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Mar 5, 2009 | 11:14 AM PST
Tags: Britney Spears , Circus , Concert , kevin federline , kfed , Music , New Orleans , New
Britney Spears gyrated and lipsynched her way through her Circus comeback tour which kicked off last night in New Orleans. We're glad to see that Britney is looking good and seems to be doing better. Click here for more pics from Britney Spears' comeback.
The pop princess has had a rough time in her personal life over the years including a public mental breakdown and custody battle over her kids.
What do you think about BritBrit's big comeback?
First Look at Britney Spears' Circus Tour Rehearsals Video
Britney Spears kicked off her first tour in five years on Tuesday, promoting her latest hit album "Circus" before an adoring hometown audience with jugglers, acrobats, rings of flame and lip syncing.
"Britney's my girl. I knew she'd be great," said Chris Peterson, 28, who drove to New Orleans from Pensacola, Florida, for the concert. "I've been a fan since I was 14."
The pop star, attempting a comeback after a high-profile meltdown, pulled out all the stops before a sell-out crowd of 16,400 to launch her much-anticipated world tour.
Spears, 27, became a worldwide phenomenon when she burst onto the music scene 10 years ago after breaking into show business on the "Mickey Mouse Club" television show.
But she has done only a handful of live concerts in recent years as her personal life careered out of control, including stints in psychiatric care, an ugly divorce, losing custody of her two sons, shaving her head and partying without panties.
Back on stage, Spears looked fit and dazzling dressed as a ringmaster as she performed more than a dozen songs in a parade of skimpy costumes.
The launch of her 44-concert tour, which heads to Britain in June, was heavy on spectacle and was met with wild applause and cheers.
The circus-themed production featured Spears strutting and gyrating through extravagant sets on three stages, surrounded by dancers, martial artists and performers who dropped from the rafters on fabric streamers and mechanical rings. source
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Jan 2, 2009 | 8:13 PM PST
Tags: Chicago , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Miami , South Beach , Nashville , New York , New Orleans , Orlando , San Diego , San Francisco , Madrid , Munich , Paris , Harlem , Mykonos
Chicago Party Pass 4 hours
Starting from USD $54.00 per person
After dark, hit two of Chicago's hotspots for the best in blues and late night entertainment. At each club you will be treated to some of the City's popular Blues artists and entertainers. Transportation, admission and a drink (beer or wine) will be included at each club.
Crescent City Party Pass 3.5 hours
Starting from USD $68.99 per person
A gastronomic delight! Your evening begins at Tujagues restaurant, the second oldest in New Orleans where you'll enjoy a three course meal. Continue on to Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter for some local jazz, before winding down with Cafe au Lait and Beignets - a local tradition.
Harlem Party Pass 5 hours
Starting from USD $124.99 per person
Take a tour of Harlem, then dine on soul food and see a jazz show at a famous Harlem club. There's no better way to explore the full range of Harlem's diverse ethnic history, music and food!
Las Vegas Party Pass Flexible
Starting from USD $119.00 per person
Las Vegas has so many cool and hip clubs that sometimes it's hard to know which one you want to go to. Well, problem solved! The Ultimate Nightclub Hopping Package gives you front-of-line entry to over 17 of Las Vegas' hottest clubs as well as discounts at a variety of restaurants and retailers!
Los Angeles Party Pass 4 hours
Starting from USD $138.29 per person
Admire the spectacular sights of Los Angeles with your own personal escort. After a night drive to the West Hollywood's Sunset Strip and glitzy Beverly Hills, experience the nightlife of the alluring City of Angels, while dining among the rich and famous on the Sunset Strip.
Madrid Party Pass 4 - 4.5 hours
Starting from USD $42.08 per person
At night, Spaniards put on their dancing shoes and step out for an evening of fun, feasting, and friendly flirting. At Florida Park Nightclub you can watch a Flamenco dance and choose from a fabulous selection of dinner choices. Wear your dancing shoes, you never know when Flamenco fever will hit you!
