Showing posts with label LEONA LEWIS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LEONA LEWIS. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

LEONA LEWIS PERFORMS @ VICTORIA DAY CELEBRATIONS IN BORGHOLM, ÖLAND.....

On July 14th, Leona Lewis took to the stage on the island of Oland, off Sweden's east coast, to sing at a special concert to mark Crown Princess Victoria's 31st birthday. She performed Better In Time and Bleeding Love at the Victoria Day celebrations in Borgholm, Öland. Here's her performance of Bleeding Love:


The 23-year-old sang in front of thousands of spectators who also gathered to join in the celebrations. Good performance all around. I really enjoyed the live band and the backing singers. I was totally feeling the live version, which is refreshing from the samey backing track. This was a brilliant performance. She sounded amazing. Check out her Better In Time performance after the cut.

BETTER IN TIME

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Friday, 4 July 2008

LEONA LEWIS @ VERIZON WIRELESS O2 VIP LOUNGE....

Yesterday, Leona Lewis attended the Verizon Wireless O2 VIP Lounge and she was photographed at the event looking totally fab:



She also posed it up with one-hit wonder, UK singer Lemar, who like Leona, found fame on a British singing talent competition. Those two have a lot in common in fact (although I think Lemar really sucks despite a few standard songs). Leona arrived at the event with boyfriend Lou Al Chamaa.

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LEONA LEWIS PERFORMS @ NRJ MUSIC TOUR IN FRANCE....

A week ago, Leona Lewis performed her two hit singles 'Better In Time' and 'Bleeding Love' at the NRJ Music Tour in France. Here's a couple of pics:



Great performances all around. You can check out both performances after the cut.

LEONA PERFORMS 'BETTER IN TIME' & 'BLEEDING LOVE' @ NRJ MUSIC TOUR

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Saturday, 28 June 2008

LEONA LEWIS PERFORMS @ NELSON MANDELA'S 90TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT.....

Last night, Leona Lewis performed her two singles 'Bleeding Love' and 'Better In Time' live at Hyde Park for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations:


It was nice hearing an actual live rendition of Bleeding Love. She sounded good, although she's had better performances. Though understandable considering that Leona frequently suffers from a throat infection and is looking at possible surgery to get her tonsils removed. Earlier this year, she told US talk show host Oprah Winfrey that she often has trouble performing live because she frequently suffers from nasty bouts of tonsillitis. Her little speech at the end of her Better In Time performance was cute. See more after the fold.

BETTER IN TIME


INTERVIEW


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Thursday, 26 June 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT + CHRIS MOM APPROVES RIHANNA ....

Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday bash concert will take place this week. There was a celebratory dinner for the former South African president and the stars were out for the fundraising dinner which took place at London's Hyde Park on Wednesday afternoon. Leona Lewis was there:



Leona looked amazing. That is a cute dress! She was also rocking a darker hair colour. It makes sense that she attended the dinner because she's scheduled to perform at the bash which will be televised this weekend.

Other celebs that attended the event was Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and her rumoured fella Lewis Hamilton as did Will and Jada:



That chick will never learn. *sigh*

POST-BET AWARDS....

Interscope Geffen A&M hosted their second annual Creme of The Crop post BET Awards dinner celebration Tuesday night at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. Singers Mel B, Melody Thornton, Tyrese, Toni Braxton and Ciara all attended the special dinner:



The exclusive affair was held to pay tribute to IGA artists including Mary J. Blige and
Keyshia Cole.

PRE-BET AWARDS....

Rihanna was seen leaving Les Deux in Hollywood - June 21, 2008:




Those sandals can't get any flatter. There are also rumors that Rihanna being cast in 'Mama Black Widow' aren't true despite still being interested in acting.

She was also seen out with Chris Brown in NY last week. Chris was rocking a defiant GET OFF MY DICK tee-shirt:



That first pic looks pretty tense. I wonder who his spectacular choice of words were aimed at. The third pic is when they attended their BET Awards rehearsal. Rihanna also made a trip to GBK Productions' Fire & Ice gifting lounge for the BET Awards over the weekend with Chris and his mom, Joyce Hawkins. According to a source, she was overheard cooing, "Rihanna is the sexiest and sweetest girl Chris has ever dated." Hmmmmm.... Make of that what you will.

