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The R. Kelly trial has officially gone from "life imitates videos" (Chuck and Rufus vs. Chuck and Keith) to "videos imitating life imitating videos" or something even more convoluted. Lisa Van Allen, the witness who claims to have had three-ways with R. Kelly and his alleged victim, can be seen braiding R. Kelly's hair in the video for "I Wish." The chorus of R. Kelly's current single? "Hairbraider, huh, I'm doin' my hairbraider! And she do my hair so good that I'm gonna tip her!" Guess you didn't tip her enough, Kells. [ONTD]

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Tinfoil Hat Time: Did The Producers Turn Up David Archuleta's Screaming-Girl Chorus By Accident?


I've had a sneaking suspicion for most of the season that the producers have been sweetening the screeching-girl noises during David Archuleta's performances, or at least enhancing it a bit—blame a childhood spent preferring Guns N' Roses to New Kids On the Block. But! During Archie's second song tonight, I swear I heard some evidence that there was at least a little bit of producer manipulation. Watch the clip above; when you hit the 20-second mark or so, listen to the "crowd noise" that comes in. Does it sound oddly muted, and oddly timed, to you? Especially since it's accompanied by a pit full of stock-still young ladies who should have had their hands set to "sway" during this frenzy-inspiring moment? Maybe I'm just hearing the tongue baths of Randy, Paula, and Simon echoing in my ears, but something just seems a little... off. Ah, the unpredictability of live TV! [Redlasso via MJ] More »

12:45 AM on Wed May 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by cassidy2099: I could believe it. I mean, why not, why wouldn't they jam on the fake applause button? Like this show really has any integrity to begin with. more »

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"Fox 411" Columnist's Anti-David Cook Diatribe: A Sign That Clive Is Not Pleased?

Yesterday, the always-quick-on-the-uptake Fox News writer Roger Friedman posted a story about David Cook having an album out prior to his American Idol appearance, a fact which Friedman presumably noticed because said album, Analog Heart, topped the Amazon MP3 store's charts this past weekend. (It's since been pulled.) Friedman even got a little outraged about Cook being a "ringer," which is pretty funny given that every other singer left in the competition this year has either put out an album (Carly, Brooke) or been on some sort of TV show (Syesha was on The One, Jason was on Cheyenne, and David Archuleta was on Star Search). But the fact that Friedman is just now getting peevish about the sanctity of American Idol's contestant pool makes me wonder if one of the record-biz bigwigs he pals around with has put a bee in his bonnet about the possibility of the grunge revivalist Cook beating out the lip-licky Archuleta, who's seemed to be this season's chosen one from the start. More »

5:30 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by MTS: I have a small request, and that is can I never hear the phrase "lip-licky" on Idolator (or anywhere) again? more »

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Are The Bonnaroo Organizers Trying To Fake Out Led Zeppelin Fans?

We all got some late-night roffles when multiple news outlets ran with the fake news that Led Zeppelin would be playing Bonnaroo this year, even though the official lineup announcement said that all-lesbian lady Led Zep tribute band Lez Zeppelin would be playing. But what if the announcement of the not-real thing was a way to throw Led Zeppelin diehards off, and make sure that true Bonnaroo fans get their tickets first? One of our commenters, A Roach, thinks this might be the case! He explains: "For argument's sake, lets say [Led Zeppelin] really ARE headling. No way could Superfly announce it before tickets go on sale—the thing would sell out instantly with people who don't usually go to Bonnaroo. The "real" Roo fans would largely be shut out (or at least left to the luck of the draw). This would be a disaster for Superfly: the loyalty/brand would be damaged, and the fans who have gone every year would crucify them. But Superfly knows this."

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12:00 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by DudeAsInCool: My bet is that they will perform. more »

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Do The Mars Volta Have Naked Pictures Of Doug Morris?

Decibel gives Universal a good bloglashing over the company's ridonkulously out-of-touch promo push for the upcoming album by neo-progsters the Mars Volta, from the silly Zork-esque online adventure game to the "special edition" USB stick, a format already regarded by many as the new "enhanced CD," 'cept even more superfluous thanks to the device you're reading this on. But the biggest question, Decibel sez, is why Universal is flushing all this promotional fundage down a toilet shaped like Neil Peart in such cash-strapped times for the majors. More »

1:00 PM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Jess Harvell
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Latest by coolfer: it's safe to say the band and its management had a say in everything decibel bashed. why not flame on them as well? more »

Is Radiohead's plan to send out the MP3s of In Rainbows at 160KBps tomorrow the band's way of trying to keep the album away from the too-cutesy-for-its-own-good BitTerrorist hub OiNK, which has guidelines that require all posted audio files to be encoded at 192KBps or higher? (I am really, really hoping that the answer is "yes," if only to send the self-satisfied kids over there into snit fits.) [Vulture]

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Was MTV Banking On Britney Being A Trainwreck?

You'd think that pumping out 4,300 words-plus about last night's Video Music Awards would have been more than enough for me, but when you're this hung over, the things that you experienced the night before tend to stick with you. So let's use what I swear is going to be my final post about last night to look into a theory that friend of Idolator Jami Attenberg floated my way earlier: What if the powers that be at the channel were sort of banking on Britney Spears' show-opening performance being a trainwreck? Our IM conversation on this topic follows. More »

3:48 PM on Mon Sep 10 2007
By mjohnston
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Latest by proolst: I thought the stench of conspiracy was stronger that year when Brit gave a birthday cake/present to Michael Jackson, and he thought it was some Artist of the Millennium award. I totally suspect those assholes at MTV of telling MJ more »

Puddle Of Mudd Still Getting Just About As Much Label Support As It Deserves From the "ASK POM" section on the band's official site. We should probably point out that this was the only question in the entire section.

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