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Tonight marks the premiere of the CW series Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, the sequel to The Search For The Next Pussycat Doll that will set out to launch another girl group under the Pussycat Dolls' brand name-slash-marketing deal with Interscope Records. In the New York Daily News' preview of the show, not only do we learn about the Girlicious-branded merchandise that'll soon be lining your local 99-cent stores' aisles (makeup, clothing, a new album incorporating the sounds of TLC and Destiny's Child), we learn that the original Pussycat Doll—Nicole "Her Name Is Nicole" Scherzinger—will be returning to the fishnet-covered arms of the group that spawned her.
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Nicole Scherzinger Gives Up?
Tonight marks the premiere of the CW series Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, the sequel to The Search For The Next Pussycat Doll that will set out to launch another girl group under the Pussycat Dolls' brand name-slash-marketing deal with Interscope Records. In the New York Daily News' preview of the show, not only do we learn about the Girlicious-branded merchandise that'll soon be lining your local 99-cent stores' aisles (makeup, clothing, a new album incorporating the sounds of TLC and Destiny's Child), we learn that the original Pussycat Doll—Nicole "Her Name Is Nicole" Scherzinger—will be returning to the fishnet-covered arms of the group that spawned her.
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pussycat dolls
Lead Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was, apparently, not given her post on the basis of winning a spelling bee. From a Columbus Dispatch recap of the Pussycat Dolls' show in Ohio State's hometown the other night:
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Nicole Scherzinger Makes The Joke A Little Too Easy
Lead Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was, apparently, not given her post on the basis of winning a spelling bee. From a Columbus Dispatch recap of the Pussycat Dolls' show in Ohio State's hometown the other night:
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pussycat dolls
Tryouts for the CW's upcoming reality show, "The Next Pussycat Doll," kick off this weekend in Los Angeles. Alas, while the rules do prohibit anyone running for office from trying out (sorry, Katherine Harris!), they don't mention that unless the winner's name is "Nicole Scherzinger," there's no way that she will be able to star in a video with Diddy or duet with an opera singer or be remembered by name six months after the show finishes airing.
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When Winning On TV Is Really Losing, Part I
Tryouts for the CW's upcoming reality show, "The Next Pussycat Doll," kick off this weekend in Los Angeles. Alas, while the rules do prohibit anyone running for office from trying out (sorry, Katherine Harris!), they don't mention that unless the winner's name is "Nicole Scherzinger," there's no way that she will be able to star in a video with Diddy or duet with an opera singer or be remembered by name six months after the show finishes airing.
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The Pussycat Dolls' follow-up to the grating "When I Grow Up" is "Out Of This Club," a tender ballad about hooking up after last call that features R. Kelly. What does it sound like? Think "'Love In This Club' remixed for the purposes of soundtracking a particularly soft-focused ad for feminine hygiene products." [Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul]
pussycat dolls
This frame-grab doesn't quite do it justice, but trust us: If you happen to catch the promos for the new Pussycat Dolls show Fetch Me A Skank, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the CW was trying to tell you something (though for the record, the Dolls' last record had only four shit singles).
The CW Isn't Pussy-Footing Around
This frame-grab doesn't quite do it justice, but trust us: If you happen to catch the promos for the new Pussycat Dolls show Fetch Me A Skank, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the CW was trying to tell you something (though for the record, the Dolls' last record had only four shit singles).
