Justin Bieber ready to fight photographer in Londan
Justin Bieber is having a bad week to say the least.
First, he was ridiculed by the London Press for being a troublemaker, and then caused a scene at a London club when one of his underage friends was not allowed into his 19th birthday party.
Then, Bieber passed out at his show last night and after finishing the last four songs was rushed to an area hospital where he was treated and released.
Last night was the season 2 debut of the U.S. version of Simon Cowells X Factor singing competition show, and one thing has become clear…
The producers and judges are looking for the next young Justin Bieber style breakout star.
And one contestant stood out from the crowd: 13-year-old Reed Deming.
13-year-old Reed Deming
In what looked almost scripted instead of spontaneous, Reed Deming began his X Factor audition by singing Bruno Mars “It Will Rain” but Simon stopped him and criticized his nerves.
Cowell let Deming try again with “Grenade” with a piano track that mysteriously just happened to be ready and queued up.
Reed Deming kind of looks like Bieber, sounds like him, and sings like him… But Deming seems to cringe at the very comparison to the pop singing sensation.
In fact, during the introduction in the following video, X Factor producers played Bieber’s “Boyfriend” as the background audio to reinforce how much they expect from Reed.
X Factor 2012 judges. Demi Lovato, Spears, Cowell, and Reid
For those who have been waiting for X Factor season 2 to debut in the USA – the wait is over.
The first show of the new season kicked off with a revamped panel of judges that included Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid, and Simon Cowell.
New judges Britney and Lovato
And of course producers would not let you forget that it was the X Factor who found and created the latest boy band sensation with “One Direction”.
As much as the U.S. seems to hate Simon, he actually seems to have gotten the message and has mellowed somewhat.
Yes, there were some expected awkward X Factor moments.
Like when the cross dressing male dressed in a wedding gown tried to sing his heart out, and when a 50 year-old tried to sing his original song about picking up young girls in bars called “Cotton Candy”.
Justin Bieber pulled over for speeding in Los Angeles - July 2012
Justin Bieber had another run in with cops on Friday (July 6th 2012) as he was caught speeding on the 101 Freeway in California.
Cops pulled Bieber over and gave him a speeding ticket for going 80 MPH – but there is more to this story… much more.
Bieber claims that he was being chased by a roving pack of paparazzi and he was only trying to “Out Run” them so they wouldn’t take his picture.
Okay, you’re driving a $150,000 chrome Fisker Karma with ultra-dark tint windows and you don’t want to draw attention to yourself? Every photog in L.A. knows that’s Bieber’s car.
Even in the heat of battle over health care reform, his reelection campaign, and turning grey – President Barack Obama still has that special swag for music.
The videos below show Mr. Obama singing Justin Bieber’s new hit single “Boyfriend” and Carly Rae Jepson’s hit “Call Me Maybe”.
You didn’t think we were serious did you? Anyway, we hope you got a laugh out of the videos.
Justin Bieber did, and he sent out a tweet to his millions of twitter followers sharing the video!
Justin Bieber in Paris just before leaving the stage sick
Wow, to say Justin Bieber has had a bad week so far is a huge understatement.
First he was accused by a photographer in Calabasas California of assault, then the Mayor of Oslo Norway declared a “State of Emergency” after thousands of Bieber’s fans got out of control before his show, and last night he ran into a glass wall in Paris and left the stage with a concussion and vomiting.
Friday night while Justin was onstage in Paris performing at his NRJ concert he ran into a glass wall and hit his head but returned to perform “Boyfriend” as if nothing had happened.
But in the middle of his performance Bieber began to slow down and it became clear something was wrong.
Just before collapsing to his knees you can see him getting confused, losing his spot in the song, and giving a little wince before running off the stage vomiting.
Once back stage, Bieber passed out and was unresponsive for about 20 seconds while his team tried to revive him.
In the video below you can see Bieber start to lose it at about the 2:40 point.
This year’s Coachella festival was bound to go down in history as one of the best ever. But one set blew away audiences and may very well start a new trend in live concert presentation technology.
Tupac Shakur
The amazing event at this year’s Coachella was the appearance of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, aka 2 Pac, as a virtual high definition hologram.