Jojo also attended Solange's 22nd bash this week:



As did PCD and former PCD chicks Carmitt and Melody Thornton who's been EVERYWHERE as of late.

And here's two more pics of Kelis at a pre-BET Awards event:



She chilled with her best pal Dania and wild haired singer Macy Gray. All these BET posts are wearing me out, LOL! Hopefully, this one is the last. :)

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Monday, 23 June 2008

NO 'BOND' THEME FOR LEONA LEWIS....

Reps for Leona Lewis have confirmed that the 23-year-old X-Factor winner has not been approached to record the theme song to the next James Bond movie:



It was at first reported that Leona was being sought after by Bond producers, who felt Amy Winehouse wasn't up to the task. Therefore, Leona became one of the candidates to record the song. Reps for Leona told Access Hollywood that there is no truth to the rumours that the singer will tackle a Bond theme. I'm taking it that Crackhouse will be recording the song after all, or they gave it to somebody else. At this rate, only time will tell.

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Tuesday, 17 June 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Last night, Amerie attended a 'Fashion Votes' event which was hosted by designer Nanette Lepore, actress Kerry Washington and The Creative Coalition in Los Angeles, CA:



Amerie has been on the wrong side of the fashion stakes lately so she certainly wouldn't have got my vote, but she was looking totally fab yesterday.

Rihanna was spotted yesterday after eating dinner with her friends at her favorite restaurant, Da Silvano, in New York City:



Cute!

On June 14th, Rihanna attended a private dinner hosted by GUCCI and Joe Zee honoring the 'Umbrella' singer. It was held at Thompson Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA:



She looked a lot better than she did in yesterday's set of pictures. I actually think that's a cute outfit.

Michelle Williams hit up MTV's TRL yesterday to promote new single 'We Break The Dawn':



Wow. This is what you call an ultimate UPGRADE. Michelle looked absolutely bangin' from head to toe.

Over the weekend, Leona Lewis performed at the M6 Concert in France:



I don't like what she's wearing either but I'm sure she did the damn thang performance-wise. The singer is set to beat troubled Amy Winehouse and a host of other big names to bag one of the most prestigious deals in pop, recording the theme tune for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. I hope she gets it! But nothing has been made official yet.

Singer/Strictly Come Dancing winner Alesha Dixon, attended the Summer Dance Project photocall yesterday (June 16th). The 29-year-old singer is also a spokesperson for the project:



Alesha looked stunning. I love this chick.

On June 13th, The Pussycat Dolls paid a visit to FN MTV where they premiered their new video 'When I Grow Up':




PCD fever is about to take over.

WIREIMAGES // SPLASH // WENN

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Sunday, 15 June 2008

R&B ACTS ON TV THIS WEEK: BLU CANTRELL, SOLANGE KNOWLES, CHRIS BROWN & LEONA LEWIS....

This week, Blu Cantrell performed the 'Spanish Web' routine on NBC's competitive reality show 'Celebrity Circus', but received very poor reviews by the judges:


When will Blu come out with another album? I loooove her music especially her debut. Her voice is absolutely amazing (I actually purchased both her albums). Maybe she's hoping that doing the reality show thing will give her a career boost so she can kick start her music again. The 31-year-old singer is reportedly dating her current Celebrity Circus co-star Antonio Sabato Jr.

Solange Knowles paid a visit to BET's '106 & Park' this week to do further promotion for her new single 'I Decided' and new album 'Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams':


The interview was very open. She says the album reflects a lot of her maturity and growth because she got married, got divorced and had her son all at the age of 21. On the new album she says she's worked with Bilal, Cee-Lo, Mark Ronson, Pharrell Williams amongst others. She also talks about her latest songwriting credits for her sister Beyonce, Michelle Williams and few others as well as her latest tour 'Art of Love'. Solange turns 22 on June 24th - same day as the BET Awards!

Chris Brown paid a visit to MTV's TRL to do more promotion for his re-release 'Exclusive: The Forever Edition':


They were talking about the subject of 'dance' and Chris says his top 3 dance video's are 1. Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson, 2. Thriller by Michael Jackson and 3. Can't Touch This by MC Hammer.