putting the pseudo in pseudo-event
The technical categories for this year's Video Music Awards—Best Choreography, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction—were announced today, and the big winner, inexplicably, is the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up," which received nods for Choreography, Direction, Cinematography, and Art Direction. Why five minutes of dayglo-framed midriffs and Nicole Scherzinger making stupid faces set to some of the most grating beats to come out of Darkchild's studio laboratory is worthy of not just attention, but accolades, is an utter mystery to me. Perhaps someone on the nominating committee was a big fan of "Cold Hearted," and appreciates the Dolls—and director Joseph Kahn's—efforts to bring back "sexy" synchronized dancing on scaffolding? [Full list of nominees]
The Video Music Awards' Technical Nominations: Apparently, Getting The Pussycat Dolls To Dance In Sync Is A Crowning Achievement
The technical categories for this year's Video Music Awards—Best Choreography, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction—were announced today, and the big winner, inexplicably, is the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up," which received nods for Choreography, Direction, Cinematography, and Art Direction. Why five minutes of dayglo-framed midriffs and Nicole Scherzinger making stupid faces set to some of the most grating beats to come out of Darkchild's studio laboratory is worthy of not just attention, but accolades, is an utter mystery to me. Perhaps someone on the nominating committee was a big fan of "Cold Hearted," and appreciates the Dolls—and director Joseph Kahn's—efforts to bring back "sexy" synchronized dancing on scaffolding? [Full list of nominees]
substitutions
Remember last week, when the Pussycat Dolls were supposed to guest on the "Pop Goes Country" episode of Nashville Star? Well, they canceled for unknown reasons (my theories include their label being so cheered by the fact that "When I Go Up" wasn't a flop, they decided the Dolls didn't need to sell out that much, or Nicole Scherzinger and Jewel having some sort of behind-the-scenes tiff) and were replaced by Danity Kane, who performed their deathless track "Damaged" and showed the competitors the advantage of having taped backing vocals at the ready at all times. This is another one of those times that I think the performers on singing-competition shows should be required to meet with the vocal coaches as well, if only for breathing advice. Yeesh. [YouTube via That Grape Juice]
Danity Kane Slide Right Into The Pussycat Dolls' Spot
Remember last week, when the Pussycat Dolls were supposed to guest on the "Pop Goes Country" episode of Nashville Star? Well, they canceled for unknown reasons (my theories include their label being so cheered by the fact that "When I Go Up" wasn't a flop, they decided the Dolls didn't need to sell out that much, or Nicole Scherzinger and Jewel having some sort of behind-the-scenes tiff) and were replaced by Danity Kane, who performed their deathless track "Damaged" and showed the competitors the advantage of having taped backing vocals at the ready at all times. This is another one of those times that I think the performers on singing-competition shows should be required to meet with the vocal coaches as well, if only for breathing advice. Yeesh. [YouTube via That Grape Juice]
be careful what you wish for
The latest act to go the "country cash-in" route: The Pussycat Dolls, who are going to strap on some chaps (over something resembling pants, one hopes) and guest on the Billy Ray Cyrus-hosted Nashville Star this coming Monday. (It's apparently in honor of the show's "pop week," although given that recent performances on the show have included "Hey There Delilah" and "Waiting On The World To Change" I'd say that the show was skewing pretty pop already.) At this point, Scherzinger & Those Other Ladies seem so hell-bent on complete cultural saturation that I'm half-expecting them to show up on Good Eats for a Very Special "Watch As Nicole Fries An Egg On Her Midriff, Because She's That Hot" Episode. [NBC via ONTD]
Pussycat Dolls To Act Vaguely Like Southern Belles For An Evening
The latest act to go the "country cash-in" route: The Pussycat Dolls, who are going to strap on some chaps (over something resembling pants, one hopes) and guest on the Billy Ray Cyrus-hosted Nashville Star this coming Monday. (It's apparently in honor of the show's "pop week," although given that recent performances on the show have included "Hey There Delilah" and "Waiting On The World To Change" I'd say that the show was skewing pretty pop already.) At this point, Scherzinger & Those Other Ladies seem so hell-bent on complete cultural saturation that I'm half-expecting them to show up on Good Eats for a Very Special "Watch As Nicole Fries An Egg On Her Midriff, Because She's That Hot" Episode. [NBC via ONTD]
videodrone
At this point, I am car-crash fascinated by Nicole Scherzinger and the rest of the Pussycat Dolls; with every flesh-baring public appearance and "hot" single they seem more and more dissonant and out-of-place, which could be good news for people looking for a respite from the housing-bubble-fueled conspicuous consumption and vapid "sexiness" that defined so much of the new millennium. Watching them during last night's MTV Movie Awards performance of the atrocious "When I Grow Up," a single that's as much a testament to becoming a C-lister through sheer will as it is proof that the winner of The Search For The Next Doll did the right thing by ditching her "prize" for a solo career, made me wonder just how essential these ladies' future recorded-music success is to Interscope's 2008 bottom line, because man, there is just something not right here, and I don't just mean the fact that the other four girls in the group are actually mentioned by name. [YouTube]
Pussycat Dolls Continue To Force Themselves On World's Populace
At this point, I am car-crash fascinated by Nicole Scherzinger and the rest of the Pussycat Dolls; with every flesh-baring public appearance and "hot" single they seem more and more dissonant and out-of-place, which could be good news for people looking for a respite from the housing-bubble-fueled conspicuous consumption and vapid "sexiness" that defined so much of the new millennium. Watching them during last night's MTV Movie Awards performance of the atrocious "When I Grow Up," a single that's as much a testament to becoming a C-lister through sheer will as it is proof that the winner of The Search For The Next Doll did the right thing by ditching her "prize" for a solo career, made me wonder just how essential these ladies' future recorded-music success is to Interscope's 2008 bottom line, because man, there is just something not right here, and I don't just mean the fact that the other four girls in the group are actually mentioned by name. [YouTube]
art?
