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10-Year-Old YouTube Star to Perform With Lady Gaga [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsTORONTO -- A 10-year-old Canadian YouTube star says she can't wait to join Lady Gaga onstage in Toronto. Winnipeg native Maria Aragon posted a cover of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" to YouTube, one of dozens of videos she's put online. But this one exploded in popularity after Lady Gaga herself saw the video and posted a link on Twitter. Maria has been on a whirlwind media tour ever since and her video now has more than 17 million views. She hit "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and ABC's "Good Morning America" to talk about being invited by Lady Gaga to perform at the Air Canada Centre ...
Justin Bieber's Hair Clippings Raise More Than $40,000 for Charity [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Justin Bieber's hair is officially the stuff of legend: His hair clippings have sold for more than $40,000 on eBay. After the 17-year-old pop sensation chopped off some of his famous locks, he brought the clippings to the "Ellen" show. Host Ellen DeGeneres put them on eBay. When the bidding ended, the clippings went for $40,668. The proceeds are being donated to The Gentle Barn, which rescues neglected and abused animals and uses them to help disadvantaged kids. Bieber's magic touch continues. He's got two albums in the top five on the U.S. album chart this week, and his movie, ...
Maria Aragon: Canada's Latest Cute YouTube Phenomenon [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsO, Canada, how do you produce so many young YouTube singing sensations? Justin Bieber is the best-known example of the breed, but last week we got to know Heather Russell, the 10-year-old Toronto girl who's got a range to rival Mariah Carey's. Now here's a third entrant on the scene: 10-year-old Maria Aragon from Winnipeg. Aragon's cover of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" became an instant hit when she posted it on the video site last week. Two days later, Maria was on the phone with Gaga herself. On Tuesday, Maria dropped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Lady Gaga isn't the first ...
Obamas Join Stars for Christmas Benefit Concert
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 12) -- President Barack Obama helped ring in the holidays Sunday night with musical stars Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox and Maxwell at the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert. The festivities, hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres, took place at the National Building Museum and benefited the Children's National Medical Center. The entertainers sang Christmas songs and performed for the Obama family - including first lady Michelle, daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 9, and First Grandmother Marian Robinson - in a packed auditorium. In remarks to the crowd, Obama talked about the ...
Michelle Obama on 'Ellen' Show Tells Bullied Kids, 'It Does Get Better'
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama showed off her dance moves Thursday with Ellen DeGeneres on the "Ellen" show, where she appeared with Jill Biden and told kids who are bullied to hang in there. "We need to start sending different messages to our kids, first of all, to let them know it does get better," Mrs. Obama said. Mrs. Obama is on the West Coast for a political swing that took her to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles this week. She delivered a speech at Maria Shriver's women's conference -- Shriver is the first lady of California -- and sat for the "Ellen" taping on Tuesday with Biden, ...
PETA Responds to Lady Gaga's VMA Meat Dress
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 13) -- Did Lady Gaga's dress meat your fashion standards for Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards? OK, bad puns aside, the pop icon's savory outfit is drawing reactions from pop critics and animal rights advocates alike -- as if PETA were going to stay silent long on this one. Here is what PETA chief Ingrid Newkirk told Hollywood Life: In her line of business, Lady Gaga has a hard time being "over the top," and wearing a dress made from cuts of dead cows is offensive enough to bring comment, but someone should whisper in her ear that there are more people upset by butchery than ...
It's Official: Kara DioGuardi Exits 'American Idol'
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 4) --Fans can't be blamed for thinking this was already common knowledge, but in fact, the departure of Kara DioGuardi from 'American Idol' has been merely a presumption all summer -- until now. On the Friday evening before Labor Day, Fox quietly issued a press release confirming what everyone has suspected for weeks: the 39-year-old singer-songwriter-producer will not return as a judge on 'Idol.' ...
Breaking Down Forbes' 2010 'America's Top-Earning Talking Heads' List
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 16) -- $958 million to gab? That's the collective total income of the 13 big names appearing on the 2010 Forbes' list of "America's Top-Earning Talking Heads." With $315 million in earnings between June 2009 and June 2010, daytime television host and media proprietor Oprah Winfrey topped the chart, nearly quadrupling her nearest competitor. According to Forbes, "the Queen of All Media" has made much of her fortune outside her television show, cashing in on ventures including her magazine, website, radio channel and production company. Other notable names appearing among the top ...
Former Showtime Boxing Boss Jay Larkin Dies at Age 59
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsLisa Larkin recalls the statement like it was yesterday, even though her husband, Jay, made it nearly a decade ago. "Jay said that pork chops would be growing on the palm trees of Tel Aviv before Mike Tyson would be allowed to fight on HBO," said Lisa Larkin of Jay, a former Showtime senior vice president who spent 22 years with the network until November of 2005. But Jay Larkin, who died Monday at age 59, was among those that made it happen in June of 2002, being instrumental in the union of Showtime -- which had Tyson -- and HBO, which had Lennox Lewis. The two cable giants teamed up to ...
Prop. 8 Overturned: Twitter Explodes!
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- In the moments after Judge Vaughn Walker announced his ruling that deemed California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, the social networking site Twitter lit up with messages reflecting the verdict's lightning-rod status. Less than an hour after the decision was released, the topic was easily the most popular on the site. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wasted little time in voicing his support: .bbpBox20332112409 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1280356346/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #172883;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px ...
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