In her first television interview since Mel Gibson went public with their relationship in April, his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, made it clear to CNN: “I’d like to be known for my music.”

Still, the 39-year-old singer was willing to talk about her beau and her pregnancy, as well as her new album, Beautiful Heartache.

Beautiful Heartache was released to iTunes on July 23 by Icon Distribution, Gibson’s company, which up until now has handled only soundtracks for his movies.

“He’s an incredible artist,” Grigorieva said. “A visionary. He enabled me to produce this album, for my music to live.”

The Oscar-winning (Braveheart) filmmaker also directed four music videos for Grigorieva during a whirlwind week in Mexico.

“They’re like dramatic miniature films — a whirlpool of different, exciting, bright images. That’s quite rare,” she said.

The music videos and music are available on her Web site, www.oksana.fm.

Grigorieva has a background in music. She said she was classically trained as a pianist in her native Russia, and both her parents are musicians. In 2006, a song she penned called “Un Dia Llegara” was recorded by Josh Groban for his album “Awake.”

Though she describes her album as being about “different facets of love,” she cautions that listeners shouldn’t overthink the lyrics. “This album is not autobiographical — maybe only partially so. It’s not a diary.”

Gibson, 53, and his wife of nearly 30 years, Robyn, filed for divorce in April. The two have seven children.

Grigorieva and Gibson were first photographed together on the set of his movie Edge of Darkness, according to People magazine. Grigorieva is pregnant with Gibson’s child and is to give birth this year.

She said the couple has opted not to learn the sex of the child. It will be her second child, after Alexander, her 12-year-old son with actor Timothy Dalton.

“I’m already buying things in gender-neutral colors. It’s very cute,” she chuckled. Alexander, she added, is excited about having a sibling. “He’s like a little man, protecting me. He’s looking forward to it very much.”

Grigorieva says she and Gibson have no immediate plans for marriage. “We don’t know yet. We haven’t really talked about it,” she admitted.

She acknowledged that her relationship with Gibson has given her a unique opportunity to present her skills.

“If you think about it, every talent needs a serious push and help from somebody who is stronger, because it’s pretty much impossible for anybody to succeed in this industry. So I’ve become very lucky, and I’m very grateful,” she said. “You don’t control the situations or the people you meet. I did not plan this. I’m just doing what I’ve always been doing. It’s not like I’ve changed my goals at all.”

In the meantime, Grigorieva is adapting to life in the public eye.

“It hasn’t been too bad, actually. There was a period of time where it was a little bit difficult, but now it’s much better,” she said.

Before embarking on limited press for the new album, Gibson did offer a few words of advice, she added: “Just be myself and speak the truth. What I most like to talk about is my music and ‘Beautiful Heartache.’ And that’s pretty much it.”

Source: CNN

Mel Gibson isn’t wasting anytime with his girlfriend’s singing career. Less than a month after Oksana Grigorieva released a video for her first song ‘Say My Name,’ she is back with another one. Beautiful Heartache was directed by Gibson during a seven-day shoot in Mexico and features one heated tango. Watch the video:

Grigorieva, 39, is expecting her first child with Gibson in late fall and also plans to release her debut album this year under Gibson’s record label Icon Entertainment.

Source: Popeater

Oksana Grigorieva recently debuted her first single, and now the Russian-born singer and pianist (who is pregnant with boyfriend Mel Gibson’s child) has released a video for her song “Say My Name.”

The black-and-white video focuses on the Russian beauty, who is a classically trained pianist, as she belts out the slow, heartfelt tune.

“It is the first and one of the simplest songs on the album, but also one of the most intimate,” says Grigorieva, whose forthcoming album is called Beautiful Heartache.

Grigorieva, 39, penned every song on the album except for “Say My Name,” for which she collaborated on the lyrics with Gibson himself.

For more of Grigorieva’s songs, visit Oksana.fm.

Source: People

Mexico City, Jan 18 (IANS) Hollywood star and film producer Mel Gibson has completed shooting of four videos of Russian singer and pianist Oksana Koleshnikova here, reports EFE.

The settings for the videos included old buildings in the Mexican capital, such as the Cine Opera Theater and the Alameda tree-lined avenue in Santa Maria neighborhood, the report said Saturday.

The Russian singer, who also composes songs and plays the piano, has sung the songs in English for the videos.

Gibson, however, refused to talk to reporters.

In 2005, he filmed his movie ‘Apocalypto’, which is about the Maya civilization, in Mexico.

Source: Sindh Today