Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral service of American R&B star, Etta James with musical tributes from Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera. Best known for her show-stopping hit “At Last,” Etta James died on January 20 aged 73 after suffering from leukemia and complications from dementia.

Pop star Christina Aguilera performed her own rendition of “At Last” during the funeral service in Los Angeles, which also included a performance by Stevie Wonder. The 31-year-old singer displayed raw emotion as she performed at the blue’s legend’s memorial service January 29 at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, just outside of Los Angeles. The Voice judge looked sensational as she belted out James, hit song wearing an all black ensemble. She looked more put together than she has in a long time, wearing a form-fitting black suit and an assortment of silver jewelry. Though she was very elegant, she may have showed a little too much cleavage for such a somber occasion. But no one seemed to complain as a legion of fans took to Twitter saying they were moved by Christina’s powerful tribute.

The three time Grammy-award winning R&B singer saw numerous ups-and-downs in her career and personal life. She had struggled with heroin addiction, obesity and a string of troubled relationships. Mrs. James was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago and had been in failing health for a number of years. She also suffered from diabetes, kidney problems and dementia and was hospitalized at the end of last year. Since the singer’s death, her album sales have sky rocketed, with fans snapping up her various records. For the week ending on January 22, James’ albums sold a total 30,000 copies, marking a 378% increase over the previous week, when she moved just over 6,000 units.

Another music icon, Stevie Wonder, performed three songs, including his single Shelter In the Rain and he delivered a harmonica solo. While the Reverend Al Sharpton, who met Etta when he was an up-and-coming preacher, delivered the heartfelt eulogy. Sharpton described Etta as a trailblazer who helped break down the ‘colour curtain in America.’ He went on to say that she used music to bridge a world that was separate referring to America’s turbulent racial divisions during the civil rights era. He said the she was able to get them on the same rhythms and humming the same ballads and understanding each others’ melodies way before they could even use the same hotels.

Sharpton also read a personal note written by President Barack Obama. As for Aguilera’e performance, it was surprising to see the star got so emotional as Etta was one of her idols. Christina took to her Twitter page two days ago to honor the legendary singer. She added an old black and white photograph of herself performing with the recently deceased songbird saying that it was one of the greatest moments of her life referring to her singing with her idol, the legendary Etta James adding that she will be forever missed.

Christina Aguilera is set to follow the Super Bowl this year with the Season 2 premiere of her show, ‘The Voice,’  but she told Access Hollywood that she would be open to singing at the big game too.  The singer said that she is open and up for any challenge any time any day.  Christina’s fellow judge Blake Shelton chimed in referring to self that he will sing one of Christina’s song at the Super Bowl and joking sang hey sister, soul sister.

Christina previously sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl XLV with the matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers on Sunday night (February 6).  Wearing her hair down and donning a black suit, Aguilera belted out the song as both the Terrible Towels and Cheese Heads counted down the moments until the big game.  The Grammy winner got the crowd hyped as she hit the crescendos of the song, while celebrities and players looked on, many of the players nervously looking to the sky or holding back tears as they prepared to take the field.

Although her voice never wavered as she paid tribute to the country in song, Aguilera did briefly flub the lyrics, but she handled it like a pro, rendering the mistake barely noticeable.  The star later apologized for her slip-up, telling CNN that she got so lost in the moment of the song that she lost her place.  She continued and said that she can only hope that everyone could feel her love for the country and the true spirit of its anthem still came through.  The singer grew up outside of Pittsburgh and was presumably a Steelers fan.  According to Aguilera, she has been performing the anthem since she was 7 years old and Super Bowl is a dream come true for her.  She added that she was really excited to be part of such an iconic event.

Christina, Blake, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green are all back as coaches for Season 2 of NBC’s reality singing competition, “The Voice,” and the superstar singer said coming back for another round was an easy sell.  She said that she had to come back and do a second season asking how she could not.  Aguilera added that this is the most exciting show ever claiming that the suspense level was intense.  She also said that she gets more nervous on the blind auditions than the actual artists and vocalists that come up to audition.  According to her, it is nerve wracking and exciting.

