April 28, 2006

Aside from fellow actress Angelina Jolie who has topped People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list, actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of People En Espanol's annual "50 Most Beautiful" issue, on newsstands Monday.

Commenting on her choosing, Lopez said "I've never tried to hide the fact that I'm Latina. I think that's why Hispanics are like `she's ours … she belongs to us.' And that's true; with the Latino community, I am theirs, I do belong to them."

The 8th annual Voodoo Music Experience, which is slated to be held in New Orleans on October 28-29, will be liven up by Red Hot Chili Peppers. That is something for sure as the event organizers confirmed Thursday April 27th, 2006, the music act is the first figure signed on to perform.

"Despite the past year's events and the uncertainty it has created in the city, it is an honor to have the Peppers be the first act to sign on," Voodoo producer Stephen Rehage said in a statement. "I think it speaks volumes about the influence New Orleans Music and musicians have had on the world."

You'll soon hear the secret of pop queen Madonna as the superstar is going to release her documentary "I'm Going To Tell You a Secret" as a CD/DVD package June 13 via Warner Bros.

The set, which is directed by Jonas Akerlund, besides chronicling Madonna's 2004 Re-Invention Tour also will boast a 14-song CD of music culled from the film and concert, including "Holiday," "I Love New York," "Like a Prayer" and a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine."

Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen surely becoming dizzier in the coming days as his legal problems have just doubled with the lawsuit brings in to the court by Ursula Auburn. Claiming to have had romantic encounters with Sheen, Ursula filed a lawsuit Wednesday April 26th, 2006 in Los Angeles, alleged one of the characters in Sheen's sitcom, "Two and a Half Men," is a rip-off of her relationship with the actor.

In her complaint Auburn further alleged she had a "series of romantic encounters" with Sheen from 1992 to 1998 and the ''wacky neighbor and female stalker, Rose, a brunette'' in the series is based on her involvement with Sheen.

International superstar Andrea Bocelli is about to kick of his New York Philharmonic debut in September later this year, singing four performances of romantic arias.

The tenor will sing the likes of Verdi/Berio's "Romanza," Verdi/Mercurio's "Non taccostare allurna," Denza's "Occhi di fata," Bellini's "Malinconia, ninfa gentile" and Donaudy's "Vaghissima sembianza."

While reggae star Sean Paul's "Temperature" and rapper T.I.'s "What You Know" stay firm at No. 2 and 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ended Thursday April 27th, 2006, Daniel Powter still leads the run, remaining on the top position with his single "Bad Day", marking his fifth week on the No. 1 spot.

Entering the Top 10 on the chart is Chamillionaire's "Ridin"' which bounces 8 places to be at the 4th position. Elsewhere, Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" clings at No. 5, one place ahead of LL Cool J's "Control Myself" at No. 6.

Rapper Snoop Dogg has become talk of the town, both because of his new activity which is writing a novel and his being put in jail following an altercation at London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday night April 26th, 2006. The star and several members of his entourage were taken to a West London police station, where they spent the night in custody but soon then released on bail in the following day.

Chronicling on the incident it was all begun when Snoop and his pals were denied entry into the lounge because some were flying first class while others were flying economy class. And when officers told the group they wouldn't be allowed to board their flight, some people from the group became abusive and pushed officers. Reports said there were seven police officers suffered minor injuries, among them a fractured hand.

Sharon Stone is undergoing the similar experience as that happens to fellow actress Teri Hatcher who has just accepted an apology from Britain's best-selling newspaper The Sun over a story that claimed she had sex with men in a van outside her home.

As of Stone, the beauty is receiving undisclosed damages and a formal apology from London's Daily Mail Thursday April 27th, 2006 for its June last year report alleging that Stone had left her son Roan Bronstein asleep in her car while she enjoyed a two-hour meal at London restaurant The Ivy with a "mystery male companion." The paper then in the following month repeated the same allegation in second article.

Intended to create another success, or at least repeat the same success of their first album "Fallen", music band Evanescence announce details on their sophomore album. Tentatively titled "The Open Door", the set is scheduled for an October 3rd release date.

Speaking on their new effort, the band vocalist Amy Lee claims that she has grown significantly since "Fallen" and considers guitarist Terry Balsamo as the "perfect writing partner".

"Love Is My Religion." That's how the next album of Ziggy Marley titled which all at once becoming the singer's admission of what he is believing. "It's all about love and all aspects of love," Ziggy said while adding "The title track is about love between a man and a woman. It just means, 'Hey baby, I'm all love."'

"Love Is My Religion" is becoming Ziggy's second solo record while also his first album since his marriage about a year ago. Plays most of the instruments on the disc, most of which was recorded at his home studio in Jamaica, Ziggy will have the set released in July via his Tuff Gong Worldwide label.

Got his fellow musicians to give contribution to his new album, Jerry Lee Lewis finally could have the set, tentatively titled "Redemption", released next September through Columbia Records.

The album, which is Lewis' first album in 11 years, was originally set for a February 2005 release via DreamWorks Nashville, which has since closed down.