Last night's American Idol opened the competition's not-quite-semifinal, not-quite-final round, with the 13 singers who were selected as this year's spotlighted contestants making their way through the songs of Michael Jackson. While Paula Abdul was only interested in seemingly tipping the producers...

Britney Spears' wardrobe assistant will likely get a stern talking-to after the pop tartlet's Tampa show, in which a performance of "I'm A Slave 4 U" resulted in her complaining about her "pussy hanging out" during the post-song wardrobe change. Of course, this being Britney and the current era bein...

Are you a somewhat financially solvent Florida resident who's still bummed out about the cancellation of the Langerado Festival, which was supposed to take place this weekend? Well, if you have $186.99 (plus service fees), a car, and a willingness to whipsaw around the southeastern tip of your state...

Last night's American Idol showcased the varying talents of eight singers who the judges liked but who for whatever reason (demographics, tattoos, outright lousy performances) weren't embraced by the calling and texting public. Only three of them were supposed to make it into this year's group of Id...

newVideoPlayer("/mjthisisit.flv", 506, 423,""); In case you wanted to hear Michael Jackson explain his upcoming shows at London's O2 Arena, MSNBC tried to stitch together a package of his utterances during his press conference earlier today (click the picture for the video); it's sort of hard to hea...

The Osbournes' variety hour—you know, the one that helped cancel Ozzfest this year?—will debut on March 31, right after American Idol; from there it'll run as a series of one-hour specials, which I think is Fox-exec code for "we're going to wait and see if it craps the bed the way Rosie ...

In addition to sending Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, and Jorge Nunez through to the Top 12, last night's peppy-for-an-elimination-episode edition of American Idol set the field for tonight's Wild Card round. And... well, it's more than a little disappointing. People who completely botched their initi...

The helmeted electro duo has signed on to compose the music for the sequel to Tron, which itself had a score by Wendy Carlos. TR2N comes out in 2011, so get ready for at least 22 months of people bitching about wanting the damn thing to leak! [The Playlist]...

So, tomorrow night is American Idol 's Wild Card round, in which the judges bring back their favorite singers who didn't make the cut over the last few weeks, then grant three of them passes to the Top 12, whose finals begin in a mere six days. There are going to be eight or nine contestants—t...

A performance of "Hey There Delilah" being my favorite of the night. Von Smith not being annoying. An 18-year-old with a neck tattoo. Last night's American Idol , in which the last third of the Top 36 competed for America's phoned-in affections, was full of odd things, and made me wonder just how th...