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  • Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Break the Adorable Meter In New Pics

    Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton couldn’t be more adorable and recently captured pics of the couple prove it.

    Not only are The Voice coaches seemingly in love, they are not afraid to show some PDA while out and about.

    On Wednesday, Gwen and Blake were spotted cracking up while driving around Los Angeles on Thursday and the pics are ridiculously adorable.

    Stefani, 46, looks way too cute wearing what appears to be one of Shelton’s camo hats, driving around town while her 39-year-old beau, rides shotgun in her Range Rover.

    The pair are nearly inseparable and do not hold back in sharing their affection for each other.

    As reported by Us Weekly, Stefani and Shelton confirmed they were dating in November on the same day as the country music awards. Their announcement came just months after their respective divorces over the summer.

    “Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating,” Stefani’s spokesperson said of the couple.

    Since taking their love public, Blake and Gwen have been super cuddly during numerous outings, even for the NBC cameras. Earlier this week, Stefani shared an adorable photo from The Voice stage with Blake playfully biting his girlfriend’s shoulder as fellow coaches Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine look on.

  • Missy Elliot Is Back With New Single, ‘WTF,’ Which Features Pharrell

    Missy Elliot is back after more than a decade since she released her last album and eight months since she killed it during Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show.

    Fans have been waiting a long time for this moment and the wait was worth the results.

    On Monday, Elliott premiered a snippet of WTF, her new single with Pharrell during Monday Night Football, as part of a commercial for the new NBA season.

    According to BET, Elliott’s absence from the music world was a hiatus for both personal and health-related reasons. Diagnosed with Graves’ Disease in 2008, Elliott said she was unable to create her best work and so decided to wait for the right moment.

    “When I create something, it’s gotta be special and it can’t just be to throw something out there because I feel like I’m Missy,” she said in an interview. “I gotta feel like what I’m giving fans is 100 percent and that it’s game-changing. I don’t just throw out microwave records.”

    In the 30-second clip, Missy can be heard rapping over the uptempo beat. Fans can hear more when the song arrives in its entirety on November 13.

    Whatever the reasons for her absence, it’s good to have Missy Elliott back!

  • Azealia Banks Hates ‘Fat White Americans,’ Unleashes In Playboy

    Azealia Banks waves the “Black banner” with raging bullets pointed at “fat white Americans”.

    “I hate everything about this country,” says the Broke with Expensive Tastes rapper in a Q & A with Playboy Magazine. Banks appears on the March 20 issue, along with a 10-page pictorial.

    Banks, 23, also spewed venom at those “who are crunched into the middle of America.” Banks said that “the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms,” and she does not care.

    “A lot of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people don’t like you.”

    The Playboy interview magnified Bank’s outspoken tweets and gave her more than 10 pages of ammunition. When asked about people’s reaction to her tactless statements, Banks replied, “It’s always about race. Lorde can run her mouth and talk sh-t about all these other b—hes, but y’all aren’t saying she’s angry. If I have something to say, I get pushed into the corner….y’all motherf–kers still owe me reparations!”

    Banks also dissed Pharrell and Kendrick Lamar adding, “The race thing always comes up, but I want to get there being very black and proud and boisterous about it. You get what I mean? A lot of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people don’t like you. In American society, the game is to be a non-threatening black person. That’s why you have Pharrell or Kendrick Lamar saying, “How can we expect people to respect us if we don’t respect ourselves?” He’s playing that non-threatening black man sh-t, and that gets all the white soccer moms going, “We love him.”

    Even Kanye West was not spared. “Please accept me, white world,” Banks said of Kim Kardashian’s husband.

    By Banks’ standard, only rapper Jay Z stood true to his roots. “Jay Z hasn’t played any of those games, and that’s what I like,” she said.

  • Missy Elliott in Studio With Pharrell Williams

    Missy Elliott shared word with her fans that she and Pharrell Williams have been working together in a recording studio. This is another hint leading many to think that a new Missy Elliott album is in the works.

    The first of these hints came when Elliott made a surprise appearance during Pharrell Williams’s set at the BET Awards back in June.