The Tupac hologram was introduced during a set by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg and was the brain child of audio visual company AV Concepts.
AV Concepts president Nick Smith told reporters that his company worked for months on every aspect of Tupac’s look, form, and style and says Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were key players in the project.
Watch Tupac Shakur Hologram Video at Coachella 2012
The technology used for this presentation is described as "Uncompressed high-definition video that can be projected as holograms or 3D imagery on building exteriors, interior walls, stage sets and other structures."
While Smith would not divulge to price tag of the hologram, most experts in the field say the high definition project would probably have cost between $100,000 and $500,000 to create and produce.
Amazing. And I’m sitting here addicted to Angry Birds and this kind of stuff is going on. I got to get out more.
Tupac died on September 13, 1996 after being shot in Las Vegas after attending a Mike Tyson fight. To date the rapper has sold over 75 million albums.
Shakur started his career as a band roadie and dancer but was also involved in movies like Bullet, Criminal Intent, Above the Rim, and Poetic Justice.
The amazing British boy band “One Direction” finally made their U.S. television debut Saturday night when they appeared as the musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”.
The show was hosted by “Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara, and not only did One Direction perform two songs but they also appeared in one of the comedy sketches.
One Direction members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson performed “That’s What Makes You Beautiful” and “One Thing”.
Watch One Direction perform “What Makes You Beautiful” on SNL
Watch One Direction Perform “One Thing” on Saturday Night Live
The guys also joined together in a comedy sketch called “The Manuel Ortiz Show” - a strange but funny take on late night talk shows in other countries. One Direction is seen toward the end of the sketch (you might want to fast forward) in full comedy makeup and acting goofy.
The boys also made another debut Saturday night when they appeared on the popular "iCarly" TV show. Not only did they perform on the show but they had to memorize tones of dialog and were in almost every scene.
"Having One Direction on set was really cool, we didn't really know what to expect from them, because we had heard that they didn't really have any acting experience because they have a lot of lines and are almost in every scene. So we were uncertain as to how well the shooting would go. But we were all very pleasantly surprised they did very, very well, especially Harry, because he had to pretend to be sick the whole time. ... It was cool, just seeing the five of us mesh with the five of them."
Well, now that the boys have been introduced to U.S. TV viewers we suspect their fame will only continue to skyrocket!
It goes without saying that Ryan Seacrest is one of the hardest working men in Hollywood and has amassed a career that spans radio, television, producing, and along the way has become a household name.
In fact, the Hollywood Reporter has named him the most powerful man in Reality TV today.
But change might be in the air for Seacrest.
Ryan appeared on the NBC “Today” show to chat with Matt Lauer and make a much anticipated, and hyped big announcement.
The big news turned out to be that Seacrest was joining the NBC family and his first project will be participating with the network for coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
But there may be more below the surface that has not been flushed out to the public yet.
Watch Matt and Ryan on the Today Show
E! Entertainment and Ryan have been working together for years and American Idol is on the FOX Network and now Ryan’s working with NBC/Comcast – awkward?
With Seacrest joining the NBC team some have speculated that Seacrest may take over the Today Show from Matt Lauer.
The two even joked about that conversation in the video above but we don’t see it happening anytime soon.
The big news now is what happens with Ryan’s upcoming contract negotiations with the executives at FOX and American Idol for next season. Will he say?
Seacrest says he is unable to comment on his contract with Idol but an announcement will be coming soon.
We suspect he can stay as long as he wants.
And in case you’re not aware, thirty-eight year old Seacrest is also the executive producer of the TV shows “Melissa and Tye”, “Shahs of Sunset”, “Food Revolution”, “Kourtney and Kim Take New York”, “Khloé and Lamar”, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”, “On-Air with Ryan Seacrest”, and just about every red carpet or awards show presented on the E! Network.
But for now we know he is not taking Matt Lauer’s job away and suspect he will remain on American Idol for as long as he wants.
Disney’s “Kickin It” star and Karate Master Leo Howard sat down with his friends at M Magazine last week for one of the cutest interviews we’ve ever seen!
