SHOWBIZ TIME MAGAZINE. June Issue P.22 Cover of the Magazine Table of Contents
WHAT'S
HAPPENING
DIVAS' CHARTS
Photos from L to R: Beyonce, Shakira.
Beyonce and Shakira have held onto the top spot in the UK singles chart, resisting a strong challenge from the Manic Street Preachers. The Manics have moved up to two with Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, a duet with The Cardigans singer Nina Persson. But Beyonce and Shakira fill the number one position for the third week in a row with Beautiful Liar. The Arctic Monkeys are still on top in the albums rundown, followed by a new entry from crooner Michael Buble. Amy Winehouse is at number three with Back To Black, while Mika moves up to number four. Mark Ronson is at number five with Version, followed by a new entry from R&B star Ne-Yo with his second album Because of You. Other new entries in the top 20 are by Natasha Bedingfield at number nine, James at 12, Rush at 13 and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at 15. The highest new entry in the singles chart has come from new US rock band Hellogoodbye at number 10 with Here (In Your Arms).
1-Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar. 2-Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough. 3-Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold. 4-Timbaland, Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me. 5-Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
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Jazz stars help N Orleans revival
Harry Connick Jr. came up with the idea for a new 'musicians' village' Musicians including Harry Connick Jr, John Legend and Joss Stone are lending a hand to residents still rebuilding their homes and lives in New Orleans. A number of artists have taken time out from the city's Jazz Festival to take part in community projects following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. R&B star Legend washed clothes as part of a free mobile laundry service for families still living in trailers. Connick Jr. and his daughters helped paint and clean a new house.
John Legend helped out at free temporary laundromat.
The crooner was putting the finishing touches to
the "musicians' village", a new development he conceived with
saxophonist Branford Marsalis. Joss Stone, who performs on the
festival's final day on Sunday, will promote volunteer work in New
Orleans the following day. Jazz stars Marcia Ball, Ivan Neville and
Walter "Wolfman" Washington helped fund-raising efforts to buy
instruments for local schools. A number of festival performers are
also recording Fats Domino songs for a tribute to raise money to buy
school instruments and help artists recovering from the hurricane.
Hollywood actor Danny Glover and potential US presidential candidate
John Edwards were among the others helping with rebuilding work in
the city at the weekend. Paris Hilton gets 45 days in jail Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton has been jailed for 45 days after being found guilty of violating her probation for a drink-driving conviction. A Los Angeles judge ruled she must start her sentence on 5 June and has no prospect of an early release. Ms. Hilton told the judge she was very sorry and that she would "pay complete attention to everything" from now on.
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The socialite said she did not know her license had been suspended when caught driving without headlights in February. According to papers filed in Los Angeles' Superior Court, Ms Hilton was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers on 15 January and informed she was driving on a suspended license. The 26-year-old then reportedly signed a document acknowledging she was not allowed to drive. On 27 February, she was stopped by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for speeding on Sunset Boulevard with her car's headlights off and charged with violating her probation. Although Ms Hilton maintained she was not aware her license had been suspended, court papers said the document she signed in January was found in her car's glove compartment. She was also accused of failing to enroll in an alcohol education program by a court-ordered deadline. Ms. Hilton was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $1,150 and lost her license at the end of January after pleading no contest to a drink driving charge in September. Despite prosecutors saying the heiress deserved a jail sentence prior to Friday's hearing, Ms Hilton arrived at the court at least 10 minutes late. One of the world's most photographed women, her arrival attracted a swarm of paparazzi at a courthouse whose most glamorous work usually consists of dealing with parking fines. Her mother, Kathy, laughed when the demand for a custodial sentence was made during the prosecution's closing argument and asked Judge Michael Sauer for his autograph. "I'm very sorry and from now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything," Ms Hilton told the court before she was sentenced. "I'm sorry and I did not do it on purpose at all," she said. But the judge was unmoved. The 26-year-old heiress wept when the ruling was announced, and her mother shouted at the prosecutor: "You're pathetic." One of Ms Hilton's lawyers said the jail sentence was unfair. "To sentence Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail to me was uncalled for, inappropriate and bordered on the ludicrous. I think she was singled out because she's who she is," Howard Weitzman said.
If Ms. Hilton does not report to jail on 5 June she
will face 90 days behind bars. Ms. Hilton, heiress to the Hilton Hotel
fortune, first gained notoriety for her constant partying as a teenager.
The austere surrounding of the all-women's detention centre will be a
far cry from the five-star luxury the hotel heiress has become used to.
What her fellow inmates will make of her, and she of them, remains to be
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Ms
Hilton must start her jail term in June.
Paris
Hilton; one of the world's most photographed women.