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Pearl Jam poised for first No. album in 13 years - Washington Post

2009-09-24T23:11:00.001-04:00

Pearl Jam poised for first No. album in 13 years - Washington Post: "

Pearl Jam poised for first No. album in 13 years
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Pearl Jam is on course to nab its first No. 1 album on the US pop chart in 13 years next week. Industry prognosticators suggest the band's new "Backspacer," released on Sunday, could shift anywhere between ...

'Fame': Song, dance retooled for new generation - San Francisco Chronicle

2009-09-24T23:11:00.000-04:00

'Fame': Song, dance retooled for new generation - San Francisco Chronicle: "

New York Times

'Fame': Song, dance retooled for new generation
San Francisco Chronicle
Musical. Starring Naturi Naughton, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen. Directed by Kevin Tancharoen. (PG. 107 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Years from now - no, six months from now - when people talk about the movie "Fame," they won't be ...

“New Moon” Track List Reveals New Music From Thom Yorke, Killers, Muse - Rolling Stone

2009-09-22T14:53:00.000-04:00

“New Moon” Track List Reveals New Music From Thom Yorke, Killers, Muse - Rolling Stone: "

NME.com

“New Moon” Track List Reveals New Music From Thom Yorke, Killers, Muse
Rolling Stone
The track list for the upcoming soundtrack for Twilight sequel New Moon was revealed today on author Stephanie Meyer's official Website. In addition to Death Cab for Cutie's first single “Meet Me on the Equinox,” the soundtrack will feature ...

Michael Jackson Doc Adds Advanced Screenings - Billboard

2009-09-22T14:52:00.001-04:00

Michael Jackson Doc Adds Advanced Screenings - Billboard: "

Telegraph.co.uk

Michael Jackson Doc Adds Advanced Screenings
Billboard
Movie theaters will show the Jackson musical documentary "This Is It" as early as 9 pm PT on Oct. 27. Sony still has the Kenny Ortega-helmed pic officially slotted to open for a ...

Tom Brady & Gisele Sued for Wedding Shooting - TMZ.com (blog)

2009-09-22T14:52:00.000-04:00

Tom Brady & Gisele Sued for Wedding Shooting - TMZ.com (blog): "

WA today

Tom Brady & Gisele Sued for Wedding Shooting
TMZ.com (blog)
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have been sued by a pair of photogs who claim the superstars' bodyguards shot at them after a wedding celebration in Costa Rica earlier this year. The photogs claim they got proper clearance to take photos from a nearby ...

Partial list of Emmy Awards winners - Sacramento Bee

2009-09-20T23:14:00.000-04:00

Partial list of Emmy Awards winners - Sacramento Bee: "

San Luis Obispo Tribune

Partial list of Emmy Awards winners
Sacramento Bee
AP Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, click the "report abuse" button below it. We will delete comments containing inappropriate links, obscenities, hate speech, ...

Pregnant Heidi Klum turns heads at Emmy red carpet - The Associated Press

2009-09-20T23:13:00.001-04:00

Pregnant Heidi Klum turns heads at Emmy red carpet - The Associated Press: "

Washington Post

Pregnant Heidi Klum turns heads at Emmy red carpet
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The firefighters working the red carpet at Sunday's 61st annual Emmy Awards were worried that at least one reality TV star might be going home with more than just a trophy. "Hey, did you see Heidi Klum? She's like 8 months pregnant. ...

Beyoncé to brave Malaysia despite protest - Sawf News

2009-09-20T23:13:00.000-04:00

Beyoncé to brave Malaysia despite protest - Sawf News: "

BBC News

Beyoncé to brave Malaysia despite protest
Sawf News
Beyoncé's concert in Malaysia will go ahead despite protests from an Islamic political party that her concerts were immoral and unclean. Photo Credit: Splash News September 20, 2009, (Splash News) - Beyoncé's concert in Malaysia will go ahead despite ...

Leonard Cohen due to return to stage after collapsing - Reuters

2009-09-20T23:12:00.000-04:00

Leonard Cohen due to return to stage after collapsing - Reuters: "

Times Online

Leonard Cohen due to return to stage after collapsing
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Singer Leonard Cohen is expected to return to the stage on Monday after he collapsed during a concert in Spain on Friday and was rushed to hospital. The Canadian, who turns 75 on Monday, was halfway through a performance ...

Kanye at the vma's - The Keystone

2009-09-20T18:46:00.001-04:00

Kanye at the vma's - The Keystone: "

Celebuzz

Kanye at the vma's
The Keystone
Kanye. Kanye. Kanye. The only sound resounding in my shaking head while I witnessed Mr. West shock America once again. If by some miraculous event, you have not heard about Kanye West's latest national Blog-worthy episode, ...