Leo’s full interview will be available in the April issue but he did share an embarrassing moment while on set filming “Kickin It” with the Harlem Globe Trotters.
Leo says he was ecstatic that the first season of Kickin It was such a success that producers and the Disney Network immediately started work on the second season.
If you don’t know who Leo Howard is just check out a few of our links to learn all about him and see some videos of his awesome martial arts moves.
The following video is cool and shows a day in the life of Leo and includes an appearance by his mom, dad and martial arts instructor!
Howard says he loves to cook, and loves to kick - and he shows us in the video below some of his awesome pizza making skills.
Watch "A day in the life of Leo Howard" video
Fifteen year-old Leo Howard has already spent most of his early life in front of the cameras and on movie sets.
His first TV appearance was on an episode of “Monk” in 2005 and he quickly got a lead part in three movies during 2009 including "Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure", "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra", and "Shorts".
(Click any image for a full screen HD view)
Leo making pasta on his day off
Dr. Leo helping out at the local veterinarian office
Leo eating Pizza after making it himself!
Leo working on his karate and martial arts skills
Howard then moved to TV with roles on Children of the Corn, Leo Little's Big Show, and Zeke and Luther.
But his big break, and the role that made him famous was the movie “Logan” in 2010 and “Conan the Barbarian” in 2011.
Now that Leo is starring on Disney XD’s “Kickin It”, and has already appeared in 28 episodes, a new third season is already being scripted.
"Kickin It" has been one of Disney XD's highest rated TV shows ever and they are eager to keep it going as long as possible.
Justin Bieber getting slimed at the 2012 Kids Choice Awards
Last night was the 2012 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards and there was more green slime than any other previous award show.
Hosted by Will Smith, Bieber walked away with the coveted “Blimp” award for best male singer, and Nicki Minaj gave an impressive, but lip synched, performance dressed in, well, we’re not sure…
But the highlight of the night was a surprise last minute appearance by Justin Bieber – and did he get slimmed!
Watch Will Smith and Justin Bieber getting slimed!
Bieber went up on stage to talk to Will and was held down while both Smith and Bieber were slimed beyond belief.
Bieber is now back at work on his upcoming album “Believe” and just released his new single “Boyfriend” last week and it has already topped number one on iTunes.
Justin Bieber kicked off season 9 of MTV’s recharged “Punk’d” prank show Thursday night and showed us all why he is the master prankster!
The full season 9 episode one video is at the bottom of this post and the individual prank highlights are also below.
Bieber first went after his friend Taylor Swift by having her shoot off fireworks from a Malibu beach house. The fireworks accidentally landed on a boat where a wedding was taking place and the boat caught on fire ruining the wedding.
The participants swam ashore and were none too happy with Taylor, Bieber, and Ryan Good for causing the mishap.
Watch “On Fire” - Justin Bieber punks Taylor Swift
Bieber’s next prank was supposed to be on Fantasy Factory guru Rob Dyrdek but the prank fell apart when Dyrdek realized what was going on and called out a rat.
Watch – “We have a problem” punk with Bieber and Dyrdek
After Dyrdek foiled the initial prank he teamed with Bieber to re-punk Justin’s friend Sean Kingston.
The deal was Kingston was to meet with Justin and Rob at a swanky Hollywood restaurant to discuss a charity project when a couple at the table next to them started to argue. The women got up and left - only to return by driving her car into the restaurant!
Watch Sean Kingston getting Punk’d by Justin Bieber
Bieber’s final punk was on Miley Cyrus. This was probably the cutest one because Bieber turned the table on Miley and actually Punk’d HER instead of her punking him!
Miley arrived on location for what she thought was going to be a prank on Justin Bieber by having some tough guys badmouth the Bieb’s when he arrived at on office building.
But Bieber turned the tables by getting aggressive and beating up one of the guys and then disappeared. While Miley was freaking out, Bieber snuck around back to tell her “I can NEVER be Punk’d”. By the look on her face you can tell Cyrus was blown away and was not expecting it!
Watch Miley Cyrus getting Punk’d by Justin Bieber
We are really glad MTV decided to bring this show back.
