“I love lingerie and diamonds,” says Paris Hilton, one of the celebrities attending the Victoria’s Secret lingerie fashion show. “We’re focusing on the Miraculous Chantilly lace piece,” says Victoria’s Secret designer Todd Thomas who describes the fashions as “strong, biker chic.”

“It’s all about mixing sexy but still sweet,” says supermodel Candice Swanepoel. “There’s going to be a lot of leather and tatoos…tough, sexy girls.”

Katy Perry performs her new single “Firework” off Teenage Dream. Perry was nominated in 2009 for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her hit single “I Kissed A Girl” and again in 2010 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her hit single “Hot ‘n’ Cold.” She recently released her follow-up album Teenage Dream which has two #1 hits, the title track and California Gurls. Hailing from Santa Barbara, California, Perry recently married actor-comedian bad boy Russell Brand.

Akon will serenade the models as they walk down the runway. Akon will perform “Angel,” the first single off his upcoming album, Stadium. The six-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter was the first solo artist to twice hold both the #1 and #2 spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. He founded two record labels, KonLive and Konvict, that are home to Lady Gaga, T-Pain and other artists. He also founded the youth-focused charity Konfidence.

The catwalk features supermodels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley, Candice Swanepoel, Chanel Iman, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Behati Prinsloo and other Victoria’s Secret Angels strutting their stuff in the lingerie runway show. The $2 million Bombshell Fantasy Bra designed by Italian jeweler Damiani is being modeled by Adriana Lima.

Taped in New York, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is produced by done and dusted, inc. Edward G. Razek, Monica Mitro, Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton are the executive producers. Hamish Hamilton is the director.

“I love lingerie and diamonds,” says Paris Hilton, one of the celebrities attending the Victoria’s Secret lingerie fashion show. “We’re focusing on the Miraculous Chantilly lace piece,” says Victoria’s Secret designer Todd Thomas who describes the fashions as “strong, biker chic.”

“It’s all about mixing sexy but still sweet,” says supermodel Candice Swanepoel. “There’s going to be a lot of leather and tatoos…tough, sexy girls.”

Katy Perry performs her new single “Firework” off Teenage Dream. Perry was nominated in 2009 for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her hit single “I Kissed A Girl” and again in 2010 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her hit single “Hot ‘n’ Cold.” She recently released her follow-up album Teenage Dream which has two #1 hits, the title track and California Gurls. Hailing from Santa Barbara, California, Perry recently married actor-comedian bad boy Russell Brand.

Akon will serenade the models as they walk down the runway. Akon will perform “Angel,” the first single off his upcoming album, Stadium. The six-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter was the first solo artist to twice hold both the #1 and #2 spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. He founded two record labels, KonLive and Konvict, that are home to Lady Gaga, T-Pain and other artists. He also founded the youth-focused charity Konfidence.

The catwalk features supermodels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley, Candice Swanepoel, Chanel Iman, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Behati Prinsloo and other Victoria’s Secret Angels strutting their stuff in the lingerie runway show. The $2 million Bombshell Fantasy Bra designed by Italian jeweler Damiani is being modeled by Adriana Lima.

Taped in New York, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is produced by done and dusted, inc. Edward G. Razek, Monica Mitro, Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton are the executive producers. Hamish Hamilton is the director.

The Triad will present Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee Melba Moore in a live performance as part of the CD Listening Party for her disc, The Gift of Love on Thursday, November 12 at 9pm. She will be joined by veteran R&B star Phil Perry.

The CD, released on Shanachie, contains 11 upbeat, uplifting, and inspirational songs that run the gamut from contemporary gospel to adult contemporary. An exclusive artist meet & greet/autograph session will follow the performance.

Moore received the Tony Award for Purlie. Her other stage credits include Hair, Les Miserables, Chicago, and Ain't Misbehavin'.

The Triad will present Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee Melba Moore in a live performance as part of the CD Listening Party for her disc, The Gift of Love on Thursday, November 12 at 9pm. She will be joined by veteran R&B star Phil Perry.

The CD, released on Shanachie, contains 11 upbeat, uplifting, and inspirational songs that run the gamut from contemporary gospel to adult contemporary. An exclusive artist meet & greet/autograph session will follow the performance.

Moore received the Tony Award for Purlie. Her other stage credits include Hair, Les Miserables, Chicago, and Ain't Misbehavin'.