Huge crowd turns out for Cuba peace concert - Washington Post

2009-09-20T18:46:00.000-04:00

Huge crowd turns out for Cuba peace concert - Washington Post: "

BBC News

Huge crowd turns out for Cuba peace concert
Washington Post
HAVANA (Reuters) - Half a million people jammed into Havana's Revolution Square on Sunday for a concert by Colombian singer Juanes and other mostly Spanish-language pop stars who hope music can do what politics has not -- bring together ...

Kanye West coming to town - MiamiHerald.com

2009-09-20T18:45:00.000-04:00

Kanye West coming to town - MiamiHerald.com: "

Contactmusic.com

Kanye West coming to town
MiamiHerald.com
After crashing Taylor Swift's MTV Video Music Award speech Sunday, Kanye West may be the most unpopular person in show business. His stunt and subsequent eviction from the awards show came only a day before the originally planned Monday rollout for the ...

Divorce rumors continue to plague Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley - New York Daily News

2009-09-17T23:31:00.000-04:00

Divorce rumors continue to plague Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley - New York Daily News: "

New Zealand Herald

Divorce rumors continue to plague Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley
New York Daily News
Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley were married in July 2006 on a private estate in Montecito, Calif. Speculation swirled on Thursday that Avril Lavigne and hubby Deryck Whibley are calling it quits after three years of marriage. ...

An anatomy of Susan Boyle's 'Wild Horses' cover - Los Angeles Times

2009-09-17T23:30:00.000-04:00

An anatomy of Susan Boyle's 'Wild Horses' cover - Los Angeles Times: "

BBC News

An anatomy of Susan Boyle's 'Wild Horses' cover
Los Angeles Times
In last night's finale performance on "America's Got Talent," Susan Boyle, the breakout star of the program's British analogue, wowed the three judges -- the hodgepodge council of Sharon Osbourne, David Hasselhoff and Piers Morgan -- and the already ...

More 'New Moon' Soundtrack Details Revealed - MTV.com

2009-09-17T23:29:00.000-04:00

More 'New Moon' Soundtrack Details Revealed - MTV.com: "

New York Times

More 'New Moon' Soundtrack Details Revealed
MTV.com
Music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas is 'confident' Thom Yorke, Bon Iver and Band of Skulls tracks will be included. By Kyle Anderson "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is one of the most feverishly anticipated film releases of the fall (out November 20), ...

Pavement reform: it's official - NME.com

2009-09-17T12:30:00.000-04:00

Pavement reform: it's official - NME.com: "

New York Times

Pavement reform: it's official
NME.com
The band will play their first gig together in over a decade at the Rumsey Playfield in New York's Central Park on September 21, 2010. Tickets for the event will go on sale tomorrow (September 18) at 10am (EDT) via Ticketmaster.com. ...

'America's Got Talent' champion selected - The Associated Press

2009-09-17T10:13:00.000-04:00

'America's Got Talent' champion selected - The Associated Press: "

New York Daily News

'America's Got Talent' champion selected
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Kevin Skinner flew the coop with the grand prize on "America's Got Talent." The singing chicken farmer from Mayfield, Ky., was awarded the NBC talent competition's $1 million grand prize and a headlining spot at a Las Vegas show. ...

Emmy Awards predictions: Will '30 Rock,' 'Mad Men' prevail again? - San Jose Mercury News

2009-09-17T10:12:00.001-04:00

Emmy Awards predictions: Will '30 Rock,' 'Mad Men' prevail again? - San Jose Mercury News: "

Reuters

Emmy Awards predictions: Will '30 Rock,' 'Mad Men' prevail again?
San Jose Mercury News
Neil Patrick Harris makes his debut as Emmy host Sunday night — just as the telecast could use a great big blast of his "awesomeness." The Emmys, you see, have a public-relations problem. Long regarded as the ugly stepsister to the ...

Susan Boyle makes US debut - BBC News

2009-09-17T10:12:00.000-04:00

Susan Boyle makes US debut - BBC News: "

Telegraph.co.uk

Susan Boyle makes US debut
BBC News
Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle has performed as a guest on the American version of the show. She sang the Rolling Stones track Wild Horses during the final, in her US TV singing debut. When she arrived in Los Angeles earlier in the week, ...

Beyonce sued by Abercrombie & Fitch over fierce fragrance name - New York Daily News

2009-09-16T21:14:00.000-04:00

Beyonce sued by Abercrombie & Fitch over fierce fragrance name - New York Daily News: "

Washington Post

Beyonce sued by Abercrombie & Fitch over fierce fragrance name
New York Daily News
Pop diva Beyonce Knowles and teen clothing giant Abercrombie & Fitch are going to war over who is fiercer. In a federal suit, the Ohio-based chain of popular mall stores sued Knowles, saying they already own the name of her upcoming ...

