Beyonce apprehensive about singing to her daughter
by IANS
Los Angeles: Singer Beyonce Knowles says she is apprehensive about singing to her hits to her daughter Blue Ivy because she feels the little one will hate her voice.

So, instead of using her 'Beyonce voice', the pop sensation revealed she uses a 'simple mummy voice' instead, reports thesun.co.uk.

Speaking to ITV's 'Daybreak', Beyonce said: "I have a mummy voice. I keep my Beyonce voice for the stage and I have my simple mummy voice."

"I remember hearing a story about Celine Dion and she's like when I sing my, I don't know if it was her son that cried. She has the most beautiful voice in the world but she's like he hates it. So I said well maybe I'll just give a little simple nursery rhyme voice to my toddler," she added....more    
06:47 PM, May 17, 2013

Singing is easier than acting: Mamta Sharma
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Mumbai: Playback singer Mamta Sharma, well known for her super hit item numbers like 'Munni badnam hui', 'Anaarkali disco chali' and 'Fevicol se', says singing is easier than acting and she has her own reasons for that. "I must tell you, singing compared to acting it's very easy because you sit in an air-conditioned room and sing any kind of song -- romantic or sad. But when it comes to...  
03:46 PM, May 13, 2013

Fragrance company files a lawsuit against Selena Gomez
by IANS
Los Angeles: Fragrance company Adrenalina Inc. has filed a lawsuit against singer Selena Gomez for not binding to her contract. Adrenalina Inc. claims Gomez had signed a deal with the company in 2011. The deal gave them allowance to develop fragrance products using her name. However, Gomez and her agent reportedly ended the relationship with the company without giving a valid reason. She even refused to show up for the...  
02:42 PM, Apr 27, 2013

Shamshad Begum's voluminous voice will always be remembered: Zila Khan Sufi singer Zila Khan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the legacy of Shamshad Begum. Q. Any award being instituted in her name for classical and /or film songs? Asked by: sundar1950in A. I'd like to confer on her the title Ustad-e-Maa which is for a professional title for women artists. We from UstadGah Institute felicitated Dr.Yamini Krishnamurthy ji with it last year. Q. With a golden voice and...  
06:08 PM, Apr 25, 2013

Veteran singer S Janaki celebrates her 75th birthday today Veteran playback singer S Janaki, who is also known as 'The Nightingale of the South', celebrates her 75th birthday today. She has enthralled the South and Bollywood audience all through her career spanning over 56 years, with many memorable songs. She has been recently in news for rejecting the Padma Bhushan conferred by the central government saying that she has been extremely saddened at North Indian's were given more prominence...  
06:35 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Miley Cyrus, Hemsworth putting their wedding on hold? Los Angeles: Singer-actress Miley Cyrus and fiance Liam Hemsworth have reportedly dropped the plan of exchanging vows in near future. The couple, who had planned to get married this summer, have postponed their wedding. "They want to figure out their life together before they get married. They're still engaged and living together. They just realized that there is no rush with the wedding and that it's better that they wait...  
11:14 AM, Apr 20, 2013

Veteran playback singer PB Srinivas passes away Chennai: Veteran playback singer PB Srinivas passed away earlier on Sunday. 82-year-old Srinivas had lent his voice in all four South Indian languages besides Hindi. The octogenarian was the playback singer of Kannada superstar Rajkumar and Tamil veteran Gemini Ganesan. Srinivas is survived by two sons and daughter. In fact, it is believed that Srinivas's gentle voice suited Ganesan best. The duo produced some of the most memorable Tamil songs...  
10:23 PM, Apr 14, 2013

More than half of Justin Bieber's Twitter followers are fake Los Angeles: A study suggests that out of 'Baby' singer Justin Bieber's 37.3 million followers, only 17.8 million are true Beliebers. SocialBakers reveals that nearly half of 37 million accounts following Bieber are fake and inactive. According to the social media statistic, the 19-year-old Canadian singer only has about 17.8 million real and active followers. According to reports, SocialBakers spots fake accounts by looking at the number of followers and...  
01:27 PM, Apr 13, 2013

