bagel Bites 24/7. Life can’t be that bad.
Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson — better known as Hugh Hefner’s trio of blonde girlfriends from E!’s “The Girls Next Door‘ reality series — will appear for the third time on the cover of Playboy.
“It kinda happened by accident,” Hefner told The Associated Press. “It was not the original plan. I knew we were overdue for a cover featuring the girls. For our annual sexiest celebrities list, we always get votes from readers on the Internet of who should be on the top of the list. Lo and behold, as the votes were coming in, we found the girls moving up higher and higher on the list.”
Madison, Marquardt and Wilkinson will be featured together in three different covers for the “25 Sexiest Celebrities” issue. In the newsstand edition cover image, out Feb. 8, the women are clad in glittery lingerie in front of a starry backdrop.
“To be perfectly frank, I have unexpectedly fallen in love,” Hefner said of his ongoing relationship with the three women. “It is the relationship with Holly that will probably last forever. The others will last for as long as they want it to last before going on with their careers and lives.”
Among the celebrities to make Playboy’s list are Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alicia Keys, Cameron Diaz, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. Hefner said the top three online celebrity vote-getters were Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba, with “The Girls Next Door” coming in fourth place.
“Yes, there was some favoritism involved,” Hefner joked. “I know them personally.”
source: ‘Girls Next Door’ get 3rd Playboy cover [yahoo news]
Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello-Cook, so it makes a little sense that she would mix it up a little in her professional life. But she almost mixed it the wrong way.
Initially, when Alicia was picking her stage name, she was flipping through the dictionary and landed on “wild”. She liked the ring of Alicia Wild, but her mom told her, “It sounds like you’re a stripper.”
So instead Alicia opted for Keys.
“It’s like the piano keys,” says Alicia, whose new disc, As I Am, just dropped. “And it can open so many doors.”
You never think about an artist’s stage name until you hear what might have been. Thank goodness Alicia’s mom was there to set her straight – Alicia Wild does work at the strip joint down the street. Alicia Keys is bit more classy.
Source: “Singer Alicia Keys Admits That’s Not Her Real Name “ [Us Weekly]
At last nights MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears wasn’t the only one making an ass out of herself. Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got into it after Kid Rock reportedly punched Tommy Lee in the face. Kid Rock says that Tommy Lee instigated the fight by taunting him, saying “I never hit nobody for nothing before. I told him to shut the f–k up.”
As MTV VJ Sway reported during the post-show telecast:
“Tommy Lee was sitting by Diddy. [Kid Rock] just walked up and decked him!”
According to an onlooker in the audience, “They had each other at the necks, they were practically strangling each other.” Another eyewitness saw Tommy Lee escorted out, “screaming the f-word over and over again.” He was taken out into main casino in front of thousands of fans.
Jamie Foxx added his two cents while presenting the Best New Artist award with Jennifer Garner. “Stop all of this white-on-white crime. Tommy Lee and Kid Rock fighting like black folks – it’s hilarious.” Foxx, added, “Who won? I was in the bathroom. Pamela Anderson has got a hard choice to make.”
Diddy wanted to get in on the fun too, and while he introduced the final performance he said, “I was supposed to be doing this with Kid Rock, but you know, we got to stop the violence. It’s not just hip-hop artists that fight.”
The police eventually came to Kid Rock’s hotel room and cited him for misdemeanor battery.
Seriously, Kid Rock? You choose the VMAs to punch Tommy Lee? It just kind of takes the hardcore out of the fight when you’re doing it in front of preteen fans who vote on Moon Men winners. I’m just sayin’.
What others are saying:
Mollygood says, “Still no word as to why the security team didn’t let the idiots kill each other.”
In Touch says, “Pamela Anderson’s two ex-husbands really don’t like each other.”
Celebrity Smack says, “And he didn’t open handed bitch slap him either, according to a witness, ‘Tommy got it pretty bad.’ Well yeah! Tommy Lee is a little scrawny dude and was probably wasted. That would be like kicking Keith Richards ass. It wouldn’t take much.”
celebitchy says, “Maybe that’s why tensions were high when Rock ran into Lee. Even if Lee hasn’t rekindled his relationship with the mother of his children, he still gets to see her often enough and I doubt she has much to do with Rock.”
Glitterati says, “How much do you want to bet they planned that to get a little attention for both of them? I mean, it’s not like you get into a relationship with Pam Anderson thinking you’ve got her attention always and forever, or that she’s never had a man before you.”
dlisted says, “Why didn’t MTV show this shit?! It would’ve been better than the crap they put onstage! Nothing says entertainment like two old has-beens duking it out.”
Best Week Ever says, “Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got kicked out of last night’s VMA Awards after getting into a fistfight over which one of them was the most irrelevant aging rocker in the room. Thank god Axl Rose wasn’t on hand, because there would have been an all-out riot.”
A Socialite’s Life says, “If Tommy Lee pressed those charges after starting shit, he is a sissy man. Tattoos and piercings and previous overdoses don’t make you a badass. Rednecks will school you. They will put down their can of Bud and their corncob pipe, whoop your ass, and then sit back down and resume listening to Toby Keith. Respect.”
Source: “Tommy Lee, Kid Rock Brawl at VMAs” [People]; “Rock Cited for Battery after Tommy Tussle” [TMZ]
Yeah!! …..here I am minding my own biz having a great time with my friend Criss Angel (magician) and watching the MTV awards in the front row saying hello to all my friends……Pamela comes and sits on my lap who I love and adore….and also say hello to my friend Travis Barker and his wife!…..and i get a text from another friend P. Diddy and he says come sit with me…..and he’s sitting with Miss HOT Megan FOX so I go over and sit with P! Not a minute later and Alicia Keys starts her amazing performance….(”I apologize sweetie…..I had nothing to do with the timing and disrespect”)……back to the stupid-ness!!….so….. I get a tap on the shoulder from Kid Pebble…I stand up and embrace him with a semi hug and say “Hey dude…What up”?? He punches me in the face…..well if ya wanna call it that!?….more like a bitch slap!…….Wuss!! Anyway….i go to knock this jealous country bumpkin the f$%k OUT….and before I can have a meeting with my fist and his ugly ass mug ….security guards… grab me and haul my ass outta the award show! So I’m fine and of course leave to my room with police and owner of the Palm’s George Maloof……the rest is paper work and bullshit!… Anyway…… I would like to apologize to Alicia and George and MTV for the disrespectful bullshit caused by a piece of shit called Kid Pebble!!
I don’t know what it is about Alicia Keys… but I find her to be one class act. I love her music and am looking forward to seeing her perform as an actress.
Sparks, who is only 18 and about to start the biggest tour of her life, is suffering from “an acute vocal cord hemorrhage,” according to officials.
“It kinda happened by accident,” Hefner told The Associated Press. “It was not the original plan. I knew we were overdue for a cover featuring the girls. For our annual sexiest celebrities list, we always get votes from readers on the Internet of who should be on the top of the list. Lo and behold, as the votes were coming in, we found the girls moving up higher and higher on the list.”
“It’s like the piano keys,” says Alicia, whose new disc, As I Am, just dropped. “And it can open so many doors.”
“Tommy Lee was sitting by Diddy. [Kid Rock] just walked up and decked him!”
