June 11, 2008
Janet Jackson is mad as hell, and she's not gonna take it anymore! Well, maybe, she didn't say it exactly like that, but she's VERY disappointed with Island Def Jam and their lack of support for her "comeback" album, "Discipline." So far, the album has sold only 392,000 cop...
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March 10, 2008
So federal wiretaps - you know, the ones supposed to catch Al Qaeda- snare the new Democratic Governor of New York Elliot Spitzer in an alleged prostitution sting. All the empty talking heads on camera yammer about resignation, but when Senator David Vitter was caught with ho's from New Orleans to W...
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December 30, 2007
Ever since his classic debut single "Bitch I'm From Dade County" in 2006, Flo Rida has been contributing to the collective output of Western Civilization. His latest single "Low" is now no.1 on Billboard's Hot 100. [Source] Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low"...
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It's the end of the year and that means lists! So here we are with our own list of Traffic-Stopping Videos of 2007. Rihanna "Umbrella" The song that started Rihanna's banner year, and broke records in the process. Will anyone ever utter the word "umbrella" without thi...
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December 29, 2007
Madonna's directorial debut, a short film titled, "Filth and Wisdom," will make its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February. The film is being described as "a low-budget music-based comedy," and stars Richard E. Grant, Stephen Graham, and Eugene Hutz. Eugene's band, Gogol Bordello, to...
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December 18, 2007
Fergie must be laughing a lot these days, but fortunately for her, it's all the way to the bank. Fergie's debut album, "The Dutchess" has spawned four No. 1 singles, and has been certified 3x platinum. Wetting her pants has proved to be Fergie's smartest career move. [Source] "It's like there's one ...
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December 17, 2007
Timbaland gave the audience at the Jingle Ball a surprise when he previewed a clip of Madonna's new song, "4 Minutes to Save the World." I still don't know if I approve of this whole Madonna/Timbaland/Justin Timberlake collaboration thing. I fear the album will end up sounding ...
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New York City domiciles over 8 million people. There are some 18,000 restaurants and most of them are good. The taxi-drivers are generally cracked-out but sometimes have interesting tales to tell, and some of my confessions to them have been favored by HBO. NYC's Director, International and Domestic...
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December 13, 2007
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the 2008 Golden Globe Awards nominations. Director Steven Spielberg will be honored with the 2008 Cecil B. DeMille Award. While the Screen Actors Guild received special dispensation from the striking Writers Guild of America to provide the sparkling ...
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December 12, 2007
Though I'm sure the folks at Starbucks would beg to differ, this appears to be a sound theory. Who hasn't wanted to smash a car window after one too many overpriced iced coffees? [Source] “She’s a person who’s completely addicted to sugar. This is like heroin for a junkie. She’s literally on...
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