Maroon 5's "If I Never See Your Face Again" may not be a new song, but both Adam Levine and Rihanna really went out of their way to kick things up a few notches by sexin' it up for the re-release of both of their albums. Think ultra-glamorous and super seductive. Wonder if collaborating with M5 was in response to rumored boyfriend Chris Brown's video with Jordin Sparks?
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Andy Samberg by Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Photo
Andy Samberg's latest (if a bit protracted...) Saturday Night Live digital-short gem, a ballad directed to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been pulled from NBC.com, the Peacock's official YouTube channel and other sites where it had surfaced, reportedly because it did not clear a musical sample from the group Aphex Twin, says NewTeeVee.com. The clip featured Samberg, with an assist from Maroon 5's Adam Levine, serenading Fred Armisen's (sometimes dress-wearing) dead ringer for the Iranian official.
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The first CD of Saturday Night Live performances in nearly 10 years will be sold exclusively at Target beginning Sunday, says Reuters. Live from SNL! features 11 tracks from the past four seasons, including tune croons by Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5 and the Foo Fighters. (What is "foo," by the way? Always wondered.) Anyone looking for Ashlee Simpson's "live" performance need simply cue up any of her prerecorded CDs.Plans are being made for a separate compilation of R&B/hip-hop SNL performances, as well as a DVD counterpart.
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This year's Fashion Rocks special, airing Sept. 7 on CBS and hosted by Entourage's Jeremy Piven, has added Grammy faves Mary J. Blige, Maroon 5 and Chad Kroeger to its already-impressive playlist of performers. What's more, the telecast will deliver duets from Blige and Usher, Fergie and Ludacris, and Alicia Keys with Santana. On the mere-presenter side, Jessica Alba, Mischa Barton, Tyra Banks, Teri Hatcher, Denis Leary and Emily Procter are among the new adds.My wife has tickets to this but is all, "Gee, it starts so late...." Should she go? I say yes.
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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson
The New York Daily News reports that Jessica Simpson may come clean about her crumbled marriage to Nick Lachey in a no-holds-barred heart-to-heart with Diane Sawyer. While an ABC News rep tells the paper, "Diane has interviewed Jessica in the past and would welcome the opportunity to sit down with her again," Simpson's spokesperson insists the blonde bombshell has "no plans" to rehash the romance with any journo. What's more, her rep tells the News that an US Weekly cover story about Jess cavorting in carnal ways with Maroon 5's Adam Levine are "not true. Jessica is a single girl."
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Kelly Clarkson
48th Annual Grammy AwardsAfter proudly watching my pals Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez on TV Guide Channel's Countdown to the Grammys, followed, of course, by Joan and Melissa Rivers on our Grammy red-carpet show, I made sure my roommate's VCR was taping Idol and my own VCR was set for Lost. All systems go! Time for the Grammys.8:00 pm The animated group Gorillaz open with their hit "Feel Good Inc.," and since I love the song, guess what? It makes me feel good. But I totally picture my mother in Chicago being very confused.8:03 The goddess Madonna enters and I'm loving every minute of it. Can I please look that fabulous when I'm 47? After a brief lip-synched intro, she sings the rest of "Hung Up" live, and her hair looks like Lydia Cornell circa Too Close for Comfort.8:13 Kelly Clarkson s
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Speaking of the Grammys, as we were, just a Monkey ago... Maroon 5's Adam Levine told E! News at a preceremony soiree that he is not — how do I put this delicately? — knocking boots otherwise made for walkin' with Jessica Simpson. "We're just friends," Levine insisted. "We're just friends." Aww, I remember when Angelina said that about Brad.
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