A store assistant, who normally sings while going about her duties, could have become a victim of hardline advocates of intellectual rights. The heroine of this story, Sandra Burt, 56, who lives in Clackmannanshire, Ireland, works at A&T Food store. Full story

The teen singer Miley Cyrus who showed us the sensual wonders of performing with a stripper pole has decided to give up on the idea, according to the E! Online sources. Much to the chagrin of many of her fans, no doubt! Although she had thought of using a stripper pole for the song “Party in the USA” on her approaching Wonder World Tour, she ... Full story

Notorious for his wild partying, drug and alcohol dependency, widely-media-covered arrest for a DUI offense in Los Angeles in February 2008, pleaded guilty for having a fake driver's license Barron Hilton, a 19-year-old American socialite and a heir to the Hilton fortune seems to become another Hilton who gets involved in show business and recording industry. Full story

Actor Robert Pattinson whom millions of girls worldwide are now sweet on revealed that he would love to make a duet with British musician Will Young. Pattinson thinks Will has a fabulous voice. But Robert expressed doubts that Mr. Young has the slightest idea about him. It seems, though, everybody knows “Twilight” star now. Full story

Chris Brown who was arrested for beating up the singer Rihanna agreed to attend anger management classes. He took the classes voluntarily, hoping it might help him in court. Chris believes it will repair his public image. He has some time to take a few classes before March, 5, court date. Let’s hope, it will resemble Adam Sandler’s experience in “Anger Management” movie at least a bit. Full story

In the teen years, many people do things which they regret later. Like singer Lily Allen, now 24, who was so depressed when her first love affair broke up that she attempted to slit her wrists. Sarah Owen, 29, who shares the same mother with Lily said in an interview with Grazia Magazine: “Aged 18, she tried to slit her wrists when her first relationship ended”. Full story

I’d like to share a new song by Kelly Clarkson that has been just recently released – on January 13, 2009. The song’s called “My Life Would Suck Without You”, it’s available on album “All I Ever Wanted”. I’d never say Kelly Clarkson is a very talented singer, but I like this song, nice motive. It wouldn’t sound that good it anyone else sang it. Anyway, I’m sure, she has a lot of fans and this song will be loved my many. By the way, it had almost 200,000 views on YouTube in only 1 day – we can only guess how many times it will be played in future. Full story

It finally happened! Britney Spears re-entered solo-performance stage! This happened at the Bambi Awards-2008 ceremony in Germany. Britney's performance was a success; she perfectly danced and sang the song Womanizer from her new album, which has already become a hit. This was her first performance in a long, long time. This year she even appeared at MTV Video Music Awards only to announce the beginning of the ceremony. Full story

The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper claims that formerly married Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown seem to be on the road to reunion. The newspaper's source has recently seen them on a romantic date. The singer's friends also state that it is very likely that they will get back together. Whitney Houston's spokesman said: "Bobby and Whitney are divorced but maintain friendly relationship as their daughter's well-being comes first for both of them." Full story

Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean singer who has become popular around the world. She always performs without shoes and this is why she got the nickname “barefooted diva”. Her music is very light, so pleasant to listen to. I wish I could understand what Cesária sings about. But the lyrics can be perceived as music, too, this is because the language itself is so ... Full story

I stumbled on this music video on TV and fell in love with the song so to say “at first note”. “Tu il Mio Miracolo” means “you are my miracle”. Vittorio Grigolo has such a tender voice, I can’t think of any other tenor to sing this song as beautifully. Maybe, only Andrea Bocelli. The song is so passionate. Well, I don’t want to say anything else now, I better click “play”. Full story

German is my favorite language. It sounds so beautiful. I remember studying it by listening to German songs, noting new words and phrases and leaning the lyrics by heart (including other methods of learning a foreign language, of course). Laith Al-Deen’s album was one of the “materials” that helped me in mastering the language. Well, it was anyway always fun for me. I really love the language. And some songs of Laith Al-Deen, too. Here’s one of the songs I like – “Labyrinth”. Full story

I love music and it doesn’t matter for me what language the song is in. Here’s a very beautiful Russian song. The artist is Stas Piekha, a famous Russian singer, the grandson of the popular Russian actress and singer Edita Piekha. The song’s called “O Tebe” (“About You”). It is romantic and very touching.... Full story

Monday is supposed to be the hardest day of the week for many, so after this day everyone is especially stressed and needs something that could help relax. For me music has always been such a stress reliever. In particular, “Si No Te Hubiera Conocido”, the Spanish ballad performed by Christina Aguilera and Luis Fonsi “works” great. This is the song from the first Christina’s Spanish-language album “Mi Reflejo”. This song was composed by Rudy Perez, a genius person who produced and composed for Julio Iglesias, Michael Bolton, Marc Anthony and other stars. Luis Fonsi is singer, composer and soap opera actor from Puerto Rico. Christina Aguilera is well-known – she has a great soprano, although she sometimes screams instead of singing – well, let’s think, it’s just because of really strong emotions – she takes to heart everything she sings about. Together they are a perfect duet. Enjoy the song. Full story

I have a great respect to people who can sing live as well as at the studio albums. Norwegian singer Kurt Nilsen is one of such singers. Kurt plays his guitar in an interesting way – with the strings upside down (he is left-handed). A former plumber, Kurt has “the voice of an angel, but looks like a Hobbit”, as he was once called. He doesn’t care about his appearance – he seems to be above all this. Great voice anyway, very beautiful music! Full story

“When You Say Nothing at All” - do you remember this song? It was written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and sung by three artists who took it to the top of three different charts: Keith Whitley, Alison Krauss and Ronan Keating. The song is simply great! I love it! As for me, I like the version of Ronan Keating most (maybe, because I heard his version first). He is an Irish singer, the one of the Boyzone. This beautiful song was his first solo single – it was recorded as the soundtrack of the romantic comedy Notting Hill. I can listen to “When You Say Nothing at All” again and again - and always with a great pleasure. Full story

Changes in our hairstyle or hair colour can help us overcome issues in personal life; pop-star Geri Halliwell chose the second option to deal with her private life problems. Struggling to forget about the recent break-up with dancer Ivan Velez Geri Halliwell decided to color her bright-red hair, which unchangeably remained part of her buoyant character for the most part of her career. Full story

I’d like to add something very nice to the Beautiful Music category today – “Yes, Yes, I Love You” by Adriano Celentano, an Italian celebrity. He is now 70 years old, but he used to be a sex symbol in Italy. He is singer, songwriter, actor and even film director, he also acted as comedian and TV host. He sold millions of his records during his life and he still remains very popular in Italy. He is also well-known in other countries. Maybe you’ve already heard this song, but it’s so romantic, one can enjoy it again and again. Full story

Here’s a beautiful ballad which I always listen to with a great pleasure – Kissing a Fool by George Michael. I’ve already said, that George Michael is one of my favorite singers. His voice is just heavenly. Kissing a Fool is not a recent song, it was released in 1988, but I’m sure, you will enjoy this song, like I do. This is not the official video, but it contains good quality sound and is great for those who want to learn the text fast. Full story