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Why Is 50 Cent Hanging Out With YouTube Kid Keenan Cahill?

This video of 15-year-old YouTube star Keenan Cahill, better known as BeenerKeeKee19952, raises a lot of questions. Like, if this kid is famous for lip-syncing pop songs, why does he never actually know any of the lyrics? Where did he come from? What song is this? How exploitative is the propagatio ... More >>

My Definite, Possible Oscar Buzz

Colin Firth​Here it is: Unfounded, un-called for, and way too early. Best Actor nominees will surely include Colin Firth (The King's Speech), James Franco (127 Hours), and Robert Duvall (Get Low). Firth is the favorite to win right now, especially since he was so good in A Single Man last ye ... More >>

The Death (and Comeback) of the Music Video Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

This week's New York magazine features a short article entitled "Why MTV Is Bringing Back Music Videos," which it isn't exactly. What MTV is doing is using its sizable funds to pair working directors with musicians and possibly even famous actors for a music video series entitled Supervideo. The fir ... More >>

GOOD Friday: Kanye West, Jay-Z and Friends Celebrate Curtis Mayfield on "The Joy"

​This week Kanye West was exposed to the whole internet, just like he warned us about. Oh, and he finished his album. Then to cap it all off, he released "The Joy," a slow, magical entry in the GOOD Friday series. The track is straightforward, built on mood and sincerity, with little outward f ... More >>

The Script

The 10 Best Posse Cuts of 2010 (So Far)

​Posse cuts are like friendlier versions of the WWE's Royal Rumble -- a platform designed to showcase all of the stars in the game, both up-and-coming and certified. Think back to the Main Source's 1991 "Live At The Barbecue," featuring Akinyele, Joe Fatal, and the debut of a rapper named Nas, ... More >>

Judge Has Mercy on Lindsay Lohan After She Shows Up for Hearing in Toyota Minivan

​Well, Lindsay Lohan had her court date today, to which she actually showed up early in a Toyota minivan instead of an Escalade, and the highly anticipated answer to whether she'd be sent back to rehab or to prison is...back to rehab! Those of you who guessed correctly, please use the nearest ... More >>

GOOD Friday: Kanye West, Pusha T and Friends Misbehave on "Take One for the Team"

​It's oddly appropriate, though almost certainly not intentional, that the week rumors started to spread about naked photos of Kanye West, he releases his raunchiest GOOD Friday track yet. Of course, he pretty much told us this was going to happen. "I sent this girl a picture of my dick," he a ... More >>

Free Lindsay Lohan: Someone Pulls Some Strings, Actress Goes Free on Bail

​Lindsay Lohan is free once again. But to rewind: In the last few weeks, Lindsay Lohan failed two court-ordered drug tests, showing either an amazing amount of gall or demonstrating the intensity of a horrible disease. Probably both. As punishment, on Friday morning a judge ordered her directl ... More >>

Breaking: Katy Perry's Boobs Too Much for Elmo, Sesame Street to Handle (Video)

​Why in the world would Sesame Street pull a segment featuring Elmo and Katy Perry singing a rewritten song of hers?

TMZ Wins Again: Media Lessons in Lindsay Lohan and Her 'Regrettably' Failed Drug Test

​ And now, for three things we already knew: 1) Lindsay Lohan failed a drug test last week. You know already because TMZ reported it on Friday afternoon, exclusively, though the D.A. said they had not yet been notified of the results of the test. Which brings us to two more things we already k ... More >>

The Golden Age of Advice Rap Starts Now

"When you've run out of peaks," Jon Caramanica wrote in yesterday's Times, by way of reviewing Monday's ridiculous Jay-Z extravaganza, "all that's left are ridiculous, sublime stunts, new ways to climb old mountains." This is counterintuitive but true: a guy like Jay-Z has been a ... More >>

Live: Jay-Z And Eminem Bring Out Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Swizz Beatz, And Chris Martin (??!!) At Yankee Stadium

This actually happened Jay-Z/Eminem Yankee Stadium Monday, September 13 Better than: The shows in Detroit, I have to think. Sorry, Detroit. So let's start somewhere in the middle: Chris Martin! The dude from Coldplay! Seriously! Out he shuffles roughly halfway through Jay-Z's n ... More >>

Not Even Katie Holmes and Josh Duhamel Can Save True Love in The Romantics

Jay-Z And Eminem Will Probably Be Bringing A Shit-Ton Of Famous People With Them To Yankee Stadium

​Jay-Z and Eminem began their triumphant two-city, four-show run last night at Detroit's Comerica Park, and if that show's any indication, when they show up at Yankee Stadium September 13 and 14, they'll be bringing along every famous rapper they (or you) can think of.