The early phases of “The Voice” auditions are currently going on in Los Angeles and Christina said the talent that has come through has been of a different caliber.  She said that it is amazing to realize that the bar has been raised so high this year and they have actually become more critical because of it.  According to Aguilera, there is no one singer that is not good or great that comes through in their show so they are extra critical and are all looking for something so unique and so different.  Season 2 of “The Voice” premieres on February 5 on NBC, after the Super Bowl.

The argument between these two stars began years ago on the Osbourne’s reality TV series when Kelly said she want to stab herself after listening to Aguilera’s Christmas album.  Christina fought back by claiming that Kelly has a crush on her and throwing darts at a picture of the Brit during the 2003 MTV Europe Awards.  The singer also mocked Kelly during that event saying, Oh Lord, she did not know it was still Halloween.  However, the real reason for Kelly’s grudge against Christina comes from the alleged statement that the singer used to say that she was fat.  For years, Kelly Osbourne battled a weight problem before shedding 48 lbs. during her time in the 2009 Dancing With the Stars.

During an appearance on E!’s Fashion Police this past summer, Kelly commented on a recent photo of Christina taken on ‘Michael Forever’ tribute concert saying that Christina called her fat so many f***ing years and firing back to christina, so you know what? F**ck you! You’re fat too.  Fashion Police host Joan Rivers also had a catty remark to make about Christina’s dress.  She said that she looks like Snooki’s Scandinavian cousin explaining that it is a pretty dress but she is stuffed into it.  Kelly then said that maybe she is just becoming the fat b***h she was always born to be.  Adding she do not know but Christina was a c*** to her.

During last Friday’s episode of Fashion Police, the 26-year-old Osbourne once again take on her grudge against Christina.  Kelly commented on Aguilera’s performance outfit during the Michael Jackson tribute concert (a leotard, fishnet tights, and gobs of caked on make-up), Kelly in a criticizing voice said, she called her fat for years but she was never that fat.  Co-host Joan Rivers was also joined in on the bashing, saying that the Lady Marmalade got into the peanut butter again. When George Kotsiopoulos tried to defend Aguilera by saying that the singer was probably still a size 2/4, Osbourne snapped to the latted to trust her becauseshe is a 2/4 and that is not a 2/4.

Christina Aguilera has not fired back at Kelly Osbourne, yet.  But it does not seem like Kelly is in the mood to apologize for her remarks and forget their feud and she just don’t seem like stopping taking digs at the pop diva’s new fuller figure.  Meanwhile, rumors of Christina’s pregnancy were in circulation at the moment due to fast weight gain of the 30-year-old singer but no confirmation has been made, yet.  In any case, that the pop singer is pregnant, rest assured you will know It soon.  Christina was recently divorced with her husband Jordan Bratman after 5 years of marriage.  On their divorce papers, Aguilera cited irreconcilable differences but speculations were known to be Christina as the one who cheated.  A joint physical and legal custody of their 2-year-old son max has been believed to be filed in the court.  The singer is currently in a relationship with Matt Rutler.

The man behind Scarlett Johansson nude photo leak in the Internet and responsible for multiple counts of computer hacking, Identity theft and wire-tapping by broking into the e-mails and phones of Hollywood Celebrities including Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Vanessa Hudgens have been identified and charged with criminal cases facing 121 years of imprisonment if convicted.  On an interview with reports Chauncy Glover of WAWS/WTEV asking what he would like to say to people whose accounts were broken into, he said, “I deeply apologize.”

