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Entertainer Ciara is pictured arriving to her album release party in Atlanta on Wednesday night. The singer is releasing her third album, Fantasy Ride on May 5th.

Party guests included: Monica, Young Jeezy, Juelz Santana and more.

IslandDahl is proud to announce new contributors to the blog, DrizzyNo1 and databurst. DrizzyNo1 will focus mostly on movies, TV shows and up and coming rap artist Drake while databurst will focus mostly on games and movies...sometimes.

Go get 'em Drizzy & databurst!

R&B singer, Maxwell is back with a new album Black (from Black Summer's Night) in stores on July 7th. Here's the video for the first official single "Pretty Wings".

Sounds like Ginuwine has something to say. Who do you think he is referring to in this remix? I have a little clue, especially when he sings:

You know your time is up
Lil' homie it's time to return my crown
I want it now

However, he is sure going hard in attempting to make his presence felt again. The question is...did it work?

You guys know how IslandDahl likes to keep y'all up to date with your music game.

Here are albums you should look out for this second quarter:

May 5
Ciara - "Fantasy Ride" (Jive)
Chrisette Michele - "Epiphany" (Def Jam)

May 12
Cam'Ron - "Crime Pays" (Asylum/WMG)
Paul Wall - "Fast Life" ((Asylum/WMG)

May 19
Busta Rhymes - "Back On My BS" (Flipmode/Universal Motown)
DJ Drama - "Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol.2)" (Atlantic)
Eminem - "Relapse" (Interscope/Aftermath/ Shady)
Fat Joe - "Jealous Ones Still Envy 2" (Imperial/Terror Squad)
Method Man & Redman - "Blackout 2" (Def Jam)
Lionel Richie - "Just A Go" (Island)
Ruben Studdard - "Love Is" (Hickory/19 Recordings)

June 2
Ginuwine - "A Man's Thoughts" (Notifi/Asylum/Warner)
Joe - "Signature" (Kedar Entertainment/Universal)
Vanessa Williams - "The Real Thing" (Concord)

June 9
Maino - "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Hustle Hard/Atlantic)
Teena Marie - "Congo Square" (Stax/Concord)
Pleasure P - "The Introduction of Marcus Cooper" (Atlantic)

June 16
Cassie - "Electro Love" (Bad Boy/Next Selection)
Jill Scott - "The #1 Lady (Remixed)" (Hidden Beach)
Twista - "Category F5" (Get Money Gang Entertainment/EMI)

June 23
Chamillionaire - "Venom" (Chamillitary/Universal)
LeToya - "Lady Love" (Capitol)
Lil Wayne - Rebirth"

June 30
Bone Thugz-N-Harmony - "Uni5" (BTNH Worldwide/Warner)
Chico DeBarge - "Addiction" (Kedar Entertainment/Universal)
Fabolous - "Loso's Way" (Desert Storm?Def Jam)
Mos Def - "The Ecstatic" (Downtown)

It looks like Chris and Rihanna may FINALLY be over...at least according to Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, who spoke to US Magazine and said the following:

Chris sounds like old news to me. She [Rihanna] is a different person, back to herself. It’s like Chris never [even] existed. She seems reborn.

Indeed a second source says Rihanna is in a really good place. “She’s realizing how precious life is … she could lose it all if she’s not smarter. She’s starting to see that one wrong choice about who she loves could turn her into the next Whitney Houston.”

We’re happy for Rih and her family ...but why was Whitney brought into this?

In other Rihanna news, it seems like Chris is also old news to her Rihanna. She was spotted in Barbados with a new tattooed mystery man.

A cheating husband confessed to his wife that he has been cheating on her with her friend. Things backfire when he finds out his wife has been cheating too and she is leaving him. He also finds out that his kids may not be his. He then breaks down and faints.

Jokes on him.

R&B singer-actress Brandy will return to network TV this fall after landing a role on the ABC pilot This Little Piggy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will follow two adult siblings (Jeff Davis, Rebecca Cheskoff) who move in with their oldest brother (Kevin Rahm).

The Grammy winner and former star of UPN’s Moesha will play Davis’ materialistic wife.

Here are more exclusive pictures from the set:

Pleasure P, member of Pretty Ricky, went solo and his debut album is titled The Introduction of Marcus Cooper and is scheduled for release on June 9, 2009.

The 'Love Sex Magic' singer says her "ultimate goal" is to sing on stage with the 43-year-old star - the sister of pop legend Michael.

She said: "My dream is to collaborate with Janet Jackson. She was my big idol growing up. She is amazing and no matter what, you can't forget what she has contributed to American music.

"Janet is truly an icon. She was the only person I listened to as a kid, along with her big brother Michael."

Ciara, 23, worked with Justin Timberlake on her latest single, and insists she learnt a lot from the 'SexyBack' singer.

She explained: "Hooking up with Justin Timberlake taught me all about hypnosis and how to get into people's minds. Now, thanks to JT, I feel like I can almost hypnotise the listener, take you to another place and tease you.

"Working with Justin was such a pleasure. He is so down-to-earth and people don't realise how funny he is. He should have his own comedy show."

Ciara is currently working on her new album 'Fantasy Ride', planning a US tour with Timberlake and preparing for her support slot on the UK leg of Britney Spear's world tour in June.

She added to Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "Supporting Britney in the UK this summer will be my biggest challenge yet. I'm looking forward to sharing the stage and rocking out with Brit. And I've got some amazing outfits to rival her own."

What do you guys think?

The Sugababes have reportedly signed a new US deal with Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella records. The trio, who happen to be the UK's biggest girl group, have been over in L.A. recently recording their seventh studio album. The girls will remain under contract with label Island Records but will start working with a new team, and will reportedly begin recording with producers of Rihanna and Beyonce quality.