Aerosmith's Joe Perry is still my hero
So I'm hanging with Joe Perry, lead guitarist for Aerosmith. (Wow, I've never had more fun writing a lead sentence in my life.) We're lounging on his tour bus, a rock-nirvana-on-wheels idling almighty outside a St. Pete radio station. The 59-year-old has been driving around the country, chatting up critics about his new solo album, Have Guitar, Will Travel, out Oct. 6. A few weeks ago, his PR rep asked if I wanted to "informally hang" with Joe. I informally answered, "Are you (bleepin') kidding me?" • The man who has ripped solos on Walk This Way, Love in an Elevator and all those classics ingrained in our DNA is long and thin, with a skunk stripe of white blazing through the middle of his black mane. He has myriad necklaces hanging from his tan, leathered neck; his black belt should be sporting six-shooters. The interior of the bus is all high-roller suite; the color schemes are leopard-print and badass. Joe Perry rolls down the blinds. • "Can I get you a drink?" he asks. In my mind: Askforbourbonaskforbourbon. Instead: "I'd love a water." Gutless. • I was told I'd have 30 minutes; Joe gives me 90. Here are excerpts from our chat, complete with notebook scribblings as I tried to look smooth sitting knee-to-knee with rock royalty:

On the vibe of his new album, especially the great blues track Slingshot:

I wanted the feel of driving into Las Vegas at 6 in the morning with the top down after being up for three straight days. I've had nights like those.

As I sip my water, Joe is cradling what looks to be a very expensive brown bottle. I casually try and scope out the label. Finally, across the bottom: ROOT BEER.

On the fate of Aerosmith after singer Steven Tyler fell off the stage during an August show, causing the band to scrap a summer tour, including a Tampa date:

There are plenty of tweets, Twitters, blogs saying the band broke up and that's bulls---. It's just not true. People can be so bitter and cruel. Just because you're anonymous doesn't mean you can lose your manners or your etiquette. . . . Aerosmith is not broken up. We're going to take a good healthy sabbatical.

(Perry was born in Lawrence, Mass., and there are still hearty remnants of a Boston accent. Case in point: He loves Ray "Chahhhles.")

On the whispers that Tyler is addicted to painkillers, brought on by the stage fall:

As far as I know, he was doing what his doctor said. The hardest thing for him to do is try and sit still. That guy is permanently on.

(Apparently falling off the stage is a common occurrence in Aerosmith lore. Perry said he himself plunged from a stage 25 years ago. "What goes up must come down," he says.)

On the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, the thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios:

Steven and I rode it 49 times the first day, to check all the music. The ride was already built when we saw it; that's their thing. But the music they left up to us.

Joe is all about the kids. The art for 2008's Guitar Hero: Aerosmith video game adorns the outside of his tour bus. "I'm not a gamer," he says. "But I have 6- and 7-year-olds coming up to me talking about Aerosmith songs I had forgotten about."

Aerosmith's Joe Perry is still my hero
So I'm hanging with Joe Perry, lead guitarist for Aerosmith. (Wow, I've never had more fun writing a lead sentence in my life.) We're lounging on his tour bus, a rock-nirvana-on-wheels idling almighty outside a St. Pete radio station. The 59-year-old has been driving around the country, chatting up critics about his new solo album, Have Guitar, Will Travel, out Oct. 6. A few weeks ago, his PR rep asked if I wanted to "informally hang" with Joe. I informally answered, "Are you (bleepin') kidding me?" • The man who has ripped solos on Walk This Way, Love in an Elevator and all those classics ingrained in our DNA is long and thin, with a skunk stripe of white blazing through the middle of his black mane. He has myriad necklaces hanging from his tan, leathered neck; his black belt should be sporting six-shooters. The interior of the bus is all high-roller suite; the color schemes are leopard-print and badass. Joe Perry rolls down the blinds. • "Can I get you a drink?" he asks. In my mind: Askforbourbonaskforbourbon. Instead: "I'd love a water." Gutless. • I was told I'd have 30 minutes; Joe gives me 90. Here are excerpts from our chat, complete with notebook scribblings as I tried to look smooth sitting knee-to-knee with rock royalty:

On the vibe of his new album, especially the great blues track Slingshot:

I wanted the feel of driving into Las Vegas at 6 in the morning with the top down after being up for three straight days. I've had nights like those.

As I sip my water, Joe is cradling what looks to be a very expensive brown bottle. I casually try and scope out the label. Finally, across the bottom: ROOT BEER.

On the fate of Aerosmith after singer Steven Tyler fell off the stage during an August show, causing the band to scrap a summer tour, including a Tampa date:

There are plenty of tweets, Twitters, blogs saying the band broke up and that's bulls---. It's just not true. People can be so bitter and cruel. Just because you're anonymous doesn't mean you can lose your manners or your etiquette. . . . Aerosmith is not broken up. We're going to take a good healthy sabbatical.

(Perry was born in Lawrence, Mass., and there are still hearty remnants of a Boston accent. Case in point: He loves Ray "Chahhhles.")

On the whispers that Tyler is addicted to painkillers, brought on by the stage fall:

As far as I know, he was doing what his doctor said. The hardest thing for him to do is try and sit still. That guy is permanently on.

(Apparently falling off the stage is a common occurrence in Aerosmith lore. Perry said he himself plunged from a stage 25 years ago. "What goes up must come down," he says.)

On the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, the thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios:

Steven and I rode it 49 times the first day, to check all the music. The ride was already built when we saw it; that's their thing. But the music they left up to us.

Joe is all about the kids. The art for 2008's Guitar Hero: Aerosmith video game adorns the outside of his tour bus. "I'm not a gamer," he says. "But I have 6- and 7-year-olds coming up to me talking about Aerosmith songs I had forgotten about."