Could Fergie be exiting the Black Eyed Peas? Rumors started circulating after the release of the groups latest album that they could be headed for a hiatus and now it’s believed the only person going on hiatus is the bands female singer.

According to MediaTakeOut.com :

“The group had been looking for a replacement for some time. Ashanti was reportedly brought onto the group’s WORLD TOUR – as sort of an AUDITION, to see if she could work with the band – and it worked out PERFECTLY!!”

“The group has been looking for a replacement for some time,” a top music industry executive chimed in.

News of Fergie’s plans shouldn’t surprise Black Eyed Peas fans since Peas singer Taboo recently spoke with the New York Times and said she was prepared to take a hiatus to spend more time with husband Josh Duhamel and work on starting a family:

“We have to respect Fergie. Fergie is our sister. She definitely wants to have a family and we’re happy for her,” he said.

Fergie’s last show will reportedly take place on Nov. 23 and industry snoops say an official announcement about Ashanti joining the band to take over Fergie’s spot is expected by the end of November.

In celebration of the Black Eyed Peas here’s one of their biggest hits “I Gotta Feeling”:

Do you think Ashanti is a good replacement choice for Fergie?

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Molly Sims is a model, an actress and a jewelry designer and now she can add wife to her list of titles. Sims and producer fiance Scott Stuber have tied the knot.

Sims and Stuber dated for a year and a half before announcing their engagement last May and according to PEOPLE the couple exchanged vows on Saturday during a small ceremony witnessed by friends and family in Napa Valley, California. Among those in attendance were Fergie and her husband Josh Duhamel.

Sims, 38, wore a dress by Marchesa and jewelery by Lorraine Schwartz while Stuber, best known for his producing roles on The Break-Up and Role Models wore a tux by Tom Ford.

Next on the radar for Sims is a Project Runway spin-off called Project Accessories which will air on Lifetime. Stuber for his part is also very busy with Battleship arriving next year, that movie stars pop singer Rihanna.

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The Black Eyed Peas were guests on the Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night and performed their new single, “I Gotta Feeling” Live, to kick off their first group album in three years.

Video of the Black Eyed Peas Performing “I Gotta Feeling” Live on Letterman

will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie tore it up for delighted fans on Letterman kicking off the release of their new album, The E.N.D, on June 9.

From the Black Eyed Peas wikipedia page:

Group front man will.i.am told Billboard that The E.N.D stands for “The Energy Never Dies”, which describes his model for a project that will be living and frequently updated throughout its designated cycle. “It’s a diary … of music that at any given time, depending on the inspiration, you can add to it,” the artist/producer/songwriter explains. “I’m trying to break away from the concept of an album. What is an album when you put 12 songs on iTunes and people can pick at it like scabs? That’s not an album. There is no album anymore.” He describes the music as “a lot of dance stuff, real melodic, electronic, soulful. We call it, like, electric static funk, something like that.

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The premise of the fairly understated video is to show the band going “into the digital afterlife.” Says Fergie: “So the transformation is us going into a sort of birth or cocoon…And coming out the other end as forms of energy. It’s a parallel to the music industry. Now everything is downloaded.”

The one interesting thing in the video is the opening scene and the final scene: The first 5 seconds focuses on a band member using a HP Touchsmart. The final scene zoom back to show the same HP, although there’s no mention of the Touchsmart on screen…instead you clearly see the HP logo.

Fergie has already appeared in HP commercials late last year, so the tie-in is not surprising. The blatant nature though is something a little special. I guess musicians raging against corporations are a thing of the past, replaced instead by the offer of high paying product placements.

Here’s the HP advertisement Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow video:

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The long-awaited wedding of Fergie and Josh Duhamel finally took place in Malibu California on Saturday, Jan 10.

The ceremony has been described as having a white fantasy theme and the exhanging of vows took place under magnolias, and the venue was filled with thousands of white roses, People magazine is reporting.

Fergie, 33, who is not usually famous for her class and sense of style, wore a Dolce & Gabbana gown Apparently it was a fitted, white ruched, corseted wedding gown with a mesh tulle overlay, spaghetti straps and a long train. The veil was also designed by Dolce & Gabbana.

Duhamel, 36, also wore Dolce & Gabbana, as did the 10 bridesmaids who were in black dresses and the matching groomsmen in black suits and white ties.

Fergie sings with her band the Black Eyed Peas, and Josh Duhamel is the star of the Las Vegas televison series. The pair met on the set of Las Vegas in 2004 when Fergies guest starred, and they got engaged in 2007.

People is also reporting that Fergie carried a bouquet of white flowers studded with crystals. The couple exchanged H.Stern rings, with each band engraved with special personal messages by the bride and groom. Her engagement ring had a round, 4-carat brilliant cut diamond set amid other diamonds, with colors ranging from white to cognac. A narrow colored diamond wedding band was designed to match. Duhamel’s ring was made of 18K white gold with a brush finish.

Guests included Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, Mario Lopez, Stacy Keibler, Kid Rock, Slash, Kate Hudson he members of Black Eyed Peas including will.i.am, and Duhamel’s Las Vegas costars James Caan, Molly Sims and Vanessa Marcil.

No one will verify that they agreed to make the ultimate sacrifice in their wedding vows, that’s right they each offered to the other their last gram.

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Fergie’s news dropped just a day after she wrapped up filming in Europe for the film Nine, in which she plays a prostitute– kinda ironic. Daniel Day-Lewis stars in Nine as Guido Contini along with Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, and Sophia Loren, and some of Fergie’s co-stars are rumored to be making an appearance at the sure-to-be-star-studded event.

I hope all the bloggers play nice and don’t call her butterface on her big day.

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Fergie, now known as “The Digital Duchess,” runs through her various uses of her HP computer in the one minute spot:

“My computer is like a virtual autobiography… I love finding new dance moves online… Totally reminds me of my first tour with the Peas… Check it out, my new shoe line. Working on an eco-friendly style next. Green is the new black, baby… My computer holds my past but there’s plenty of room in there for my future.”“My computer is like a virtual autobiography… I love finding new dance moves online… Totally reminds me of my first tour with the Peas… Check it out, my new shoe line. Working on an eco-friendly style next. Green is the new black, baby… My computer holds my past but there’s plenty of room in there for my future.”

The interesting part of the commercial isn’t yet another popstar pimping computers for a living, it’s what’s missing from the commercial: Fergies head!

Most of the time all we see of Fergie is her body, and occasionally the very bottom of her head, including chin and mouth. Where her head comes into full shot (nearly) at 0:45, it is obscured by some sort of large plastic object.

Fergie does have an amazing voice, but a stint on crystal meth left her early attractive looks looking a little the worse for wear. Still, to nearly entirely exclude the head of a celebrity in a celebrity endorsement is taking things to extremes…her head may be a little wicked, but it doesn’t scare small children…well mostly.

Here’s the (mostly) headless Fergie HP commercial:

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