Pussycat Dolls Spinoff Act Brings Back Doc Martens, Awkward Use Of Photoshop's "Reflection" Tool
this is the post that will make my head explode
Even Amazon seems to have given up on Nicole Scherzinger's solo album, but don't you fret over how it's going to affect her career long-term. Because there's no field immune to their mediocrity, there's now lingerie to sell to extend the Pussycat Dolls brand. The entire article is filled with delightful quotes to brighten your Friday, but this one from PCD founder Robin Antin is my favorite.
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Back To The Skanky Dance Troupe With You, Nicole
Even Amazon seems to have given up on Nicole Scherzinger's solo album, but don't you fret over how it's going to affect her career long-term. Because there's no field immune to their mediocrity, there's now lingerie to sell to extend the Pussycat Dolls brand. The entire article is filled with delightful quotes to brighten your Friday, but this one from PCD founder Robin Antin is my favorite.
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liner notes
- While performing at a fund-raiser for UNICEF, a member of the Pussycat Dolls gave an on-stage shout-out to"Unice." You don't even want to know what they said at last month's ASCAP benefit. [Page Six]
- Al Sharpton canceled his plans to honor Def Jam's L.A. Reid at a ceremony in New York this week, noting that he had accidentally double-booked his bloviating schedule. [USA Today]
- Several prospective jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial have told lawyers that they already believe he's responsible for the death of actress Lana Clarkson. They also blame him for "sucking the fun" out of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album. [Billboard]
Liner Notes: Are The Pussycat Dolls A Bunch Of Acronymrods?
- While performing at a fund-raiser for UNICEF, a member of the Pussycat Dolls gave an on-stage shout-out to"Unice." You don't even want to know what they said at last month's ASCAP benefit. [Page Six]- Al Sharpton canceled his plans to honor Def Jam's L.A. Reid at a ceremony in New York this week, noting that he had accidentally double-booked his bloviating schedule. [USA Today]
- Several prospective jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial have told lawyers that they already believe he's responsible for the death of actress Lana Clarkson. They also blame him for "sucking the fun" out of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album. [Billboard]
the last word
From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. After the jump, we look at the critical reaction to the new album by Nicole Scherzinger the Pussycat Dolls, Doll Domination.
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The Pussycat Dolls Star In "Will It Blend?"
From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. After the jump, we look at the critical reaction to the new album by 
DRUDGE SIREN THIS JUST IN: Some of those brand name-drops in popular songs and their attached videos may be the result of—wait for it—paid endorsement deals! And among the offending artists may be those paragons of musical integrity known as the Pussycat Dolls! Is there anything left to believe in, you guys? Aside from the pretty undeniable truth that arguments about "selling out" are never going to fail to cause mock outrage from certain quarters, even when the "artists" who are being "compromised" were already far into the everything-must-go phase of their career? [Listening Post]
warnings
And this time, led by surgically enhanced founder Robin Antin, the pack of 360-dealed dance-pop singers is going to aggressively market itself to the same preteens who are currently concerning themselves with the doings of the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus:
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Lock Up Your Daughters: The Pussycat Dolls Are Coming Back
And this time, led by surgically enhanced founder Robin Antin, the pack of 360-dealed dance-pop singers is going to aggressively market itself to the same preteens who are currently concerning themselves with the doings of the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus:
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year-end analysis that kinda rhymes
Despite the fact that her first solo album remains in release-date limbo thanks to every song that Interscope desperately released as a "first" single bouncing right off the charts, possibly ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger still enjoyed 2007, so much so that she has constructed a free associative poem/ransom note out of stuff she once read on inspirational posters that details her awesome year.
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A Pussycat Doll Says Goodbye To 2007 In Verse
Despite the fact that her first solo album remains in release-date limbo thanks to every song that Interscope desperately released as a "first" single bouncing right off the charts, possibly ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger still enjoyed 2007, so much so that she has constructed a free associative poem/ransom note out of stuff she once read on inspirational posters that details her awesome year.
