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It’s finally here. Danity Kane will be on MTV’s “The Leak” tomorrow 8/15 you can stream the whole album before it’s released!
Please SUPPORT THEM AND BUY THEIR CD ON AUGUST 22 IN THE U.S. Also Target will be selling an exclusive DualDisc version of their album with 3 bonus tracks, and a Bonus DVD, and Walmart will have it with an exclusive download, so go buy it!

When listening to their album, be sure to bring a pillow along with a comforter as the group’s first attempt to “stop the show” is going to put you to sleep-slowly. Danity Kane’s self entitled album has tracks laced with non-believable lingo, extremely pop, mediocre singing, mixed with techno, is not going to take them to the top…or wait maybe in the 6th grade girl market. Read more!

On Monday Kellie Pickler, bubbly blonde “American Idol” finalist became the fourth season-five finalist to sign a recording contract, inking a deal with Sony BMG’s Nashville-based country label BNA Records and Idol producer Simon Fuller’s 19 Recordings Limited. 19 Recordings is also home to fellow Idols Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia and Ruben Studdard.
First up for the 20-year-old North Carolina native, whom “Idol” judge Simon Cowell once deemed a “naughty little minx,” will be a single scheduled for release in September. Her debut album will arrive Nov. 14. Pickler is recording the album with producer Blake Chancey in between dates on the current American Idols Live tour.

Kellie enthused, “I’ve always dreamed of getting a record deal so now my dream has come true! I’m really excited about making my first album and giving something back to the fans who supported me on American Idol.” Read more!

Beyonce says in an upcoming issue of Giant Magazine that her manager/father, Matthew Knowles, didn’t know that she was creating her new album “B’Day.” The former DESTINY’S CHILD singer also says that she and her father often fought when she was younger and just emerging into stardom, particularly when “I’d say ‘no’ to something and he’d book it anyway. Then I’d have to do it because I’d look bad (if I didn’t),” Us Weekly reported Friday.
She spent months on her debut disc DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE and was left exhausted after
spending so much time in the studio. “It took a while for me and my dad to have an understanding, because he thinks everyone’s supposed to work like him,” she said. “When I turned 18 and started handling my business more, he went into shock.” Read more!

Syd Barrett, who founded Pink Floyd but disappeared to live as a recluse 30 years ago, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60. Alan Barrett said of his 60-year-old brother: “He died peacefully at home. There will be a private family funeral in the next few days.”
Pink Floyd issued a statement saying: “The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of Syd Barrett’s death. Syd was the guiding light of the early band line-up and leaves a legacy which continues to inspire.”

A spokeswoman for the band said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for years. Read more!

Justin Timberlake’s second album is ready for release - and he promising it will be “raunchy” and “sexy”, at least that’s the message he’s giving out on his new single ‘SexyBack’.
Justin Timberlake has announced details of his second solo album, ‘FutureSex/LoveSounds’. Billboard reports that the album will be released in early September, with the single ‘SexyBack’ released to US radio stations on 7 July and in the shops in August.
“FutureSex/LoveSounds” is the follow-up to 2002’s “Justified,” which debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 and has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Despite having a Prince-inspired title for his album, there is no Prince input. The song was co-written and co-produced by Timberlake, Timbaland (say those two names together 10 times fast!) and Nate Hills. Read more!

Jessica Simpson, who will release her new single “Public Affair” on June 27, is dating Jared Leto. The actor was caught giving the Dukes of Hazzard star his number at Los Angeles nightclub Hyde on June 2 and then, four days later, the pair were seen getting cozy at another club, Double Seven. An insider revealed: “They are an item.”
Leto - who is best known for his roles in ‘Panic Room’ and the cult 90s teen drama ‘My So-Called Life’ - has previously dated a bevy of famous beauties, including Cameron Diaz and Scarlett Johansson.

Still, a source close to Simpson tells PEOPLE, “Jessica is not dating anyone,” and the singer’s rep insists, “She is single.” Adds Leto’s rep, “There is no truth to these rumors.”
But what about Lindsay Lohan, who was linked with Leto, her costar in the upcoming Chapter 27, last year (and who clashed with Simpson in April over the attentions of mutual pal Brett Ratner)? “She’s telling friends she’s furious,” says a source close to the actress. “She feels betrayed by Jared.” Read more!

Superstar celebrity Madonna has passed het hernia treatment as her spokeswoman said on Thursday. After performed at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last week, she re-appeared in public on Thursday night when she came for a Brit record industry statuette in London as Best International Female Artist of the Year.

“She had a minor procedure for a hernia and is absolutely fine now,” the spokeswoman said, declining to elaborate. Read more!

Floetry Singer Marsha Ambrosius has signed a solo recording deal with hip-hop hitmaker Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records. Marsha thrilled at the chance to work with Dre, who has only worked on a few projects in recent years. “It’s not like he offers to do an album with everybody,” she said.

Actually the invitation to work with the rapper-producer came when Ambrosius and partner Natalie Stewart were performing two Floetry shows at The Roxy in Los Angeles last year. The audience included a number of other music makers, including Dre and Prince. Ambrosius ran into Dre later the same week, and when he played her a track she soon found herself in his studio, singing the vocal hook. The seeds for the Ambrosius solo project were sown. Read more!