Lena Horne has passed away at 92!

Sad day!

From the NY Times:

“Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan.

Her death was announced by her son-in-law, Kevin Buckley.

Ms. Horne might have become a major movie star, but she was born 50 years too early, and languished at MGM in the 1940s because of the color of her skin, although she was so light-skinned that, when she was a child, other black children had taunted her, accusing her of having a “white daddy.”

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Kate Nash’s new album “My Best Friend Is You” has leaked!

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Kate Nash’s eagerly awaited second album My Best Friend Is You has leaked all over the face of the internet. The album’s supposed to bring an edgier and punkier Nash to the forefront without alienating any of Birds fans. This is bound to hurt her chart performance. Click here to investigate the detrimental leak.

Ricky Martin comes out of the closet as gay!

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We knew it all along. But, finally! He just referred to himself as a “fortunate homosexual.” Yeah, fortunate after he came out too late and didn’t help the cause. No sympathy for this friend of Dorothy. Now that she got what she wanted in life, she wants to reap the benefits of the lifestyle. Why now? It’s really no big news and kind of sad that it took him that long to admit it, when he could have helped with exposure and visibility before. No clapping hands for him. Click here for more and more.

Kate Nash’s cover art for “My Best Friend Is You”

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A very nice person has sent us a mini-picture of what is allegedly and possibly the cover of Kate Nash’s muchly-awaited sophomore album My Best Friend Is You. From the looks of it, there has been a lot of professional work poured into the sleeve so it looks bona fide. We love it and we hope to get you the official version very soon in good quality.

Kate Nash releases track list for “My Best Friend Is You”

Things are heating up over at the Kate Nash camp what with the release of her sophomore offering My Best Friend Is You. We got the first single, the teaser, the video and now the tracklisting. Now, all that’s left is the cover art and the actual CD. Click below to check out the tracklist.

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Introducing… Sabrina Washington

Aside from the hits, Alesha Dixon is not the only salvageable thing from Mis-Teeq. Enter Sabrina Washington, a former member of Mis-Teeq. She is the UK’s answer to LeToya Luckett. Well, she managed to land a record deal and is prepared to take over the world (maybe?) with her first single “OMG (Oh My God).” The single samples Snap!’s “Rhythm Is A Dancer” and has already gotten the video treatment which we featured a while ago. The single will be out March 22, 2010 and the album will drop a little later titled Dirty Pop.