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ITTY BITTY BITS: New Prince; Keyshia goes gold; Voletta & Lil Kim; Obama backs digital TV delay; Globes tap Diddy.
*Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman reports: "You can hear Prince’s new [Lotus Flower] album — I guess that’s what it is — here (http://www.lotusflow3r.com/). It’s a stream of romantic R&B songs, with no audio controls, so you just have to listen to it. No individual tracks, no fast forwarding. Prince covers Tommy James and the Shondells’ 'Crimson and Clover' persuasively, with a blistering, memorable guitar solo."
* Keyshia Cole's new album "A Different Me" has gone gold with over 500,000 units sold. The disc remains No. 1 on Billboard's "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" for a third consecutive week. She just shot the video for her second single, "You Complete Me," with Benny Boom in Big Bear, Calif.
*Bravo's "Make Me a Supermodel" has chosen Australian supermodel Nicole Trunfio to join Tyson Beckford as a mentor for the show's upcoming season. New faces on the judging panel also include designer Catherine Malandrino, model Jenny Shimizu, photographer Perou and model scout Marlon. On the first season of "Supermodel," Niki Taylor acted as a co-host and the mentor to the female competitors alongside Beckford, who mentored the male competitors. A premiere date for the new season has yet to be announced.
*Voletta Wallace, the mother of late rapper Notorious B.I.G., was due to ring the opening bell of the Stock Market on Thursday along with Biggie's ex-wife, Faith Evans, and their son, CJ Wallace. Their appearance was to promote the new Biggie biopic "Notorious," which opens nationwide on Jan.
16.
*President-elect Barack Obama backs a move to delay a mandatory switch to digital television signals on fears viewers are unprepared and as the government has run out of $40 coupons to help pay for converter boxes.
Congress mandated the Feb. 17 switch to digital television, which will affect some 20 million consumers who do not already use the technology.
*Sean "Diddy" Combs has been added to the list of presenters for this year's 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will air Sunday on NBC at 8 p.m. Other new presenters added include Sandra Bullock, Zac Efron, Gerard Butler and Pierce Brosnan, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday. The new group joins stars like Jake Gyllenhaal, the Jonas Brothers, Jennifer Lopez, Glen Close, Seth Rogen and Hayden Panettiere.
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