Did Barbara Walters ruin Ricky Martin's career? The "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer was at the height of his career in 2000 when he sat down with Walters for an interview. It wasn't too long after that when his career took a nose dive. During the interview, Walters asked Martin whether he was gay, and now looking back, the TV host thinks it could have contributed to the demise of his career.

She recently told the Toronto Star, "In 2000, I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he...

LADY GAGA HEADED FOR 'ROCK BAND': Lady Gaga's music will soon be part of Rock Band. MTV reports that next week the video game franchise will release the first "Lady Gaga Song Pack," featuring "Bad Romance," "Just Dance," "Monster" and "Poker Face."

BRITNEY SPEARS WANTS TO DRIVE A MASERATI: Britney Spears has her eyes on a Maserati. For the second time in less than a month she took the $150,000 sports car for a spin. X17Online reports that she actually bought the car, but sources tell TMZ.com there's no way her...

Despite continued denials that they are a couple, Rihanna and baseball star Matt Kemp were together again over the weekend, and this time Rihanna got to meet Kemp's family. The "Hard" singer reportedly flew to Arizona after a show in Berlin, Germany, to support Kemp at his annual Ante Up for Autism charity gala on Saturday (March 6th). Kemp started the event in honor of his autistic brother. "Matt was happy she came," an insider told EOnline.com. "It was an awesome show of support."

Rihanna mingled with some of...

Jessica Simpson's new song "Who We Are" has surfaced online. It's the track she worked on with Billy Corgan for her upcoming reality show, The Price Of Beauty, which debuts March 15th on VH1. According to People.com, Simpson spoke very highly about Corgan in a radio interview, saying, "He's a very, very dear friend . . . I hope we can do more music together."

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On Trusting People: "I'm not as guarded as you would think. I should probably be more guarded. I trust a lot of people,...

Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas have auditioned for roles in the Captain America movie, according to some reports. But GosssipCop.com has debunked the story, noting that a source at Marvel laughed off the Jonas rumor, saying it's "not true."

According to the original reports "sources" said the brothers had "already read lines for the upcoming film" and were "in contention" for both the title role and other characters. There has also been talk that Star Trek's Chris Pine was "close to signing" as the lead. The latest is...

Lady Antebellum will play the first of two sold out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight (Wednesday, March 10th). The trio have been working on playing "Music City" for a while now, and Dave Haywood tells us the venue was worth the wait. "We've been tryin' to plan that for, I think, a year now, tryin' to get a show in Nashville, and to get an opportunity at the Ryman is incredible. I mean, we've got probably the venue with the most history (Charles Kelley) Yeah! (Dave) And also the best...

Hilary Duff is coming out with her own series of young adult novels. According to GossipCop.com, she's writing series of books, which starts with Elixir -- featuring the worldwide adventures of photojournalist "Clea Raymond." The 22-year-old singer-actress also has plans for a nonfiction book about children coping with divorce, scheduled for 2012.

She signed the deal with Simon & Schuster.

In the past, Duff has written songs about her own parent's divorce.

She recently got engaged to hockey player Mike...

Justin Bieber is the subject of a new "Funny Or Die" video that's been making the rounds this week. In it, comedian and star of Parks And Recreation Aziz Ansari creates a spoof in which he "declares war" on the 16-year-old pop star. The clip finds Ansari playing his alter-ego "Raaaaaaaandy." He's in the studio with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner and TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek recording a song called "Baby Baby" that sounds just like Bieber's hit song "Baby." In the reenactment, the fake, pudgier, pot-smoking...

Alicia Keys is ready to debut the new video "Put It In A Love Song" this week. The video features her and duet partner Beyonce cavorting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the start of carnival season. Keys explained that after the two superstars were in New York to record the Swizz Beatz-produced tune, they communicated months later to discuss the video treatment.

Said Alicia: "Time's progressing and we're kinda throwing ideas back and forth, me and B are kinda talking on the two-ways. And she's like, 'What about...

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine is speaking out against auto-tune, the downloadable studio trick that can make vocals hit the proper note and pitch. It's become widely used in pop music recently, and Levine isn't thrilled about it. He Tweeted, "Dear auto tune. Go away. You are infecting music and wounding my soul. We don't need you. And anyone who does shouldn't be singing anyway. Listen I Iove me some auto tune depending on the way it's used. But it's spun out of control and has sucked the life out of music." Levine...

Taylor Swift wrapped up the opening weekend of her 2010 Fearless tour in the U.S. with sold out shows in Tampa, Orlando, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The superstar's talent was on full display as Taylor played seven different instruments over the course of the two-hour show, which features three acts and eight costume changes.

The 39-date tour will play arenas and stadiums in 31 cities in 25 states and provinces in the U.S. and Canada over the next three months.

Last month, Taylor took her Fearless tour...

Carrie Underwood took two years between her Carnival Ride album and her latest CD, Play On, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Carrie tells us she works best when she has some down time to really put her nose to the grindstone, not to mention take a break from the spotlight. "I think it's nice to go away for a little bit, you know? Nobody can miss you if you're never gone, so I couldn't imagine . . . I see a lot of people making albums like every single year, and I'm like, 'How do you do it? Like, how do you...