Rapper will.i.am is expanding his business empire by becoming a partner in a Los Angeles-based brand licensing and marketing company.

The Black Eyed Peas frontman will help bosses at memBrain to come up with "visionary ideas" for their clients and will even direct ads for the new projects after tasting recent success with their joint recycling campaign for Coca-Cola, Ekocycle.

Their work on Ekocycle has earned them a nomination for the top industry prize, the LIMA Licensing Excellence Award for best corporate brand licensing programme, and will.i.am is looking forward to embracing his new...

Elton John, Hilary Swank and Melanie Griffith and were among the stars who turned out to raise money for AIDS research at a glittering ball in Vienna, Austria on Saturday night.

The Life Ball, Europe's biggest fundraiser for HIV and AIDS charities, was hosted by pregnant Black Eyed Peas star Fergie, who showed off her baby bump in a long, black gown, and included performances from Azealia Banks and Adam Lambert.

Lambert performed a song called "Love Wins Over Glamor," which he wrote especially for the event, while other famous faces in the crowd included Kelly Osbourne, Carmen Electra and...

New dad Nick Lachey is set to release an album of lullabies on March 13, and the cover image for the new album looks like one of those stock photos that comes with a new picture frame.

The 98 Degrees singer's "A Father's Lullaby," co-wrote four of the songs on the album, which includes covers of such standards as "You Are My Sunshine," "Hush, Little Baby" and "When You Wish Upon A Star."

"When I first learned that I was going to be a father, I was inspired to create a special tribute to my son. Music has always been an incredibly significant part of my life and a meaningful way in which I...

Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas and Bobby Brown helped to raise $3.3 million for rapper will.i.am's Los Angeles charity on Thursday by performing at his second annual benefit show.

The Black Eyed Peas headlined the TRANS4M gig at The Avalon Hollywood club and recruited Keys to fill in for absent bandmate Fergie on a rendition of "Where Is the Love?", while British singer Estelle joined the group for "The Time (Dirty Bit)."

Peas stars will.i.am and Taboo also raised laughs as back-up dancers for Brown as the R&B star sang his hits "Every Little Step" and "Tenderoni."

Rapper Ludacris also...

Beyonce will have the honor of entertaining Super Bowl halftime audiences that don't switch over to the Puppy Bowl this weekend (they have hedgehog cheerleaders now!). The history of the halftime show is a surprising display of ups-and-downs, from mind-blowing performances to corny overproduced ego trips. Here are some of the best and worst Super Bowl halftime shows:

Best: Michael Jackson, Super Bowl XXVII

The halftime show was hurting. Two years prior, the New Kids on the Block performance was pre-empted by coverage on Desert Storm and their performance was edited down and shown after th...

Rapper will.i.am is set to launch a new range of accessories for Apple's iPhone.

The Black Eyed Peas star, who was hired as a creative director for technology firm Intel last year , has created a collection of hardware which he insists will transform the cell phones.

The first product from the collection is a camera enhancing gadget, and will.i.am tells Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, "We have our own sensor and a better flash. You dock your phone into our device and it turns your smartphone into a genius-phone. We take over the camera."

The i.am+ accessories will be launched next w...

Pop star Fergie once made out with one of her Black Eyed Peas bandmates.

The "My Humps" hitmaker, who is now happily married to actor Josh Duhamel, cuddled up to the 37-year-old Pea one lonely night on tour, but when band leader will.i.am caught wind of the romance, he forbade the couple from taking its relationship any further in order to protect the longevity of the band.

Fergie tells Oprah Winfrey, "One time, it was at night, we had been drinking, [he] and I made out...

"Of course will.i.am hears about it the next day and calls a meeting, saying, 'We can't have this is, this is busine...

Fergie is the latest celebrity to launch her own brand of wine. The pop star is moving into property, buying apartment buildings and a piece of land in California with a vineyard that will double as her father's new home, where she will produce her own Ferguson Crest brand of wines.

The Black Eyed Peas singer has been investing her money in a variety of business endeavors, and her impressive portfolio landed her on the cover of Forbes Life magazine.

She told the magazine, "It's an investment. I'm investing in real estate. Plus, my dad is going to have a great house."

Fergie, who also h...

will.i.am, Q-Tip, Travis Barker, and Fred Durst are leading the tributes to tragic Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch following his death on Friday.

Rapper Yauch, also known as MCA, was diagnosed with a tumor in his salivary gland in 2009, and he lost his battle with cancer on Friday at the age of 47.

The hip-hop pioneer's passing has sent shockwaves through the music community and now dozens of celebrities are speaking out to share their grief on Twitter.com.

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am writes, "restinpeaceMCA 1 of my favorite hiphop groups...hiphop raised a lot of us & now we have to w...

Maroon 5 have made pop chart history by becoming the first band to top 490,000 digital download sales in a week.

The group's "Payphone" has come crashing into the Billboard Hot 100 at number three, challenging Aussie singer Gotye, whose "Somebody That I Used To Know" scores a second week at the top of the countdown.