Following a yearlong investigation of celebrity hacking named as “Operation Hackerazzi,” the FBI arrested the perpetrator Wednesday morning. “This [arrest] comes as a relief to victims, many of whom suffered great distress,” said Steven Martinez, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s L.A. field office.  The 35-year-old Florida man says he was addicted to spying on celebrities and does not intend to blackmail anyone with the photos.  “It started as curiosity and it turned into just being addicted to seeing behind the scenes of what’s going on with these people you see on the big screen every day,” Chaney told Action News Jacksonville.  The addiction of hacking celebrities’ e-mail accounts grew to a point where he did not know how to stop, and was almost relieved when the FBI took his computers away.  “I’ve always used computers — gaming, Facebook, things everybody uses computers for. Honestly I don’t even remember how or when it started or with whom it started. It just happened and snowballed,” he said, indicating that he just couldn’t stop.

Reportedly, there were more than 50 victims of this hacker from Jacksonville named Christopher Chaney.  He got into their e-mail accounts by snooping around their social media accounts and using clues from their lives to guess passwords expanding his targets by using each celebrity’s contact list, which gave him access to countless financial information, movie scripts, celebrity photos and private emails.  This information was allegedly forwarded to Chaney even in the event the users reset passwords.

According to an FBI statement, Chaney offered materials including photographs to celebrity blog sites which has been actually posted allegedly using usernames such as “trainreqsuckswhat,” ‘‘anonygrrl” and “jaxjaguars911.”  Chaney said that he did not know the people who contacted him about releasing the photos, which he did not want to do. He also had no desire to make any money off them. He apologized, adding, “I know what I did was probably the worst invasion of privacy someone could experience. And these people don’t have privacy to begin with.  And I was in that little silver of privacy they do have.  I’m not trying to escape what I did. It was wrong. And I have to just face that and go forward.”

On Wednesday afternoon, Chaney initially appeared in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Florida. And, according to an FBI spokesman named Laura Eimiller in Los Angeles, Chaney was later released on a $10,000 bail.  Chaney has also been banned from accessing the Internet.  Chaney will have to appear in the same courthouse at 10:30 a.m. on Friday for an identity hearing, according to Eimiller.

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Christina Maria Aguilera also known as Christina Aguilera is a famous female American recording artist as well as actress. She was first seen on television in the year 1990. She was a former contestant of the Stat Search program. After the said program, she went to the television series The Mickey Mouse Club from the year 1993 to 1994. She is also the famous singer of “Reflection”, the theme song of the animated film “Mulan” which is premiered in 1998.

Christina Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York. Her parents are Shelly Loraine, a Spanish teacher, and Fauto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, a sergeant in the U.S. army. Her parents had an early divorce. Christina was seven years old when her parents had a divorce. After the divorce, she lived with her mother together with her younger sister Rachel in the house of their grandmother in Rochester, Pennsylvania.

Christina Aguilera and her mother said that their father is very controlling and he was also physically and emotionally abusive. Based on the interview with Christina in Rolling Stone, she revealed that she grew up in violent environment at that time. She said that there was so much violence when she grew with her dad traveling in the military. She said that it is also the reason why she was so driven on the songs that she is singing and she was very passionate when it comes to music.

Christina already wanted to be a singer when she was little. She was trying to join local talent competitions. She was known back then as the little girl with the big voice. On the year 1990, she joined on Star Search and she sang “A Sunday Kind of Love”. However, she lost the competition at number 2. After that, she went home and she appeared on the TV show Wake Up with Larry Richert and she performed the same song.

In 1991, Christina auditioned for a role in the Mickey Mouse Club but she was not accepted because she did not meet the age requirement. After two years, she joined the cast that performs musical numbers and sketch comedy. She worked with Justine Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell and Britney Spears. They called her “the DIVA” because of the style of her singing and performance. In 1998, Aguilera was sent in a demo because of her version of Whitney Houston’s “Run to you”. She was chosen by Disney to sing the theme song of the animated feature film Mulan in 1998. She sang the song “Reflection”. The producer and the label executive Ron Fair was amazed on her performance. He became the mentor of Aguilera and she made a contract with RCA records on the same week. The song “Reflection was included within the top 20 on the Adult Contemporary Singles Chart and the song was nominated for Best Original Song in the Golden Globe Awards.

Until now, Christina Aguilera is still making chart topper songs and she still continues her career as a professional singer.

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