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Bette Midler has blasted singers including Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera for not showing any ‘emotion’ in their performances.

The musical legend – who is currently in Las Vegas completing her ‘Showgirl Must Go On’ residency – argues young stars need to put more depth into their shows.

She said: “They don’t speak. They don’t talk to their audience. They may say, ‘Hello, New York’ or ‘Hello, Las Vegas,’ in the beginning, and ‘Thank you’ in between songs, but they don’t talk. They don’t tell stories or take the time to make a connection, build a rapport. There’s no emotion.”

Bette also blamed music video channel MTV for encouraging people to lip-synch to their songs when performing ‘live’.

She added: “Video really did kill the radio star. After MTV came along, people were seeing their favorite singers in videos, and suddenly there was a certain vision of a song - how it should sound, how it should look. Then in concert, there was no room for improvisation - everyone wanted an exact replica.”

A federal appeals court has finally thrown out a $550,000 fine against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson’s famous wardrobe malfunction. On Monday, a three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled that the Federal Communications Commission acted arbitrarily and capriciously in issuing the fine for the image of nudity. People freaked out for nothing. She was covered with a tassel. There are much worse things on TV right now than Janet’s boob peek a couple of years back. Heck, I didn’t even know that this fine was still pending until Monday. I doubt many people still care about it.

Christina Aguilera’s new ‘Rock the Vote’ public service announcement has just hit the airwaves. The 27-year old powerhouse singer is features cradling her now 6-month old son Max Liron, swaddled in the American flag, as she sings the a capella version of ‘America the Beautiful’. ‘Rock the Vote’ works to engage the youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities. With the importance of this year’s elections, having some of the most influential figures for the younger generation featured in the PSAs should hopefully prove to be helpful.

After spending several days under observation in the hospital, Amy Winehouse was released and allowed to go home. She has a tuberculosis scare, but it’s nothing more than crack-induced emphysema.

So, now she’s off to start practicing for her performance at Nelson Mandela’s birthday party. What kind of freak decided that Amy Winehouse would be an appropriate performance for that party?

Let’s all do some crack and be happy and celebrate…umm, yeah, whatever….and then let’s all die.

Toni Braxton was rushed to the hospital last week when she was having trouble breathing after performing at Flamingo. And it seems that the case was more serious than expected and that Toni might not be returning to the Las Vegas Strip to perform any time soon – at least not for another month. The Flamingo Las Vegas President Don Marrandino said that Toni’s Tuesday to Saturday scheduled shows are now off and that she’s going to take advantage of a previously scheduled two week break that she had planned. They are offering refunds for the canceled shows though. Toni is set to return to the stage on May 6, a Tuesday. I hope you start feeling better Toni!

Amy Winehouse will get $1 million to sing for George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

The troubled ‘Rehab’ singer has been offered the staggering sum to perform at the Costume Institute Gala Benefit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, organized by institute co-chairs George and Julia.

A source said: “Amy was taken aback when she learned that George Clooney and Julia Roberts were after her. Their representatives have been phoning her offices and sending dozens of emails to convince her to take part. She’s seriously considering their generous offer. She hasn’t really taken it in - and keeps saying that her life is getting more surreal by the second.”

Fashion designer and honorary chair Giorgio Armani, who is a huge fan of the Grammy Award winner and pleaded with organisers to ask her to be involved, are hosting the glitzy bash.

The source added: “Giorgio has made no secret to his friends that he would love to work with Amy. He sees this party as an ideal opportunity to sound her out about future projects together.”

Amy’s potential $1 million pay packet is dwarfed by what some other musicians charge for private performances. The Rolling Stones demand up to $8 million - making them the most expensive party act on the planet.

The Eagles charge $7,5 million, while Canadian singer Celine Dion can command up to around $6,5 million.

All five original members of the Spice Girls took to a London stage on Saturday night for the first time since 1998. That marked their official homecoming. There were some concerns regarding Saturday night’s concert due to Emma Bunton’s foot injury. But as they say, the show must go on.

Baby Spice managed to get through the show despite her injured ankle which shows just how much of a pro she is. People reports that a few of the dance routines were altered and Baby got her way through it. A rep said that she wasn’t about to miss performing in her hometown. Big props mama!

Along with touring the world for their reunion tour, the Spice Girls are also filming a documentary about their reforming called ‘Giving You Everything’. A sneak peek of the documentary has made its way on the internet and it features some very raw moments.You can see a very emotional Ginger breaking down in tears. There’s also a blunt Sporty talking about Geri’s departure from the band saying “she could have really fucked things up for us”. Just from that sneak peek, you can tell that the documentary is pretty much a very raw and candid look at all the girls. It goes away from seeing the high-profile celebrities that they are and is quite a tell all.

She may be the cause for the early demise of the Pussycat Dolls but Nicole Scherzinger is still a performer. The lead Pussycat Doll turned solo artist was carried on to the stage for her performance at ‘Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film’ which was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.The 29-year old singer gave a surprise performance of ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’ which was famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. Nicole even wore a pink dress similar to that of the blonde bombshell’s.

