- Artist: Michael Jackson
- Label: Epic
- Album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
Source: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1102&vid=208338
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Michael Jackson - History
Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones Unveil Supergroup
Them Crooked Vultures make their debut with a post-Lollapalooza set.
By James Montgomery
Dave Grohl (file)
Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Officially, Lollapalooza ended Sunday night in Chicago's Grant Park, with dueling sets from the Killers and Jane's Addiction. Unofficially, it ended very early Monday morning, across town at venerable rock club the Metro, with a surprise show by Them Crooked Vultures.
To the unfamiliar, the Vultures might seem like an odd choice to close out Lolla weekend ... until you realize that they're made up of Foo Fighters frontman/ former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age mastermind Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. And their gig at the Metro was their world premiere.
According to some reports, the Vultures actually turned down Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell's request to replace the Beastie Boys as headliners at the festival, opting to debut in front of some 1,100 super-psyched fans at the Metro, rather than 75,000 in Grant Park (tickets for the gig were announced via Foo Fighter/ QOTSA fan clubs). Meaning that, in a lot of ways, this was the most sought-after ticket in town.
Taking the stage just after midnight, the Vultures — Grohl on drums (of course), Homme on guitar and vocals, Jones on bass and keys and frequent QOTSA contributor Alain Johannes on guitar — ripped through 12 songs in 80 minutes, all taken from their upcoming debut, which may or may not be called Never Deserved the Future, and may or may not be hitting stores on October 23 (early "promo" videos touting both those facts were revealed over the weekend to be hoaxes perpetrated by QOTSA fans).
The songs, with appropriately Homme-ian titles like "Scumbag Blues," "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)," "Caligulove" and "Interlude w/Ludes," sounded pretty much how you'd expect, given the band's pedigree. They rocked, hard — Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot described them as "fresh, invigorating and just plain nasty" — delving off into psychedelic, reverb-filled excursions and exploring proggy territory, "both of the old-school Yes variety, and the more modern Tool flavor," according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Jim DeRogatis.
It's not known if Monday's Metro performance was a one-off event for the Vultures — there have been whispers of a full-blown tour, but a spokesperson for Homme had not responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time. Nor was it clear whether or not they'll have an album out in October.
Early Monday, a Crooked Vultures Twitter account, which had previously posted links to the band's official-looking Web site and the Metro's online ticketing site — posted a link to what appears to be the group's first bit of official merchandise: a Deserve the Future T-shirt. Cost: $30.
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Donald Trump Says Rihanna Deserves No Future Success IF She Gets Back With Chris Brown
Ouch! I mean... wow. I can't believe he actually said this. Then again...
�??She better get the hell out. If she goes back, she�??s a loser, and she doesn�??t deserve to have any future success.�?�
-- Donald Trump talking about Rihanna's personal issues with Chris Brown
Continue readingJesse Eisenberg Was 'Great' On 'SNL,' 'Social Network' Co-Star Says
Armie Hammer tells MTV News at the SAG Awards it was 'funny' to see Eisenberg onstage with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
By Ryan J. Downey, with reporting by Kara Warner
Armie Hammer
Photo: Lester Cohen/ Getty Images
Oscar front-runner "The Social Network" didn't exactly paint the most flattering picture of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but the young billionaire proved he can take a joke when he turned up alongside Jesse Eisenberg on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend.
Facebook's CEO wasn't the only one who watched Eisenberg host "SNL."
"I saw the whole episode! I thought it was great!" exclaimed "Social Network" co-star Armie Hammer when MTV News caught up with him at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (January 30). Thanks to director David Fincher and some subtle special effects, Hammer portrayed both Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the athletic Harvard twins who hired Zuckerberg to create a social-networking site and later sued him for millions. "It was so funny to see [Jesse] and Mark [together]."
Hammer was at the Director's Guild Awards on Saturday when he received a picture to his phone of the pair standing onstage together in Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the famous location where "SNL" has taped since 1975. Hammer said he did a double-take.
"I was like, 'What the hell?' " he recalled with a broad smile. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh! It's the two of them!' "
Zuckerberg has expressed reservations about some aspects of the movie, which won the award for Best Drama at the Golden Globes earlier this month. The movie also nabbed awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Composer (Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor with Atticus Ross) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin) at the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Fincher, Sorkin and the cast have acknowledged that the movie is a somewhat fictionalized account of the rise of the omnipresent website: a true-life tale that severed friendships and has been the subject of many lawsuits between former co-workers who claim they were unfairly stiffed of their piece of the pie.
The Academy Awards has 10 Best Picture nominees: "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The King's Speech," "127 Hours," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit," "Winter's Bone" and "The Social Network." Most pundits predict a hotly contested race between "the Facebook movie" and "The King's Speech," which took the best film ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as the best actor prize for its lead, Colin Firth.
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Will Ferrell To Guest Star On ?The Office?
Looks like ?Anchorman? co-stars Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell are teaming up once again! It has been announced that Will is set to guest star on ‘The Office‘ and will play a visiting branch manager for four episodes. Woot! Woot! … Continue reading
Source: http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2011/01/27/will-ferrell-to-guest-star-on-the-office/
Oh No!
Santa left one of his reindeer here!
Merry Christmas!
Source: http://www.prettyinthecity.com/blog/2010/12/25/oh-no.html
Diddy Lands Role On ?Hawaii Five-O?
‘Hawaii Five-O‘ fans will be happy to hear that Diddy has landed a guest role on the show! The music mogul is set to play a NY police officer named Reggie Williams who arrives in Honolulu to settle a score. … Continue reading
Source: http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2011/01/27/diddy-lands-role-on-hawaii-five-o/
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