USHER, ADELE –THE WINNER IS?

Singers Usher and Adele will head the R charge in music at the upcoming Nickelodeon's 26th annual Kids' Choice Awards. Announced yesterday, both artist will battle top Pop superstars for Male and Female Singer of the Year. Usher will go up against his protégé Justin Bieber, along with Bruno Mars and Blake Shelton while Adele will battle Katy Perry, Pink, and Taylor Swift. Hosted by Josh Duhamel, the awards show will be held on March 23rd live from the Galen Center in Los Angeles. Voting in the 22 categories begins on Thursday, February 14, 2013 on KCAs official website.

 

BEYONCE SPEAK ABOUT FIRING DAD

Though Beyonce fired her longtime manager, Mathew Knowles, in 2011, she has never fully addressed her reasons for severing professional ties with her father, until now. At the time, the singer's decision was rumored to have been a consequence of her parents' 2009 divorce, and subsequent reports that her Knowles had fathered a son out of wedlock with actress Alexsandra Wright. In an hour-long interview with Oprah Winfrey, which will air on Oprah's OWN network just before Beyonce's Life is But a Dream doc premieres on HBO, Beyonce reveals that it was actually her relationship with her father, rather than his extramarital affair, which inspired her decision  Read more here