BLACK EYE PEAS AND USHER ADDED TO SUPERBOWL HALF-TIME BUT THEY ARE NOT REVEALING THE PLAYLIST.

Even the Black Eyed Peas are protecting their Super Bowl playlist. During a news conference on Thursday, the group declined to reveal the set list for their scheduled halftime appearance during Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers — but said they’re ready to give an energy-packed performance.“We want everybody to have a good time and just dance, party,” will.i.am said about the performance that’s expected to include R&B star Usher and former Guns ’N Roses guitarist Slash.

“Hopefully we will bring the heat because it’s cold as hell here in Dallas,” said Black Eyed Peas band member Taboo.The band spoke at a news conference in downtown Dallas on the third consecutive day of subfreezing temperatures during a rare cold spell that greeted the first Super Bowl week in North Texas. More

Lol...That's my girl Fergie. Fergie ain't revealing nothing!

I GOT A FEELING: WILL.I.AM DOES NOT WANT A NEW JACKSON ALBUM.

Photo: Keminications Media

A new Michael Jackson album is expected by the end of the year, culled from unreleased material in his vaults. But Jackson collaborator and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am is vehemently opposed to the idea.

"I don't think that should ever come out. That's bad," he said. "He was a perfectionist and he wouldn't have wanted it that way. How you gonna release Michael Jackson when Michael Jackson ain't here to bless it?"

Will.i.am collaborated with Jackson on the rerelease of "Thriller" in 2008 with remixed versions of some of the album's classic songs. He said Jackson was very particular about all aspects of his musical productions, from his vocals to arrangements to instrumentation.

"Now that he is not part of the process, what are they doing? Why would you put a record out like that? Because he was a friend of mine, I just think that's disrespectful," he said. "What's wrong with what he already contributed to the world?"

The Jackson estate did not respond to a request for comment.

When asked about the high demand for any new Jackson music, will.i.am replied: "So what? You don't disrespect someone when they're gone. ... How much can you suck from his energy? ... Freaking parasites!"

Not much is known about what will be on the album, but Michael's brother Jackie has said he and brother Marlon were working on the record with John McClain, Jackson's former manager and executor of his estate.

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What's this? Did he tell that to Biggie and Tupac's moms? Must be scared the MJ will topple BEP on the charts or something

MY FRIEND STACY GETS HER OWN PERFUME DEAL

Black Eyed Peas star FERGIE is the latest celebrity to launch her own perfume. The Fergalicious singer - real name Stacy Ferguson - has teamed up with beauty giant Avon to bottle her signature scent, which hits stores next year (2010). And the pop star insists she's honored to join the growing list of A-list stars, including Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Hudson and Salma Hayek, who have worked with Avon.

She tells WWD.com, "Each one (Avon celebrity) is completely different, but they are all wonderful, strong women who have a purpose. It was very important to me to bring what I have to the table. I’m a bit more rock ’n’ roll than some of the other artists, and Avon has really allowed my personality to come through." The new venture was announced in the same week it emerged Fergie is buying a stake in the football team, the Miami Dolphins.

Congrats to Fergie!!

PEREZ IS SAD: GIVE HIM SOME LOVE. YOU KNOW IT WAS ALL A STUNT?

A New Statement from Perez Hilton

Filed under: Gay Gay Gay > Personally Perez > Sad Sad

From the heart:

"Words can hurt. I know that very well, from both sides of the fence. The other night in Toronto, after feeling physically threatened by a verbally abusive Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, I chose the most hurtful word I know to hurl at him. I was in an out-of-the ordinary situaton and used a word that I would not utter under normal circumstances. My intention - however misguided it may have been - was to stand up for myself and tell this belligerent man that I had enough of his badgering and was not going to continue to let him berate and intimidate me. I wanted to hurt him with the word I chose, not anyone else. Unfortunately, the one who got hurt was me and, subsequently, a lot of other people. I wish none of it had happened. I can't take it back. I did what I thought was best at the moment to stand up for myself in a non-violent yet still assertive way. Clearly, I am not homophobic. Also, I am not nor have I ever claimed to be a spokesperson for the gay community. I am just speaking for myself, a gay man. One who is labeled "flamboyant" in the media. An American that is not granted equal rights under the law. I will continue to speak out for equality and I will continue to say things that upset both gay people and straight people. Who I am as a person and what I do for a living are two separate things. I've come to terms with all my incongruities and am proud of who I am and what I do. In closing, words can hurt. But words should not provoke someone to violence. Stripped away from the mask of Perez Hilton, I have been extremely bothered by the public reaction to my assault. Violence should never be condoned with such statements as "It's Karma" or "I don't believe in violence but….". In fact, several television and radio shows over the past couple of days echoed the sentiment "He had it coming". Would they have said the same thing if I was a woman? Would I have "deserved it" if I had been stabbed? Or shot? Or killed? I was attacked from behind without warning and repeatedly punched in the head in a cold, disgusting and unnecessarily violent manner by Polo Molina, the road manager for the Black Eyed Peas, who I did not even speak with that evening. I did not share any words with him and his assault on me was completely unprovoked. I feel like everything happens for a reason and I leave this traumatic experience as a person with more compassion. Specifically, there was an instance last year when actor Jesse Metcalfe was attacked outside of a Hollywood nightclub by a fellow entertainer. I did not condone the violence, but I did make light of that situation. I regret that. Sincerely. There are many ways to deal with disagreements, both good and bad, but violence is never the answer. Never. I now know that first-hand. It should not be condoned, promoted or accepted. No one "deserves" to be the victim of violence. No one "has it coming." NO ONE. And victims should not be ridiculed. I look forward to marching for equality in Washington, D.C. this October. And I look forward to standing up for my rights in a Toronto courtroom shortly, as I fully intend to seek every lawful remedy against the man that attacked me."

