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  • Teresa Giudice Won’t Get Out Of Prison Early, Still Acting Like A Diva

    It appears that Teresa Giudice will have to serve the entirety of her 15-month sentence for fraud, and it’s all thanks for her husband Joe.

    The Real Housewives of New Jersey star was expecting to be released from Danbury Connecticut correctional facility in time for the holiday season because she and her husband had a deal on the table.

    But a source says that the deal has gone sour and it was all Joe’s fault.

    “He met with the feds and the whole thing fell apart during those meetings because of the things he said,” the source explained. “So now the deal is off the table. [Teresa] is going to be sitting in prison for the rest of her sentence.”

    However, if reports from some inmates are to be believed, Teresa isn’t having such a terrible time in prison anyway.

    A former inmate at the facility has claimed that “Teresa’s a diva” and that the Real Housewife is getting special treatment.

    “Just the way she got her job, that’s definitely diva treatment,” the ex-inmate says. “She wipes tables three days a week and it’s maybe for 15-20 minutes a shift. She had that job before she came in, and that’s hard to get. Why should she get that when people are outside shoveling snow?”

    Good question.

    She is also allegedly getting preferential treatment when it comes to meals and visitors.

    Her own husband Joe also inadvertently alluded to the cushy life that his wife is living while serving time for wire and bank fraud.

    In an Extra interview aired last month, the businessman talked about having been made to wait for an hour while Teresa did her hair.

    He also described the 42-year-old mother as having “a little group she hangs out with and does her thing with every day.”

    The Italian-born Joe will be serving his own 41-month sentence for fraud once Teresa is released.

  • Jessie J Defends Ariana Grande, Claims The Singer Is Not A Diva

    Ariana Grande has been having her share of hate with allegations of diva behavior, but singer Jessie J refuses to believe the rumors. Jessie J recently defended Grande, whom she collaborated with recently for the single “Bang Bang” with Nicki Minaj.

    Last week, at the William Rast debut at Lord & Taylor in New York City, Jessie J spoke to Us Weekly and told the publication why Grande was not a diva.

    “I always say, judge a person when you meet them. I’ve met Ariana, and there’s a very thin line between ‘diva’ and ‘survival.’ And a lot of people can’t [differentiate that] — and I’ve had that,” Jessie J said. “I’ve had the diva stuff. And it’s when people can’t cope with how passionate you are, and how much you care.”

    Jessie J also added that Grande was very young but “super talented” and “very sure of what she wants,” which is probably why people perceive the singer to be exacting. “I think she’s wonderful. She’s great,” said Jessie J.

    According to Yahoo!, Grande recently scrapped an Australian schedule for promotion because she didn’t like her pictures from a photo shoot, and some fans in The US were reportedly snubbed by the “Problem” singer. However, Jessie J only has praises to sing of her.

    “She’s wonderful and she’s had an extraordinary amount of success and the media sadly can’t keep celebrating that, so they have to find something that they feel people would want to be more nosily interested in,” said Jessie J.

    Meanwhile, Sweet Talker, Jessie J’s latest album, is reportedly getting so-so reviews. The New York Post gave the album 2-and-a-half stars, noting that Jessie J had “vocal gifts” but that they could sometimes produce “overblown results.”

    “Sweet Talker is at its best when the Brit pipes down a little and lets the songs do the work,” wrote the publication’s Hardeep Phull of Jessie J’s third album.

  • Problem, Ariana Grande? Why Persistent Rumors Could Ruin Her Career

    Ariana Grande may be proving that they don’t build teen pop careers that crash and burn quite like they used to.

    Once upon a time the young star was allowed to peak before “Operation: Tear Down” commenced.

    Grande has had a sharp rise over the past year with two very successful albums. And yet already she may be on the way out as the 21-year-old singer finds herself dogged by diva rumors and accusations that she loathes her very own fans.

    What’s hurting the singer’s image most is that some of the hardest hits are coming from people with nothing visibly to gain by calling her and her team out for their treatment of her fans.

    It doesn’t help that multiple celebrities have called Ariana Grande to task for ugly behavior. A few years ago it was Alexander DeLeon via Twitter:

    More recently it was Guiliana Rancic speaking out about Grande’s diva attitude.

    As stories leak about her unreasonable demands and less than charming behavior, it forces the casual observer to ask a few questions.

    First, where the HELL are her PR people?! Oh that’s right, the same people managing her career are in charge of keeping tabs on Justin Bieber.

    Nothing more need be said about how well that’s gone over the past couple of years.

    Next question: What is Grande herself doing to improve her image?

    To be honest, not that much.

    Grande may think that a badly typed dismissal and insistence that haters “love themselves” is enough to calm things down, but it simply isn’t. Not with all the bad press in recent weeks.

