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U.S. Pop frontman Ke$ha announced before hitting it big, she once paid a gardener to allow her into the home of fellow performer Prince. The 22-year-old frontman announced after learning where the “Purple Rain” star lived, she bribed the gardener and used an unlocked side door to enter his home to come head to head with Prince, the Big Apple Post reported Saturday. Ke$ha said the situation, the date of which was not reported, stopped with her leaving a demo for Prince before fleeing the grounds. The Kesha Tik Tok music video has already been touted for a number of music video awards.

“I believed that it was innocuous at the time, but casting backwards it was pretty psychotic,” the “Tik Tok” vocalist asserted.
Ke$ha, whose actual name is Kesha Sebert, asserted she also once puked in a closet belonging to celebrity heiress Paris Hilton. Ke$ha recounted after being invited to Hilton’s Los Angeles home, she consumed too much alcohol and started feeling ill. “I truthfully thought I stumbled into her rest room, although it was her closet,” she said to the Post. Ke$ha has more stories than Teddy Ruxpin. The sassy LA pop frontman, twenty-two, broke into Prince’s mansion, threw up in Paris Hilton’s closet, sang background for Britney Spears and became BFFs with Katy Perry all before landing a record deal. The one thing she did not do is change the Hollywood sign to read Ke$hawood that was simply a video.

Once producer Dr. Luke ( Ciara, Pink ) stopped guffawing at Ke$ha’s would-be rap abilities, he sent her into the studio with Flo Rida to supply the sung hook for Right Round, which went on to damage the first-week single sales record. Her first album, Animal, got to the top of the iTunes album chart, and her lead single, Tik Tok, has spent weeks at No. One on the Poster advertisement hot hundred and Digital charts.

JLS star Oritse Williams has disclosed some of his relatives died in Haiti. About two hundred thousand are thought to have died following a tremor on twelve Jan . ‘Unfortunately, I lost some family in Haiti myself,’ says the JLS frontman, twenty-three.

The JLS star had a fantastic 2009 however the news of his family member death has tainted the start to 2010. The latest JLS One Shot single release is set to land in the UK charts at number one. The group are also set to be at the centre of a tug-of-war between record labels in the US who think that the band are likely to have some success in America.

‘I was with some of my Haitian family in Canada at Xmas and they lost folks awfully close to them. ‘I’ve been talking with my cousins each day and getting updates, praying and hoping they will find more people.’ JLS have lent their vocals to Simon Cowell’s charity cover of REM’s Everyone hurts . ‘I attempted to grin although it was terribly emotional for me to record in the studio,’ Oritse tells the Daily Record. In the meantime , Quincy Jones has gathered an all-star line-up to sing charity single We Are the globe.

The track, certain to feature Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith and Sheryl Crow, will be recorded in LA on Monday. The first song, to raise cash for African famine relief, featured Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Everybody hurts the all-star single recorded to raise money for victims of the Haiti tremor, will be released on seven Feb , it’s been confirmed.

Parts of the tune were recorded in London on Tuesday, while artists including Robbie Williams put down their vocals in LA.
The song was originally a 1993 hit for US band REM. The final line-up of artists has additionally been confirmed and includes Michael Buble, Jon Bon Jovi and JLS. The track should be available for download on seven Feb and on CD single the day following. JLS frontman Ortise Williams, who lost kin in the twelve Jan tremor, recounted : “The crisis is terribly close to my heart.

After you have researched about the advantages of flat panels and you have measured your entertainment center , make sure that it can handle an extra-large screen. Now, you have waited for screen sizes to increase as prices drop. There has never been a more suitable time, but now for brands that entice customers with indulgent prices, or funds could now accommodate a better TV. Thanks to the many smaller recognized brands that entice buyers with low prices. Your budget could now help you in deciding to make a switch from old CRT to a new flat panel.

Best Buy has a 50 inch 720p Insignia flat panel plasma is a wonderful example of an affordable-priced TV. Many of consumers purchase TVs based on their sizes, they want something that would without doubt be a statement piece.

A higher-end TV from Sony or other popular brands can go as high as$6,000, while Insignia plasma TV will accommodate size and quality at a fraction of the price. With the price of $1,299.99, Insignia plasma TV allowyou buy all the components neccessaryfor creating a remarkable home theater.

