Beloved rapper Heavy D was one of the celebrity casualties of this year. The news of his death rocked the music industry, but the speculation about how he died was also something that took over the mindspace of the entertainment news industry. According to a post by Entertainment Weekly, a coroner has finally given the cause of death. According to Entertainment Weekly, there was not just one cause, but several causes. According to the coroner’s report, Heavy D died from a pulmonary embolism–a condition that is blockage of the main artery to the lungs– as well as a deep leg-vein thrombosis–a condition that causes blood clots to form–as well as…

I’m not a big fan of football itself, but I’m a fan of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. That’s all the Super Bowl means to me. In my personal opinion, the recent halftime shows have been lacking or somehow less than what they should be. I think with the booking of a certain Material Girl for next year, the Halftime Show is going to be quite awesome. According to Entertainment Weekly, Madonna has been confirmed as the performer for the auspicious occasion. According to the site, she will collaborate with Cirque Du Soleil and Jamie King. It already sounds like a better show than last year’s which had the Black…

Little Monsters had their palettes whetted with the teaser trailer and “The Prelude Pathétique” clip from the upcoming Lady Gaga video “Marry the Night.” Thursday, December 1, is when fans will finally get to see the oft-tweeted about music video. The 13-minute video will be the directorial debut for Gaga and will air exclusively on E! the night of December 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The video will then be run throughout the weekend as part of a half-hour special that includes an exclusive interview with the singer/performer. The video for “Marry the Night” will also be available for viewing on Eonline.com Thursday night as well as through VEVO and…

Rihanna was recently listed on ShockYa’s “Top 10 Most Scandalous Celebrities” list, so it’s not surprise that the singer would make headlines again for scandalous behavior. According to MTV and The Telegraph, Rihanna offended many people in the audience in the U.K. and France with her performance on “The X Factor UK” and her music video, “We Found Love.” Her outfit–which was a preppy plaid dress– wasn’t the problem, it was her shoes. Her punk shoes with writing written on them had one phrase that made people very angry. The phrase in question–”F— Off.” According to the spokesperson for the show, there were no close-ups of the shoes. “We believe…

Little Monsters might be excited to know that a teaser clip from Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night” music video has been released! Entertainment Weekly has given their rundown on the clip, which you can read by clicking here. Here’s my take: The clip shows Gaga on a gurney with two stylish nurses pushing her to what looks like the main part of a mental institution. Gaga appears to be knocked out (how, I don’t know), and as we see her being pushed by the nurses, she gives us a voiceover explaining how she remembers things in her life the way she wants to remember them. “…[T]ruthfully, the lie of it…

The creative director for Lady Gaga, Laurieann Gibson has decided to step down from her post. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cause hasn’t been revealed yet, but from past reports of Gibson and Gaga butting head, particularly with the “Judas” music video, some tension might have been part of the reason for the split, such as MediaTakeOut, who was the first to break the news on the split, citing that Gibson and Gaga had a “bitter fight.” It’s also not clear if she’s been fired, but she states that she has decided to “step away.” According to her official statement, she is happy with the work she has done…

Recently, ShockYa reported on the re-filing of a lawsuit against CBS Interactive by FilmOn’s Alki David and the Justice for Artists Coalition. Two of the artists who joined in re-filing the lawsuit, rapper and record producer Doug E. Fresh and DJ Chipman, have given their reasons, through their management, for going against CBS Interactive. “We only follow the law. If we infringe on the copyright of a CBS property when we sample, we have to pay,” said Doug E. Fresh. “Its only fair that CBS should pay for profiting from knowingly promoting software that illegally distributes our music.” “I have had my career totally destroyed,” said DJ Chipman (known for…

Here’s one thing Lady Gaga has yet to do–age herself! Katy Perry puts on the prosthetics and wig in order to become herself as an old woman in her new music video, “The One That Got Away.” The synopsis of the video, as The Huffington Post reports, involves an older Perry reflecting on her partying lifestyle she led as a younger woman and how she might have let the man of her dreams slip through her fingers. Perry is wearing a white wig and a matching dress, being with her husband in their home. I’m assuming the old Perry is in the 21st century, because it seems like the younger…

Popdust has done many “Magic Box” interviews that end up revealing a lot you didn’t know about your favorite stars in the music world, and this one with former Backstreet Boy Howie D is no different. In the interview featured below as well as at Popdust, Howie D answers questions about his celebrity crush, (Britney Spears), embarrasing nicknames, (“Dough Boy,” a nickname that he said actually scared him so badly that he can’t go into doughnut shops), and his horror story dealing with tequila (which caused him not to even want to smell the drink for six years). He also talks about the least favorite Backstreet Boys song that the…

Adele had been going through a bit of a rough spot after having bleeding in her vocal chords. According to Entertainment Weekly and Los Angeles Times, a spokesman at the Massachusetts General Hospital said that the 23-year-old singer has had a successful laser microsurgery on her vocals in order to stop the hemorrhaging, which was occurring due to a benign polyp. “This condition is typically the result of unstable blood vessel in the vocal cord that can rupture,” said the spokesman, according to the Los Angeles Times. The spokesman went on to say that due to the advice of her doctor and voice therapist in the U.K. Adele came to…