Loss leader

American TV station owners are actually glad Oprah Winfrey is quitting her show, because it costs them too much money to keep it on air:

“Oprah’s ratings have eroded so much that the image of Oprah is much stronger than the reality of Oprah, either as a news lead-in or as a money-maker. In many cases, Oprah is a stunning loss leader. There are people who are deeply thankful she is calling it quits.”

I'm actually glad to see it go as well. These past couple of years, it has been nothing but rubbish.

Bond goes Gaga

Yes, yes, yes! Guess who's asked to be the singer (and writer) of the next James Bond theme song? No other than Lady Gaga! The new movie will be out in 2011, and producers have already asked Gaga to sing the main theme.

That will be a huge hit!

New age - live in San Antonio

This is a rare one! Tori Amos singing New Age, a song she almost never plays, as Isabel during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007. This performance was filmed at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.

More to come tomorrow!

Pretty good year - live in Salt Lake City

Watch this great video of Tori Amos singing Pretty Good Year at E Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the American Doll Posse Tour.

Lust - live in Grand Prairie

Lust, live by Tori Amos at Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007.

Sweet sangria - live in Nashville

Tori Amos, as Isabel, singing Sweet Sangria during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007, at Andrew Jackson Hall TPAC in Nashville, Tennessee.

On their own

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens were both spotted in Los Angeles, although seperate from each other.

Stronger than ever

Ricky Martin tweeted the following message in both English and Spanish: “What’s going on gang? I’m doing great! Stronger than ever! I’m here relaxing at home enjoying your messages! I feel the love! Thanks for all! Peace.”

Apocalypse now

Tonight on Dutch television: classic Francis Ford Coppola movie Apocalypse Now, starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall.

Almost done

Kylie Minogue posted this picture today on her Twitter page, accompanied by the message 'Almost done'.

Bring on the album!

How's that for irony

"I did a line for H&M, which I enjoyed, but it was a lot of work. I thought, I don't want to give up the rest of my careers, so I'm not going to do my own line again. But I have a 13-year-old with tireless energy who wanted to do this. I’ve been involved in business meetings, but Lola's really doing the work. I just sit in the corner on my BlackBerry! Her style is inspired by kids she sees in hip-hop and ballet classes, European influences, bands she listens to. You could say it's in the DNA — but I could never tell her how to dress! She also comes to my photo and video shoots, pulls outfits together and gives her input to a lot of my fashion-designer friends. Whether it’s Marc Jacobs or Stella McCartney, they always ask her what she thinks. If anything, I wish she'd dress more conservatively. How's that for irony?"

Madonna, desperately trying to make us believe either she or her daughter Lourdes is having anything to do with her upcoming fashion line.

Remove the nets

This Summer, because of increased security for the FIFA World Cup tourists coming to South Africa, hundreds of sharks are going to die in nets around the South African beaches.

While it is of course important the tourists are safe, the fact remains that stepping into the ocean means you are getting yourself into the territory of the sharks. In other words, it is completely unfair we humans are killing sharks in nets because we want to swim in their ocean. If that swim is so important to you, you should accept the risk, or simply not get into the water.

That said, please take a moment to sign this petition against shark netting on the South African coast. Click here to sign. Please pick the option 'I am planning on visiting KZN'. That way they know that potential tourists will rethink visiting their country if they continue to use these barbaric ways of killing sharks.

Don't forget to put in a valid e-mail adress, as you will be asked to confirm your signature through a follow-up e-mail. You will not be spammed and it will only take a minute.

Thank you!

10x Male singers

And of course, if I'm to do a Top 10 Female singers, I need to do a Top 10 Male singers as well. I have to admit, this one was a lot more difficult for me, as I usually listen to female singers. And just so that could include them, I reckoned Take That, as an all-male band, were allowed in this category. Okay, here we go:

1) Mika
2) Take That
3) Robbie Williams
4) Justin Timberlake
5) John Mayer
6) James Morrison
7) Eminem
8) Jay-Z
9) Ronan Keating
10) Enrique Iglesias

Again, who are yours?

