Mark sent me this because, like Wendy Ho, I don't know what I'm going to do when the clock hits four this fall.
Via Joe. My. God.
Source: http://www.prettyinthecity.com/blog/2011/2/13/no-oprah-winfrey-on-my-tv.html
Sunday, March 20, 2011
No Oprah Winfrey On My TV
Mark sent me this because, like Wendy Ho, I don't know what I'm going to do when the clock hits four this fall.
Via Joe. My. God.
Source: http://www.prettyinthecity.com/blog/2011/2/13/no-oprah-winfrey-on-my-tv.html
'American Idol' In 60 Seconds: Haley Reinhart Steals Seacrest's DNA!
America said 'adios' to Karen Rodriguez on birth-year songs week.
By Jim Cantiello
Haley Reinhart
Photo: FOX
This week's "American Idol" in 60 Seconds video recap, embedded below, deals with all the missed opportunities and crushing disappointments our nation faced while watching season 10's "Birth Year Songs" episode.
Casey Abrams' underwhelming "Smells Like a Bad Imitation" Nirvana cover hardly seemed worth the pomp and circumstance it received. The Nirvana on "Idol" seal has been broken, yes, but it was done in an unfortunately inept way. The only thing that would have been more misguided was Scotty McCreery warbling "Rape Me" with his signature smirk.
Instead, Scotty sang his first love song to any teenage girl who has a deep-voice fetish, while Haley Reinhart channeled Miss Yvonne's makeup meltdown with a deranged Whitney Houston cover that ended with Seacrest rubbing his saliva all over her face. (Haley's diabolical plan to steal Seacrest DNA worked.) Jacob Lusk rubbed his "stank" all over Heart's "Alone," meaning he sang in a register that drove cats in the greater Los Angeles area wild.
James Durbin's tail grew back but it was his cajones that were truly enlarged this week, when he somehow convinced Steven Tyler to rock with him at the finale. No wonder Tyler cursed live on the air. He'd been hoodwinked!
Paul McDonald continued his headlining "Shake and Baked" tour with a sickly "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" that was so confounding, even he shrugged afterwards. Naima also retreated with a generic and pitchy "What's Love Got to Do With It?" And Thia Megia sang that "Pocahontas" song. Obviously.
Pia Toscano and Stefano Langone proved that Italians do it better. "It" referring to singing power-ballads really loudly and dramatically.
The results show included duets with Lee DeWyze and his facial hair, Pia Toscano and her s---zu, as well as will.i.am and his cockapoo, Fergie. Then America said, "No me gusta" to Karen Rodriguez.
See you on MySpace, K-Rod!
Don't miss "Idol Party Live" every Thursday on MTV.com, following the "American Idol" results show, for analysis, celebrity guests and even some karaoke — get in the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag #idolparty! In the meantime, get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.
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Tahiti 80: BeatCrave Fav
Tahiti 80 is a band that mixes elements of dance, rock, and techno music while accompanying their live instruments with electronic effects. The result? Finally some music you can rock and dance to. Something that will drag you in both lyrically and musically, like on their track “Heartbeat”, where you can’t avoid the addicting beat. [...]
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Michael Jackson Doctor's Trial Delayed
Judge pushes start of Conrad Murray's trial back to May.
By Gil Kaufman
Conrad Murray
Photo: AFP/ Getty Images
LOS ANGELES — Though Conrad Murray's lawyers had been pressing for a speedy trial, a judge in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor ruled on Wednesday to delay opening statements in the proceedings until May.
The Associated Press reported that Murray's attorneys consented to the postponement after they discussed the matter with prosecutors and both agreed they could be ready for trial by May 9.
According to a transcript from the closed-door session, though opening statements will not begin for several months, Murray told Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor that he did not want to forfeit his right to a quick trial, but agreed to the delay if screening of prospective jurors begins as scheduled on March 24.
"It is only acceptable to me if this is not strung along over a long period of time," Murray told the justice. "I don't want to lose my constitutional right to speedy trial." Murray — who has pleaded not guilty to the charges — reportedly has been in favor of having the proceedings begin as soon as possible because he is facing financial troubles, but he said he understands that the delay is necessary to allow both sides to prepare for the trial.
Pastor consented because he said he didn't want to lose a jury pool, and believed a month-long delay might let potential jurors shuffle their schedules for the case, which could take up to two months to decide. The judge has reportedly clashed with Murray's defense team in recent weeks, pressing them for answers about why they had not turned over more witness notes and other potential evidence to prosecutors in the run-up to the trial.
Cardiologist Murray was hired to be Jackson's personal physician while the King of Pop prepared for his planned 50-date comeback series of shows at London's O2 arena in the summer of 2009. The doctor told police that he provided the then-50-year-old Jackson with sedatives and the surgical anesthetic propofol in order to combat the singer's chronic insomnia. He said he did so on the morning of June 25, 2009, when Jackson died of what a coroner deemed acute propofol poisoning.
Murray's lawyers reportedly plan to argue that Jackson was already in weak health before he died, that it's unfair to blame propofol for his passing and that, if the anesthetic was to blame, the pop superstar may have given himself the fatal dose by drinking the drug in a panic.
A status hearing in the case has been set for this Wednesday.
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Robert Pattinson Says Mackenzie Foy Is Cashing In On 'Breaking Dawn' Set
Pattinson and Kristen Stewart fork over dough whenever they swear in front of their young co-star — which happens a lot.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Robert Pattinson
Photo: MTV News
For those who weren't able to tune into our "MTV First: Robert Pattinson" live interview on Friday (March 18), the range of topics covered during our exclusive 30-minute sit-down interview with the "Water for Elephants" and "Twilight" star ran the gamut from a look back at our first MTV interview with him, an RPattz hairstyle retrospective and, of course, a few details about "Breaking Dawn: Part 1."
We particularly wanted Pattinson's thoughts about his young co-star Mackenzie Foy, who is playing the much buzzed-about role of Renesmee, Edward and Bella's daughter.
"Mackenzie is great. She's really cool. She's really smart," Pattinson said before admitting that the 9-year-old has been making some extra money on set.
"She's got a lot of money out of us swearing around her," he revealed. "I do it by accident, and especially Kristen does it by accident, because she'll apologize with a swear [word]. She's like, 'Oh sh--! Ugh!' She can't stop doing it for about 15 minutes, and [Mackenzie] just waits there [with her hand out]," he laughed.
Pattinson went on to praise Foy's acting skills, revealing a few of the challenges she's had to take on while playing a young vampire/human child.
"She's a great actress. She's really sweet," he said. "She has to do a hard part as well, because she's doing — I don't want to get into special-effects stuff — but she's playing a baby in some scenes," he said. "Oh, man, some of the stuff is so strange. I mean, we've done very strange things on the 'Breaking Dawn' shoot," Pattinson said with a laugh.
Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.
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