IN THIS ISSUE: Jessica Simpson’s Fresh Start

Over the past decade, Jessica Simpson has graduated from singing in shopping malls to becoming a pop star to running a fashion empire – but not without some heartache along the way.

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IN THIS ISSUE: Jessica Simpson’s Fresh Start

Simon Cowell offers RPattz record deal

TWILIGHT fans are such an excitable bunch I’m wary of even letting this out the bag for fear of the hysteria it will unleash. But here we go… ROBERT PATTINSON has been approached by SIMON COWELL to sign a major record deal. The young actor has been told he can basically write his own cheque

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Ravi Shankar Resented the Beatles for Making Him a Pop Star

The world-renowned composer–labeled the “Godfather of World Music” by George Harrison – said he resented the attention from people who were too stoned to appreciate his music. In an interview with an Indian television channel, Shankar, now frail at 89, said he enjoyed their company at first but quickly tired of everything associated with the Sixties music scene. “All four came. All of them were very sweet but George was so special. He would corner me and ask me about the relation between spirituality and music, religion and music,” he said. “He met me a few times and then I started teaching him

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A Long Convo With… Kelis

She filed for divorce from Nas, her husband of four years, this spring. Now Kelis has a new son, a new label, and a joyful new album. Who said anything about a woman scorned? VIBE: You said that you don’t think people will be expecting this album, but what does anyone really expect from a Kelis album? Kelis : I always say I’m consistently inconsistent. It’s a blessing and a curse

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Sting’s daughter releases her debut single. Features Robyn.

Some of the I Blame Coco tracks we’ve heard over the last 800 years (or however long it is she’s been a ‘one to watch’) have been literally unlistenable but her actual first single – the Robyn-featuring ‘Caesar’, out in January – is pop of a very a top notch nature. Source: Popjustice Direct Link

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Lady Gaga: the future of pop

Released at the end of the Decade of Celebrity, the Warholian message of Lady Gaga’s The Fame – nowadays, we’re all superstars – was timely and almost profound. Railing against the “noise of mediocrity”, the 23-year-old New Yorker, otherwise known as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, not only unleashed a series of fantastically hook-laden singles, she also dressed exactly the way a pop star should, complete with fire-breathing breasts. Without her blend of Streisand’s imperiousness, Freddie Mercury’s showmanship, Bette Midler’s bathhouse cabaret and the young Madonna’s sass, chutzpah and ambition, the future would be looking considerably duller. Can you sum up your journey so far?

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