10x Female singers

I haven't done this top ten before: my favourite female singers. It was rather difficult, so I'm just going to name my ten favourites, and apart from the Top 3, you shouldn't take notice of their position. Okay, here we go:

1) Kylie Minogue
2) Lady Gaga
3) Tori Amos
4) P!nk
5) Celine Dion
6) Kelly Clarkson
7) Madonna
8) Alanis Morissette
9) Jennifer Lopez
10) Rihanna

Who are yours?

More Twilight

Stephenie Meyer, the writer of The Twilight Saga, is releasing a novella based on the storyline of Twilight: Eclipse, called 'The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner'

It apparently revolves around a vampire featured in Eclipse, and will hit the shelves on June 5. However, since neither the characters of Edward (Robert Pattinson), Bella (Kristin Stewart) or Jacob (Taylor Lautner) are in the story, it will be a bit of a letdown compared to the original Twilight stories.

Bar Soho

Whenever I'm in London (which hasn't been enough these past couple of years), one of the things I really enjoy doing, is having a drink at Bar Soho in Old Compton Street. So, when I'm back in London some time during this Summer (since I'm hoping for Kylie Minogue to tour and play at the O2 Arena), I'll definitely go back for a nice relxed glass of wine or a cold pint!

Click here to check out their website for some more pictures!

Hadron collider

The Large Hadron Collidor (LHC) was started up today, the first collisions have taken place, and the world didn't end up in a black hole, as some had feared. Scientists at CERN in Genève were cheering and clapping when the machine worked and everything went well, after two false starts this morning.

I wonder what they will find!

Happy phantom - live in Pittsburgh

Dressed as a little devil (it was Halloween, the night of the show), here's Tori Amos singing Happy Phantom, at Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

This is fun, isn't it? More videos coming up tomorrow!

Smokey Joe - live in Toronto

Tori Amos singing Smokey Joe as Pip, during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007, at Sony Centre in Toronto, Canada.

Scarlet's walk - live in Wallingford

Wow! Wow! Wow! Tori Amos singing Scarlet's Walk as the doll Isabel, during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007 at Chrevolet Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut. A rarely played song, but I L-O-V-E it!

Cruel - live in Sydney

And speaking of Tori Amos, let's do some more videos from her American Doll Posse Tour. Here she is as the doll Pip, opening the show at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, with Cruel.

Cactus festival

Tori Amos will be playing the award-winning Belgian Cactus Festival that takes place at Minnewaterpark in Brugge in July. According to the article, Tori’s appearance is slated for Sunday, July 11th.

Tickets go on sale April 26th.

Movie awards

The 2010 MTV Movie Awards will be held on Sunday, June 6th in Los Angeles, and just like last year, you can send in your nominations through MTV's website.

Click here to help decide who gets to win!

Lucky

Gossip Girl star Hillary Duff is on the cover of the May 2010 issue of Lucky Magazine.

You can win Hilary’s $3,000 cover look including a Wren silk tank, Gap jeans, L Frank ostrich eggshell and gold-beaded necklace, Alexa Garner Sidaris pavé diamond hoops, and a collection of Dior makeup. Enter to win at LuckyMag.com.

Iron man 2

Here's your first look of the official film poster for Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downing Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson.

It will be out in cinemas on May 7.

Taking chances - DVD setlists

Earlier I was thinking Celine Dion's Taking Chances World Tour DVD would be released in one set, containing both the English and French version of the show. However, this turned out not to be true. Instead, each language is available seperately, but each one does come with a live CD in addition to the DVD!

Here are the setlists from both versions:

English version, filmed at TD Garden in Boston

DVD
1."I Drove All Night"
2."The Power of Love"
3."Taking Chances"
4.Hits medley:
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now/Because You Loved Me/To Love You More"
5."Eyes on Me"
6."All by Myself"
7."I'm Alive"
8."Shadow of Love"
9."Fade Away"
10."Alone"
11."My Love"
12."The Prayer"
13."Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
14.Tribute to Queen medley:
"We Will Rock You/The Show Must Go On"
15.Soul medley:
"Sex Machine/Soul Man/Lady Marmalade/Sir Duke/Respect/I Got the Feelin'/I Got You (I Feel Good)/It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
16."Love Can Move Mountains"
17."River Deep, Mountain High"
18."My Heart Will Go On"

