Mary J. Blige claims British group Soul II Soul saved her life

The 'Family Affair' hitmaker claims the group's track 'Keep On Moving' turned her life around and gave her hope during her early years growing up in the tough housing projects of New York.

She said:"'Keep On Moving"saved my life. That record just seemed like it shed some light in my life. It just felt so warm and good. We needed that when we were growing up in the projects. I first heard that song on the radio, and just blasted it. I'm serious. It was our song ' a black people's song."

Mary never forgot her roots after becoming a global R&B star and has supported a number of charities including establishing her Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN) which offers scholarships and programmes whose aim is to foster self-esteem and career development in people usually from more deprived backgrounds.

The foundation recently announced an auction to raise money, which has seen Christina Aguilera donate tickets to her TV show 'The Voice' and Jay-Z offer an internship at his music management and publishing company Roc Nation among generous gifts from many other stars.

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Lady Gaga 'spoon-fed' music by her parents

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Brett Anderson announces live dates

Brett Anderson releases a brand new solo album 'Black Rainbows' on EMI Records on Sep 26.

The album sees Brett return to the rock format he is most identified with through his work with Suede and is the first rock album he has made for 6 years. It was conceived over a 3 day session in January last year when Brett, producer Leo Abrahams, Seb Rochford and Leopold Ross worked on 20 different pieces, which gradually evolved into songs.

Anderson describes the album as 'restless, noisy and dynamic. Electric guitars, bass, drums and vocals ' no flute players, no strings, no gimmicks, just passion'.

The album is preceded by the single 'Brittle Heart' which is available as a download on August 15.

Both the single and album were produced by Leo Abrahams and appear as part of a new deal with EMI Records.

Brett will play two live dates in October, for which tickets go on sale this Friday, May 20.

The dates are:

Oct 11 MANCHESTER CLUB ACADEMY

OCT 12 LONDON KOKO

Suede play the first of three nights at London's Brixton Academy tonight, May 19. Their studio catalogue is released in expanded, re-mastered audio and DVD formats starting on May 30 with their classic debut 'Suede'. The catalogue is released by Demon/Edsel.

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Lady Gaga keeps 'giving birth to little monsters'

The 'Born This Way' hitmaker ' who has dubbed her fans her 'little monsters' ' explained while she is looking forward to starting a family in the future, she is concentrating on keeping her followers happy at the moment.

She said: ' think at some point, yeah, I'll have a family and babies and all those things, but not right now.

"Not for a while. Right now I have lots of fans. I'm giving birth to lots of little monsters, so I need to keep down the stretch marks."

The 25-year-old singer ' real name Stefani Germanotta ' revealed she is also hoping to make her directorial debut behind the camera in the future.

She added to E! News: ' think if anything I might do something directorial first. I'm really just a musician and a pop singer and I just want to keep making records. Right now I'm just really excited about the new tour."

Lady Gaga also admitted the egg she hatched out of at this year's Grammy Awards has not been put away for good, and she might bring it out again during her upcoming tour.

Asked whether fans can expect to see the egg again, she said: ' don't know. I talk about that a lot. Right now, it's just sort of an endless performance piece have to do with this idea of rebirth and death and the cycle of life.'

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John Legend wants to help Cheryl Cole launch her music career in the US

John Legend wants to help Cheryl Cole launch her music career in the US.

The 'Save Room' singer is a huge fan of the new judge of 'The X Factor' US, and although he won't be tuning in to watch the show, he has offered to her establish her as a solo star in America.

He said: 'Whatever Cheryl needs, I'm glad to help. But I'm sure she will be fine.

't's big her getting the job on 'X Factor' USA. A lot of people don't know her in the States but they will now.

"I'm not much of a talent show watcher so I won't be tuning in personally. When you do it professionally it's hard to watch talent shows, but I know it's good for everybody else so I'll just be a little snob in my corner while the rest of world is tuning in.'

John is also desperate to play more shows in the UK and is hoping to be invited for some festivals this summer.

He told the Daily Star newspaper: ''ve done festivals everywhere but in the UK. I heard the track I did with Magnetic Man went down well in the UK which I'm happy about.

' was there in November with The Roots and that was fabulous. We played 'Jools Holland' which was a lot of fun.'

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James Blunt has urged people to 'reward' public servants with sex

The 'You're Beautiful' hitmaker - who has dated model Petra Nemcova and British socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson ' insists no one should aspire to sleep with a famous person, because they are not necessarily good in bed, and there are others more deserving of affection.

He said:"Just because someone is famous it doesn't mean they will be a great s**g.

"Aid workers, teachers, doctors, nurses, the military - people who save lives are who you should aim to sleep with. Think of it as a reward for what they do for the world."

The former soldier also spoke of his closeness to Sir Elton John ' but insisted he has no desire to sleep with the musical legend.

He told The Sun newspaper:"I have never slept with Elton but he's sort of my uber-manager.

"His management team look after me and I have gone out on the road with Elton. He's a generous, kind man."

The 37-year-old singer has previously admitted that he considers sex an"important"aspect of his life.

He said:"Sex is as important to me as it is to the next man."

And although he has enjoyed the company of many beautiful women he hopes he will one day settle with The One because he envies his loved-up friends.

He said:"The happiest friends I know are in close-knit relationships with children who make them smile."

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Mariah Carey was visited by Child Protective Services shortly after giving birth to her twins

The singer and husband Nick Cannon ' who became parents to son Moroccan Scott and daughter Monroe on April 30 ' were shocked when she was accused of putting the babies at risk by drinking alcohol and taking drugs in her hospital room, with the 'America's Got Talent' host branding the allegations 'ridiculous'.

He told TV talk show host Piers Morgan:"Recently, the Child Protective Services were called with allegations that there was some drinking and drugs and all that going on, wild in the hospital, which makes no sense to me - how would a hospital allow that?

't all started when a nurse suggested to my wife that if you drink Guinness, the dark beer, the yeast improves breastfeeding. I don't know if someone heard that, but then they were saying my wife was drinking beer. People will do anything to try to conjure up a story.

' spoke to the person from the Child Protective Services, I was like, 'This is ridiculous. We're going to make sure that this isn't a case.'

'To even have to deal with that, my wife in the state that she's in, we're in the hospital, to even have to think about someone possibly wanting to investigate your children. it's sad at the end of the day.'

Nick, 30, also admitted he is astonished at the lengths people have gone to with their attempts to get pictures of the babies.

He added: 'There's been photographers actually in the hospital posing as different people or people trying to get pictures of the kids, which is really sad when you think about people trying to make a buck off newborn babies."

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