Lil Wayne delivered a shocker to Angie Martinez when he revealed that he hasn’t heard Drake or Nicki Minaj’s platinum-selling albums in full.


“I never heard Drake’s album. I never heard Nicki’s album,” he told the Hot 97 personality. “I swear to God. I work too hard.”

The news may not come as such a surprise to his Young Money protégés. “They would probably guess it. I’m always focused on something and it captures my whole attention, I can’t do nothing else,” he added, making sure not to offend them. “Drake and Nick, don’t take that no kinda way.”

Due to his hectic schedule, the “6 Foot 7 Foot” rapper also hasn’t seen Toya Carter and daughter Reginae’s BET reality show “Toya: A Family Affair” and is not even curious about it. “I let her do her thing,” he said about his ex-wife. “It probably comes on at a time when I’m not at the house.”

However, he has had time to listen to Kanye West and Rick Ross’ latest albums, and his favorite show right now is MTV’s “Jersey Shore.”

Jennifer Lopez goes back to the block, hooking up with Lil Wayne on the second single from her seventh album LOVE?, due May 3. The mid-tempo, island-flavored jam opens with a verse from hip-hop’s man on the moon before J.Lo gets lost in her love. “When I look into your eyes it’s over, you got me hooked like a love controller,” she coos.

The Puerto Rican bombshell spoke highly of the Young Money rapper, calling him her favorite right now. “To me just the things he says and the way he says it is very unique, and I feel like he has a fresh new voice,” she said.

Mom-to-be Pink is just trying to stay on her feet.

In the latest set of amusing (and personal) Tweets that the singer, 31, has posted during her pregnancy, she admits she's having trouble walking.

"I am the clumsiest I have ever been in my life," she Tweeted Monday night. "Fell AGAIN today! I feel like my 92 yr old grammom … #dumb."

Explains the mama-to-be, "I just feel … silly. I fell up the stairs."

Less silly, however, is the Tweet where Pink explains what her mom went through when she was pregnant.

"My dad drug her by her coat 20 feet hanging from the car door in snow when I was in her tummy," she writes.

Wynonna and Naomi Judd have been at the top of the country charts but they've also been down a long and bumpy road worthy of a somber country song. And it tested their relationship.

But with the help of a counselor they've been seeing for five years, the five-time Grammy Award-winning mother-daughter duo – who star in the new documentary series The Judds, debuting on OWN April 10 – are stronger than ever.

"[Our therapist] said, 'It's a true miracle how far you've come, and that you all are doing as well as you have [been doing],' " Wynonna, 46, told DIDNTINVITEME Monday during a conference call promoting the show, which explores their life on tour again and performing together for the first time in ten years. "He said it's one of the top moments in his profession to see us come as far as we have."

In 2003, Wynonna was charged with DUI. In 2006, her sister Ashley went to rehab for emotional issues. In 2007, Wynonna's estranged husband D.R. Roach was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a minor. And last July, Wynonna and her daughter were involved in a head-on collision.

Naomi, 65, echoed her daughter, saying of their progress, "[Our counselor] said in 25 years of being a Ph.D. psychologist, he's never seen people who love each other as deeply and whose intentions are [so] pure."

The Judd matriarch, who calls the show "real" and unscripted, tells her daughter during the call, "We can agree to disagree ... I support who you are because I love you and I know your intentions are good."

As for Wynonna, "I have been in a healing recovery process since 2003," she said. "And of the most important and sacred things on my list of priorities was to heal my relationship with my mother."

Liam Gallagher (Dramatization)Can we really be surprised by things Liam Gallagher says/does anymore? The answer, apparently, is yes. In a recent interview with Spin magazine, the former Oasis singer said that people will get "arrested" if they wear clothes from Jay-Z's Rocawear fashion line. This, coming from a guy who dresses like some displaced paint spokesperson.

Gallagher, who also has a fashion line (called Pretty Green), was asked how his clothing line sizes up next to Jay-Z's. To be fair, it was a loaded question. Gallagher taunted Jay-Z back in 2008 by saying he wasn't big enough to headline the 
Glastonbury festival that year. Jay-Z responded by opening his headline set at the legendary mug-soaked event with a cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall." And as if to drive the point home, he played it again last year headlining Coachella. 

Exact quote: "You're going to be f*cking arrested wearing his gear and you're going to pull a really nice-looking bird wearing mine," Gallagher said. 

