Showing posts with label will.i.am. Show all posts
Showing posts with label will.i.am. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

updates on everything

My goodness I picked the wrong day to work a double. SO much happened in the celeb world, and I couldn't be there to update as it all happened, and I am very sorry.

[PS: For future reference, I will update via Twitter on days like today... So follow me! ;)]

Anyways, here we go... Everything all in one blog.

PEREZ vs. WILL.I.AM

Did they fight? Will.i.am says no way....




He's cool, calm, and collected. Not disrespectful at all. Perez.... Is not. And little does he know, he basically says that it was someone else WITH Will.i.am, not him.




I'm confused, Perez. What did Will.i.am lie about?! The fact that he didn't hit you? You admitted that. And... I still don't understand how hurt you could have been if you were all over Twitter.

Look, I'm a blogger, too. I may not be as big as Perez [though I am clearly cooler] but I know that no matter how much publicity you have, attention is always wanted. If anyone relatively famous did something to me, you can bet your bottom dollar I'd do what Perez is doing. The only problem is... I am a Will.i.am lover, and I am pretty positive he's way too cool to be hitting anyone like Perez.

The end of my rant on this.


CHRIS BROWN IS FREE TO LIVE AT HOME

Speaking of fights... Apparently I'm always in support of the person doing the fighting.... Or supposedly doing the fighting. Whatever.. I give people the benefit of the doubt.. Especially when I like them.

If you didn't hear, his court date was today, and thanks to a plea bargain, he's not going to jail! Instead, he has community service to do, and 5 years of probation. The community service will be done in... dun dun DUNNN... VIRGINIA! [Should I stalk him, too?! Hmmm.]

He also has to stay further than 50 yards from Rihanna, which she didn't like. She actually wanted a less restrictive restraining order on him.... Interesting.

I'm happy for him... And yes, I still find her psycho. Shoot me for liking the "bad guy" if you want. Who cares.


JON AND KATE MADE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT

They're getting a divorce. Big freakin' surprise. NOT!

I don't need to say much else.. I've said my peace. Kate is a bee-hotch and Jon needed to leave her. The kids will now make both of their lives a living Hell, and it will be rather funny.


Whew. Glad I got all of that out for you guys. Feel free to talk about how you feel below, of course! How does it go? "1..2.. Sound off.. 3..4.."

No, that's not it..... Oh well.

love,
elizabethany

Monday, June 22, 2009

perez got beat up by will.i.am

Wowzers, Twitter went CRAZY last night while I was sleeping. I woke up to about double the tweets I normally do overnight, and it's all thanks to an event that happened after the Much Music Video Awards in Canada last night.

Perez Hilton was bleeding, needed the popo's, and was in shock. Will.I.am supposedly beat him up.

Read some of Perez's tweets:
  • I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please.
  • I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke.
  • Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel.
  • I spoke to my lawyer. I really need to talk to the authorities. Please come to the SoHo Met Hotel. Have called the police. Need them here.
  • The Toronto police are here now. Thank you. Please stop calling them.
  • Thank u all from the bottom of my heart for ur concern. The police are investigating the assault now. I did the right thing by reporting it.
Hmmmm... Will.I.am?!?! I just can't imagine him doing anything like that! [And yes, in case you were wondering, I do in fact know him personally, and we're BFF's so I know what he would and wouldn't do... Duh.]

I guess we'll find out what really happened eventually. All I want to do is see the pictures, though. I know for a fact I would laugh out loud... At least a little bit.

But uh.... If this IS true... You can bet Will.I.am and the Black Eyed Peas will get some not-so-nice names and posts from Perez.


In other news, here are some pictures from the event, which is said to be a lot like the MTV VMA's. It involved Lady GaGa's boobies exploding in flames and her cooter almost falling out, Fergie's creepy fingernails, Kelly Clarkson looking huge, and JoBro ridiculousness.. Including them making an obscene gesture.






Looks like an interesting night, that's for sure.

love,
elizabethany

Monday, February 2, 2009

because you want to know

I know all of you guys have been sitting on the edge of your seats just waiting to read what I thought about the Super Bowl.

Okay... You probably already know how I felt about the game.. But let's be honest. The Super Bowl is almost more about the OTHER stuff. Ya know, the performers, commercials, food...

First up.. Jennifer Hudson. Can we say Uh-May-Zing?!?! She was absolutely incredible. Yes, unfortunately she was lip syncing, but it wasn't her choice. Honestly, producers of the show have come out saying they forced her to do it because they thought it would be best. But who cares?! It was a great recording!



I think I have watched it a good 5 times, and I get goosebumpies every time. She's incredibly talented, and I'm so glad to see her out in public and performing again. [She'll also be performing at the NAACP Image Awards!]

People are even wondering if hers, or Whitney's version, of the Star Spangled Banner is better. Hmmm.. I think my vote goes for Jennifer, honestly. It's so wholesome but SO great. Ah, I loved it. She's easily one of the best singers alive right now.

