March 20th, 2010
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Proving that Bieber Fever is alive and well, YouTube crooner-turned-16-year-old pop heartthrob Justin Bieber promoted his new album and upcoming North American tour and shared his thoughts on the hysteria surrounding his newfound celebrity in pair of interviews with the UK’s Alan Carr and ABC’s Nightline this week.
The Canadian cutie revealed that he wouldn’t rule out dating a fan (although most of them seem a wee bit stalkerish) because he doesn’t want to ”limit himself,” but admits all female admirers must be able to make him laugh. The teen sensation also joked that singer Beyonce Knowles, 28, is his ideal woman — because she’s “super hot.” (After all, what else is there?)
Bieber will be releasing his new LP, My World 2.0, on March 23!
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March 20th, 2010
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Rumor: Charlie’s Angels is returning to TV nearly 30 years after it left the air — thanks to big screen angel Drew Barrymore — and according to a scoop featured in the March 29 issue of GLOBE, Lucy Liu and Rihanna may be putting on their halos for the new show.
The island-born “Umbrella” star and Liu — who co-starred as Alex Munday alongside Barrymore and Cameron Diaz in two successful film adaptations of Aaron Spelling’s ’70s crime drama — are in the running for Angel roles on a new hour-long TV version of Charlie’s Angels, the tabloid report claims.
TV industry insiders are predicting the revived Charlie’s Angels could be a mega-moneymaker: after all, the original series launched the careers of Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith.
“The girls we pick must be incredibly capable, but not take themselves too seriously,” Drew says of the type of actresses she’s hoping to cast as sexy L.A.-based P.I.s on the new show.
While acting novice Rihanna is rumored to be making her silver screen debut as a prostitute in an upcoming remake of the 1985 film The Last Dragon, Lucy, on the other hand, is a seasoned vet. Barrymore is reportedly eager to bring on 41-year-old Liu in hopes that the TV role will help revive the minx’s somewhat fleeting career. Lucy’s work took a bit of a nosedive after the success of the Charlie’s Angels film franchise. Her last two TV shows, Cashmere Mafia and Dirty Sexy Money, were both axed without ever seeing a third season. These days, the Queens-bred brunette is keeping busy by voicing a fairy named Silvermist for a series of Tinkerbell DVDs.
While the trio that will ultimately step into the roles of TV’s new Angels is any one’s guess, there’s no question who will getting behind the speakerbox to voice often-heard, still-unseen millionaire Charlie Townsend. That role will be going to John Forsythe, 92, who played the same role in the original series.
Charlie’s Angels is expected to debut on ABC in the fall of 2011.
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March 20th, 2010
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Sorry Tiger, the world isn’t done laughing at your public humiliation. That’s what happens when you’re a whore.
This week’s 14th season premiere of South Park was most watched season opener for the envelope-pushing, animated comedy since its premiere in 1999, says The Hollywood Reporter. The Comedy Central smash — which returned for a new season on Wednesday — brought in a whopping 3.7 million viewers for an episode that poked fun at the buzzed-about Tiger Woods sex scandal. South Park even doodled in a golf-wielding appearance from Tiger’s scorned wife, Elin.
Maybe next time they can do any episode based on Tiger’s filthy sex texts to former mistress Joslyn James.
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March 20th, 2010
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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?
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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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