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Happy Easter: Live Your Life Off The Wall

I just rediscovered Junior Vasquez's remix of this Michael Jackson classic. I love it all over again

Justin Timberlake vs Taylor Hicks

Justin Timberlake, the former Mouseketeer who went on to cheesy boy band fame, went on record this week trashing American Idol winner Taylor Hicks. Justin: "He can't carry a tune in a bucket". Wow. Scratch head now.

Now, I'm not a huge fan of Taylor Hicks or American Idol, but Mr. Timberlake must know that he too "can't really carry a tune". Right? He must know that his popularity primarily stems from his sexy lil body, cute face, and in-studio production gimmicks. He knows that right?

I believe his camp was also quoted as saying they didn't want Lindsay Lohan at the launch party for his new CD because her antics might be too distracting. Again, wow. Scratch head again.

Am I missing something here? Since when is Justin Timberlake a musical genius? Like Simpson, Justin is a pin-up. Nothing more. Someone should either clue hm in or stop him from talking.

On smoking weed:
"I remember the first time it was reported that I smoked pot. I was like, y'all don't? that's why I sort of respect Kate Moss. I think you lose once you start trying to analyze what people like. So I'm like, 'I hope you like how I live, but if you don't, you don't."

via A Socialite's Life

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Stop The Press: I Can Sing Better Than Whitney Houston (Olympics performance)

[Big Thanks: FourFour, DListed]

I was hoping against hope that she would turn up and shock everyone by how beautiful she was again and how she still had....that voice.

Alas...

Hmmm....but, how did the bitch sound?

Oh. My. Gawwwwwd! That can't be real. I can sing better than that bitch. Where is Clive? I need a contract. I can sing better than Whitney Houston.

WTF is wrong with 'her people'? Why do they let her out to make a complete and utter ass of herself? They need to lock that bitch up Johnny Cash style until it is all out of her system. She has already lost her teeth and may have lost her voice as well. What a fuckin' shame. It's enough to drive a lil black boy to crack.

Where's my pipe?

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Reminder: Whitney Houston to Perform at Olympics Tonight

Remember that Whitney is to perform at the Olympics tonight. I have no idea how to how to watch the hopefully sordid affair, but I'm sure the tape will show up pretty quickly. Let me know what you guys hear/see about it.

Love that bitch!

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Kelly Clarkson vs. Simon Cowell

Okay, the biggest story of the Grammys aside from Miss Mariah has to be Miss Kelly Clarkson. Love!

But, ummm what is up with the beef between her and American Idol? First we learned that Kelly didn't want the Idol kids to be singing her songs on the show. Oh, Snap! No She didn't? Then she thanked everyone under the sun last night when she won her two Grammys EXCEPT for 'American Idol'. Damn, Ginna! I love the girl and everything, but I have to agree with Simon on this one:

Link:

Cowell had said Clarkson would be making a "big mistake" if she barred "Idol" from using her songs after the show catapulted her to stardom. "No matter how talented Kelly Clarkson is, she would not be in the position she's in now without winning this show," he said.

As for Clarkson, she said there was no problem and she thought maybe "American Idol" was seeking publicity.

I really hope she was kidding.

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Whitney Houston/Clive Davis Heading Back To The Studio

Love me some Whitney...
δ  Whitney Houston is scheduled to head back in to the studio to record a new album with Clive Davis.  Yeah!  I miss  her.  If anyone can bring her back it is Clive.  Clive says they already have 2/3 of the music selected and are five weeks away from hitting the studio. Article.

δ  Whitney and Clive are said to have chosen songs from Missy Elliot, Alicia Keys, and Lil Jon among others

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Video: Beyonce Does Tina Turner

Slow blogging day for me. Here is Beyonce performing Tina Turner. Just because I love Tina and Beyonce turns it out!

This is from the Kennedy Center Honors a few months back.

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Justin Timberlake - Acting Revelation!

JT is back! HIs film debut, Alpha Dog, closed out this year's Sundance Film Festival. Predictably, Variety poo-pooed the entire movie. So typical. They hate anything hot. Geoffry Gilmore, at Rotten Tomatoes, is probably more on the money:

Rotten Tomatoes Review:

Nick Cassavetes captures the driving energy and sordid anomie of contemporary youth culture in his unflinchingly told cautionary tale, Alpha Dog. Based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood, a midlevel drug dealer whose ambition and ruthlessness led him to become the youngest man ever to appear on the FBI's Most Wanted List, Alpha Dog offers a glimpse of the rawness and reality of teenage life on the edge.

Featuring a marvelous ensemble cast that includes Justin Timberlake (whose work is a revelation), Ben Foster (equally so), Bruce Willis, and Sharon Stone, this is dense, galvanizing filmmaking, seething with tension and culminating in a tragedy that would be shocking if we weren't so aware of the kind of world we live in, a place with kids who live without mores, parents who don't have a clue, and ongoing conflict between the lingering innocence of youth and moral disintegration and dissolution.

Yahoo! has a clip here.

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