Will.I.Am Archives

Skull sexy Rihanna lends her support at the the Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation benefit concert inside the Conga Room at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Thursday (February 5) in Los Angeles.

Fergie rocked out a shrunken leather Victorian jacket with hook and eye detail paired with a leather mini tornado dress by Grai. She finished off her look with an A.Z. by Azature fastener bangle and an Azature black diamond Honor ring, with stackable H-ring.

MIA from the event, presented by Adobe Youth Voices, was BEP member apl.de.ap (real name: Allan Pineda Lindo). He’s unfortunately mourning the death of his 21-year-old brother, Joven Pineda Deala, who was gunned down in the northern Philippine town of Porac.

On a happier note, BEP member Taboo (real name: Jamie Gomez) and his fashion publicist, Jaymie, are expecting their first child this summer. Taboo also has a teenage son, Joshua, with a former girlfriend.

30+ pictures inside of BEP babe Fergie Ferg… More Here! »

It’s been speculated that Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am would be working with rockers U2 on their upcoming album.

Rapper Kanye West just confirmed the news on his blog: “Will.i.am is producing U2’s next album. I’m sure it will be dope as s— judging from the crazy beats he’s done in the past 3 years!”

Will.i.am has said, “I would love to do something with them. It that ever happens it would be a dream come true! I went to Bono’s house. He has these summer parties and I went and had great food. It was the best. Those guys are the nicest people in the world.”

Can’t wait to hear the album!!!!!

CNN host Anderson Cooper, aka Silver Fox, interviewed musician/producer Will.i.am. via hologram during last night’s election coverage from CNN’s Election Center.

The technology included around 44 high-definition cameras that take a real-time, three-dimensional image of a person live!

Coop started off saying, “Will.i.am, I want to thank you for being with us via hologram tonight.”

CNN certainly showed what news coverage will be like in the future. Nifty. Watch the video below!

The Black Eyed Peas will finish recording their fifth album, “The E.N.D.,” at Metropolis Studios in London, reports Billboard.

The album title doesn’t mean it’s BEP’s final album though. “No, no — it stands for ‘The Energy Never Dies,’” explains producer and group member will.i.am.

He goes on to say that he’s tempted to release “The E.N.D.” this year because this will be the final year where physical sales are significant. He predicts: “For the last remaining stores that sell CDs, this is the last Christmas that CDs will be in stores. It’s f—ing scary.”

will.i.am, who was the mastermind behind the viral “Yes We Can” song backing Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign, added that he wants BEP’s music to be interactive, offering embedded information and even “songs within songs” when the user clicks on a pop-up.

“We’re just finishing the songs and collaborating with the software guys,” says will.i.am. “I’m tired of making songs for the radio and for MTV. You should make songs for where songs are actually being listened and played. We have new people — software programmers. They are just as important as me, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. That’s us, the visual members. But nowadays it isn’t just physical with music and content anymore — you have to have proprietary software. Just borrowing other people’s sh– doesn’t empower the growth and how you monetize that content, so that’s why it’s important that we got a software guy that is part of the Peas.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of this “interactive music” — YAY or NAY?

In one of the latest PSAs encouraging people to vote, celebrities use reverse psychology and tell us “DON’T VOTE!”

Look for appearances by Amy Adams, Tatyana Ali, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Maria Bello, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jaime Foxx, Jonah Hill, Djimon Hounsou, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Esai Morales, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, and Forest Whitaker. Don’t Vote. Ya Heard?

To register to vote or to learn how to vote early, visit DeclareYourself.com. For voting locations, visit Maps.Google.com/Vote.

Zac Efron and Ashley Tisdale pose together backstage at the 2008 ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Friday in Pasadena, Calif.

Zac and Ashley were on-hand to present the special achivement award to Kenny Ortega for Outstanding Director of a Made for TV Movie. (Kenny Ortega recently direct Zac and Ashley in High School Musical 3.

Zac, 20, is looking to move forward after carving his initial niche in the acting world. “I want people to see that I have grown up and moved on. I know for sure — and I need a new start,” said Zac.

He added, “I’m looking for something new and exciting to do. I want to do something dark, or a comedy. There’s tons of icons that I would love to work with on something new and exciting!”

UPDATE: Pics of Zac and Ashley presenting at the ALMA’s have been added!

10+ images of Zac Efron at the 2008 ALMA Awards… More Here! »

Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger was caught kissing with Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am last month in Hollywood.

At Opera nightclub in Hollywood on July 21, “Nicole started flirting with Will like crazy and he was loving it,” an onlooker told In Touch Weekly.

“Soon they were all over each other on the dance floor — even kissing. I don’t think they noticed anyone else in the club!”

Their romantic evening even included champagne. “They ordered bottles of Moët & Chandon all night like they were bottles of water!” the onlooker says. This isn’t the first time Nicole, 30, and Will, 33, have connected.

In 2007, they were spotted leaving Joseph’s nightclub in Hollywood together. They also performed together at the American Music Awards in 2007.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Nicole Scherzinger and Will.i.am as a couple?

“We Are The Ones” is the follow-up remix video to the Barack Obama “Yes, We Can” Song by Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am.

Celeb cameos are made by actors Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, John Leguizamo, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Eric Mabius, Tichina Arnold, Adrienne Palicki, comedian George Lopez, and singers Macy Gray, Zoe Kravtiz and Black Eyed Peas’ Tabu. In the video, everybody pretty much chants “O-BAM-A” to the beat. Watch the vid below!

“I would like to see a cleaner Earth for my child that I’m bringing into the world very soon,” Alba, 26, says. “I would like the rest of the world to think highly of our amazing country.”

Adds Phillippe, 33, “I think it’s time for a change. I want a better a future for my children [Ava and Deacon].”

Did I miss former O.C. star Ben McKenzie? He was supposed to be featured in it.