NYC's Golden Gossip Era Fades

Gotham gossip loses grip, fights off rabble. Rattled tattletales tell all.

Q&A: DJ Spinna on Michael Jackson, Whose Music He Will Be Playing for You and Spike Lee This Weekend

courtesy DJ SpinnaSpinna, as a little boy holding the Jackson 5 LP Get it Together Michael Jackson would've turned 52 this Sunday. Undoubtedly many parties shall be thrown around the globe in his honor, but MJ's spirit will most likely be floating over Prospect Park for Spike Lee's second annual Br ... More >>

Jay-Z's Ten Most Shameful Rock and Roll Moments

​Yesterday, it was announced that Jay-Z would be joining U2 on the band's five-date tour of Australia come November. It makes sense: in addition to commingling at the top of the Forbes 2010 Music Earners List, Jay-Z and U2 have performed together before--more than once, in fact. (Never forget ... More >>

ONE MORE CHANCE

Get down for the King of Pop

Last Night: Rihanna Incites Children, Self to Violence at Her Sold-Out Show at Madison Square Garden

Rihanna Madison Square Garden Thursday, August 12 During her lone moment of banter last night, Rihanna took deep breath, sat down on the edge of the stage and said, "Thank you for making my dream come true." Which sounds kind of boilerplate. It is. But she wasn't just referring to selling out Mad ... More >>

Watch Jay-Z Perform at Nike's World Basketball Party at Radio City Music Hall Last Night

Here we have the third leg of the big-tent rap tripod that set up over an unwitting New York City last night, joining Rihanna's sold-out MSG stand and Kanye West's secret Rosewood performance in the annals of shows you really wanted to get into but couldn't. Preceding Shawn Carter was the 2010 USA ... More >>

What's The Plot of Burlesque?

​Burlesque is the fascinating sounding film coming out in November starring two people who started in the musical arena, Oscar winner Cher and Grammy winner Christina Aguilera. Without googling what the hell it's about, let's come up with possible plots of our own--storylines that can make th ... More >>

Michael Lohan Releases Daddy Ballad for Incarcerated Lindsay

Happier times, maybe.​We usually leave the music criticism to our friends at Sound of the City, but in this case, the so-called music is so devastating as to be actually rather newsy, and certainly devastating enough to merit a word from us. Michael Lohan, Lindsay's occasionally trying-to-be-a ... More >>

SOUNDTRACK FOR THE APOCALYPSE

The xx put their rain cloud over Central Park

Let's All Stop Giving a Shit About What Lindsay Lohan is Doing in Jail

​Yes, yes, we know we ran two stories about LiLo in jail yesterday. But the Daily Beast published a piece today by librarian Avi Steinberg entitled "Lindsay Lohan's Jailhouse Reading List," and suddenly we knew it had happened: We'd hit our Lohan saturation point. The list comprises four books ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Will Use Off-Brand Deodorant in Jail, and Other Media Speculations

​Lindsay Lohan is in the big house (see: clink, slammer) for the next couple weeks. Question is, what the heck is she gonna do in there? And how is she feeling? Many people, it seems, are devoting a lot of mental energy to these very important questions. Everyone agrees that Lindsay will be mo ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Wants Your Jail Mail!

​Earlier today, we compiled a list of media speculations about what jail life is like for Lindsay Lohan -- using no-name deodorant, talking to the vent, watching the local news. Now, we have our own speculation: Lindsay is probably reading and writing letters, just like Amanda Knox and other s ... More >>

Assaulter of Three Gay Men Only Gets 45 Days in Jail!

​You heard me. Driton Nicaj attacked Joe Holladay on the Upper East Side last year and used the word "faggot," though a judge somehow pooh-poohed the hate crime angle.

Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold

We will never own one of these. ​Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Headed For 90-Day Stints in Jail and Rehab

​Lindsay Lohan was sentenced this afternoon to jail for violating her probation. When she failed to show up for her court-ordered alcohol education classes, Judge Marsha Revel gave her 90 days in the big house, plus another 90 days of rehab. Can't say we didn't see this coming.

The Calculated Rebellion of Miley Cyrus

The shrugging-off-Disney phase begins with the sadly wan Can't Be Tamed

Who's Your Favorite Funny Lady in Films?

​Today, that is. (Spare me votes for Carole Lombard). Your choices are:

Summer Guide: Kelis Tries For A Rebound

With her new album Flesh Tone, the "Milkshake" singer tries on some club-pop

Surveying the Dr. Luke Moment: A Critical Look At Lazers, Glitter, and the Un-Sexing of America's Pop Stars

On May 7, Katy Perry debuted "California Gurls," the first single from her forthcoming album, Teenage Dream. It was a cleverly-engineered, synchronized piece of pop craft--a classic no-chances move--and it had to be: there were things riding on this song. Things like the viability of Perry as a bo ... More >>

Tyra Banks Is Going Literary!

