Sunday, April 29, 2012

LMFAO 'disagreeing over money'

LMFAO are reportedly in dispute over the millions they have made from their hit songs.

The Grammy-nominate electro-pop duo, Redfoo and Sky Blu, are said to be booking separate DJ appearances at clubs.

Their hits, including Party Rocking and Every Day I'm Shufflin', have shot the two to fame and fortune. Their catchy songs have been covered by the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Ricky Martin on Glee.

This year they performed alongside Madonna at the Superbowl halftime. But since the NFL show in February, the singers have seldom taken to the stage together as they are believed to have been arguing over their profits.

"Redfoo has always been promoting himself, doing his own thing," a source told the New York Post.

This means Redfoo has been scoring more us$100,000-a-night DJ shows than Sky Blu, according to the source.

It is understood Redfoo's use of the band's Party Rock title for his own events have been his prime marketing tool.

Sky Blu performed Tuesday at the three-year anniversary party of the Chandelier Room at the W Hoboken. He told the crowd it was his first performance in three months.

LMFAO are planning a world tour together with shows beginning in Sweden in May. They also performed on American Idol last night. Representatives for the duo did not return calls.

Redfoo, real name Stefan Kendal Gordy, and his nephew Sky Blu - called Skyler Austen Gordy - are the son and grandson of Motown founder Berry Gordy.

- Cover Media

Rehab 'proved Lovato's strength'

Demi Lovato "gained respect" from people who warned her she might struggle with fame after entering rehab.

The 19-year-old star ended up getting treatment in 2010 as she was battling eating disorders and self-harming.

Lovato is now on the road to recovery and admits that facing up to her demons was the best thing she could have possibly done.

"There was a lot of embarrassment and a lot of shame. When I went into rehab I felt like a failure and I felt, for everybody telling me growing up 'You're going to be successful, but don't turn out like that one girl,' I felt like I'd turned into that 'one girl'.

"I felt like I'd proved everybody right," she said in an interview with the BBC.

"I just let a lot of people down, but I realised that by getting help, I wasn't letting anybody down, I was actually gaining respect from a lot of people because making that decision was very hard but it ultimately changed my life."

Lovato's rehab stint has made people more aware of her strength of character. The actress and singer says work professionals take a different approach with her now.

"I notice people do treat me differently. People I work with, they're more cautious of the workload I have. I feel like I'm almost being treated more of a human being now, because before it was so easy to be treated like a product, or someone who was capable of working 17 hours a day," she explained.

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Jack White to stream concert

Jack White

LIVE IN YOUR LOUNGE: Jack White will kick off the release of his first solo album with a concert streamed live online.

Jack White will kick off the release of his first solo album with a concert streamed live online, to be directed by Gary Oldman.
 
The show will be the first installment in the third season of American Express' Unstaged series, which pairs top musical acts with renowned filmmakers. White's concert at New York's Webster Hall will be streamed live April 27 (NZT April 28, 1pm) on VEVO, free of charge.
 
A few days prior, on April 20, White will release Blunderbuss, the first solo album from the former White Stripe. The whole album can now be streamed via iTues here.

Produced by White and recorded at his own Third Man Studio in Nashville, Blunderbuss has been described by White as "an album I couldn't have released until now. I've put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel like they could only be presented under my name. These songs were written from scratch, had nothing to do with anyone or anything else but my own expression, my own colours on my own canvas."
 
The Unstaged series has drawn more than 70 million streams for performances from Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige and others.
 
Though best known for his acting, Oldman directed the critically-acclaimed 1997 film Nil by Mouth'

Jack White: Sixteen Saltines:

- AP

Ed Sheeran confirms NZ gig

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Ed Sheeran

NOT TOO COLD IN NZ: Musician Ed Sheeran will perform one show only in Auckland in July.

He's the singer who had fellow red-head and the guy who played Ron in Harry Potter in his music video, but it is Ed Sheeran himself who will play one New Zealand show in July.

The Englishman will perform one show at Auckland's ASB Theatre on July 29 ahead of an Australian tour.

Sheeran has combined acoustic music, folk and hip hop beats in songs like Lego House and The A Team to become a household name in the UK thanks to his hit album simply entitled +.

The 21-year-old dropped out of school at the age of 16, but since then he has been gigging solidly - in 2009 he performed 312 shows throughout the UK and Ireland.

Early in his career, Sheeran caught the eye of actor/singer/producer Jamie Foxx and was invited to perform in LA.  He later secured a deal with Elton John's management company.

While he wrote his first EP at the age of 14, Sheeran's debut studio album was only released last year.  And this week the single The A Team was nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards, alongside Adele and Florence + The Machine.

Ed Sheeran live
July 29 - ASB Theatre, Auckland
Tickets from The Edge - presales from 2pm, April 26. General sales start 9am, April 30

- © Fairfax NZ News

Neil Patrick Harris shares 'food porn'

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

FOOD PORNOGRAPHERS: Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka.

How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris has revealed his insatiable appetite for food porn.

The 38-year-old actor and his partner David Burtka have a rapacious appetite for fine dining.

Harris recently created a Twitter account @NPHFoodPorn in which he shares images of exquisite meals with his followers.

"I, for some weird reason, enjoy taking extreme close-up pictures of food I'm eating," he laughed to E! Online.

"[Me and Burtka's] favourite types of meals are ones where the chef just brings out food, and usually that's 10, 11 things that they bring out and I'm taking pictures of every single one of them."

Harris is hoping to get some freebies at a posh eatery one day for all his efforts.

"You'd think if people knew I had food porn they'd invite me to their restaurant gratis," he joked. "Think of the pictures I would take."

Harris lends his voice to cartoon Batman evil-doer Two-Face in Cartoon Network's upcoming Robot Chicken superhero special.

"This is my gateway to doing a Christopher Nolan movie," he smiled. "I'm assuming he will see this and figure I've got to be perfect for one of these kinds of roles. [I'd play] the Joker [or] the Riddler."

Have you indulged in food porn lately? Do you take photos of your gourmet offerings, or do you prefer to flick through others' snaps?

- Cover Media