Britney Spears' 'Till The World Ends' Hits Web

Femme Fatale's second single was penned by Ke$ha.
By Jocelyn Vena


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Britney Spears' new single, "Till the World Ends," sounds poised to be a club smash. The Ke$ha-written, Dr. Luke/Max Martin-produced track was posted by Perez Hilton on Thursday afternoon (March 3), after speculation earlier in the day that the song would hit radio next week.

"Till the World Ends" is a swirling, "beat the beat" track, ready for late nights spent "dancing till the world ends" as she sings on the fast-paced party jam. "This kitten got your tongue tied in knots I see/ Spit it out 'cause I'm dying for company," a confident Spears purrs.

As the song slows for a moment — during a break before she moves her way to the chorus — she sings, "I can't take it take it take no more/ Never felt like felt like this before/ Come on get me get me on the floor/ DJ, what you what you waiting for?" she teases.

The beat chugs in the background as synths play with Spears' sex-kitten delivery of lines like "Watch me move/ When I lose, when I lose it hard/ Get you off with a touch/ Dancing in the dark.

"See the sunlight/ We ain't stopping/ Keep on dancing till the world ends/ If you feel it/ Let it happen/ Keep on dancing till the world ends," she sings as the song breaks down, fading out for a brief moment (revealing her signature breathiness), and then coming back in as she repeats those final lines again to close the song.

Ke$ha recently dished about the track to Spin.com, noting that it is about the power of an artist performing a great gig. "That song is me imagining her and any female musician touring the world," she said. "You know, when you go out, and you're having an amazing, magical night and you don't want to go to sleep and you want it to last until the world ends."

"Till the World Ends" is the second single from Femme Fatale, set to drop March 29. Its lead single, "Hold It Against Me," was an equally club-friendly jam by Luke and Martin, who are overseeing production on the album.

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Elle Fanning: Dance Class Darling

Continuing along with her routine practice sessions, Elle Fanning stepped out for a ballet class in Los Angeles, CA on Friday afternoon (March 11).

Joined by her mom, Joy Fanning, the two lovely ladies made sure to take the appropriate precautions before crossing the street while holding hands as they navigated their way through the highly trafficked local roadway.

The pre-weekend outing comes as Miss Fanning's upcoming movie "Super 8" saw in the release of the Sci-Fi flick's theatrical release earlier the same day.

Directed and written by J.J Abrams while being produced by Steven Speilberg, the much-awaited picture is set for release on June 10, 2011.

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We've waited a long time for the curtain to pull back on director J.J. Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg's upcoming summer blockbuster "Super 8," struggling through two elusive teasers that piqued our curiosity to maddening heights. Now, we've got a much better glimpse of "Super 8" on our hands thanks to the newly released trailer. [...]

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Jessica Alba & Her Beverly Hills Babe

Actress Jessica Alba and her daughter, Honor Marie Warren, were spotted out for a stroll in beautiful Beverly Hills on Friday (March 11).

The two-year-old tot was all smiles in her adorable pink shades as she walked hand-in-hand with her mom, and even stopped a few times for a little cuddle time. Too cute!

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Adam Lambert's 'Whole Lotta Love': The Story Behind The Cover

Glam rocker tackled the legendary 1970 Led Zeppelin song for 'American Idol' rock night.
By Gil Kaufman


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Imagine a freight train speeding toward you at midnight. Or a rockslide barreling down a hill as you try to outrace it. That's the feeling of the ominous, chugging Jimmy Page riff that kicks off Led Zeppelin's 1970 Stonehenge of rock, "Whole Lotta Love." And that's before singer Robert Plant leans into one of the nastiest, ecstatic rock screams this side of the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again."

That's the song Adam Lambert chose to sing on "American Idol" rock night Tuesday (May 5), and, needless to say, it was a challenge that the eyeliner-loving Los Angeles stage veteran was more than up for, hitting a series of high notes and rock screams that would have made Plant proud. It was a risky maneuver that paid off for Lambert, who chose a tune that came in at #75 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004.

The legendary British rock act recorded the tribute to Chicago blues icon Willie Dixon during their second U.S. tour after working it out in their live show, including it on their 1969 classic album Led Zeppelin II. Like many of the songs Zeppelin performed early in their career, "Love" was a blues standard turned on its head with a heavy dose of crunching psychedelic guitar and thundering drums, courtesy of late drummer John Bonham. The song was based on a 1962 tune by another blues forefather, Muddy Waters, called "You Need Love," which was penned by Dixon.

