"Idol" Reject to Police: Oopsies!

Vonzell Solomon has released a ridiculous statement about airport security finding a gun in her bag at a Florida Airport.

"I in no way intended to enter the plane with a firearm. I was rushing to make a scheduled flight and simply did not realize it was in my handbag until I went through security." Dontcha hate when that happens?

While most of us are struggling to pack 3 oz. of liquid, Baby V has a Glock in her clutch.






See Also

• No Gossip Girl Spin-Off Planned
• Pascal Comelade And Pj Harvey
• Beach Boys boxed set brings back the fun, fun, fun
• Kailash Kher

Serial Joe

   
Artist: Serial Joe

   Genre(s): 
Pop: Pop-Rock
   

---

Discography:


   
 Serial Joe

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 12

---

At an age when almost boys' lives are consumed by the likes of pubescence and G.I. Joe, the members of Serial Joe were busy edifice their music careers. Ever since the rock band north Korean won the 1998 Much Music Video Award for Best Independent Video ("Skidrow"), their heavy act gainful off. Awards and nominations began rolling in and attention for the Newmarket, Ontario, Canada-based ring has been gaining unbelievable momentum. After unrelentingly playing in their parents' basements since 1997, Serial Joe decided it was meter to go public. The ambitious young group severally released their number one record album, Kicked, in 1998. In 1999, they received a YTV Achievement Award for Best Band and were nominative for the Much Music Video Award for Best Rock Video ("Mistake"). They were prestigious to play Woodstock '99 as comfortably. In 2000, they won a Much Music Video FACT Award for Best Video ("Deep") (the award was presented by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of Kiss during a tour with the famed glam rock band). 2000 proven to be an regular better class for the young banding; bassist Jon Davidson was 17, vocalist/guitarist Ryan Dennis was 17, guitar player Ryan Stever was 18, and drummer Dan Stadnicki was 17. Serial Joe has earned a number of prestigious nominations, including a 2000 Much Music Award nomination (People's Choice Award for Best Canadian Band), a Juno nomination for Best New Band, and a Gemini Award nomination for Best Specialty Show (YTV Achievement Awards, tenth Anniversary Show). In the summer of 2000, the striation released its second album, Serial Joe (Aquarius Records), on which they got a chance to work with Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, manufacturer of such artists as Marilyn Manson, Jane's Addiction, and Nine Inch Nails. Serial Joe's debut record album, 2000's Face Down, with Aquarius/DKD Group, has gone atomic number 78.

Myleene Klass to host Classical Brits

Former Hear'Say singer Myleene Klass is set to host this year's Classical Brit Awards in London.
Speaking about the announcement, the presenter said: "The Classical Brits is the biggest event in the classical calendar. To be the host is a personal highlight in my career."
"I'm really looking forward to presenting a ceremony that is so close to my heart and I'm sure it will be a magical evening."
Klass, who is a classically trained pianist, has just released her latest album 'Music For Mothers'.
The Classical Brits will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 8 May.

AMPTP Breaks Off Talks With SAG

As expected, the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ended their first round of bargaining talks on Tuesday without an agreement. However, although reports had previously described the negotiations as cordial, the latest ones said that they had ended on a bitter note, fueling the belief that the industry would be staggering into another strike in July. Indeed, SAG President Alan Rosenberg told Daily Variety that the guild may ask its members to authorize a strike as early as next week. In a statement, the AMPTP said that SAG's insistence on "unreasonable demands" had been the reason for its decision to discontinue the talks. SAG, it said, had rejected the "fundamental business and labor principles" that the directors', writers' and producers' guilds had already accepted. For its part SAG maintained that it had "modified" its original demands while the AMPTP had refused to budge from its own position. "Our negotiating team is prepared to work around the clock for as long as it takes to get a fair deal. We want to keep the town working," Rosenberg said in a statement. Meanwhile, negotiators for the AMPTP are expected to open negotiations with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists today (Wednesday). SAG reportedly has 120,000 members; AFTRA, 70,000. About 44,000 belong to both unions.


