Issues Regarding Celebrity Breakups

Monday, April 7th, 2008

What truly sets celebrity breakups apart from those of the rest of society is the issue of money.The law states that when you separate you should still be accommodated to the point that your lifestyle is equivalent to the one you were living while married. celebrities are still people and I am in no way trying to dispute that. Society does have to admit that the breakups we have can in no way shape or form hold a flame to the volcanic eruptions known as a celebrity breakup.

I am not implying that us regular folk’s don’t have our fair share of drama and breakups as well, but I don’t think anyone wants to make the argument that ours are of the same magnitude as these celebrities are. Although it is a fact that you can turn on Jerry Springer and see some outrageous regular people not even they can match up to the Hollywood breakup.

How many times have you seen celebrities eyes light up as they are asked a question about their new partner and then have them answer the question with such glee? Skip forward a few months and these same celebrities aren’t able to answer the question of whether they are still together or not! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you have no comment you are most likely no longer together.It is truly fascinating to see these celebrities come on Oprah’s show and pronounce their undying love for their new sweetheart. The truly comical aspect of this is that these same celebrities were on the show no more then a year earlier professing their love for someone else.The biggest joke and critique that was often made about shows like Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose place and Dawson’s creek was that sooner or later everyone on these shows will end up dating each other! Have you taken a look at Hollywood lately.Although we are often reminded that it is not okay to judge, and celebrities’ lives are truly under a microscope on a daily basis, many of us find ourselves asking why these celebrities even bother getting together in the first place.

In normal society you can have breakups occur that can be quite troubling but for some strange reason celebrities tend to have the downright nastiest of breakups. If it’s not about meeting a new lover on a movie set then it’s about cheating with another high profile celebrity’s partner. Well when some of these celebrities are worth one hundred million dollars plus its plain to see how these breakups can get disturbingly nasty.The fact of the matter is many of these celebrities stay married longer simply due to them not wanting to have to go to court and split up their money.None of us are in a position of having seen 50 million dollars or more vanish before our eyes in a divorce settlement. One extremely shocking case was when a billionaire hotel owner was forced to pay three hundred thousand dollars a month in child support alone.

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Jonas Brothers Tour - The First Ten Peformances for 2008

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Finally it’s here, opening for the sale of Jonas Brothers Tour tickets that have started last March 29, 2008. If you want the best seating for the two-year Jonas Brothers Tour, check these performances:

July 4 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre

July 5 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theater

July 6 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest (**tickets on sale now)

July 8 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center

July 9 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

July 11 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion

July 12 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

July 15 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View

July 16 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre

July 17 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion

JONAS BROTHERS LAUNCHES FAN CLUB

With the existence of numerous internet site that supports and assist the Jonas Brothers fans, the boys still managed to create their own official fan club “Team Jonas”. There some words spreading around that special preference will be given to the members of the fan club like having priority choices in seating for Jonas Brothers tour concerts. We hope that the management and staff of this fan club have picked up some things to avoid from Hannah Montana fan club.

Still remember when the Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus fan club organizers got a lawsuit filed against them for failing to meet the expectations of the fan club members not getting the concert tickets special treatment?

JONAS BROTHERS TOURS AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

The Jonas Brothers get back right in action by having their own “Look Me In the Eyes” concert series as part of the two-year concerts as soon they completed backing up the Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds concert. It was a succession of performances that wildly captivated the throngs of teenagers.

With the excitement still fresh from their recent performance concert tour’s wrap-up, the Jonas Brothers are already getting lined for the next Jonas Brothers tour concert which will kick off in Toronto, Canada.

The brothers are also slated to star in their own TV series acronymed J.O.N.A.S. for Junior Operatives Networking As Spies. This looks like “Agent: Cody Banks” multiplied to the power of three! It would be something to look forward to by the fans as the brothers face danger and adventures as government secret agents.

The recent Jonas Brothers tours: “Look Me in The Eyes” concert series was also played over Disney Channel as “Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream”. It is slated to be aired sometime in spring of 2008. Can’t you see the resemblance of this with “Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds” concert movie? The title concept and the re-issue of this part of Jonas Brothers tours sounds similar as compared to the Hannah Montana tours.

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Journey Band Reborn With Filipino Lead Singer

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Journey band, the very popular rock band back in the 70’s got the boost they have been waiting for:a new lead singer. Ever heard of Arnel Pineda? He’s a Pinoy talent and a veteran performing some gigs in the Philippines and overseas. Originally performed with the Zoo band in Quezon City and got flown to the America for an audition. And the usual saying goes, his story is like the modern Cinderella story.

Arnel Pineda hardly had enough to get used to his instant challenges and getting used to international status quo being with the Journey band. This added the extra pressure in getting ready to perform and please 15,000 Chilean Journey fans. This extra ordinary experience for Arnel Pineda just added the fire in his first international concert performance that was just nothing but exceptional.

In the beginning of the performance it was like kind of getting the groove and feel for Arnel Pineda and Journey band. Who wouldn’t after being quiet for quite sometime? Some even wondered that they seemed like singing while reading a script from a teleprompter.

Eventually, everything started to warm up. But it only got really hot and cozy when the Journey band’s lead singer belted out the very popular ballad, “Open Arms.” Latinos are a very passionate people, Arnel Pineda, a Filipino, sang passionately-and boy, it was awesome. After that song, everything went well like everybody found their comfort zone. The “Monster” was tamed!

Arnel Pineda’s singing of “Faithfully” just caught everyone’s heart with excitement. What used to be doubts of his capability to be with Journey finally disappeared. The “Monster” was transformed to Arnel and the rest of Journey band, claiming their long lost position of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Encore after encore was asked of the Journey band. The last song even took longer to take off because the musical equipment were already either turned off, or disconnected. But man, was it a blast! The feverish crowd, Arnel Pineda finally proving his worth, and the rest of the Journey band finally plugging off any trace of doubt on their new singer’s worth.

Neal Schon acted like a very proud father of a son he introduced to everyone, Jonathan Cain (over-heard to be not so pleased with Arnel Pineda) is now proclaiming Arnel “is the real deal”, Ross Valory constantly flashes that otherwise so rare smile, and Deen Castronovo gave Arnel a humble vow after the show.

This is something like a substance of a mushy Cinderella story, really?

It’s a Cinderella story for Arnel Pineda and it’s complete opposite for Journey band where they take the place of Lazarus who came back from the dead.

Experts started to say that Journey has turned to “Greatest Hits” band. Schon, Cain, Valory, and Castronovo are savoring from Journey’s past glory days. The crafted new songs but none of them seems to hit it like the earlier days. They might have some of the original fans or followers but these folks could either go or stick around supporting Journey’s music and talents.

Steve Augeri, and Jason Scot Soto are both outstanding performers, but they just want to have Journey’s popularity to go for another mile. Adding Arnel Pineda, Journey band just got retrofitted without changing its old persona. Arnel Pineda’s clear high voice, and soulful version of the the songs keeps the old fashion “Journey” atmosphere.

Gradually, Arnel Pineda, as Journey’s lead singer, his contributions to the band doesn’t end there. Being Asian, his vibrant energy, his really “rock” version and style could provide a new way of penetrating the admiration of today’s generation both in America and internationally.

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