Archive for January, 2008

Hey, Gwen! Congrats on the pregnancy…need some baby name ideas?

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

‘Kingston’ is a pretty great name, but how is the newly-pregnant Gwen Stefani going to top it?Well, a Georgia newspaper compiled a list of actual names that parents named their children in 2007.Yes, somewhere in the Peach State resides a child named Exxon. There are also babies named Daytona, Senator, Bacardi, Chlorine, Teriyaki, Dextrose and Taco.Baby Taco!Click here for more bizarre-o names.

Forbes released a list of 2007 top grossing female musicians

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Here’s the list…

1. Madonna - $72 million
2. Barbra Streisand - $60 million
3. Celine Dion - $45 million
4. Shakira - $38 million
5. Beyoncé - $27 million
6. Gwen Stefani - $26 million
7. Christina Aguilera - $20 million
8. Faith Hill - $19 million
9. Dixie Chicks - $18 million
10. Mariah Carey - $13 million

11. Hilary Duff - $12 million
12. Avril Lavigne - $12 million
13. Martina McBride - $12 million
14. Britney Spears - $8 million
15. Carrie Underwood - $7 million
16. Nelly Furtado - $7 million
17. Fergie - $6 million
18. Jennifer Lopez - $6 million
19. Sheryl Crow - $6 million
20. Norah Jones - $5.5 million

The new (?) Blind Melon…

Monday, January 28th, 2008

…sounds like the old Blind Melon. Singer Shannon Hoon died over a decade ago, but the rest of the band found a replacement– a guy who sounds exactly like him! It’s kind of creepy, but click here to listen.The new guy is Travis Warren, and you can see him in action when Blind Melon plays Canes on May 4th.

The Fray covers…Shakira!

Friday, January 25th, 2008

There are few songs I loathe more than Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie”. I mean, I don’t usually have a problem with Shakira, but…Wyclef. Ugh. What a clown.Anyway, here is a delightfully Wyclef-free cover of “Hips Don’t Lie” by The Fray! They performed this several times on tour over the summer, and someone taped it for your enjoyment. Click here to check it out.

John Mayer deletes his blogs…and goes to a Hannah Montana concert?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

What the heck is going on With John Mayer? The prolific blogger has deleted all the entries on his website, but posted the following cryptic message:Done & Dusted & Self Conscious & Back to Work.“There is danger in theoretical speculation of battle, in prejudice, infalse reasoning, in pride, in braggadocio. There is one safe resource,the return to nature…” POSTED BY JOHN MAYER AT 10:46 PMThe ‘n’ in ’speculation’ links to a page about vortexes. Huh?In other odd JM news, he went to a Hannah Montana concert in Vegas last weekend. Click here for the photographic evidence.

Amy Winehouse. On Video. Smoking Crack.

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Well, this latest development in Amy’s mess of a life is, sadly, not particularly shocking. Click here for the video and here for the story.It makes me want to give Ms. Winehouse a big hug and call A&E’s Intervention on her ass.

Hey, Fergie!!!

Friday, January 18th, 2008

XYZ!

No, seriously.

New Natasha Bedingfield– LEAKED!!!

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Well, sorta. It’s not out ’til tuesday, but you can click here or here to listen to the whole album now!Also, check out Miss Natasha performing on Regis and Kelly this monday.

P!nk, PETA and Horses

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

P!nk a very outspoken animal rights activist is joining up with PETA to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York.  What do you think?  Is this cruel and unusual?

What do Tom Cruise and Eddie Vedder have in common?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

They’re both kinda short, but that’s not it…it’s videos! One is crazy (Tom) and one is quite lovely (Eddie).Click here to watch the Tom Cruise video that the Church of Scientology is trying to bury, and click here to watch a music video from Eddie Vedder’s Into The Wild soundtrack.