For Zeppelin's version, Plant customized the lyrics by adding some lyrical quotes from a few other songs Dixon wrote for Howlin' Wolf, "Back Door Man" and "Shake For Me," nailing the tricky vocal in a single take. It was also inspired by 1966's "You Need Loving" from the British rock group the Small Faces, for whom Zeppelin had great affection, but they also did not credit Dixon for his part in writing the original lyrics. The song became Zeppelin's first U.S. single and their only U.S. top 10 hit. Though their manager would not let them release singles in the U.K. because he thought it cannibalized album sales, the song was finally released as the band's only British single in 1997.

Dixon sued Zeppelin over the song in 1985, claiming it borrowed too heavily from his "You Need Love," and Zeppelin reached an agreement with him, with Dixon using the money he received to set up a program that provided musical instruments for schools. A cornerstone of heavy rock, the tune -- which was the theme song for the long-running British countdown show "Top of the Pops" in the 1970s and '80s -- has been covered by dozens of artists over the years, from Tina Turner and Ben Harper to Prince, Slash, Leona Lewis, Train's Pat Monahan, the London Symphony Orchestra and Jane's Addiction.

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'American Idol' Castoff Ashthon Jones Sees Grammys In Her Future

'It's not always a bad thing to be the first person' voted off, 25-year-old diva says.
By Gil Kaufman


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Ashthon Jones is what you might call a glass-half-full kind of gal. Whereas some might consider being a wild-card pick and then the first finalist eliminated on season 10 of "American Idol" a bummer, the 25-year-old Nashville native said Friday (March 11) that she's choosing to see this as an opportunity to get her career started in earnest.

After winning the judges over early with her diva style and voluminous hair, Jones stumbled on Wednesday night with a weak version of the somewhat obscure Diana Ross song "When You Tell Me That You Love Me," which she sang only marginally better on Thursday's show in her last-ditch effort to stay in the running.

But what's done is done, and now the former teenage runaway said she's eager to leave her hardscrabble life (and retail job) behind and get on to the next thing.

Q: Are you going back to your store job in Nashville?

A: No, I'm not! I left it there, and I left it there to stay. I've worked and worked all my life, and now it's time for me to be the artist and the performer that God put in me a long time ago ... and hopefully opportunities are there for me.

Q: What do you think America was missing about you during that top 24 round?

A: I don't know! I was thinking the same thing. I just wanted people to see my personality, and I don't think the show showed my personality as much as I wanted it to. ... I'm kind of glad that the judges saw that personality of a diva, but I didn't want the world to see me as diva-like, like I'm all that. ... I have faith and confidence in myself. I've never been timid onstage.

Q: A lot was made of your song choice, but it was not as obscure as some of the other songs the contestants chose. If you could go back now, would you have chosen a different Diana Ross song?

A: As I look back at it now ... I chose that song for a reason. I listened to all the Diana Ross songs, and that one, for some reason, spoke to me. ... I related it to my life and my experiences and my faith and the love that I have around me. As I was singing that song, the lyrics is what spoke to me.

Q: What was the best piece of advice you received from one of the judges?

A: Steven and Randy told me some great things, but Jennifer always had something real to say that came straight from her spirit. ... She always told me, "You're amazing, you're gonna go far ... I see it, I see it, I see it." And last night she told me, "It's all about the songs in the music business." Even when you get that first record, make sure it's a hit before you put it out, because that's what America will remember, those great songs, and they're never gonna go away.

Q: If you could describe Steven Tyler in one word, what would it be?

A: Fabulous. He was fabulous. From his clothes to his shoes [to] what he said. He didn't care what people thought and said exactly what he felt. And behind the scenes, he was the most humble and sweet person.

Q: You looked like you were in such pain when you found out that you were going home. What was going on with you at that moment?

A: It really was not pain. It was more so leaving the stage and my friends that I had made. I just had to let it out. I always hold stuff in, I'm a very, very strong person ... [but] sometimes you have to let it out, you have to show your emotion.

Q: What about the fact that you were the first person voted off? Is there any stigma to that?

A: I think it's not always a bad thing to be the first person. It can be a good thing. Everything that I went through on the show, now I'm going to take it and put it to work in my career.

Q: Where do you yourself in two to five years?

A: I really see myself performing. I see myself going overseas performing. I see myself helping my mom out with her businesses that she wants to do. I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator.

Q: Do you see yourself winning a Grammy, being a big, big artist?

A: It's possible. You can't really say, "I'm going to do that." But I'm a firm believer in speaking everything into existence. ... Yes, I believe that I'm going to have a Grammy, I believe that something great is going to come out of this experience.

Were you sad to see Ashthon go? Let us know in the comments!

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