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Lady Gaga, Will.i.am, Mary J. Blige, & More Celebrate Sting’s 60th Birthday
Sun Oct 2 2011 by Idolator Staff
Happy birthday, Sting! Not that our birthday wishes really matter, given that so many huge names in music turned out to help the Cherrytree House Sessions legend celebrate his 60th year in style. After joining Sting on stage to perform "Stand By Me" at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, Lady Gaga turned out for the lavish affair, a charity concert at the Beacon Theater in New York City benefiting the Robin Hood Foundation. The none-too-shabby turnout also included Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, will.i.am, Herbie Hancock, and Robert Downey, Jr. — you know, nobody special. Catch photos and a clip of Gaga's "King Of Pain" performance with Sting after the jump. More »
The Morning Mix: Heather Morris Poses For Controversial Photo Shoot
Fri Sep 2 2011 by Becky Bain
Did You Hear?
:: Photographer Tyler Shields cast Heather Morris in a "bruised-up Barbie" photo shoot, depicting the Glee star sporting a black eye. (Check out more of the skeevy pics here.) Not surprisingly, the shoot immediately drew controversy for glamorizing domestic violence. Makes posing in your underwear in the locker room seem tame by comparison, doesn't it? [E! Online]
:: Lindsay Lohan got a Billy Joel lyric tattooed on her upper torso. And no, it's not "Don Perignon in your hands and a spoon up your nose" from "Big Shot." [Pink Is The New Blog]
:: It appears that wax Justin Timberlake's ambitions go beyond acting and veer into politics. Is this Madame Tussauds' way of encouraging JT to run for office? [MTV Buzzworthy]
:: The reviews for Madonna's newest directorial effort W.E. are... well, let's just say that Madonna shouldn't quit her day job as a pop star. [Vulture]
:: Twilight's Kristin Stewart makes her music video debut in Marc Foster's "I Was Broken." [Huffington Post]
After the jump, find out which music acts will be appearing on the tube today. More »
:: Photographer Tyler Shields cast Heather Morris in a "bruised-up Barbie" photo shoot, depicting the Glee star sporting a black eye. (Check out more of the skeevy pics here.) Not surprisingly, the shoot immediately drew controversy for glamorizing domestic violence. Makes posing in your underwear in the locker room seem tame by comparison, doesn't it? [E! Online]
:: Lindsay Lohan got a Billy Joel lyric tattooed on her upper torso. And no, it's not "Don Perignon in your hands and a spoon up your nose" from "Big Shot." [Pink Is The New Blog]
:: It appears that wax Justin Timberlake's ambitions go beyond acting and veer into politics. Is this Madame Tussauds' way of encouraging JT to run for office? [MTV Buzzworthy]
:: The reviews for Madonna's newest directorial effort W.E. are... well, let's just say that Madonna shouldn't quit her day job as a pop star. [Vulture]
:: Twilight's Kristin Stewart makes her music video debut in Marc Foster's "I Was Broken." [Huffington Post]
After the jump, find out which music acts will be appearing on the tube today. More »
9 Of Music’s Most Mismatched Couples (PHOTOS)
Tue Oct 26 2010 by Erika Brooks Adickman
Katy Perry shattered many a teenage dream when she and Russell Brand tied the knot in India this past weekend. In doing so, our Halloween costume inspiration has officially joined the ranks of some of pop music’s oddest romantic pairings. While many of the marriages didn’t last—some even a week (we’re looking at you, Britney Spears)— we’re sure that Katy and Russell have what it takes to make it work. Now, a look back at the strangest pop star couples all thanks to Cupid’s misguided arrow. More »
FRIDAY VIDEO TIME: The Highly Subjective Totally Debatable List Of The Best Songs That Start With The Letter “U”
Fri Aug 27 2010 by Erika Brooks Adickman
We’re back again with our weekly series where we highlight the top songs over the last 50 years that start with a specific letter of the alphabet. Now we’ve reached the letter “U”, and this week’s list includes an ode to the rain protection as well as a song that ultimately gave Vanilla Ice his career. Don’t agree with us on our selections? That’s cool. Just leave your comments below, and don’t forget we’ll be doing the letter “V” next Friday. So if there’s a song you think deserves a slot, give us a shout.