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Yesterday's initial SoundScan results had the Pussycat Dolls' second album, Doll Domination, coming in at No. 5 with sales just under the 74,000 mark—and a first-week tally that was just 400 copies shy of the mark achieved by the No. 4 album, Kings Of Leon's Only By The Night. But yesterday evening, through a miracle of album sales, the folks at SoundScan found 5,000 album sales under a couch in their offices and granted the Pussycat Dolls a higher chart position than the scruffy rock revivalists. Hands up if you think this hasty revision for one of Interscope's most high-priority acts sounds a little fishy? Especially since it seems to be the only alteration to the chart that resulted in a top 20 act's chart position flipping? (Sales for TV On The Radio's Dear Science were revised upward by some 2,000 units, but that didn't result in the album moving out of the No. 12 spot.) [Billboard]
sorta-upcoming releases
Only Nicole Scherzinger's floptastic solo debut has been rebranded as a Pussycat Dolls album, and retitled Doll Domination, and given a release date of tomorrow! From two writeups of Domination that hit newsstands today: "Not that the Pussycat Dolls are turning realistic. They are, after all, a burlesque dance troupe that was recast as a vocal group featuring Nicole Scherzinger. On the album she is credited with 'all lead and background vocals,' with the other four Dolls providing 'additional' vocals." ... "Scherzinger's solo album was delayed after single 'Baby Love' and other club and download tracks failed to produce sufficient buzz. Four songs originally intended for that project are on Domination." Not that I was wholly fooled by the other four Dolls finally getting identities of sorts, but surely Scherzinger must be wondering why she can only catch a break from the public if she's operating under the umbrella of Robin Antin? [NYT / USA Today]
"Her Name Is Nicole" Exists, Sort Of
Only Nicole Scherzinger's floptastic solo debut has been rebranded as a Pussycat Dolls album, and retitled Doll Domination, and given a release date of tomorrow! From two writeups of Domination that hit newsstands today: "Not that the Pussycat Dolls are turning realistic. They are, after all, a burlesque dance troupe that was recast as a vocal group featuring Nicole Scherzinger. On the album she is credited with 'all lead and background vocals,' with the other four Dolls providing 'additional' vocals." ... "Scherzinger's solo album was delayed after single 'Baby Love' and other club and download tracks failed to produce sufficient buzz. Four songs originally intended for that project are on Domination." Not that I was wholly fooled by the other four Dolls finally getting identities of sorts, but surely Scherzinger must be wondering why she can only catch a break from the public if she's operating under the umbrella of Robin Antin? [NYT / USA Today]
putting the pseudo in pseudo-event
MTV announced two more slates of Video Music Awards nominations today, and while the nominees for Best Rock Video have a few OK contenders among them (Fall Out Boy's "Beat It" cover, Paramore's "crushcrushcrush"), a couple of the contenders for Video Of The Year—you know, the big prize—are worthy of a head-scratch or two. Sure, I can buy the idea of Britney Spears' road to redemption culminating with her winning a moonman for her self-mocking "Piece Of Me" clip. And the Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up" isn't groundbreaking, but those kids sure do know how to mobilize their fanbase. But the other three videos in the category would surely be considered also-rans in any other year. You've got Chris Brown's stealth gum ad "Forever"; the Ting Tings' "Shut Up And Let Me Go," which looks like a film-school synthesis between the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" and that Justice clip that got nominated last year; and the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up," which is such a steaming piece of all-around garbage that I have to think there was some sort of coordinated street-team effort by Interscope to fool people into thinking that Nicole Scherzinger was still worthy of attention. All five clips are after the jump, so you can judge for yourself.
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We Live In A World Where A Video By The Pussycat Dolls Can Be Considered As A Possible "Best Video Of The Year"
MTV announced two more slates of Video Music Awards nominations today, and while the nominees for Best Rock Video have a few OK contenders among them (Fall Out Boy's "Beat It" cover, Paramore's "crushcrushcrush"), a couple of the contenders for Video Of The Year—you know, the big prize—are worthy of a head-scratch or two. Sure, I can buy the idea of Britney Spears' road to redemption culminating with her winning a moonman for her self-mocking "Piece Of Me" clip. And the Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up" isn't groundbreaking, but those kids sure do know how to mobilize their fanbase. But the other three videos in the category would surely be considered also-rans in any other year. You've got Chris Brown's stealth gum ad "Forever"; the Ting Tings' "Shut Up And Let Me Go," which looks like a film-school synthesis between the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" and that Justice clip that got nominated last year; and the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up," which is such a steaming piece of all-around garbage that I have to think there was some sort of coordinated street-team effort by Interscope to fool people into thinking that Nicole Scherzinger was still worthy of attention. All five clips are after the jump, so you can judge for yourself.
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cancellations
Yesterday, I wondered why Danity Kane, and not the previously advertised Pussycat Dolls, were the featured group of pop tartlets on Nashville Star's Very Special Country Goes Pop (To Widen Our Demographic) episode. Apparently my initial speculation about there being some sort of feud between Nicole Scherzinger and Jewel was slightly off—TMZ is claiming that any booking-related tussles were actually happening in corporate boardrooms, and the cause of conflict was none other than Idolator's favorite group of Jersey Shore preteens who are aged before their time, The Clique Girlz.
