معتبرا أن كل ما يقال في هذا الصدد مجرد شائعات لا أساس لها من الصحة.
وقال الشاب فضيل: إن بعضهم أخطأ عندما فسر تسجيل الشاب مامي أغنية سابقة بعنوان “هكذا خنتوني”، على أنه يقصد ثلاثي “1.2.3″ سولاي خالد، رشيد طه، وفضيل، حين اجتمعوا فوق مسرح واحد وغنوا دون أمير الراي، وقال: إن هذا التفسير غير دقيق، كما أنه لم يخن الشاب مامي.
ومن جهة أخرى، اعترف المطرب الجزائري بأنه وقع ضحية النظام الفرنسي، حين صدّق خطابات الرئيس نيكولا ساركوزي خلال حملته الانتخابية، مشيرا إلى أنه فعل ذلك من منطلق تأثّره بما كانت تتضمنه تلك الخطابات من نبذ للعنصرية، وقال: “لكننّي اكتشفت بعد ذلك أنني كنت كمن يتوهّم وجود البابا نويل”.
وقال: “لقد دعّمت ساركوزي لأنني آمنت بخطاباته النابذة للعنصرية.. لم أكن أرغب في استمالة الرأي العام من خلال هذا الدعم.. لقد منحت فقط مساندتي لرجل، وليس لحزب بعينه.. لكنني اكتشفت أنني كنت كمن صدّق بوجود وهم البابا نويل” -بحسب صحيفة “الشروق” الجزائرية 21 يناير/كانون الثاني-.
وأضاف “سئمت الحديث عن هذا الدعم؛ الذي أثار ضدي الإعلام الذي لم أفهم تآمره ضدي.. لكنّني أعترف اليوم بأنني كنت ضحية هذا الإعلام وضحية النظام الفرنسي”.
وعبّر عن استيائه من بعض وسائل الإعلام الفرنسية، التي قال: إنها “لم تستوعب سبب تقرّبي في البداية من الرئيس الفرنسي، وراحت تشن ضدّي حملات متتالية”، وكذلك الأمر بالنسبة لجمهوره الذي فقد منه بعض الدعم -على حد قوله- بسبب دعمه الرئاسي.
وفي إشارة من فضيل حول طيّه صفحة دعمه ساركوزي وما نتج عنها، قال: “سأبقى في مكاني.. والموسيقى هي أهم هدف لي، بالإضافة إلى العائلة الممثلة في زوجتي وابني؛ لأنها أمّنت لي التوازن والاستقرار”.

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When Kid Cudi performs with Wale and the go-go group UCB, the VMA house band, at Sunday's awards show, he will take some time out to remember 2008 house-band member DJ AM, who died unexpectedly last month.

"DJ AM was a good homie of mine, so we're going to do a little something for him," the VMA-nominated rapper told MTV News. "We doing this for AM. He had so much love."

For Cudi's time at the Video Music Awards, he plans to make sure his party is all about AM. "We're going to be celebrating his life," he said. "You know what I mean? It's going to be a great night, and I don't know about everybody else, but I'm celebrating the VMAs in memory of Adam Goldstein."

Wale spoke to MTV News after AM's death about picking up where Travis Barker and DJ AM left off last year. "AM was one of the greatest DJs I've ever seen play," he said. "Him and Travis had such a chemistry. [AM was] definitely one of the greater ears in music, and he's definitely underrated [as a DJ]."

Wale and UCB will also be joined by Solange Knowles, Pitbull and 3OH!3 for a series of originals and covers that will definitely keep the VMA crowd rocking all night. If Wale's VMA rehearsal Thursday was any indication, those covers could include songs by Britney Spears, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Contrary to an online report, Jason Biggs has not been attacked by a Gibraltar ape while on vacation on the island, his rep told Access  Hollywood.

“Jason’s in LA, had a meeting yesterday with his agents,” the rep told Access. “Not everything on the Internet is true.”

Earlier on Thursday, the UK’s Telegraph reported that the star had gone sightseeing in Gibraltar, only to find himself face-to-face with a Barbary macaque that “tried to bite his face off.” There are reportedly some 200 “Barbary apes” in Gibraltar – a species native to North Africa and brought to the British territory by soldiers in the 18th century.

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BUCHAREST, Romania - At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.

The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night's concert, underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe.

Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, human rights advocates say Roma probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other people group on the continent.



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Leonardo DiCaprio is set to become the latest celebrity to get seriously skinny for a film role. The movie hunk faces a weighty battle to lose a pile of pounds for his new movie Inception, which has been written by The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan.

A set insider tells RadarOnline.com, "There's an action scene coming up at the end of the year in which he needs to appear emaciated, so the pressure is on. Leo isn't the kind of guy who can just lose a radical amount of weight... He's following a strict diet and is embarking on a rigorous workout regime. Leo's a pretty determined kind of guy, when he sets his mind to things he always achieves them. Though this is going to be hard for him, you can guarantee he'll succeed."
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