Viewership on America Idol this season has dropped 10 percent from last year and has the lowest rating of all its seasons in the 18-49 year old demographic since 2002 according to several online news sources. The contestants don’t seem as consistent, skilled and polished as contestant of the past and that could be affecting the rating. Executives at FOX responded by stating: “the slide is not unusual for a 9-year-old program and add that in the 18-49 age group prized by advertisers, it is down just 8 per cent and still 72 per cent ahead of its nearest rival.” &ndash...

Lady Gaga calls FOX’s edit of her performance on ‘American Idol’ ‘Poorly Amateurly’ Lady Gaga recently wrote on her Twitter according to Yahoo Music "FOX POORLY AMATEURLY edited cut my performance/musical arrangement on idol." Gaga then directed fans to the "real" version on Perez Hilton's blog.” Her performance ends with her standing under a religious statue. Gaga is known for wearing outrageous over the top wardrobes on stage during her performances; like or not it’s entertaining. Her style parallels “Cher and Madonna...

Photos Credits: Keith B Dixon Yesterday was the opening night for Tim Barsky’s Echo's Reach and despite a few hiccups, a key performer was injured during an earlier show, some missed juggles, and a few sloppy dance moves, the show was interesting, entertaining and worth seeing. Overall the performers worked hard to put on a good first nights show.  Live music and two of the most talented narrators accompanied the performers; one sang and the other beat boxed and at times it was difficult to tell whether the music was live or recorded they were so good. According to Barsky...

Copies of the latest People Magazine featuring Sandra Bullock and her newly-adopted son Louis Bardo Bullock are show on sale in New York, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen) Sandra Bullock is on the cover of the new issue of People Magazine with her newly adopted son Luis Bardo Bullock who is African American. People Magazine reported that the actress and her soon to be ex-husband Jesse James started the adoption process about 4 years ago before James was exposed for his infidelities. It is hard to believe that James wanted to adopt a Black child considering he was...

Photo: Keith B Dixon  At first, the crowd at Mac World 2010 looked like a bustling metropolis as hordes of attendees waited in line to pick up their badges or register. The ride down the escalator even looked promising as the sea of spectators stretched for what seemed like miles. The Expo was almost reminiscing of the old Comdex computer show days in Las Vegas. On the contrary, this year’s expo was what most people expected with the departure of Apple: a smaller crowd, a scaled back floor plan, and a crammed Expo with a sparse group of major corporate vendors. This years...

AP Photo/Vince Bucci  After Jamie Foxx's performance with T Pain, Slash, and Doug E Fresh on the 52nd annual Grammy Awards Foxx looked over at rapper Jay Z and said “I apologize for the Auto-Tune Jay Z.” Last year Jay Z, who's album “The Blue Print 3,” sold 1.2 million since its release in 2009 featured a song called “Death Of Auto-tune.”In his song Jay Z says:“You rappers singing too much, get back to rap you t-paining too much. I’m a multi-millionaire so how is it I’m still the hardest here.Foxx, who can sing without Auto-Tunes,...

Insert photo caption or credit here  Rapper “Bow Wow” must have been drunk to tweet "Face numb im whippin the lambo. Tispy as f*k. Just left @livmiami" “BTW, the tweet isn't enough for cops to make an arrest” to 294,380 followers on Twitter. And furthermore, it appears that Chris Brown hasn’t learned anything from running afoul of the law if he is riding around in a car with a drunk driver.TMZ.com is reporting that “Bow Wow” had partied with Brown and R&B Singer Akon at LIV nightclub at “Fontainbleau in Miami.” The...

Photo: AP Photo/Joel Ryan It is hard to tell a straight forward story about a classic when you have to make money at it. Yet it was not hard for "Sherlock Holmes" the movie grossed $65 million over the holiday weekend? If making money was the goal the movie is definitely doing that. Film is full of dramatic special affects, twist and turns   that only a sleuth could only appreciate, and a hard to follow plot that was more mysterious than the character Holmes.  ??Director Guy Ritchies’ interpretation on the Sherlock Holmes character is that of a super human...

Photo Credits: AP Photo/Matt Sayles Los Angeles, CA- (Examiner.com/Thirty Seven Media)- “Kid Cudi Arrested Then Released” was the headline and story reported on www.globalgrind.com. Based on the video footage and photo(s) there is no way to determine whether “Kid Cudi,” a rapper, was arrested.Typically when police are conducting investigations they have the power to detain suspects, with or without handcuffs, or arrest them. During the course of their investigation if they determine that crime has been committed they will inform a suspect that they are formally under...

Wikipedia.com file photo Los Angeles, CA (Examiner.com)- Shane Sparks, a guest judge and choreographer on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” and MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” is now facing felony child molestation charges in Los Angles County. According to a KTLA news report, Sparks was “charged with two counts of sexual intercourse with a minor, two counts of oral copulation with a minor, and lewd conduct with a child under 14, which is a felony.”Sparks is well known for his work in the 2004 movie "You Got Served" before...

