Christina Aguilera

My "Saturday Night Fever" Disco Extravaganza Is Nigh!

And it's looking to be even more eye popping and ear stoking than the last one. It will trot out Elektrik Company, a big band complete with backup singers, all dolled up a la disco fever bunnies. Me singing disco tunes I remember becaue I learned them when they originally came out! And my special ... More >>

Nuit Blanche Wednesdays: Burlesque in The Meat Packing District

As I noted in this week's column, neo-burlesque has survived the Christina Aguilera movie and flourished even more than in the past. It's a regular attraction at the Meat Packing District in the form of Nuit Blanches Wednesday dinner shows, presented by Dances of Vice, at the intimate and sexy Beau ... More >>

Nine Poppy Picks From ?uestlove's Non-Rap Productions

?uestlove's stock is at an all-time high. His stint as house band-leader on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon was recently complimented by a profile in The New Yorker; you might even peep his face on subway billboards around the city as he clocks up his Sonos endorsement money. Tonight he'll be spinning ... More >>

Pretty Songs That I Hate Myself For Loving

Normally, I don't appreciate anything too musically pretty. Even if it's a formula love ballad, I like a little bittersweet quality sprinkled in there--or preferably something just plain bitter. But there are some lovely standards that I can't help adoring because it's just so much easier to surre ... More >>

The Sound of Music Is Coming To TV: I Know Who Should Star

The Sound of Music is a perfect movie, no matter what Christopher Plummer has been muttering for decades. It happens to be sweeping, enchanting, funny, adorable, and scary--the perfect mix of puppets, moppets, and Nazis. And now that it's been announced to come to TV in a whole new version, I want ... More >>

The 11 Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 7: Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera, "Moves Like Jagger"

​The Song: Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera, "Moves Like Jagger" The Crimes: Profligate whistling, misplaced sass, wholly unsexy instruction to "take [Levine] by the tongue." Earlier this year, both Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera were coming off what might be called "soft landings"—th ... More >>

Radio Hits One: Reality TV Propels Aging Stars Back Into The Top 40

​ When I heard that Jennifer Lopez was leveraging her new position as an American Idol judge to launch her new single, premiering the video for "On The Floor" on one episode and performing the song on another, I rolled my eyes at what I thought was her hubris. It'd been less than two years sin ... More >>

The Voice Feels The Pressure Before Its Big Finish

via Rickey​ Already, The Voice is just about over. Tomorrow, the field of four contestants gets wiped away and we get a winner. This show could've kept going for another three months or so if it followed a less fucked-up elimination schedule, but maybe NBC didn't realize they had an actual hit ... More >>

"Take Me By The Tongue" As A Come-On: Sexy Or Kinda Gross?

​Well, "Moves Like Jagger," the Voice-synergizing duet between Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera that raises the sexual specter of the Rolling Stones frontman while, some hope, making people forget about Aguilera's overall pretty terrible 2010, has landed. It's an uptempo track with a riff that ... More >>

The Voice: Cee Lo Wigs Out, Adam Levine Gets Inspired By Old VH1 Playlists

via Rickey​Hey, The Voice! It's still pretty good! And right now, there's pretty much nothing else on TV except for Game of Thrones! On last night's episode, Carson Daly, you'll be happy to learn, moved on from the detestable suit-with-sneakers look he was rocking last week. Unfortunately, he ... More >>

Here's Hoping That Christina Aguilera And Maroon 5 Kill The "Lazy Mick Jagger References In Lyrics" Trend Dead

​ I mean, oh, honestly: Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine of NBC's talent show "The Voice" are putting their voices together on a new Maroon 5 single. Aguilera is featured with Levine and his band on the tune "Moves Like Jagger," which will be released next week on iTunes. "Moves Like Jagg ... More >>

The Voice Keeps The Niceness Quotient High

via Rickey​After the first of its live shows, some real problems have emerged with The Voice. Similar to the last season of American Idol, none of the celebrity panelists is willing to say anything remotely critical, although that reluctance at least makes more sense here because they're suppo ... More >>

The Voice Battles Over Reality-Show Staples

The Voice is now a month or so in. It's a massive hit. It's the show NBC's putting on after the Super Bowl. It's out of American Idol's shadow. And it's a week away from becoming a live show and really launching into its season. It has arrived. So someone should really say something about Christina ... More >>

The Voice: Let's Keep The Neon Boxing Ring Lit Up Forever

​I'm going to be sad when all the duet battles on The Voice end. I honestly can't tell you how much I love the idea of duet battles. They're such an awesome hook for a reality show like this one, and the show pulls off every goofy thing they do with them. The neon-and-glass boxing ring is tota ... More >>

The Voice Gets Ready To Rummmmbllllleeeeeee

Lewis Jacobs/NBCMichael Buffer might have sold that a little better, dude. ​ A couple of weeks in, The Voice is already turning out pretty great. The singers, at least thus far, can all actually sing, the coaches all have sharp and productive things to say, and the show's setup provokes more a ... More >>

The Voice: Blake Shelton Is Unimpressed, Xtina Likes To "Woo"

​A week into The Voice, and some problems are starting to materialize. During backstage interviews, Carson Daly doesn't just stand there; he hovers. I can't imagine ever feeling comfortable around that guy. Christina Aguilera's mentoring style, right now, seems to be limited to raising both he ... More >>

"The Voice" Closes Its Eyes And Takes On "American Idol"