Miami Party Pass Flexible
Starting from USD $25.00 per person
Purchase the Miami Nightlife Pass and you'll get treated like a VIP with unlimited free entrance, no waiting in line and special privileges at the hottest nightclubs and lounges in South Florida. Free entrance and special offers to all the clubs in this program. Go to 1 venue or to all 10 in the program for one low rate.
South Beach Party Pass 6 hours
Starting from USD $50.00 per person
If dark nightclubs and loud music are not your idea of a good time, then let the locals shuttle you to three of the best bars and lounges in South Beach and Miami on this South Beach Bar Hopping Tour.
Mykonos-Athens Party Pass 2 Days/ 1 Night
Starting from USD $343.66 per person
Kick back and relax by the beach or live it up in one of the many nightclubs Mykonos is famous for on this two day island escape from Athens.
Munich Party Pass 4.5 hours
Starting from USD $91.18 per person
Pass beautifully illuminated monuments, fountains, and buildings before relaxing in the famous Hofbrauhaus. Be treated to an evening of Bavarian style with music, show and dinner. Afterwards, ascend the Olympic Tower to enjoy great views of the city by night.
Nashville Party Pass 2 - 2.5 hours
Starting from USD $15.00 per person
Join this walking tour of some of Nashville's most haunted bars and pubs. Relax and enjoy a beverage at each location and learn some of the haunted history behind each establishment. Remember to bring your camera - ghosts are unpredictable creatures, you never know where they will show up!
New Orleans Party Pass 2 hours
Starting from USD $23.99 per person
Take a walk through the French Quarter on this 2 hour tour and learn how the famous "spirits" of New Orleans evolved in this unique city. Take a walk through the French Quarter's famous bars and restaurants and discover the history of the city's celebrated cocktails. It's history...with a twist!
New York City Party Pass Flexible
Starting from USD $30.00 per person
Skip the lines at New York's hottest nightclubs and bars when you purchase your New York Party Pass. Offering a range of benefits including free admission, free drinks and jumping the queue for fast-track entry, the New York Party Pass is your ticket to party!
Orlando Party Pass Flexible
Starting from USD $25.00 per person
Be treated like a VIP when you head out to enjoy the nightlife in Orlando! Purchase the Orlando Party Pass and you'll receive 1 free drink at each nightclub, free entrance, no waiting in line and special privileges at the hottest nightclubs and bars in town. UNLIMITED Free Entrance and Special offers to all the clubs in this program. Go to 1 Club or to all the clubs in the program for one low rate.
Paris Party Pass 3.5 hours
Starting from USD $133.26 per person
Go out in the trendiest and liveliest spots in Paris! Sample a selection of the best bars in the city bars ranging from those with DJs and dance floors to the most luxurious and trendy ones. Finish off with a little dancing and flirting in the most fashionable clubs of Paris.
San Diego Party Pass Flexible
Starting from USD $74.99 per person
Enjoy VIP admission to San Diego's Hottest Nightclubs for one low price! All over the Gas Lamp district and other areas, you will see lines to the most popular venues. With your VIP Nightclub Package, you can cut the rope and cruise right into the club.
San Francisco Party Pass 5 hours
Starting from USD $207.99 per person
For an unforgettable experience in San Francisco... be sure to join this exclusive tour! This club soiree includes a night ride to Treasure Island followed by a visit to the Palace of Fine Arts and dinner at the fabulous AsiaSF, world famous gender illusionist.
Jun 19, 2008 | 12:37 AM PST
Tags: Little Feat , rock music , country music , new orleans , jazz , bluegrass , Mexico , Louisiana , New Orleans , Nashville , BBC , London
Apr 28, 2008 | 5:57 PM PST
Tags: Sean Penn , Coachella , Protest , Bus , New Orleans
LATEST: SEAN PENN played the Pied Piper of activism at the Coachella Festival on Monday (28Apr08) when he set off on a protest trip to New Orleans, Louisiana with buses loaded with event revellers.
