Shaq is back on ABC!
The network again is launching a reality series featuring basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. In "Shaq Vs.," the Cleveland Cavaliers' center will compete against top-name athletes at their own sports.
The network has lined up an impressive array of names for O'Neal to battle. He'll swim against Michael Phelps, play football with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, play tennis against Serena Williams, compete against Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor in beach volleyball and box Oscar de la Hoya.
"These athletes may be on top of their game, but I am up for the challenge," O'Neal said. "I plan to train hard and win, so look out."
The one-hour series will premiere August 18.
Two years ago, ABC launched a weight-loss series with O'Neal called "Shaq's Big Challenge."
Jay-Z Confirms Split With DefJam!
There will be no encore for Jay-Z and Def Jam.
The rapper
confirms reports that he has left the record company where he
made most of his biggest hits and went from artist to
president, and back to artist again.
In an interview with the Web site RapRadar.com, he
thanks the label's executives and calls his time at Def Jam "a
unique and fulfilling experience."
Last year, Jay-Z and Live Nation struck a
wide-ranging deal that included touring, publishing and
albums. Jay-Z had owed Def Jam one more record. A
representative for Jay-Z declined to elaborate on his
comments.
Whitney Houston's New Album Set For Release September 1, 2009
Since her 1985 self-titled debut, she has built an illustrious career that has generated over 170 million combined worldwide sales of albums, singles and videos.
Cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as music's "most awarded female artist of all time," with an unsurpassed tally of 411 awards, inclusive of 6 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, 23 American Music Awards and 16 Billboard Music Awards...
Whitney remains a singular force in music today.
Be sure to visit www.whitneyhouston.com regularly for up-to-date album information, exclusive photos and more exciting news!
Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom
Wow
As individuals, we're misfits," says Fergie, the sultry
female singer of the Black Eyed Peas. "Together, we're like
one big misfit. People are always questioning who the hell we
are." It's the day after the group's futuristic May 6
performance on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Chilling out in a
small, sparsely furnished room at Center Staging in Burbank,
Calif., she and fellow members of the multiracial
group-Will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap-resemble a live version
of a United Colors of Benetton ad.
Fergie is dressed in black-and-white Capri-length
leggings set off by a hot pink shirt and a sharp pair of black
ankle-strapped heels from her self-titled shoe line. Sitting
next to her on the sofa is apl.de.ap in a lemon V-neck
T-shirt, white-framed shades and his signature Mohawk. Opting
instead for blue-green glasses, Taboo sports a black leather
vest, an eye-catching cross on a silver chain and several
impressive arm tattoos.
With his close-cropped hair
hidden under a red plaid cap, Will.i.am sits astride a black
chair in a striped shirt and gray jeans tucked into black
combat boots. He's pondering the question Fergie just
answered: Who are the Black Eyed Peas?
"When something is different, authentically unique,
it's always going to be questioned," the Peas' mastermind
says. "By default, people aren't going to understand us
because there aren't that many like us."
Following the multiplatinum pop success of 2003's
"Elephunk" and then 2005's "Monkey Business," the Black Eyed
Peas stood accused by fans of selling out: blunting its
cutting-edge, live band hip-hop in favor of lightweight pop
crossover fare. As the June 9 release date for their fifth
studio album, "The E.N.D." (will.i.am music/Interscope),
approaches, some of the same criticism has cropped up. But
what's not in question is the exploding popularity of "Boom
Boom Pow"-the first No. 1 for this band of creative misfits.
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