“[I] didn’t want to shame myself.” She said.

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When maintaining vanity pays a price!

Pop star SHAKIRA is famous for her otherworldly hip movements, but she swears her dancing skills are just something she was born with. The Columbian beauty said: “For me, it was, and is, more of a natural thing. It’s something that was practically given to me at birth, and for which I never had to train myself. These movements, they are inside me and I can call them back whenever I need them.”

Shakira realizes she is a sex symbol to men all over the world but insists she is “flattered” that guys find her attractive because she has never believed she is a beautiful woman. She added: “I must confess that I feel very flattered — because I never have felt particularly sexy. Anybody who shows me like this is promoting my feminine vanity.”

But Shakira, who appears virtually naked in the video for “She Wolf,” admits it’s not easy looking as good as she does, and she has to stick to a rigorous training regime to stay slim and sexy.

She added to German magazine Fit For Fun: “I trained really hard for the “She Wolf” video — almost a month. I wanted to look good and didn’t want to shame myself. There was no muscle in my body that did not hurt. I was in pain for days, simply because I’d gone too far.”

“I said to her ‘if we’re going to do something together it’s going to have to slay people’”

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By Daniel Eade

MICHAEL BOLTON, affectionately known as the white man with the black man’s voice, returns with his 18th studio album, “One World One Love” and has teamed up with LADY GAGA for the killer hit-to-be, “Murder My Heart.”

Discussing the unlikely pairing, Bolton remembered in an interview with ITN Music, “I got a phone call that there was this young artist named Lady Gaga, and at that time no one had heard of her, it was September a year ago.

“I said to her ‘if we’re going to do something together it’s going to have to slay people,’” continued Bolton, “And she paused and said, ‘You murder my heart. What about You Murder My Heart?’”

Bolton was hesitant at first, using the word ‘murder’ in an album that for all purpose was a feel good album, “I’m not sure about the word ‘murder,’” to which Lady Gaga replied as Bolton’s reminisces, “‘No it’s great. Murder in the best possible sense. Someone just kills you because you’re just so crazy about them.’” And then Bolton was won over.

“Lady Gaga and I worked on the lyrics and the melody for two days, till about six in the morning both nights,” recalls Bolton, “And then we finished the lyrics when we both happened to be in London. And by then her career had just kicked in. A month later she was huge.”

R&B fans will also be thrilled to hear the Ne-Yo song, “The Best,” co-written by Ne-Yo and Bolton. Arguably the best song on the album, Ne-Yo brings a real R&B/radio friendly jam that is sprinkled with the greatness we have come to expect from the singer/songwriter, topped off with Bolton’s flavor all over the lyrics.

“Murder My Heart”

OK! Folks!

The time has come, your presence is requested on the set of Rainforest Films’ next hit film, “Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming”.

Will Packer and Rob Hardy are at it again and they’d love for you to be a part of the sequel to the international box office hit, Stomp The Yard. Come join us and watch your favorite actors preform a dazzling array of dancing and stepping.

Though this is a non paying day, the experience will last you a life time.Below are some important instructions:

Please bring with you two changes of clothing, NO RED, NO WHITE, NO LOGOS. Clothing with purple and yellow in it are highly encouraged on this day. Also come camera ready (ladies, hair and make ready, fellows looking your best) as you will be on camera.

NOTE: No children under the ages of 10 years old will allowed on set.

Below are the dates for this phenomenal project. Prizes will be raffled off on November 15, 2009.

*Sunday 11/15/09 – 10:00 am: Center Stage 1374 W. Peachtree St. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30309

*Thursday 11/19/09 – 6:00 pm: Morris Brown College 643 MLK Jr. Dr. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30314

*Sunday 11/22/09 – Time TBD: Morris Brown College 643 MLK Jr. Dr. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30314

*Wednesday 11/25/09 – Time TBD: Morris Brown College 643 MLK Jr. Dr. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30314

*Monday 11/30/09 – Time TBD: Opera 1150 B Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the biggest dance movie sequel, yet!

The rapper’s album ‘Blueprint’ came in at the 22nd spot, while The Strokes’ ‘This This It’ topped the entire list.

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Jigga! My N*gga!

JAY-Z’s album Blueprint made it on music magazine NME’s list of the top 50 albums of the decade, coming in at 22 — which is no small feat, considering there’s just a few albums that get released in a 10-year span. Rockers The Strokes’ Is This It topped the entire list. The results were compiled from votes from record producers, label execs and musicians, including members of Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, who both rank highly.

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty saw three of his albums make the list, with his former band The Libertines coming in second place with their debut effort Up The Bracket. The group’s second, and final, self-titled release was placed at number 24, while his other band Babyshambles saw their debut record Down In Albion achieve 35th place.

NME Editor Krissi Murison said: “This is the definitive word on the greatest albums of the ‘00s –  as voted for by everyone who helped make music brilliant this decade.”

Veteran rockers Primal Scream came in third place with Xtrmntr, while Arctic Monkeys’ debut album Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not was fourth and Fever To Tell by group Yeah Yeah Yeahs came fourth. The “Maps” hitmakers were one of 6 to have two LPs make the list, with Show Your Bones placed at 32.

In addition to Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Libertines, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Arcade Fire and The Streets all saw two records make it into the top 50. The best represented year of the decade was 2002, with a total of 8 albums released in the year placed in the list.