    Not when famous and non-famous individuals all emerge with the same story: “Ariana Grande is an obnoxious two-faced diva”.

    The only question that remains is whether or not this supposed revelation will permanently derail Grande’s career.

    Unfortunately for the young singer, the answer to this burning question is that it’s highly possible.

    Even though Grande is very talented, it doesn’t change the fact that if young people feel that you are an insincere individual to whom they can form no emotional connection, they won’t buy your music or go to your concerts.

    If the backlash reaches her fan base, then Grande will be in serious trouble.

    It would actually be smart of Grande to change her image up.

    Moving on to a new sound and a more grown-up image could generate enough buzz to counteract the negative stories daily written about the “Problem” singer.

  • Ariana Grande: More Diva Rumors Surface

    Ariana Grande: More Diva Rumors Surface

    Ariana Grande is earning a reputation as a diva and although she denied the first set of rumors, more and more seem to be popping up.

    A few weeks ago, E! reported that a photographer alleged that Grande was acting like a spoiled brat during a photo shoot.

    He claimed that she would only let him photograph her from one side and had to check every photo to see if she liked it.

    He also claimed that she complained about her outfit the entire time and even disappeared for a long period of time for what he thought was an outfit change. When she came back he said that her people asked him to hand over all the photos and said that the shoot was over.

    Grande denied the rumors, but that didn’t stop them from spreading.

    Around the same time, a reporter claimed that Grande was just as hard to interview as she was to photograph, and said that when she was willing to be interviewed, she had a list of demands and things that she was not willing to talk about.

    Recently, Giuliana Rancic told E! that Grande’s behavior is nothing new and that she was acting bratty at the American Music Awards show earlier this year.

    .“I remember, I think it was at the AMAs, she came up on the platform, and normally I stand on this side [her left side] to the camera,” she said. “I had to fight 13 years to get this side to the camera, it’s my good side, but I fought 13 years for this, ok.”

    Adding, “Little Ariana comes over, I feel like ‘bing’, elbow in my side, I’m like, “What’s going on?” and they push me to the other side. So I had to be on my ugly side. But I felt like a little bit of a, you know it was like “you either get on the other side or we don’t do an interview,” and I just felt like it’s one thing if it’s Mariah, you know, I’ll get on any side, I’ll bend down, I’ll climb a ladder, whatever it takes to get Mariah to do an interview. But when you’re new on the block, when you’re trying to earn your stripes, you’re young, you just gotta do what you gotta do, try to get a great reputation, try to go overboard to please people.”

    Grande seems to have a very sweet disposition in interviews, but could she be hiding her true colors? Grande is still young and she became famous fairly quickly. It could be that she is just trying to get used to all of the attention and learning how to handle difficult situations with the media.

    Hopefully her attitude changes before she ruins her reputation early in her career.

  • Ariana Grande Allegedly Turning Into A Diva

    Ariana Grande is known for her sweet personality, but could all of that just be for show?

    According to News.com, Grande has turned into a little diva and if the media can get her to agree to an interview, she comes with a list of demands.

    Grande recently talked with several media outlets from Australia but demanded that she not be questioned about her relationships, past and present, Mariah Carey, Jennette McCurdy, Justin Bieber or the death of her grandfather.

    She has also been accused of being picky about her photos and hard to please at photo shoots.

    Sources for News.com claim that when Grande arrives at photo shoots she presents the photographers with a list of rules and details of things they are not allowed to do when photographing her.

    Photographers are not allowed to use natural light and can only shoot her from the left side of her face.

    mX Newspaper had a similar experience and claimed that after they finished photographing Grande, she wanted to look at the photos and then criticized each one. If she didn’t like one, she would ask the photographer to delete it. She also complained the whole time because she didn’t like how her top looked or fit.

    When she disappeared during the photo shoot for over 20 minutes, the magazine assumed she went to change the shirt. When she finally came back, her people demanded that the magazine delete all of the photos taken during the shoot.

    Grande defended herself saying that the source making the claims was “Just a photographer or something who got mad at me because I left to change my outfit mid photo shoot because I didn’t like my top. I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll be right back!’ and then I came back and he had left.”

    “And then he came out and said all these ridiculous untrue things about me,” she continued. “I was like, ‘That’s not real. That’s nonsense!’”

    There haven’t been a lot of complaints about Grande so far, but she is young and has plenty of time to perfect her diva skills. Seems like she is already off to a pretty good start.

