I guess it's music Saturday here at the Beet.
I've just received news that one of my most favoritest bands, Hometown Heroes, is competing to be a part of PhillySoundClash, a Philadelphia battle of the bands type of thing. I've been following these guys for, oh, about 8 years, back when they were called Edward Sunnyside and playing local joints in Tempe (go Sun Devils!).
They need votes to get in!!!
You can hear two of their songs and vote for them here.
It takes two seconds! Vote for Hometown Hero...
Joe Francis is kind enough to voice his opinion on the sexual strengths and weaknesses of young Hollywood, with Paris Hilton in a commanding lead. He also manages to plug ParisExposed about ten times, which is quite the favor for a website he claims to despise. Turn the other cheek, eh, Joe? [TMZ] Denise Richards: what's not to hate? [Celebrity Smack] Reese and Ryan suck it up and attend their daughter's school play together. I'm so Team Reese on this one. [A Socialite's Life] Congratulations, DJ AM. You've earned yourself another fifteen minutes of fame. And, yes, Mandy, Zach's pissed. Everybody wins! [Just Jared] Kate at Fishbowl has the 411 on Top Design behind the scenes. [FishbowlLA] “The first time I get into a car accident and I see a blind guy get out of the other car — I’m kicking somebody’s ass." [Pajiba] For what it's worth, National Enquirer is reporting that Nick & Vanessa are engaged. [The Bosh]
I usually leave music posting around here to Lars and T, but this song came on my Pandora box the other day, and I was instantly obsessed. It gives me chills every time I hear it. The artist is Terra Naomi -- her website is here -- and I recommend you all give this a listen. Vocally, lyrically and musically it's phenomenal. She reminds me of Tori back in the Little Earthquake days, but a little more linear. (I love you Tori!)
/>I usually leave music posting around here to Lars and T, but this song came on my Pandora box the other day, and I was instantly obsessed. It gives me chills every time I hear it. The artist is Terra Naomi -- her website is here -- and I recommend you all give this a listen. Vocally, lyrically and musically it's phenomenal. She reminds me of Tori back in the Little Earthquake days, but a little more linear. (I love you Tori!)
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Hilary Duff's new single is pretty addicting. Kind of like Vicodin. When you're Nicole Richie. [popbytes]
Alanis Morissette and Ryan Reynolds must have received the letters I've been writing them, begging that the natural order of the universe be restored, and that Ryan Reynolds genes of total hotness not be mixed with Alanis's weird pear-shaped ones. They've split up. [Hollywood Grind]
I hate covering stories that involve Katie Holmes talking. [Defamer]
Fuckin' Lindsay Lohan. [The Blemish, The Superficial]
Fuckin' Lindsay Lohan's mom. [Hollyscoop]
Yes, we have pictures of Denise Richards' labia. This is very good news for Heather Locklear in the maintenance and improvement of the voo-doo doll. [The Superficial] />Hilary Duff's new single is pretty addicting. Kind of like Vicodin. When you're Nicole Richie. [popbytes]
Alanis Morissette and Ryan Reynolds must have received the letters I've been writing them, begging that the natural order of the universe be restored, and that Ryan Reynolds genes of total hotness not be mixed with Alanis's weird pear-shaped ones. They've split up. [Hollywood Grind]
I hate covering stories that involve Katie Holmes talking. [Defamer]
Fuckin' Lindsay Lohan. [The Blemish, The Superficial]
Fu...
...but you can't take the blogosphere out of the girl.
I don't know how I missed this!
Jessica Coen's blogging again!
And not just on JessicaCoen.com -- which has been updated twice -- yes, twice! -- in the new year. She's also begun blogging at Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's answer to the 21st century (it's also an Oscars blog). It's her first return to blogging since she left Gawker, um, what?, three months ago? To be Vanity Fair's deputy editor of online something? (Which I wrote about with great sadness before applying for her job -- once, Mike, just once.) But she's back to blogging! I knew she would be ... />...but you can't take the blogosphere out of the girl.
I don't know how I missed this!
Jessica Coen's blogging again!
And not just on JessicaCoen.com -- which has been updated twice -- yes, twice! -- in the new year. She's also begun blogging at Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's answer to the 21st century (it's also an Oscars blog). It's her first return to blogging since she left Gawker, um, what?, three months ago? To be Vanity Fair's deputy editor of online something? (Which I wrote about with great sadness before applying for her job -- once, Mike, just once.) But she's back to blogging! I knew she would be ......
Sour grapes much, ladies? Envy isn't a good look on you. />
Sour grapes much, ladies? Envy isn't a good look on you....
Alicia Keys needs to stop fallin' in and out of love and start fallin' in and out of a razor.
You know, one of these days I'm going to be really sorry for all the time I've invested in being unnecessarily cruel to public figures without any thought at all as to how it might make them feel. I just want you guys to know that I know that.
Thanks to PotP for the heads-up (via Bossip).
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...however, I am a stellar gossip blogger.
I took this quiz on celebrity body parts, and I got 13 out of 15 right. Even the quiz thinks I'm crazy. Its reaction to my score: "Um, stalkerazzi? Jeez. Turn that gaze inward a bit, eh?"
For someone who's never had a particularly artistic bent, or a keen eye for visual detail, this is really, really sad. That I can be shown a picture of a forehead and immediately think to myself, "Oh, that's Christina's." Christina Ricci, that is. But in my head, we're ...
Wow, I get to write two stories with good news in one day! First, Patrick Dempsey's wife gives birth to two healthy twin boys, and now the news that Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett received a clean bill of health from UCLA Med after battling anal cancer for the past four months. (My happiness is tempered by the fact that I did have to write something about Paris Hilton earlier today, but I'll get over it.)Farrah, who just turned 60, was told by her doctors that her "prognosis is excellent." Says Fawcett:
I ...
I know, I know. Horribly cliche headline. But it's 2 pm on Friday and I haven't slept much this week, so give me a break, okay? Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey and his wife welcomed twin boys, named Sullivan Patrick and Darby Galen, on Thursday afternoon. Dempsey and his wife, Jillian, already have one daughter, Tallulah, who is five years old. Mom and babies are healthy and happy.
The ultra-hunky Dempsey graces the cover of Details magazine this month, and the actor opens up to the publicatio...
I spend a truly unforgivable amount of time watching television by myself in my living room. I get considerable enjoyment from most of these hours, but it's very, very rare that I will actually laugh out loud, by myself, in my living room while watching television. Laughing, in that respect, is different from the consumption of alcohol and/or week-old pizza and the use of my vibrator. But I digress.
I totally laughed out loud tonight. Like eight times. I don't know what it is about Sarah Silver...
Life must be so strange for Britney Spears. In this video, she's taking a road trip to Vegas, and has to stop several times for potty breaks. I hear ya, Britney! I have to stop like every 10 miles to pee when I do road trips, too. And there's always the typical hassle of waiting in line and/or trying to find the bathroom key, etc, but how strange must it be to have several camera crews following you while you do this? But that's exactly what happens to Britney. This is seriously a 5-minute video of Britn...