CELEBRITY APPRENTICE

Michael Jackson’s Thriller – A National Treasure

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is going down in U.S. history as a national treasure. The video will has been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress last Wednesday. It's the first music video named to the registry.

"Because of the way the recording industry is evolving and changing, we thought it would be good to go back to the development of an earlier seismic shift, which was the development of the music video" says Steve Leggett, coordinator of the National Film Preservation Board.

Alongside “Thriller” 24 other films including 1979's "The Muppet Movie", 1957 sci-fi epic "The Incredible Shrinking Man", "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968), and "Jezebel" (1938), which starred Bette Davis were also inducted.

Movies inducted at the National Film Registry are not selected for how good they are, but for the importance they contributed to U.S. history.

It’s a shame that Michael Jackson isn’t here anymore to witness this amazing honor.

Mariah Carey’s Madison Square Garden Performance!

Mariah Carey welcomed the New Year by performing in front of a packed audience of screaming fans at Madison Square Garden in New York! She came on stage in a red sleigh singing her hit single “All I Want For Christmas Is You (remix)”.

Later on, her husband Nick Cannon joined her for her first kiss of the new year as she finished singing “Auld Lang Syne”.

Mariah will start her tour “Angels Advocate” tomorrow at Atlantic City.

Here’s the full schedule:

Jan. 2 – Atlantic City, NJ – The Borgata
Jan. 15 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand at Foxwoods
Jan. 16 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand at Foxwoods
Jan. 19 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
Jan. 21 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Jan. 25 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
Jan. 27 – Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall
Jan. 30 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre
Feb. 1 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
Feb. 4 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Feb. 6 – Ottawa, ON – Scotiabank Place
Feb. 9 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Feb. 10 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
Feb. 13 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
Feb. 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Northrop Auditorium
Feb. 18 – Grand Prairie, TX – Nokia Theatre
Feb. 20 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre
Feb. 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
Feb. 26 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
Feb. 27 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theater

The remixed version of “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” will be released on February 23rd.

New Jay-Z Video – On To The Next One

“On To The Next One” is Jay-Z’s newest single and video, released last night, very fitting for the switch to the new year and decade. The song was produced by Swizz-Beats and was officially released on Carson Daly’s New Year’s Countdown.

The black and white video has a dark theme, some scary images, but all in all could be considered to be an artistic video. After all, 2009 showed that shocking out of the ordinary videos do work.

Check it out for yourselves, and don’t hesitate to leave your comments.

Alicia Keys Free Online Concert

Alicia Keys is giving her fans the best present this year, a free live online concert from the Apollo Theatre on January 7th at 9pm EST/6pm PST. The concert will be shown through BillboardLive.com.

BillboardLive.com is using new technology that allows fans to watch free concerts broadcast in HD via iPhone or iPod Touch.

The live performance will be available at the Web site by simply logging on and securely downloading the Microsoft Silverlight and OWL (Our World Live) HD player onto their computer free of charge.

Alicia Keys will also be presenting new talented artists which will also perform during this special occasion.

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Alicia Keys will also be the first musical guest of 2010 on SNL, this January 9th. She will be joining basketball legend Charles Barkley who will be the first host of the year.

Rihanna Rocks Abu Dhabi!

I have to say that I’m proud of Rihanna, she performed in Abu Dhabi and was asked to dress more conservately, but it doesn’t seem that she paid much attention for that, and good for her! She should stay who she is and perform however she wants.

The crowd loved it and enjoyed lots of her hits such as “Don’t Stop The Music”, “Hate That I Love You”, “SOS”, and finished off with “Umbrella”.

Watch an HQ version of her performance here!

Also, here are the first dates for Rihanna’s 2010 tour:

FRANCE DATES:

Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon | 20 April
Le Dome, Marseille | 21 April
Bercy, Paris | 28 April

OTHER EUROPEAN DATES:

UK DATES:

Birmingham LG Arena | 07 May

U2 Tops North American Tour Sales

U2 hasn’t done so well with the sales of their latest album “No Line on the Horizon”, selling 1.06 million copies in the United States. However, their tour was the all time hit of the North American tours for 2009!

The band sold $123 million worth of tickets to its stadium tour, while Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band came in second with $94.5 million.

The band played to 1.3 million people at 20 shows on the North American leg of its world tour, and charged an average of $93.77. The tickets were pretty pricey, but if U2 is one of your favorite band, it sure was worth it.

U2’s 360 Tour will continue this year, dates will be announced soon on their official website.

Jennifer Lopez - Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

Ryan Seacrest managed to convince Jennifer Lopez to perform on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. She performed “Louboutins”, “Waiting For Tonight”, and “Let’s Get Loud” wearing a cat suits with studded diamonds. Jennifer looked amazing, and proved that' she’s still got it!

Ryan Seacrest even said: “That outfit has made my year!”

'You didn't think I could do that in the rain did you?' Jennifer Lopez said after risking a major wardrobe malfunction with a hugely energetic routine.