NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna is creating a reality show for fashion designers. She will star and act as executive producer for “Styled to Rock” for the Style network.
Twelve aspiring designers will compete for an opportunity to choose clothes for an A-list star each week. The star will pick the one who did the best job, and one contestant will be sent home. The winner will win prizes that are still being determined. The 10-episode series will air next year.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Clint Black is putting together his first all-new studio album in seven years. Black tells Billboard he’s wrapping up an album and is in talks with a record company, but he may leak some songs so fans can hear them first. Black has not released an album since “Drinkin’ Songs and Other Logic” in 2005. In the meantime, he’s been working on a Broadway-style show for arenas called “Aussie Adventure,” set on an Australian ranch in 1901 that involves horses and country dancing.
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) – Mario Lopez’s wedding party got wild after the tequila started flowing. Lopez tells Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show that his bride Courtney Mazza jumped in the pool with her wedding dress on and Lopez and their guests followed in their clothes. Even Eva Longoria did it. Lopez says “it got a little crazy.” He says he and Mazza will wait for a honeymoon until he gets a break.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – This year’s Grammy nominations reflect the state of the music industry this year – lots of big single hits – few big hit albums. Unlike last year, when Adele’s “21” was the big album of the year and she got a lot of nods, this year, the wealth was spread among 6 acts, who ended up with 6 nominations each. The half-dozen artists with the half dozen nods are .fun, Frank Ocean, Dan Aurebach of The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons, as well as rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z. Song of the year nominees were Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team,” Miguel’s “Adorn,” Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and fun.’s “We Are Young.” Miguel, The Black Keys and Chick Corea all have five nominations. Nas is among three artists with our nods. And 16 artists have three nods – among them Gotye, Drake, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson and Jack White.
Winners will be announced on February 10 at a live ceremony set for the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — “Gangnam Style” is letting PSY live in style. The AP estimates that he and his people will make about $8 million.
That’s from ads linked to his YouTube videos and parody videos along with TV commercials. More than half his money is coming from commercials. One analyst estimates that PSY’s commercial deals will amount to nearly $5 million this year. He advertises everything from refrigerators to noodles.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Melissa Rycroft won the mirror ball trophy just a week ago and already a date has been set for when the next round of “Dancing With the Stars” will start. The 16th season will premiere March 18 with a performance show. The first star will be kicked off a week later.
NEW YORK (AP) – Fleetwood Mac is about to tour. But does that mean they will be on the road to support a new album? Not exactly is the best answer. Members of the group have been working on new music – with Stevie Nicks singing on tracks that Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie had worked on. But Nicks says she isn’t sure what is to become of the music. She says the way things are in the music world these days, doing an album would be tough. But she says the group might release a couple of tracks here and there before deciding to share more songs. The Fleetwood Mac tour is set to start April 4 in Columbus, Ohio.
UNDATED (AP) – Singer Nate Ruess of fun. isn’t making any assumptions about the Grammy nominations. When asked about their chances, Ruess knocked on a wood table for luck and said, “I’m not even going to talk about it.” Fun. is a Best New Artist contender, along with Frank Ocean, Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, One Direction and Hunter Hayes. Potential album of the year nominees include “Babel” by Mumford and Sons, “Mylo Xyloto” by Coldplay, “El Camino” by The Black Keys and Rihanna’s “Talk That Talk.” Taylor Swift’s “Red” album came out too late to be eligible, but “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” came out before then, so the single could be a Record of the Year contender. The Grammy nominations will be announced during a CBS special tonight.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kesha says the problem with everyone knowing who you are is that you’re never really alone. That’s why she disappeared into Africa for a month. She says touring is fun but it was a luxury to give up her security team, her makeup and her phone and just walk around with a backpack.
She says being surrounded by a lot of people can lead to an egocentric lifestyle, so to keep herself grounded, she decided to “run around barefoot and sleep in the dirt.” That got her charged up to write her new album “Warrior,” out today.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) – Howard Stern is returning as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.” It’ll be his second season on the show. Meanwhile auditions are continuing. The next one is in Birmingham on December 10.
