8 posts from 2008

Law enforcement officials have said Spitzer had a Feb. 13 tryst with Kristen and paid her $4,300, according to court papers. Spitzer said Wednesday that he's resigning.

Dupre briefly spoke to the Times about the Spitzer scandal but didn't offer details on her involvement in it.

"I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," Ashley Dupre told the Times. "This has been a very difficult time. It's complicated."

Dupre told the newspaper she had slept very little since the allegations against Spitzer were revealed, and she declined to comment when asked by the Times when she first met him and how many times they had been together.

Ashley Dupre on Modeling Site

The 22-year-old woman at the center of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution ring sex scandal may have marketed herself on a modeling and acting site.

“Kristen,” as the petite, brown-eyed brunette was named in a court filing, is legally Ashley DiPietro (full name Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro), according to the New York Times. Her stage name is Ashley Alexandra Dupre.

Ashley DiPietro, the legal name of Ashley Dupre, is the high-end hooker at the center of the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

In other interesting Ashley Dupre news, being outed as part of a prostitution ring has given an unexpected boost to the aspiring singer’s music career.

New York’s Z100, the most widely listened to radio station in the U.S., and one of the most influential, played her song “What We Want” on Thursday.

Since her identity was revealed, Dupre’s MySpace page has had more than 5 million profile views - and growing - as of Thursday and the price of “What We Want” on Amie Street - a site which prices downloads on popularity, was up to 98 cents.

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Superstar Mariah Carey is being sued by her former manager Jerry Blair, who claims the singer owes him money. Blair was employed as the president of Carey's Monar C Entertainment firm, but his contract was terminated after the release of her record-breaking comeback album The Emancipation Of Mimi in 2007. A source tells the New York Daily News, "Jerry stood by Mariah through her breakdown (in 2001). He believed in her when other people lost faith. (After the success of Mimi) she wanted to distance herself from anybody who saw her in those dark times." Blair claims Carey owes him a percentage of her record and tour profits. The source adds, "She hasn't paid him in two years. He had to call in lawyers." Blair is now working with Carey's ex-husband, music mogul Tommy Mottola at his Casablanca Records label.

Mention Laura Branigan and even the most tone-deaf among us will begin to hum Gloria. The chart-topping-out ceremony platinum hit, which launched her career. He held his position at the top of Billboard's Top Ten for 22 weeks, so it's not surprising that many of the view that this is their signature song. However, Laura Branigan, a four-time Grammy Award nominee with album and single sales of more than ten million in the United States alone, has three other top-ten hits, Self Control, How am I Suppose To Live Without You and Solitaire Many other top forty hits, including Power Of Love, The Lucky One, Eddie and Spanish, to name just a few.

Laura describes herself as "obsessed with the music" and said that as much as she enjoys working with other musicians in the studio - she's recorded eight albums and is currently working on another - nothing compared to the implementation of a live - audience. She has the audience in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa, toured the world several times, but the allure of live never failed her. "If you are on stage," she says "the audience is your other half. It is the ultimate high can be as a musician - a phenomenal feeling. And no matter where I am, it is the same, there is a reason why music we call the universal language. "

Laura's five octave bandwidth and sheer power of her vocal instrument that makes it possible to not only fill an arena with the feeling of raw wail, but also a caress tenderly lyrical as it seems to shimmer with sound. To the causal observer, it is clear she was to sing. Surprisingly, it was not always clear, Laura. She speaks openly about her development as a musician, explaining that after the tour with Leonard Cohen as a background singer, they realized that what they wanted most was to sing. After returning from Europe with Cohen, she met with the music industry and legends Ahmet Ertegen Doug Morris.

The rest of the story is well documented and music history. In addition to platinum sales of their self-control album and single Gloria, Laura Gold Self Control impressed with the title track with the albums Branigan and Branigan2.She has sung for the audience on all continents and their Best Of ... Million albums have sold in each world, including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Impressive as her career was, however, Laura does not believe in looking back. Instead, she is focused on the work that they are doing now.