​So: The Voice. The big challenge. American Idol has been the dominant ratings force in American TV for a full decade now, but none of the other networks has really managed to do much with that show's format, which seems like a relatively easy thing to steal. (Or they haven't made a big singin ... More >>

The Fame Cookie: 2011 Grammy Awards Live Blog

It's the return of the most talked-about Grammy Awards live blog--a collection of quips, blips, and arguably insightful observations that dares to match the actual Grammy telecast in terms of pure spectacle and Justin Bieber mentions. Please join our hosts Tom Breihan and Ryan Dombal below, and keep ... More >>

Week In Review: Stop Looking At My Moms

​In the week we continued counting down the worst songs of 2010, noting atrocities from Susan Boyle, Liz Phair, Christina Aguilera, Jackyl, and NeverShoutNever, and Die Antwoord, we also began our overall year in review, listing the 10 biggest music stories of 2010, our 10 favorite concerts, t ... More >>

The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #13: Christina Aguilera, "The Beautiful People (From Burlesque)"

F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. ​Christina Aguilera hasn't had a great 2010 on the pop-star front. Her sprawling, android-inspired album Bionic was met with a mixture of confusion and indifference, although its 18 sex-soaked tracks did indeed show ... More >>

'Rah! Rah! Replica!: The Kathleen Hanna Project a/k/a Who Told You Christmas Wasn't Cool?'

Christina Aguilera Stripped of Her Assets in Burlesque

Divorcee Christina Aguilera Likes Women

​Christina Aguilera has spoken on the record before about having a taste for both sexes. Her last CD, for God's sake, was named Bionic. (Get it? Bi-onic.) And according to one anonymous woman who spoke to radar.com, the singer had her bodyguard approach her at a nightclub, clearly trying to ... More >>

Blind Items About Abortions And Trannie Chasers!

Who's doing what to whom? Your guess is not as good as mine.

Burlesque Will Be a Play Before It's a Movie!

​A week before the long-awaited (by sick gays) Cher/Christina Aguilera film Burlesque opens in November, there'll be a drag spoof version of it at the Laurie Beachman Theater! Yes, things happen very quickly nowadays, and in fact, the creators have gotten ahold of the film's illustrious scree ... 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 >>

This Week's Voice: Summer Jam 2010, Christina Aguilera, Against Me!, Bret Easton Ellis, and More

Nicki Minaj, in one of many "invincible Street Fighter 2 character" outfits. Photo by Santiago Felipe​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla keeps a running diary of Summer Jam 2010, where the best highlight Hot 97 could muster was a set from DJ Khaled. What happened, New York? Elsewhere, ... More >>

Christina Aguilera, Army of One

The world's greatest aerobics instructor returns to wail once more

Here Is the Real Christina Aguilera/Le Tigre/Peaches Collaboration, "My Girls"

You know it's the real one this time, among other reasons, because she actually shouts out two out of three Le Tigres--plus Peaches--on the song. Funny how Xtina run through the Kathleen Hanna filter ends up sounding something like fake patois; "female friendship, strength," and partying may be wh ... More >>

Week in Review: We Are A Viking Raiding Party of Good Will and Intention

These Are Powers, Secret Project Robot, Confetti. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week that everybody finally went outside for the summer, we hung out on a few rooftops ourselves. Twin Sister? Rooftop. The SFNY party? Rooftop. Good Co.? BBQ, outdoors, ground floor. So yeah. The rain drove us in ... More >>

Christina Aguilera's Le Tigre Song Is Here Not Here : "I Hate Boys" [Updated]

In the battle between Xtina's titantic, firehose voice and the 2010 zeitgeist--in the persons of Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, and now Le Tigre, whose songwriting shows up on Aguilera's newest, "I Hate Boys" [cancel that: see below]--her singular bellow is winning handily, but that's not a bad thing. Re ... More >>

On Christina Aguilera's "Woohoo," Featuring A Particularly Agitated Nicki Minaj

It's true that Christina was a bit more interesting back when everyone thought this was her, but to be fair, this tune, pledged to her upcoming Bionic, is better than the last track to surface, though no less libidinous: "Woohoo" refers to a part of the female anatomy, you see. ("You don't even ne ... More >>

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Perez Hilton Was Right: Le Tigre are Contributing to Christina Aguilera's Bionic

First things first: credit where credit is due. From Perez Hilton rumor to Pitchfork speculative item to Le Tigre official confirmation--Xtina's album, when (er, if) it comes out in April, will feature songwriting contributions from NYC's most badass electro-feminist OGs. "Needless to say," writes ... More >>

Cher and Christina Together In a Movie!

via Dlisted.com​Here are fabulous shots from dlisted.com of two big-lunged divas, Cher and Christina Aguilera, as they film the provocatively titled feature Burlesque. Are they dolled up enough to merit the headline "Two Drag Queens Crossing The Road"? And if so, which one is the bigger drag ... More >>

Clem Snide

Splendour in the Crass

Spring load with punk psychopaths and cheerleader cherrybombs

Noise from the Front

Pazz & Jop Special for the week of February 7-13, 2007

Status Ain't Hood Interviews the Rapture

Fergie Is a Man

And other shocking revelations from this year's Video Music Awards

Billie in a Bottle

On Xtina's noble but knuckleheaded plea for diva greatness

How to straighten your CD shelves, which isn't the point

Siren Wailing

Barely Legal  

Horoscope

Labels and Labeling

Five Corporations Cope With Content

Chain Store Hairdos

NY Mirror

Sex and the Singles Girl

Pubescent Genie Tops Pop Chart; No New Zapp Remixes This Month