Pippa Middleton Criticized For $1.5M Book Deal


Pippa Middleton is enduring some pretty harsh criticism amid reports that she's nearing a deal to release her first book - and getting paid $1.5 million for it.

On one hand, it seems harmless. Why shouldn't she be allowed to write a book about party and event planning, which her family has made a career out of?

On the other hand, the notion of minor royals and royals-in-law cashing in on their regal connections irritates the British public - even at the best of times.

These, as we know, are not the best of times.

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The UK is in the grip of government-mandated austerity the likes of which has not been seen since the '50s, while unemployment is at 8.1 percent, most in 17 years.

There are serious fears that the nation, like the US, may be slipping back into recession. So it's not exactly looked upon highly that Pippa Middleton would do this.

Kate Middleton can do no wrong, engaging in worthy pursuits such as opening cancer centers and promoting UNICEF, all while being named Britain's best dressed.

Pippa’s book, meanwhile, is a guide to entertaining in style. Like it or not, she's held to a higher standard based on her royal connections, and it's not sitting well.

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Amy Winehouse, Nas Duet 'Like Smoke' Debuts

First single from Winehouse's posthumous album premiered on New York's Hot 97 Wednesday.
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The world got its first taste of Amy Winehouse's upcoming posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, when the late singer's duet with rapper pal Nas premiered on New York's Hot 97 on Wednesday.

The tune from the album, due December 6, is called "Like Smoke," and it was recorded in May 2008 and produced by Amy's longtime collaborator Salaam Remi. It features Winehouse singing in her signature slurry blues drawl over a classic Motown downbeat as Mr. Jones serves up some of his knotty verses.

In fact, while Winehouse sings the five-line hook on the tune, it is Nas who does the heavy lifting, courtesy of two dense verses packed with references to his personal travails, from love and marriage to taxes, the recession and, way before it was a thing, a line about a tall freak who "wouldn't protest with me at Wall Street."

"I never wanted you to be my man/ I just need your company," Winehouse croons over a loping beat, skittering drums and subtle strings and flute. "Don't want to get dependent on/ Your time then lose the way you love me/ Like smoke, I hung around."

Then it's Nas' turn, as the MC breaks off his first rapid-fire verse: "It's not a movie, this is not a script or proofread/ I'll spit some untruths to dumb fools and groupies/ Fun to punctuate, pronunciate the funds I make." The rapper, who split with wife Kelis in 2009, then appears to get personal, rhyming, "Like a polygamist, with a twist/ Will I marry again? Maybe, I guess/ I hold a lady's interest, I just me/ The love scholar, she the teacher's pet."

Nas and Winehouse were pals from way back, with the singer name-dropping her New York friend on the track "Me and Mr. Jones" from her breakthrough Back to Black album.

Though a press release about the album said the song was tracked as far back as early 2008, Nas' second verse feels ripped from the headlines. "Yo, this recession is a test/ It's affecting my complexion/ Misdirection my affection/ My concerns are bill collections," he rhymes, going on to complain about the tax man coming after him and some impropriety on the part of his money handlers. "Evaluate the world bank trusts like I'm IEG," he adds. "Tall freak, she wouldn't protest with me at Wall Street/ She says, no, you're so deep."

He ends his second verse with a tribute to Winehouse, rapping, "NYC to U.K. I might stay there/ Everybody in the club tonight say, 'Yeah'/ You know how me and Amy are, straight players."

On Thursday (November 3), Hot 97 also premiered another track from the album, "Our Day Will Come," Amy's funky reggae take on the 1960s doo-wop tune by Ruby & the Romantics.

Winehouse died in July at age 27 as a result of excessive alcohol intake. Some of the proceeds from the sales of the album will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set up by the singer's family to fight addiction.

What do you think of the new Winehouse songs?

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Lady Gaga Reveals 'Marry The Night' Cover Art

Picture released on Twitter shows Gaga posing on car while fire burns behind her.
By Jocelyn Vena


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Lady Gaga is getting her Little Monsters amped up for the "Marry the Night" video. On Monday night, she tweeted out some teases about the New York-based clip.

"Just wrapped my 5th music video, can't wait to unfold all its secrets and share with you moments from my past I have yet to reveal," she said on the site. "Put Born This Way back in the vessel, for rebirth, as I lay in mine. When too strong to divorce, then buckle up, MARRY THE NIGHT."

Gaga shot the video earlier this month in her hometown. She was spotted all over town filming scenes for the Born This Way single's video, including at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island.

"This is my favorite song on the album. Are you ready [producer] @FERNANDOGARIBAY?" she said. "This one is our baby."

In the MTV News documentary "Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside," the singer recalled the time Born This Way musical director Fernando Garibay first played the church bell-filled track that would become the inspiration for "Marry the Night." "It's like Whitney, but imagine if Bruce Springsteen had a baby with Whitney Houston — that's what it is," she said. "And that was it! We made a baby. Finally."

In addition to getting philosophical about the clip, Gaga also shared the cover art for the single, the fifth off her chart-topping album. "Do you want the #MARRY THE NIGHT SINGLE COVER tonight?" Mother Monster asked her dedicated legion of fans. "If monsters make MARRY THE NIGHT SINGLE COVER the number one trending topic I will release it tonight. Early. SORRY INTERSCOPE! I LOVE THEM!"

After Twitter blocked all chances to get the trend going, Gaga defied the rules and released the art anyway. "Even better, you pissed [off] Twitter. Be prepared to Marry the Night at 8pm PST," she said before dropping it with this message: "New York is Not Just a Tan that You'll Never Lose."

In the picture, Gaga is dressed in leather, shaking her blond hair around. She's posing on the wet hood of a car while a fire burns behind her. It looks to be a scene from the video. No word yet on when the clip will premiere.

Share your thoughts on Gaga's "Marry the Night" cover art in the comments section!

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