Dido Diora Baird Dita Von Teese Dominique Swain Donna Feldman
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Adriana Lima: Victoria?s Secret Photo Shoot
Usher To Donate Gadhafi Money To Charity
'I will be donating all of my personal proceeds...to various human rights organizations,' singer says of concert linked to Libyan dictator.
By Shawn Adler
Usher (file)
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R&B superstar Usher announced Friday (March 4) that he was donating to various charities proceeds from appearing at a private event at St. Barts linked to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, according to a statement made to the Associated Press.
The Grammy award winner's renouncement comes after similar announcements from singers Mariah Carey, Nelly Furtado, and Beyoncé, all of whom were revealed to have performed at private concerts linked to the Middle Eastern leader, who has faced open revolt and major political uprisings since February.
"I am sincerely troubled to learn about the circumstances surrounding the Nikki Beach St. Bart's event that took place on New Year's Eve 2009," Usher said of the concert, at which he appeared alongside Beyoncé but did not perform. "I will be donating all of my personal proceeds from that event to various human rights organizations."
Usher has already begun the process, having made a donation to Amnesty International, the AP reports. The exact size of the donation is not known.
The New Year's Eve gig was reportedly for Moammar's fourth son Muastassim, who an unnamed music industry source told MTV News has a history of throwing lavish parties "jammed" with supermodels.
Beyoncé, who sang at the event, donated all proceeds from her performance to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, established in the wake of the Haitian earthquake.
"All monies paid to Beyoncé for her performance at a private party at Nikki Beach St. Barts on New Year's Eve 2009, including the commissions paid to her booking agency, were donated to the earthquake relief efforts for Haiti over a year ago," the "Halo" singer's publicist said in a statement to The Huffington Post. "Once it became known that the third-party promoter was linked to the Qaddafi family, the decision was made to put that payment to a good cause."
Singer Nelly Furtado tweeted February 28 that she plans to make similar amends.
"In 2007, I received 1million$ from the Gadhafi clan to perform a 45 min. show for guests at a hotel in Italy," she tweeted. "I am going to donate the $."
The leader of Libya since a successful military coup in 1969, Gadhafi has reportedly lost control of much of his country as a result of widespread uprisings. The United Nations voted unanimously to refer the dictator to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
Related ArtistsSource: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659301/usher-donate-gadhafi-money-charity.jhtml
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Ewan McGregor Just Says No to Nudity
Ewan McGregor has a reputation as an excellent actor, a swoon-worthy leading man -- and a guy who's not afraid to take off his pants when the role demands it. For years, McGregor has been one of the few male stars willing to do full-frontal nudity (and perhaps one of the few we want to see naked). But now that he's approaching 40, the actor says he's feeling a bit... overexposed. McGregor tells the U.K. newspaper Daily Express that he doesn't plan on stripping down in any upcoming films.
"Sex scenes are terribly exposing and rarely of any use in learning about character," McGregor complains to the paper.
Ewan McGregor abstaining from love scenes feels like a loss for womankind, but at least the actor has good -- and dare we say, feminist -- reasons.
"I'm getting older and the actresses stay younger," says McGregor, calling out Hollywood's double standard. "I don't want to become Clint Eastwood, where his love interests seem 50 years younger than him. You never want female costars to feel like you're taking advantage of the situation."
Even if he's heading in a more conservative direction, McGregor defends his choice to go au naturel in films like Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, The Pillow Book and Young Adam.
"It's all about life," he explains. "We're naked at the end of the day and we're sometimes naked in the middle of the day -- if we're lucky. It may seem like I'm obsessed with sex but it's actually the opposite."
We doubt McGregor's career will suffer if he keeps his clothes on, since some of his biggest hits -- Moulin Rouge!, the Star Wars prequels -- were strictly PG affairs. But here's a thought: Maybe instead of swearing off love scenes, McGregor could pledge to only star in movies opposite women his own age. Now that would shake things up in Hollywood!
Source: http://www.ivillage.com/ewan-mcgregor-just-says-no-nudity/1-a-333772
Lindsay Price Lisa Marie Lisa Snowdon Liz Phair Lokelani McMichael
Justin Bieber, Rihanna & U2?s Album for Japan Relief
Musicians are always ready to help out for a good cause, and it has been announced that Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and U2 are joining forces to raise money for disaster relief in Japan.
According to a report, the Universal Music artists are scurrying to put the compilation album together and hope to have it done by the end of this week.
From there, they will release the album on a digital-only basis, with all proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross.
Justin tweeted, "Japan is one of my favorite places on earth ... it's an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help, by being one of the first on board for the project."
Mía Maestro Michael Michele Michelle Behennah Michelle Branch Michelle Malkin
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