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While lip-synching on a four-wheel Honda motor bike during his “Livin’ It Up” video shoot late last month, Ja Rule took a little time to count his blessings. No, not because he narrowly escaped being shot by voluptuous, water-gun-toting models who served as eye candy for the clip’s barbecue/party setting, rather, because Ja has finally shaken a beleaguering hex. “It’s been a jinx with me and Case,” he said, referring to his collaborations with his crooner labelmate and the song’s guest star. “Everything we’ve done hasn’t got cleared. We made a record in like ’95, ’96. We did a song… Read more »

New artists try to make it in the entertainment industry everyday, what makes Melissa Ruth any different? For starters, this Orange County, Ca. native’s first single “PLEASE” hits straight to the point of how to deal with emotionally abusive relationships. Talk about a message! She’s targeting her audiences with solutions to these problems, rather then dwell in the pain it causes. The title “PLEASE” is a misnomer, in that the song is directed to the abuser, from the “victim.” She is saying that the victim no longer exists, but the time for payback is here. Her title earned in the… Read more »

Word spreads by flyer and e-mail, drawing a small but dedicated corps of young hipsters to a nondescript club on a sleepy, dimly lit street corner. They are in search of deejays spinning a sound so new that some have crossed state lines for their first chance to dance to it. That sound is UK Garage, or Two-step, a dance genre from London’s underground club scene that has crossed the Atlantic – and not just to such likely haunts as New York and San Francisco. It’s also growing in popularity from Washington to Dallas and, in this case, Minneapolis, where… Read more »

Jennifer Lopez is negotiating to star in “The Chambermaid,” a modern retelling of the Cinderella story. John Hughes, best known as the director of such dramas as “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” will write and produce the romantic comedy for Revolution Studios, with a tentative start date of winter 2002. Hughes was also initially set to direct the film, which would have been his first time behind the camera since 1991’s “Curly Sue.” Lopez will play a young dreamer who takes a job as a chambermaid in a luxury hotel in an attempt to better her life.… Read more »

The cute superstar couple that sings together, stays together. That’s the plan of ‘N Sync heartthrob Justin Timberlake, who wants to duet with his pop princess girlfriend Britney Spears, according to Rolling Stone magazine. Timberlake, 20, told the magazine he is helping 19-year-old Spears move away from her hugely popular bubblegum pop in favor of a harder sound. When the timing is right, he envisages them recording together, a collaboration he vowed would be “huge.” “I want it to be somethin’ new that they haven’t heard us do, that they didn’t think we could do. I feel like we still… Read more »

Hollywood recording artists 3Gs and Lil J have been added to the Levi’s 1st Stage of the MTV TRL tour, a blockbuster package featuring Destiny’s Child, Nelly, Eve, Dream and 3LW. Both 3Gs and Lil J will appear on the Levi’s 1st Stage when the tour began on July 19 at the Meadows Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Kristi, Anapau and Amy – better known as 3Gs – will be giving audiences a preview of their highly anticipated Hollywood Records debut, due for release in early 2002. The trio’s first single, “One More Second Chance,” is going to radio at the… Read more »

In case you’re not convinced that Britney Spears really does love rock and roll, the pop princess, who covered the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” on her last album, has put another dime in the jukebox and come up with an even more telling rock classic for her next one. Spears has recorded Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ 1981 hit “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” with hitmaker Rodney Jerkins for a scene in her upcoming movie, “What Friends Are For,” as well as for her still-untitled third album, which a Jive Records spokesperson said is tentatively due November… Read more »

In case you’re not convinced that Britney Spears really does love rock and roll, the pop princess, who covered the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” on her last album, has put another dime in the jukebox and come up with an even more telling rock classic for her next one. Spears has recorded Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ 1981 hit “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” with hitmaker Rodney Jerkins for a scene in her upcoming movie, “What Friends Are For,” as well as for her still-untitled third album, which a Jive Records spokesperson said is tentatively due November… Read more »

Multi-Platinum Artist Mandy Moore, whose third album, “Mandy Moore,” was recently released and features the single, “In My Pocket,” will serve as the 2001 national honorary chairperson of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s School & Youth Campaign. The School & Youth Campaign includes programs such as Pasta For Pennies, Pennies For Patients and Hop For Leukemia. School & Youth programs nationally rank second in the amount of money raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In 2001, $9.5 million will be raised. “We’re very pleased to have Mandy Moore join us as national honorary chairperson for our School & Youth… Read more »

Aaron Carter, brother to Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and the “Little Prince of Pop” (as dubbed by his mom), is set to release his follow-up to Aaron’s Party (Come Get It). Oh Aaron hits stores on August 7th. The first single from the album will be the title track, and the video will feature Nick Carter as well as fellow Jive Records act, No Secrets. Meanwhile footage from Aaron’s Disney In Concert special will be featured in a home video, Aaron’s Party… Live in Concert due July 10th. The video will also contain behind-the-scenes shots of Aaron in the studio… Read more »