Don't call these artists selloutsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:07AMMusicians, other artists embrace product placement — In the music video for Lady Gaga's hit single "Bad Romance," the pop diva vamps across several nightmarish tableaux wearing a variety of barely there lingerie get-ups. The flashy clip caused a sensation when it debuted in November, and to date has racked up 85 million views on YouTube.
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Mariah Carey at Gibson AmphitheatreWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 4:30PMA nostalgic Carey shows today's divas how it's done in a soaring performance. Lady Gaga and Beyonce, take note. Halfway through her highly entertaining show Tuesday night at Gibson Amphitheatre, Mariah Carey stood onstage in a sparkly gold cocktail dress and waxed nostalgic for a (more) gilded age...
Live review: Mariah Carey at Gibson AmphitheatreWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:10PMA nostalgic Carey shows today's divas how it's done in a soaring performance. Lady Gaga and Beyonce, take note. A nostalgic Carey shows today's divas how it's done in a soaring performance. Lady Gaga and Beyonce, take note.
Keke Palmer Scores Nominations For Kid’s Choice And NAACP Image AwardsTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 1:26PMHere’s a lil positivity for you guys… Congratulations to Nickelodeon actress and Interscope singer Keke Palmer was recently nominated for two very special awards. Pop the hood to find out the details, and watch a clip from her sitcom “True Jackson, VP” with Justin Bieber guest starring. Keke has been nominated for a Kids’ [...]
Chelsea Handler to Beyonce: “Take A Break B*tch”Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 8:22AMLate night Host Chelsea Handler had alot to say about Beyonce at the Grammys: “I was enjoying the show until Beyonce stomped her way onto the stage like a Clydesdale and did this *shows clip of Beyonce grabbing her crotch* Why you grabbing between your legs Kitty Kat? I thought all of your junk was in [...]
CruiserWednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 12:20AMOn a Thursday afternoon, about 30 aspiring attorneys and practicing lawyers visiting from China, Thailand and Vietnam fill the Case Western Reserve University School of Law's Gund Hall. Today is the first session of Law of the Music Industry, a class attorney Mark Avsec teaches each spring.
Brits' growing love of lingerieFriday, January 29, 2010 @ 3:15PMIn the naughty Noughties, British women finally swapped their comfy undies for lacy lingerie. Now, we spend more on knickers than the French. What happened?
Dear SantaWednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 11:42AMDear Santa, I have been a good girl this year. I want a Hannah Montana PSP. I want a Barbie. I want Hannah Montana clothes. Love, Gabrielle Nicodemus P.S. I will leave eggnog and cookies. Dear Santa, My name is Amonta. I am three years old. I...
First Look: IRON MAN 2 FootageTuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 9:56AMThere's new footage from ' Iron Man 2 ' online! Plus: ' Kick-Ass ' poster featrues Nic Cage as Big Daddy. ' Thor ' writers headed for ' Damn Nation '. Miller reveals details of ' 300 ' sequel. More! Turning the world round with a skeleton hand...
Chalk TalkFriday, December 4, 2009 @ 3:20AMNo descr Buena High School Today is a half day for Buena students so that teachers can participate in professional development and planning activities. Students will be released at 11:30 a.m. Alternative Learning School schedules are not changed for this event. All students are invited to the meetings of the Christian Student Organization every Thursday at 2:35 p.m. in Room 1313. It’s fun, it’s ...
Astro Holiday Gifts 2009Tuesday, November 24, 2009 @ 1:01PMJennifer Angel gives astrological insight into your holiday shopping season as the stars see it. Expect the unexpected but be pleasantly surprised.
Bal Harbour Shops Announces Updated, Comprehensive Web Site and Content Services for New Media OutletsThursday, November 12, 2009 @ 12:40PMFashion capital Bal Harbour Shops is fully prepared for new media. Whether for a lifestyle web site, print newspaper’s online edition or fashion blog, the shopping center offers a wide range of complimentary, professionally-generated content services including photography, video, interviews and event coverage. (PRWeb Nov 12, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com ...
