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The rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence. He previously had pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that carried at least three and a half years in prison upon conviction. The gun was found by police in the tour bus while in Manhattan in 2007. His trial was due to start January 20. Wayne is prison-bound after taking a surprise and docile gun possession guilty plea this morning in return for a promise of one year behind bars. He'll be spending most of 2010 in an upstate cage. Celebrity defense lawyer Stacey Richman has repeatedly complained that the gun actually belonged to another, uncharged associate of the rapper who was on the bus and was willing to accept responsibilty for it. A tiny handful of cells (from two to 16)were swabbed off the grip and trigger and matched to Lil Wayne's own genetic profile. Lil is due back in court for a pre-sentencing proceeding on December 15, at which time a precise February sentencing date will be set by the judge.
Rock bands including Pearl Jam and REM have joined a coalition of musicians to support the US president's efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. The National Campaign to Close Guantanamo, which also includes former military officers, was launched on October 20. In a statement, REM said: 'We have spent the past 30 years supporting causes related to peace and justice. To now learn that some of our friends' music may have been used as part of the torture tactics without their consent or knowledge, is horrific. It's an anti-American period'.
Joss's fourth studio album originally scheduled for an April release but was pushed back first to July and finally released on October 20. The first single is Free Me, must say a great song. Joss keeps inpressing us with another huge album with the excelent vocals and lyrics we are accostumed to.
The downloads arrive to Mu$ic i$ the Door to the $oul!!!! From now on I'll be uploading song and entire CD's, please let me know if there is any problem on the post comment page. You may also like to check the previous recommendations because I'll be uploading them in the next days. Please feel free to share your views. And please rate the post so I know if you like them.
An internet hoax that first surfaced on October 20 has spun into a massive frenzy of web rumors on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. The prank was a set up of a Fox News Web page headlining West's death in 'a bizarre car crash in Los Angeles'. The fraudulent web site that churned out the news of West's faux-death has been taken down. Kanye's girlfriend, Amer Rose, use her Twitter account to say: 'This 'RIP Kanye West' topic is not funny and it's NOT TRUE!, he has people like myself and his family that love him very much...'. Another unfunny rumor.
Adam's first musical video of his first post Idol single, which is the soundtrack of the upcoming movie 2012. The video has many scenes of the movie where Adam is shown passing by
Vic Mizzy was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 9, 1916. His carrer started as a pianist and later he rose to fame as a famous composer, probably known as the composer of The Addams Family theme. He died at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California on October 19, 2009, aged 93 from a cardiac insufficiency.
The winner's debut and lead single of his upcoming album. It was released on iTunes on September 25 and it will be fisicaly on November 17. So far it has peaked the 89 position on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is a cover from The Script's one but it's better. We all expected a soft ballad from Kris but this potential pop rock hit took us by surprise. Kris album will be definitely great.
Time for Miracles - Adam Lambert
Surprisingly finishing as the runner-up, this is his first release since Idol's 'No Boundries'. It was released on October 16 via Amazon. The song will act as the soundtrack of the upcoming film 2012. Although it is a huge song, Adam confirmed it won't be the lead single of his album. As all apocaliptical soundtracks, this song has very strong vocals and it makes us feel how the people are feeling. The suffering in Adam's voice succeeds in conveying the suffering from the movie. I can't wait to have his album!!
Friday I'll be Over You - Allison Iraheta
It's the first single from her debut album, Just Like You. It was written and produced by Swedish songwriter Max Martin. The single was released to radio stations on Monday, October 5 and will be officially released through digital distribution on November 3. As she make it clear on the show, this song is a pop rock song, it makes us remember Kelly Clarkson but with a much deeper voice. With this song we get to see what the album will be all about.
The irish band is set to broadcast their latest concert in Los Angeles live on YouTube on October 25. The concert will take place at the Rose Bowl and the tickets are already sold out, expecting an attendance of 96000 people. This will be the first big concert to be broadcasted live by YouTube, although other minor live shows were broadcasted.
After weeks of speculation, Def Jam Records announced today that Rihanna will be releasing her fourth studio album, 'Rated R' on November 23. The first single, 'Russian Roulette', will premiere today at 11:23 a.m. EST on Rihanna's official website, while an accompanying video, directed by Anthony Mandler, will debut on ABC. This will be the first release since 2007 popular 'Good Girl Gone Bad'.
