… but a vampire-themed photo shoot smack in the middle of Twilight/True Blood-stoked vampiremania? C’mon, Stefani. I know the old mantra about talent borrowing and genius stealing, but this seems egregious, even for you. Especially since you’re not even competing against Paramore for any Video Music Awards! [Out via Arjan Writes / Previously, and before that] MORE »
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Believe Me, I Am Getting So Tired Of The “GaGa Ripping Off [X]” Stories
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“Power Texting”: It’s A Lot More Boring Than “Idol” Conspiracy Theorists Would Have You Believe
So what is this “power texting” process, which is getting Adam Lambert fans and casual Idol viewers in a tizzy and resulting in claims that there’s a great AT&T-inspired conspiracy behind the results of this year’s American Idol? The name and the idea that reps from the company were out there giving classes on the process to Kris Allen fans makes it sound all exotic and secretive, but in reality, “power texting” involves little more than figuring out how to use a cell phone’s contact list function in order to create a distribution list, and putting the same short code (5701 et supra) on said list multiple times–then texting the word “VOTE” to it. Yeah, really, that’s it. If you don’t believe me, instructions on how to engage in this oh-so-scandalous practice–via oh hey what’s this, an Adam Lambert fan site–after the jump: MORE »
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“Idol” Nontroversy Makes Front Page Of “The New York Times”
Last night, the front page of The New York Times had a headline that has thrown casual American Idol watchers into a tizzy: “AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results,” it read, with the story inside detailing how “representatives of AT & T” appeared at two parties in Arkansas last week, free phones for the purpose of texting in votes for Arkansan Kris Allen at zero cost to attendees in tow. It’s a controversy! It’s a corporation swaying the outcome of this country’s most important opportunity to stuff a ballot box in favor of one singer hoping to get the fairly degraded prize of a record deal! Except, well, not so much. MORE »
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Lenny Kravitz Responds To Rash Of Leaked Nude Photos The Only Way He Knows How
First, there was Cassie; then, there might have been Rihanna; and then there was an even bigger topless-photo leak. So it was probably only a matter of time before master deriver Lenny Kravitz decided to get in on the act with an “arty” shot of him in the shower, no? [Twitter; HT Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul] MORE »
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Janet Jackson’s Five-Years-Moldy Wardrobe Malfunction Will Never Die
Did you know that the Super Bowl that featured Justin Timberlake’s forced disrobing of Janet Jackson celebrated its fifth birthday this past February? It was a more innocent time; why, those of us who wanted to see Justin’s awkward unleashing of Janet’s painfully pierced nipple couldn’t even go to YouTube to relive the moment, since that site wasn’t born until 2005. (I had to find an animated GIF of the thing in the wake of my friends asking “wait, what just happened?”) Well, the courts of this fine nation seem hell-bent on reliving that moment for as long as they can; the Supreme Court today ordered a Federal appeals court to revisit a previous ruling and possibly reinstate a $550,000 fine levied against CBS in the wake of the disaster, thanks to that court upholding the FCC’s ridiculous punishments for straying from its completely silly “obscenity” standards last week. When will our long nightmare end? (Maybe when Antonin Scalia retires.) MORE »
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Not All Of Oklahoma Is OK With The Flaming Lips
When the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” was named as the official rock song of Oklahoma, I was a little surprised and impressed; after all, an act like the Lips would seem to offend the occasionally delicate sensibilities of the sort of person who aspires to state office. Well, as it turns out, Michael Ivins wore a hammer and sickle T-shirt to the state Capitol the day the state Senate announced the Lips’ honor, which didn’t sit well with some of the more conservative members of the Oklahoma House. And then Wayne Coyne added an f-bomb to his acceptance speech. MORE »
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Florida TV Station Overcome By Paroxysm Of Good Taste
A TV station in Panama City, Fla., is refusing… MORE »
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No Wonder The Inaugural Music Sounded So Good On TV
Oh noes, the performance of John Williams’ Shaker… MORE »
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The Parents Television Council Plays Its Part In Britney Spears’ Latest Drama
Well, the press-release happy “sex hurts kids!!” MORE »