Jump below to see the best “U” songs over the last five decades.
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Jay-Z Solidifies His Position As This Generation’s Billy Joel
Fri Oct 30 2009 by Maura
After delaying his pre-World Series performance of “Empire State Of Mind” for reasons that were either weather-related or scheduling-conflict-borne, Jay-Z took the song to the field at Yankee Stadium before last night’s Game 2. (He continued his run as a good-luck charm for the home team; the Yankees topped the Phillies, 3-1.) Our F2K correspondent Christopher R. Weingarten was not all too pleased about this, saying on his Twitter, “If New York is so great, it really shouldn’t fall for something as cloying as ‘Empire State Of Mind’.” Which garnered a sorta-obvious, yet still noteworthy, parallel from diehard Phillies partisan JT Ramsay: “I hope Billy Joel gets a songwriting credit!” Sure, the titular similarities between the two Big Apple odes were obvious from the day that the track listing leaked, but this recent spate of Yankees-flogging does take things to another level. Why, just look at the below performance of the Piano Man performing his Big Apple shout-out at the old Yankee Stadium in 1990. More »
Happy Birthday, Compact Discs
Thu Oct 1 2009 by Maura
Twenty-seven years ago today, Sony introduced the CDP-101 to market: The $2,200 piece of electronics (pictured at left) was the first compact-disc player, and the company went on to sell 20,000 units over the three months following its debut. In addition to the hardware, Sony issued 50 of its titles on CD at a price that would equal between $33 and $45 in 2009 dollars; the “first” entry in the compact-disc catalog was Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, and a bunch of other albums from Sony’s corporate rock, Japanese pop, and classical units fell in line behind it. Is there a dusty copy of one of the 50 titles after the jump in your library? More »
Who Would You Nominate For Your Home State’s “Most Mythical Artist” Crown?
Fri Jul 31 2009 by Maura
Jess Harvell’s piece on The Misfits’ relationship to New Jersey earlier this week sparked some debate from out-of-state residents over which musicians deserved to be elevated to bard status as far as their respective homelands went. I wouldn’t try to speak for all of New York, because, well, doing so would be just silly (plus I think that as someone who still calls Rockland County “upstate” from time to time I’d be disqualified from that particular panel by anyone living north of the Bronx). But I do have one nominee for Long Island’s most mythical artist… and it’s not Billy Joel. More »
Mon Jun 8 2009 by Maura
Billy Joel on his design aesthetic: “The motorcycles that I’ve designed are essentially new bikes that I’ve made look like old bikes. They’re kind of retro-styled… I’ve become used to all the conveniences of modern technology, but I still like how the old things look. I do the same thing with the boats… I probably do the same thing with music.” Color me shocked. [Newsday] More »
Will Ferrell Says Goodnight To “Saturday Night Live,” Saigon
Mon May 18 2009 by Maura
Perhaps perplexed by the prospect of five-and-change minutes to fill with zero chance for making Will Ferrell dress up like George Bush, or Alex Trebek, or , for a second time during its 90-minute running time, this weekend’s Saturday Night Live closed with a sketch in which Ferrell–accompanied by most of the show’s cast, as well as the members of Green Day, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hanks, Artie Lange, and other celebrities who just happened to be in the area–performed Billy Joel’s Vietnam-vet anthem “Goodnight Saigon” in full-orchestra drag. The punchline was that Ferrell’s mournful reverie was inspired not by time spent in the trenches during the Vietnam War, but by a vacation there some four years ago; the not-so-obvious punchline for me didn’t hit until yesterday morning, when the song proved incapable of being shaken from my brain. A slightly truncated version of the clip after the jump. More »
Faith Hill Gets Re-Retouched By “Redbook”
Wed Apr 22 2009 by Maura
In this edition of our noontime headlines roundup: Faith Hill’s “Comic Strip” poses, Billy Joel gets out of hand with a Sharpie, and Justin Timberlake returns to the Saturday Night Live stage for the 454th time. More »
