Pussycat Dolls Presents Girlicious Natalie

The season premier of Girlicious premiers tonight at 9/8c on the CW! Utilizing her expert eye for talent, Robin Antin who created the Pussycat Dolls has found fifteen finalists with a dream of landing a spot in the new three member group.

Looking through the cast profiles, 19-year-old Natalie from Diamond Bar, California looks to be the hottest of the group.

With the show kicking off in less than four hours, we’ll be keeping an eye out on her performance. Hopefully, Natalie has the superstar ability that’s needed to make it as a Girlicious member. If she’s anything like her musical idols Jennifer Lopez and Janet Jackson, we’ll have nothing to worry about.

10 Pics of Natalie from Girlicious

Ramiele Malubay – American Idol Season 7

Think big voices don’t come in small packages? Think again. Ramiele Malubay auditioned in Miami for American Idol Season 7, and her powerful voice made quite an impression on the judges.

The 19-year-old Filipina cutie chose “Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin for her audition. A pretty bold choice, but it was definitely worth it. Ramiele Malubay’s performances placed her within the final fifty competitors.

Now let’s hope Ramiele becomes part of the Top 24 next week!

Ramiele Malubay Pics

Will Aubrey Hookup with Donnie?

I hope everyone tuned in for the season premiere of Making the Band 4 Season 2. If not, I’m sure MTV will play it again, just like they do with all their live reality TV shows.

If you did watch it, what you would’ve seen is a lot of quiet awkwardness followed by mad flirting and romance after few shots of alcohol. Aubrey was shaking and rubbing her bod against Donnie who didn’t seem to mind one bit. Qwanelle definitely has his eye on Dawn, and I think there was even some flirting going onto between Robert and D. Woods.

The bad boys and danity girls couped up in one penthouse is sure gonna make for one hot season!

Beats by Dr. Dre

Monster, well known for working with legendary musicians on countless productions recorded with Monster Cable and Monster Power products, is proud to announce the introduction of the first-ever product to be endorsed by legendary music producer and artist Dr. Dre.

The new “Beats by Dr. Dre” high-performance headphones were conceived by Dr. Dre and mutually designed, with groundbreaking and inventive engineering by Monster. The headphones feature both a unique and futuristic style as well as newly developed sonic technologies for unprecedented state-of-the-art performance.

“Beats by Dr. Dre” headphones will come in a beautifully designed carrying case with anti-microbial cleaning cloths, a special Monster headphone cable, as well as Monster’s iSonitalk, a microphone/headphone adapter for iPhones.

Beats will be available in spring 2008 for a suggested retail price of $399.95.

John Mayer is More Stuntastic than Kanye West

I never knew John Mayer was such a funny guy until I saw this video of him and Kanye West in the recording studio for “Bittersweet.”

Platinum IWC Big Pilot Watch: $40,000.

Jesus Necklace: $15,000.

Kanye West: Owned.

Jay-Z Retires from Def Jam

After only two years as President of Def Jam Records unit, hip-hop mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is ready to call it quits. During his short tenure, he signed such greats as R&B singers Rihanna and Ne-Yo.

According to Str8HipHop:

Universal said Carter, a top-selling rapper who performs as Jay-Z, will continue recording for its Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam label. But the company did not give a reason for his decision to quit the executive suite.

“Now it’s time for me to take on new challenges,” he said in a statement. “I am pleased to have had the opportunity to build upon the Def Jam legacy,” he added.

Carter will focus on his expanding franchise of 40/40 Nightclubs over the next year and other businesses, according to a source familiar with his plans.

Earning an estimated $34 million a year, Jay-Z regularly tops the list of richest hip-hop moguls. It’ll be interesting to see, if this departure as President from Def Jam will affect his earning potential.

Jay-Z Scores Another Number One Album

Releasing a number one selling album isn’t new news to Jay-Z. Since 1998, the hip-hop rapper’s solo studio albums have all hit number one, including his collaboration titles with Linkin Park and R.Kelly.

Jay-Z’s newest album “American Gangster” (Def Jam) is the latest to join that list, giving him a total of 10 number one selling albums. He now ties Elvis for second place for the most number one albums. The only group left to beat, is The Beatles who hold the top spot with 19 albums.

Jay-Z has mad talent and is no doubt a legend, but topping The Beatles is going to take a bit more magic in this day and age.

50 Cent Soon to be Hip Hop’s Cash King

Kanye West may be outselling 50 Cent’s album, but Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is fast becoming the new reigning hip-hop mogul. At 32 years of age, and $32 million in 2006 earnings, Jackson made No. 2 on Forbes’ Hip Hop Cash Kings list, far ahead of West.

On 50 Cent’s MySpace page you’ll find the release of “Forbes 1, 2, 3,” a remix featuring Jay-Z, who topped the list with earnings of $34 million last year, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, who came in third with $28 million. Each kicks off his stanza by bragging, “I run New York.”

Talk about a celebration and collaboration of hip-hop’s elite!

Here’s a rundown of the Hip-Hop Cash Kings:

1. Jay-Z – $34 million
2. 50 Cent – $32 million
3. Diddy – $28 million
4. Timbaland – $21 million
5. Dr. Dre – $20 million
6. Eminem – $18 million
7. Snoop Dogg – $17 million
8. Kanye West – $17 million
9. Pharrell Williams – $17 million
10. Scott Storch – $17 million
11. Ludacris – $16 million
12. T.I. – $16 million
13. OutKast – $14 million
14. Lil Jon – $14 million
15. Ice Cube – $13 million
16. Jermaine Dupri – $12 million
17. Swizz Beatz – $12 million
18. Chamillionaire – $11 million
19. The Game – $11 million
20. Yung Joc – $10 million