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  | Annie Lennox is prepping her first holiday release, A Christmas Cornucopia, by posting an EPK on the making of the release, which is due in stores November 16 through Decca Records. You can view video here. The festive track listing for A Christmas Cornucopia is below. 1. Angels From the Realms of |
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   | Mötley Crüe front-man Vince Neil's sixth annual Off the Strip Poker Tournament is scheduled to take place on November 7 at the Rio Hotel & Casino. The buy-in to participate is $500, along with a $50 registration fee. Players will go head to head for $50,000 in cash and prizes, including a seat in |
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   | Sources at Digital Spy report that Edward Cullen's alter ego, the hunky Robert Pattinson, of Twilight fame, turned down a record deal offered to him by the one and only Simon Cowell. Apparently, Pattinson rejected the offer because he didn't believe his music was mainstream enough. Really? I am |
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   | The Adler family is quite a literary one. While former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler wrote his autobiography detailing his life and times in the band, dubbed My Appetite for Destruction, his mom is getting in on the action and answering the call by authoring a book. Deanna Adler has written her |
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   | A Christmas album featuring the cast of Glee singing 12 holiday classics is set for a November 16 release, a full three weeks ahead of the holiday episode set to air December 7. The festive track listing is below. 1. We Need A Little Christmas (Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer) 2. Deck The |
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   | Justin Bieber's Never Say Never promises to give fans an exclusive, VIP backstage pass into the life of the 16-year-old pop star. The film hits multiplexes on Valentine's Day 2011, but if you simply cannot wait that long for another dose of Bieber fever, you can watch the trailer now. I think it's |
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   | Phish singer Trey Anastasio is going Ivy League. On Thursday, November 18, Anastasio will perform at Princeton University's Alexander Hall in the historic Richardson Auditorium, an intimate venue that is renowned for its remarkable acoustics. Anastasio will perform songs from throughout his career. |
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   | Major League Baseball has lined up the artists that will sing the National Anthem and "Star-Spangled Banner" during the World Series that no one will be watching! I am sorry, I am a bitter Phillies fan who hates that pitcher Cliff Lee is no longer with the Phillies and that the Giants beat the Phils |
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   | Exiled American Idol talent judge Kara DioGuardi is heading back to the judging table. She will return to talent competition TV and serve as the head judge on Going Platinum, a new songwriting competition on Bravo. "Hit songs are the backbone of the music industry, and as a publisher, nothing |
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   | T.I. has changed the title of his next album from King Uncaged to No Mercy. The album was slated for an August release, but was pushed back while Tip promoted Takers, the heist film in which he had a role. Given the fact that the rapper is headed back to jail, King Uncaged is a much less-fitting |
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   | Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has canceled a concert at the Paramount Theater Charlottesville for health reasons. She cancelled the show on the advice of doctors. The concert was originally planned for October 1, but it was postponed when the divas son, Eddie Franklin, was beaten in Detroit and |
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   | Another day, another blow for rapper T.I. He is headed back to jail for 11 months after violating his parole on a drug charge. He was dropped from his endorsement deal with AXE body spray, and now, he has been axed by Rémy Martin cognac. He signed up to begin promoting the liquor merely five months |
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   | Lookout Naomi Campbell. There's a new temperamental model in town and she's Jessica White, who is the on-off girlfriend of the also prickly Sean Penn. White was busted over the weekend after getting into a fight with another woman over a taxi at a New York City nightclub, so says The New York Post. |
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   | November is a busy month for rock 'n' roll roost rulers Shinedown. A deluxe CD/DVD edition of their RIAA platinum certified third album, The Sound of Madness, hits retail on November 23. The two-disc set will include an array of bonus tracks, including limited edition b-sides, alternative versions – |
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   | Charlie Sheen probably isn't bat shit crazy, but the actor was hospitalized Tuesday for a psychiatric evaluation after a woman told police he was throwing furniture and yelling in his hotel room. Sheen's publicist, however, painted a different picture and blamed an allergic reaction to medication on |
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   | Kanye West and Jay-Z's collaborative "Watch the Throne" project has mutated from a project into a full-length album. It was originally planned as a five-song EP, but has now morphed into a full-blown album, according to an interview the media-friendly West did with MTV> "We're putting out a whole |
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   | His Purple-ness Prince will kick off his "Welcome 2 America" tour with a string of arena dates in New York and New Jersey, marking his first run of East Coast shows since 2004. Welcome back, Prince. Prince has only announced the first five dates of the tour, which will begin with a three-night stand |
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   | Fabulous former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert announced in an interview with Australian TV personality Dylan Lewis that he is planning to release an acoustic album. Lambert supplied little detail about the album, saying that he would release the CD "around Thanksgiving time -- November, |
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   | T.I. has till Monday, November 1 to turn his ass in and report to federal prison in Arkansas to begin serving his 11-month prison sentence for violating his probationary terms after being arrested in early September in Los Angeles when a nominal amount of drugs were found in his car. While Los |
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   | Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson, was denied his request to gain control of his son's estate. The California appeals court rejected Jackson's bid for administration of the lucrative fund. We reported yesterday that Jackson topped the Forbes list of dead celebrity earners, so it's |
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   | Forget dressing up as Snooki or The Sitch or any of those laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank idiots from Jersey Shore this Halloween. I think you should be Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. Both are easy costumes you can design at home with little spend and both offer the chance for you to be the talk of |
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   | Watch ARTISTdirect's exclusive video interview with one Lauren Pritchard, who is easily my new favorite singer. Her album, Wasted in Jackson, came out yesterday, so do yourself the favor and watch the video, get to know Pritchard on a more personal favor and then run to your local record-selling |
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   | Tapulous, part of Disney Mobile, has launched its newest app on the Apple App Store in the form of "Riddim Ribbon," which is available for free on the iPhone® and iPod touch®. "Riddim Ribbon" puts users in the driver's seat of the hottest new music racing app featuring more than 15 free tricks, |
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   | You can have a real good time with Chicago's Bad City if you watch this exclusive, "Behind the Scenes" clip of the band literally horsing around! You can follow the band, which released its Atlantic Records debut, Welcome to the Wasteland, earlier this summer, as it visits petting zoos; traipses the |
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   | If you like free music and Jennifer Hudson, then I have got some great news for you! Gatorade Replay Season III is offering a free download of "We Can Do It Now," a brand new song featuring four Chicago-born artists: Jennifer Hudson, Lupe Fiasco, Common, and No I.D. Hudson's powerhouse, soul diva |
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   | Check out our exclusive video interview with rapper Waka Flocka Flame, who claims to take influence from the great Italian philosopher Machiavelli, who definitely advocated the every man for himself philosophy and who believed in using cunning and guile for self-advancement. While wearing a stylin' |
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| | | October 30, 2010 at 6:57 AM |
| Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood are all slated to headline the fifth Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, California. The fest is scheduled for the weekend of April 30 and May 1. Country veterans Loretta Lynn, Rodney Crowell and Ricky Skaggs as well as newcomers including |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Cage the Elephant will release their sophomore album, Thank You, Happy Birthday, on January 11, 2011. The new album was actually recorded in spring 2009 at Nashville's Tragedy/Tragedy Studio with producer Jay Joyce. The album was laid down in a two week creative burst, during the time their |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The debut episode of Fuse's brand new series, Mad Genius, will premiere on Halloween, October 31, at 1 PM ET. The show's initial subject is Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist, the inimitable Corey Taylor. The show features his peers and his colleagues discussing his genius. Since Taylor fronts one of |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | America's favorite mother and daughter team, The Judds, are set to kick-off the holiday season and their final tour, "The Last Encore," by hosting next month's "America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Weekend Special." The program will be available to country radio stations across America from Westwood |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The world's worst kept secret has been confirmed: songbird Mariah Carey is pregnant with her first child. The father is her husband, America's Got Talent host and rapper, Nick Cannon. Carey announced the news -which should shock no one, since looks like she has a bun in the oven and has enjoyed a |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Reuters reports that Garth Brooks, the all-time best-selling star in country music, will hold a benefit concert on December 17 for victims of Tennessee's spring flooding. The planned benefit at Bridgestone Arena will be the first time Brooks has performed in Nashville in more than a decade. It's |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Those Quaid fugitives -actor Randy Quaid and wife Evi-- were released from a Canadian detention facility yesterday after officials confirmed that Evi is a Canadian citizen, according to the Associated Press. The couple had outstanding warrants for their arrest in the US in connection to felony |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | I am always saying how Twitter is the new press release/celebrity publicist, since the messaging site is often the quickest and easiest way for artists and celebs to interact with fans and to reveal news, be it minute or of the blockbuster sort. In this case, it may have gotten an artist in some hot |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Katherine Jenkins, she of the stunning Mezzo Soprano voice, has been mesmerizing audiences in Europe for quite some time, playing to sold-out arena crowds. But Europe doesn't get to have all the fun. The UK sensation is coming across the pond to please American audiences in a special intimate |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | A few days after our story on why it is good to dress up as Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber for Halloween, New York's Old Homestead steakhouse stole our thunder and buried our suggestions by creating a meat dress inspired by the outfit Gaga worse to the 2010 MTV VMAs, which caused quite a stir among fans |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Boo! From the "Let's Bum Amy Sciarretto Out" File: HBO has announced that its Emmy-nominated polygamy drama Big Love will end its run with this coming fifth season. Entourage is also wrapping up, so it's sort of like the period when the network's watershed shows The Sopranos and Sex and the City |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Eminem confirmed on "The Morning After" radio show on Thursday that he is currently in the studio with his mentor, Dr. Dre. "I'm in the studio with Dre now, let's jus say that," Em said, adding that Dre was in the other room at that very moment. "Pretty soon he's going to make a beat and I might rap |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, which ruled the MTV airwaves in 1983, is arguably the best music video of all time, so much so that some will argue that it's a short-form film and not even a music video. That said, it was a spectacle that truly married the audio and the visual and it used to |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | "Rock 'N' Roll Comics" enjoyed some acclaim and popularity in the '90s, and now the title will be re-released as newly packaged graphic novels through Bluewater Productions in partnership with the original creators, Revolutionary Comics, reports FMQB. The first title hot off the presses is Pink |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Hawthorne Heights will release Midwesterners: The Hits... via longtime label Victory Records on November 9. The album is a "best of" collection from these Ohio rockers. Hawthorne Heights became one of the breakout bands of the emo explosion and even engaged in a length battle with Victory throughout |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Taylor Swift, easily the biggest young music star of 2010, got waxed. I am not talking about her eyebrows, her upper lip or bikini line, either. The blonde singer got her very own wax statue at Madame Tussauds in New York City on Wednesday. The wax version of Swift even boasts a replica of her |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Rihanna and Katy Perry are reportedly BFFs, so it was big tabloid news when RiRi was a no show at Perry's nuptials to comedian Russell Brand in India this past weekend. RiRi's excuse for missing the shindig? Lack of cell phone reception and Internet service in the region. In 2010? "Girl, please!" |
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| | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | "It's always a great time when we arrive at Halloween every year," exclaims Saw 3D star Tobin Bell. Truth be told, after all these years, Halloween wouldn't be the same without a new Saw film. The series has become as integral to the season as costumes and candy. In fact, each subsequent offering |
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| The more things change, the more they stay the same—especially in music. Heavy metal has changed, but it's simply returned to its roots. In the wake of metalcore's demise, the genre has reverted back to the shred fireworks that made it so incendiary in the first place. Now, that was immediately |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Producer/artist/musician Charlie Kelley has been instrumental in the creation of the Blue Note Fund in collaboration with The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA), of which he is a board member. The Blue Note Fund is a program designed to provide financial support for colon cancer patients in need. He is a |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Actress Evan Rachel Wood and shock rocker Marilyn Manson have ended their relationship -again- but Wood says the two are still friends and that he had a permanent impact on her life. "He had a hand in raising me," Wood told Nylon. "Oh I'm always gonna love that guy. He's a genius, he's an amazing |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Actress Evan Rachel Wood and shock rocker Marilyn Manson have ended their relationship -again- but Wood says the two are still friends and that he had a permanent impact on her life. "He had a hand in raising me," Wood told Nylon. "Oh I'm always gonna love that guy. He's a genius, he's an amazing |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Bee Gees' fans can get their fix of the disco band with In Our Own Time, a DVD that chronicles the group's history. It will feature new interviews with both Barry and Robin Gibb, as well as the late Maurice Gibb, who was interviewed just before he died in 2003. Additionally, live performances and |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The Associated Press reports that rapper Common will join Barack Obama at this weekend's Democratic Rally to be held in Chicago, which is the hometown of both Common and Barry O. The rally will be held Saturday afternoon at the Midway Plaisance park on Chicago's South Side. The event is free, but |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Billboard reports that Taylor Swift's third album, the gorgeous Speak Now, which was released Monday, is pacing itself to sell almost a million copies its first week in stores. It would be the year's biggest first week tally. Industry insiders are predicting that the platter will sell between |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The UK's Sunday Times ran a lengthy story about Ozzy Osbourne, who underwent Genome testing earlier this year. The genetic test broke down and analyzed Ozzy's seemingly super-human DNA and traced his roots back thousands of years. The multi-page article ran this past weekend. Here is what the test |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The MC Donnis will be joining Bruno Mars on his highly anticipated "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" Tour. The rapper's time on the tour begins on November 16 at San Francisco's, Slims Theatre. Donnis' Fashionably Late five-song EP is currently available on iTunes and all DSPs, as well as his very own site. |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Usually, a cult is something you steer clear of, if you like to be a free thinker and are against brain washing, but this particular Cult is one you certainly want to gravitate towards. The rock band The Cult will release new music on November 16 thanks to innovative music capsules, heralding a new |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Ke$ha will perform at the AMAs next month, producers said Wednesday. All three artists are multiple nominees and they will be going mano y mano with each other, along with Lady Gaga and Eminem, while vying for the "Artist of the Year" award. The 38th Annual AMAs air |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Geeks, get ready to salivate! The Associated Press reports that Christie's auction house is selling an original Darth Vader costume from the Star Wars movie franchise. The jet-black helmet, mask and armor worn by the dark side villain are expected to fetch between $250,000 and $365,000 at an auction |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Attack of the glass shards! Devo have to postpone all of their upcoming live dates for 2010 due to a serious hand injury sustained by guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh. Don't emit any groans, people! The guitarist fucked up his hand and had to have surgery. That's right! A glass shard sliced Mothersbaugh's |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Prepare for another jar of hearts, as Christina Perri is set to release her debut live EP The Ocean Way Sessions on November 9 via Atlantic Records. The EP includes a piano-only version of her beautiful breakthrough, "Jar of Hearts," the song that made Perri a bit of a star. The EP was recorded at |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The romance is over for Gossip Girl co-stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley. The duo have ended their real-life and on-screen romances. A rep confirmed the split. Lively, 23, and Badgley, 23, have been involved since around 2007. Who should the blond beauty Lively date next? —Amy Sciarretto10.28.10 |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Rihanna will roar back into our lives on November 16 with Loud, which should be one of the top albums of 2010. The album reportedly includes duets with Drake and Nicki Minaj. Eminem also returns the favor and appears on Loud; Em's and RiRi's duet, "Love the Way You Lie," from Em's Recovery, was a |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Roger Daltrey of The Who will be participating in VH1's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp from January 12 through January 17. Can you imagine being able to perform in front of a live, screaming and standing-room-only crowd at an iconic rock venue, while playing with a legend like Daltrey? Pants, meet |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The track listing for Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has been leaked by iTunes, which put the information up for a pre-order link. The album is out November 22. The tracking, along with the guest stars, is below. "Dark Fantasy" "Gorgeous" (featuring Kid Cudi & Raekwon) "POWER" "All |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The Nirvana rhythm section is reuniting, sort off! Foo Fighters singer (and ex-Nirvana drummer) Dave Grohl is reuniting with his former Nirvana cohort, bassist Krist Novoselic, on the new Foos album. Grohl revealed the info to BBC Radio 1, saying that the as-yet untitled Foo Fighters record will |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Bon Jovi will return to the wide open road this Winter, kicking off a North American tour in February, which runs through the end of March. You know where Jovi is from, right? The great state of New Jersey, which is where I am also from, so yes, I will be rocking out to some live Jovi this Winter. |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Train + Coke = "Shake Up Christmas." The song is a key part of Coca-Cola Co.'s new Christmas advertising campaign, reports Reuters. Train singer Pat Monahan wrote the song specifically for a Coke ad, which isn't always the most easy way to be creative! However, Mr. Monahan got inspired to write |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Beyoncé is not pregnant! Her husband, Jay-Z, shot down the rumors as untrue to The Daily Telegraph. "They do that every slow news day," Jay said about the rumors. "This is like the fifth time. I think we have five kids now." Do you think Mr. and Mrs. Sean Carter will have babies any time soon? —Amy |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Sigh. Marriages: They just don't make 'em like the used to. Miley Cyrus' parental units, Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus, are divorcing after 17 years of marriage and five kids. Divorce papers were filed Wednesday in Tennessee citing irreconcilable differences. Boo. "As you can imagine, this is a |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Instead of chugging an energy drink in the afternoon when you hit the wall and need a nap, crank the song and accompanying video for My Chemical Romance's high octane "Na Na Na," which you can watch below. Go ahead, watch it. I'll wait. Feel better? Did your energy level lift? Mine did. My Chemical |
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   | Black Dub need to be felt as much as they need to be heard. With their self-titled debut [in stores November 2nd], the group summon a sound that wouldn't be out of place over Twin Peaks or any other David Lynch work, for that matter. That sound sizzles from Trixie Whitley's smoky femme |
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   | It's very easy to drift into Juliette Commagere's The Procession. Her voice blankets the songs with an enchanting and entrancing warmth. She can be orchestral, she can be melodic and she can be hypnotically haunting—often within the space of the same song. Those vibrant vocals shade every song on |
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   | The Man in Black is on the block. A plethora of Johnny Cash's personal items, including guitars, costumes, handwritten lyrics and other assorted personal belongings, are being auctioned off on December 5. Some of the key pieces include the embroidered blue jumpsuit Cash wore to rehearse for his |
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   | Once again, Twitter is the new news source and replacement for a press release! Slash Tweeted that he returned from a "much-needed vacation with the missus," which would seem to indicate that the guitarist and his wife are back together and back from a marital hiatus. In August, Slash filed for |
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   | New wavers Devo will be celebrated as part of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles' new exhibition dubbed ''The Artist's Museum,'' which is a showcase of work by more than 140 artists who have helped shape the artistic dialogue in Los Angeles over the past 30 years. The installation, which |
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   | Teen dream Justin Bieber is expanding his brand yet again and this time, he is going right up your nose! With a line of OPI nail polishes on the horizon and his many fans (and critics) wondering if he will capitalize on his coif with a line of hair care products, the Bieb is wasting no time and is |
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   | Matthew McConaughey has directed the video for Jamey Johnson's "Playing the Part." The clip was shot in Los Angeles in late September and is the first music video ever directed by the cool-as-a-cucumber actor, known for his airy rom coms starring Jennifer Lopez and Kate Hudson. It is also the first |
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   | Lady Gaga is the digital age's biggest superstar and to prove it, she has hit 1 billion views on YouTube. Congrats on this honor, Gaga! She thanked her fans via Twitter for helping to drive up the number of views of her various music videos. She posted: "We reached 1 Billion views on youtube little |
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   | Attention DJs and remixers! Mixed In Key, makers of award-winning Harmonic Mixing software used by world-renowned DJs, has launched their second annual DJ contest. DJs around the world are invited to showcase their favorite music genre in a 10-15 minute mix that will be judged by some of the top |
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   | Jamaican reggae singer Gregory Isaacs died of cancer at his London home. He was 60-years-old and his manager confirmed his passing. Isaacs was a massive reggae star in the 1970s and 1980s, with hits like "Night Nurse "and "Rumours" on his resume. Isaacs had a tumor, which spread to other parts of |
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   | Get ready to be confused! In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence, following an exhaustive re-sequencing, The Beastie Boys have verified that their new Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 album will be comprised of the same 16 tracks originally slated for inclusion on Hot Sauce Committee Part |
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   | There's another way for you to be infected with Bieber Fever! Justin Bieber will release an acoustic album on November 23. He, of course, Tweeted the news. Again, I sound like a broken record, but Twitter is the new press release, an effective method where news is delivered by the artist himself. |
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   | Megadeth and Slayer have spent much of 2010 touring together! The two titans of thrash came together even more last Thursday in Los Angeles, when Megadeth were joined onstage by Slayer guitarist Kerry King! It was the first time that King has played with Megadeth since 1984! He joined Megadeth for |
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   | Billboard.biz confirmed that U2 will bring its 360 tour to Nashville's Vanderbilt Stadium on July 2. It's the first time the band will play Nashville in 29 years. Where ya been the last 29 years of Nashville residents' lives, U2? The July 2 date will be U2's first appearance in Nashville since |
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   | XXL reports that urban culture mogul and husband of Beyonce known as Jay-Z is reportedly being targeted by United States President Barack Obama to play a role in Barry O's 2012 re-election campaign. That's how hip-hop can help change a nation, for sure. I wonder if Kanye West will seek a some sort |
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   | Even the Scissor Sisters are feeling the financial pinch of touring overseas and are slicing dates from their tour itinerary. The band has cancelled nine dates in Europe due to "funding issues." The band said it was a financial impossibility to make the tour work. The band will play Britain, but all |
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   | Pretty Hate Machine is easily one of the top albums of the 1990s, even though it came out in October 1989. Also, Trent Reznor is one of the top artists of all time. That's why Nine Inch Nails' classic release, Pretty Hate Machine, is being reissued on November 22. "UMe and Bicycle Music Group |
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   | Brad Paisley, one of country music's top artists, will be performing on the Late Show With David Letterman next Wednesday, November 3 at 11:35 PM ET. In addition, Paisley will be the second country music artist to perform on Live on Letterman, presented by AT&T, a music webcast series on Wednesday, |
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   | Reuters reports that Los Angeles prosecutors have declined to file a felony drug charge against T.I. stemming from his arrest last month. T.I. was found with four ecstasy pills on him while driving on Sunset, and the charges were considered minor. He is also headed back to jail because the arrest |
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   | I have some incredibly morbid news to share. Michael Jackson, who passed away in June 2009, is this year's top-earning dead celebrity with $275 million in incomes, Forbes announced. Jackson's estate pulled in more income than the combined total of the other 12 dead celebs on the list, which means he |
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   | Given the fact that she has the best toned arms in showbiz, it makes sense that Madonna would open Hard Candy Fitness global fitness centers. The gyms will function in major cities around the world. The first gym is a 30,000 square foot complex in Mexico City, which will open for business in |
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   | This Sunday marks Halloween, and if you don't have a costume yet, you'd better get in gear! If you need some ideas for your digs on the big night of scare tactics, here are the top dance-macabre numbers—so put on your "Sunday Beast." Everyone wants to be a rock star, and Halloween is the perfect |
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   | "I don't have any doubts that this is what I'm supposed to do," exclaims Kristine Elezaj about her musical career. That's why the title of her brand new album, No Questions Remain, is so appropriate. Elezaj makes no ifs, ands or butts about it—she's meant to make music, and she does a damn good job |
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   | Los Angeles metal behemoths DevilDriver will release the Beast in February! The band's fifth album is scheduled to hit stores on February 22, 2011, so mark those calendars with a BIG RED CIRCLE now. I will wait for you to get back. While many bands in the modern era are already withering away by |
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   | She doesn't even turn 21 until December, but already, Taylor Swift has made the album of her young career in the form of Speak Now. While Swift herself is admitting that this album is her most honest and lyrically open effort to date, only one thing matters and that's the fact the songs are there |
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   | Taylor Swift is choosing to Speak Now, instead of forever holding her peace today! Her album is out right now and it's shaping up to be an "event" in the music industry. Swift is America's sweetheart, and rightfully so. She is just 20-years-old and she's one of the biggest things happening in music. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The Brothers Strause tapped into the perfect rhythm for Skyline [In theaters Friday November 12, via Rogue Pictures]. In fact, Greg and Colin Strause chose to fuel their latest film with the likes of 30 Seconds to Mars, Royce Da 5'9 and The Crystal Method, creating the perfect sonic |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Kid Rock will take the stage next Wednesday, November 10, when he performs at the 44th Annual CMA Awards. Rock has been accepted by the country music community and is nominated for the "Musical Event of the Year" for "Don't You See," which is his duet with the super cool Zac Brown Band. Rock has |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | If you've ever had a hankering to take a peek at Keith Richards' junk, well, dreams do come true. The new book, The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs includes a photo of the Stones' guitarist when he was a wee, mop-topped lad of 22, holding his package! The book is out November 16 and features tons |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | That supremely talented bag of wrinkles known as Keith Richards told the BBC that The Rolling Stones will likely tour next year. Additionally, the guitarist revealed that the band plans to work on new material once the holiday season wraps. Richards said, "Everybody's ready to go out there again" |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Usher isn't looking for a day off. He is currently on his global OMG tour, which wraps in late March of next year. But once he is done touring, he won't be stopping for a rest. "I don't plan on taking a long time or hiatus from music after this tour," the multi-platinum R&B singer told |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Music producer and rapper Swizz Beatz has been named the first producer-in-residence at NYU's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at the Tisch School of the Arts, according to The Associated Press. Swizz and wife Alicia Keys just welcomed their first son together, Egypt, last month, so it's |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Madame Tussaud's has created eight (!!!) wax figures of Lady Gaga sporting her iconic outfits. Since Gaga tends to wear plenty of outrageous fashions and makes statements with her ensembles, none are definitive since, well, all of them are definitive. One wax figure apparently does not do the trick, |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark musical, which has been dubbed the most expensive Broadway production ever, will now open on January 11, 2011 instead of its planned December 21, 2010 opening. Previews will now begin on November 28, pushed back from November 11. In a statement, lead producer |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Suge Knight's lawsuit against Kanye West has been thrown out of court by a judge! The Associated Press reported the news late last week. Knight was seeking over $1 million in damages because he was shot in the leg at a 2005 party hosted by West in Florida around the VMAs that year. The judge ruled |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | "I've made this record, and now it has to belong to people," says Duffy about her highly anticipated second offering, Endlessly. It'll be quite easy for the world to embrace Endlessly because Duffy's voice is so warm, welcoming and wonderful. Due out December 7, Endlessy picks up exactly where |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Maroon 5 and their very good looking frontman Adam Levine will play the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting, which will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2010 on the Ellipse at President's Park in Washington, D.C. The lighting of the tree and performance will air on PBS. In addition, the band |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Thirty Seconds to Mars will release a deluxe edition of their album This Is War (Deluxe Edition) (CD/DVD) tomorrow. The deluxe album features "Hurricane 2.0" featuring Kanye West himself; live versions of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and Kanye West's "Stronger," which the band recorded for BBC Radio |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | T.I. posted a message on his website to address his actions after entering a federal prison last Monday. The message is quite self-aware and expresses remorse at the actions which landed Tip back behind bars at one of the most professionally promising times of his life. He lost lucrative liquor and |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | That "Loser" Beck is asking fans to vote on their favorite covers from his ongoing "Record Club" project, where he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists to cover albums in their entirety. Yes, albums! Not singles or songs or tracks but full albums! That's quite an ambitious endeavor, but |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | I can't stop talking about Skyline, which I am going to see this weekend because it looks like it's going to be the be all, end all of apocalyptic films. I can just feel it. Who needs Cloverfield when you've got Skyline! Forget Jake Gyllenhaal and The Day After Tomorrow. Let yourself be submerged in |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | It'll be a star-studded November 30 in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, as the pregnant Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Jessica Simpson, Susan Boyle, Annie Lennox, Katherine Jenkins, Charice, Kylie Minogue and Jackie Evancho are scheduled to perform at the 13th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Jill Clayburgh, star of women-centric 1970s films like An Unmarried Woman, Starting Over and It's My Turn, died at her Connecticut home on Friday from chronic leukemia, a disease she quietly battled for 21 years. She was just 66-years-old at the time of her passing. Her husband, playwright David |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Gwyneth Paltrow's guest spot on Glee is shaping up to include a little rain. The Oscar-winner will appear on the November 16 episode of the smash hit series and she will sing Rihanna's smash hit "Umbrella" and the classic "Singin' in the Rain," according to our friends at E!. It was previously |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Poor Lily Allen! A week after suffering a late-pregnancy miscarriage, the British singer was rushed to the hospital Friday night with a blood-poisoning condition called septicemia! If left untreated, it can be fatal, so thankfully Miss Allen sought medical attention on the quick. Allen's publicist |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Country legend Garth Brooks sold more than 140,000 tickets Saturday morning and as a result, his planned benefit concert for Nashville flood relief ballooned from one show to nine. That's what I call using your star power for good. The first day of sales for the concert set a record for tickets sold |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Benjamin is the name that actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston have chosen for their son, who is due to be born in a few weeks. Travolta, 56, and Preston, 48, announced they were expecting in May, which was a great source of happiness for the couple, who lost their son Jett in early 2009. What is |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | The United Kingdom has traditionally given birth to all kinds of mystically majestic music. Whether it's the psychedelic bombast of Led Zeppelin or the gorgeous hum of Kate Bush, UK acts always possess an otherworldly ere. Clare Maguire proudly upholds that tradition. On her debut single, "Ain't |
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| | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | Staind frontman Aaron Lewis doesn't need much to put on an unforgettable show. With a stool, a few acoustic guitars, a couple smokes and a bottle of water, Aaron can take the audience on a ride that rivals any large scale production out there. Less is more in the case of Aaron's acoustic shows, but |
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