Wednesday, April 25, 2007
posted by Chi-Chi at 4/25/2007 | Permalink
WEDNESDAY'S URBAN HOOPLA
Model Iman and her husband singer David Bowie laugh as they arrive at the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival Party this past Tuesday in New York:
Iman and David Bowie also attended the Food Bank for New York City's fifty annual "Can-Do" dinner awards held at Pier Sixty in New York City on Monday, April 23, 2007:
Vanessa Minnillo and Rosario Dawson were at The Breast Cancer Research Foundation?s annual Hot Pink Party held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Tuesday:
Vanessa's style is truly one of her own. I'm glad she's shaping up from her usual Forever-21 look she goes for on "TRL."
Sisqo "WHO’S YOUR DADDY":
As much I enjoy the fact Sisqo's back I respect him coming back on his own terms. Word is that Sisqo is releasing the last of the trilogy, "The Last Dragon" independently.
Does Gayle King have a new man?!? Well she seem cozy with a politician at a recent red carpet event. Gayle King and Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker arrive at the Bloomberg News Gala which followed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday April 21, 2007.
And now onto the exclusive Ok! magazine interview with Melanie Brown:
Brown, 31, known as Scary Spice when she performed with the '90s hit pop group, gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3 in Santa Monica. She listed Murphy's name on the birth certificate. Murphy, 46, has said he's not sure he's the father. Brown said she and Murphy were introduced by a mutual friend. "There was this electricity between us. Within half an hour, we were holding hands. We were soul mates. We were like each other in so many ways. It was electrifying," she said. "After three days, we both got tattoos. I had his name in his handwriting on me, and he had my name in my handwriting on him. Everybody around us was quite sick of us lovebirds. "It felt like we had known each other for years," Brown said.
Murphy was "over the moon" about the pregnancy and discussed getting married after the baby was born. Then came his bombshell during a TV interview, about five months after their relationship started, she said. "I tried to call Eddie and I couldn't get through. Then I got through, and he said he would call me back and that was it. He never called back," Brown said. That was four months ago and the two haven't spoken since, she said. "I don't feel humiliated. I think the only person who has humiliated themselves is Eddie. His behavior was unacceptable," Brown said. "Maybe one day Eddie will tell me why this happened." [source]
Beyonce is in the middle of a copyright infringement lawsuit that caused her record label to pull all CDs featuring the Des'ree remake, "Still in Love (kissing You).":
"Superstar Beyonce Knowles has withdrawn the deluxe edition of her latest album B'Day from sale, after British singer Des'ree launched a lawsuit, accusing her of ignoring copyright rules. Des'ree filed a lawsuit in Manhattan, New York last Wednesday, alleging Knowles never obtained proper clearance to use her song Kissing You.
As a result, Knowles' record label bosses have agreed to temporarily halt distribution of the CDs that include the track, reports MTV.
According to the suit, Des'ree claims the strict terms her team submitted to
Knowles in order for her to re-record the song was not satisfactory, so the
former Destiny's Child star reportedly ignored copyright law and recorded her own version.
The terms stated Knowles couldn't re-title the song or film a video using the track. Knowles recorded the track as Still In Love (Kissing You) for the deluxe edition. Des'ree is seeking $150,000 in damages." [source]
Des'ree verison, "I'm Kisssing You":
Beyonce verison, (Still in Love) Kissing You:
Des'ree's version was used in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film "Romeo and Juliet," Beyoncé's version can be found on the re-release of her album, "B'Day."
This is not the first time Beyonce remade a song. Last year I reported on how Beyonce remade a Posh song for the September 5th release day of 'B'Day" Thanks to YouTube, here's a video blend of Victoria Beckham's Resentment vs. Beyonce's Resentment...
Both songs indicate some deep thoughts about a significant other who did them wrong. I wonder if Victoria recorded this song amidst her husband's very public affair. I also wonder if Beyonce wrote this song amidst that Jay-Z/Rihanna fiasco. This is of course just food for thought.
Iman and David Bowie also attended the Food Bank for New York City's fifty annual "Can-Do" dinner awards held at Pier Sixty in New York City on Monday, April 23, 2007:
Vanessa Minnillo and Rosario Dawson were at The Breast Cancer Research Foundation?s annual Hot Pink Party held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Tuesday:
Vanessa's style is truly one of her own. I'm glad she's shaping up from her usual Forever-21 look she goes for on "TRL."
