I have used a lot of time lately to try to renew michelleweb.org, but with any luck. So michelle web has gotten a new domain: http://michelleweb.net. I’m working on launching a new layout soon. I’m so sorry for tha lack of updates.
Former Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams will make her West End debut this summer (09) when she takes to the London stage for a starring role in Chicago.
The Survivor star will play Roxie Hart in the popular show, according to Aol blogger Jawn Murray.
There are new magazine scans in the gallery. Thanks SOfia once again. You are greate.
If you are one of the 20 people who know that Michelle Williams (not the “Dawson’s Creek” girl) released a solo CD called “Unexpected” last year, then stop reading.
As for everyone else, let me fill you in on a little somethin-somthin’.
Michelle Williams is the best member of the teeter-totter pop trio Destiny’s Child, so get over it. She is real, she isn’t some mass-produced nightmare, and she makes me smile. Her aforementioned CD was a nice dance escape from the everyday pop drones that stock the shelves of Wal-Mart and she can also belt out a darn good gospel tune.
Try have a listen to this amazing remix of “Hello Heartbreak”, one of her singles, and it made me all giddy. Take a break from Sasha and press play after the jump. Click here to listen.
Michelle wrote
Hey Family!!!! I’ve been getting cool compliments on the bracelets I’m wearing on my Twitter picture!!! Those bracelets are from the Until There’s A Cure Campaign ads that I shot a few months ago!!!! The bracelets are dope!!! They can be found and purchased at UTAC.ORG.
It’s for a great cause!!!! Finding a cure for what’s infecting more and more young people everyday!!! Especially African Amercian women!!! Be careful….not only do u PUT A RING ON IT….make sure you put a CONDOM on it!!!!! Make sure you put a STD screening on it….Make sure you put PRAYER on it!!!!!
God bless!!!!
Kelly Rowland, the pixie-fied member of mega-trio Destiny’s Child, will no longer be recording with Columbia Records as a solo artist, her label officially announced today. But before you start burning CDs in effigy, you should know two things; one, CDs are not easy to ignite and two, this won’t be the last you’re ears have heard from Kelly!
The weirdest part of the announcement is that when referring to Kelly as part of Destiny’s Child, they wrote, she “will continue her relationship with Columbia Records in her ongoing role in the iconic ensemble.”
Um, what ongoing role are they talking about? Is there a reunion CD in the works? Is Sasha going to help Kelly and the other missing link, Michelle Williams, pay some of their bills, bills, bills?
Both bookending babes tried tackling solo careers, with each flaming out faster than the Human Torch in Antarctica. When I asked Michelle’s rep for comment on this supposed reunion, all she’d give up was that “there could be something in the works, I don’t know.” That’s better than a no, and since we all know reps like saying a flat out “no,” I think it’s safe to say that there is another Destiny’s Child CD in our future!
If you’re excited about this, throw your hands up at me!
Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams are reuniting to record another CD as Destiny’s Child. The trio owes Columbia Records one more album and will get back together in 2011. That is fantastic.
Gloriously, last week LOGO greenlit a second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race that’ll air in early 2010. The collective gays here at EW couldn’t be happier at the prospect of another installment: bigger wigs, higher heels, more lip syncing for your life!
Like any good girl on the go, you gotta stay fresh: Bigger wigs, higher heels, more lip syncing for your life! Oh wait, I already said that… But seriously, we’ve got some ideas. Here are nine suggestions that should keep TV’s best—okay, only—search for the next drag superstar on top for season 2:
1. Ramp up the guest judges. There were some great guest arbiters in the first season: Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child; Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls; and Lucy Lawless, to name a few. Keep it coming. Might we suggest Candis Cayne, Cher, and Liza for season 2? Okay, that might be reaching a bit too far towards the stars. The point is, though: Keep the momentum going in this department. Find the best gay/drag icons you can. But don’t ramp the judges up too much. (We’re soooo picky, right?) It wouldn’t be a drag competition if there weren’t some measure of tragedy to the folks who sign on to help Ru tell the latest ousted queen to “sashay away.”
2. Now, really use those guest judges. Sadly, we only saw a few minutes of Michelle, Robin, and Lucy during their stints on the show. Next go ’round, how about a little more action from the folks who fill this role? Involve them in a challenge at least. And, if a guest does come in to help, make damn sure they’re on the judging panel, too. Question: Why was Charo helping the queens in a challenge, yet Maria Conchita Alonso then judging them? Same goes for Tori Spelling and hubby Dean, who showed up during the Oprah challenge, yet were sadly absent from the panel.
3. Take Santino and Merle out of the judging room. In the finale, we saw permanent judges, fashion journalist Merle Ginsburg and ex-Project Runway villain Santino Rice, doling out the week’s challenge to Rebecca Glasscock, Bebe Zahara Benet, and Nina Flowers. And we liked it—it’s fun to see these two wonky judges out from behind their oh-so-powerful table. So, how about we put Merle and Santino in the work room with the ladies a bit more? Maybe out on a photo shoot, giving advice? Offering their two cents as the queens put their look together for the week? Yes, yes, and yes. Please.
4. Show us more casting—earlier! Yes, between episode six and the finale, we got the special “rewind” hour that showed tons of footage from casting and other moments that hit the editing room floor. But, Drag Race, why don’t you take a page out of Top Model’s play book and show lots of ladies early on? The tragedy of those try-outs could go on for days, we’re sure, but give us a half hour of the best during the first episode, and we’ll be satisfied.
5. Temper the camp. Now that you’re all high-falutin’ and renewed for a second season, the tendency may arise to go out of control in the next round. Don’t do it. The camp in season 1 was just right, with the silly challenges and the great catch phrases. As Ru says, “Don’t f— it up!”
6. More photo shoots. There was only one true photo shoot in the eight episodes of season 1, and it was legendary, with the queens getting all wet and bothered while washing a car. More please.
7. Enlist a runway coach. The judging/runway sequences were great because the duds the queens wore were usually amazing. But the actual sashaying? Pathetic. As annoying as Top Model’s resident runway expert Benny Ninja can be, Drag Race needs to enlist someone like him to teach the contestants a thing or two about how to really work a catwalk.
8. Set the queens free! Surely, it was just budgetary constraints that kept Ru and the queens mostly in the workroom, on the runway, and hanging out in the Inner Illusions Lounge. But we viewers are claustrophobic! Let the contestants out of the closet and into the world in season 2! Whether that’s drag shows in New York City (might we suggest a resurrection of Wigstock?), LA’s fashion week, some Pride festival somewhere—we don’t care. Just don’t keep them cooped up on that soundstage any longer.
9. Bring back Ryan Heffington. There should certainly be lots more of Heffington, the ridiculous mustachioed choreographer who showed up — wearing purple heels, spandex pants, and a tank-top — in the finale to help Rebecca, Nina, and Bebe perfect the dance they’d perform in Ru’s music video for “Cover Girl.”
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