• Will 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Dakota Johnson's Sobriety Be Destroyed by Instant Fame?

    Thanks to the half-billion-dollar success of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Dakota Johnson's name is pretty much known by just about everyone. Even people who have not seen the film know she is the one who plays with Christian Grey. Fame is something Johnson is quite accustomed to after being raised by celebrity parents Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, but she is not used to being the actual reason for all the buzz. That kind of notoriety is unnerving, especially for a young woman who completed her first rehab stint at age 17. Johnson seems to have done a good job of maintaining her sobriety since 2007, but she has seen firsthand what instant fame and being a household name can do to a person.

  • Scott Disick Claims He's Too Busy for Rehab, Will Be Released Monday

    For once a negative rumor about Scott Disick turned out to not be true -- but easily believable. He actually did not, as previously believed, bounce from rehab after only 12 hours. Disick is scheduled to be released this coming Monday, March 23, which means he will complete an entire week at the unconventional Costa Rican facility. That means the reality star has undergone its four-day psychedelic detox and will have the worst behind him as he heads back to Los Angeles. As for Disick's reason for not completing a full 21-day treatment, he claimed to be too busy to be locked away for that long.

  • Timbaland Says Aaliyah Spoke to Him in A Dream at SXSW, Declared Tink to Be 'The One'

    The "next Aaliyah" has been in discussion for more than 13 years following the R&B star during 2001. Timbaland believes that 19 year-old Chicago performer Tink is the final answer, and he's got other backers telling him the same thing: Aaliyah herself. The producer/performer told a crowd at the South by Southwest Festival this week that his former collaborator had visited him in a dream to deliver the prophecy.

  • NBC Re-Airing 'NBC Nightly News' Overnight to Boost Ratings

    Lester Holt has done a really great job of holding 'NBC Nightly News' together ever since Brian Williams was forced from his anchor seat in early February. It has been widely reported that not only has Holt managed to hold on to NBC's winning spot in the evening news battle, but he has also helped to boost ratings as well. A few questions have been raised, though, about whether or not the network is being a little bit shady in its tactics to hold on to that lead. According to various sources, NBC has begun airing 'NBC Nightly News' a second time after its original 6:30 p.m. broadcast. The re-airing overnight, and the numbers it pulls in are applied to the overall total.

  • Million-Dollar Lawsuit Filed Over 'LHHH' Masika Tucker Billboard Mug Shot

    Last season on 'LHHH,' Masika Tucker was thrilled to be named the face of Ace of Diamonds, a new and upscale strip club. She modeled in a bathtub filled with diamonds for the club's official billboard and then kind of rubbed it in Nikki Mudarris's face. At that time both women realized they were seeing the same guy, and it led to all sorts of drama and hostility between them. Tucker thought she had the last laugh with the AOD gig, but Mudarris decided to take her old mugshot and put it on another billboard near the club. Apparently now, months later, the owner of AOD is blaming the mug shot billboard for bad business and he has actually filed a million-dollar lawsuit.

  • [REVIEW] Nero Returns With Powerful New Single "The Thrill"

    U.K. dubstep-electro trio Nero have unveiled a new single in close to a year: "The Thrill." Premiered by Annie Mac on BBC Radio One as the hottest record in the world -- saying, "Wow. What a track. It's just massive ... I absolutely love it." -- producers Dan Stephens, Joe Ray and vocalist Alana Watson deliver another powerful single showing the evolution of their sound.

  • Kesha's Rape Charges Supercede Dr. Luke's Contractual Breach Claims in Lawsuit, According to New York Court

    The lawsuit between Kesha and Dr. Luke started out ugly—with the performer accusing the producer of rape and forced drug use and a countersuit alleging defamation—and things haven't gotten much better since. Multiple motions have been filed in multiple states and now Dr. Luke's party is bothered that California has been ruled as the primary place of action, which means lawsuits present in Tennessee and New York will be forced to wait.

  • Marvin Gaye Record Sales, "Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1)" Downloads Up Post-Robin Thicke Lawsuit Verdict

    Music Times pointed out late last week, as part of our Back of The Billboards segment, that Marvin Gaye's greatest hits compilation Number 1s had probably received a healthy boost in sales thanks to the soul singer's prominence in music headlines in the previous week. His estate's victory over Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams regarding the similarities between his "Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1)" and the pair's "Blurred Lines" seems to have generated new interest in the performer. Billboard provided stats this weekend to demonstrate this was true.
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