Which actress’ parents nixed her boyfriend because he “wasn’t like them”? The boyfriend is a music maker who has certainly made the rounds through a bunch of actresses. Most surprisingly, though, is the recent discovery that he was dating an actress who is aiming for A list status via films. The actress’ parents completely freaked out when they saw a photo of the couple as her laptop computer’s screensaver, and demanded she break up with him. Although you would know her parents’ names if you heard them – and assume that they would not care about things like income, race, religion, or age – they are actually just a couple of snobs who couldn’t get past the fact that he “wasn’t like them”. bg
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Worried about Cell Phone Photos
Singer’s Weight Halts Concert Tour
This former A list R&B female singer was a really big thing back in the day. Well after she stopped performing so much she gained weight. Well, more than a few pounds actually. So, when she finally came back and did a new CD, she was a little concerned about the photo on the cover of it. The record label offered to airbrush the photo and make her look as skinny as she wanted to be. Well, she said no, and that she would just go ahead and get some photos taken on her own. A few weeks later the label got some photos of her in the mail. They were great photos. The problem was they had all been taken fifteen years and fifty pounds earlier. She insisted that the photos were taken all in the past week or so and those were the ones she wanted on the cover of the CD. With no choice in the matter, the label did as she said. Then she also decided that she couldn’t do any concerts because if she did, people would see she looked nothing like the cover photo, so she did no promotion for the CD at all.
Drunk Music Exec Exposes Himself
PopBitch – Which A&R drank so much in his hotel bar at In The City that he was refused service and taken to his room? He woke up in the night drunk and confused and wandered out of his room wearing only a t-shirt. He ended up in the hotel lobby and fell asleep on a sofa. Word spread, and various music industry types turned up to laugh at a top label exec sleep in public with his knob out.
Editor’s Note: A&R stands for Artists and Repertoire, the talent division of a record label. In The City is a yearly festival and music industry conference in England.
Prop 8 Inspires Coming Out
BlindGossip – Which popular R&B singer is seriously considering coming out as a gay man on an upcoming TV show? It seems that the show’s producer and the singer’s ire over the whole Proposition 8 debacle have inspired him to come out of the closet in a very public way.We’ll see if he has the nerve to actually go through with it.
He Hogs the Limelight
Snow White Not So Innocent
Singer is Successful and Insensitive
Performer Steals Millions from Fans
Which music maker is being accused of ripping off millions of dollars from fans? Fans plunked down their cash and credit cards and purchased tens of thousands of tickets for this performer’s tour. The performer suspiciously canceled the concerts, making vague and changing claims about their health or family issues or some such nonsense. The fan’s money was refunded for the face value of the tickets. However, management kept the hefty non-refundable fee that fans paid to purchase tickets. Millions and millions of dollars worth of fees, without the performer ever having to step foot on stage. bg