- Perez Hilton
June 23, 2009
Los Angeles, California

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Source: Perezhilton.com

Give Perez some love! Calling Will.i.am a "faggot" is no big deal! It's like calling a black man Motherfockn nigga if he were to call me a "bitch ass." These are "slurry terms" we all use. Both men are highly intelligent and talented and have their faults. Free Speech is important and Perez writes what he feels and W sings what he wishes. GREAT STUNT GUYS! Sorry Eminem and Sasha Cohen! This one's better and it works better out of the country!

BOOM BOOM POW? MY TAKE ON THE "BLACK EYE" THAT PEREZ HILTON SUFFERED!

The FOX News story below but I spent most of the last hours of the MMVA as in 11.15pm with Will.i.am and Perez Hilton. Perez left with Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas while Will.i.am, Fergie and the rest of the group and entourage were making videos and chilling. Will even did a video of me on his phone saying "good job on that Obama campaign." Who was that guy who shoved me in front of Fergie and said "Fergie's gotta go." Fergalicious looked at him and said....I am TAKING THIS PICTURE! Just heard that was Polo Molina!!!!

That is the picture of my 2004 autograph by Will.i.am without her. She was in the bathroom and they were calling me next door to interview Pharrell. For 5 years when this picture was seen, it was like everyone said "Where's Fergie?" Fergie even chilled with me for a few moments. W signed my chest in the picture.

See what Will.i.am had to say in response to Perez

THE WHOLE THING IS A PR STUNT. I'M TELLING YA! I WAS WITH THEM BOTH AT E-TALK BEFORE WE ALL LEFT.

This is the room everyone was last seen at 11.45pm!! E-Talk is Canada's #1 Entertainment show. It's just like ET and Insider, ONLY BETTER! Hosted by Tanya Kim and Canadian Idol Host Ben Mulroney.

Perez Hilton and Black Eyed Peas singer Will.I.Am have posted video statements giving two very different accounts of an alleged assault of the gossip blogger outside a nightclub early Monday morning.

Perez Hilton Twittered that he was bleeding after being assaulted by a member of the Black Eyed Peas outside a party at the club Cobra following the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, Canada on Sunday night.

"I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards," the gossip blogger wrote on his Twitter account. "I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke."

Hilton continued in three subsequent tweets:

"Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel."

"I spoke to my lawyer. I really need to talk to the authorities. Please come to the SoHo Met Hotel. Have called the police. Need them here."

"The Toronto police are here now. Thank you. Please stop calling them."

Will.I.Am posted his own online video statement early Monday morning telling his side of the story. The singer said fellow Black Eyed Peas member Fergie had approached Hilton at an afterparty at the club Ultra and asked what the blogger had against their group. Fergie then relayed the back-and-forth to Will.I.Am, who described the blogger as being "rude."

At a subsequent afterparty at Cobra, Will.I.Am says he and Hilton exchanged words. "So I go up to him and say, 'Hey, can you do me a favor, Perez?... Can you not be so blatantly rude to our group on your website? That's just wrong - you don't have to be disrespectful,'" Will.I.Am said in his video statement. "He said, 'I don't respect you.' I was like, 'What? Ok, if you don't respect me that's cool.'

Will.I.Am then says Perez called him "a f**got" at which point "the fans get all crazy and start on Perez Hilton. I'm just sitting there minding my own business waiting for a car."

However, the entertainment website TMZ reported that the general manager of the Black Eyed Peas -- Polo Molina -- had turned himself in to Toronto police early Monday morning. Hilton corroborated this in his own video release Monday morning, saying that The Black Eyed Peas' manager "Polo clocked me right here [motioning to his black eye], and punched me two or three times."

An extremely emotional Hilton also addressed Will.I.am's video statement, saying "You know very well, and I know very well, and God knows that it was not a random fan that hit me."

Hilton did admit calling Will.I.Am a "f**got," saying it was the worse thing he could think of to call the singer at the time. He went further in his video statement, calling the singer "a f***ing coward," and adding he would have had more respect if he would have punched him in the face himself.

OK! maybe not a stunt as Tony Vella's name is in the story. Constable Tony Vella is Communications PR cop for Toronto Police and you know I'm peeps with the cops. This shyt may be REAL! Should have worn my SWAT jacket last nite!