​I've always liked Tyra Banks because the mere mention of her name upsets Naomi Campbell to distraction. That makes her a megastar to me (though I'm careful to avoid saying that aloud whenever Naomi and her cell phone might be anywhere within miles.) But now the departing talk show host is h ... More >>

2010 Tonys: Nominations Announced, Big on Idiot Material

​The 2010 Tony nominations are out, and the yearly ceremony that becomes more and more designed to persuade people from anywhere but New York City to spend money on theater is soon to follow. The idea behind the Tonys is simply to get Broadway to appeal to the rest of America in a big, fancy ... More >>

On Christina Aguilera's S&M Bonanza Of A Video For "Not Myself Tonight"

The late '80s. I am in the 10-12 range, sitting on the couch watching MTV, when my mom happens into room midway through the mildly "sexy" video for Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted Snake," which, at the time, could be regarded as somewhat risque, culturally relatively speaking. My mother is horrified, ... More >>

The Most Star-Studded Tony Awards Evah!

Red Hook gets tragic: Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber in "A View From the Bridge." Photo by Joan Marcus​That's what'll happen if this year's batch of giant movie-and-TV-stars-turned-theater-actors gets nominated! (Or even if they're just asked to present--or usher.) This will probably b ... More >>

George Clooney Next Year's Oscar Host?

​Even a lot of people who found this year's Oscars telecast as slow and boring as some of those foreign film nominees thought hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were wickedly delightful, especially when they slyly roasted various big names in the live audience. But one of those stars, Georg ... More >>

MMP! vs BBG!

When Rich Rap Executives Talk About Their Gambling and Horse Racing Sinecures

Half the world's money, in happier days​Perhaps you recall the David Paterson scandal that broke early last week, before a much bigger scandal came along and more or less finished his political career? The one involving Jay-Z and the gambling consortium AEG, the latter of whom won slot a conce ... More >>

Who's The Best Male Movie Actor of the Sound Era?

​My choices in ranked order: (1) James Stewart (2) Robert DeNiro (3) Spencer Tracy (4) Jack Nicholson (5) Jack Lemmon

Who's The Best Movie Actress of the Sound Era?

​In the "top five" list I'm about to share, I wish I could have squeezed in some more of my old favorites, but their filmographies had some holes in them. I also wish I could have included a few more current names, but I can't honestly say Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, or Cate Blanchett have e ... More >>

Brooklyn to Get the Michael Jackson-Themed Subway Mural It Tenuously Deserves

Photo via alexrheadrick's photostream​Can't wait to hear what angry NY GOP Congressman Peter King will have to say about newly revealed plans to dedicate a memorial to Michael Jackson at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, where Martin Scorcese once directed the "Bad" video. Last year, City Council ... More >>

Barack Obama is Golden, Rush Limbaugh is Screwed -- Predictions for the Year of the Tiger!

By Fatimah Surjani Ortega Yes, Tiger, this could be your year​Sunday ushers in the Year of Metal Tiger, which sounds like a golf club. That's actually appropriate, because things look auspicious for Tiger Woods -- as long as he can keep his dick in his pants. Just in time for Chinese New Yea ... More >>

Can You Name Anyone Who's Not In Valentine's Day?

​Valentine's Day--aka Love, American Style, the Movie--is one of those criss-crossing ensemble pieces starring literally everyone alive who's ever walked the earth and ended up in front of a camera. In an attempt to satisfy every possible demographic, it has young people, old people, whites, ... More >>

Gwen Stefani "All Tied Up" at L.A.M.B. Fashion Week Show

Stacey Anderson Gwen Stefani L.A.M.B. fashion show Milk Studios Thursday, February 11 Somewhere in here is a trenchant quip about Gwen Stefani getting "all tied up," but it is out of deep, California sisterhood that I will not sink to it.

Alright, Let's Deal With This Star-Studded Haiti-Benefit "Everybody Hurts" Debacle

Here we have the gala Simon Cowell-produced R.E.M. cover, starring Susan Boyle, Mariah Carey, Michael Buble, Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, and a gaggle of not-as-famous people. Not a good look. I don't have any problems until James Blunt shows up, and no major problems until Jon Bon Jovi starts howli ... More >>

Oscar Nominees Announced; Extended Best Picture List Includes Up, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man

In another February 2 ritual, the 2010 Oscar Nominees were announced this morning. The Best Picture list, expanded to ten nominees this year, are: An Education Avatar The Blind Side District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire A Serious Man Up U ... More >>