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| KENNETH 'BABYFACE' EDMONDS IS A NEW DAD! Blog |
A baby for "Babyface": Grammy-winning R&B singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his girlfriend Nicole Pantenburg have welcomed their first child together, the couple confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.
Daughter Peyton Nicole Edmonds was born in Los Angeles at 6:55 p.m. on Sept. 9, weighing 5 lbs., 7 oz.
"Nicole and I couldn't be happier to have a new baby girl in the family," Edmonds tells PEOPLE. "And my two sons are thrilled to have a little sister."The singer-songwriter-producer is also the dad to Brandon, 12, and Dylan, 7, with ex-wife Tracey Edmonds.
Besides his own hit songs, which include "Whip Appeal" and "Change the World", Edmonds has written for Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and Whitney Houston, among others.
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| NE-YO HAS 'GOTTA STOP JUDGING BOOKS BY THEIR COVER' Blog |
Call it a lesson learned for singer-songwriter Ne-Yo.
"I really gotta stop judging books by their cover," the R&B star, who recently logged studio time with Michael Bolton, tells PEOPLE. "I was expecting him to be really up tight. But he wasn't! He was so relaxed, cool and down to earth."
Ne-Yo, whose album Year of the Gentleman hits stores Tuesday, is getting his character flaw in check – he even issued an apology to pop star Lindsay Lohan in August for doubting her musical abilities.While Ne-Yo and Bolton spent several hours at a Los Angeles studio, the duo recorded "Call My Name." The song is "about a mistake that a woman has made in choosing between two guys, and he's letting her know 'I'm here regardless; call my name and I'm there,' " Ne-Yo says.
"We sat and talked about all kinds of stuff – how he's newly single, marriage, the road – he was honestly one of the cooler sessions I've been in this year."
Could the song's lyrics have any personal meaning for Bolton, who ended his engagement to Nicollette Sheridan in August?
"Kinda sort of," says Ne-Yo. "But we both agreed that we had been in that boat before."
Many CollaboratorsThese days Bolton is just one of many artists on Ne-Yo's list of collaborators. The in-demand star is still submitting songs for Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson's upcoming albums, too.
"[Michael] will tell me which ones he likes and which ones he doesn't like," says Ne-Yo. "He said, 'Just makes sure it's melodic and something relatable.' He likes a lot of today's music but equally doesn't like a lot of it."
"[Michael] says that if we were to take what Chris [Brown] does with his body and what I do with my voice, then that would be the ultimate Michael Jackson," Ne-Yo says.
Next up for the singer-songwriter? A collaboration with Marilyn Manson.
"I have no idea what it's gonna sound like and I have no idea what I can do for him, but I'm damn excited to figure it out and I know I have the capacity to do it."
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| LYNNE SPEARS TO BRITNEY: YOU'RE STILL MY "BRAVE LITTLE GIRL" Blog |
In her new memoir Through the Storm, Lynne Spears claims her daughter has overcome her troubles of the past few years and is regaining her "glorious voice."
She adds that they're close again and that Britney
remains a "brave little girl who sang to the skies" so long ago, according to The Associated Press, which obtained an early copy of the 211-page book (out Sept. 16 by Christian publisher Thomas Nelson).
See Britney Spears' baby photo.
Among the highlights:
--She denies pushing Britney into show business, adding that her daughter was always focusing on achievement. (Performing by age 3, Britney was constantly practicing to the music of Madonna and Whitney Houston; friends claimed she'd be a Broadway star.)
--She says she first felt she was losing control of Britney after the debut of " ... Baby One More Time," when she posed in panties and a bra for a 1999 Rolling Stone story.
--She says she felt "shock and dismay" at seeing her daughter shave her head, at her brief marriages to Jason Alexander and Kevin Federline and her highly publicized custody battles over her two children.
--She writes that she felt "punched in the stomach" when she learned that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant at age 16. (Lynne famously sold the story to OK! magazine for $1 million.)
--She praises Federline as a "caring daddy" and says Britney is "an amazing mother," but only when at her best.
--She fondly remembers Justin Timberlake, but says the willful nature of the young couple helped break them up.
--She writes that she was distraught as then-manager Sam Lufti told her he was grinding pills and putting them in Britney's food, hoping to induce a coma that would enable doctors to cure her of all addictions. She calls her daughter's two hospitalizations this year a "turning point"
Look back at Britney and Lynne Spears through the years.
Usmagazine
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