The 493,000 sales logged by singer Adam Levine, his bandmates and guest Wiz Khalifa is almost 30,000 more than the Black Eyed Peas, who set the digital downloads record for groups in 2009 with Boom Boom Pow.

Flo Rida still holds the ultimate sales marker with 636,000 from the...

Adele's amazing 2012 has just reached new heights - she has landed 18 nominations for the upcoming Billboard Music Awards.

The multiple Grammy winner, who was named among Time magazine's most influential people earlier this week, will compete for the Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist trophies among others.

Rihanna, LMFAO, Lil Wayne and Katy Perry are also nomination leaders for the prizegiving ceremony, which will take place in Las Vegas on May 20.

Competing with Adele, Rihanna and Perry for Top Artist honors will be Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne, w...

Josh Duhamel and his wife Fergie are in mourning following the death of their beloved dog.

Meatloaf, who featured on the couple's Christmas cards, passed away on Sunday, and the Transformers star has paid a touching tribute to his canine pal on Twitter.com.

The actor writes, "He was one of the kindest sweetest souls I've known. He'll be missed. RIP little buddy."

The heartbroken Black Eyed Peas star retweeted the message to her followers.

Josh Duhamel marked his wife Fergie's 37th birthday by giving her a pricey pair of black diamond earrings.

The Black Eyed Peas star turned 37 on Tuesday and she celebrated by partying in Las Vegas on Friday with her actor partner and singer Ne-Yo.

During the festivities at 1OAK Las Vegas, she revealed Duhamel surprised her with some expensive jewelry on her big day.

She tells People.com, "I got some black diamonds from my man. Earrings. He's really that good. He knows me."

Singer Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson celebrated her 37th birthday at 1 OAK Las Vegas at the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Friday. The pop star wore a colorful form-fitted dress with black pumps.

Earlier this week her husband Josh Duhamel was spotted at a jewelry store in Santa Monica picking out a gift for his wife. The pair got married in 2009 after five years of dating.

The singer recently told MTV about their plans to have children. "It's not happening yet, I can tell you that definitely," Fergie said. "But we want to have a family, so that is in the cards, but it's just not this s...

Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has accused Simon Cowell of failing to develop the talented hopefuls who appear on his TV contests.

The rapper insists Cowell lets down his acts by not providing them with career guidance after they compete in shows such as The X Factor.

will.i.am cites British teenage singer/rapper Cher Lloyd, who competed in The X Factor in 2010 but who the hip-hop star claims has not been given the "right material" to record after being signed to Cowell's Syco Music label.

He tells Britain's The Sun, "I love Cher Lloyd. She should have been the biggest star in the wo...

Black Eyed Peas star Fergie has reportedly added her name to the race for new X Factor judges on the U.S. version of the show.

Sources tell Life & Style magazine the "My Humps" singer has had "some conversations" with the producers and music and TV mogul Simon Cowell, and she hopes to fill one of the spots left by Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul on the show.

And, if the reports are true, Fergie could be up against Britney Spears for one of the two vacancies - because Cowell has announced he wants a man and a woman to join him and Antonio 'L.A.' Reid on the panel.

A source tells the pu...

Singer Adam Levine is set to become the latest pop star to launch his own fragrance.

The Maroon 5 frontman's first scent, 222 by Adam Levine, is scheduled to hit department stores in May next year.

A spokesman for ID Perfumes, who have partnered with Levine for the project, says, "Adam is a performer with tremendous charisma, both on stage and on TV. Endeavoring to capture that in a bottle has thus far been very exciting and we're certain the final products will be even more so."

Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, Black Eyed Peas star Fergie and Justin Bieber are among the chart stars who ...

Erykah Badu has been banned from performing a concert in Malaysia after officials reportedly objected to a photograph of the singer sporting religious body art.

The R&B star arrived in the Asian country this weekend ahead of a performance in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, and a local newspaper ran a promotional photograph of the star with a number of Arabic and Hebrew symbols painted on her chest.

The picture caused outrage among notoriously conservative government officials, who have now forbidden the singer to take to the stage, according to the Associated Press.

Badu can reportedly rem...

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am has launched his own car company.

The hip-hop star has designed a sports car made from Chrysler parts for IAMAUTO, which is based in the troubled Boyle Heights neighborhood in East Los Angeles, where he grew up.

And he admits he's trying to boost the area and give back something to locals now he is a successful artist.

Appearing on Britain's "Top Gear" he told host Jeremy Clarkson, "(The car is) made down in the ghetto that I'm from... My whole thing was I want to make music so I can take care of my mom and move everybody in my family out together... So now...

Madonna is set to thrill at the Super Bowl next month after landing LMFAO to join her during the coveted half-time performance.

The pop superstar is headlining the show at the football final in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 5th and she recently teased fans about the nature of her set by declaring, "Pom poms. That's all I can tell you."

Now, rapper will.i.am, whose band the Black Eyed Peas landed the big gig last year, reveals Party Rock Anthem hit-makers LMFAO will take to the stage with the Material Girl.

