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Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Usher and 50 Cent are among the artists being pressured to return money received after performing for Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and his family members, RollingStone.com reports. Carey reportedly was paid $1 million to sing for Qaddafi's son, Muatassim, Libya's national-security adviser, at a New Year's Eve party on St. Barts in 2008. 50 Cent performed for Qaddafi's son in 2005, and Beyonce and Usher performed at a party in 2009 -- all for undisclosed sums of money. "If it were me, it would go to charity," Buck Williams, agent for R.E.M. and Widespread Panic, told Rolling...

Sultry singer Nelly Furtado, some may be curious to learn, has opened up her dark side in an interview with European magazine GUS, a gay pub that recently landed what some will surely find a hot interview with this mysterious brunette. Apparently, the Canadian songstress admits she's attracted to women and believes all people are essentially bisexual, and that they hould have the freedom to experiment with their sexuality. She tells GUS, "I'm reading a book about Chinese medicine, which claims that people are inherently bisexual to balance their energies. And, in a way, that makes so much sense. As...