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Video: Josh Groban and Ellen DeGeneres Sing an Oscar Duet Josh Groban and Ellen DeGeneres team up for a duet honoring this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Josh showed up dressed as a Naavi from Avatar: apparently no one told him that the skit had changed and a costume would not be needed. Blue or not, Josh sounds fantastic. Take a look: Posted on March 5, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The Grammy Awards were last night. They were lengthy (3 1/2 hours) but featured some great performance and amazing outfits. In this "Best Of the Red Carpet Clip" Ryan Seacrest hears the story of how Russell Brand and Katy Perry got engaged and chats with everyone from Pink to Taylor Swift. Take a look: You can find more coverage of the Grammys here. Posted on February 1, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Video: Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young Singing Pants on the Ground Jimmy Fallon did a hilarious bit on his show in homage to the American Idol "Pant son the Ground" song, penned by a would be contestant in Atlanta. Jimmy does a acoustic, mournful version of the song while dressed as Neil Young. Take a look: Posted on January 15, 2010 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Beyonce has garnered ten Grammy nominations. Taylor Swith has eight nominations. Pop/hip-hop unit The Black Eyed Peas, R&B vocalist Maxwell and rapper Kanye West all hauled in six nominations, announced by the Recording Academy on Tuesday night. A handful of nominees were revealed during a special show broadcast live in the east from L.A.'s Club Nokia. Winners in 109 Grammy categories, voted on by members of the Recording Academy, will be announced Jan. 31 at the annual ceremony at L.A.'s Staples Center.This should be an interesting Grammy Awards in January. Kanye, Beyonce and Taylor Swift will all be there once again. Will Kanye even show? Will he behave himself? We'll have to tune in to see. Posted on December 2, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Stars Walk the Red Carpet at the AMAs Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Snoop Dog, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige all walked the red carpet at the American Music Awards Sunday night. They talked about which acts they were most excited to see. Of course, they had no idea that Adam Lambert was going to steal the show with his controversial closing performance. Take a look: Posted on November 24, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Rock band No Doubt is suing Activision for breach of contract. The gamer has used images of the band members in a way that was not approved by the band for the game Band Hero. n a suit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the veteran ska-rock group claims that "Band Hero" users have the ability to manipulate No Doubt members, both collectively and individually, into singing popular songs by other artists -- something the band said they didn't sign up for. "No Doubt agreed to place avatars containing their name and likeness performing three No Doubt songs in the upcoming 'Band Hero,'" the group said in a statement.Activision says it would be too expensive to make the changes, but No Doubt is not amused that their images can be manipulated by the users into looking and acting in ways that are offensive to the group. Who wins this case will depend entirely on what the contract says. If No Doubt's attorneys did their job, this is a slam dunk. If they didn't spell out how the images could be used, No Doubt is in trouble. Posted on November 5, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Joss Whedon to Direct Episode of Glee Joss Whedon will be directing an upcoming episode of Glee. We just couldn't be more excited. We loved the Buffy musical episode, "Once More With Feeling" and "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog." So how did this happen? Michael Ausiello explains:
Turns out, the genius who gave us not only the "Once More, With Feeling" musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer but also Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a big fan of Ryan Murphy’s new phenom. So when Twentieth (the studio behind Glee) approached him about the gig, pretty much his only reservation was scheduling.We just cannot wait for this. Now, let's talk guest stars. We're thinking Sarah Michelle Gellar needs to get a babysitter and get to the Glee set. Or James Marsters -- he has his own rock band. Or Neil Patrick Harris? Better yet, how about all three of them? Posted on October 19, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Justin Timberlake Cast in Facebook Movie Justin Timberlake has been cast as the co-founder of Napster in the new film about the formation of Facebook. David Fincher is directing the film which features a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.