Catch the performance when the show airs on Friday, December 7 at 9PM ET/PT on CBS

Will Smith is trying to look modest. He recently declared to the press that he doesn’t find himself too talented. He only feels he has a bit of talent but he puts so much work into it that it seems like it’s a lot.

Starts always try to make affirmations like that and try to look all glamorous and common. But the truth is that no matter how hard they would try they will never convince ant of us they are and behave like the rest of the world. What he calls work others would call it dream come true, where he complains he is working too hard, others would breath at ease they can finally take a break from their effortful job and do something with their minds for a change.

It seems she just can’t learn her lesson. In past months Britney Spears has been involved in countless driving incidents including running a red light, driving over a policeman’s foot; and recently she was banned from having her kids in the car with her when she was driving. But all this obviously isn’t enough to turn the pop star into the model driver.

In a move sure to prevent the ruling about her kids being overturned, Miss Spears was caught on camera by Hollywood TV sending a text on her mobile phone whilst driving. Now you would think that as a big celeb; used to being followed by the press, Britney would think twice about misbehaving and getting away with it. Doesn’t she know by now the paparazzi have a way of seeing everything?

Britney, honey, hire a chauffeur or something. You really oughtn’t to be on the roads.

We heard just a few days ago about Nicole Kidman fearing for her life in a chase from the paparazzi. Britney Spears has been forced to run a red light to avoid pursuit of photographers; causing reason for courts to ban her from driving her children around. Finally a star has spoken out against them.

George Clooney took a break from his bike ride with girlfriend Sarah Larson on Friday to give the snappers hot on his heel a piece of his mind. Just two months ago the star suffered a broken rib after a car collided with his Harley Davidson; and Clooney vents his frustration at the lengths some of the paparazzi will go to, to “do their jobs”.

“You can drive all you want, you can take my picture all you want, but what you cannot do is put people in danger,” The Oscar winner was caught on videotape climbing off his motorcycle and taking down the license plate details of his followers.

Well girls, we thought he was gorge anyway right? Now he’s the knight in shining armor against those horrible annoying snappers. You go George. All together now…and swoon.

It’s funny I think “exhaustion” is an affliction that only Hollywood people get, because I don’t know any normal people who have ever been hospitalized for exhaustion. Let’s also keep in mind that these people are extremely pampered and get paid huge sums of money to do little to nothing. They all eat very well and they even do not shoot under the burning sun, they have the best luxuries that even some other millionaires would never feel like using, they get the best hotels, best dresses and they are never made to work hard to the extent of exhaustion. They work for months but it shifts, like if they are working in the wee hours of the morning then they will not be asked to shoot in the night again. Have to seen or rather read the diva request that Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna make when they are to perform at a venue, the reps and staff reach that hotel before hand and hand them a list of requirements to tea time, wake up time, sea food and the list goes on and on. So exhaustion is really not the case and drugs overdose is the only thing that’s made her to go to the hospital.

Rosie O’Donnell is planning to broadcast a new show on her website, just days after scrapping her TV comeback. The star had started negotiations to front a new talk show on cable network MSNBC that would compete directly with CNN icon Larry King’s nightly broadcast. But O’Donnell revealed the deal is off earlier this week. She is just a big mouthed bully. She has nothing nice to say about anyone anymore. She has become so mean, who in their right mind wants to listen to her? She has shown she really isn’t too bright; her arguments really make no sense. I think that picture of her poor kid dressed up with a gun says it all. She can protest anything she wants, but then turn around and say, oh well its ok for my kid to play with it for now. She just sucks.

I feel this girl has great need to have a mentor right now. Obviously she has lost faith in herself. She wants to be validated as okay, because her ex was someone that she thought would be part of her life forever. Now that they are divorced, she feels like a failure and feels “why try to be a better person, I am a failure, so why even try”?
I wish I could just take this girl and bring her into my home secretly so the public wouldn’t hound her. She may be a big star always in the publics’ eye; however that doesn’t mean it is truely what she’s happy with. Right now she’s in a bad place emotionally and has lost all faith in herself that she is worth having anything good. She loves her boys but has lost the way to prove it to the world that she does. She needs help. I am in school now and we study different psychological disorders and she needs one-on-one help with someone who will not judge her, nor be overwhelmed by her star image. She is a person first, a mother second and star last.

Nicole Kidman accompanied her husband Keith Urban and shared a tender moment with him on the red carpet at the 2007 ARIA Awards which was held on Sunday. It’s Australia’s version of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony was held at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex.

While the whole show was about music, Nicole unintentionally stole the spotlight on the red carpet as she signed autographs and greeted fans. The spotlight returned to Keith later on in the night though when he was awarded the best country album trophy. It was his third time to win the award.

There’s some sad news for Jennifer Lopez and her family. The Daily News is reporting that Jennifer Lopez is mourning the death of her beloved grandmother Julia Rodriguez. As the Latina singer was performing a concert in Los Angeles on Saturday, the family matriarch passed away.

Jennifer’s spokeswoman Leslie Sloane-Zelnick said that Jennifer went home to her family when she heard the news.

Our condolences go out to Jennifer and the rest of her family. True, it’s sad to be losing a family member but the arrival of a new one would surely make the pain ease up and go away.