Ashton Kutcher plays the role of Executive Producer so you don’t get to see him on screen but the music, format, and style of the new show is the same and we love it.
Watch Punk’d Season 9 Episode 1 - Full Episode
You can visit the MTV Punk’d website for promos of the upcoming shows and from what we see it looks like this is going to be a great season.
With his new single “Boyfriend” trending at #1 on iTunes, a new album “Believe” in the works, and a summer tour coming up – we think Bieber is hitting on all cylinders right now!
The world is in teen idol overload today as Justin Bieber’s new single “Boyfriend” hit iTunes after a long awaited build up.
As of this post, “Boyfriend” was number one on iTunes and will most likely stay there for many weeks.
What we found interesting was this behind the scenes video of Justin, Mike Posner, and the rest of Justin’s team behind the scenes in the studio as “Boyfriend” was being recorded.
We love seeing behind the scenes type videos and this one shows how tedious, and isolating, a recording session can be.
“Boyfriend” is the first single released off Bieber’s upcoming “Believe” album due out later this spring.
Within minutes of the songs release “#Boyfriend” was a worldwide trending topic on twitter in most countries around the world.
Kim Kardashian walks away after getting flour bombed
It’s not all love and glory in the world of celebrity Hollywood and high fashion.
Reality star Kim Kardashian was flour bombed by a woman while walking the red carpet in Los Angeles Thursday night.
Kardashian was at the event promoting her new perfume “True Reflection”.
The bombing run was caught on tape and you can see a humiliated Kardashian walking away from the crowd only to return minutes later all cleaned up and refreshed.
In an effort to bring as much attention as possible to the incident, Kim’s staff called the Fire department just to make sure the white powdery substance was not anthrax, cocaine, or something more sinister than plain old everyday flour.
"Kim was giving an interview when a young Asian ran from the press line onto the carpet and said something to her and dumped the flour over her head."
The woman tried to run away, but Kardashian's assistant held her down until security arrived to take her away.
Kim Kardashian covered in flour
A press release from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department later said Kardashian did not want to press charges but a non-criminal battery report was filed. The attacker was later released.
Sacha Baron Cohen prepares to dump ashes on Ryan Seacrest
While we think Sacha Baron Cohen is funny in his movies, we think he went too far last night at the 2012 Academy Award Oscars red carpet.
After all the hype last week about Sacha appearing in his full “Dictator” costume, Cohen arrived not only in full costume but he proceeded to dump an urn of fake ashes on host Ryan Seacrest.
The urn of ashes was labeled “Kim Jong il”, the dead dictator from North Korea, and you could tell that Seacrest was not expecting the stunt – and was not happy.
Sacha Cohen tells Ryan Seacrest,
"I love it here because it gave me an opportunity to bring my dear friend and tennis partner, Kim Jong-il. It was my dream to come to the Oscars and be sprinkled over the red carpet and Halle Berry's chest. Now when people ask who you are wearing, you will say Kim Jong-il!"
After Sacha was escorted away Seacrest had to complete his live broadcast covered in ashes.
So, Cohen did exactly what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t want him to do. What a douche.
For his part, Ryan Seacrest seemed to take things in stride but you can tell from the video he was not happy.
You can also see in the video that Academy staff basically had to drag Cohen away by force in front of the cameras.
Now we all know that Hollywood is a whore for publicity but we got to say this was just stupid, in bad taste, and will not endear Sacha Baron Cohen’s fans to his movies.
Justin Bieber and Billy Crystal Comedy at the 2012 Oscars
In what will probably go down as one of the cutest Oscar comedy moments of 2012, Justin Bieber and Billy Crystal teamed up for a little bit of funny Sunday night.
Bieber made a cameo in Crystal’s pre-monolog opening to help bring in the 18-24 demographic.
It was totally unexpected as Justin was not expected to make an appearance and the sketch was actually very very funny!
(Justin's part starts at about 1:20)
Pretty funny eh?