Speaking of performers, how about the halftime show? I've said it before, a million times, and here I go, about to say it again... I'm sick of old school people performing for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. I want it to be a mix of old school, country, pop, rap, r&b.. EVERYTHING!

Every year since the wardrobe malfunction, it's just been oldies getting up on stage trying to fit into this generation. Prince tried to make it look like he was playing with his "thing," and now Bruce Springsteen practically straddled all of us. I just wasn't impressed.



Tell me if I'm wrong in what I'm saying, but I don't think I am. And frankly, I won't care if you think I am. :) They need to get over the malfunction and get back to the good ol' days, dangit! [I mean seriously.. They need to just watch out for porn getting on the broadcast.]

Now onto the reason that many female Steelers.. I mean... "Football" fans watched the game- The commercials.

These are my favorites.. In no particular order:



[I love Will.i.am, and I love comparing the present to the past. Enough said.]



[I think this one is going down in Super Bowl Ads history.. Just sayin'.]



[Who doesn't like a good love story?!]



[These are just hilarious and have always been some of my favorites. OMG the black baby is hilarious!!! Here are more outtakes:]






[What an amazing network commercial!! I love it.]



[I don't know why this is funny to me.. But it is.]



[The irony is so fabulous. The fact that this is real is fabulous. The hilarity is fabulous. Ahh, I love it.]

And as for two movies that I'm really pumped about:





[Will Ferrell I love you.]

So... I guess... Congrats to the Steelers. [Ugh.] But the season is officially over come Sunday which means no one is good anymore!!! ;) REDSKINS, NEXT YEAR IS OUR YEAR!!

love,
elizabethany

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

in case you missed it-- "We Are One"

As promised, I'm here to tell you all about the "We Are One: Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial" from Sunday night.

Unfortunately, a lot of these videos aren't allowed to be circulating the internet, so if any fail to work, I'm sorry!

I can't remember the exact order of events, either, so I'm going to go completely random with this. And you're not going to care.

I think my favorite two performances were Usher, Stevie Wonder, and Shakira singing "Higher Ground," and Will.i.am and Sheryl Crow singing "One Love" with Herbie Hancock.

First of all, I just love seeing Usher back on the scene, especially as such a huge event, and to be performing with Stevie Wonder is obviously something special. But the way they both sound is just great in itself.

I don't like Shakira coming in, though. In fact, I think I hate it. She almost could have ruined it, and I'm not sure why they even brought her in to do that performance, but whatever. As long as sweet Barack liked it.



Will.i.am has been hugely involved within the whole Obama campaign since day one, so it's no wonder he got to perform at this ceremony. Sheryl Crow has also been pretty involved, and she's a wonderful person, so I love that they did it together.

And it's clear why this is a perfect song for this history we are all witnessing. We're all coming together as one. What I love best about this whole thing is when Will.i.am breaks into his/the Black Eyed Peas' song, "What's Goin' On" while still keeping the Bob Marley beat.

Minus the awkwardness of them trying to share the microphone, this is a fantastic show.



Another really great one was James Taylor, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland [who was obviously VERY excited about being there], and John Legend singing "Shower the People." I love John Legend's voice, and when it's an event like this, I think his voice is unique and so fitting for it. He's amazing.

And James Taylor, pff, he's a legend. There's no wonder he's there. Jennifer's voice just compliments and adds a nice, extra tone to the song. It's pretty. :)



Some solo performances that are necessary to mention are Garth Brooks' "American Pie" and Beyonce's "America the Beautiful."

Garth sounded good, but it wasn't anything I'm jumping out of my seat for. That is, until he broke out into "Shout!" It was a good break from all of the seriousness and readings of the history of this country. Barack definitely seemed to be diggin' it, too!



Finally, Beyonce has an amazing voice. I won't deny it. And she sounded amazing singing this song. They picked a great person to do it. [Only one better would be Jennifer Hudson, I think.. But I'm sure she's still struggling with personal issues...]



Mary J. Blige did "Lean On Me" which was really good, too. It started off iffy, in my opinion, but it was good. Click here if you want to check it out. :)

[Bruce Springsteen also performed to open up the show, and U2 did a couple songs, including the one that has become THE song of the Obama campaign.]

On top of all of these performances, TONS of people made appearances. Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Jack Black, Denzel Washington, Steve Carell, and Marisa Tomei are just a few of them.

Most people talked about the history of former presidents, what they did for this country, and how they helped us get to the point we are now. They also introduced different performers, presenters, or whoever.

My favorite, was Jamie Foxx. [Surprised? Probably not.] Only because his was a little different in the sense he did offer a little bit of comedy within the seriousness. He did his own little impersonation of PRESIDENT Barack Obama, and it was dead on.



I love that man.

And, of course, Barack Obama gave a speech, and, well, every speech that he gives will give you goosebumps, and this one was no different. [To keep from this site taking 2398472 hours to load, just click here if you haven't seen or heard it.]

So overall, the show was amazing, and for those who witnessed it, you're really lucky. If not, maybe these pictures [Thanks to the Washington Post] can help you feel like you were, and see how ridiculous the crowd really was.

