MUSIC NEWS: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015
TAYLOR SWIFT EXPLAINS WHY SHE SHOWED HER NAVEL
Either it's a big deal to you or it isn't, depending how into Taylor Swift you are: she has a belly button.
Swift had said previously she would not be photographed showing her navel, but then she released photos of herself and her friends in bikinis while on vacation in Hawaii recently. The Taylor Swift belly-button watchers went crazy. Turns out it was her way of thwarting the paparazzi. Swift tells B-B-C's Radio 1 they were in the middle of the ocean scuba-diving when her security spotted another boat and a photographer with a long lens. Swift says she took her own pictures and posted them on Instagram so the paparazzi photos would be worth less.
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ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR PEARL JAM'S FORMER DRUMMER
Former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese is wanted in Texas. The Denton County Crime Stoppers program is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to Abbruzzese's arrest. He's wanted on controlled substances charges. Abbruzzese was in Pearl Jam from 1991 to 1994.
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HOW TO PRONOUNCE ``HOZIER''
Hozier has heard every bad pronunciation of his name. He says he's heard it as ``HOH'-sher,'' ``HOO'-see-er,'' ``hoo-see-AY''' and ``HOH'-zee-ay.'' He says, ``'Bob' was a very very bad one.'' While technically it's a French name that should be pronounced ``oh-zee-AY','' he says it's been Anglicized to ``HOH'-zee-er,'' and that's how he says it.
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KANYE WEST TWEETS APOLOGY TO BECK
Kanye West is saying he's sorry to Beck on Twitter. It appeared West was attempting to steal the moment from Beck, when West briefly jumped on stage after Beck won album of the year at the Grammy Awards. West quickly sat back down but later slammed the recording academy for not honoring Beyonce with the award. West also says he's sorry for the things he said about Bruno Mars.
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BRIAN WILSON FILM TRAILER GIVES GLIMPSE INTO ``LOVE AND MERCY''
A trailer for a movie about Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys has been released. The trailer for ``Love and Mercy'' shows Paul Dano as young Wilson and John Cusack as the older Wilson.
Paul Giamatti plays Wilson's physician, Dr. Eugene Landy. ``Love and Mercy'' will be in theaters June 5.
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LAS VEGAS PLANS BIG ELVIS EXHIBIT
A 24-foot-tall Elvis will be one of the rare pieces on display at the largest Elvis Presley exhibit outside of Graceland. The wooden sign shows Presley playing a guitar to advertise his first performances in Las Vegas in 1956. It's been in storage at Graceland and rarely displayed because of its size. The exhibit will have a rotating display of memorabilia rarely seen outside Graceland. It opens at the Westgate Las Vegas casino-hotel on April 23, 59 years to the day since Presley first performed in Las Vegas. The showroom where Presley performed, in what's now the Las Vegas Hilton, is being revamped to look like it did when Elvis performed there.
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'AMERICAN IDOL'
It was the ladies turn on ``American Idol'' last night. The Top 12 women performed in Detroit, after the guys did their thing Wednesday. The judges agree that Sarina Joi-Crowe brought down the house with her version of ``Mamma Knows Best.''
It's a Jessie J song and J-Lo says Sarina's take rivals the original. Jax also got high marks from the judges, as did Tyanna Jones. Next week, the first eliminations on this season of Idol based on viewer votes.