Cables released by WikiLeaks were accessed 'legitimately' Washington: Unlike in the past, the latest tranche of secret US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks have not been leaked, but have been "legitimately obtained from a US government web site" and released in a user-friendly searchable format. These diplomatic cables about 1.7 million from the period of 1973-76 - now being dubbed as "The Kissinger cable" - were declassified by the US State Department in 2006 and since then...  
12:15 PM, Apr 09, 2013

WikiLeaks haunts Congress, Opposition seeks answers New Delhi: WikiLeaks returned to haunt the Congress party on Monday which trashed reports claiming that Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman for a Swedish aircraft company before entering politics but the Opposition demanded that the "truth" be made public. The Congress made it clear that the reports had no basis whatsoever, with party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi referring to the last line of the leaked WikiLeaks cable to emphasise that...  
08:54 PM, Apr 08, 2013

Michael Jackson sensed his death: Dermatologist
by IANS
Los Angeles: Late legendary singer Michael Jackson had a faint idea about his end, says his dermatologist Jason Pfeiffer. Jackson died in his Beverly Hills house June 25, 2009. He reportedly died due to an overdose of Propofol. "The last time I saw him, he ways saying his goodbyes to everyone in the office," thesun.co.uk quoted Pfeiffer as saying. "It was like he knew he was never coming back, and...  
11:41 AM, Apr 08, 2013

I had 'eyeball sex' with Johnny Depp, says Kesha
by IANS
Kesha says she doesn't understand why people have a problem with the fact that she objectifies men in her songs. ...  
03:26 PM, Apr 03, 2013

Mamata: I will go to Bangalore to meet Manna Dey
by IANS
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will call on ailing legendary singer Manna Dey in Bangalore Thursday. ...  
01:05 PM, Apr 03, 2013

IPL upset over Jennifer Lopez's 'outrageous' demands
by IANS
Los Angeles: Hollywood actress-singer Jennifer Lopez reportedly got herself axed from an Indian Premier League (IPL) gig to perform for 60 million viewers when she gave the organisers a long list of unessential demands. The 43-year-old insisted on a private plane and dozens of hotel rooms for her huge entourage, including her stylists, assistants and chef, reports thesun.co.uk. Disgusted officials who wanted to book her for the opening ceremony of...  
12:31 PM, Mar 30, 2013

'Nine 1/2 weeks' is the sexiest movie of all time: Poll London: Actors Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke's film 'Nine 1/2 Weeks' has been named the sexiest Hollywood movie in a poll. More than 35,000 people took part in the poll, inspired by the news that film chiefs are planning to axe bedroom romps from big budget blockbusters to garner more eyeballs, reported Sun online. Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton's sexually charged session in 'Monster's Ball' came second with 5,400...  
03:57 PM, Mar 28, 2013

Justin Bieber all set to make a film on his life
by IANS
Los Angeles: Singer Justin Bieber is reportedly geared up to make his second concert film with a budget of 15 million pounds. His maiden concert movie 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' was released in 2011 and turned out to be the highest-grossing music film of all time by raking in 65 million pounds. In the movie, he plans to include some parts of his London gig where he turned up...  
09:56 AM, Mar 27, 2013

Letting 'X-Men' go was traumatising: Bryan Singer
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Director Bryan Singer found it traumatising to let go of the 'X-Men' franchise. ...  
03:20 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Snapshot: Shiv Sena men climb on stage during live Sufi performance Shiv Sena and Hindu Sena activists protest against Pakistani Sufi singer Sanam Marvi. ...  
12:46 PM, Mar 18, 2013

A nervous Sunidhi Chauhan sings 'Rabindra Sangeet' Bollywood playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan says attempting to croon the Rabindra Sangeet made her nervous. ...  
01:38 PM, Mar 17, 2013

Psy: My father thinks I'm more famous than Ban Ki-moon
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Psy says his parents consider him to be more popular than United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. ...  
09:57 AM, Mar 10, 2013