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Five Minutes with Jesse McCartney

Mar 17, 2008

Five Minutes with Jesse McCartney The former tween-dream tells VIBE why he’s not just another pop pusher. ... The former tween-dream tells VIBE why he’s not just another pop pusher. Jesse McCartney may have been another TRL poster boy lost within a maze of milk-faced,...

9th Malibu International Film Festival Announces Films & Special Events

The ninth edition of the Malibu International Film Festival announces its official film screenings and special events schedule for April 4 - 6, 2008. This year's festival is honored to screen 29 ... ... The ninth edition of the Malibu International Film Festival announces...

Estelle's star rises again

Interview: Soulful singer/rapper Estelle talks frankly to Zena Alkayat about her musical resurrection after quitting Britain and moving to the US to mix with the hip-hop big boys. ... The American dream: Not so long ago, Estelle Swaray was on the brink of obscurity. Now...

NOFX is not afraid to make you mad

Punk rock group wants to make people think, even if they get angry first. By Stayton Bonner SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Saturday, March 15, 2008 "Lately, I've tried to get back to my roots by making people mad," NOFX vocalist and bassist Fat Mike says. Although...

Music: There's something about Jersey

It's the butt of national jokes -- and also a hotbed of American music. What makes this state so special? ... You've heard the jokes on Letterman, "The Sopranos" and even pro football broadcasts. "We grew up very close to New York, only minutes away," said Bon Jovi...

N.Y. Sex Scandal: 'Kristen''s Pop-Music Dreams

The 22-year-old at the center of the governor scandal has two songs on the Web ... Originally posted Thursday March 13, 2008 12:30 PM EDT Before her link to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Ashley Alexandra Dupré was a 22-year-old New Jersey girl with a MySpace page and a...

Trevor Wright

Variety Weekend: Star of 'Shelter' -- Trevor Wright, star of “Shelter” ... Three films that mean a lot to me: “True Romance,” directed by Tony Scott “Rebel without a Cause,” directed by Nicholas Ray “The Lover,” directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud Who do you think is the best...

Woman at the center of governor's downfall

Ashley Alexandra Dupré, 22, the woman called Kristen in an affidavit describing her rendezvous with Eliot Spitzer, said in an interview, "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster." ... She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to...

'Kristen' in N.Y. Governor Scandal Speaks Out

"I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," the 22-year-old woman tells a newspaper ... UpdatePosted Wednesday March 12, 2008 07:35 PM EDT Originally posted Wednesday March 12, 2008 06:55 PM EDT The alleged prostitute known as "Kristen" in the New York governor sex...

Usher: Kid Sister, Teyana Taylor Usher In A New Wave Of Female MCs

NEW YORK — Where the ladies at? With Foxy Brown in jail, Remy Ma on trial and Rah Digga missing in action (not to mention Lil' Kim and Lauryn Hill making headlines for anything but new music), it seems that question has been asked over and over again in hip-hop circles. And the response is...