Jesse Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's founding president, and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg as the social network became a financial juggernaut.Production on the film will begin in October in Boston, and then will move to Los Angeles. Justin Timberlake is determined to be a triple threat, but so far his film career hasn't taken off. Will this be his breakthrough role? Posted on September 22, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Trailer for This Is It Released The trailer for the upcoming Micheal Jackson film, This Is It, has been released. The film includes footage from the rehearsals for Michael Jackson's London concerts that would have been held if Michael Jackson had not died. The film will arrive in theatres in October 28, 2009 for a two-week limited viewing. Take a look: Posted on September 14, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Janet Jackson to Open VMAs With Tribute to Michael TMZ reports that Janet Jackson is working hard on a special tribute to her brother Michael to be performed at the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday. Ms. Jackson is set to put on a huge MJ-honoring performance featuring 20 backup dancers -- which is being put together by some of the best choreographers in the world, including Frank Gatson and Travis Payne.The Video Music Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and Janet is expected to open the show with her tribute. Posted on September 8, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Paula Abdul to Host VH1's Divas ![]() Paula Abdul tweeted that she will be hosting this year's VH1 Divas on September 17th. Hi guys! im really excited 2 announce ill b hosting this year's "Vh1 Divas"! The show will be live on Sept 17th @ 9 pm ESTIt sounds like a great lineup. Posted on August 25, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Jerry Seinfeld, Rihanna to be Jay Leno's First Guests Jerry Seinfeld will be Jay Leno's first guest on his new prime time talk show, according to Variety. The Jay Leno Show premieres on September 14. Seinfeld also is expected to do standup. Also appearing on the first show will be Jay Z, Kanye West and Rihanna. Leno is taking the 10 p.m. slot Monday through Friday, a move that may make financial sense for the network but has rankled many in the creative community.This will be Rihanna's first interview since the Chris Brown battery case. Will she talk to Jay about it? It's going to be hard for him to avoid asking questions about the subject. Posted on August 14, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Michael Jackson's Memorial Service Watched by Millions Michael Jackson's memorial service was held today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and was broadcast for free around the globe. The two hour program was tasteful and moving, with low-key performances by Jermaine Jackson (who sang Michael's favorite song "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin"), Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Lionel Ritchie. Queen Latifah read a poem written for the occasion by Maya Angelou, Brooke Shields spoke of her friendship with Michael and Motown founder Berry Gordy talked about Michael's life. But the most moving moment came at the very end when Michael's daughter Paris, while choking back tears, spoke of her love for her father. Katie Couric reports: Posted on July 7, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | ADG Will Refund $85 Million Worth of Michael Jackson Concert Tickets Concert promoter AEG will refund $80 million worth of tickets sold to the Michael Jackson concerts this summer, due to the singer's premature death. Concert promoter AEG Live will offer full refunds to those who bought tickets to Michael Jackson's "This Is It" concerts at the O2 Arena in London. Tickets must have been purchased through an authorized agent. Refunds will include all ticket service charges.AEG is a part of billionaire Philip Anschutz's Anschutz Corp. AEG is looking at a huge loss on the deal unless it can get the insurer to pay up. Michael Jackson had to pass a physical to get insured for the concerts, but with the recent revelations about Jackson's severe drug addictions we have to wonder: who did the physical exam that said Jackson was in excellent health? You can get more details at Michaeljacksonlive.com. Posted on June 30, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Hugh Jackman Drops Out of Cleopatra Musical Hugh Jackman has dropped out of Steven Soderbergh's upcoming film, which is a rock musical version of Cleopatra starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. No deal had been signed as the ambitious $30 million project is completing its financing, but Soderbergh asked his "Traffic" star Zeta-Jones to play Cleopatra and wanted new Oscar host Jackman to play her lover, the Roman general Marc Antony. Discussions are reportedly in the works for the role of Julius Caesar to be played by Ray Winstone, the "Beowulf" star who just completed shooting the Martin Campbell-directed "Edge of Darkness" with Mel Gibson.Hugh Jackman has made his first wise decision of 2009. Did we mention the film will also be in 3-D? Because just when you think a project couldn't be any more ridiculous, it gets worse. What in the world is Catherine Zeta-Jones thinking? Posted on January 2, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | American Idol to Return With Some Changes The extremely popular American Idol reality-tv show will return with a few changes next year. The details were leaked here on a blog called MJ's Big Blog (via MSNBC) that covers the reality show. Some of the noteworthy changes include a semifinal round that will include 36 contestants instead of 24 and no Idol Gives Back. There will also be less focus on the bad singers this season.