See Also

• TV Review: American Idol - Top Four
• Pete Doherty’s early release angers drug campaigners
• R. Kelly: A Timeline Of Events Leading Up To His Child-Pornography Trial, Which Finally Begins This Week

Holmes wants more children, but not yet

Actress Katie Holmes has said that she wants to have more children with her husband Tom Cruise but is in "no particular rush" to add to her family.
The 28-year-old star, who has a 19-month-old daughter called Suri, told In Style magazine that she is really enjoying motherhood.
Holmes said: "Nowadays, Suri is talking up a storm. She loves colouring and creating. She's a great mimic and dancer."
Speaking about the prospect of having more children in the future, the actress said: "I'd love to. But I'm in no particular rush. We're enjoying our time right now."

Hypnotize Minds/Columbia Records Set to Release 'Last 2 Walk,' the Radical New Album from the Record-Breaking History-Making Three 6 Mafia: Available in Stores & Online Tuesday, June 24

NEW YORK, April 11 -- Hypnotize Minds/Columbia Records
announce the upcoming release of Last 2 Walk, the first new full-length
album from Three 6 Mafia since 2006, when the record-breaking
history-making Memphis hip-hop ensemble became the first African-American
rap group ever to win the Best Original Song Oscar. One of the year's most
heavily anticipated album releases in any genre, Three 6 Mafia's Last 2
Walk will be available in stores and online Tuesday, June 24.

The brainchild of Three 6 Mafia founding members DJ Paul and Juicy J,
Last 2 Walk premieres the future club anthem, "Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)"
featuring hardcore rapper Project Pat (Juicy J's brother and longtime
member of the Hypnotize Minds' hip-hop collective), the rising Three 6
Mafia protege Young D, and Superpower.

The album includes the salacious new single "I'd Rather" featuring Unk,
"That's Right" featuring Akon, and the long-awaited "My Own Way"
collaboration with Good Charlotte.

*****

Three 6 Mafia secured its place in hip-hop history and the annals of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences when "It's Hard Out Here For
A Pimp," from the highly acclaimed "Hustle & Flow," took home the Best
Achievement In Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Oscar
statue on Sunday, March 5, 2006.

The Academy Award win was the most visible of a long series of triumphs
for Three 6 Mafia. That year's Best Song Oscar also represented a major
victory for hip-hop itself as the groundbreaking art form, as represented
by Three 6 Mafia, broke out of the underground to achieve bona fide
recognition from the mainstream. That same year, Three 6 Mafia was
presented with the Key to The City of Memphis by Mayor Willie W. Herenton,
the city's first African-American mayor and became the first rap performers
to be given a "Note on Beale Street," the Memphis equivalent of a star on
Hollywood Boulevard.

Originally released in late 2005, Most Known Unknown, the last major
label release from Three 6 Mafia prior to Last To Walk, was singled out as
"one of the year's best hip-hop albums," by Kelefa Sanneh in a "Critic's
Choice" review in The New York Times. The RIAA platinum-certified Most
Known Unknown entered the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart at #3 while
also debuting at #1 on both the R&B Album Sales and the Rap Album Sales
charts.

Most Known Unknown once again upped the ante on Three 6 Mafia, whose
previous album, the RIAA Gold-certified Da Unbreakables, debuted at #4 on
the Top 200 in 2003 and the Rap album sales chart at #1. Da Unbreakables
became the #1 best-selling album in Birmingham, Chattanooga, Jackson,
Knoxville, Little Rock, Memphis, Mobile, Nashville, and Paducah.

Garnering a cult-like following since their humble beginnings peddling
TDK mix tapes, the Memphis, Tennessee-based Three 6 Mafia personify the
essence of Down South Hip-Hop. With an ever-growing string of gold and
platinum accomplishments, the group has never lost its core connection to
the pulse of the underground. Three 6 Mafia has had a series of successful
recordings dating back to 1995 and the group's initial releases: the first
independent release, Smoked Out, Loced Out, the first full-length album,
Mystic Stylez (which sold more than 200,000 copies), and the Live By Your
Rep EP.