The actor/director took the stage at the festival on Sunday (27Apr08) to recruit activists for his Dirty Hands Caravan venture. He called on Coachella festival-goers to "take action" and join him on a cross-country bio-diesel bus caravan.
The trip began on Monday morning. Speaking just before My Morning Jacket's set on the main stage at Coachella,
Penn told music fans, "This is about volunteerism. Revolution is a young man's job and you can be the revolution." He revealed that singer/songwriter Ben Harper and rockers Everlast would be joining him for the trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
The volunteers will help build houses for the homeless, while protesting the Iraq war with Penn.
Penn was hoping to recruit 300 Coachella revellers to join him on the bus tour to New Orleans and back to Los Angeles.
Mar 17, 2008 | 2:29 PM PST
Tags: John Lennon , May Pang , Beatles , Reunion , Reunited , Lost Weekend , Paul McCartney , Yoko , Ono , New Orleans
JOHN LENNON's ex-girlfriend MAY PANG came within days of reuniting THE BEATLES during her 18-month relationship with the star.
May Pang dated Lennon during his "lost weekend" in 1974 and 1975, after working as his assistant for three years. They came together after Yoko Ono encouraged them to date because her marriage to the rocker was faltering.
Pang claims it was her objective during their romance to reunite Lennon with his estranged writing partner Paul McCartney - and bring the Fab Four back together.
And she insists she came close - Lennon was making plans to join McCartney in New Orleans when he suddenly returned to Yoko Ono.
Pang says, "It was my goal at the end to get them back together. That's what I wanted. We talked about reuniting the Beatles. At one point he wanted to do it. For the hell of it. Because there wasn't any pressure, any contracts. He'd say, 'That'd be fun.'
"Enough time had passed and he was enjoying himself performing with other musicians. It was fun again. John said to me one day, 'What do you think if I start to write with Paul again?' I said, 'Are you kidding? that would be great.' He asked me why? And I told him, 'Solo-wise, you're good. Together there's something so magical you can't beat.'
"They were talking about it originally for 1974, but everybody was busy. Then they talked about adding other musicians. Harry Nilsson wanted to be part of it, other people wanted to be part of it."
Pang claims any hope the Beatles had of reuniting died the day Lennon suddenly returned to live with Yoko Ono at New York's Dakota Building. She says, "Yoko called him up one day. She had this method she had to help him quit smoking. He said, 'I'll be gone for a couple of hours. I'll be back, we'll go for dinner and talk about going to New Orleans.'"
Lennon never came back and the Beatles plans died.
But Pang insists he was serious about bringing back the Beatles: "He was really thinking about it. It was so fantastic."
Pang, 57, is currently promoting a book of rare Lennon photographs, Instamatic Karma.
Feb 20, 2008 | 11:17 AM PST
Tags: Jay-z , Business , Translation , Advertising , Two Kings , New Orleans , Two Kings Dinner , All , Star , Allstar , Weekend
Jay-Z is taking care of business!
Jay-Z speaks to AllHipHop.com about his latest business venture with Steve Stoute as CEO of Translation Advertising at the Jay-Z/Lebron James 2nd annual Two Kings Dinner during Allstar Weekend In New Orleans.
Dec 27, 2007 | 1:43 PM PST
Tags: Brad Pitt , Angelina Jolie , New Orleans , Ninth , 9th , Ward , Rebuild
photo by WENN
Brad and Angelina are still putting their energy -- and money -- into rebuilding New Orleans.
The star couple has vowed to match up to $5 million in donations for helping the disastrous 9th Ward in the destroyed city, with Brad confessing that he's even put his career "on hold" to do all he can to help the community recover from Hurricane Katrina. "This is my project," he says.
He and Angelina have turned a Creole mansion in the French Quarter their home for the interim. "I believe in what's going on down here.
Way to go, Brangelina!
Dec 5, 2007 | 11:58 AM PST
Tags: brad pitt , larry king , angelina jolie , new orleans
Larry King interviewed (airs tonight on CNN) Brad Pitt about his work
down in New Orleans and he just had to talk about the whole
Aniston/Angelina thing. Larry said "when you're getting emotionally
involved with someone you're working with..." and Brad quickly cut him
off and said, "Well, that came after Larry. That came after." Uh huh.