CD
1.Opening
2."I Drove All Night"
3."The Power of Love"
4."Taking Chances"
5."It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
6."Because You Loved Me"
7."To Love You More"
8.New Mego's Flamenco
9."Eyes on Me"
10."All by Myself"
11."Shadow of Love"
12."Alone"
13."My Love"
14."The Prayer"
15.Soul medley:
"Sex Machine/Soul Man/Lady Marmalade/Sir Duke/Respect/I Got the Feelin'/I Got You (I Feel Good)"
16."It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
17."Love Can Move Mountains"
18."River Deep, Mountain High"
19."My Heart Will Go On"

French version, filmed at Bell Centre in Montreal

DVD
1."I Drove All Night"
2."J'irai où tu iras"
3."Destin"
4."Taking Chances"
5."Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)"
6."L'amour existe encore"
7."Dans un autre monde"
8."All by Myself"
9."I'm Alive"
10."Je Sais Pas"
11."My Love"
12."S'il suffisait d'aimer"
13."Alone"
14.Medley homage a Queen:
"We Will Rock You/The Show Must Go On"
15.Medley soul:
"Sex Machine/Soul Man/Lady Marmalade/Sir Duke/Respect/I Got the Feelin'/I Got You (I Feel Good)/It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
16."Love Can Move Mountains"
17."River Deep, Mountain High"
18."My Heart Will Go On"
19."Pour que tu m'aimes encore"

CD
1.Ouverture
2."I Drove All Night"
3."J'irai où tu iras"
4."Destin"
5."Taking Chances"
6."Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)"
7."L'amour existe encore"
8."Dans un autre monde"
9."All by Myself"
10."Je Sais Pas"
11."S'il suffisait d'aimer"
12."Alone"
13.Medley soul:
"Sex Machine/Soul Man/Lady Marmalade/Sir Duke/Respect/I Got the Feelin'/I Got You (I Feel Good)"
14."It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
15."River Deep, Mountain High"
16."My Heart Will Go On"
17."Pour que tu m'aimes encore"

Very happy birthday

A very happy birthday to Celine Dion, who turns 42 today!

From the set

This picture from the set of Robert Pattinson's new movie Bel Ami has just been released. It was taken in Budapest, Hungary, and shows Robert together with co-star Kristin Scott-Thomas.

Great white

Nature photographer Geoff Spiby took this picture of a Great White Shark near Cape Town, South Africa. Pretty scary looking picture, isn't it? When attacked by a Great White, this must be one of the last things you'll ever see...

Behind the scenes

Thanks to Kylie Minogue's official website, here's a behind the scenes video, filmed during her Fashion Targets Breast Cancer 2010 photoshoot, which was shot in London last month with renowned fashion photographer Mario Testino!

Deep rising

Tonight on Dutch television: Deep Rising, starring Fame Janssen. I've seen this one with my ex-boyfriend back in 2003, and we just laughed our brains out. It's the most ridiculous horror movie ever made, and because of that, a must-see!

Stage cake

It was Lady Gaga's birthday this weekend, and right near the end of her Monster Ball show at the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Australia, her dancers surprised her with a huge cake on stage.

Share it

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Of course, I'd like to get some traffic, so I can highly recommend clicking on either of the links, if you're a Facebook or Twitter user! Thanks!

If you just want to Tweet or Facebook a particular blog item, you can do so by clicking on the title, and then click of the feature to the right. By doing so, you will get a direct link.

The final Betty

Here’s the synopsis for the final Ugly Betty episode “Hello Goodbye”, which will air in just two weeks:

It’s the end of an era, but the beginning, Betty hopes, of something wonderful. In the award-winning series’ finale, which also features appearances by familiar faces from the past, Betty finds it hard to tell Daniel important news about her future. When she does, his reaction surprises her, but not Claire. Justin and Bobby enthusiastically consider taking advantage of a softening real estate market by apartment-hunting in Manhattan, but Hilda’s resisting even the most amazing places. Amanda grapples with the death of her dog, Halston, and Marc wonders if he’ll ever have a successful relationship.

Are you sad the show comes to an end?

Living la vida loca

To celebrate the fact Ricky Martin has finally come out of the closet, here's a duet between him and Kylie Minogue, singing Living La Vida Loca.