NME magazine’s top 50 albums of the decade:

1. The Strokes – Is This It
2. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
3. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
6. PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
7. Arcade Fire – Funeral
8. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
9. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
10. Radiohead – In Rainbows
11. At The Drive In – Relationship Of Command
12. LCD Soundsystem – The Sound Of Silver
13. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
14. Radiohead – Kid A
15. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
16. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
17. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
18. The White Stripes – Elephant
19. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
20. Blur – Think Tank
21. The Coral – The Coral
22. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
23. Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
24. The Libertines – The Libertines
25. Rapture – Echoes
26. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
27. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
28. Johnny Cash – Man Comes Around’
29. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
30. Elbow – Asleep In The Back
31. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
33. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
34. Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
35. Babyshambles – Down In Albion
36. Spirtualized – Let it Come Down
37. The Knife – Silent Shout
38. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
39. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
40. Ryan Adams – Gold
41. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
42. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
43. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
44. Outkast – Loveboxxx/The Love Below
45. Avalanches – Since I Left You
46. Delgados – The Great Eastern
47. Brendan Benson – Lapalco
48. Walkmen – Bows and Arrows
49. Muse – Absolution
50. MIA – Arular

“There were a lot of important mentors in my life,” he said in an interview with CNBC (via OMG)

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And you better recognize!

There’s a lot more to SNOOP DOGG than you might think. The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper is a family man, a business man, and spends his time mentoring kids. He even got to ring the NY Stock Exchange bell today in honor of the second annual Mentoring Madness program.

“There were a lot of important mentors in my life,” he said in an interview with CNBC (via OMG). Whether it was the school people, the counselors, my preachers, my peers, older guys who had been in trouble before me who recognized my talent and just didn’t was see me go through the same situations that they went through.”

Now he’s giving back. He said he was on the wrong path when he was younger, too, but is successful today because he wised up and started studying and playing his cards right. “I dibbled and dabbled into crime in the beginning of my, you know, stages of adolescence as a young man,” he said. “And once I did, I seen that that wasn’t the ride that I wanted to take.”

Since that decision, we’d say he’s done pretty well for himself, after coming on the rap scene in 1993 alongside Dr. Dre. Now he says his priorities have changed a bit from music. Now his thing is his business, and brand. Snoop said, “at the time, it was music, and then once it shifted to business because it was told me that this is called show business. Always had the show, but I never had the business. And once I got the business, now I’m the king of show business.”

Snoop, who was born Cordazar Calvin Broadus, also dished on how he got his stage name. “As a kid born in the ’70s, mom used to put on a TV show called Charlie Brown,” he said. “And there was a character on there named Snoopy. And I used to love him to death. And my mama said I started to look like him so much ’cause I watched him all the time, and that’s what they used to name me.” It stuck.

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Nothing wrong with something new and inventive!

SHA MONEY XL aims for his website DREAMBIGVENTURES.NET to serve as a “Hip Hop Craigslist” for all up and coming talent. The site will be a place where they can go to advertise their work, covering areas from web design, graphics, promotion, video and production which will in turn allow industry executives the opportunity to seek out talent in all related industries across the world.

FOR MORE INFO ON DREAM BIG VENTRES VISIT WWW.DREAMBIGVENTURES.NET

“I’ve just kinda been working on me. Like I said, just really getting me straight.“

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He said it! But does he mean it!

CHRIS BROWN says he’s not dating yet, he’s just been “chillin.” Yep, that’s it. We guess between getting his new album and tour ready and putting in all that community service time, he hasn’t had a chance to get back in the dating scene. Oh, and he said he’s been working on “setting himself straight,” too.

But, it doesn’t sound like it’ll be long before he’s back on the prowl. “I mean, I’m Chris Brown,” he said in an MTV News interview (via People.com). “I’m not saying it like that, but it’s just, like, girls are gonna be around. I love women. But I would say I’ve just been chillin’.

I haven’t really been trying to get into a relationship or trying to date anybody. I’ve just kinda been working on me. Like I said, just really getting me straight.”

Chris and Rihanna recently, and separately, just started to talk publicly about the assault in February that left his then-girlfriend pretty banged up. Part of Chris’ sentence is that he has to stay away from the songstress for 5 years.

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Behind the scenes look @ KID CUDI’s “Pursuit Of Happiness” video shoot.

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The Videographer That Was Attacked By Mike Tyson Speaks Out

Beyonce couldn’t fit all 12 of her bags in her room, so she booked another one. Blame it on Sasha Fierce and her many wardrobe changes.

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Rich people get all the benefits!

Singer BEYONCE KNOWLES rented a lavish $4,000-a-night Charles Forte Presidential Suite at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, UK, while performing nearby this week, but there just wasn’t enough space for her luggage. Tough life. After struggling to find space for her 12 bags, she finally had her entourage book a second room for her stuff.

A source at Liverpool’s Malmaison hotel, where the star took a $283-a-night room for her luggage, said: “She had seven suitcases, three hand-luggage bags and two boxes, all for her mammoth concert. In the cases there were, apparently, 14 dresses, lots of shoes, make-up and 25 wigs.”

It took four helpers to carry her luggage up the stairs to the room, which was situated close to the Liverpool Echo Arena, where she performed twice this week.

Beyonce is not the only singer who refuses to travel light. Last year, Mariah Carey flew to London for a three-day trip – and brought 20 suitcases with her. A source said at the time: “The guys at the airport seemed to be struggling under the load, but Mariah and her husband, Nick Cannon, just breezed straight through.”