  • Mariah Carey: No. 1 On Time’s Ultimate Pop Stardom List

    Singing legend Mariah Carey may be having a tough year in her personal life, but her pop star status in 2014 is cemented and secure. Time has given the multi-awarded singer the top spot on “The Ultimate Ranking of Pop Stardom,” which they compiled by examining the top 10 hits on the Billboard charts from 1960 to the present. For each week that a song was on the charts, points were assigned to the artists.

    Carey landed No. 1 on Time’s list because of the longevity of her career and for having major years of success. Over 19 years, Carey scored several top 10 records, and had two years when she scored more than 300 points: in 1995 and 2005. Only 19 times in Time’s analysis did artists score over 300 points in one year, and the fact that Carey’s years were a decade apart speaks volumes about her ability to connect with new generations of music fans.

    The artist in second place on the list was Rihanna, who also bagged two years with over 300 points, in 2008 and 2010. She is followed by Usher, The Beatles and Madonna in third, fourth and fifth places, respectively.

    Usher was found to have had the best performing year in 2004 with the songs “Burn,” “Confessions Part II,” “My Boo” and “Yeah!” spending a total of 26 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Musical supergroup The Beatles came in second for the year 1964, when they had 11 top 10 singles and six songs at the No. 1 spot.

    Other musical legends that made it to the list of top 50 pop stars include Michael Jackson (No. 8), Elton John (No. 11), Whitney Houston (No. 7) and Stevie Wonder (No. 12). However, many relatively new artists also made the list, such as Katy Perry (No. 9), Beyonce (No. 15) and Bruno Mars (No. 17). Ingénue Miley Cyrus impressively landed on the list with a relatively young career at No. 50.

  • Nicki Minaj: Did She Blow Off the NBA?

    Nicki Minaj: Did She Blow Off the NBA?

    Nicki Minaj is being sued for allegedly blowing off an NBA All-Star party back in 2011. It doesn’t sound like the ‘Anaconda’ rapper to blow off anything party-related. Do you think there’s any basis to this lawsuit?

    Cahuenga, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Nicki Minaj, alleging that she breached her contract to serve as host for that party back in February of 2011. The suit claims she was paid a generous sum to appear at the event, to which she was late. She allegedly only stayed half as long as she was contracted to stay.

    The lawsuit claims that Nicki Minaj was paid $53,050 to appear at the NBA All-Star Weekend event at Hollywood’s Siren Studios. It goes on to say that she was supposed to host the party from 1:00 A.M., but showed up at 1:30 and was gone by 2:00. The suit is alleging breach of contact, unjust enrichment and other counts–meaning Cahuenga wants its $53,050 back, “plus lost revenues, including but not limited to, refund claims and lost sales.”

    Nicki Minaj’s reps have yet to publicly acknowledge the lawsuit. One source believes the whole situation was simply a matter of Minaj being a diva. She certainly exhibited highly skilled diva traits when serving as a judge on American Idol. In fact, she closely rivaled fellow judge Mariah Carey in the diva category–don’t you think?

    Diva or no diva, when you sign your name on the dotted line, you are expected to honor that contract–even if your name is Nicki Minaj.

    Do you think Nicki Minaj blew off the NBA? Do you expect she will have to repay the $50,000? Or will her lawyers find a loophole and get her out of this legal mess?

    Fans can check out Nicki Minaj–likely in her true diva form–at the VMAs this coming weekend. Airing on August 24th, the ‘Pills N Potions’ singer is on tap to perform.

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  • Lea Michele Storms Off ‘Glee’ Set After Being Called A Diva

    Lea Michele reportedly stormed off the set of Glee on Tuesday.

    Sources say that the 27-year-old was infuriated that her co-star, Naya Rivera, went to the producers of the show and complained about her being a “diva.”

    The two have been working together on the musical television series since it first aired in 2009. Glee is currently in its fifth season.

    A source close to Rivera told TMZ that most of the cast and crew were annoyed at Michele for making everyone wait for her to start shooting while she dealt with her own personal matters on set. The incident is said to have happened more than once. Apparently, they have had it with waiting and Rivera was the one who went to the producers to complain about Michele’s unprofessional behavior.

    Michele was able to hear Rivera call her a diva in front of the producers, and that’s what caused her to storm off, said the same source.

    However, sources from Michele’s camp are telling a different story. According to them, there were no complaints against Michele, at least none that she knew of, and she and Rivera were not even filming a scene together. They also said that it was Rivera who left the set of Glee and not Michele.

    TMZ has also received tips that Rivera was fired, but Rivera’s sources say that the rumor is completely untrue and that she is still very much part of the show.

    There are two stories from different camps and one detail is the same in both sides – one of them stormed off the set. Whether it was Michele, or Rivera fans will just have to hope that their feud ends soon. They may even patch things up through a song in true Glee fashion.

    The next episode of Glee will be airing on April 22.

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