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert  Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who were allegedly not invited to the White House State Dinner, answered questions from Matt Lauer on the "Today Show" about whether they were actually invited guest.The Salahi’s, who were also auditioning for a reality show at the time of the incident, seem pretty confident that they would vindicated  and mentioned during the interview, when the investigation is over, that they were going to travel New York and show Lauer documentation proving that they were invited guest. The Salahi’s did not provide...

Sean "Diddy" Combs is has done it again. Combs, a music, fashion, and television and movie star is now selling-out "Sean John" Online through hsn.com. Combs re-introduced his new line of "I Am King" and "Unforgivable" along with some unisex robes. The products managed to sell-out on the first show forcing the hsn.com to cancel his second show.   

(AP Photo / LMartinez, File)  According to CBS 5 San Francisco, ‘Pulp Fiction’ co-screenwriter Roger Avary was kicked out of a work furlough program. Avary was remanded back into custody for tweeting, a form of text messaging on Twitter, about his experiences sense he was charged with a DUI car crash that killed a passenger and injured his wife. 3 months ago he was sentence to a year in jail and five years probation for causing the crash and had been furloughed to a work program.A Sheriff’s spokesperson, Capt Ross Bonfiglio mentioned that the 44-year-old was in...

Photo provided by Rundgren Music Todd Rundgren is well known for his up tempo version of "Hello It's Me," which became a Top Ten hit and a signature Rundgren Song will be playing the opening of his West Coast Tour at the Palace of Fine Arts on Tuesday December 1st 7:30 pm.According to press releases issued by Rundgren’s PR Firm, “PR That Rocks,” “Rundgren is proud to announce the only West Coast live performances of his 1973 classic masterpiece, A Wizard, A True Star. AWATS has been long heralded by the rock press as a defining paradigm-shifting album, but...

  AP Photo/Chris Pizzello  Rapper 50 cent is consistently reported in the media for having beef with other rappers or rap crews.  His laundry list is long and includes Ja-Rule, Bang em Smurf, Game, Fat Joe, Nas, Jadakiss, Young Buck, and now Jay-Z and many others as well.  Is 50 Cent the master of beefs?Unfortunately most people are judged on their past experiences and track record.  It is unfortunate because people are judged, however, it is hard to ignore consistent patterns. 50 Cent seems to consistently beef with just about every rapper in the industry.  In...

AP Photo/Matt Sayles The Holly Scoop is reporting that during the American Music Awards rapper Jay-Z failed to stand up and cheer on his fellow rapper Fifty Cent because there might be tension between them over some lyrics in a 50 Cent a song. Here is the actual quote from the story:??"A Hollyscoop spy sitting right near Jay in the audience says he wouldn’t even stand up to cheer his fellow rappers on! They tell Hollyscoop exclusively, “When 50 Cent and Eminem were performing, Jay Z didn’t stand up. And the guy next to him stood up, and Jay Z pulled the guy down. So...

Photo: Keith B Dixon  The Rapper Nas once rapped that “Hip Hop is dead” well maybe Nas has never been to the San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest.  For last 13th years local Mission District Chorographer Micaya, and a dovoted team of supporters, have been producing the San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest. Maybe Nas was premature becasue the did not have a problem packing in the crowd or attracting dance talent from around the world, so apparently Hip Hop is still alive and going strong.The Hip Hop DanceFest is an exhibition of dance artistry and talent from around the global....

   Jennifer Lopez falls during  American Music Awards performance Jennifer Lopez Falls During AMA Performance of Louboutins.  During the televised broadcast on the West Coast ABC show Lopez jumping off her dancers back in slow motion and then cut to Lopez dancing.  The following video shows the actual footage of her falling that was post by Derrick Welch on You Tube 

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Matt Sayles  Rihanna and Whitney Houston earned the top grades both receiving an A- for their performances from         LA Times writer Todd Martens.  Martens wrote that Rihanna's performance “sounded sharp, metallic and  that she owned the songs. The night's best performance thus far.”  Martens also stated that Houston's vocals, or instrument as he called it ,wasn't what it once was, but  it could still silence a room.The worst grades went to Daughtry, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, and Alex...

Bad Taste Cru from Ireland and Newcastle U.K.Photo courtesy of Company The Hip Hop DanceFest is an exhibition of dance artistry and talent from around the global.  The event features some the of the best Hip Hop dance troops from as far as South Korea and Norway as well as local talent from San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. The event will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco November 20th and 21st.  According to the Hip Hop DanceFest web site the event was “Established in 1999, by Founder and Artistic Director Micaya, The SF Hip Hop DanceFest has...