Rihanna to receive Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Rihanna, will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. She will be honoured for her ‘decade-long impact on music, pop culture, fashion, film and philanthropy’, reports a website. “Honoured to take the VMAs stage as your Video Vanguard Award recipient live from NYC on August 28,” Rihanna tweeted after the announcement was made by MTV officials.

Previous recipients of the award include Michael Jackson, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Kanye West. “Rihanna’s unparalleled output of hits have spawned some of today’s most memorable music videos from Umbrella to  Diamonds and her most recent collaboration with Drake on Work,” MTV officials said.
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Rihanna joins Drake onstage during his performance

R&B star Rihanna surprised her fans when she joined her rumoured boyfriend rapper Drake during his performance at OVO Fest in Toronto.

Rihanna and Drake

The 28-year-old singer came out on stage unannounced, to perform "Too Good" and "Work" with Drake, reported E! Online.

The fans were excited to watch their unexpected collaboration as the "This What You Came For" hitmaker flew all the way to Canada to support her man.

Rihanna was in Paris for her Anti World Tour to promote her eighth studio album "Anti" before she left to meet the "One Dance" singer.

Drake, 29, also recently surprised the Barbadian-born songstress and his fans in Miami for a special performance.

"He still loves her and never stopped. They are having fun spending time with each other. Their music together got them close again, a source previously said about the pair.

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Justin Bieber taunts Taylor Swift

 Singer Justin Bieber has taunted singer Taylor Swift over social media by sharing a photograph of himself on a video call with Swift's former boyfriend Calvin Harris and rapper Kanye West.

Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift

The 22-year-old singer posted the image on Instagram, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"Taylor swift what up," Bieber wrote alongside the image.

Both Harris and West are smiling in the photograph.

Swift reportedly was not impressed with Bieber's on and off relationship with her best friend Selena Gomez from 2011 to 2014 and it has been claimed that she urged Gomez to dump him.

West has been involved in a huge public spat with Swift over his controversial single "Famous", after she claimed she didn't give him permission to sing about her.

However, his wife Kim Kardashian West decided to leak a series of videos on Snapchat which featured the rapper on the phone to Swift discussing the controversial lyrics and she appeared to give it the go-ahead.

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Zareen Khan: Always wanted to become a singer

Zareen Khan says as a young girl she always wanted to be a singer. Zareen, who recently starred in the hit 'Hate Story 3', hopes in the future people might approach her to sing a song.

Zareen Khan

"It will sound very cliched but when I was kid I always wanted to be singer and never an actor. Hopefully in the future when these people will think of me (I will do it)," she told reporters in Mumbai.

When asked if she has been offered to sing a song, the 29-year-old actress said, "Not yet. Hopefully, after your question I will be."

Zareen was speaking at the launch of new music video 'Pyaar Manga Hai Tumhee Se' by T-Series. The video also stars Ali Fazal and features the duo sharing sizzling chemistry. According to the 'Veer' actress, shooting intimate scenes are not "fun" as a lot of people are watching them on set.

"When you look at this as an audience it feels different but when you're shooting it, it is not that much fun because there are so many people looking at you. There is a lot going on. What you think of in mind it doesn't happen on set." Ali, too, feels filming intimate scenes are hard as even they follow a set choreography.

"These things have to be choreographed. You can't be just doing anything. Intimate scenes are the hardest thing to shoot. Intimate scenes of any kind." "The most memorable scene was when he kissed me for the first time in the song. He was feeling shy and not me."

The recreated song was originally composed by music maestro Bappi Lahiri and sung by Kishore Kumar. It featured actor Sachin and Bindiya Goswami. The new version has been sung by Armaan Mallik and Neeti Mohan.

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Singer Kesha dismissed her California lawsuit against Dr Luke

Singer Kesha has dismissed her California lawsuit against producer Dr Luke.

Kesha and Dr Luke

"Kesha has dismissed her California action without prejudice while she pursues her appeal and other legal claims in the New York courts," said the singer's attorney Daniel M Petrocelli.

He added, "Kesha is focused on getting back to work and has delivered 28 new songs to the record label. We have conveyed to Sony Music and the label Kesha's strong desire to release her next album and single as soon as possible."

The legal battle began in 2014, when Kesha filed a disturbing lawsuit claiming Dr Luke, 42, had sexually abused her, forced her to take illegal drugs and was excessively controlling.

Decoding the music of 'Suicide Squad'

The much-anticipated anti-hero flick 'Suicide Squad', which releases this week, has managed to create quite the buzz for a number of reasons.

A still from 'Suicide Squad'

The cast that includes names like Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto who will be portraying some of our favourite comic book villains on screen, the story line, but also for some very interesting music choices, songs that seem playful, fun and very sassy, much like the movie.

We noticed a few classic songs that the movie will feature and decided to decode the epic soundtrack.

The Comic Con teaser featured a cover of the song ‘I started a joke’ by the Bee Gees which released in 1968, which still seems a bit misplaced considering the theme of the movie.

The second trailer featured a disco version of (Panic at the Disco’s cover) Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody which could debatably be the greatest rock song in the world. While the poetic song may seem strange for a movie with a theme like this, it surprisingly fit in perfectly with the frenzied mood of the trailer.

Another trailer raised the bar by combining two classic songs, a cover of ‘You don’t own me’ by Lesley Gore and The Ballroom Blitz. If this was merely a marketing strategy, it’s an incredibly smart one since the soundtrack seems to be very pivotal to the goings on in the movie.

Will Smith refused to allow Margot Robbie tattoo him

 Will Smith refused to let his 'Suicide Squard' co-star Margot Robbie tattoo him.

Will Smith and Margot Robbie

Robbie showed up on the set of "Suicide Squad" with a tattoo gun and offered to ink her co-stars, including Smith and Cara Delevingne, but he was not impressed.

"I'm a grown-a** man. Margot comes bounding into work with all of her 24-year-old glory like, 'Guys! Guys! I got a tattoo gun! I got a tattoo gun! We're all getting tattoos!' I was like, 'No, we're not'," Smith told etonline.com.

Robbie said her tattoo skills leave a lot to be desired.

"Picture what a four-year-old would draw and stick it on your fridge. That's kind of one of my tattoos," she said.

Nude pictures of women posted from Neha Sharma's Twitter account

Yesterday, Neha Sharma was left shocked when she realised that someone was posting nude pictures of anonymous women from her Twitter account.

Neha Sharma

The pictures were flooding her timeline.

The actress later clarified, "Someone hacked into my Twitter account, trying to fix it, apologies for any disturbing content, please know not me." Point noted.

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Here's how Kareena Kapoor Khan hid her baby bump from the paparazzi

Mommy-to-be Kareena Kapoor Khan was spotted exiting the airport on Monday.

Photos: Madhuri Dixit with family, Saif and Kareena at Mumbai airport

Kareena Kapoor Khan

She sported a chic camou jumper, held the bump nicely in place.

Jared Leto was 'terrible' in his first audition

Actor Jared Leto says one of his first auditions was for 'Star Trek' and he was terrible in it.

Jared Leto

The 44-year-old Oscar-winning actor said he couldn't understand how he can be so bad, reported E! online.

"One of my first auditions was for one line in Star Trek, just one line in Star Trek: The New Generation. Great show, but I was terrible and I definitely did not get the part.

"I remember going up for WKRP in Cincinnati...They tried to remake the show. Definitely didn't get the part. I remember being so bad, just being so embarrassed reading. How can you be so bad?" Leto said.

The actor also opened up about his first kiss.

"That's a little too naughty to talk about. I mean, that's a whole different show. It makes your head spin," he said.

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