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The Pussycat Dolls is a female burlesque dance troupe based in Los Angeles, as well as in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The group was founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995, and the group released their first single in 2004.

Biography

A number of celebrities have also guest-performed with the group. The dancers perform in lingerie and old-fashioned pin-up costumes and there is no nudity or explicit sex in their performances. The group has become internationally popular and has been featured in magazines, television specials for MTV and VH1, ad campaigns, and movies. Carmen Electra has been the group's lead performer for many of these magazine articles and television appearances, and she has been featured on stage with the Pussycat Dolls most frequently of all the celebrity performers. Nicole Scherzinger (a.k.a. Nicole Kea), a former member of the American Popstars winners Eden's Crush, has now become the group's lead singer. Other past and present members of the group include Carmit Bachar, Cyia Batten, Kasey Campbell, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Rachel Sterling, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt.

They congratulated themselves with their first hit "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes, originally recorded by Tori Alamaze) in 2005 by performing it in a club for their fans. It has peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Pop 100 and Hot Dance Music/Club Play singles charts. It has also reached #1 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, and debuted at #1 on the official UK Singles Chart on September 11, 2005. More recently, "Stickwitu" reached the No.1 spot in UK charts on 12/11/05.

The Pussycat Dolls released their debut album, PCD, on September 13, 2005. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 selling over 99,000 copies.The album slipped down to number 15 on its second week, 23 its third week, 36 its fourth week, but returned to the top 30 thanks to the new single "Stickwitu".The album has been doing great on sales, since its release it has sold over 500,000 copies, acheiving a Gold certification. It continues to receive attention, spending its 20th week at number 20. The album features tracks produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Rich Harrison, Sean Garett, and Ron Fair. Will.i.am produced and rapped on "Beep", while Timbaland produced and rapped on "Wait A Minute".

In December 2005, the band won a Billboard Music Award for "Don't Cha" as Top Hot/Dance Club Play Single of the Year, the song was also nominated for Top-selling Single of the Year and Top-selling Dance Single of the Year.

In January 2006, the album PCD went platinum. In February 2006, they released the news that they would be going on tour with the Black Eyed Peas. Later that week MTV News released information on the group's next single, Buttons featuring Snoop Dogg.

Members

Current members

  • Carmit Bachar
  • Ashley Roberts
  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • Jessica Sutta
  • Melody Thornton
  • Kimberly Wyatt

Past members

  • Cyia Batten
  • Nadine Ellis
  • Staci Flood
  • Kasey Campbell
  • Rachel Sterling
  • Rebecca Pickering
  • Kaya Jones

Awards & nominations

  • 2005 Billboard Music Award win Top-selling R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha' feat. Busta Rhymes.
  • 2005 Billboard Music Award win for Top Dance/Club Play Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha'.
  • 2005 Billboard Music Award nominations for Top Dance/Club Play Artist of the Year, Top-selling Dance Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha', and Top-selling Single of the Year.
  • 2005 UK Smash Hits Awards - win for Best Video of The Year ("Don't Cha")
  • 2006 DIE GOLDENE KAMERA IN GERMANY - win for Pop International
  • 2006 NOMINATED - Australia's VMAs - R&B Video of the Year

Discography

Albums

  • 2005 PCD: #5 US (RIAA Certification: Gold) #8 UK (Certification: 2xPlatinum), #16 AUS

Singles

Tours

  • 2005 Don't Cha Promotional Tour - US
  • 2005 X-mas Radio Show Tour - Jingle Ball & Santa Slam
  • 2005 PCD Album Promotional Tour
  • 2005 Don't Cha Promotional Tour - World Wide
  • 2005 Stickwitu pomotional Tour
  • 2006 Honda Civic Tour

Celebrities who have performed with the group

The Pussycat Dolls, with member Carmen Electra (bottom center), featured in Interview (magazine)

Female guests

  • Britney Spears
  • Carmen Electra
  • Pamela Anderson
  • Christina Applegate
  • Samaire Armstrong
  • Nikka Costa
  • Stacy Ferguson
  • Willa Ford
  • Paris Hilton
  • Shannon Elizabeth
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Eva Longoria
  • Brittany Murphy
  • Kelly Osbourne
  • Pink
  • Jaime Pressly
  • Gwen Stefani
  • Charlize Theron
  • Dita Von Teese
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Lucy Liu
  • Cameron Diaz
  • Patti LaBelle

Male guests

  • Marc Almond
  • Chris Judd
  • Tom Jones
  • Andy Dick
  • Snoop Dogg

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Male guests. She added: “Based upon forensic information late Tuesday afternoon that linked the .22 handgun owned by Joseph Materazzo both to Neil Entwistle and to Rachel, we believed we had probable cause to seek an arrest warrant for Neil Entwistle’s arrest.”. Female guests. “He was then in Worksop with his parents.”. Later that week MTV News released information on the group's next single, Buttons featuring Snoop Dogg. He was on an 8:15 flight to the United Kingdom on that day. In February 2006, they released the news that they would be going on tour with the Black Eyed Peas. on Saturday morning, January 22.

