Aguilera Congratulates New Dad Martin (Teen Hollywood) Christina Aguilera has congratulated fellow new parent Ricky Martin, after the pop star announced he is the father of twin boys. The Puerto Rican chart-topper revealed his big news last week, explaining the babies were born to a surrogate mother.
Pop Tarts: Donald Trump Gets Emotional Over Aguilera (Fox News) Donald Trump usually isn't one to show too much emotion on his face, but the big-wig businessman was clearly moved by Christina Aguilera's live performance at the Nakheel and Trump Organization party on Saturday night in Los Angeles.
Christina: Ricky Martin Is "a Proud Papa" (US Weekly) Christina Aguilera has no doubt that new dad Ricky Martin is digging fatherhood. "Congratulations! It is the best thing you will ever do in your life," she told Usmagazine.com Saturday at a bash introducing Trump Tower Dubai in L.A. "I’m sure he is such a proud papa!” She said she and husband Jordan Bratman "eventually" want to have another baby. See what Christina Aguilera looked like...
'American Idol' adds DioGuardi as 4th judge (USA Today) Songwriter Kara DiGuardio will join the judges' panel for the eighth season of American Idol in January. DioGuardio's songs have been recorded by Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood and Pink, among others.
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Christina Tells Fans To Expect 'Amazing Circus,' Throwbacks On Tour November 6, 2006
Please excuse Christina Aguilera for not being in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday to accept the Best Female artist trophy at the MTV Europe Music Awards. It's not like she was just out partying somewhere.
OK, so maybe she was at one of Hollywood's hottest annual shindigs, but she was working. Really. And Europeans will be happy to know what she was working on.
"This is like a rehearsal for us," Christina Aguilera told the star-studded crowd at Moto 8, Motorola's end-of-the-year bash.
With her first European tour since 2003 kicking off November 17 in Sheffield, United Kingdom, Christina Aguilera kicked off the rust with a six-song preview at the Hollywood Palladium event.
"It's my most inspired show to date, so I'm really excited," Christina Aguilera told MTV News at the event. "[Expect] lots of amazing circus elements and throwback elements to the past and the areas that I am inspired by. It's just an interesting show to watch and to be a part of and to use your imagination."
Thursday's show lacked the circus elements but featured a nine-piece band, three backup singers and a half dozen dancers bringing her cinematic songs to life.
The set kicked off with Christina Aguilera -- in a half-buttoned pink dress shirt, black vest, undone bowtie and black fedora -- strutting onto stage just as her band segued from intro music to the opening notes of "Ain't No Other Man." Like the video, the performance was packed with choreography and enough of Aguilera's signature wails to remember why she's always stood out from her pop-starlet contemporaries.
Unfortunately, Christina Aguileradoesn't talk as loud as she sings, so it was hard to hear her between-song banter, but Christina Aguilera introduced the next two tracks -- the funk fest "Back in the Day" and the old-school R&B homage "Understand," both from Back to Basics -- by describing her latest album as a tribute to the music she loved as a child.
Seizing the opportunity for a natural transition, Christina Aguilera then launched into her cover of the Patti LaBelle hit "Lady Marmalade," with her backup singers perfectly handling Pink and Mya's parts. (No one attempted Lil' Kim's rap, however.)
"This is the song you probably know me for the best," Christina Aguilera announced as her thunderous band slowed down for "Beautiful." "Fighter" followed and featured an extended sing-along, ending the show with the same pomp and circumstance as it began.
Those who caught the show included Paris Hilton -- who stood in her VIP booth cheering along -- Pete Wentz, Lindsay Lohan, Heather Locklear and David Spade.
Christina Aguilera will bring her tour of the States beginning February 20 in Houston.
On November 29, Christina will perform alongside Taylor Hicks, John Legend and Sting for the "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" special airing on NBC.
-Corey Moss, with additional reporting by Eric Araya (MTV.com)
Pop Tarts: Donald Trump Gets Emotional Over Aguilera (Fox News) Donald Trump usually isn't one to show too much emotion on his face, but the big-wig businessman was clearly moved by Christina Aguilera's live performance at the Nakheel and Trump Organization party on Saturday night in Los Angeles.
Songwriter Kara DioGuardi joins 'American Idol' panel (USA Today) American Idol's judging trio is now a quartet. Kara DioGuardi, a Grammy-nominated songwriter who has penned hits for Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera, will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul for the Fox singing competition's eighth season, which starts in January.
Britney Spears won't perform on MTV Video Music Awards (New York Daily News) Britney Spears is expected to make the MTV Video Music Awards - but she won't be performing. Her manager poured cold water Monday on a report that the troubled singer would try to erase memories of her disastrous performance at last year's awards show.
Events for Monday in New York (New York Daily News) Grammy winning singer Patti LaBelle performs at Brooklyn's Wingate Field. The former lead singer of the Bluebelles belted out "Lady Marmalade" way before Mya and Christina Aguilera were even born.