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"Nashville Star" Will Not Let The Clique Girlz Get Shoved Down Its Throat
Yesterday, I wondered why Danity Kane, and not the previously advertised Pussycat Dolls, were the featured group of pop tartlets on Nashville Star's Very Special Country Goes Pop (To Widen Our Demographic) episode. Apparently my initial speculation about there being some sort of feud between Nicole Scherzinger and Jewel was slightly off—TMZ is claiming that any booking-related tussles were actually happening in corporate boardrooms, and the cause of conflict was none other than Idolator's favorite group of Jersey Shore preteens who are aged before their time, The Clique Girlz.
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putting the pseudo in pseudo-event
For better or worse, no one covers the innumerable amount of awards given to producers of cultural product than the Los Angeles Times, and this weekend, two of their bloggers made their predictions for Video Of The Year award at this Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. However, some sort of gas must have been leaking into the Times' cubicle farm that day, since both of them picked the Pussycat Dolls' scaffolding-happy clip for "When I Grow Up" to pick up the top prize.
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Los Angeles "Times" Writers' Wits Fall Victim To The Power Of Scherzinger
For better or worse, no one covers the innumerable amount of awards given to producers of cultural product than the Los Angeles Times, and this weekend, two of their bloggers made their predictions for Video Of The Year award at this Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. However, some sort of gas must have been leaking into the Times' cubicle farm that day, since both of them picked the Pussycat Dolls' scaffolding-happy clip for "When I Grow Up" to pick up the top prize.
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2008 Video Music Awards Nominations
Nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards, which take place Sept. 7 in Los Angeles:
silver linings
Over the weekend, the Pussycat Dolls' Doll Domination leaked, and normally such an occasion would result in a writeup, or at least a half-hearted spin through it, but readers, I have to cry uncle. Normally I would bite the bullet, grit my teeth, etc., but the damn thing is 16 tracks long, and that's before you tack on the seven-track "bonus EP," which—I am not kidding—includes the Dolls' "interpretation" of "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps." I can't do it. Twenty-three tracks? Is this Interscope's attempt at punishing us for not embracing Her Name Is Nicole? Anyway, all that extra room does have one notable result: The four non-Scherzinger members of the dancing-lady collective are each allowed to take a turn in front of the microphone, albeit on the bonus EP. And one of the songs chosen will at the very least benefit a songwriter whose work I've liked in the past, even if the chosen Doll's take on the song in question does, to put it charitably, leave something to be desired.
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Hey, There's At Least One Sorta-Good Thing About The New Pussycat Dolls Record
Over the weekend, the Pussycat Dolls' Doll Domination leaked, and normally such an occasion would result in a writeup, or at least a half-hearted spin through it, but readers, I have to cry uncle. Normally I would bite the bullet, grit my teeth, etc., but the damn thing is 16 tracks long, and that's before you tack on the seven-track "bonus EP," which—I am not kidding—includes the Dolls' "interpretation" of "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps." I can't do it. Twenty-three tracks? Is this Interscope's attempt at punishing us for not embracing Her Name Is Nicole? Anyway, all that extra room does have one notable result: The four non-Scherzinger members of the dancing-lady collective are each allowed to take a turn in front of the microphone, albeit on the bonus EP. And one of the songs chosen will at the very least benefit a songwriter whose work I've liked in the past, even if the chosen Doll's take on the song in question does, to put it charitably, leave something to be desired.
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Deerhunter, King Khan, and the Black Lips on the Video Music Awards? You have to admit, whatever they'd bring to the ceremony would be a hell of a lot more cutting edge than any pseudo-sexy dance routine dreamed up by the Pussycat Dolls. [MTV Newsroom / Pic via duluoz cats]
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Last night while flipping past Girlicious, I noticed that Robin Antin was standing in front of two pieces of oaktag heralding Nicole Scherzinger's Her Name Is Nicole, which, unbeknownst to every industry observer who's had the "pleasure" of watching every single from it tank, is apparently "in stores now." (Click the picture for a fullish-sized screenshot of the poster.) Perhaps this segment of the show was shot on location in CutoutBinLand? [Earlier]
The top 10 most-searched bands of 2007, according to Lycos: Green Day; the Pussycat Dolls; Fall Out Boy; Nickelback; Guns N' Roses; Rolling Stones; Evanescence; Black Eyed Peas; All American Rejects; and The Fray. First thought: Clearly, we didn't post enough about Green Day in 2007. Second thought: Wait, people actually still use Lycos? [PR Newswire]