It was also reported in August that Kara DioGuardi has joined American Idol as a fourth judge for this season. The premiere of the eight season of American Idol is January 13th. The offical site is located here. Posted on December 16, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | High School Musical 3: Senior Year Tops the Box Office ![]() High School Musical 3: Senior Year topped the box office this past weekend, making $42,030,184. In second place was Saw V, which made $30,053,954. In third place was Max Payne, which made $7,600,000. Beverly Hills Chihuahua hung on for fourth place, making another $6,884,387. That brings the film's cumulative take to an astonishing $78,110,782. We find that mind-boggling. Posted on October 27, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Dirty Dancing Heads to Broadway A stage version of the hit film Dirty Dancing is headed to Broadway, most likely at the Neil Simon theater in the fall of 2009. No official plans have been confirmed, but legiters are hearing the hit stage version of the 1987 pic has set its sights on the Rialto venue that "Hairspray," set to shutter in January, has occupied since July 2002.This is one film that translates very easily to the stage. Will they recast the Chicago actors? Nothing is settled yet. Posted on October 22, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | American Psycho: the Musical American Psycho is headed for Broadway. It's going to be a musical. No, really. An '80s-tinged tuner adaptation of "American Psycho" has begun the development process and is aiming for Broadway. Legit version of the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel, about a 1980s Wall Street banker who is also a serial killer, will come from the Johnson-Roessler Co., management-production company the Collective and XYZ Films. The three shingles have partnered to acquire the rights to develop and produce the stage incarnation.How incredibly weird. But hey -- if they can make Titanic into a musical, they can make anything into a musical. Still, American Psycho without Christian Bale is like...well, American Psycho Lite. Posted on September 23, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Russell and Britney Deliver the Ratings For MTV ![]() The VMAs were a big ratings success. MTV took a risk in choosing a relative unknown -- British comedian Russell Brand -- to host the 2008 installment of the Video Music Awards, the network's premiere annual awards special. Now the risk appears to have paid off, as the 2008 VMAs delivered significant improvements over last year's show in the 12-34 demo MTV targets.Last year's show was a bore. This one was much better produced, with tighter writing. Russell Brand is now considered the goods: he delivered the ratings and some controversy, which just makes network execs giddy with happiness. And as for Britney, it's clear that she was the main reason people tuned in. We like Britney and Russell together -- their promos were hilarious. She didn't seem to know how to handle him, which just made it all the funnier. Posted on September 9, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Jo Jo Turned Down Hannah Montana Role ITV reports in the video below that young singing sensation Jo Jo (aka Joanna Levesque) actually turned down the opportunity to star in Disney's hit TV show Hannah Montana. This was before the show became a huge hit on Disney and helped launch the career of Miley Cyrus, who is now starting to overshadow the show. We liked Jo Jo in the fun mermaid movie Aquamarine. Jo Jo's only seventeen and she can both act and sing well so she should manage a successful career of her own without the need for Hannah Montana. Jo Jo has no regrets for saying "No" to Hannah. She's down for far more serious roles including a role in a Lifetime adaptation of True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.
Posted on August 11, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Trailer for High School Musical 3 Here's a new trailer for Disney's High School Musical 3, which will premiere on the big screen. Posted on July 14, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Keira Knightley is Eliza Doolittle Keira Knightley is set to star in a remake of My Fair Lady. The film will be just like the classic: set in 1912, it will be a musical. While it's being called an update, the film will use the tuner's score and retain its 1912 setting. Where possible, Kenworthy and Mackintosh intend to shoot the film on location in the original London settings of Covent Garden, Drury Lane, Tottenham Court Road, Wimpole Street and the Ascot racecourse. (The 1964 Warner Bros. film was lensed entirely on Hollywood soundstages.)Keira Knightley is no Audrey Hepburn and this is a terrible idea. Posted on June 6, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | High School Musical 3 Press Conference For all you High School Musical fans, here's the press conference about HSM 3, which will be released in October 24, 2008. Zac, Vanessa, Ashley and the gang field questions about what comes next. Posted on May 3, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | High School Musical 3 Approaches
The new poster for High School Musical 3 is out: the release date is October 24, 2008. So what's happening with the gang? According to Disney:
"Senior Year finds high school seniors Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) facing the prospect of separation as they head off to different colleges. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about the future. With incredible new music and exciting dance numbers designed to take maximum advantage of the big screen, this motion picture extravaganza delivers plenty of high-energy entertainment from East High's talented ensemble." Here's the trailer: Posted on May 2, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench to Star in Nine Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench are reportedly starring in Nine, the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. The Oscar-winning pair are in talks to join Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren in Rob Marshall's adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical. The 1982 show, itself an adaptation of Federico Fellini's autobiographical opus "8 1/2," revolves around a film director (Bardem) juggling the demands of several women in his life.The film will begin shooting after Nicole gives birth this summer and has a bit of maternity leave. And as for Judi Dench -- we had no idea that she was the original Sally Bowles. What fun that would have been to see! Posted on April 4, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Johnny Depp Talks Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp reveals
how disturbing it was to film one scene in his new hit movie, Sweeney Todd.
