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News Breakers: Superhead, Nas, Elton-George, Jane's, Flav
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
September 15, 2006 at 11:48:00 AM | more stories by this author

Bobby Brown is reportedly living with Karrine Steffans; Kelis throws Nas surprise 33rd birthday party; Elton John and George Michael make up; Jane's Addiction gets greatest hits comp; Flavor Flav preps solo debut; People reveals fashion list.

What do Bill Maher and Bobby Brown have in common?

Karrine Steffans and Bill Maher. Karrine Steffans and Bill Maher.

Karrine Steffans, the hip-hop supergroupie known as "Superhead" (you get one guess), has taken Bobby Brown into her Beverly Hills home ever since the former New Edition singer was served with divorce papers by Whitney Houston earlier this week, according to the New York Daily News. Steffans, the author of the best-selling book, Confessions of a Video Vixen, told the paper that although she and Brown are friends, she did not break up his marriage by working her, um, magic.

"I'm not a home-wrecker," she said. "I can't break up a 16-year marriage in a few months. I'm not that super." Steffans said she is simply helping Brown, who reportedly hadn't been living with Houston for months, through a difficult time, and she's even paid his cell phone bill. She said she's happily involved with on- and off-boyfriend, TV talk show host and comedian Bill Maher. "Bill and I have discussed Bobby," she told the paper. "But Bobby is not an issue in my relationship. I still love Bill. He's the love of my life. I know you'll see us back together."

Nas celebrates birthday in style

Nas Nas

You're widely recognized as one of the greatest rappers alive, you're married to bombshell Kelis, and you're about to drop your debut album for Def Jam. If you're Nas, and it's your birthday, you have a lot to celebrate. God's Son celebrated his 33rd birthday Wednesday, and Kelis threw the rapper a surprise birthday party with an old-school hip-hop theme at Manhattan's Canal Room. Usher, P Diddy, Mario, Jadakiss, Nick Cannon, Dallas Austin, NBA players Carmelo Anthony and Chris Webber, Rosie Perez, Styles P., and Pras all attended, and Busy Bee, Just-Ice, Monie Love, Melle Mel, Slick Rick, and Doug E. Fresh performed at the event.

Elton John, George Michael make up

Elton John and George Michael Elton John and George Michael

Elton John and George Michael are no longer squabbling over the status of Michael's personal life and music career. In an interview today with ITV in Britain, John said, "George and I are fine. He came and stayed down [at] my house last year. It's up to him what he does with his life, and I don't really want to get into that anymore." The 59-year-old singer caused a stir two years ago when he said Michael was miserable and needed to get out more.

Michael responded with a furious open letter saying John was no friend of his. "Elton John knows nothing about George Michael," Michael said at the time. "We have spoken rarely in the last 10 years, and what would probably surprise most people is that we have never discussed my private life. Ever." Earlier this year, Michael said he was considering refraining from making any more music so that the media would leave him alone, but he has since changed his mind, He is set to begin a European tour later this month, his first concert jaunt in 15 years. In 1998, Michael was arrested for lewd conduct in a public toilet in Los Angeles after being spotted by an undercover police officer. Soon after, he said publicly for the first time that he's gay.

Jane's Addiction to get greatest hits comp

As three of its four members tour as Panic Channel and its frontman heads Lollapalooza and preps his own solo venture, Jane's Addiction is set to get its first-ever career-spanning greatest hits disc. The disc, dubbed Up From the Catacombs: The Best of Jane's Addiction, features cuts from their live, self-titled debut, as well as 1988's Nothing's Shocking, 1990's Ritual de lo Habitual, 1997's Kettle Whistle, and the band's 2003 reunion album, Strays. The 16-track collection will hit stores Tuesday.

Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction

Here's the tracklisting:


1. Stop!

2. Ocean Size

3. Whores

4. Ted, Just Admit It

5. Ain't No Right

6. Had a Dad

7. Superhero

8. Been Caught Stealing

9. Just Because

10. Three Days

11. I Would for You

12. Classic Girl

13. Summertime Rolls

14. Mountain Song

15. Pigs in Zen

16. Jane Says (Live)

Flavor Flav preps solo debut

Flavor Flav Flavor Flav

Flavor Flav, the Public Enemy hype-man who has found a second career of sorts as the star of the VH1 reality series Flavor of Love, is set to release his debut solo album October 31 on his own Drayton Records. The self-titled record will include two R&B tracks, "Let It Show" and "Two Wrongz (Don't Make a Right)," on which Flav sings. "I'm saying some real true positive stuff in there, too," Flav said in a statement. "Once they get used to it, I think people can accept me singing."

The 47-year-old entertainer said that this will be his first and last solo album. "I got some things off my chest, but not all," Flav said. "I doubt I will ever do another one, though. What I'm gonna do is make this one a collector's item. My first and only solo album, ever."

People picks best- and worst-dressed

Beyonce Beyonce

They're no Jennifer Aniston, but Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, and Jessica Simpson are among the world's best-dressed celebrities, at least in the eyes of readers of People magazine. The mag ranked Aniston tops on its list, with Beyonce ay No. 4, Aguilera at No. 8, and Simpson at No. 9. As for the fellas, Justin Timberlake was named trendiest dresser, while the fisticuffs between Guns 'N Roses frontman Axl Rose and fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger at a nightclub earlier this year made the list of "Top 10 Moments That Shook the Style World," as did Ashlee Simpson's makeover.

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It's about time Jane's came out with a greatest hits album. I think that perry as a front-man is what has keep this legendary band from dropping from view.
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