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  • Rita Ora Escapes Death After Video Shoot Accident With Charli XCX

    Rita Ora and Charli XCX recently shot a video for their collaboration, “Dong it”. However, Charli XCX revealed in an interview that the video shoot didn’t go all that smoothly after a Barbie truck they were riding crashed. Charli and Rita headed to the desert to shoot the video, and one sequence involves the pair hopping into a truck which was then involved in a near-fatal collision. “I nearly killed both of us on the set by crashing this Barbie truck into the middle of the desert,” Charli said in the interview.

    The “Boom Clap” and “Fancy” hitmaker added, “There were no air bags. It was this old truck. It was a death trap! But we made it out alive and the video is so great and is dropping this week.” A representative for Rita Ora has yet to comment on Charli’s claims.

    In the same interview, Charli praises Rita’s acting chops. Ora will be appearing on the big-screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey and Charli revealed that Rita can definitely act. “She is going to kill it,” Charli said of Ora’s role in Fifty Shades of Grey. “On the set we had to do one bit of acting and I was freaking out, like, ‘I don’t know how to do this’, but every time she was killing it. She is great and I think she’s going to be wonderful.”

    Rita Ora recently gave an interview ahead of the release of Fifty Shades of Grey. In the interview, she spoke in depth about her feminism, saying, “I think people take the word feminist really seriously and I think people are scared to use that word. In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.”

  • Jenny McCarthy, Ryan Seacrest See Nude People on New Year’s Eve

    Jenny McCarthy and Ryan Seacrest will once again host Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve tonight from Times Square in the tradition of the late, great Dick Clark. Seacrest will preside over the actual countdown to the ball drop in Times Square, while Jenny McCarthy will chat with people on the ground from all around the packed streets.

    Billboard magazine caught up with the pair earlier this week, and asked them what is the strangest sight they’ve ever witnessed on New Year’s Eve. Both immediately agreed it was nude people.

    “Usually the naked people,” Jenny McCarthy answered.

    “Naked people are always crazy, especially when it’s zero degrees,” Ryan Seacrest added.

    “And you know that they’re not drinking, because you can’t really drink out there. So, they’re being nuts sober!” McCarthy said.

    “They’re having much more fun in real life,” Seacrest said.

    Can you imagine being naked and running around in the freezing cold weather that typically graces New York City on New Year’s Eve? To many, just standing out there in a warm jacket, mittens, and a hat seems insane. Once again this year the temperature is plummeting. Even though the actual temperature reading may be in the 20s, the wind chill is expected to hit the very low teens. That’s cold enough for certain body parts to very quickly become frostbitten if not covered up quickly–just a warning for anyone thinking of running around naked tonight in Times Square.

    If you do opt to remove your clothes and take a jaunt through Times Square, at least catch some of the amazing acts that will be on hand. Taylor Swift, Florida Georgia Line, and Idina Menzel will all be performing in New York. If you’re naked in California, it won’t be quite so bad. You’ll get to see One Direction, Iggy Azalea, Meghan Trainor and Charli XCX. And you won’t freeze off any of your body parts.

    Will you be checking out Jenny McCarthy and Ryan Seacrest tonight as we bid adieu to 2014?

  • Charli XCX Wows Saturday Night Live Audience

    Charli XCX may have given her all at New York City’s Jingle Ball on Friday night, but that in no way lessened her performance one night later on Saturday Night Live. The audience was wowed by her performances of both ‘Boom Clap‘ and ‘Break the Rules.’ This was the singer’s SNL debut, but likely won’t be her only stint as the show’s musical guest.

    On December 16, Charlie XCX’s new album ‘Sucker’ is set for release. This is her sophomore album, on which both of the aforementioned songs are featured. Charli was awarded the Hitmaker honor just a couple of days ago at Billboard’s Women in Music event.

    “To be recognized for my work as a songwriter is really incredible because that’s something i care about so much. … It’s been fabulous and f—ing wild. Every single woman in this room is so incredible,” she said when accepting the award.

    Charli XCX’s new album was initially scheduled for October, however, the success of ‘Boom Clap’ made Neon Gold and Atlantic Records decide to wait a bit longer–no doubt capitalizing on the single’s enormous success.

    NPR says it’s been Charlie XCX’s year, noting that not only is she a stellar performer–as seen by last night’s musical guest spot on SNL–she is also a highly acclaimed song writer as well.

    “She’s particularly known for her collaborations–writing and appearing in Icona Pop’s ‘I Love It,’ and she’s already looking ahead, with some co-written songs scheduled to appear on the new Gwen Stefani record. But Charli XCX’s second album, ‘Sucker,’ comes out Tuesday, and her name is the only one on it. It’s a boisterous punk-pop mix, full of snark and rebellion,” they report.

    Did you catch Charli XCX on Saturday Night Live this weekend? Will you be picking up a copy of ‘Sucker’ when it comes out on Tuesday?