In January 2006, the album PCD went platinum. “He purchased a one-way ticket on British Airways at approximately 5:00 a.m. In December 2005, the band won a Billboard Music Award for "Don't Cha" as Top Hot/Dance Club Play Single of the Year, the song was also nominated for Top-selling Single of the Year and Top-selling Dance Single of the Year. As we know, he was observed at Logan Airport. Will.i.am produced and rapped on "Beep", while Timbaland produced and rapped on "Wait A Minute". “What we believe happened next was that Neil Entwistle returned the gun to his father-in-law’s home in Carver, then made preparations to leave the country. The album features tracks produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Rich Harrison, Sean Garett, and Ron Fair. Obviously the murder was effected, but the suicide was not.

It continues to receive attention, spending its 20th week at number 20. “We believe possibly this was intended to be a murder suicide, but we cannot confirm that. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 selling over 99,000 copies.The album slipped down to number 15 on its second week, 23 its third week, 36 its fourth week, but returned to the top 30 thanks to the new single "Stickwitu".The album has been doing great on sales, since its release it has sold over 500,000 copies, acheiving a Gold certification. “At sometime on Friday morning, Neil Entwistle - with a firearm we believe he had secured at sometime before that from father in-law Joseph Materazzo - shot Rachel Entwistle in the head and then proceeded to shoot baby Lillian, who was lying on the bed next to her mother. The Pussycat Dolls released their debut album, PCD, on September 13, 2005. Martha Coakley told a press conference after Entwistle’s arrest: “On Thursday night (January 19, 2006), Rachel was alive and had spoken with family members. More recently, "Stickwitu" reached the No.1 spot in UK charts on 12/11/05. And he added that the family had “always been confident that the person who did this would be brought to justice.”.

It has also reached #1 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, and debuted at #1 on the official UK Singles Chart on September 11, 2005. “God didn’t do this - there is evil among us.”. It has peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Pop 100 and Hot Dance Music/Club Play singles charts. He was a trusted husband and father and it’s incomprehensible how that love and trust was betrayed in the ultimate act of violence. They congratulated themselves with their first hit "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes, originally recorded by Tori Alamaze) in 2005 by performing it in a club for their fans. “Rachel and Lilian loved Neil very much. Other past and present members of the group include Carmit Bachar, Cyia Batten, Kasey Campbell, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Rachel Sterling, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt. Flaherty said: “The family is deeply saddened at the arrest of Neil Entwistle.

Nicole Kea), a former member of the American Popstars winners Eden's Crush, has now become the group's lead singer. while a Metropolitan Police team arrived about lunchtime and left with black bin liners containing undisclosed items taken from the garage and house where he previously lived with brother Russell. Nicole Scherzinger (a.k.a. Local officers interviewed the couple from 10:00 a.m. Carmen Electra has been the group's lead performer for many of these magazine articles and television appearances, and she has been featured on stage with the Pussycat Dolls most frequently of all the celebrity performers. His arrest followed detailed searches by two teams of officers at his parents' house. The group has become internationally popular and has been featured in magazines, television specials for MTV and VH1, ad campaigns, and movies. Entwistle did not put up a struggle.

The dancers perform in lingerie and old-fashioned pin-up costumes and there is no nudity or explicit sex in their performances. He had been stopped around mid-day while he sat on a London Underground train at west London’s Royal Oak tube station, by officers who had been tailing him since a warrant for his arrest was issued the previous evening. A number of celebrities have also guest-performed with the group. Earlier, Middlesex County District Attorney Martha Coakley - the same person who successfully prosecuted nanny Louise Woodward - explained why a warrant for his arrest had been issued and reminded journalists that Entwistle was “innocent until proven guilty”. . The previous day, Lawyer Joe Flaherty, a spokesman for Entwistle’s inlaws, said in reaction to his arrest that it was “incomprehensible how love and trust was betrayed in the ultimate act of violence”. The group was founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995, and the group released their first single in 2004. She added that Entwistle "had always been inclined to consent" to an extradition request.

