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Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia to tour U.S.

 

In honor of its 40th anniversary, the Hard Rock Café is sending 40 pieces of choice rock and roll memorabilia on a U.S. tour this summer.

Travelling in a big rig truck to various Hard Rock locations, the tour begins in New York City on May 18 and ends August 17 in Hollywood, Florida.

Since 1979, when Eric Clapton donated a red Fender guitar to the original Hard Rock Café in London, the company has amassed a huge collection of rock memorabilia, estimated to include 73,000 pieces.

Items on display will include Justin Bieber’s skateboard, the wedding dress Madonna wore in her Like a Virgin video, Michael Jackson’s red leather jacket from Beat It, and a Braille edition of Playboy that belonged to Ray Charles.

 

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Musique

Justin Bieber and Arcade Fire win Webby Awards

Canadian musicians Justin Bieber and Arcade Fire were two of the acts honored at the 2011 Webby Awards yesterday (May 3), reports Billboard.

Bieber took home the People’s Voice award for best comedy video award in recognition of his April Fool’s Day 2010 takeover of popular comedy website Funny or Die! The prank saw the website rebranded Bieber or Die, with news that the pop star had bought the website and would "do with it whatever his tiny little heart desires."

Montreal-based band Arcade Fire won both the Webby and the People’s Voice awards for best experimental and weird short video, in honor of their trippy music video-interactive film experience The Wilderness Downtown. Set to their single We Used to Wait, the interactive video uses HTML5 technology and Google Maps to create a 3D rendering of the viewer’s hometown.

Other notable Webby winners include Snoop Dogg and LL Cool J, who took home the statue for best branded entertainment for their Ultimate Halo Smack Down collaboration.

Comedian Zach Galifianakis, late-night talk-show host Conan O’Brien and actor Jim Carrey were also honored at the ceremony.

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Musique

Chris Brown joins Justin Bieber on stage

Justin Bieber’s Australian concertgoers were in for a surprise last night (April 28), when the pop star invited Chris Brown to join him on stage for a duet, reports Teen Music.

Just as Bieber was finishing up his solo song With You, Brown swept out onto the stage to the delight of fans, and joined the pop star in singing their collaborative single, Look at Me Now.

Last week on Twitter, Bieber had hinted to fans that he had something special planned with Brown, leading many to speculate that there might be a duet performance in the works for one of his shows.

The first surprise for Australian fans, however, was that there was a concert at all. Rumors suggested that the show would be cancelled after Bieber injured his back wake-boarding in Indonesia last weekend. The pop star reportedly defied doctor’s orders and insisted that the show must go on.

"I don’t cancel…In route to Sydney!! THE SHOW IS ON!! I don’t let my fans down!" Bieber tweeted on Wednesday (April 27).

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Musique

Justin Bieber nominated again… for Country Music Award

Justin Bieber has been nominated for a 2011 Country Music Television Music Award for his collaboration with country and western band Rascal Flatts, reports Teen Music.

Bieber’s duet with Rascal Flatts, That Should Be Me, is nominated for collaborative video of the year, although it faces some steep competition from the Jason Aldean-Kelly Clarkson hit Don’t You Wanna Stay.

That Should Be Me originally appeared as a solo track on Bieber’s first studio album, My World 2.0. It was remixed with vocals from Rascal Flatts for Bieber’s newest album, Never Say Never – The Remixes.

The 2011 CMT Music Awards ceremony will take place in Nashville, Tennessee on June 8. Aldean leads the nominations with a total of four mentions. Along with his nomination for collaborative video of the year, Aldean’s single My Kinda Party is up for video of the year, male video of the year and best web video of the year.

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Musique

Rihanna an early favorite for Billboard Music Awards

Barbadian R&B artist Rihanna is sitting pretty with a whopping 18 nominations for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in May, more than any other artist, reports Teen Music.

Eminem follows closely with 16 nominations; their Rihanna-Eminem collaboration, Love the Way You Lie, gave them both a boost, with a showing in six different categories.

Lady Gaga trails in third, a finalist in 12 categories, while Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber each scored 11 nominations.

Unlike traditional awards shows that rely on a panel of judges to select winners, the Billboard Music Awards are based on chart position from February 28, 2010 to March 1, 2011. After a four-year hiatus, the awards show returns with a live broadcast on ABC. 

As well as tracking album, single and digital sales, Billboard rankings also take into account other factors like social networking presence, touring success, radio play and online streaming.

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Musique

Arcade Fire, Justin Bieber among O Awards nominees

O Music Awards, MTV’s brand-new web-based awards promote “the ongoing, open and online music awards,” according to its website.