    The last solo album Missy Elliott released was back in 2005. Called “The Cookbook,” it featured hit tracks including “Lose Control,” “Teary Eyed,” and “We Run This.” Fans have long-awaited a new solo album, and her tweet about working in the studio with The Voice coach has likely raised their hopes.

    Rumors are running rampant about Missy Elliott reuniting with Timbaland, too, further fueling that new album fire. The two were creative partners for many years.

    When you put all of this together, combined with Missy Elliott appearing as Katy Perry’s special guest at the Super Bowl this year, everything points to a strong presence for Elliott. And as everyone knows, a strong presence goes a long way when selling albums.

    Do you think Missy Elliott in the recording studio with Pharrell is an indication of a new album in the works? It seems fans will simply have to wait a while and see.

  • Anna Kendrick Promotes ‘SNL’ Hosting Debut in Hilarious New Promos

    The new Saturday Night Live promos advertising Anna Kendrick’s hosting debut, which airs on April 5, showcase the actress’ musical skills and comic timing, and her confusion about the time and day the show actually takes place.

    The Perfect Pitch star and SNL cast member Taran Killiam appear in the spots together, doing everything from singing to playing April Fools’ pranks.

    The 35-year-old actress is told by Killam that since it is her first time hosting the show, she is given free rein to ask any questions she wants. She asks several questions about what day the show airs and when it tapes.

    When asked what could be more fun than SNL, Kendrick makes some suggestions.

    “Sumo wrestling in doughnut batter? A mansion full of monkey butlers? A tickle fight with puppies while I’m wearing a bikini made of bacon?” Kendrick replies.

    It is a busy year for the actress, who is rearing up to film the sequel to Pitch Perfect later this year. She also appears in the film The Last 5 Years, and in the role of Cinderella in Into the Woods, both due out later this year. 

    The Up in the Air Oscar-nominated actress makes her SNL hosting debut April 5, and she will be joined by musical guest Pharrell, who she mentioned in a tweet last month when she joked about the hat he wore to the 2014 Grammy Awards.

     

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  • Anna Kendrick Kills It in SNL Promo Spots

    Anna Kendrick is prepping for her Saturday Night Live hosting gig this weekend in a series of promos for the show.

    If the promos are any indication, it’s going to be a great show — she pretty much kills it.

    Kendrick is seen hanging with SNL regular Taran Killam, running the gamut of comedy — from singing some show tunes to a fake horror skit.

    In one skit, the Pitch Perfect star asks naively, “When does Saturday Night Live air? When does it tape? Is it during the day?”

    In another spot, Kendrick and Killam ponder, “What could be more fun than Saturday’s show?” Kendrick’s reply: “Sumo wrestling in doughnut batter? A mansion full of monkey butlers? A tickle fight with puppies while I’m wearing a bikini made of bacon?”

    The 28-year-old actress makes her hosting debut on Saturday, April 5, with musical guest Pharrell.

    Former SNL head writer Seth Meyers, who now hosts Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC, gave Kendrick some advice after she told him she’s “really scared” about her appearance.

    Kendrick has wrapped filming Happy Christmas due out summer 2014.

    Fans of Pitch Perfect are pumped that Anna Kendrick is returning to reprise her role as Beca, the leader of the a cappella singing group, the Barden Bellas. Kenrick recently admitted she is just as pumped and doesn’t even seem to care about the plot.

    “I’m very excited!” said Kendrick. “I mean I’ve signed on with no script, so you know, if it becomes about parasailing instead of singing, don’t blame me!”

    She even revealed her ideas of what fans might expect from the sequel.

    “I can see it picking up in the year 3000 when we’re all cryogenically frozen,” she joked. “And our voices are digital and we’re breaking the sound barrier.”

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  • New Perfumes: Pharrell Williams Creates a New Fragrance with Comme Des Garçons

    Actual talent comes second to some celebrities’ ability to mix chemicals for fragrances. So finding a talented celebrity who also can invent a great new scent can be a rarity. When a prestigious company and a critically acclaimed musician combine to create a new perfume, the results are intoxicating.

