Janet Jackson has been rushed to hospital after falling ill just hours before she was due to perform a concert in Montreal.The singer, 42, is currently being monitored by doctors, according to W&W Public Relations.

Jackson hopes to reschedule her show, which was due to take place last night. Last Friday, she cancelled a concert in Detroit because of “production constraints”.

DMX has finally appeared in court in Phoenix after he was forced to miss the original date last week after being rushed to hospital.

The rapper, who was in the courtroom for less than two minutes, was ordered to return on October 7 for a ’status conference’.

He is charged with four counts of drug paraphernalia and one count of marijuana possession as well as animal cruelty and theft charges.

A wig collection belonging to Beyoncé Knowles has been estimated to cost $1 million (£550,000).According to In Touch, the singer has tailor-made hair-pieces for every occasion

“Beyonce’s wigs are worth a fortune,” the singer’s friend reveals, noting that some cost more than $10,000. “The majority of them are custom-made from real hair and she’s probably got $1 million worth of stunning wigs. It’s part of the reason why she always looks so gorgeous.”

Sean ’Diddy’ Combs reportedly disciplined a member of his staff after they stole Pharrell Williams’ personal details and began to harass the hip-hop star.

The N*E*R*D hitmaker was baffled to suddenly field emails from a wannabe musician desperate to work with him - so he traced them back to Diddy’s Sean John fashion label.

A source told The New York Post: “A Sean John employee got his hands on Pharrell Williams’ e-mail address somehow. He e-mailed Pharrell so many times asking if they could work together, but Pharrell had no idea who the person writing to him was.”

Britney Spears has been nominated for two MTV Europe Music Awards.

The popstar has been added to the list of nominees to The 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards that is set to happen in Liverpool, UK November 6th.

Britney got nominated for “Best Act of 2008″ - that is like a Artist of The Year and “Album of The Year” for Blackout.

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MTV has announced that Beyonce Knowles will be one of the artists to perform at this year’s MTV European Music Awards. She will likely sing one of her rumored-to-be-pushed-back songs, “If I Were a Boy” or “Single Ladies”, at the event which will be broadcast live from Liverpool Echo Arena on Thursday, November 6.

Furthermore, MTV has also revealed that Beyonce is nominated for Ultimate Urban Artist, competing with Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne. Meanwhile, Britney Spears will go head to head in Album of the Year with Alicia, Coldplay, Duffy, and Leona Lewis. A complete list of the event’s nominees can be found on their official website.

MTV promises to announce the other performers in the next few weeks.

Via aceshowbiz.com

Britney Spears‘ new song called “Womanizer” has been leaked. Raising a ton of doubt about its authenticity, the 37-second snippet shows off a bouncy dance track that features sexy lyrics, with the singer singing, “Boy don’t try to front/I know just what gets you off”.

Speaking of her upcoming sixth major studio set, Britney describes it as her best work ever. Producers and writers who contribute their work in the album include Max Martin, who helped her making some hit singles, including “…Baby One More Time” and Bloodshy & Avant, who produced the big VMAs winner, “Piece of Me”.

What if one of the biggest stars in the music world launched a new record label and barely anyone noticed? That appears to be the case for Jay-Z’s latest venture, StarRoc, a label pairing the Jigga Man with Norwegian songwriting/production duo Stargate (Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen), the pair who’ve given us everything from Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” to Rihanna’s “Unfaithful” and “Take a Bow” to Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable.”

Rock Nation is financed by the music giant Live Nation through a multiple-rights contract the company signed with Jay-Z this spring for a reported $150 million.

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