Sisqo "WHO’S YOUR DADDY":
As much I enjoy the fact Sisqo's back I respect him coming back on his own terms. Word is that Sisqo is releasing the last of the trilogy, "The Last Dragon" independently.
Does Gayle King have a new man?!? Well she seem cozy with a politician at a recent red carpet event. Gayle King and Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker arrive at the Bloomberg News Gala which followed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday April 21, 2007.
And now onto the exclusive Ok! magazine interview with Melanie Brown:
Brown, 31, known as Scary Spice when she performed with the '90s hit pop group, gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3 in Santa Monica. She listed Murphy's name on the birth certificate. Murphy, 46, has said he's not sure he's the father. Brown said she and Murphy were introduced by a mutual friend. "There was this electricity between us. Within half an hour, we were holding hands. We were soul mates. We were like each other in so many ways. It was electrifying," she said. "After three days, we both got tattoos. I had his name in his handwriting on me, and he had my name in my handwriting on him. Everybody around us was quite sick of us lovebirds. "It felt like we had known each other for years," Brown said.
Murphy was "over the moon" about the pregnancy and discussed getting married after the baby was born. Then came his bombshell during a TV interview, about five months after their relationship started, she said. "I tried to call Eddie and I couldn't get through. Then I got through, and he said he would call me back and that was it. He never called back," Brown said. That was four months ago and the two haven't spoken since, she said. "I don't feel humiliated. I think the only person who has humiliated themselves is Eddie. His behavior was unacceptable," Brown said. "Maybe one day Eddie will tell me why this happened." [source]
Beyonce is in the middle of a copyright infringement lawsuit that caused her record label to pull all CDs featuring the Des'ree remake, "Still in Love (kissing You).":
"Superstar Beyonce Knowles has withdrawn the deluxe edition of her latest album B'Day from sale, after British singer Des'ree launched a lawsuit, accusing her of ignoring copyright rules. Des'ree filed a lawsuit in Manhattan, New York last Wednesday, alleging Knowles never obtained proper clearance to use her song Kissing You.
As a result, Knowles' record label bosses have agreed to temporarily halt distribution of the CDs that include the track, reports MTV.
According to the suit, Des'ree claims the strict terms her team submitted to
Knowles in order for her to re-record the song was not satisfactory, so the
former Destiny's Child star reportedly ignored copyright law and recorded her own version.
The terms stated Knowles couldn't re-title the song or film a video using the track. Knowles recorded the track as Still In Love (Kissing You) for the deluxe edition. Des'ree is seeking $150,000 in damages." [source]
Des'ree verison, "I'm Kisssing You":
Beyonce verison, (Still in Love) Kissing You:
Des'ree's version was used in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film "Romeo and Juliet," Beyoncé's version can be found on the re-release of her album, "B'Day."
This is not the first time Beyonce remade a song. Last year I reported on how Beyonce remade a Posh song for the September 5th release day of 'B'Day" Thanks to YouTube, here's a video blend of Victoria Beckham's Resentment vs. Beyonce's Resentment...
Both songs indicate some deep thoughts about a significant other who did them wrong. I wonder if Victoria recorded this song amidst her husband's very public affair. I also wonder if Beyonce wrote this song amidst that Jay-Z/Rihanna fiasco. This is of course just food for thought.
Labels: Beyonce Knowles, David and Victoria Beckham, Eddie Murphy, Iman, Juicy Tales, New Music, Newsstand Snapshots, Rosario Dawson, Spice Girls, Vanick
4 Comments:
At 12:28 PM, 
At 12:59 PM,
At 8:10 PM,
It`s ordinary. Beyonce copy and remade all off the others womens. Very songs are another damage, very clothes are copy of the others she see and like in others womens. She copy from Shakira the bellydance that moves - bad - in your performances. Somke day we see Beyonce to dance with a umbrella for pleasure of Rihanna. She dont have shame when needs to something!!! And Jay-Z love a woman that theft so much?
At 11:31 PM,
We've been talking about Mel B and Eddie's love child over at Highbrid Nation. For some reason, its still hard for me to see them together. I wonder why Eddie is denying the child so hard. Then again Eddie is a little old to be having kids.