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Already on track to have the best-selling album of 2008, rapper Lil
Wayne leads the nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards with
eight, including album of the year and best rap album for "Tha
Carter III," best rap song for "Lollipop" and best rap/sung
collaboration for "Got Money" featuring T-Pain.

Other leading artists are Coldplay, who earned seven nominations,
and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West, who each scored six.

In album of the year, the nominees were: Coldplay for "Viva La Vida
Or Death And All His Friends," Lil Wayne for "Tha Carter III,"
Ne-Yo for "Year of the Gentlemen," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
for "Raising Sand" and Radiohead for "In Rainbows."

For record of the year, the nominees were: Adele for "Chasing
Pavements," Coldplay for "Viva La Vida," Leona Lewis for "Bleeding
Love," M.I.A. for "Paper Planes" and Plant & Krauss for "Please
Read the Letter."

Song of the year nominees include: "American Boy," by songwriters
William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John
Stephens, Estelle Swaray and Kanye West; "Chasing Pavements" by
songwriters Adele Adkins and Eg White; "I’m Yours" by Jason Mraz;
"Love Song" by Sara Bareilles; and "Viva La Vida" by songwriters
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.

Two of West’s nominations came for his production on "Tha Carter
III" and "American Boy." He is also up against himself in the best
rap performance by a duo or group category, for "Swagga Like Us"
with Jay-Z & T.I. and featuring Lil Wayne and "Put On" with
Young Jeezy. Jay-Z also faces off against himself in that category,
with "Swagga" going up against his collaboration with Wayne on "Mr.
Carter."

In the best new artist category, Adele, Duffy, the Jonas Brothers,
Lady Antebellum and Jazmine Sullivan received nominations.

In the best pop collaboration category with vocals, the nominees
were: Alicia Keys and John Mayer for "Lessons Learned," Madonna,
Justin Timberlake and Timbaland for "4 Minutes," Plant and Krauss
for "Rich Woman," Rihanna and Maroon 5 for "If I Never See Your
Face Again" and Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown for "No Air." source

Britney Spears’ new music video for the song Circus leaked online. Do you think the old Britney is back? So far the pr machine that is spinning the new Britney seems to working it’s magic on her first week album sales. Britney is expected to debut her new album "Circus" at the number one spot on the Billboard charts.

Britney Spears’ sixth studio album, "Circus," is on track to debut
at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 next week, as the Jive set will lead
Nielsen SoundScan’s Building chart when it is released later today
(Dec. 3).



Unweighted first-day sales of "Circus" through the close of
business yesterday stood at 219,000. Billboard estimates the eight
merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan’s Building chart — Trans
World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks,
Borders, Target and Anderson Merchandisers — comprise about 80% of
all U.S. album sales.



Sources close to the project suggest that "Circus" could move as
much as 450,000 in its first week.



If "Circus" arrives atop the tally, it will be Spears’ fifth No. 1
album. Among female artists, only four have racked up more
chart-toppers: Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven) and Mariah
Carey and Janet Jackson (both with six). source

Kanye West was number one this week with his pop album  808’s and Heartbreak while Guns and Roses’ big comeback flopped with lackluster sales.

After nearly 17 years in the studio, one truly odd MTV VMA appearance, a failed world tour, a riot in Philadelphia, a lot of defensive talk from Sebastian Bach, a leak facilitated by Mike Piazza and DJ Eddie Trunk, a much-ballyhooed exclusive deal with Best Buy, a lawsuit involving the Offspring, the apparently empty promise of free Dr Pepper for all, innumerable and mysterious delays, $13 million in reported production costs, a Greatest Hits album, a change in managers, five possible producers, five guitarists, two bassists, three drummers, the invention of the iPod, a guy with a KFC bucket on his head, zero promotion from the album’s mastermind, and now, rumors of a potential reunion of the original lineup, Guns N’ Roses’ sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy, sold a whopping 261,200 copies its first week on store shelves.

That’s right, just 261,200 copies.

Two weeks ago, it seemed like the #1 position on Billboard’s weekly albums sales chart could have gone to either Guns or Kanye West. Chinese Democracy was released on November 23, and West’s 808s & Heartbreak dropped November 24. It was a battle that pitted one of hip-hop’s biggest stars against one of rock’s most enigmatic ringleaders, and in the end, GN’R just couldn’t contend.

When Nielsen SoundScan issued the latest national album sales data on Wednesday (December 3), it was West’s latest at #1, opening with sales of more than 450,100, leaving the #2 slot wide open for Guns … or so it seemed. Unfortunately, no one factored country crossover cutie Taylor Swift into the equation. In its third week out, her new one, Fearless, climbed from #4 to #2, thanks to sales of close to 267,400 — meaning GN’R’s first appearance on the chart in close to 20 years will be at #3.

