Ina

I agree about the 'I love it' part :) I expect a ballad as a second/third single

Tokyo Red Carpet Premiere http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/107370144...30A760B0D811297 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/107370322...30A760B0D811297 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/107370354...30A760B0D811297

Christina at the premiere of Burlesque in Tokyo http://img194.imagevenue.com/loc524/th_40532_Christina_Aguilera_Bikini_HQ9_122_524lo.jpg http://img160.imagevenue.com/loc82/th_40498_Christina_Aguilera_Bikini_HQ10_122_82lo.jpg dz_xL88lUxY

this wasn't a single

I want to see a Britney duet with a male artist. It would be interesting, since she hasn't done it so far (I don't count the rap collaborations).

I just tried it with some video and it worked. Thanks a lot!!!!! :)

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Christina performs on the finale of the current DWTS season. Show Me How You Burlesque http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3b4d7ZIpjQ Beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oySUbIAYF0w (I guess it would be better if someone embeds the videos; that feature doesn't work for me for some reason)

Interview; Christina teaches Conan a few moves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZINC5xPrWD8 Performance qAQOSKrmS1U&feature=related ZWZzYGF0X48

Check out the interview, aired November 22; has some funny moments :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KsNFy2Z_7Y

According to Alex the Kid "Castle Walls' is going to be the next single off T.I's album 'No Mercy' http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1652869/20101122/t_i_.jhtml Producer Alex Da Kid might be relatively new to the industry, but the British hitmaker has already proven that he can strike gold when bringing together artists of different musical genres. With production credits on summertime scorchers like "Airplanes" (B.o.B and Hayley Williams) and "Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem and Rihanna), the 27-year-old music mind reveals he's now trying his hand with another duo: T.I. and Christina Aguilera. While on the American Music Awards red carpet, Kid spoke to MTV News about "Castle Walls," the track he produced for the recently incarcerated rapper's forthcoming album, which features the pop star. Not only did the producer reveal that the song is set to be the next single off Tip's No Mercy, but he also gushed about how the song will grab a variety of listeners. "It's going to be T.I.'s next single," he told MTV News about the collabo. "I love it. I think it's amazing. It's my sound, just kind of an evolution of that. I think it'll cater to a lot of different people." A reported snippet of the track minus T.I. surfaced on the Internet a few weeks ago and finds Aguilera gently singing over a steady, mellow beat about the downfalls of loneliness: "Everyone thinks that I have it all/ But it's so empty living behind these castle walls (These castle walls)/ If I should tumble if I should fall/ Would anyone hear me screaming behind these castle walls?/ There's no one here at all, behind these castle walls." "Castle Walls" isn't the only star-studded effort on the MC's new album. No Mercy will also feature appearances from Eminem, Kanye West, Chris Brown and The-Dream. The ATL rapper's collaboration with Em, "All She Wrote," leaked online last Tuesday.

The Blackout era was my favourite. Very original! I actually enjoyed the animated video and all the conests (fan-made Piece of Me); the idea carried on throughout the Circus era with the whole interactive approach and the Kill the Lights video contest, so I think it was pretty interesting and unusual. I hope the new album will also incorporate similar concepts. The one thing that I still can't put up with is that Hot as Ice wasn't released as a single. What a loss....