Dec 4, 2007 | 7:15 PM PST
Tags: Brad Pitt , Make It Right , New Orleans , Rebuild , Homes , Houses , Donation , Flood
photo by WENN
If only other rich celebrities could follow in his footsteps.
Brad Pitt is donating $5 million of his own money to help fund the restoration of homes destroyed in the Lower 9th Ward area, focussing on using solar and wind energy for future housing to cut utility costs up to 2/3.
"This is an adopt-a-house campaign," Brad announced. "I'm asking for foundations, for high net-worth individuals, for church groups, for corporations to come in to adopt a home. Basically, $150,000 will get a family back in their home."
Brad is hoping his Make It Right foundation can not only help rebuild, but do so in an environmentally-conscious way that doesn't further pollute the troubled region. If you'd like to help, check out their website.
Oct 11, 2007 | 10:57 AM PST
Tags: New Orleans , spontaneous combustion
Director Terence Rosemore's award winning short film about New Orleans native Patrick Thompson who inexplicably "spontaneously combusts" while drinking a fruit punch. Everything isn't as it appears in the Big Easy. (Shot pre-Katrina)
Patrick Thompson
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Aug 28, 2007 | 12:42 AM PST
Tags: hurricane katrina , New Orleans
We will suspend new episodes of REFUGEES the web series to broadcast an exerpt of MY PEOPLE, director Terence Rosemore's short film documenting his family and friends experiences with Katrina. Two years later much needs to be done to help the city of New Orleans recover. Thank you for your support. Sincerely C.L. Taylor and Terence Rosemore
Jun 22, 2007 | 2:11 PM PST
Tags: Refugee Fillms , Cinema , Katrina , New Orleans , Web-series , comedy , sketch comedy
I'm sitting in the Lost Souls cafe in downtown Los Angeles.....I'm sorry, I'm T, the creater and co-director/writer/producer of the web series REFUGEES. My partner C.L and I decided about a year ago to the date to shoot a web based series based on hurricane Katrina. C.L. was living in New Orleans at the time of the storm and left the day before. I was in L.A. anxiously following on the news. Never have I felt so helpless. The day before I went to a Mos Def concert at the Hollywood Bowl, but I was distracted by the events about to unfold. Shortly after the hurricane C.L. moved to California, Lancaster that is, to start anew with his wife and two daughters. My son lived with his mother across the street from where a barge smashed through the levee sending almost 18 feet of water into the lower 9th ward, a working class predominately African American community. Most of the people owned thier homes and haved lived there for most of thier lives. In N.O. most people stay in the same hood for pretty much most of thier lives. That's why the communites are like one big family. It's also why they have a lot of violence. Sometimes familiarity breeds contempt. It's hot, a poor educational system, racism, intra-racism, crack cocaine, herione, apathy and lack of opportunities are the recipe for drama. New Orleans is unlike most major cities with crime problems in that thier are no gangs in N.O. You might have small cliques of "soldiers" as they call themselves, but for the most part, the west and east coast gangs were never able to infiltrate the city. Instead you have a renegade every man for himself mentality that fuels the gun violence. The majority of murder victims knew thier assailant. I just spent two weeks in Angola prison working on a film. It was depressing. A guard told me that about 60% of the men were there for 2nd degree murder, crimes of passion, someone drunk fighting at a bar, and if they would be freed, he doubt he'd see them again. There are people who belong there don't get me wrong, but some of our best resources are dead or locked up. C.L and I are trying to make a difference through our films to tell what's really going on in The Big Easy and to create opportunities for those that have few options. This project is much more than an attempt to break into the VIP section of Hollywood ie the movie business. Our very survival depends on it. If we don't tell our story unfiltered, who will? We will update you as we embark on this journey to make compelling, entertaining educational films and screenplays. Wish us luck, we're gonna need it.
