Mar 23, 2007, 07:45 PM | by Gary Susman
What do these five bands have in common?
Your answer should be as specific as possible. Send your best guess to .
first and last names in your e-mail. We'll post the most interesting responses Monday afternoon.
Mar 23, 2007, 06:29 PM | by Annie Barrett
Enough!
These two rivaling supershows need to stop acting like children. Big news today: on Tuesday night — seven minutes, in fact — just to mess with the elimination edition of Dancing With the Stars. So from 9 to 9:07, no one at home will know what to do!
Give whatever contestant slated to sing last the time of day, or sit slack-jawed for seven minutes hoping to catch a closeup of Heather Mills (pictured, with Jonathan Roberts)?
Right now I'm picturing two toddlers in a colorful, plastic sandbox who refuse to share the huge crowd of unconditionally smiling people toy. Idol baby has a fun, generic, geometric patterns-okay-corporate-logos-BAD onesie on, whereas Dancing baby looks terrif (swathed in a giant pink ruffle exposing her sexy midsection), but is sadly drowning in a pit of glitter she dug herself.
I don't know why Idol toddler is being so selfish with the huge crowd of unconditionally smiling people toy, because his My First Ford pickup is just outside the sandbox, and he hasn't ridden by the video camera in it for like seven minutes. Time is of the essence, Idol toddler! Let's wrap this up!
Mar 23, 2007, 05:46 PM | by Annie Barrett
I don't really understand it, but I know it's a big deal: on what some have dubbed the YouTube Killer. (Who is this some ? I ask you.
) Full-length television episodes and feature films will be available on a new, as-yet-unnamed consumer portal. (Our corporate siblings at AOL are also involved in the venture.) I'm experiencing unwelcome flashes of that whole It campaign in 2002.
What is Portal? What can Portal do for you? If instead of some cool new website a friggin' Segway rolls up, I'll be very upset.
Unless it carries GOB.
Clearly I can't explain anything, so allow The Daily Show's puppetmaster Demetri Martin to enlighten you on what's really going down with all the Viacom vs. YouTube online video madness.
Via online video. Enjoy the meta, and especially the buffering.
Mar 23, 2007, 05:01 PM | by Simon Vozick-Levinson
Ricky Bobby is in the house!
With those words, Timbaland — noted Talladega Nights enthusiast and producer extraordinaire — kicked off the party he threw last night at NYC club PM to preview his upcoming album Timbaland Presents Shock Value.
The crowd was a star-studded one; without a separate VIP area, A-listers wandered casually throughout the club's single cozy room. Over in a candle-lit corner, Justin Timberlake sat chatting with friends and (be still our hearts!
) reading the latest issue of EW, which features writer 's in-depth look at Shock Value's creation. Soulful singer bobbed his head appreciatively to the beats nearby. The only star who wasn't mingling was Timbaland himself, who stayed high above the floor in a DJ booth for the entire time that his album played.
Towards the end of the disc, lead Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, who's currently on tour with the rest of the Dolls supporting Christina Aguilera, joined Tim in his lofty perch; She's no longer [with the Dolls] —s he's by herself, he announced before Scherzinger hastily shushed him.
Oh, and the music? That was as impressive as expected, starting with a wicked cut that flipped a sample of Nina Simone's classic so that Simone seemed to be crying out, Oh, Timbaland!
Songs featuring cameos from Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, Elton John, and many other famous members of Tim's fan club all kept partygoers hopping; no doubt repeat listens will reveal the wealth of experimental nuances that the maestro typically delivers.
Around 10:30, after playing the final cut, Tim descended at last to sip red wine and crack jokes with Justin. Without any more of his new music on hand, the club chose to blast a series of others' current rap hits — hot songs all, but somehow they just couldn't compare.
Mar 23, 2007, 04:28 PM | by Annie Barrett
I've watched both episodes of October Road, and I honestly think the only two reasons for this are: 1) I like shows about writers with egos and 2) I. LOVE. FOLIAGE!
The promos, the show's little orange-garlanded logo on , the road itself...
everything is in earth tones. On October Road, it is always autumn, which I find magical! Really.
I'm obsessed with leaves and there are so many in the show. Plus, quaint college town! Awww, college!
I'm a moron.
The show's pretty bad. None of the story lines make much sense — last night's ep had famous novelist and grown man Nick (Bryan Greenberg, pictured) tossing pebbles at a college dean's bedroom window, then serenading her with Where Is Love?
from Oliver. There was some nonsense about a talking raccoon named Ralph, which made me want to..
. you know. And the lines.
.. oh, the lines.
At one point, we were treated to a list of items that are cold! Igloo. Polar bear.
This show, despite the beautiful, beautiful leaves.
I should give it some credit, though, for the song selection. Last night offered montages of both Jackson Browne's The Pretender and Poison's Every Rose Has Its Thorn.
If you turn off the video portion of this experience, it's actually a pretty good show! Plus last night provided my catchphrase for the weekend: Right. And I eat corn dogs for the corn.
Because I do. I even have corn-on- the-cob earrings.
Who's seen it?
Who's planning on watching again? And might it be better if, instead of speaking, the characters just strolled along the streets pointing out things that were orange?
Mar 23, 2007, 03:35 PM | by Michael Slezak
So just when I'd finally come to the conclusion that, no, Madonna should not act again — late-night cable screenings of will do that to even the most die-hard fanboy — out comes an ad campaign for the pop star's new H M clothing line that is wickedly addictive and twistedly funny.
If you haven't seen it yet...
Anyhow, I love this campaign so much that I would — no joke — tune in every week if the retail chain turned Madge's stern fashion taskmistressbot into the lead character of a weekly network sitcom — think Sprockets meets Ugly Betty meets What Not to Wear. Just like the Law Order's meet-the-corpse dun-dun intro, each week's H M episode could begin the same way, with a hapless fashion victim being dragged before a style court, where Madonna would ask, How can I help you? Cut to 22 minutes of haute-couture courses, mildly violent fittings, and, of course, the final look what they've done reveals, complete with silent single tears from the mute female assistants, and you've got the perfect companion to 30 Rock.
Plus, it already got brilliant catchphrases.
Madonna: [Slap!]
Wacky Mittel European sidekick: I lah-ve you!
And I love it!
Mar 23, 2007, 01:08 PM | by Michael Slezak
For those of you who've spent the last 11 or so months YouTubing Yamin's Idol — not that I know anything about — well, it's time to enter 2007. Which isn't to suggest you switch allegiances to Phil Stacey (though he could certainly use your help) but rather, to report that E Double's new video for Wait for You is (and , too).
And, better still, it ain't half bad.
Most notable is the Extreme Makeover: Elliott Edition, what with those stylin' longer locks (pictured) and flawless teeth that'd put Tom Cruise to shame. But those aren't the only things that caught my eye about Wait for You.
There's that glorious in Elliott's bedroom (the very same one, I believe, that appeared on Jen Schefft's season of The Bachelor), the adorable little birds sprinting across the surf, and a bathroom counter that features actual product. (Ten points for realistic set design!) Sure, the clip doesn't flip the script on the standard feeling-angsty-at-home-while-daydreaming-of-lost-love cliché, and those shots of Elliott's woman clutching a chain-link fence are, well, just odd, but the underrated Idol looks comfortable and confident starring in his own video — and that's exactly where he belongs, no?
For more scoop on Elliott's debut CD, check out my exclusive interview with Mr. Yamin on the latest episode of .
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