The Pussycat Dolls is a female burlesque dance troupe based in Los Angeles, as well as in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He believes he will receive a fair and proper hearing in the United States on these very serious allegations.". Snoop Dogg. "He's anxious that a delay may cause his late wife's family, and his own, additional distress. Andy Dick. Outside the court afterwards, Yale Law School-educated Seddon - who did not indicate whether her client intended to plead guilty - told reporters: "He has consented at the earliest opportunity because he wants to cooperate with the authorities in any way that he can. Tom Jones. Just a few hours later, a Home Office minister signed Entwistle's extradition order.

Chris Judd. At a three-minute Bow Street hearing infront of Judge Nicholas Evans, Entwistle's lawyer Judith Seddon said he had decided to agree to being returned to the US as soon as possible. Marc Almond. However, he changed his mind overnight. Patti LaBelle. Saying little else - except confirmation of his name, age, and address - he was then remanded in custody until a hearing the following day. Cameron Diaz. At a brief central London Bow Street magistrates court hearing, he requested not be sent back to the US ”at this stage”.

Lucy Liu. Entwistle appeared in court after being arrested in London on February 9. Drew Barrymore. In addition, DNA matching his slain wife Rachel was found on the gun's muzzel. Dita Von Teese. However, as well as confirming that a set of keys to Materazzo's house were found in the car Entwistle parked at Boston's Logan Airport before his flight, DNA matching Entwistle was found on the handle of a .22 handgun owned by Materazzo. Charlize Theron. Finding the house locked, he then decided to fly to England and see his parents.

Gwen Stefani. Unable to bring himself to end his life with a knife, he then got in the family car and drove to his father-in-law Joseph Materazzo's house to get a .22 handgun. Jaime Pressly. He didn't call 911, but instead decided to kill himself. Pink. EST, he says he found they had been shot dead and covered their bodies with a blanket. Kelly Osbourne. When he returned at around 11:00 a.m.

Brittany Murphy. He told them both his wife and daughter were in bed. Eva Longoria. EST three days previously to go on an errand. Scarlett Johansson. They say he told them that he left his Hopkinton home at around 9:00 a.m. Christina Aguilera. On January 23, Hopkinton Police rang Entwistle at his parents Clifford and Yvonne's home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

Shannon Elizabeth. EST on the morning of January 21, and boarded a British Airways flight that left at 8:15 a.m. Paris Hilton. Hours after their deaths, Entwistle bought a one-way ticket to London about 5:00 a.m. Willa Ford. Autopsy results showed the mother died of a gunshot wound to the head and the baby died of a gun shot to the stomach. Stacy Ferguson. Although the murders happened on January 20, 2006 the bodies of 27-year-old Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian were not found until January 22, in the master bedroom of the couple's rented Hopkinton, Massachusetts home where the Entwistles had moved into just ten days earlier.

Nikka Costa. English-born Neil and American-born Rachel were married on Sunday, August 10, 2003 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Samaire Armstrong. Neil Entwistle (September 18, 1978) is the husband of Rachel Entwistle and father of Lillian Entwistle and is charged with their murder. Christina Applegate. Pamela Anderson.

Carmen Electra. Britney Spears. 2006 Honda Civic Tour. 2005 Stickwitu pomotional Tour.

2005 Don't Cha Promotional Tour - World Wide. 2005 PCD Album Promotional Tour. 2005 X-mas Radio Show Tour - Jingle Ball & Santa Slam. 2005 Don't Cha Promotional Tour - US.

2005 PCD: #5 US (RIAA Certification: Gold) #8 UK (Certification: 2xPlatinum), #16 AUS. 2006 NOMINATED - Australia's VMAs - R&B Video of the Year. 2006 DIE GOLDENE KAMERA IN GERMANY - win for Pop International. 2005 UK Smash Hits Awards - win for Best Video of The Year ("Don't Cha").

2005 Billboard Music Award nominations for Top Dance/Club Play Artist of the Year, Top-selling Dance Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha', and Top-selling Single of the Year. 2005 Billboard Music Award win for Top Dance/Club Play Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha'. Busta Rhymes. 2005 Billboard Music Award win Top-selling R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha' feat.

Kaya Jones. Rebecca Pickering. Rachel Sterling. Kasey Campbell.

Staci Flood. Nadine Ellis. Cyia Batten. Kimberly Wyatt.

Melody Thornton. Jessica Sutta. Nicole Scherzinger. Ashley Roberts.

Carmit Bachar.