"At the beginning," she says "everything I wanted was to me emotionally with my voice. This is everything important to me. But over the years I have learned a lot about the different elements needed for a song . Nevertheless, I think I get them all. I know, I do the best work of my career, and I am really curious to see what the future brings. "Laura's Gloria-99 The remix and Back In Control, in 1999.

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Sabrina Bryan is a member of the multi-platinum recording act, The Cheetah Girls, as well as a star of the hugely successful Disney Channel movie franchise of the same name. In addition, she famously garnered the highest debut score in Dancing With the Stars history in Fall of 2007 when she starred on the show.

When The Cheetah Girls movie debuted in August of 2003 it broke the ratings record as the most successful Disney Channel movie in history and the soundtrack sold 2 million units. The second movie The Cheetah Girls 2: When In Spain set another ratings record in August of 2006 and the soundtrack has sold more than 1.6 million units so far. Sabrina is scheduled to reprise her role of "Dorinda" in The Cheetah Girls 3 set in India and to be released in Summer 2008. As a recording group with Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams, The Cheetah Girls recently completed one of the Top 10 most successful tours of 2006, selling out 87 dates and becoming one of the Top 5 merchandise selling acts in history.

On the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars, Sabrina was roundly considered the front-runner until her controversial elimination in the sixth week of competition. In addition to having the highest first-episode score in series history, Sabrina and her dancing partner, Mark Ballas, were also the first couple to achieve the perfect score of 30 in the fourth week of competition. They were also the highest scoring couple of the series until their exit. Sabrina completed a month of the Dancing with the Stars Tour before heading to India to shoot Cheetah Girls III: One World.

One of Sabrina's solo projects is the fitness-dance DVD called BYOU, on which Sabrina was the star and co-producer. BYOU was created so girls could have fun learning cool dance moves and get fit at the same time. BYOU was released in early 2006 and has sold more than double-platinum. Sabrina is also co-writing a book called "Princess of Gossip" for Pocket/MTV Books, set for release in Summer 2008.

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Aaliyah RIP

Accidents planes took many of the best music names including Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, John Denver, and Rick Nelson. More recently, on August 25, 2001, said the life of the reigning queen of R & B music, Aaliyah. Aaliyah was so full of talent and life, and the young age of 22 years was taken from us. But we should not mourn his death, we should celebrate his life.

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn New York, for his proud parents Diane and Michael Haughton. His parents were names that have meaning, so that came through the Arabic name Aaliyah. Since most tender age Aaliyah has shown a great talent and their interest in music. He also had another great talent and acting.

In 1984, Aaliyah and her family moved to Detroit, Michigan. Aaliyah's parents enrolled her in a Catholic school, which has had a great drama program. Aaliyah won roles in such plays as "Annie" and "42nd Street". He knew that is what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

Although Aaliyah loved acting, has never given his love for singing. When Aalyiah was 10 years old, preferred listening to his show, "Star Search". Sure enough she won a place on the popular show and sang the song "My Funny Valentine." E 'was the favorite song of the mother. Aaliyah unfortunately lost, but never gave up.

For a while ', Aaliyah worked for his musical ability and 1993, has caught the attention of the famous singer R. Kelly, and immediately wanted to make her a star. In 1994 began work on Aaliyah's first album titled "Age Is not Nothing But a Number." Aaliyah was only 15 years. She became a huge hit with the R & B fan, and his first album went Platinum. Then took his stardom when an unexpected rumors have speculated that Aaliyah was married to R. Kelly, who was 27 years, and was only 15 years. But both denied.

In 1996 Aaliyah released his second album "One In A Million", which two million copies sold. For this album, Aaliyah worked with Timbaland and Missy Elliot. Although Aaliyah was becoming a big star, he still wanted to finish school, and finished school with a 4.0 grade point average. She did not want fame and fortune to sink into his head and continued to be the same wonderful person who had always been.

In 1998 he made a song for the "Dr. Dolittle" soundtrack, "Are You That Somebody", which won her first Grammy nomination Aaliyah. In the spring of 1999, Aaliyah was in his first film, "Romeo Must Die". He also sang the song "Retry" for the soundtrack of the film. Both film and the soundtrack has become very successful. Then shortly after Aaliyah fell in love Rockefellar Records co-founder Damon Dash.