Hey, thanks a lot! That was quite interesting (honestly, I was expecting less). Have you come across any photos from the red carpet event? Here's the MTV review of the Performance http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1652768/2...christina.jhtml Before she even took the stage at the American Music Awards on Sunday night (November 21), Christina Aguilera had already watched a series of over-the-top performances from show-opener Rihanna, an uncharacteristically sedate Miley Cyrus, the always outrageous Katy Perry and a piano-tinkling, snow-shower summoning Taylor Swift. In other words, she saw the future, and it was a cornucopia of female stars who have taken cues from her career -- and she made sure to show them that she's still got a few tricks up her sleeve. Preparing to make her big-screen debut alongside Cher in the upcoming "Burlesque," as promised, Aguilera gave a sneak peek at what we can expect in theaters. "It's going to be fantastic," she told MTV News. "And it will give you a fitting little look inside the movie." Seated in a chair with her back to the audience and wearing a black spangly bodysuit, knee-high boots and a bowler, Aguilera snapped her fingers and leaned into the jazzy, skittery rhythms of the new tune "Express (Burlesque)." As the camera pulled out, it revealed a set made up to mimic the backstage at a burlesque club, with Aguilera surrounded by a squadron of equally scantily clad dancers. She flashed back to the "Dirrty"-era Xtina, straddling and shimmying on the chair, then busting into the song's uptempo chorus and showing off the throaty pipes that made her a star. Shaking her hair along with her lingerie-clad dancers, the singer was clearly back in her element, mixing club beats with a throwback, "Free Your Mind"-style R&B vibe and strutting across the stage confidently with her patented growly sass intact. Even after a career spent in the spotlight as a child star on the "Mickey Mouse Club" and a pop icon since her late teens, Aguilera said the difficulty of trying to reproduce the dancing in the film for the AMAs took a toll on her. "It will be another very new challenge for me," Aguilera admitted beforehand. "My legs have been incredibly sore as I stepped into the role of Ali for this." In the film, Aguilera plays a small-town girl with big dreams who stumbles on a burlesque club owned by the feisty Tess (Cher). Aguilera added that, while relearning the dance routines was grueling, the choreography is amazing. "You're going to get quite the show," she promised. "Quite the spectacle." While Aguilera is new to the world of acting, Cher told MTV News that the pop star can dish it out with the best of them. "The scenes that she and I had together, I really enjoyed, and I really believe that she's got definite chops," she said. "We worked well together. I enjoyed all of it, and she was toe-to-toe with me the whole time."

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbrt2TX_3w8 Performance fYJZFaXwXx4&feature=related

Christina talks with Ryan Seacrest about her movie Burlesque and she says hello to P!nk

http://www.billboard.com/news/christina-ag...004128124.story (about Burlesque) "I wrote synopses of what the songs should be about before anyone else came onboard," says Antin, whose sister Robin founded the original Pussycat Dolls dance troupe (with whom Aguilera has performed). "That's how I sold the movie." Once the film was in production, Antin and music supervisor Buck Damon solicited songwriting submissions from "some really, really impressive people," Antin says. "Christina said to me, 'Can I try?' and I said, 'Sure, throw your hat in the ring. The best song wins.' She was down for it." Aguilera says that in her selections she wanted to combine the throwback vibe of her 2006 "Back to Basics" set with modern-day sounds: "Big bottom-end bass in the beat, then old-school horn pops -- things like that." She singles out as a favorite "Bound to You," which she co-wrote with Sia Furler, who also contributed to Aguilera's "Bionic" from earlier this year. Sales of that album have fallen well short of the numbers notched by Aguilera's earlier releases; according to Nielsen SoundScan, "Bionic" has sold 250,000 copies, compared with 1.7 million of "Back to Basics." A canceled summer tour fueled further chatter about the project's lukewarm reception. Seviour insists that calling off the tour was unavoidable given the movie's demanding promotional schedule. "It's not like the music industry, where the talent comes out two weeks before the album," he says. "They started at the end of July. "Burlesque," he adds, "ideally gives us the opportunity to remarket 'Bionic.' " "I knew going into 'Burlesque' that it would intertwine with 'Bionic,' " Aguilera says. "But I also knew that I'd get to a point where regardless of what was happening with my record I'd have to turn my attention to the movie." She laughs. "I've basically put everything in my life on hold for the movie."

Vision of Love veeeeery close seconds - Fantasy and All I Want for Christmas is You

Wow - then I guess we'll be getting a new single pretty soon!