If you are upgrading from your CRT TV, you will find out that Insignia plasma TV fixes two problems at once. It is a flat panel television which means it absorbs lesser space than the old and bulky CRTs. More importantly, the Insignia TV has built-in HDTV tuner that ensures that it would accomodate any upcoming technology changes that over-the-air TV stations produce. The TV will also contain the documents,statements and directions for quick and easy home theater installation. The TV can also support high high definition or hi-def cable television any of theHD DVD players and blu-ray discs.

The Insignia plasma TV offers giant and sharp picture, thanks to the 15,000:1 contrast ratio and the 50 inch screen. It also supports standard 16:9 widescreen ratio, however, it could also switch to zoom modes when you’d want a TV that does not accomodate the new widescreen format.

You could experience theater surround sound through connecting the Insignia TV to any sound system that is compact andhas 6 or more speakers.

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) criticised service provider BT for its apathetic approach to online piracy, indicating that the latter is responsible for allowing close to 100,000 customers to download files illegally without implementing any restrictions.

The BPI has claimed that it has collected the details of personal IP addresses of people who are suspected of being involved in file-sharing. Refusing to elaborate on the source of its findings, the BPI accused BT of ignoring its responsibility to deal with the situation. While speaking to the Mirror, Geoff Taylor, chief executive of BPI, said that it was disgraceful for a company like BT to do nothing, though it knew that a high percentage of its traffic is used for illegal activities. He added that it is the responsibility of a commercial ISP to ensure lawful use of its services by customers.

A spokesman for BT however said that peer-to-peer applications used for file-sharing are not always used for illegal activity. It is also used to play online games like World of Warcraft. He added that investigating the exact nature of each case of default would involve a penetrative level of investigation and regulation of people’s traffic, which would compel the customers to complain.

BT has recently declared to Your Money Government that if it plans to deal with online piracy, its consumer broadband bills (see cheapest broadband) would soar by £24 a year.

Premium music videos are coming back to YouTube’s UK website, after a licensing deal was agreed between Google and PRS for Music.

Google has reached a settlement with a British licensing group in a dispute over royalty payments, which means that YouTube’s U.K. outpost will begin showing licensed music videos again. The clips disappeared five months ago when YouTube and PRS for Music, the U.K. body that collects money on behalf of songwriters, couldn’t come to terms.

Google (GOOG) executives wouldn’t disclose how much they’re paying songwriters for the rights to play videos that feature their songs, but said they would be cutting PRS for Music a single check that covers the length of the deal. The new pact will extend through June 2012 and will retroactively stretch back to the beginning of this year.

Meanwhile, YouTube’s director of video partnerships Patrick Walker says that “We are dedicated to establishing and fostering relationships that make YouTube a place where existing fans and new audiences can discover their favourite content – whatever it might be. We are extremely pleased to have reached an agreement with PRS for Music and look forward to the return of premium music videos to YouTube in the UK where they will join a variety of other content to be enjoyed by our British users.”

The deal may provide a blueprint for resolving a similar dispute between the video site and a German rights society. But I’m not sure it will do much for the one Google is still (still!) stuck in with Warner Music Group (WMG).

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’ll know that the most popular mp3 player in the world by far is Apple’s iPod. It comes in all sorts of editions, including the Mini, the Nano, and the Shuffle – and every single one is a best-seller.

What you might not have realised, though, is that Apple isn’t at all the only game in town when it comes to mp3 players. In fact, they’re quite a recent entrant into the market. Companies like iRiver and Creative have been around a lot longer, and their players are usually worth considering too, as they can often be cheaper than the equivalent iPod or have more features.

When you’re comparing the prices of mp3 players, the one feature you should look at more than any other is capacity. Don’t lose sight of the fact that a 40GB mp3 player can store twice as much as a 20GB one.

However, there other features to look for. Even though everyone calls them mp3 players, mp3s are not the only format you might want your player to be able to play – if you want to use it with Microsoft’s Media Player, for example, you’ll need a player that is also capable of playing wma (Windows Media Audio) format files. If you want to buy music from the iTunes Music Store, you need a player that can play aac (Apple) format files.

Another issue is battery life. Almost all mp3 players are now powered by mains chargers rather than by changing the battery, but battery life varies wildly, from as little as 2 hours up to as high as 10. Make sure you don’t get saddled with a player that won’t work for a long time if you want to use it for extended periods away from a power outlet.

Of course, the most important feature to many people will always be how their mp3 player looks when they’re using and wearing it. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but don’t be fooled into buying a turkey just because it has a pretty design

John Gibb is the owner of MP3 player guides, For more information on MP3 players please check out www.MP3-Players-guidance.Info