At the 2000 MTV Music Awards Aaliyah won an award for Best Female Artist. In the fall of 2000 he started working on his next film "Queen of the Damned" and his third album. His third self-titled album "Aaliyah" was released during the summer of 2001. He started working on music videos for the songs "More Than A Woman" and "We need a resolution". Critics praised the new album and was said to be one of the best R & B album of 2001.

Aaliyah's song "Rock the Boat" had begun to receive popular radio. Then, in August 2001, Aaliyah went to the Bahamas to shoot the video to be directed by Hype Williams. Unfortunately, this would be the last Aaliyah video and those days would have been the last of Aaliyah's life. They finished shooting the video of a day in advance, so Aaliyah was eager to get home immediately to see Damon and his family.

On the evening of 25 August 2001, Aaliyah and seven of his friends got on a plane and moments after takeoff the plane crashed in the swamp 200 metres away from the runway. Aaliyah died instantly.

At a church in Manhattan on Aug. 31, 2001 Aaliyah's funeral took place as his family, friends and fans paid their final respect to the fallen star. The funeral was fit for a princess, with horses and a carriage carrying Aaliyah's casket. At the end of the funeral Aaliyah's mother 22 years out of white doves into the sky, one for each year of Aaliyah's life.

Aaliyah left behind a great legacy and have touched the lives of many, including my own. It is so sad to think of what could have been much more, and how it could have lived. Now watching "Rock the Boat" video is magical for me, knowing that just did know that those were his last days. Aaliyah was certainly very beautiful and talented individual. His music and his spirit will live for eternity. His life may have been cut short, but he lived a full and now lives with the angels in heaven.

Biography

On January 16 1979, the world was blessed with the birth of Aaliyah Dana Haughton in Brooklyn, New York. Aaliyah was raised by his father, his mother and his brother Rashad Haughton in Detroit. At 9 years has appeared on "Star Search" (1983), the TV program and sang "My Funny Valentine", a song that his mother had sung years earlier. In 11 years, he sang with Gladys Knight in a five-night stint in Las Vegas. In 1992, he started working for his debut album with the help of singer R. Kelly. The album, "Age Is not Nothing But A Number" was released in 1994 and received heavy praise. Aaliyah came under attack shortly after, when she was married suggested relations with R. Kelly. At that time, he was 15, he was 27. The marriage was apparently canceled. In 1995, he started working for his 2nd album, alongside Jermaine Dupri, Tim Mosley, Slick Rick and Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott '. The album, entitled 'One In A Million' was released on August 27 1996. In 1998 he released the single, 'Are you that someone?' From Doctor Dolittle (1998) soundtrack, which was produced by Tim Mosley his friends. Later that same year, he released the single 'Journey to the past', Anastasia (1997) soundtrack. In 2000, she made her debut film star and act as Trish O'Day struck in pieces, hip-hop, kung fu movies, Romeo Must Die (2000) next to Jet Li. The producer was so impressed by her performance had shares in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003). He has made numerous recordings for the soundtrack and released 'Try Again', for which she was nominated with 'Best Female Video' and 'Best Video in a movie' with MTV. In 2001 she was appointed with 2 for MTV awards, the 'Breakthrough female' and 'female best performing'. In July 2001, he released his third album, self-titled, 'Aaliyah'. In early August the same year, he shot the video for the single 'more of a woman', the album off on August 23 and began filming of 'Rock The Boat', on Abaco Island, Bahamas. On 25 August, the recovery was completed and his and his crew of eight members, including his bodyguard and hairdresser board a small plane. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed and exploded, Aaliyah and all on board perished. Aaliyah's funeral was held Friday August 31 in New York, and 22 white doves were flown to celebrate each year of his life. Shortly after his death, the hit single 'more of a woman' and 'Rock The Boat' were released from his third album. In 2002, the film Queen of the Damned (2002) by Anne Rice, which was released in Aaliyah played a leading role, Queen Akasha. She has been nominated for Best Villain at the MTV movie awards 2002. Looking back to his biography, no wonder his name means' high, a higher, the better ', which had achieved so much in his short life of 22 years.