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Have Gaddafi stars gone far enough?
Beyonce, Nelly Furtado and Mariah Carey have all tried to repair any damage that their links to the tainted regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may have caused them.
On Monday, Furtado tweeted that she would give away the $1 million she earned for just 45 minutes performing before the clan in Italy in 2007. OK, it’s a start, but when, and to whom, and how will anyone know?
Then Beyonce issued a statement saying she had already donated her Gaddafi-stained fee to a Haiti charity. This is also problematic. Judging by comments which stories on this issue have prompted, some people want to know for sure that the money Beyonce so admirably gave to a good cause was the money she earned from the New Year’s Eve concert hosted by one of the Libyan leader’s sons. Otherwise, they argue, the singer is merely avoiding coughing up another million in addition to money she already decided to give.
And finally came Mariah Carey, who took to the web on Thursday with her own response. She, like Beyonce, has been embarrassed by her participation in Gaddafi-hosted New Year’s eve parties on the Caribbean island of St. Barts, a predicament her PR team described as “a slight pr problem”.
Will Britney pull it off at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards?
After a disastrous peformance at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, pop singer Britney Spears will be back again for this year’s ceremony — but this time as a nominee.
Spears is nominated in the “Best Female Video” category for “Piece of Me”. She is up against Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Jordin Sparks and newcomer Katy Perry for the award that will be announced on Sunday, Sept 7, at the MTV’s 25th annual Video Music Awards.