Three 6 Mafia scored its first major label success in 1997 with Chapter
2: World Domination (Relativity), which sold over 800,000 copies. The group
claimed gold status on the destructive lead single, "Tear Da Club Up." Even
more success came with the follow-up album, When The Smoke Clears, in 2000.
That album debuted at #6 on Billboard's Top 200 album sales chart, and has
sold well over one million copies. As if musical success weren't enough,
the group moved into the video realm, releasing the Choices DVD and Choices
soundtrack album in 2001. The Choices DVD has sold more than 100,000 units
(which is platinum status for home DVDs/videos). A well-received follow-up
DVD, Choices II: The Set-Up, was released in March 2005.

Three 6 Mafia starred in the MTV reality show "Adventures In Hollyhood."

For more information:
http://www.three6-mafia.com
http://www.myspace.com/threesixmafia
http://www.columbiarecords.com

George Michael to reveal all

Singer George Michael has signed a multi-million pound deal to write a "no holds barred" autobiography.
According to his publisher HarperCollins, the 44-year-old will write the book "entirely himself", without a ghost writer.
In what is being reported by the company as "one of the biggest ever book deals", the former Wham! frontman has promised to reveal the truth about his turbulent personal life and his career, which has spanned over 25 years.
His manager Andy Stephens has said "George has promised HarperCollins a no-holds barred biography and it's certainly going to be that."
He added, "People aren't stupid, they're beginning to notice that the truth is more interesting than the stories the press come up with."
The yet untitled book is due to hit shelves in the autumn.
Belinda Budge, the managing director and publisher of Harper NonFiction UK, described the deal as "incredibly exciting".
"George is one of the best known and best loved pop singers in the world, with an extraordinary story to tell," she said.
"I am particularly thrilled by this deal as I have long been a fan of George's. Most importantly this really will be a truly authentic book and an exceptional one as he's going to be writing it entirely himself."

The Veronicas - Veronicas Star Engaged To Idol Geyer

THE VERONICAS star LISA ORIGLIASSO is set to wed former AUSTRALIAN IDOL contestant DEAN GEYER.

The couple - who have dated for over a year - released a statement on Monday (28Apr08) announcing their engagement.

The statement reads, "Dean Geyer and Lisa Origliasso, together with their families, are delighted to announce they are engaged.

"The couple have been together since April 2007 and are thrilled to share their news."

See Also

• Toumani Diabat� LSO St Luke’s, London
• A Place To Bury Strangers produce record-melting rock
• What happens in Vegas

Singer Lily Allen suffers miscarriage

Singer Lily Allen, who is currently in a relationship with Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons, has suffered a miscarriage.
A representative for the 22-year-old star confirmed the sad news to The Sun.
A statement said: "We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage."
The statement continued: "She and her partner Ed Simons will be making no further comment and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time."
Allen confirmed before Christmas that she was expecting her first child.

Shakira campaigns for poor children

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Colombian pop singer Shakira is using her fame to help poor Latin American children, but she also has her heart set on a new role -- mother to her own offspring.


"I want two," the hip-swiveling siren told Reuters on Thursday at an event to promote the children's charity, the ALAS Foundation (which stands for Latin America in Solidarity Action when translated into English).


But asked when she would like to start a family, she laughed nervously and said: "That's a good question."


Shakira, 31, has been dating Antonio de la Rua, the son of a former Argentine president, for nearly eight years, with swarms of photographers constantly tailing the celebrity couple looking for hints about a possible wedding.


Shakira, who has reportedly sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, wants to raise awareness about the extreme poverty affecting millions of Latin American children.


Recently she visited British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to talk about third world education and also went to Capitol Hill in Washington to urge lawmakers to approve more spending to help send the world's poor children to school.


"There are 40 million children in Latin America who have no access to any kind of development program, who receive no stimulation, nutrition or education and need to be nurtured and taken care of," she told Reuters.


"Artists have a tremendous power to communicate, to reach people, to woo, to inspire. It's an important and fundamental part of my life to be able to use my public profile to make certain issues visible, issues that are more important than my own career, that are more urgent and need immediate attention."