Christina Aguilera Interview, Burlesque Written by: Sheila Roberts on November 18, 2010 Filed Under: Coming Soon Singer, songwriter, performer, producer, director and actress —is there anything Christina Aguilera hasn’t done? One of the most accomplished performers of the last decade, she has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, achieved four #1 singles on the Billboard hot 100 chart, and has won five Grammy Awards, as well as three top five albums in the United States. Aguilera is also the only artist under 30 to make Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of 100 greatest singers of all time. In writer/director Steven Antin’s finger-snapping, eye-popping and atmospheric musical “Burlesque,” a time-honored tale of showbiz aspirations fulfilled – and the hallmarks of a classic form of live entertainment – get a dazzling, fun movie makeover. For Ali (Christina Aguilera), a small-town girl with a big voice, there had to be somewhere her dreams could be fulfilled, rather than remain an empty goal. Enter the world of burlesque. MoviesOnline had the pleasure of sitting down with Christina at a round table interview in Los Angeles this weekend to talk about her new film. She told us what it was like to work opposite the legendary Cher, how she approached the challenge of transitioning from one area of show business to another, and what she enjoyed most about playing the character of Ali who, like herself, is inspired by naysayers to keep going after what she wants and not take no for an answer. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: (calling her dog) C’mon Stinky! (after running into Cher in the hallway) I’m so excited I got to see her! I haven’t seen her for a while. I love it! I’m all dressed up and she’s in her boots! Q: Was this the first time you’ve seen Cher since the movie? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Maybe. Wow! We’ve talked on the phone. We’ve emailed and everything. Q: So you’re keeping in touch? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Uh huh. C’mon Stinky! [stinky jumps up on the chair next to her at the table.] Q: It’s a little Lassie. How cute! That’s your only dog? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Yeah. He’s a Papillon. He’s like 12 years old. He’s a mama’s boy. Q: He’s cute. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Thank you. Q: Does he travel a lot with you when you’re touring? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: He does when I do the States. Whenever I travel to Australia, parts of Asia and Europe, I can’t take him with me. Q: You’re on tour a lot so you’ve probably had other chances to do a movie but had to turn down things and say no. What was it about “Burlesque” that made you want to say yes? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: There have been a lot of roles and scripts that have come my way but nothing that really inspired me or intrigued me like when “Burlesque” showed up at my door. Just the whole concept of burlesque, I’ve always been fascinated with it. I’ve always collected so many books about burlesque. I’ve been intrigued by the time that it’s set in, in the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and so I knew it was a no brainer for me to be a part of once I met with the team. Q: There’s obviously quite a cinematic element to a lot of your music videos. Does any of that help in preparation for a feature film like this? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: No. (Laughs) No, it doesn’t actually. Yes, I’ve been around the block with it before but doing a movie and doing this kind of a movie is a whole different animal. I completely had to throw away everything I knew about anything and approach doing this movie with an open heart, being truly vulnerable, truly naïve as my character is, and open myself up as a newcomer in a whole new way for everything that I did on this movie. Q: Most singers would say that when you play a song, you can sing a song because you’re kind of acting. Would you agree with that? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: I lose myself in my performances so I wouldn’t say that I ever act on stage. I don’t find it to be an acting drill for me. I just find it to be something very real that comes from a very gut-driven, honest place. But definitely in the sense of me trying to portray Ali, I guess you could say I had to throw away any self-expression and really get up into why Ali is feeling this certain way in this particular place in the movie, write it from her perspective, such as “Bound to You” or “Express” or “Burlesque the Finale” that I wrote. So I really had to come from her perspective. Q: What was the experience like playing opposite Cher? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: (Laughs) Unbelievable. I left that movie a completely changed, different person for so many reasons but a lot of it did have to do with Cher and what I learned from her – just on all counts – as a person, both personally and professionally, the way she has such a tranquil, calm, loving energy when she enters a room but still is such a presence, the way she works, the way she allows herself the freedom to throw the dialogue out the window and just go on a tangent and let things feel real and natural in front of the camera gave me priceless information that I’ll cherish forever but yeah, she’s just one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. Q: What about the scene where Cher does your make-up for you while she tells you a story? How was that experience? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: That was a very interesting day because of what was happening on camera and what was happening off camera. I was getting my make-up done, yes, by Cher on camera. That was a real story that she told from her own childhood. It was very sweet. We were bonding almost in a maternal way on camera but behind the scenes we were like old, chatty girlfriends that could not stop talking and they actually had to drag us to set a few times because we were late just talking, talking about love and relationships in life on a personal level. So, it was a girlfriend moment and a mother-daughter moment on screen. Q: Your character comes along like the new girl in town, do you think Lady Gaga is like that in real life? Is there any kind of competition there? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: No, no, no. We’re two completely different women, but I can respect her work ethic. Q: Is there a prejudice against people making it from one area of show business to another? Cher obviously did it in three different areas. You talked about making this choice, how do you react when people say “No, you can’t do that”? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: No one was saying I can’t do that. I knew that there are many people that make the transition and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Cher is the perfect example of someone that it does work with. I’ve always been inspired even more by any naysayers to keep going for what I really want and they’ve almost been my inspiration many times more so than any positive people around me to conquer. But yeah, you have your reservations and your fears, but like Ali does, she just kicks in the door, doesn’t take no for an answer and goes for it. Q: What do you like most about Ali and to what extent did you connect with her? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: I liked her drive. I liked her passion. I loved the way she wouldn’t take no for an answer – not from Jack, not from Tess, Cher’s character – how she steps up to the plate whenever Kristen (Bell) pulls the mic out and just goes for it. In many ways, I would do the same in that kind of a situation. I’m a go getter and I don’t stop until I get what I want in the most positive way. Q: How much of your personal life is reflected in your songs? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: In the movie or in real life? Q: Either. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: A lot, a great deal. It’s all motivated by personal emotions and stories and feelings. I think that’s the best way you can get honesty across in your music to connect and relate to people. Q: Have you written a song for your son? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: I did. On my last record, “Bionic,” I wrote a song called “All I Need” for him. Q: How do you balance motherhood with your personal life, movies and singing? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: It’s a juggling act. It’s really hard. Today he actually has a little fever and he’s a little sick and it just breaks my heart I can’t be with him. But I think one day he’ll be able to look back at my body of work and feel proud of it and hopefully it’ll motivate him to then be an individual himself and really go for what he wants out of life. Q: Does he have a favorite song or does he spark to something that you play for him? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Yeah, there’s a song on the sound track actually that’s called “Beautiful People” and he really loves that song. He was there in the studio while I was recording it and he’s like “Put on ‘Beautiful People.’” He loves the song. Q: Do you think he’s going to become a singer like you? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Who knows? I mean, he’s musically inclined. I can tell. But he’s so smart and such a character. I could see him doing something in the entertainment business. Q: What was the biggest thing you learned about acting in the movie? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: The biggest lesson learned? Oh, so many! How to stay focused and keep every moment as real as possible when you have to go in and repeat it over and over, especially for a crying scene. It’s really hard to find the motivation over and over again to create those tears. I found it very dark and depressing on those days because I had to revert back to memories that weren’t so nice from my childhood and really go there and feel them in a way that I don’t care to feel on a daily basis. Q: Do you have any respect for actors who get into these really dark roles? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Absolutely. But it’s intriguing though for me to go to that place. I don’t know, sometimes dark and depressing can be a comfort zone for me. (Laughs) Q: It’s clear that you’ve been really excited about this project. Now that it’s finished, can we expect to see you doing more films? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Yeah, I look forward to doing more films. Yes. One thing at a time, but over the holidays I’m actually looking forward to reading the scripts that have been coming in and figuring out what the next plan of action is. Q: Would that be another musical? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Not necessarily. No, not at all. I wouldn’t even mind doing a small independent film, just the sky is the limit. Q: A lot of musical performers are often apprehensive to go into a film project when music is involved. Were you conscious of that? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Yes. Absolutely. I actually didn’t want to do my first film as a musical because I did want to be seen in a different light. If I was going to go there, I really wanted to go there in a different way. But the fact that Burlesque as a concept is so different than what I do and Ali has a different story and such an inspiring one, I really could relate and I really wanted to interpret her in a fresh way. Q: I really like the choreography. It’s a different kind of dance than you usually do in your music. Was it hard to adjust to that and sing at the same time? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Well I always say I never danced before in my life until I did the movie. It was intense. It was intense dance rehearsals and I’m a vocalist first so I’d never spent so much time perfecting moves and everything because they always surrounded me holding a mic and being on stage and working my mouth first. But everything full circle came into focusing on my body and my movement and critiquing the dance as far as the technical aspect. The choreographers on this musical were amazing. They were so incredibly talented and I was so blessed to have worked with them. I’ll definitely take what I learned from the movie and incorporate it in my own things that I do in my own work. Q: Do you have a favorite outfit from the film? Your character changed into so many different wigs and costumes. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: I love the “I’m a Good Girl” outfit — the one with the crystallized bra piece and the feathered bustle. I thought that married and tied in with the song perfectly – very flirtatious, very coy, playful and fun. It’s the first time she sees herself in a wig so it was a really cool moment for Ali, I think. Q: What type of music and movies do you like to listen to and watch in real life and what about musicals? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Everything. I mean I’m very eclectic in what I like and what I listen to. Musicals? My favorite musical ever is “The Sound of Music.” That was actually one that inspired me to sing. I love “Meet Me in St. Louis” with Judy Garland. What else do I like? I like old soul blues and jazz. I like rock. I love John Lennon. I love Etta James, Billie Holiday, Marlene Dietrich. Q: You have a unique singing style. Was there ever a time when somebody said “Maybe we can change that and make that a little bit different”? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Yeah, for sure. When I got my first record deal, I was 17 years old. There was a big pop explosion going on at the time and there was a specific sound on the radio and it definitely wasn’t an Etta James style of singing or an old soul, bluesy style which is what I’m inspired by first and foremost at the heart and at the root of what I do. So I went in to get my record deal. I landed it, but then when I started recording my record, Ron Fair was actually like “We need to tone you down. There’s too many ad libs. There’s too much riffing. You sound too powerful. It’s just too much.” I’m sitting there about to cry like this is just the way I sing and it was definitely a turning point for me or not a great moment for me just because it was really hard. That was just the way I sang. That was my voice. And years later, he actually called me and apologized because he said “I just watched your biography and I was looking at old footage of you when you were like 7 or 8 years old and you still had that voice and you were still ad libbing like that and sounding the way you did when you were 17. I always thought you were just putting on a show for me extra because you’d just got a record deal and you were trying to do too much. That’s just the way you sang. I’m sorry. (Laughs) Q: Do you have friends or family that expects you to sing all the time and say to you “C’mon, sing something”? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: In school that used to happen a lot. They’d get me to sing and then they’d hate me for it. Q: You do a lot of firsts in this movie. What about the love scene. Was that a little nerve wracking? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Yeah. Of course, there can be awkward moments with that. But me and Cam (Gigandet) have a very funny, playful, teasing sort of relationship with each other that we can kind of have a laugh about it and get lost in the moment. Plus, it’s very unsexy when there’s a zillion people looking at you. Q: You mentioned you had a great experience with Cher. What stands out in your mind? What did you guys talk about? CHRISTINA AGUILERA: Well, one thing that she said that was really, really funny that’s her own quote is “You know, honey, husbands come and go but I’m still Cher at the end of the day.” “Burlesque” opens in theaters on November 24th. http://www.moviesonline.ca/2010/11/christi...view-burlesque/

Bathwater

I, on the other hand, love it :) Great track and good video

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlaDgRIPeM8 Performance - New Burlesque Song - Bound to You 3hsmzEQWNVQ

Christina confirms collaboration with T.I., comments on the possibility of 'Castle Walls' to be one of the singles off his new album (plus - confirms working on a new album) http://923now.radio.com/2010/11/16/christi...-collaboration/

Christina and co-star at Burlesque afterparty http://twitpic.com/37e7o1

Christina talks on working with Cher on Burlesque http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU3udyDF6mE Burlesque behind the scenes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNospK5xRBo...player_embedded