Apparently Beyonce doesn't qualify as a "really nice-looking bird". 

Jessica SimpsonJessica Simpson's eponymous clothing brand has become an global success. Though it could have easily gone the way of many less successful celebrity brands, Simpson's fashion empire is expected to do $1 billion in sales by the end of 2012. Jessica doesn't get to keep the cash, but she pulls in a pretty penny on royalties. 

But where does it go from here? Vince Camuto, who owns the brand's licenses, says he envisions bridal, housewares and even freestanding stores. Yes, a Jessica Simpson store could be sitting next to your local Forever 21 or Gap in no time. The key, says Vince, is Jessica is hands on for all aspects of the project. He says:
She can be at a meeting for eight, nine hours, or she can be working two to three days in a row...Jessica knows her shoes and she has quite a good following — three million followers on Twitter...The customer sees Jessica Simpson with great product, day in and day out, at a great price. That’s what makes it a success. She talks about it, she wears the product.Tell us, do you buy Jessica Simpson fashion and can you see yourself shopping at a Jessica Simpson store?

Katy Perry’s California Dreams tour might seem like a big fall of candy-flavored fluff, but it takes a lot of work to dance around a stage in a cupcake dress without losing your cool! In a behind-the-scenes video of rehearsals for the the alien-attracting singer’s musical road show, Katy tweaks her costumes, practices her vocals, and figures out how to sing while sitting on two acrobats (Brandee/Leah) mid-air. Watch Katy master her cheeky stage show in the rehearsal footage below.


This footage should make you want to check out Perry’s concert even more.   I attended the "Family & Friends" Show before it went out on the road & it's great! Also, is it just us, or does Katy’s blonde backup dancer (Leah) look like her tour opener, Robyn?

Critics aren’t the only ones weighing in on Britney Spears just-released album Femme Fatale —even Brit’s onetime All-New Mickey Mouse Club co-star/fellow pop icon Christina Aguilera couldn’t help voicing up about the album. “Hey @BritneySpears Congrats on Femme Fatale release! Can’t wait to see what you bring in the next video. xo,” Xtina wrote on Twitter about an hour ago. Awww. It’s sweet to see these two playing nice.

Britney’s Circus Tour opening act Jordin Sparks also took to Twitter to sound off on Femme Fatale. “Just bought @britneyspears new album! WHOOOO! Such good memories being on the Circus tour,” Sparks wrote. She then tweeted at songwriter Claude Kelly, “You KILLED it with this Gasoline record!!! :)”

At any rate, Xtina shouldn’t have too much longer to wait to see what Brit brings in the “Till The World Ends” video. The singer, whose Good Morning America performance aired this morning, shot the video earlier this month.

Will you be picking up a copy of Femme Fatale? Hit up our poll in the right sidebar and let us know!

Jennifer Aniston (Getty Images)Jennifer Aniston is used to being in front of the cameras, and now she's going to get another chance to make some magic behind the lens. She's slated to direct a short film about breast cancer for Lifetime's five-part anthology, Project Five.

Four other stars will also get to try the directing thing for the same project, and three of them have been named: Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, and Monster's Patty Jenkins. The fourth gal has yet to be revealed.

Jen is definitely excited about the project -- both the new gig and the film's message. "Our hope with Project Five is to entertain, inform and inspire dialogue, research and prevention. Otherwise, our goals are small," she said in a statement (via Us magazine). "We want these films to move people and empower those affected by breast cancer to stand tall through this challenge, which impacts all of our lives, no matter who we are."

This is her second time in the director's chair: She worked behind the camera on 2006's Room 10, starring Robin Wright Penn and Kris Kristofferson.  "After you get enough movies under your belt you sit back and go, 'What's next?'" she said about the gig in a past interview. "It's getting to a time where creatively I want to turn in a different direction."

All eyes were on Chris Brown as he returned to ABC for a pre-taped performance on “Dancing With the Stars.” The R&B singer put on an electrifying show by dancing to “Yeah 3X” and a medley of “Forever” and “Beautiful People,” the latter of which appears on his chart-topping album F.A.M.E. But even his energetic set couldn’t distract some of the show’s cast from his “GMA” outburst last week.

Host Tom Bergeron and dancer Cheryl Burke were outspoken about their feelings on Breezy’s primetime appearance. “I did tell the producers it may be to their advantage to not have me interview him,” Bergeron told Ryan Seacrest, while Burke added, “As a victim of domestic violence, I don’t agree with him coming on the show, but it’s out of my control.”