The 44-year-old actor says that a simple flashback scene in 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' had him and director Tim Burton shaken to their cores. It was when young Sweeney's happy life before he was sent to prison by the judge. Although seemingly normal, the actor and the director who created the movie couldn't stomach it. "I think that was the weirdest thing I ever had to shoot," Depp says in an interview. "[Burton] literally was sobbing. He left the set of his own movie." The 49-year-old director says the melodrama of the scene was too much to bear. "That's when I knew [Depp] was a great actor, because that was terrible. That was so bad."Sweeney Todd has gotten rave reviews from critics and has been nominated for a number of Golden Globe awards. Posted on December 28, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Cate Blanchett Plays Bob Dylan Here is some footage of Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan in an upcoming biopic. Yes, that's right -- she's playing a man in the film. Several other actors will also play Dylan as he ages. That's David Cross as Allen Ginsberg. It's pretty freaky. Does Cate playing a man effectively equal Oscar nomination? Posted on August 22, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Writers Write, Inc. Launches Singers Sing Writers Write, Inc., the parent company of ShoppingBlog.com, Gamers Game and Writers Write, has announced the launch of SingersSing.com. SingersSing.com is a daily music blog featuring music news and music video clips. Recent posts include: Posted on July 11, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Live Earth to Be Biggest Concert in Earth's History Be sure to tune in to the fabulous concerts that former Vice President Al Gore has spent so much time organizing. The concert will happen over a 24 hour period on 7-7-07, starting in Australia and moving on to many cities, such as London, Shanghai, China, Germany, Rio de Janero, Antarctica and Washington, D.C. The event is not to raise money (although the cost of the event is covered by donations and ticket prices). The point of the event is to raise awareness of Global Warming.
The lineup of performers is all-star: Jon Bon Jovi, Tricia Yearwood, Garth Brooks, Duran Duran with Justin Timberlake, Shakira, Fall Out Boy, John Mayer, Lenny Kravitz, The Black Eyed Peas and just about everyone who's anyone in music will be there. Even legendary band Spinal Tap is scheduled to perform. We hope they do "Stone Henge"! Vice president Gore told Larry King that there will be surprise performances, as well. Madonna will close the concert at Wembley Stadium in England, which is going to be amazing. The concert kicks off tonight when 7-7-07 starts in Sydney Australia. MSN will be streaming the entire concert live, which is the best way to see the entire thing -- especially for American viewers who want to see the concert from Wembley Stadium in England, which is going to rock. You can watch it on your computer here. See the times of the worldwide concerts here. For American viewers, NBC will broadcast highlights and will cover the concert from Giants Stadium in New Jersey starting at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. You can watch "Hey You", the official video Madonna did for Live Earth here: Posted on July 6, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Christina Aguilera is Reading Scripts The Associated Press reports that Christina Aguilera wants to be a movie star and she is busy reading screenplays.
Christina Aguilera says she's reading scripts in search of the right role to launch an acting career.TMZ.co is warning Christina Aguilera to avoid films other music stars have made like Mariah's Glitter and Britney Spears' Crossroads. Hillary Duff, who is more established as an actress, also had a film one called Raise Your Voice that was more watchable than these two. Will Xtina's first film be another film where a young woman finds her path to music stardom? We will hold out hopes for more but we won't hold them too high. Posted on June 25, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Jennifer Aniston to Produce Goree Girls Jennifer Aniston has signed to produce and possibly star in a film set in the 1940s about one of the country's first female country recording acts, the Goree Girls, for DreamWorks Pictures. The actress is on board to produce and likely star in the 1940s song-laden comedy about one of the nation's first all-female country acts, a group whose members were also guests of the Texas penal system. Aniston will be joined by seven other singin' and pickin' actresses cast as part of the Goree All Girl String Band, which is remembered as the Dixie Chicks of its day for the radio performances it put on from a Texas music hall.So, it's kind of like The Dixie Chicks meet Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?. Right? We can work with that. Posted on June 13, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Milli Vanilli The Movie? Reuters is reporting that Universal Pictures plans to make a film about the Milli Vanilla, that classic lip synching fraudster duo from the early 90s.
Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported in its Thursday issue that Universal Pictures is developing a film about the lip-synching combo, who lost their coveted Grammy for best new artist in 1990 when it emerged that they had never sung on their records.We are glad that this incredibly important subject is finally getting the attention it deserves. It sounds like an Oscar shoe-in. Here are the most memorable lyrics in case you forgot them. We found them here on a site called Crap From the Past. I'm in love girl, I'm in so love girl. I'm just in love girl, and this is true. Girl, you know it's true. Ooh, Ooh, Ooh I love you. Yes, you know it's true. Ooh, Ooh, Ooh I love you. Girl, you know it's true. My love is for you. Girl, you know it's true. My love is for you. Here's the music video. Posted on February 20, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Prince's Giant Guitar Prince's Superbowl halftime performance was excellent. He sounded great. No one had a wardrobe malfunction. He played "Purple Rain" in the rain. He covered a Foo Fighters song in a cool new way. He even sacrificed his hair covering to an adoring fan, while allowing his hair to get wet. It was totally G-rated.... or was it?
It was, except for the giant phallus that was revealed to the crowd in silhouette. Ah, Prince. We knew you hadn't really gone mainstream. Slipped that one right by the censors. Well played. Posted on February 8, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | |
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