    Singer Pharrell Williams collaborated with Japanese luxury brand company Comme des Garçons to make his first fragrance. Comme des Garçons’s partnership with Pharrell marks the company’s first collaboration with a musician. The unisex fragrance is entitled GIRL, after Pharrell’s most recent 10-track album, which was released on March 3. No details have been leaked yet about Pharrell’s new GIRL fragrance. But, while expressing admiration for the seven-time Grammy winner and Oscar nominated singer, Comme des Garçons’ owner Adrian Joffe spoke of Pharrell’s pre-production vision for the perfume.

    Vogue Australia reports that Joffe revealed: “This is the first time we have created a fragrance for a musician and I can think of no greater talent and no greater gentleman to have done this with…Pharrell knew exactly what he wanted the perfume to smell like right from the beginning.”

    Pharrell told Women’s Wear Daily this about Comme des Garçons, “As one of my favorite designers once said, ‘Comme des Garçons is your favorite designers’ favorite designer… the top of the top, the best of the best.”

    Besides the GIRL scent, Pharrell recently announced that he will collaborate with G-Star RAW and Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo for an upcoming clothing line. Additionally, the song Pharrell performed at the Academy Awards, ‘Happy,’ recently took the Billboard number one spot. 

    Aside from Pharrell’s music, people often talk about his bold fashion choices, everything from his memorable Grammy’s hat to wearing shorts pants at the Academy Awards. So whatever perfume Pharrell produces, it’s sure to challenge the senses.

    Pharrell’s GIRL fragrance hits stores in September 2014.

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  • Kylie Minogue Pranks One Of Her Biggest Fans [VIDEO]

    What if your favorite singer came to your job or local gym to give you a personal performance? That would be pretty cool, huh?

    Well, that’s what happened to Adam Miner of Crouch End, England recently, when pop star Kylie Minogue walked into his gym and gave him a one-on-one performance, complete with backup dancers and everything.

    The whole thing was set up by MasterCard to promote the 2014 BRIT Awards, and the company is doing the same thing with other stars like Pharrell, as he’s supposed to surprise a fan as well.

    Here’s how MasterCard and Minogue pulled the prank off:

    Miner was doing his usual workout at his neighborhood gym and all of a sudden Minogue comes out of nowhere and starts singing her new single “Into The Blue,” and the other people working out in the gym were secretly planted, as they were really Minogue’s backup dancers. Soon after, Miner was in the middle of a full-on performance, and considering he’s one of the pop singer’s biggest fans, it made the prank extra special for him, he said.

    “I’ve been a fan of Kylie for as long as I can remember,” said Minor. “I have so much memorabilia from over the years and from concerts at home, that to have my own personal performance from Miss Kyle Minogue herself, I was just stunned. She’s an incredible woman. I’m so lucky.”

    And Minogue said the performance was special for her as well, because she hardly ever gets to meet and do a personal show for one of her fans. “I’ve never performed in a gym before,” she said. “So it was a crazy and exciting experience for both me and my fan Adam. I loved Adam’s reaction when I walked in and even in his shocked state, he still managed to sing along to all the words to ‘Into The Blue.’ It was fabulous for both of us.”

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  • Janelle Monae Rocks The NBA All-Star Game [VIDEO]

    Between the Super Bowl halftime show, the Grammy Award performances and the performances at the Golden Globe Awards, there sure has been a lot of good TV performances in 2014, and the halftime show at yesterday’s All-Star Game was certainly one of them.

    The singer, rapper and producer Pharrell got things started, doing a slew of hits from the late 90s all the way to present day, which might have been a shock to some people, because much of the mainstream believes he just started making music recently.

    Pharrell also ran through hits like the Jay Z assisted “I Just Wanna Love U,” “Get Lucky,” which was co-produced by Daft Punk, “Blurred Lines” and of course “Happy.”

    But that wasn’t it. The 40-year old pop sensation also brought out hip-hoppers P Diddy and Busta Rhymes, and they did an updated version of their 2002 hit “Pass the Courvoisier.” The rapper Nelly visited the stage as well, and did a quick rendition of his signature cut “Hot in Herre.”