Before Wiz Khalifa was riding high on the charts and dating Amber Rose, the “Black and Yellow” rapper was selling mixtapes in his school hallway, getting his name tatted on his arm, laughing to episodes of “Chappelle’s Show” and “The Boondocks,” and being rescued by his mother when his used Pontiac Bonneville broke down. Flash back to 2004 with Wiz on MTV’s “When I Was 17.”

Chrisette Michele is switching up her look yet again. The “Epiphany” soulstress debuted a puff of curly, shoulder-length locks while celebrating her friend Corynne Corbett’s birthday in New York City last night. Her previous looks include a cropped blonde ‘do, shaved head, and long brown tresses.

Are you digging Chrisette’s new ‘do? Check the pics and share your thoughts.

Snoop Dogg kept the memory of his West Coast brother Nate Dogg alive by tatting a picture of his face on his left forearm along with the words “All Doggs Go to Heaven.” The new ink by famed tattoo artist Mister Cartoon was done late Friday and serves as a lasting tribute to his lifelong friend.

“We lost a true legend n hip hop n rnb,” Snoop previously tweeted. “One of my best friends n a brother to me since 1986 when I was a sophomore at poly high where we met. I love u buddy luv. U will always b wit me 4ever n a day.”

The G-Funk pioneer will be laid to rest in his native Long Beach, Calif., today. The Nate Dogg Memorial Trust has been set up in his honor with 100% of the proceeds going towards Nate’s family and memorial expenses. Donations can be made online.

Jennifer Hudson titled her sophomore album I Remember Me, and clearly would prefer that the rest of us not forget her, either, judging by the number of TV appearances she’s made lately (both with child and baby-free). Not that we’re complaining! J-Hud most recently popped up on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to talk in further detail about her weight loss — equivalent to “more than a Justin Bieber,” she joked. “How much does he weigh, about 60 pounds?” The Good Morning America guest who did not smash any windows this week also flawlessly performed “Where You At.” Check it out below.

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After a killer set from "Jersey Shore" star DJ Pauly D on Friday night (March 25), a montage of Britney Spears' best video moments played to a hyped crowd at Rain nightclub inside the Palms Casino and Resort. Once the videos wrapped, the crowd went even crazier as the Femme Fatale herself hit the stage.

Spears sported a stunning sequined bodysuit and performed her first song of the night, lead single "Hold It Against Me." Flanked by sexy male dancers, she sashayed her way through the song, which included sexy hair-tossing and a wind machine.

For her second song of the night, Spears debuted the will.i.am-produced track "Big Fat Bass." Her dancers hit the stage in bright yellow, while Spears opted for a body-hugging latex bodysuit. She emerged from a speaker box, and the appearance had her fans screaming. The track was remixed to include past hits like "3," "Slave 4 U" and "Gimme More." She danced around the stage and climbed up on speakers as she danced to the track.

Britney kicked it up a few futuristic notches for her latest club banger, "Till the World Ends." The stage was filled with ladders, LED lighting, dancers and Spears in a black latex bodysuit covered in red lights. She clearly was having a good time, smiling to her fans. Her choreography was decidedly sexy, including flirty dance moves with her male dancers.

At the end, Spears ascended the ladders and ended up on a platform, gyrating from above the room. As fireworks lit the stage, Spears danced and tossed her hair as the song closed. The room was filled with electricity and excitement.

The performance was being taped by MTV for a special airing next week. A teaser will debut Tuesday on MTV, the same day Spears' latest album, Femme Fatale, hits stores.
Shout out to all my fellow Dancers ripping it up!!!!! @Soheyheyhey @Missoph22 @avaflav @LeoMoctezuma@CatRendic @LukeBroadlick @galenhooks Sunny, Cassidy, & Aminah that doesn't have Twitter..... Oh and to all of ya'll I have 1 word! I'm sure you already know but gotta do it, DIDNTINVITEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Say It!

All songs written by Jhene Aiko, except “July” written by Micah Powell. All songs produced by Fisticuffs, except “July” & “You vs Them” (produced by Bei Maejor), “Real Now” (produced byRoosevelt), “Do Better” (produced by J. Lbs), & “Growing Apart” (produced by Tae Beats). Album artwork by Jay 3 Photography.