Congratulations Barack Obama, and thank you to all you celebrities! And HBO for broadcasting. :)

love,
elizabethany

Saturday, December 13, 2008

amazingly contagious

Since it's too late to do a Top 10 Thursday [Ugh, I'm sorry I suck! :(] I'm just going to share some Top 10 lists with you this weekend.

I said I love the end of the year because of these lists, so be ready for 'em.

Right now, I present to you, the most viral videos of 2008.

10. The Late Night Wars of O'Brien, Colbert, and Stewart.
I don't think this is the actual video.. But with as "viral" as it is, I'm not sure I can find the specific right one. Who knows... I don't find it all that funny either, but I'm not a huge Late Night watcher.



9. The Grand Central Freeze
This video is AMAZING. Or, the concept is and what they did. If you haven't seen it, you need to. I can't even imagine being there when this happened. I would have geeked out.



8. The Puppy Cam
I never heard about this, or watched it, but apparently it was a live stream of a litter of puppies as they were born, grew up, and found new families.. And over 4 million people kept up with it. Wow.



7. Sarah Silverman's "I'm [Effing] Matt Damon"
Hilarious. Her and Jimmy are seriously the most hilarious couple ever. Agreed? I think so.



6. Paris Hilton Runs for President
In a response to McCain saying that Obama was celebrity like her and Britney, Paris had quite the comeback. Funny.. Even though it's her. :)



5. Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog
I haven't watched this, and it's 43 minutes long, so I'm probably not going to. But, maybe you'll have the patience. I've heard it's funny.



4. will.i.am's "Yes We Can"
All of my from-the-beginning readers know how much I LOVE this video/song. If for some odd and terrible reason you haven't seen it yet, you need to.. NOW.



3. Christian the Lion
I just posted this a couple of days ago.. And I agree.. It's incredible. In case you don't believe the actual video, check out everyone reporting on it.



2. Sarah Palin comes to SNL
Seeing Tina Fey do Palin was the best [literally.. look below] but when she came on herself, it was ALMOST just as good... Almost.



1. Tina Fey does Sarah Palin
We've seen them, or at least heard about all of the videos by now. Tina was awesome.. Perfect even. And everyone witnessed it. And it probably brought a lot of fans back to SNL.




The top 4 of this list, I completely agree.. But I haven't even heard of #5, and I do my share of surfing the net. Maybe I'm just ignorant to long videos. Who knows.

Ohh how you have changed the world, YouTube... It's incredible.

love,
elizabethany

Sunday, November 9, 2008

they're already here

I've said it about 239847 times this week, but I love the "Yes We Can" song/video that Will.i.am did with a bunch of other celebrities.. I also like Nas' "Black President" and whatever else I find.

And I was wondering when a new one would come out.. Now that Barack Obama has officially been elected President.

Welp, guess none of us are going to have to wait too long. Will.i.am was already working on the video for his latest song, "It's A New Day" in Chicago.. While he was beaming to the CNN studios too.

This is the video-->



Is it any surprise that I love it? I love when he stops to reflect, too. And, I genuinely think it has a great beat, especially to go with the meaning of the song. Meh, I've said it before, I'll say it again with no hesitation.. The man is a genius.

Don't go anywhere, though.. Common, another genius in the music world, has also leaked an Obama song.. Called "Changes."

This isn't the official video.. The official release will probably be Inauguration Day, January 20. But you can still check out the song :)



I don't love the song as much as I love Will.i.am's, but it's a good song.. Great lyrics.. Great meaning, of course. It's more of an emotional song than an uplifting one, I think. But both work, for sure. :)

Ahh, I love it. I WANT MORE! NOW! Kthanks :)

love,
elizabethany

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

If you didn't see this last night.. You need to right now.

Will.i.am literally became a HOLOGRAM on the set of CNN.. Which is far from where he was in Chicago.



Um. Wow. Technology is becoming real. Too real. And kind of scary.

I remember seeing this in Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century on Disney Channel! And I thought "woah, that's neat. I wonder when that will happen."

THAT WAS ONLY LIKE 8 YEARS AGO! This is nuts! And amazing. But creepy. Ahhh.

I do love Will.i.am, though. He's a genius. Point blank.

love,
elizabethany

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

escaping to the movies


Will.i.am is one talented guy, and now he's taking his talent to another level.

He's going to be in the new Madascar sequel called "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa!" It's going to be about the animals escape from Central Park.



All the main characters like Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins are returning.. and will.i.am will play a character called MotoMoto. Costars include Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, and Alec Baldwin.

ALSO! Will.i.am scored the soundtrack of the movie, too! Check the video here.

It's... interesting.

I'm pumped, though! I like Will.i.am! And apparently the Black Eyed Peas have a new album all finished and ready to release! I didn't even know!

As for the movie, it's out November 7.. and the soundtrack is out voting day-- November 4. So soon!

I'll be there to see it, will!

love,
elizabethany