Bal Harbour Shops Announces Updated, Comprehensive Web Site and Content Services for New Media OutletsThursday, November 12, 2009 @ 7:00AMFashion capital Bal Harbour Shops is fully prepared for new media. Whether for a lifestyle web site, print newspaper’s online edition or fashion blog, the shopping center offers a wide range of complimentary, professionally-generated content services including photography, video, interviews and event coverage.
11-03-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGETuesday, November 3, 2009 @ 2:36AMLEE DANIELS ON 'SPIKE LEE VS. TYLER PERRY': Spike is 'Precious' director's mentor, Tyler is film's exec producer.
Calling All SoulsTuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 11:07PMIn keeping with Mexican and Catholic traditions of remembering and honoring the departed, the Current presents our First Annual Día de los Muertos issue, in which we pay tribute to a handful of the individuals who rocked our worlds, changed how we live, made San Antonio a better place to work, play, and raise our kids, and sometime in the past 12 months, left us.
10-27-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGETuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 9:52AM*In an interview on "60 Minutes," Tyler Perry got a chance to defend himself against comments made last spring by Spike Lee, who described Perry's is hit TV shows and films as nothing more than coonery.
Precious pet, 'Hope' event part of grand designWednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 11:18PMAlong the way on The Unplanned Journey ... and good news in a recent trip to Houston, where the test ...
The reliable goodness of Yo La Tengo at First Ave. tonightFriday, October 9, 2009 @ 12:41PMThe Hoboken band Yo La Tengo makes music that behaves like a close friend: strong and steadfast in character, with enough emotional versatility and flexibility to catalyze or commiserate, depending upon the circumstances.
Blanket your garden with fall colorThursday, October 8, 2009 @ 2:15AMAutumn offers its own delights, in the form of warm colors and interesting textures and shapes. Here are a few ideas to create some fall excitement in your outdoor landscape.
10-02-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGEFriday, October 2, 2009 @ 2:15AMWHITE HOUSE TO ADDRESS CHICAGO TEEN BEATING: President sending Atty Gen. Eric Holder and Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan to discuss issue with community. *The beating of a 16-year-old honors student in President Barack Obama's Chicago hometown was discussed at the president's morning meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday.
"Top Chef Las Vegas" Episode Six RecapThursday, September 24, 2009 @ 8:04PMChef Michelle Bernstein and celebrated magicians Penn and Teller guest-star in the sixth episode of "Top Chef Las Vegas"
Vols, health care and free chicken sandwichesMonday, September 7, 2009 @ 10:33AMHere's what Knoxville bloggers are talking about. Here's a recent cut from the Knoxville Bloggers Network. Knoxville has an extremely active blogging community with several bloggers with large national followings. See what they're talking about this Labor Day weekend. (Also if you have a blog and would like to add to the network, use this form. Rocky Top Talk: Things You Can Learn From ...
‘Personal Meditations’ on the KoranSaturday, August 29, 2009 @ 8:31PMWith “American Qur’an” the artist Sandow Birk uses a sacred text to inspire his latest paintings.
For immediate release: the arts are marketableMonday, August 24, 2009 @ 2:26PMClassical music concerts and recording projects are planned years in advance, so cultural relevance is like Russian roulette in our industry. "Fingers crossed something happens to make that Bartok relevant in St. Louis in 2013."("Or not, we don't really care.")
School DigestThursday, August 6, 2009 @ 4:37AMDISTRICT 73
No Cover ChargeWednesday, August 5, 2009 @ 2:14PMI am old, I am old. I shall wear my trousers rolled. At 36, I’m a good two years out of the demographic sweet spot, and if people aren’t trying to sell you things, there’s a reason why. It’s all downhill from here. Besides, times are hard, and the nightlife is expensive.
INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Art Pepper: Art HistoryTuesday, July 28, 2009 @ 8:13AMArt Pepper is one of only a handful of jazz artists whose life story is perhaps as well known as his recordings. Thanks largely to the publication of Straight Life in 1979, a searing autobiography written by Pepper with his literary wife Laurie, Pepper's music has much greater meaning and dimension today now that the back-story is known. One of the earliest no-holds-barred, tell-all jazz books, ...