Leona Lewis performed 'Bleeding Love' on 'Operacion Triunfo', a Spanish talent contest like Fame Academy:


Great performance. Her hair looked lovely.

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Saturday, 7 June 2008

NEW PHOTOSHOOTS: ASHANTI, LEONA LEWIS & MICHELLE WILLIAMS....

Three musical songbirds from the R&B/Pop realm (Ashanti Douglas, Leona Lewis and Michelle Williams) got themselves all glammed up for new photoshoots:



Ashanti looks great in a brand new Jim Cooper photoshoot, whilst Leona stays looking pretty and sweet in a new photoshoot for 'TCT Shunburn Campaign'. Michelle Williams also poses it up for yet another set of promotional shots.

More pictures from Ashanti's new Jim Cooper photo session:



Her latest promo is slowly doing wonders. Latest single 'The Way That I Love You' has now cracked iTunes Top 100 by landing at the #98 position. The song has also moved up to #9 on the R&B charts. New album The Declaration has moved up from #8 to #7 on iTunes' Top Albums.

Being mixed race doesn't deter Leona from getting sun burnt, which is why she is backing the Teenage Cancer Trust's Shunburn campaign initiative of sending teens free texts on hot days to remind them to use sun cream:



She talks about why she is supporting the campaign: "I got badly burnt a few years ago" says Leona. "It was very painful and embarrassing. Because I'm mixed race I thought I wouldn't get burnt. But it just goes to prove anyone can. My parents used to lather me up with sun cream when I was a kid but you forget when you've got to do it yourself. My neck and chest are really sensitive from where I got burnt so I make sure I protect those areas. I wear a really high factor and only go out in the sun for a little while. I've been spending a lot of time in Los Angeles recently and I've been putting on factor 30 and keeping covered up – so I'm practising what I preach".

Michelle poses for more promo pictures for new album Unexpected which has a release date of August 12th:



Nice.

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Friday, 6 June 2008

LEONA LEWIS PERFORMS ON THE ITALIAN X-FACTOR....

Leona Lewis performed on the Italian X-Factor this week. She performed her latest smash 'Bleeding Love' and 'Better In Time'. Here's her performance of the former:


Leona must have felt at home performing on the very platform that has turned her into an International phenomena overnight. Nice performance. And for the zillionth time, check out her 'Bleeding Love' performance after the fold.

BLEEDING LOVE

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Monday, 2 June 2008

LEONA LEWIS COVERS JULY 2008 ISSUE OF BLENDER....

Check out squeaky clean Leona Lewis in the July 2008 issue of Blender magazine, which hits newsstands on June 10th:



Here's an interesting quote from the issue: "I don't wear little miniskirts and low-cut tops. If you want to show your bits off, it's up to you. When I was 18, I had a few glasses of Alcopop — they're bubblegummy drinks with a bit of alcohol — and it was gross. I've tasted champagne, which is gross. And I tasted wine, which I don't like." Her sex life must be very boring in deed. I guess experimenting in the bedroom outside of missionary is .... gross? I know everyone has their limits, but this is the same chick who won't rock diamonds because she doesn't know the source of their extraction and now she thinks champagne is gross. Oh well, better to be Leona than
Amy Winehouse.

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Friday, 30 May 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Leona Lewis was seen taking a break from her hectic promotional schedule. She was seen this week partying it up with her close pal and fellow X-Factor contestant Ashley Mckenzie at Crystal Club in London:



The singer was sporting a hot pink dress and looked great. Leona arrived at the swanky London club just before midnight and stayed until just after 4am. Leona has also become a collaboration magnet for quite a few high profile artists. Diddy has expressed his desire to collaborate with Leona on his next album whilst Whitney Houston is also planning a duet with the 23-year-old chart topper. Leona has also broken many records with album Spirit and single Bleeding Love and now she's leaving her mark on YouTube. She has recieved millions of hits. The promo for her hit single Bleeding Love has entered the site's top ten most viewed videos of all time. She is also the only British artist to make it anywhere near the top ten. At the last count, more than 55million people had watched the video for Leona's No1 single.

