Archive for June 30th, 2008

A fictional energy drink that features in Ben Stiller’s next movie Tropical Thunder is being turned into a real product.

Booty Sweat pops up throughout the comedy, which is due to be released on 15 August.

Now Paramount Pictures want to cash in, by producing it and marketing it alongside the movie.

Rocker Lenny Kravitz has been added to the production team which will oversee new recordings by Patti LaBelle’s reunited self-titled girl group.

Kravitz has joined legendary producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff in the studio as LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash record their first new material together in over 30 years.

The Lady Marmalade hitmakers will launch their new album in September (08), and they’ll perform together for the first time since 1977 at the Essence Festival in Louisiana this coming weekend.

Lenny Kravitz

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly turned down a lucrative book deal - because she feels she is too young to write her life story.

The Back To Black hitmaker has struggled with a variety of personal problems throughout her career, including drug and alcohol addiction and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil being incarcerated on charges of assault and perverting the course of justice.

Veteran rocker Neil Diamond overcame an array of technical difficulties to wow the crowds at legendary music festival Glastonbury on Sunday.

The America hitmaker was forced to stop halfway through his rendition of Done Too Soon after the sound completely cut out.

But the audience remained buoyant throughout the delay - encouraging the singer with chants of “Neil, Neil!”