We like that Jay-Z is snatching up all kinds of people both management wise or artist wise. It is nothing usual and expected thus creating a diverse label. We do however wish Jay-Z did this before The Sugababes went totally commercial music wise.

It's confirmed: "Slumdog Millionaire" costars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are an item.

US Magazine reports that days after Patel, 19, and Pinto, 24, were photographed having a romantic lunch at an Israeli cafe on Wednesday, Patel's mother confirms they're together.

"First it was the film and now everything else seems to have slotted into place," Mrs. Patel is quoted as saying in Monday's Daily Mirror.

"Life can't get any better for him," she adds. "Freida is really beautiful, and I am really happy for them."

Asked about her son's trip to visit Pinto (who is shooting the Julian Schnabel drama "Miral" in Jerusalem), she says, "Yes, we knew he was flying to Israel to see her."

During the trip, Patel and Pinto were spotted packing on the PDA in Tel Aviv, where they strolled around the harbor and enjoyed a champagne dinner at a seaside restaurant.

Both Patel and Pinto denied dating rumors earlier this year while they promoted "Slumdog Millionaire," which won the Oscar for Best Picture.

"No, no, no," Patel told Ryan Seacrest at the Academy Awards.

Good for them!

Quick! How many of you thought Kim Kardashian was Beyonce in these pics? Socialite/TV personality Kim K debuted her new hair color over the weekend in Manhattan to the delight of the paparazzi who thought she was Beyonce promoting her new movie Obsessed.




However, there’s no need to ring the alarm Beyonce fans: socialite and TV personality Kim Kardashian didn’t bleach her hair blond to overthrow Beyonce. Kim K took to her blog (or Twitter) and admitted she was wearing a quick weave (wig) around New York as part of a photo shoot:

“It’s a wig! Did I have you fooled? I did a fabulous photo shoot this weekend and they put this hair piece on! I haven’t taken it off since, because I’m really loving the look. I’ve been wearing it around New York and everyone thought it was my real hair! It’s making me want to dye my hair and maybe go lighter for the summer. What do you think? Should I dye it for real?”

Don't worry Kim K, we will always love you as long as you remain beautiful.

Britney Spears caught on tape dancing at a recent concert...with her tampon string sticking out...and flapping around like a dying fish.

IslandDahl just received a very troubling report. Former NBA star Jayson Williams was taken into custody earlier today after he tried to commit suicide.

According to reports, the 41 year old NBA star took an entire bottle of pills and drank a bottle of alcohol.

IslandDahl learned that police were called to his room after hotel guests complained of Jayson’s erratic behavior. And when they arrived, officers used a taser gun to subdue him.

Jayson was involuntary committed into a NYC mental health facility.

If there is one thing IslandDahl doesn't like about flops, it is when they try to do ANYTHING for attention like Marques Houston.



Anyway, Mr. Houston is the fourth studio album from singer Marques a former member of the R&B group Immature. The album is set for release on June 23, 2009. He also has to movies coming out later this year. Hopefully, he doesn't try to go the Omarion way...
*cough* sextape*cough*

Who would have imagined that Beyonce’s Lifetime-esque Movie Obsessed would do 3 times as well as Oscar winner Jamie Foxx’ The Soloist. Well that’s EXACTLY what happened. Obsessed clawed its way to the top of the weekend box office with a fierce estimated $28.5 million, or nearly as much as the debuts of Fighting, The Soloist and Earth combined. Unleashed on approximately 3,000 screens at 2,514 sites,

Obsessed boasted the highest-grossing opening on record for a psycho stalker, erotic or "blank from hell" thriller. That's because the sub-genres' heyday of the late '80s/early '90s, which included Fatal Attraction and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, was a period when movies played at fewer theaters and had less opening weekend emphasis than they do today. Obsessed, though, outdrew any recent comparable title by a vast margin, such as Lakeview Terrace, Perfect Stranger, SwimFan and Enough.

Brandishing the tagline "All is fair when love is war," Obsessed was marketed as an over-the-top Fatal Attracton redux, inviting audiences to proclaim "Oh, no, she didn't!" and root for Beyonce to take out the psycho (Ali Larter) who's after her man. As rote as the picture may be, this type of storyline is enduring and relatable, and the trailer clearly spelled out the entire movie.

Things are about to get heated IslandDahls!! We just learned, from our pals over at Access Hollywood, that the Los Angeles Police department has issued SEARCH WARRANTS to find out how TMZ got those Rihanna photos.

Here’s how Access Hollywood is reporting it:

Access Hollywood has confirmed that two search warrants have been issued in the ongoing probe into the Chris Brown-Rihanna case and it is believed they involve how a confidential police photograph of Rihanna wound up on the Internet.

Although Los Angeles Police will not confirm it, one warrant is believed to have allowed investigators access to computers inside the Police Department itself, as they seek to find out who transmitted the picture. The photo was to be used as evidence in a potential criminal case against Rihanna’s then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown and it showed Rihanna with a badly bruised face….


And there’s even more:

The second warrant has not been executed and the target of that warrant has also not been identified, although TMZ is the only Web site or television show claiming to have independently acquired the picture.

She looks really good! What do you guys think?

What do you think?

D.Woods, ex-Danity Kane member, talks about her solo album and gives us a little A Capella of her song called "On My Side"



What do you think, especially about the thing on her head?

Hear the full version below

Sadly, his new album, New Jack City II, is selling horribly.

Nice to see her show a little more personality.

Kelly Rowland, from Destiny's Child, performed "When Love Takes Over" live in Miami. I'm not feeling that weave much but she killed that performance.



What do you think?

Electrik Red (R&B) - "We F**k You (Remix) Feat. Ludacris"

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Usher was recently photographed with his eldest son and the IslandDahl has the pictures just for you guys. What do you think?