*Bonus*
Here is my choreography to my Lil' Sis Jhené Aiko "Dancefloor" Check It Out!!!

With a new album, Light Of The Sun, on the way, Jilly from Philly took it back to her roots and teamed with fellow Philly native Eve for the new single "Shame."

CNN recently caught up with Jill Scott on the set for her new single "Shame" with fellow Philly native Eve. The single represents a return to Jill's hip hop roots while the video itself represents something a bit more personal.

Shot at the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center on the city's north side, this is the place where Jill spent her summers as a child and where she began to write poetry. What's special about the shoot is that Jill decided to do the video there after learning the center was on the city's list to be demolished. So Jill and her Blues Babe Foundation swooped in to save the day. Jill paid for a new roof, gym floor and basketball court.

Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is pictured above after taking in dinner with music mogul Clive Davis last evening (3.24) in celebration of her birthday today (3.25). Aretha Franklin is reportedly planning a huge birthday bash for her 69th birthday today (3. 25). Aretha Franklin's publicist confirmed that Aretha's will attend the evening show of Earl Jame Jones and Vanessa Redgrave on Broadway in Driving Miss Daisy. But the huge celebration comes later when Aretha's invited 100 of her closest friends according to New York Daily News.

The National Enquirer has more details saying,

"Aretha's not saying it, but she knows this could very well be her last birthday celebration, so she's going all out. She may be recovering from her illness, but she's still a diva so she's planning every detail down to the napkins - she's making sure this party will be one to remember."

"Aretha isn't calling this her swan song, but she wants to be remembered, and what better way to go out than with a huge bash!" Oprah Winfrey who was Reportedly "Raging Mad" with Aretha for snubbing her for Wendy Williams is reportedly on the guest list!

Happy Birthday To Aretha Franklin!

Whoopi Goldberg wasn't just high on excitement the night that she won an Oscar in 1991.

In an old video of The View co-host, which surfaced in the Internet Thursday, she admitted she was stoned while accepting the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Ghost.

"Smoking cigarettes and pot every now and then are my habits. And I thought, 'I've got to relax.' So I smoked this wonderful joint that was the last of my home grown," Goldberg explains in the video posted by TMZ.

In the clip, dated August 9, 1992 and reportedly filmed during a voice-over session for The Pagemaster, Goldberg revealed she was so shocked by her win that she was worried about making it up to the stage.

"When he [presenter Denzel Washington] said my name and I popped up, I thought, 'Oh f---...okay, up the stairs ... around to the podium … there's millions of people, pick up the statue, get the statue," she said.

While the actress was poised in her acceptance speech, she says her mother could tell her daughter was stoned because of her "glistening eyes" and later called to scold her.

"I know you're not supposed to admit that you smoke pot, but I don't drink alcohol," Goldberg says on the tape. "Just because I do it doesn't mean you should."

Calls to Goldberg's rep were not immediately returned.

"Interesting night, folks," Ryan Seacrest said.

This was rare understatement from the American Idol host. Thursday's episode was one of the wildest ever.

One might have conservatively predicted the end of the road for Haley Reinhart – but this time she wasn't in the bottom three at all.

Nope, it was a shaken Casey Abrams – a favorite of the judges since the audition rounds – who was voted off by the viewing public. And then he was saved by the judges.

Steven to the Rescue

After the shocking announcement was made, Abrams took the microphone from Seacrest and started to sing "Don't Need No Doctor," hoping for a rescue from the judges, but he was almost immediately cut off by Randy Jackson, waving for him to stop.

The judges had no intention of letting Abrams go – so no need to prove himself, either.

"This is crazy wrong," Steven Tyler said. "We made a decision here to keep you on."

Abrams looked so blindsided, first by the bad news and then by the good, he seemed on the verge of collapse. It was hard to tell whether to be scared or happy for him. His hands were trembling violently as he touched his heart.


Staggering Casey

"Are you kidding, are you kidding," he muttered over and over, as he staggered to the judges' table to thank them. He embraced Seacrest and sank to his knees. He ran into the audience and hugged his parents, sobbing, "I love you so much!"

At that point, Jennifer Lopez, who like Tyler and Jackson was floored by the public vote, almost apologetically suggested that perhaps Abrams had been thrown off the right artistic course. Or was she referring to his medical problems?

"We just want you to get back to being the musician you are," she said. "Just let people feel your soul."