Ya'll remember R&B singer Adina Howard? 'Freak Like Me/T-Shirt & Panties' Adina Howard? It's been a while I know but she was spotted at J'Adore Magazine cover party at Plumm last night alongside Danity Kane singers D. Woods and Aubrey O'Day:



Aubrey was obviously there because she has a feature spread in the latest issue of J' Adore. Click here to view the photoshoot.

Keri Hilson chilled with her producer Polow Da Don at the R&B Live party in ATL last night:



Something looked a lil off with Ms Hilson but I am glad she is finally releasing that new album of hers.

WENN // WIREIMAGES

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Wednesday, 21 May 2008

LEONA LEWIS PERFORMS ON 'DAVID LETTERMAN'....

Leona Lewis performed her smash hit 'Bleeding Love' on The Late Show with David Letterman this week:


Why is she performing this song again? I don't even have anything to say. It's nothing we haven't seen a million times over.

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CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Ashanti attended the New York premiere of the new 'Indiana Jones' movie, yesterday afternoon. The show was hosted by BET's 106 & Park:



Ashanti didn't look so appealing at yesterday's event. Her make-up was really overboard. What was she thinking?

Michelle Williams was there too:



Whoa at Michelle! Looks like someone is starving themselves. It's making her look soooo aged. My own grandmother looks younger than Michelle at this rate. She looks so emaciated and sickly. I would love to spend the evening with Michelle and fill her up with a couple of McDonald cheese burgers. She's always been slim, but I don't recall her being THAT skinny. EVER. She looks like a rake ready to snap in two. 'Chele was looking mad gaunt and very thin causing her to look far and beyond her 27 years. Someone needs to put her ass on a high-carb diet or something. I'm serious. She has not one curve on her body.

Estelle, Tiffany Evans and Ryan Leslie were there:



Ryan was looking real dapper.

Leona Lewis attended Logo Network’s first ever Awards Show for the best in LGBT pop culture on Monday night:



Leona looked sleek and trendy in her slimming black ensemble. She looked amazing. Right now, that chick can't do no wrong in my eyes. From her sophisticated sandy coloured curls, well-decorated eye-make-up and cute smile, this chick was certainly all about it. Leona's album Spirit has been sitting high on the U.S. charts along with her #1 smash Bleeding Love also dominating the top spot for several weeks.

Michelle hit up that very same event:



Michelle will always look weird in a dress, because of her non-existent frame. Her new album Unexpected is due in stores and online August 12th.

Yesterday, Christina Milian attended the 56th annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, California:



H&M dress? I have no idea what has happened to her style but she was looking waaay better before splitting up with Nick Cannon.

Dawn of Danity Kane attended the Gen Art's 10TH Anniversary Design Competition at Cannes on Monday night:



I like that dress, just not in that colour. And her crap boss Diddy was there as well.

I posted the performance of when Fergie performed on the 'Today' show yesterday in New York City. Here's a couple of pics:



Fergie was showing off her flexibility during her performance of Barrucuda. I am salivating over her boots in that last pic right about now. Yum.

And the biggest hot stank ghetto mess award goes to Fantasia Barrino when she was spotted in a blazing RED wig as she shopped away at the Paige clothing store on Monday:




Ew.

Bad Boy artists Cassie and Mario Winans (both pictured with Tichina Arnold) attended a party at Diddy's Den during the Grand Opening Weekend Celebration at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort & Casino on May 17, 2008 in Ledyard, CT:



Another one bites the dust.

WIREIMAGES // BUZZFOTO

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Tuesday, 13 May 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT [PART TWO] + MARIAH'S INTERVIEW WITH ELLEN NOW INCLUDED....

UPDATE: THE REST OF MARIAH'S INTERVIEW WITH ELLEN HAS NOW BEEN ADDED.

So after newlywed Mariah Carey appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show, the besotted singer was spotted with hubby Nick Cannon leaving Gyu-Kaku restaurant last night in Beverly Hills:



Nick lovingly shielded his wife with his two-piece suit jacket. Ahh, the love. You can't fake love. When Nick dated Christina Milian, Kim Kardashian, and Selita Ebanks, I don't recall him getting all overly protective in public. The love is definitely for real and Nick clearly dotes on his wife. The singer, who looked absolutely fabulous in a sexy plunging red dress was also spotted at Fred Seagal store on the same night with Nick and her bodyguard in tow. I just bought my issue of OK! today where Nick and Mariah are featured on the front cover. I have yet to read the feature, but will do so shortly. More after the cut.