In keeping up with the times and celebrating all that new technology has to offer, the first-ever O Music Awards plans to find and spotlight the ‘Must Follow Artist on Twitter,’ ‘Most Innovative Music Video,’ ‘Best Fan Cover,’ ‘Best Independent Music Blog,’ and many more.

Montreal band Arcade Fire is nominated for most innovative music video for their song We Used to Wait. Lady Gaga, Kanye West, and Justin Bieber were among the top nominees, reports Teen Music.

Teen pop senstation Justin Bieber has three nominations for best fan forum, fan army ftw (for the win) for his ‘Beliebers,’ and favorite animated GIF. 

 

 

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Musique

Justin Bieber favorite at Kids’ Choice Awards

Teen pop star Justin Bieber was a big winner at the Kids’ Choice Awards this Saturday (April 2), taking home two blimp-shaped trophies, reports MTV.

Bieber was named favorite male artist, winning out over his mentor Usher, Jay-Z, and Bruno Mars. His hit single Baby won favorite song, beating Katy Perry’s California Gurls, Train’s Hey, Soul Sister, and Taylor Swift’s Mine.

On tour in Berlin at the time, the pop star was unable to attend the show in person, but later expressed his thanks through Twitter: "Just got word… thank [you] to all the fans [for] voting for the #KCAs – this all starts with the fans and you are the best in the world. love ya!"

Although Perry lost out to Bieber for favorite song, she was named favorite female artist. The trophy for favorite music group went to the Black Eyed Peas, who were on hand to perform The Time (Dirty Bit) and Just Can’t Get Enough.

Other performances included an over-the-top number from the show’s host Jack Black, and ten-year-old Willow Smith, who sang her hits 21st Century Girl and Whip My Hair, as dad Will and brother Jaden cheered her on from the audience.

 

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Cinéma

Justin Bieber could give the answer to Ashton Kutcher

Young Canadian pop icon, Justin Bieber, is in talks with Sony Pictures to join Ashton Kutcher in the comedy What Would Kenny Do?,  a film exploring the relationship between a 17 year old man and his 30-something future self.

According to the LA Times, the project was first pitched in 2008 as the story of a young man who travels through time to meet an adult version of himself. Recent changes however, have reportedly shifted the focus onto Kutcher’s character, who’ll revisit his past to effectively guide his young self through the muck and mire of the high school experience.
 
The film, re-written by (500) Days of Summer’s Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, will be produced by Kutcher’s production company, Katalyst Entertainment in collaboration with Will Smith and Overbrook Entertainment.

Bieber’s current film, Never Say Never, has raised more than $80 million in worldwide box office sales. The DVD will be released shortly.

 

 

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Musique

Justin Bieber documentary to be released on DVD

As his more than 8 million Twitter followers already know, Justin Bieber’s documentary movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Wednesday, May 13, reports MTV News.

Yesterday (March 30), he tweeted fans: "So here is the big news they were waiting for me to announce to u once off stage … Thanks to everyone for seeing #NSN3D around the world! so we are … OFFICIALLY getting #NEVERSAYNEVER3D to Blu-ray & DVD May13th," he tweeted. "Preorder NOW."

He made another special announcement for a few lucky fans, "And I’m signing some for my fans! #MUCHLOVE."

The film follows the pop star during his 2010 My World Tour, counting down to his performance in Madison Square Garden. Concert footage is interspersed with scenes of Bieber’s childhood, taken from home videos.  With a budget of $13 million, the film debuted on February 11th and went on to gross more than $85 million in theatres.

Directed by Jon Chu (Step Up 3D), the Blu-ray/DVD combo will also feature a dance-off between Bieber and his crew, the full-length performance of Favorite Girl, Bieber’s team surprising fans with free tickets, and a sendoff for JB’s old swoop hairstyle.

 

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Musique

Justin Bieber sued for song royalties

For most songwriters, having one of their creations chosen by an international star, usually opens the door to increased wealth and fame. However, what happens if the songwriter isn’t paid?

Sean Hamilton and Hyuk Shin, original songwriters of One Less Lonely Girl sung by teen pop sensation Justin Bieber on his debut album My World, have still not received any royalties, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

In a lawsuit filed last week, representatives for the songwriters, artist managers Vance Tate and Thomas Oliveria, claim they are entitled to 10 percent of the publishing royalties for their share of the song, estimated to be $200,000.

Working under the name A-Rex, the duo wrote the song One Less Lonely Girl in 2008. It ended up on Bieber’s first album with final credits to Hamilton and Shin as well as Usher, Ezekiel Lewis, and Balewa Muhammad.

The plaintiffs are also seeking damages for breach of contract, fraud, conversion, and copyright infringement.