Abrams, at least, still had the wits to ask how this will all work with the upcoming tour. Only the top 10 were expected to participate.

Next Week's Eliminations

Seacrest stepped forward and announced that there will be two eliminations next week, and that a top 10-plus-one will make up the tour.

That wasn't the only shock of the night: Abramas was joined in the bottom two by Stefano Langone, another favorite who's got the old-fashioned boy-crooner thing going.

What could have gone wrong?

I would have predicted Paul McDonald to go before Abrams, let alone Langone, with his husky, folksy style. But there's an abrasive, even scouring power to Abram's singing that may play better in the live auditorium, where the judges love him, than in the living room, where perhaps viewers don't.

As for Langone, he seriously miscalculated this week, singing "Hello" with a frenetic, almost histrionic urgency that was too much at odds with Lionel Richie's famous, whipped-cream original.

Thia Megia joined them in the bottom three. I love her serene, sweetly forlorn pop voice, and the judges thought she was showing some needed variety and pep this week with her cover of "Heat Wave." At this rate, though, her prospects aren't looking great.

This all happened in the last 18 minutes of the show. The rest of the episode included performances by Sugarland and Jennifer Hudson, and a bizarre visit from Hulk Hogan.

And Stevie Wonder came out to sing "Happy Birthday" to Tyler, who's turning 63 on March 26.

Lady Gaga gives new life to her record-breaking single “Born This Way” with the newly released “Country Road Version” produced by Gaga and Fernando Garibay. The pop darling slows down the club anthem, adding new vocals and giving it a bluegrassy vibe. “If I want to make it country, baby it’s OK/ ‘Cause I was born, I was born, I was born this way,” she sings over the harmonica and guitar-laced melody. Listen to Gaga go country below.

Big Sean grinds his way to the top in the celebratory video for “My Last,” the first single from his debut album Finally Famous. The TAJ-directed clip flashes back to five years ago when the Detroit rapper was recording his first mixtape to now, where he’s living the G.O.O.D. life, partying in the Hollywood Hills with hot women and his friends Chris Brown, Teyana Taylor, and Taz Arnold.

Kanye West’s protégé shared how he and Breezy first met. “It’s crazy because he just came to one of my shows randomly one time, and I was like, ‘What the hell is Chris Brown doing here?’” he told Rap-Up.com. “He came up and was talking to me like, ‘Yo, what’s up fam! I f**k with your music heavy. I’m down to work, let’s work.’ I’m like, damn, that’s cold that somebody on that level of success that’s been doing it for a while would come f**k with somebody like me who’s a new artist.”

Put your hands up in the air and get down to the G.O.O.D. Music below.

She was a Hollywood original to the end.

Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., in a small, private funeral attended by friends and family that began 15 minutes after schedule – under instructions she left.

"She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," a family rep said in a statement.

Taylor's casket was closed and draped with gardenias, violets, and lily of the valley. She was interred in The Great Mausoleum, the same resting place for her longtime friend Michael Jackson.

The one-hour, multi-denominational service officiated by Rabbi Jerry Cutler included a reading by actor Colin Farrell, a friend of Taylor's, of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poem "The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo."

Taylor's son Michael Wilding, her daughter Liza and her grandson Tarquin Wilding also read selections, and her grandson Rhys Tivey performed a trumpet solo of "Amazing Grace."

The acting legend died Wednesday at the age of 79.

Jennifer Hudson made a triumphant return to “American Idol” as an Oscar and Grammy winner, married woman, mother, and 80 pounds lighter. The glowing songstress, dressed in black with her hair pulled back, belted out her I Remember Me single “Where You At” with some help from background singer and former “Idol” alum George Huff, as judges Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler, and Jennifer Lopez looked on.

Kim Kardashian's little brother Rob was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night and wound up having emergency surgery! The reality star had his appendix taken out and is now doing just fine.

Rob Kardashian (Twitter via Kim Kardashian)His mother Kris Jenner breathed a sigh of relief about the ordeal on her Twitter page. She wrote: "Wow LOOONG night in the ER! Pooooor Rob! My son has no more appendix!! I love you @RobKardashian you were so brave! Xoxox. God is amazing. I love you so much!!"

Big sister Kim also tweeted about the incident, and even joked about the poor guy -- and included a very flattering picture from the hospital. She wrote: "Robbie is sick! He will be ok though! This is what happens if you don't eat your Wheaties.”