Cadillac Records

Etta James must be taking lessons from Faye Dunaway in how to be a diva. Etta James came out swinging against Beyonce for daring to perform her signature song — "At Last" — as the first dance for Barack and Michelle Obama at an inaugural ball. At a Jan. 28 concert in Seattle, the veteran singer let rip: "I tell you, that woman he has singing for him, singing my song, she gonna get her ... whipped. I can’t stand Beyonce, she had no business up there singing ... my song that I’ve been singing forever."

However, that was not the first time Beyonce had sung "At Last." She played Etta James in the December release "Cadillac Records" and performed that tune among many others in the film. And at the premiere of the picture, Beyonce sang her predecessor’s praises: "She’s a living legend and I want her to love the movie,
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With word the three Oscar nominated songs would be getting 90 seconds each in a collective montage Peter Gabriel, nominated for his song "Down to Earth" from Wall-e, backed out of the show saying, "I don't feel that is sufficient time to do the song justice." The fact the nominated songs were going to get such little time on stage still has all of us wondering just what exactly will be seen as everything is supposed to be on the Qt and very hush, hush. Well, that is as far as everything that doesn't appeal to the online tween crowd as E! brings yet another Oscar scoop to the table. Beyonce, High School Musical stars and real-life couple Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens and Mamma Mia!'s Amanda Seyfried. Dominic Cooper, Seyfried's costar and rumored boyfriend, are all expected to appear in a song-and-dance routine with host Hugh Jackman and directed by Australia helmer Baz Luhrmann.
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In the continuing maelstrom of publicity surrounding Rihanna and her (hopefully ex) boyfriend Chris Brown, there has been no shortage of sides taken. Unfortunately, as "Cadillac Records" star Terrance Howard recently discovered, taking Brown's side in the February 8th incident is not the best of ideas. Following his comments that "Chris is a great guy" and "Rihanna knows he loves her," Howard was besieged with criticism, forcing him to retract his words and describe them as "insensitive." Website Smoking Gun later reported Howard had been arrested and charged for assault in 2002 after punching his estranged wife twice in the face.T ...
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