Is June's Diary a Good Name for a Girl Group?
Kelly Rowland’s new girl group has chosen to call themselves June’s Diary, which is a name that means nothing.
'I Refuse For Us Not to Be Respected': A Chat With the Lionhearted Dawn Richard
Few pop musicians have a trajectory as unorthodox, strange, and ultimately triumphant as that of Dawn Richard. First introduced to the world via Diddy’s MTV reality series Making the Band 3, she spent the latter half of the 2000s in the pop group Danity Kane, making buoyant radio pop that hit (two of three albums were…
Dawn Richard Continues Being One of the Most Innovative Musicians Around With 'Not Above That'
In the glory years of Timbaland and the Neptunes—the mid 1990s to the early 2000s—the stars they produced were made not just because those stars had starpower, but because there was something holistically unique, exciting, and innovative about their sound. To use the most obvious (and most-cited) example, Aaliyah was…
Watch Dawn Richard Get Real About Self-Love in New 'Projection' Video
For a few years, Dawn Richard has been independently releasing some of the best, deepest, and most experimental R&B out, and in the States it's been comparatively under-noticed—even as her former crew Danity Kane reunited and broke up again to a slew of tabloidy headlines. What gives! Regardless, in January, she…
Danity Kane Is Back With a New Single And It's Awesome
The time has come to welcome back one of the best manufactured girl groups of all time. OF ALL TIME. The ladies of Danity Kane have put out a new single and while I have no idea what they're singing about (probably sex), I'm so invested in the hours I spent watching Making the Band that I automatically love it.…
Miley Cyrus's X-Rated VMA Performance Horrifies Everyone Everywhere
Miley Cyrus took a cue from the Linda Blair Playbook during her "Blurred Lines" duet with Robin Thicke — who was dressed like a natty member of a 1920s chain gang, incidentally — at the MTV VMAs last night. Specifically, she danced with some life-sized teddy bears, took off her furry teddy (get it?) to reveal nude…
Jaden Smith, 15, Longs to Be Legally Freed From Coolest Parents Ever
Even when you have the most laissez-faire, No Curfew, "You're-Going-To-Drink-So-Drink-In-The-House-Here's-Some-Patron" liberal Hollywood parents ever, you still want to fly the parental coop. Case in point: For Jaden Smith's 15th birthday this July, he asked Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith if they'd sign the papers…
Did Scientology "Kill" John Travolta's Son?
- So many questions about John Travolta's late son: Could Jett have been saved? Was he autistic? Is Scientology to blame? [Mirror]
David Duchovny Needs Sexual Healing
- David Duchovny, 48, has entered rehab for sex addiction. Here's his statement: "I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction. I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family." Duchovy has been married to Tea Leoni since 1997 and they have 2…
Ewan McGregor Represents "The World's Great Wildness" Cologne
- Is no one safe from the lure of Designer Fragrance? Ewan McGregor is the face of Davidoff "Adventure." The cologne "explores uncharted fragrance territory. Its fresh spicy woody composition is daring and elemental, inspired by the world's great wildernesses and raw, masculine emotion." [BlackBook]
- Avril Lavigne's…