Enjoy!

About time

It's about time! Ricky Martin has finally come out of the closet as a gay man today (not that anyone was doubting it). He wrote in his blog today:

“I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am. These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed.”

Congratulations!

Pre-order Kick Ass

As previously reported, Mika is lending his talents to the new high-octane action flick ‘Kick Ass’, and soon you’ll finally be able to get it on your iPod.

Mika sings the eponymous title track as well as starring in the accompanying video - click here to watch it.

‘Kick Ass’ is out May 3 - click here to preorder now, via iTunes.

‘Kick Ass’ is in cinemas April 16

Thoughts and prayers

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Russia after the terrible loss of life and injuries from the bombings on the Moscow Metro.

American President Barack Obama, on Twitter. I couldn't agree more.

Win tickets

Living in the Netherlands and feeling like winning tickets to see Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City? You might be in luck, as Dutch radio station Q Music is giving them away in a new competition.

Click here to enter!

Rivers of America

Looks like the Rivers Of America in Disneyland (the original one, in Anaheim, California) still needs a lot of work until their refurbishment will be finished in May. Here we have two pictures showing the drained river, one with Big Thunder Mountain in the back, and the other one with the Sailing Ship Columbia in its drydock.

Must be a bummer visiting the park while the entire river is drained. Frontierland, Critter Country and New Orleans Square must look a lot different right now.

10x J.Lo

I haven't done a Top Ten in a while now have I? Okay, so here we go, with my ten favourite Jennifer Lopez songs:

1) Play
2) Still
3) Waiting For Tonight
4) Cherry Pie
5) If You Had My Love
6) I'm Gonna Be Alright
7) Jenny From The Block
8) I'm Real
9) Let's Get Loud
10) Feeling So Good

What are yours?

Bells for her - live in Warshaw

And finally, for today, here's Tori Amos singing Bells For Her, during the American Doll Posse Tour at Sala Kongresowa in Warshaw, Poland.

More Doll Posse tomorrow!

Doughnut song - live in Amsterdam

Doughnut Song, by Tori Amos, at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, during the American Doll Posse Tour.

A case of you - live in Orlando

I love it when Tori Amos sings the wonderful Joni Mitchell song A Case Of You. Here she is singing it at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida, during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007.

Upside down - live in Milwaukee

Time for some more videos from Tori Amos' American Doll Posse Tour 2007. Let's start with Upside Down, filmed at Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Guilty pleasure

Katy Perry is releasing a new album in a few months, and today, for the first time, she's talked about it:

"It's what I said I wanted earlier. We nailed it: It's roller-skating! It's '90s! It's Ace of Base! It's Cyndi Lauper! It's like all these colors and more. There might be some really cool guest appearances by some cool rappers from the West Coast. I mean, you'll just have to see, since I'm a California girl, you know. And then some best friends might be appearing. … We'll see! It's going to be fun. It's going to be one of those records that is everybody's favorite guilty pleasure."

I loved her first album One Of The Boys, so I'm looking forward to this new one as well!

To Malawi

Madonna was spotted at Heathrow airport this morning where she landed with a commercial flight from the U.S.
She is said to be spending only a short time in London and head over to Malawi this week. Sources are reporting that the entire family is set to fly out to Africa on this very same day.

Project runway

Next Thursday episode of Project Runway will have a very special celebrity judge: no other then Jessica Alba will be a guest on the show and eliminate one of the contestants. During the episode, the designers need to come up with an outfit for a mystery model, who turns out to be show presenter Heidi Klum.

More time

Victoria Beckham reportedly wishes to spend more time with her husband David Beckham. “They are still in love with one another, but the last year has seen their lives go in two different directions,” a source told The People. “David is a brilliant dad with the children, but has had to put up with only seeing them for short periods for much of the year.

“Victoria would never stand in the way of his footballing career, but the truth is she has been left a bit upset by her husband’s keenness to spend his time away from the family,” the insider explained. “She’d much rather he remained in California at their home this summer, especially now that he’s got this injury."

Promotion in Europe

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are in Berlin, Germany, to promote their new movie The Bounty Hunter. They visited Paris last night, and are headed for Madrid tomorrow.

