In January 1961, on a cold snowy evening in Greenwich Village, a twenty-year-old Bob Dylan, fresh out of Minnesota, began his professional career in earnest playing at a hole-in-the-wall coffee house. A few months later, the British lawyer Peter Benenson and some friends in London launched the campaign that became Amnesty International. It was a coincidence. Yet from the start, Dylan’s artistic work and Amnesty’s political work drew on a common sensibility that ultimately changed the world. For half a century, Amnesty has pressed to secure the fundamental human rights of the persecuted and imprisoned across the globe. Over that same half century, Dylan’s art has explored and expressed the anguish and hope of the modern human condition. Chimes of Freedom is dedicated to people worldwide who are unjustly imprisoned or threatened for the peaceful expression of their beliefs.Good cause, yes? You've also got the option of purchasing single tracks, or the entire album, which is priced at a reasonable $24.99. And that's great. But can we talk a second about Miley and how *good* she actually is at the whole music thing when she tries, and she's not all glitter and black leather and heaving and grinding and tongue-lolling? I mean, this is a chick that we might actually be able to take seriously one day, especially if she keeps churning out music (OK, mostly covers) like this one here. /> See, this is the musical side of Miley that I just love. LOVE. This is Miley's take on Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, and frankly, it's f-cking wonderful. I could listen to her version of this song AT LEAST another three times before I got sick of it. The project, as noted in the CD's title, celebrates Amnesty International, and all purchases are directly donated to AI: In January 1961, on a cold snowy evening in Green...
See, this is the musical side of Miley that I just love. LOVE.
This is Miley's take on Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, and frankly, it's f-cking wonderful. I could listen to her version of this song AT LEAST another three times before I got sick of it.
The project, as noted in the CD's title, celebrates Amnesty International, and all purchases are directly donated to AI:
Remember her? Oh I do. I always had such a girl-crush on her, pretty much my entire life. She always seemed so sweet and pretty and salt-of-the-earth. Lovely little Liv Tyler. Plus, that ultra-feminine, super-breathy voice. She killed it. I loved that. And that's coming from someone who has more of a "man"-voice like Scarlett Johansson. And if you've never heard Scarlett Johansson actually speak, here's your chance:
It's kind of like that. So naturally, you always envy that which you do not...
According to Liam, who was - ohmygosh - raised as a Catholic altar boy in Ireland, after spending much time in Istanbul filming his latest movie, The Grey, a change to practicing the Islamic religion might be in order:
"The call to prayer happens five times a day, and for the first week, it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit, and it’s the most beautiful, beautiful thing. There are 4,000 mosques in the city. Some are just stunning, and it really makes me think about ...
From TMZ:
The Demi Moore 911 tape will not be very revealing, because we've learned there's gonna be a lot of redacted information ... including the drugs she was using just before the emergency.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... The L.A. City Attorney is recommending that all references to drugs in the 911 conversation between the dispatcher and one of Demi's friends should be erased before being released to the public. The recommendation is based on patient privacy.
TMZ broke the s...
OK, so if you actually peer at this here photo instead of just glancing at it, like I want you to, you'll get this one right away. It's easy. It's a total no-brainer. If you can read, you know who this "guess the celebrity" is, and if you can't read? Well. What the hell are you doing here? You can't read. Maybe it's for the nipslip gallery, maybe it's for the funny videos. I sure as hell don't know. But if you're not here for the scathing commentary, maybe you're onto something, my friend, but I'm not rea...
Wait. Do you remember who Whitney Port is? Oh, no. Do I remember who Whitney Port is? Let's see - here's a few things that should jog our memories. She looks pretty good without makeup. She's got questionable fashion sense. She used to be super thin (now she's just thin). She did some stuff with some magazines. She had a spin-off of ... oh dear God, that's right: The Hills.
So what's girlfriend done since those days? Well, she apparently cooks her own breakfast. She's going to be on The Pri...
Vanessa Hudgens won't stop wearing bikinis. Like Rihanna. [The Superficial]
PHOTOS: Emma Stone and that dude were photographed visiting Paris. [Lainey Gossip]
Kim Richards says she's an alcoholic. And everyone believes her. [Starpulse]
Brad Pitt talks marriage. [Lainey Gossip]
Liam Neeson is considering a conversion to Islam. [Cele|bitchy]
Country Music Award nominations! [LA Times]
Ashton Kutcher has "nothing" to say about Demi's OD. [TMZ]
Mario Lopez takes off his pants on Ellen....
"It depends which rumor [you're talking about] … Here, this is one which could hurt my family. After that … they say that we have 52 houses in France, we separate in winter, we get married every summer. Me, I’m in my 12th pregnancy. All this is, I don’t know, because the Queen of England didn’t lose her teeth this week and there’s nothing happening. Yes, they are false."
This would be Vanessa Paradis trying to dispel those pesky break-up rumors that even People picked up on. Gues...
I know; you guys are probably wondering what kind of falling out JLH and I might have had that I would say such a thing about my girl, but it's true: where in the hell did Jennifer Love's lovely curves disappear to in this photo shoot?
The pics are promotional for her upcoming Lifetime channel show, where she plays a housewife-turned-prostitute in order to save her family's finances. If that sounds familiar to you, it should: she played a role in the same-named (and, um, same-themed) movie on Lifetime, The Client List, and they were sent out via her Twitter account yesterday ...
So late last night I suddenly realized, gosh, I've hardly read about Sundance this year. Like, OK, it isn't Cannes (shrug), but I am pretty sure we all used to take Sundance a little more seriously. Maybe I just feel that way because I really like the Sundance catalogue, with all its loom-woven Navajo shawls and hammered jewelry. Who knows.
Uh, anyway, guess what. There is a documentary about Chris Crocker. And guess what else. It premiered at Sundance. It's a nominee for the Grand Jury Priz...