    And the energy in the building seemingly went up from there, as soul singer Janelle Monae took the stage and whipped through some of her current material, and also rapped a few bars, which a lot of people didn’t know she could do. The fact that she went from singing, to rapping, back to singing quite seamlessly, showed just how versatile the celebrated artist is and why she’s so respected by industry folks and fans alike.

    And if that wasn’t enough, Monae then brought out Earth Wind & Fire to perform their classic hit “Shining Star,” which really got the crowd going.

    Overall, the All-Star Game halftime show gave the best TV performance, when compared to the Super Bowl’s halftime show and some of the performances at this year’s award ceremonies, and you can easily thank Pharrell for that, because he got things started off right and established the right level of energy for the other artists to follow.

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  • Pharrell to Perform “Happy” at Oscars

    Pharrell is just everywhere these days. The Renaissance man will be on our televisions yet again performing at the 2014 Acadamy Awards.

    The musician will be performing his upbeat pop song, “Happy.”

    The tune might sound familiar because it was featured in the Despicable Me sequel that came out last year.

    The track is also nominated for Best Original Song along with U2’s “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Karen O’s “The Moon Song” from Her, and “Let It Go” from the Disney’s Frozen.

    Pharrell is no stranger to cleaning up at award shows, recently taking home wins for Producer of the Year-Non Classical, along with Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year and Album of the Year for his work with Daft Punk on their album Random Access Memories.

    See Pharrell perform with Daft Punk at the Grammys.

    Recently Pharrell was in a little hot water with fellow-musician Franz Ferdinand over “borrowing” a riff.

    Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos posted to twitter saying that Pharrell borrowed a riff from the band’s hit “Take Me Out” for Paloma Faith’s “Can’t Rely on You” that Pharrell not only appeared on but produced.

    It seems the two have worked out their little spat but don’t be surprised when you see Pharrell making headlines again. It’ll happen soon.

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  • Pharrell Accused of Stealing Riff

    Pharrell Accused of Stealing Riff

    Pharrell’s had a big week. Not only did he clean up at the Grammy’s this past Sunday winning for Producer of the Year-Non Classical, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year and Album of the Year (wow, that’s a mouthful) the 40-year-old talent was also in the spotlight taking a little criticism for his fashion decisions with a rather large hat.

    However, it seems that the hat isn’t such a big deal anymore considering the producer was recently accused of “borrowing” a riff for one of his own songs.

    It’s not the first time he’s been under the microscope. Last year, Pharrell was at it with will.i.am over his i am OTHER brand and dealt with a suit from Marvin Gaye’s family over his work with Robin Thicke on “Blurred Lines.”

    So what’s it this time, you might ask?

    Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos posted to twitter saying that Pharrell borrowed a riff from the band’s hit “Take Me Out” for Paloma Faith’s “Can’t Rely on You” that Pharrell not only appeared on but produced.

    Take a listen for yourself.

    Do you hear any similarities?

    Pharrell hasn’t replied to the tweet.

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  • Pharrell Talks About His Now Famous Grammy Hat

    While the Grammy’s are over, everyone is still buzzing about what went down on Sunday night at the Staple Center. But beyond Queen Bey’s saucy rendition of “Drunk in Love” Grammy viewers can’t seem to get over the hat that Pharrell sported during the award show.

    The hat was front and center when he was a presenter at the Grammy’s and was also worn the very next evening as he performed at the Los Angeles Staple Center for The Night That Changed America: A Grammy’s Salute To The Beatles.

    The hat looks like Pharrell borrowed it from Smokey the Bear’s closet even though it’s was actually designed by Vivienne Westwood. Gossip about the giant, brown hat has been so out-of-control, it even spilled over to Twitter.

    Pharrell might’ve taken hom a whopping four Grammy’s Sunday night but the thing we love best about him is his sense of humor. The star took to Twitter, playing along with Arby’s tweets.

    Pharrell’s 2014 Grammy wins includes Producer of the Year-Non Classical, along with Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year and Album of the Year for his work with Daft Punk on their album Random Access Memories.

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