Whether it was to pick up Kanye’s new one or Axl Rose’s magnum opus, consumers made their presence felt at record retail last week — one of the biggest shopping weeks of the year. Virtually every album in Billboard’s Top 200 experienced either increased or stronger sales, with 22 new efforts cracking the chart. Beyond ‘Ye and GN’R, two other albums debut in next week’s top 10: Ludacris’ Theater of the Mind bows at #5, selling 213,500 units, with The Killers’ Day & Age following at #6, scanning 193,400 copies. source

A new racy Calvin Klein Obsession ad starring Eva Mendes was banned from television broadcast and youtube for being too sexy due to a nipple flash. The actress has been causing controversy recently after her stint in rehab and an explicit topless toe sucking Vogue Italia photoshoot. We’ve noticed that Eva Mendes doesn’t wear clothes anymore. Watch the banned commercial video. Do you agree that it’s too hot for TV?

EVA MENDES’ saucy perfume advertisement for Calvin Klein has been
boycotted for a second time – the video has been removed from
clip-sharing website YouTube.

Eva Mendes-  Secret Obsession  Banned Commercial
by CelebriNet2

The advert, which sees the actress writhing around topless, was
deemed too sexy to be shown on U.S. TV earlier this week (beg04Aug08) -
with several networks refusing to air the footage.

  A clip of the promo became an instant hit on YouTube.com, with thousands of fans flocking to the internet to watch the ad.

  But the video has now been removed from the website after bosses deemed it unsuitable.

  A statement from the site reads: "It has been removed due to terms of use violation." source

Freshly rehabbed Eva Mendes is literally baring all in a kinky topless photo shoot for Vogue Italia.

Eva gets her freak on in this risque shoot. Eva enjoys toe sucking and engaging in some girl on girl foot action.

What happened to the Eva Mendes who had a good girl image from the movie "Hitch"?  Eva portrayed a coked out club gal in the movie "We Own The Night" and then she ended up in rehab for a substance abuse problem.  Last year,Eva Mendes posed for a PETA campaign but those photos were more tastefully done. Seeing these photos just makes you go WTF was Eva thinking?  What was the reason for the nudity? It wasn’t for a film role and the photos don’t look very artistic. The pics make Eva Mendes look like a drugged out skank. Eva Mendes is a beautiful woman. Our advice to Eva is that she should try to model her public persona and career after actresses like Eva Longoria,Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba.  Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba are beautiful Latinas who have A list careers and pose for sexy photo shoots.

We just wonder how Eva’s endorsement deals with Calvin Klein to pitch their underwear and fragrances is going to hold up after these new images hit the net. SMH

Mendes spent several weeks in Utah’s Cirque Lodge rehab facility
earlier this year. If that name rings a bell, it’s because that’s the
same treatment facility that Lohan spent time in over the
summer. photo source

Eva Mendes is delighted to be back in favor with activists at People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals after upsetting them with a fur coat faux-pas. The actress is PETA’s latest poster girl, baring all for a saucy new ‘I’d Rather Go Naked… Than Wear Fur’ campaign.  She unveiled her new holiday ad campaign poster in West Hollywood on trendy Robertson Boulevard. Actress EVA MENDES has joked about the current
rise in teenage pregnancies in Hollywood – admitting she’d hate to be
in expectant teen JAMIE-LYNN SPEARS’ place. 

Eva also admits she was more than happy to strip for the billboard, after learning she was off PETA officials’ naughty list, where she landed after wearing a fur coat to a 2003 movie premiere.  She recalls, "I was so floored by what they (PETA) said that I said, ‘I promise I will never do it again.’"

Mendes actually likes the idea of appearing naked on huge billboards in America’s leading cities. She tells E! online blogger Marc Malkin, "It’s very tasteful. It’s all in fun. It’s got a flirtatious, fun spirit about it. It’s not like come hither or anything like that." Eva Mendes isn’t the first celebrity to go naked for PETA. The list already includes Christina Applegate, Alicia Silverstone and Pamela Anderson.   

Watch Alicia Silverstone’s controversial "Sexy Veggie PSA"  I am Alicia Silverstone. I am an Vegetarian.

Members of the organization "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"  known as PETA also staged a "nude" protest in front of the M&M’s World Headquarters in New York’s Time Square . PETA members were painted from head to toe in the various colors depicted by the M&M’s candies. M&M’s is a brand owned by the Mars Candy Corporation who, according to PETA is funding animal testing and research in order to improve their products.