Sadly, there's no Amsterdam on their schedule.

Fashion targets breast cancer

Kylie along with Sienna Miller and Claudia Schiffer are to be the faces of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer 2010.

The groundbreaking campaign from UK charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer features a series of sensational new images, shot by world renowned photographer Mario Testino, depicting the famous ambassadors appearing naked, wrapped in a striking silk sheet emblazoned with the iconic 'target' logo.

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer was established in 1994 by Ralph Lauren after his friend and Fashion Editor of the Washington Post, Nina Hyde died of breast cancer, and was the fashion industry's response to the devastating impact of the disease.

Since the launch of FTBC in the UK in 1996, it has raised over £10.5 million for Breakthrough Breast Cancer's groundbreaking research, campaigning and education work.

Since its inception as a T-shirt campaign, FTBC has successfully evolved into a collection of Fashion Targets product lines from leading retailers and designers.

This year's supporting retailers include: M&S, River Island, Warehouse, Topshop, Coast, Laura Ashley, my-wardrobe.com, Whistles, Superdry and Melissa Odabash.

All the items will be available to buy from 29th March 2010, both in-store and online with no less than 30% of the price of each item going directly to Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

Quantum of solace

Tonight, for the first time, on Dutch television, the latest James Bond film Quantum Of Solace, starring Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric and Judi Dench.

A Gaga birthday

Happy birthday to Lady Gaga, who turns 24 today!

Sweet person

She has a tight circle of friends. They won’t say much about her. They want to protect her. And that’s because she’s been nice to everyone along the way. She’s not stuck up. She doesn’t act like a star. She acts like a normal, sweet person, which is exactly what she is. And that’s why everyone is so loyal to her.

A friend of Sandra Bullock, speaking about how Sandra's dealing with her cheating husband.

Stand up

Italian record stores received this beautiful cardboard stand-up, promoting Madonna's new Sticky & Sweet Tour DVD.

I want one too!

Family affair

Will Smith brought his family (and film star Jackie Chan) along to the 2010 Kids Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

Cloud on my tongue - live in Detroit

And finally, for today, here's Tori Amos singing Cloud On My Tongue, during the American Doll Posse Tour at Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

More to come tomorrow!

Voodoo - live in Albany

It's been a very long time since the last time I heard Tori Amos play this one live: In The Springtime Of His Voodo, during the American Doll Posse Tour, at Palace Theatre in Albany, New York.

Merman - live in Manchester

Next, is this stunning performance of Merman, by Tori Amos, during the American Doll Posse Tour 2007 at the Apollo in Manchester, UK.

Etienne - live in Zurich

Ready for some more videos from Tori Amos' 2007 American Doll Posse Tour? I am, so here we go! The first song today is Etienne, a rarely played song from her Y Kant Tori Read album. This particular performance was filmed at Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland.

Getting slimed

Katy Perry, last night at the Kids Choice Awards 2010 in Los Angeles. Katy had been tweeting all day about how she didn't want to get slimed (a feature from a Nickelodeon game show).

New album

Britney Spears, pictured in Santa Monica, California last Friday, is set to be releasing a new album in November, although there hasn´t been any official conformation yet.

Of course the question is, will she be going on a new lip-sync fest, oops, make that a tour, again?

Bringing dates

The Jonas Brothers pose for pictures at the Kids Choice Awards 2010 in Los Angeles, last night. Kevin brought along his wife, Danielle Jonas. Joe brought along his girlfriend, Demi Lovato.

Favorite television actress

Tyra Banks at the Kids Choice Awards 2010, last night in Los Angeles.

Tyra presented alongside George Lopez the award for Favorite Television Actress. Selena Gomez of Wizards of Waverly Place won the award.

Smashing medley

Rihanna looked smashing while performing at the Kids Choice Awards 2010 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.

She performed a medley of Hard, Rude Boy and Don't Stop The Music.

The story of us

Tonight on Dutch television: The Story Of Us, starring Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tim Matheson.

Breaking dawn

Steven Daldry, Gus Van Sant, Sofia Coppola, and Bill Condon, are in the race to become the direcotr of the fourth Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn!

That´s quite an impressive list! With one of these names as director Breaking Dawn will probably the best Twilight movie of them all!