Idolator

In its continuing effort to welcome the huddled masses yearning to get out of their houses between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., Denny's has brought a few new items to its Rockstar Menu, in which touring bands decide to out-gross each other with the help of the restaurant chain's short-order cooks around the country. Last time out, America's suburban insomniacs were treated to really sweet milkshakes, heart-shaped pancakes, chipped beef on toast, and french fries that had been subjected to a bacon cheeseburger circle pit. What mouth-watering offerings await you tonight? The four answers—courtesy of Taking Back Sunday, Boys Like Girls, Katy Perry, and Hoobastank—after the jump. (And no, I'm not making any of them up to "trick" you.) More »

Our headline was actually one out of the several hundred text messages that scrolled across a video ticker high above the stage at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, when a sold-out crowd of tweens and teens (and Idolator) took in the pop chart mish-mash of New York radio station Z100's annual Jingle Ball, and the junior high horndogs who sent in that text weren't talking about James Brown's sidemen, but the Jonas Brothers, the pre-fab pop-punk puppy dogs fresh off a leg of the Hannah Montana tour. All night, the mere mention of the Brothers' names prompted screams so loud you'd think the arena had spontaneously popped a collective cherry, and for four hours, hundreds of exclamation point-riddled messages pledged love to one Brother or another, though usually more along the lines of a chaste hug than fellatio. And taken against the rest of the evening's performances, America's squealing affection towards Disney's latest attempt to bail out the industry (for at least another 12 months) wasn't necessarily misplaced.

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Tonight, Maura and I will be at Madison Square Garden for New York pop station Z100's annual Jingle Ball, taking in the cream of Billboard's crop: Fall Out Boy! Alicia Keys! Avril Lavigne! The Jonas Brothers! Jordin Sparks! Colbie Caillat! Backstreet Boys! Boys Like Girls! Timbaland! With OneRepublic! And Keri Hilson! Is pop music really dead? Probably, but we'll find out for sure tonight. As a friend put it, it's going to be awfsome! But which iTunes bestseller is going to put on the most awfsome performance tonight? For the answer to that, we turn to the crystal ball of our handy poll software. More »