July 26, 2009: James Cameron's epic, Octumom's reality and Star War's concertSaturday, July 25, 2009 @ 10:14PMDirector James Cameron showed 25 minutes of his 3-D movie "Avatar" at the Comic-Con in San Diego. "Pretty breathtaking," said Silas Lesnick for comingsoon.net. Cameron said he would show a 15-minute clip for free on Aug. 21 in "as many" IMAX and 3-D theaters as "we can get our hands on."
Art and MagicWednesday, July 22, 2009 @ 2:06PMPick of the week, pick of the season to date, is the French Séraphine, a speculative, segmentary biography — twenty years in scope — of an obscure figure from 20th-century art history, Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis, a pious provincial housecleaner by day, and by night a compulsive self-taught painter (under past orders from her guardian angel at the convent), whose secret talent is ...
Peyton Place: Part TwoThursday, July 16, 2009 @ 6:19AMAuthor's note : Having written extensively about Peyton Place 's aesthetics in my review of Shout! Factory's first set of episodes from Season One, I've adapted part of that content for this review, followed by my detailed look at what's different for this next set of episodes.
The first Space CadetsMonday, July 13, 2009 @ 12:41PMGetting the Air Force's first satellite program going was both a technical and organizational challenge. Dwayne Day describes how a few officers -- the "Space Cadets" -- helped push the program forward.
4Kids Streams Sonic X Preview Clip with English SubsThursday, July 9, 2009 @ 8:25PMThe North American television licensing and distribution company 4Kids TV has posted a five-minute "work-in-progress" video clip of the 2003-2004 Sonic X television anime series in Japanese with English subtitles on the YouTube website.
Marc Andreessen Starts Boutique VC Firm with $300 MillionMonday, July 6, 2009 @ 8:17AMMarc Andreessen and business partner Ben Horowitz launch a boutique VC fund with an initial capitalization of $300 million that the pair intends to invest in “anything that involves chips and computers” at a clip of $50,000 to $50 million per startup.
07-03-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGEFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 2:17AMVIDEO OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S LAST REHEARSAL: Footage shows singer at Staples center two days before his death. *Video of Michael Jackson's rehearsing at the Staples Center for his 50-date concert run two days before his death was released yesterday afternoon.
Watch: Dirty Projectors Debut New VideoTuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 10:27AMBrooklyn art rockers the Dirty Projectors have released a video for R&B-inflected Bitte Orca track "Stillness Is the Move." And unlike Jay-Z's new video , this one is light on Harvey Keitel appearances, but the Matthew Lessner-directed clip does feature wolves and a llama. More on SPIN.com: Bjork, Dirty Projectors Play Benefit Show in NYC Review: Rise Above Bitte Orca Those familiar with the ...
'After the Party,' 'What Goes Up,' 'Home,' 'Murdoch Mysteries': DVD releases for June 16Saturday, June 13, 2009 @ 5:23AMAfter the Party Dominick Dunne Indiepix Late in life, Dunne has become known as the voice of Vanity Fair, covering celebrity murder trials with wit and insight. But his own life is even more sensational, as this 2008 Australian documentary...
Apollinaire Scherr talks about danceMonday, June 1, 2009 @ 5:13PMIn order not to tempt me to write posts, when I have other, harder things to do, I am declaring a hiatus here for the next few weeks.
Morrissey Cancels Beginning of World TourFriday, May 29, 2009 @ 11:12AMFlorida is not having the best year ever. First the real estate crash hits the Sunshine State especially hard , causing many to lose homes and file for bankruptcy.
CHEERS AND JEERS/May 16Friday, May 15, 2009 @ 7:32PMJeers: To the nail technician at an Arlington nail salon who, during my fill service, stopped and had me wait while he texted on his cellphone — several times! Then, during my pedicure, another technician commented on how skinny my legs were. I had paid for my services between the fill and the pedicure but, on my way out, another employee followed me outside to ask if I had paid!