How Patrick Swayze got his break in hip-hop

2009-09-16T16:35:00.000-04:00

How Patrick Swayze got his break in hip-hop: "

The late actor may be best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, but let's not forget his unmistakeable influence on urban music

Read the numerous obituaries for Patrick Swayze and one thing seems to have been forgotten: his influence on hip-hop. 'Influence on hip-hop?' I hear you scream. Well yes, actually – the Hollywood beefcake was a favourite namecheck for many rappers, and far more likely to be referenced than, say, Richard Gere or Mel Gibson. Why? Because his name rhymes with 'crazy', of course.

An early use of the Swayze/crazy rhyme scheme was demonstrated by Kool G Rap on Marley Marl's The Symphony Part II back in 1991, presumably referring to his performance in Roadhouse rather than in Dirty Dancing: 'Reach for the pistol and you're crazy/ Try to blast and I'll be swinging that ass like Patrick Swayze.'

Yet the crazy Swayze couplet was still going strong long after Patrick's movie career had foundered, as evidenced by Young Jeezy's 2007 track And Then What, in which the Atlanta coke-rapper followed the familiar boast 'I'm so crazy' by declaring that, 'these other rappers [are] actors like Patrick Swayze'.

In the 90s, the word 'Swayze' even took on a life of its own within rap, coming to mean 'gone' or 'outta here', as in: 'We dropped the microphone, then we Swayze' (Tha Alkaholiks). Hip-hop historians believe that it was originally a reference to Patrick Swayze's titular role in the film Ghost, as evidenced by EPMD in their 1992 song It's Going Down, from the Juice soundtrack: 'Now I'm Swayze, ghost, the rap host.'

The newly-coined term was a favourite for Notorious BIG: 'That's why I bust back, it don't faze me/ When he drop, take his glock and I'm Swayze' he boasted in 1994 on 2Pac's Runnin' (Dying To Live). 'Out of her fuckin' mind, now I got mine, I'm Swayze' growled Method Man on Bring The Pain, rhyming it with "Driving Miss Daisy" and still managing to sound thoroughly menacing. Ice-T and his Sex, Money & Gunz crew even had a song called Swazy, essentially warning wannabe girlfriends that they didn't intend to stick around for cuddles after sex. Curiously, Jay-Z didn't appear to care for the term, despite the possibilities afforded by the rhyme with his own name.

Now that Swayze is himself Swayze, maybe we'll witness a fresh trend for the use of the word among the hip-hop fraternity. Or perhaps his name will gradually drop out of the hip-hop lexicon altogether, to be replaced by George Clooney (rhymes with 'loony'), Robbie Coltrane ('insane') or Barbra Streisand in Yentl (you get the idea). We can but hope.

Sam Richards

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'Big Brother' finale mini-recap: We have a winner! - Entertainment Weekly

2009-09-16T14:58:00.000-04:00

'Big Brother' finale mini-recap: We have a winner! - Entertainment Weekly: "

MiamiHerald.com

'Big Brother' finale mini-recap: We have a winner!
Entertainment Weekly
Can Big Brother really be all over? But I just learned the proper syntax for, “You got got!” and now I can't use it anymore! I guess, in a sense, I got got. Oh, the irony! It was tough to figure out who to root for in tonight's finale, ...

Jay-Z album smashes Elvis record - BBC News

2009-09-16T14:57:00.001-04:00

Jay-Z album smashes Elvis record - BBC News: "

MTV.com

Jay-Z album smashes Elvis record
BBC News
Jay-Z's new album is on course to top the US chart, making him the most successful solo artist since Elvis Presley, according to mid week sales. The Blueprint 3 will be the rap star's 11th number one on the Billboard 200 chart, giving him more number ...

PHOTO: Chris Brown Begins Community Labor Sentence - People Magazine

2009-09-16T14:57:00.000-04:00

PHOTO: Chris Brown Begins Community Labor Sentence - People Magazine: "

E! Online

PHOTO: Chris Brown Begins Community Labor Sentence
People Magazine
The State of Virginia isn't horsing around when it comes to Chris Brown's debt to society for his assault on Rihanna. Brown, 20, wearing a reflective vest and a red cap, was seen cleaning the grounds in and around a Virginia police horse ...

Ziggy Marley singing for the kids

2009-06-03T11:18:00.000-04:00

Ziggy Marley wants to get in touch with the future leaders of our nation: that's why his latest release is a children's CD. He talks about his album and working on music with his family members.