The star, who signed the duo to his will.i.am Music Group label, tells Brit...

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am refused to accept cash from Michael Jackson when the two superstars teamed up to record new material in Ireland in 2006 - because the chance to work with the King of Pop was payment enough.

The hitmaker and producer turned down Jackson's generous offers of flights and accommodation because he didn't want to become one of the many hangers-on who took advantage of the "Thriller" singer.

The "I Gotta Feeling" star says, "A week before the trip, he was like, 'My manager is gonna call you to make sure all the travel stuff (is taken care of). Do you fly commercial...

R&B star Rihanna has been crowned queen of the downloads after becoming the best-selling artist online.

The hitmaker's fans have flocked to own virtual copies of the star's music, and officials at Nielsen SoundScan have revealed her sales stood at more than 47.5 million at the end of 2011.

The Black Eyed Peas were named the second most popular act with 42.4 million downloads - their 2009 hit "I Gotta Feeling" racked up 7.6 million alone.

Eminem and Lady Gaga came in a close third and fourth with 42.2 million and 42 million, respectively, while Taylor Swift rounded out the top five with 4...

Josh Duhamel secretly dreads the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve because he always has to get up onstage somewhere and kiss his wife Fergie in front of thousands.

The private star admits he's not a big fan of public displays of affection, but he has little choice but to smooch in front of fans as the New Year starts - because Fergie's usually performing somewhere with her band the Black Eyed Peas, and he has to make the most of the moment.

He explains, "Since I've been with Fergs there's always something to do - they're doing some gig somewhere... starting at midnight, so I usually e...

Fergie, husband Josh Duhamel and their two dogs, Zoe and Meatloaf are spreading the Christmas cheer this holiday season with a silly caricature greeting card featuring the couple and their two pets. The card was drawn by artist James Malia.

Fergie posted the image on her Facebook page along with the greeting, "Happy Holidays from Zoe, myself, Josh & Meatloaf! Are you ready for Christmas? xo."

In keeping with the holiday spirit, Fergie, along with fellow Pea apl.de.ap, is also giving fans the chance to hang out with her on New Year's Eve, win $250,000 cash and a whole lot more by helpin...

Rihanna has beaten Bob Marley to the top of Facebook.com's most liked list in 2011.

The Umbrella singer was the most sought after celebrity on the social networking site, while We Found Love, her collaboration with DJ Calvin Harris, was the most listened to song on the website.

Marley was second on the most-liked list and Avril Lavigne has come in third.

Also making the top 10: David Guetta, Enrique Iglesias, Usher, Lady Gaga, Metallica, Green Day and the Black Eyed Peas.

Fergie attended a Trevor Project event in Los Angeles on Sunday wearing a sparkly backless dress with fringe around the shoulders. Her husband Josh Duhamel accompanied her.

The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

Lady Gaga was the guest of honor at the annual gala for her efforts championing gay rights. The pop star received the Hero Award for encouraging youth empowerment through her Born This Way Foundation.

Fromer "Heroes" star Zachary Quinto, who revealed earlier this year that he is gay, and les...

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am has signed on to coach and judge wannabe stars on U.K. talent show The Voice.

The I Gotta Feeling hit-maker recently announced his group is planning a hiatus, so each band member could take time to concentrate on solo ventures - and it appears will.i.am is already gearing up for his next project.

He'll be joining singer Jessie J as one of the four advisors on the TV talent show when it launches in Britain next spring.

He tells the BBC, "I'm proud to be doing The Voice U.K. because the U.K. was the first place I saw success. It's the place I'm the most cr...

Black Eyed Peas star apl.de.ap has revealed he is legally blind.

The Boom Boom Pow rapper, real name Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr., appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with his bandmates on Wednesday and confirmed reports suggesting his eyesight is really bad.

He said, "I was born with nystagmus... I want to encourage other kids with disabilities... You don't have to give up your dreams just because you got a disability."

The hip-hop star told the host he has to memorize dance moves for live shows and let the beat guide him onstage.

He said, "Since my eyes are bad I guess my sense of awarene...

Shakira broke down in tears as her father serenaded her at a star-studded Las Vegas dinner celebrating her career on Wednesday.

Black Eyed Peas rapper Taboo and Mexican rocker Alejandra Guzman also turned up to toast the Colombian singer as she was named the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year at the special tribute.

Venezuelan star Franco De Vita and salsa legend Gilberto Santa Rosa were among the acts who performed Shakira's hits, but the night's most poignant moment came as her dad William Mebarak stepped onstage to serenade her.

Shakira wiped away tears as Mebarak sang the c...

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am has blasted rumors alleging singer Fergie is quitting the group.

The hitmakers have been plagued by claims they are on the verge of a split after announcing in July that they are set to take a hiatus following the completion of their recent world tour.

Frontman will.i.am was forced to speak out to silence the reports last month and now the rapper has addressed the latest allegations on his Twitter - and he's taking aim at TV talk show host Wendy Williams for spreading the false news.

Quoting a tweet from Williams, he writes, ""@WendyWilliams: Hot Topics: @f...