Mariah just seems really happy overall. Check out more pics of the singer arriving at Fred Seagal last night:



I just hope Nick doesn't break her heart. We wouldn't want her to have another infamous breakdown as was the case back in 2001 when her Latin lover Luis Miguel broke up with her. Also, Love Story is confirmed as the third single and yes, Nick Cannon features in the video for that as well (reportedly, he directed her latest video Bye Bye). I hate that they're milking this marriage for all it's worth just to get bonus record sales. There are sooo many hot tracks on her album that are much more single-worthy. I guess Mariah really wants to tell the world all about her Love Story. Quite frankly, I think we've seen and heard enough.

But for those that disagree:




She spills the beans about her nuptials on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Rihanna and Chris Brown, still going out of their way not to be photographed together, were spotted YET AGAIN departing their hotel in New York City earlier today:



The couple were seen making their journey to a recording studio in the Meatpacking District. It's already been confirmed by MTV that Rihanna has started recording her 4th studio album, and rumour has it that Chris has also started recording new material for another studio album. We will definitely hear a duet from them in the foreseeable future. Also, I just realised how bad Chris's skin really is. It's rougher than sandpaper. Either that or it's rug burn from putting his face somewhere, lol. Anyway, he really needs to get it cleared.

Here are some more pictures of Leona Lewis getting her shop-a-holic into place back in Beverley Hills yesterday:



What's with the glasses all of a sudden? She's definitely taking after her idol Mariah in some form.

INFDaily // WENN

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CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Fresh from clubbing together in DC over the weekend, LOVEBIRDS Rihanna and Chris Brown were spotted yesterday afternoon checking out of their midtown hotel in New York City. Rihanna, who looked super trendy in a yellow leather jacket was the first one to depart the hotel, whilst her boyfriend followed afterwards doing everything they could not to be pictured together (a bit too late to start playing coy now). Check out the young lovers departing their hotel yesterday:



Chris, looked dangerously sexy, as he ditched his clean cut 'young boy' look for the more rugged look. New growth of stubble is clearly seen and the cute 19-year-old is certainly transitioning himself from boy to man very nicely. As well as that, he was also rocking a tiny fro, allowing his usual low-cut hair to grow out. Yes, Toya sure is loving this look. And Riri's black and purple Guiseppe Zanotti lace-up boots are super hot!

Kelly Rowland looked stunning in a shiny blue Donna Karan dress when she attended the London premiere of "Sex & The City: The Movie" yesterday:



Kelly is adamant that despite the latest Internet criticisms of her blatant wig and it's faux-scalp parting, she is not about to ditch the look any time soon. I miss the days when black folk actually made the effort to have a stunning weave sewn in. I could never rock something knowing full well that someone can pull it off at any moment. I REFUSE to set myself up for that type of embarrassment. It's just plain ole laziness on her behalf. She may not have Beyonce's bank balance but I'm pretty certain she has more money than ordinary folk and she can't even make the effort with the hair *smh* You know how devious some people can be. After all, in all honesty, if someone dared me to pull off somebody's wig, I actually would. And I'd run for my life straight after. Ugh. They're just so fake it's unbelievable.

Yesterday, Leona Lewis was spotted arriving back in Los Angeles. Leona is back to shoot her brand new video for Forgive Me, which should be good, because she's FINALLY releasing an upbeat track. I guess this means we should see more personality. Check her out:



The singer looked casual and chilled as she treated herself to retail therapy along the way, which is deserving since she's been working her butt off like mad lately. The pretty 23-year-old also survived a terrifying earthquake in Japan where she was promoting her album Spirit last week. Leona was sleeping in her penthouse suite at the 5-star Grand Hyatt Hotel when the tremors began. As well as that, in a recent blog entry, Leona says the tremors began when she was performing on stage. Luckily for the singer, she came out of it unscathed. It's really sad, because thousands of people have died and a lot of the victims were children.

Last night, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera and their spouses Marc Anthony and Jordan Bratman attended the Christian Dior Cruise 2009 Collection, which went down in New York: