March 20th, 2010
Original Article from PopCrunch
Mark your calendars, Gleeks: The music of The Queen of Pop, as performed by the ultra-popular cast of FOX’s breakout hit series Glee, arrives on store shelves April 20!
According to our pals at Idolator.com, Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna CD went on presale Friday, with almost a month left until the exuberant all-Madonna episode of Glee sings and dances its way on the air.
Your heart will skip a beat once you take a peek at the Madge charttoppers that made their way onto the disc. Although I was hoping they’d cover “Lucky Star” — its only the best Madonna song ever.
Check Out The Tracklisting:
1. Express Yourself
2. Borderline/Open Your Heart
3. Vogue
4. Like A Virgin
5. 4 Minutes
6. What It Feels Like For A Girl
7. Like A Prayer
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March 20th, 2010
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The Hills’ Heidi Montag is making her acting debut alongside Hollywood vets Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in the forthcoming romantic comedy Just Go With It. A role that ironically sees the reality tart starring as one-half of a plastic surgery-addicted power couple.
“Kevin Nealon is my husband,” Heidi told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show Friday. “And he’s had more surgery than I have in the movie, so we kept playing around with who has more injections,” she quipped of her on-screen love interest, played by the former Saturday Night Live funnyman.
Just Go With It opens Feb. 11, 2011.
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March 20th, 2010
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Chris Evans — best known as Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four movies –has beat out a bevy of stars, including Ryan Phillippe and Chace Crawford, in the race to become comic book superhero Captain America on the big screen.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 28-year-old star has been offered the titled role in Marvel Studios’ upcoming blockbuster The First Avenger: Captain America. In addition, Chris is also being lined up to battle The Matrix and The Wolfman in two Captain America sequels and could be featured in several other Marvel movies, including The Avengers.
Alex Ross, the artist who redesigned Captain America for Marvel Comics, recently went public with his thoughts on who should play the character. And if he protests are any indication, many die-hard comic book fans will be none to pleased with Evans’ casting: “We’ve been saying for years, if you don’t sign Jon Hamm to play this part, you’re crazy,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “Captain America is supposed to be the patriarch of the Marvel universe. To get a guy in his early to mid-20s is only thinking about where the character began, not what he ultimately needs to become….”
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March 20th, 2010
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Did you miss some of our polls on Crushable this week? No worries, here’s a helpful guide to a week’s worth of polls. Cast your vote now!
Which Runaway are you? Kristen, Dakota or the Runaway Bride?
How sad are you about Sandra and Jesse’s break up?
Would you enroll in a Marriage 101 class?
How did you spend your St. Patrick’s Day?
And, don’t forget to send us your questions (about anything) to use through our Formspring page.
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March 20th, 2010
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Thanks to our celebrity obsessed society, the average lifespan of a “Digital Whore” (ie: Tila Tequila) is roughly eight months — which means we don’t have much longer to deal with Ke$ha.
Ke$ha — AKA “Who Gave This Broke Bitch A Dollar Sign?” — isn’t done firing shots at fellow talentless pop sensation Britney Spears. The Hollywood party animal takes a dig at the “Toxic” hitmaker on her new track, “Styrofoam.”
“In 10 years, Britney Spears…Britney, who?” Ke$ha croons on the over-the-top dance single.
Perhaps the insult would have stung more if Spears hadn’t been consistently churning out hits for 11 years, but since she has Ke$ha sounds like a bitter biter. (I’m no Spears fan, but you have to give credit where it’s due…..)
It’s the second time in little more than a month that Ke$ha has publicly called out Britney. In February, the “Tik Tok” singer ripped Spears for lip-synching in concert: “I don’t think that’s fair at all for people who are going to see the show. I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you should dance,” she told Britain’s Daily Record.
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March 20th, 2010
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Rohin Guha reports from the music scene at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In his latest music discovery, Rohin tracks down an interview with hip-hop artist/rapper K.Flay.
Before stepping out into the world as a forward-thinking rapstress, Illinois-raised K.Flay whiled the hours away in the Stanford libraries. Which explains well her effortless versatility demonstrated on MASHed Potatoes, a mixtape where she spits rhymes over everything from The Gossip to the Black Eyed Peas. K.Flay’s eclectic approach to hip-hop–one that finds muses in NBA players and literary heroines alike–is what makes her one of the unlikelier names on the SXSW bill this year.
Tell me about MASHed Potatoes. How did you figure out which songs you wanted to sample and mix?
MASHed Potatoes was a cool way for me to release something that showcased my production style as well as my songwriting. In terms of picking the tracks, there were two major factors I considered – whether the beat had some dope sections I could sample and whether the song had I title I could mess with thematically. There were a few tracks I thought of sampling immediately, like “Vans” and “Supa Dupa Fly,” but the others just sort of popped into my head.
Many songs on MASHed Potatoes have very forceful, pronounced percussion sections–is that typical of the music that inspires you to write? Why?
I love songs with a strong kick/snare pattern. I listen to a lot of UK hip-hop, and that’s such a huge part of the grime style. On Dizzee Rascal’s “Boy in Da Corner,” the snare is basically slapping you in the face. The first time I heard it I was like, “Ouch that hurt,” but in a good way.
Who were some of your childhood idols growing up? And who are some of your inspirations now?
As a kid I was a gigantic Chicago Bulls fan. So I pretty much idolized the whole team, from Michael Jordan to Tony Kukoc to B.J. Armstrong to Horace Grant–who had the best plastic eyewear on the planet. But seriously, that 72-10 season still blows my mind. Right now I’m inspired by Margaret Atwood, one of my all-time favorite authors. What’s so cool about her is that she writes everything–novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and children’s books–and her ideas are so original and crazy.
Who–dead or alive–would you collaborate with if you could?
I would give my right testicle to record a track with Jimi Hendrix.
Where did you grow up? Tell me about growing up and how you got to the point where you knew you wanted to make music.
I grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. My father taught me to play guitar as a kid, and he and I would jam out to Simon and Garfunkle, Del Shannon, the Beatles, Dylan, all that awesome 60’s and 70’s music. In college, I got into hip hop and started recording tracks on a whim, as something fun. But the more I performed and recorded, the more I realized that this is what I love to do.
How do you decide what you’d like to write about?
Usually, I create the basic skeleton for a track–drums, bass line, synth–and then see what kind of vibe I get. I try to let the music dictate my subject matter, but once I have a concept, I build the rest of the beat around that idea. I almost never sit down and say to myself, “I want to write a song about puppy adoption.” What happens is I create a sixteen-bar
loop and then say to myself, “That sounds like a song about puppy adoption.”
Is this your first SXSW showcase? How do you feel?
This is my first showcase, so I’m definitely excited. I was in Austin last year for the festival, but I was mainly just roaming the streets, eating Cuban food, and soaking up the music. It’s nice to be here in a more legit capacity this time around.
Which performers are you hoping to see?
I’ve decided to adopt a laissez-faire policy at SXSW this year, so I don’t really have a plan of who I’ll be checking out. The plan is to be plan-less and see where that takes me…
K.Flay rounds out her SXSW set with a final show tonight.
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March 20th, 2010
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Here’s some gossip links to get your weekend started.
- Shia LaBeouf is planning to run the Los Angeles Marathon tomorrow on behalf of the nonprofit group U.S.VETS. Wonder how that will end up since we always see him with a cigarette in his mouth. [E! Online]
- More info emerges about Kate Winslet’s relationship with Sam Mendes and the events that led up to their break up: tensions were high as they worked together on Revolutionary Road, and Sam was not happy that her role in The Reader overshadowed his project. [Daily Mail]
- Kelsey Grammer’s wife Camille is among the women cast in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Will actress daughter Spencer also make an appearance? [PopEater]
- An investigation of the pharmacy Brittany Murphy used for years revealed she was receiving hundreds of pills a month including Viocdin and anit-anxiety drugs clonazepam and Klonopin. [TMZ]
- Christina Aguilera is planning to announce “big news” in 2 days. [ChristinaAguilera.com]
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March 20th, 2010
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Beaten by a pothead! Anderson Cooper is among CNN’s most decorated journalists — but the “Silver Fox’s” uncanny knowledge of trivia paled in comparison to that of comedian Cheech Marin (one half of comedy duo Cheech & Chong) when Cooper faced off against the actor and former 5th Wheel host Aisha Tyler on the Champions Edition of Celebrity Jeopardy!Thursday night.
Cheech earned $50,000 for charity while Anderson and Aisha took home a cool 25K after being blitzed by the poster child for blunt burning. With final scores that totaled $0, Cooper and Tyler missed questions about world leaders, geography, and literature.
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March 20th, 2010
Original Article from The Hollywood Gossip
Welcome to The Hollywood Gossip Week in Review. Below, our staff takes a look back at the past week in celebrity gossip, entertainment news and rumors.
Some of the highlights from March 13-19 include …
- Jesse James has been accused of cheating on Sandra Bullock, who supposedly moved out over the rumors. The woman in question? Michelle McGee, a tattoo model, mother of two, quasi-porn star, and apparent Nazi supporter.
- Tiger Woods announced his return to golf (April 8), but it was a slew of Tiger Woods text messages he allegedly sent to porn star mistress Joslyn James that made news. We are talking depraved, violent, messed up stuff.
- John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter, posed half-naked for GQ pictures. She later claimed she was “repulsed” by those same half-nude GQ photos.
Looks like trouble in paradise for Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. Trouble by the name of Michelle “Bombshell” McGee, a tattoo model and James’ alleged mistress.
- Heidi Montag briefly hired some psychic “healer” manager nut.
- Omer Bhatti claims to be the parent of Michael Jackson’s kids.
- Crazy Jewish extremists want Bar Refaeli to dump Leo ASAP.
- Adam Lambert appearance of the week: Glamming up Tokyo.
- Awkward Ke$ha comment of the week: Breast-feeding Bieber.
- Siobhan Magnus ruled American Idol; Lacey Brown got booted.
- Miley Cyrus hates her critics … and the Internet … and teenage girls, and country music, and Hannah Montana, and Twitter, and celebrity gossip, and …
- Britney Spears and Jason Trawick totally broke up … or are just on and off … or are totally still together, putting on a united front. Who knows anymore!
These beauties are both back on the market!
- Couple news: Jennifer Love Hewitt nixed the Jamie Kennedy phase; Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split; David Schwimmer and Zoe Buckman are engaged!
- Baby news: Kevin Costner is expecting baby #7; Amy Poehler and Will Arnett are expecting #2; Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson are pregnant as well.
- Police blotter: DMX is staying in jail (at least until Dr. Drew intervenes); Lady Gaga is being sued; Jason Wahler was arrested; Perez is in more hot water.
- R.I.P.: Guitar legend Alex Chilton passed away, as did actors Peter Graves and Fess Parker. Corey Haim was laid to rest in a private funeral in Canada.
Don’t forget to follow The Hollywood Gossip on Twitter for all the latest news, celebrity gossip, rumors, commentary and humor as it happens, 24/7/365.
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March 20th, 2010
Original Article from Rolling Stone
- Down at SXSW, Rolling Stone has already caught hot performances by Stone Temple Pilots, Spoon, Broken Bells, the xx and many more up-and-coming acts. Keep it tuned to our SXSW coverage for all the best showcases, and be sure to follow @rollingstone as we continue to tweet 100 SXSW shows.
- Guitar god Jimi Hendrix landed on the cover of the new issue, and David Fricke looks back at the Greatest Guitarist of All Time’s last days and lost music.
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomed the Stooges, Genesis, Abba, the Hollies and Jimmy Cliff at the 2010 induction ceremony, which featured performances by Phish and more. Be sure to check out our backstage and onstage photos. Plus, two-time Rock Hall inductee Graham Nash visited RS to talk about the Hollies.
- Big Star’s Alex Chilton passed away at age 59. Rob Sheffield paid tribute to the Memphis rock god, and we flashbacked to Big Star covers.
- We took a close-up look at the Best New Bands of 2010 in a gallery of on-the-road photos. We also explored intimate backstage shots of Ryan Adams.
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