Apl.De.Ap from Black Eyed Peas has opened a studio in his country the Philippines. The rapper has launched his apl.de.ap Music Studio and Library at his old school Holy Angel University and a library, computer room and music room at Sapang Bato National High School. Apl attended the school and university as a kid when he was known as Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. At age 14, he was adopted and moved to the USA and where he formed Black Eyed Peas with will.i.am and Taboo in 1995. This week, Apl was also...

The British rapper is influenced by a wide variety of different artists when making music, which he believes is due to the way people listen to their favourite songs by skipping through to the tracks they like. He said: ''m very experimental. I like to use lots of influences in my music because I am from the iPod generation ' we're used to the shuffle button.' Tinie, 22, is currently lining up a collaboration with Pharrell Williams and has also revealed he would love to duet with Cheryl Cole after...

The 21-year-old singer ' who was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community service for assaulting his then-girlfriend in 2009 ' admits he has been shunned by a number of celebrity pals for the last two years, but thinks people are now willing to put the incident behind them. He explained: "A handful of people stuck by me. But when [most] people see certain things happen to somebody, they usually turn away. They don't want to get involved with it because they don't want their...

The singer-and-actress ' who is married to hip-hop superstar Jay-Z ' says it's much sexier if a man has a subtle scent rather than something that is overbearing. She said: 'A man should never be too overbearing with his scent. I've been in too many elevators next to too many men with strong aftershave and it's a total turn-off. With men, a scent should be subtle, clean and fresh, and just make you want to lean in to smell more. That's sexy.' Beyonce has just launched her second fragrance, Heat...

Critically acclaimed electronic duo The Chemical Brothers have teamed up with film director Joe Wright to score Wright's boldly original adventure thriller Hanna, which stars Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, and Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett. The soundtrack will be released exclusively through iTunes on March 15th, in advance of the film's April 8th nationwide theatrical release through Focus Features. From the haunting "Hanna's Theme," written for the 16-year-old title character,...

Lady Gaga premiered her highly-anticipated video for "Born This Way," the first single from her May 23 album of the same name, today (Feb. 28) at 11 am EST. Clocking in at nearly seven and a half minutes, "Born This Way" is more of a high-fashion short film than a conventional music video. As the clip opens, Gaga declares, "This is the manifesto of Mother Monster." She continues, describing the race she births as one "which bears no prejudice, no judgement, but boundless freedom."...

RIHANNA is 23 and already a five-album veteran. They use them up fast in the music business these days but, judging by the full house on Friday night at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre for the opening of the Barbados-born pop star's Australian tour, this is one career that won't be fading fast. Read more... She launched the show with the throbbing, electro-pop of Only Girl In The World and proceeded to deliver a show packed with all the whiz-bang effects expected of a modern...

Jackson kids want to continue dad's work Uncle Jackie tells them to get busy on career Children still ask about father constantly MICHAEL Jackson's children - Prince Michael and Paris - want to 'continue' his work by entering the showbiz industry, they revealed. The late Thriller hitmaker – who died aged 50 from acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009, just weeks before he was due to embark on a 50-date comeback residency at London’s The...

EMINEM has his haters, but today he became the most liked person in the world. The rapper beat Lady Gaga to be Mr. Popular with Facebook users, with 28.88 million "likes" on the social networking site, the New York Daily News reported. Lady Gaga wasn't far behind, with 28.87 million. Eminem is racking up more than half a million "likes" a day, according to Famecount, an independent website that ranks celebrity popularity. However, the rapper is only the...