Bieber took to twitter after his appearance during the show saying,
“A BIG SHOUTOUT to Billy Crystal. Thanks for letting be a part of the show and you killed it tonight. #muchlove”
We got to say we thought it was hilarious and there were a lot of subtle jokes that we didn’t even notice until we watched it a few times.
Great job Justin and Bob! Now get back in the studio and keep working on your new album “Believe”.
15-Year-Old Eben Franckewitz Makes It To The Top 24
Good news for all you American Idol Season 11 fans who have been waiting to see if Eben Franckewitz made it to the top 24 finalist…
HE DID!
Fifteen year old Eben from Milford Ohio was the last male to be selected and is now officially in the group of finalists to be voted on by TV viewers during season 11.
In the usual American Idol style of drama, it came down to Franckewitz and another teen finalist but Eben took home the golden finalist ticket.
Eben told the judges,
“It’s life-changing. I want this more than anything. Singing is what I want to do for the rest of my life. There is no place I’d rather be right now than on this stage. It’s awesome.”
The 15-year-old is one of the youngest American Idol finalists ever and Eben is no stranger to the stage.
Eben has been active in the Cincinnati Children’s Theater and Mason’s "Acting Up" productions for several years and just recently ended a three year run playing the role of Bob Cratchit’s son in Playhouse in the Park’s “A Christmas Carol”.
The singer charmed the judges during his audition in Pittsburg when he told them that people think he looks like Justin Bieber.
Austin Mahone on stage performing at his first sold out show
We first ran across Austin Mahone about a year ago when we started seeing his name floating around the internet. We watched a few of his early YouTube music videos and decided he had a long way to go to before becoming the next Justin Bieber.
That was a little over a year ago.
Today, 15-year-old Austin Mahone seems perched on the edge of tremendous fame – and if he’s not careful he is going to be one of the next big teen idol sensations.
By November of 2011 Austin had recorded a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” that now has over 9 million views – more views initially than Bieber’s original trailer, and he also sold out his first two concerts in Houston Texas.
A few weeks later he traveled to Chicago for a meet and greet and the fans swelled to such large numbers the cops had to shut it down and send everyone away.
And a lot of Austin’s fans learned for the first time last year that his father died when he was just sixteen months old, and as an only child he and his mother, Michele Mahone, moved to La Vernia Texas when she remarried. That's where it all began for Austin.
After his mom’s second marriage ended the two moved to San Antonio where Austin was recognized by so many girls in his new High School that he had to quit and start home schooling. And the rest, as they say… is history.
Austin was recently featured on FOX 4 News TV in San Antonio where we learned even more about the young singer and his best friend Alex Constancio.
Also last year, without a record deal or an original single, Mahone debuted at No. 38 on Billboard's Social 50, a chart that combines Web presence and sales. Mahone ranked higher than Demi Lovato, 50 Cent and Jennifer Lopez and almost tied with Beyoncé.
Mahone was the youngest person on the list.
So far in 2012 Popstar Magazine has done a photo shoot with Mahone, he has sold out shows in New York, Aurora Illinois, and Texas, recorded a cover of Bruno Mars, and announced to his twitter followers that he was ready to release his first original single on Valentine’s Day.
Austin has also helped jump-start the new popular social video service called Keek. With help from his friend Alex, Austin has one of the most popular and most viewed Keek channels and has helped bring attention to the relatively new service.
Mahone has also become popular with his Friday evening live chats on Ustream and frequently has thousands of young fans tune in to watch his show. In fact, he doesn’t even call it Ustream anymore but rather Austream.
Austin Mahone performing to sold out crowd in New York
Over the last 12 months Austin and his mother, Michele, have traveled to New York, Los Angeles, and Florida, and he has tweeted pictures of himself inside a recording studio making some wonder if he was close to a record deal.
You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to see that this kid is on the verge of a breakout and that the right people have finally started to take notice.
After all, 14-year-old Greyson Chance only uploaded ONE video of him covering Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi and has since been signed by Ellen DeGeneres, released his debut album, toured with Cody Simpson, has a 2012 tour of Asia and North America planned, and is already working on his second album – proving it CAN happen if the right people are involved.
So congratulations Austin! We wish you nothing but the best. Now go get ‘em and make us proud!!!
