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Leona Lewis is the first in 21 years? Really?

Friday, March 28th, 2008 by Crystal Olvera

leona-lewis.gifYesterday I was shocked to find that Leona Lewis was the first British woman to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard charts in 21

50 most controversial album covers

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 by Crystal Olvera

Ever wonder what the most controversial album covers are? I do. No, seriously, I sometimes sit around and think about the most offensive cover art I’ve ever come across. Check out the list here. It’s actually pretty awesome. Oh, and it’s not safe for the kiddies or work.

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Fiercest blog post EVER: Gayest Songs of All Time

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 by Crystal Olvera

Australia’s Samesame.com counts down the “Gayest Songs of All Time” to celebrate their

Top 20 concert tours

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 by Crystal Olvera

TOP 20 CONCERT TOURS

1. (1) Van Halen; $1,442,455; $114.03.
2. (2) Dane Cook; $1,063,938; $69.27.vanhalen.jpg
3. (3) Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus “Best Of Both Worlds”; $899,651; $55.48.
4. (6) Michael Buble; $716,997; $75.36.
5. (4) Stevie Wonder; $713,615; $74.59.
6. (5) Andre Rieu; $687,074; $78.10.
7. (7) Keith Urban; $603,068; $61.89.
8. (8) Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $582,669; $42.65.
9. (9) Chris Brown; $572,141; $62.47.
10. (10) Ozzy Osbourne; $543,792; $64.63.
11. (11) R. Kelly; $447,850; $70.47.
12. (12) Tool; $434,533; $52.13.
13. (13) “So You Think You Can Dance”; $317,805; $49.58.
14. (New) Larry The Cable Guy; $276,755; $44.27.
15. (14) Alejandro Sanz; $263,171; $66.25.
16. (New) John Mellencamp; $242,582; $59.31.
17. (15) Blue Man Group; $237,347; $63.11.
18. (16) Fall Out Boy; $189,365; $30.59.
19. (18) Casting Crowns; $136,028; $25.17.
20. (17) Jethro Tull; $135,523; $56.19.

Dane cook is at no. 2?!!! DANE COOK PEOPLE?! This is blasphemous!

P.s. Doesn’t Van Halen look fierce in that photo? I love it.

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Photo courtesy of Tonypierce.com

Pulling a Britney Spears

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 by Crystal Olvera

This weekend, I spent a lot of time catching up on my bad reality TV obsession The Real Housewives of Orangebritnpants.jpg County. (What can I say? Watching tanorexic, blonde, botoxed-to-death faces whine about turning 40 is entertaining to me.) In one particular episode, we see two spoiled-beyond-belief teenagers exiting a car in short skirts. One of them warns the other, “Don’t pull a Britney!”which literally made me LOL. But it also made me think about what “pulling a Britney” used to be and what it is nowadays. Pre-K-fed, pulling a Britney meant getting your abs like steel or stripping into a sparkly, nude-colored outfit at the VMAs. These days, it means something completely different.

For example:

britbarefoot.jpg 1) Using a grimy, gas station bathroom barefoot. I’m sure the world can recall the infamous paparazzi photos of the Britster stopping at various gas stations (which she loves to do) with no shoes on. At that time, it was the most disgusting thing she had ever been caught doing. But even though a normal person wouldn’t be caught dead doing something so uncouth, I could hear myself uttering the following sentence: On the way home from the beach, I decided to pull a Britney at the gas station cause my flip-flops were covered in sand.

2) Eating cheetos. Unfortunately, I’ve probably lived most of my life pulling this Britney move because I actually lovecheetos.jpg Cheetos, no matter how unhealthy they are. Which is why I like to say: I’ve been soooo tempted to pull a Britney on my low-carb diet.

britney_bald300.jpg3) Shaving your head. This is probably the most disturbing of them all but probably the most accessible. And I find myself and others referencing it when I get frustrated with my hair on a hot day. Sometimes I say: It’s so freakin’ hot outside that sometimes I just want to pull a Britney to cool off.

4) Flubbing something, anything, preferably the VMAs. How can anyone forget the most disappointing 3 minutes of the entire year? We got to see Brit-brit screw up the most important performance of her life! Ibritvmas.jpgt was like that episode of My So-Called life when Rayanne auditions to become the lead singer of the Frozen Embryos and finally gets on stage and forgets the words, only she runs off and Britney actually carries on. But I guess this could probably apply to every other thing she does in her life. For example: I was so nervous about my presentation that I pulled a Britney. Now I’ll never graduate!

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Photos courtesy of the paprazzi, and the Cheetos Web site.

Top iTunes of 2007

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 by Crystal Olvera

And the top selling albums on iTunes are …

And the 2008 Grammy nominees are ….

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 by Crystal Olvera

The following is a list of the categories people actually care about. For those of you who care about the nominees for best adult contemporary barbershop quartet album click here.
Record Of The Year
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5 things that aren’t Into The Groove or whatever…

Sunday, November 11th, 2007 by Crystal Olvera

1. That new Alicia Keys song. It was great the first time I heard it at the VMAs, now it’s just annoying. I hate the stomping beat and the cymbal crashes, they hurt my ears.0302_vanessa_carlton_d.jpg

2. Marie Digby’s cover of “Umbrella.” World, she wasn’t the first person to do this. If Mandy Moore would’ve released this as a single, Digby would still be at her house doing YouTube videos.

3. One Republic and Timbaland’s “Apologize.” Last week I decided to count how many times I heard this song on the radio in one day. I heard it six times. Throw in the fact that the only thing Timbaland does for this tune is sing “Hey, hey, hey,” and I’m done.

4. Vanessa Carlton

5. Listening to “Cyclone,” “A Bay Bay,” and “Soulja Boy” in one day while sober

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Photo courtesy of Yahoo Music

Rock star costume ideas for Halloween

Thursday, October 25th, 2007 by Crystal Olvera

Ok people, you’ve got a few more days to find the perfect Halloween costume. For those of you who think that’s enough

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time, it’s not! I’ve been brainstorming since July (I’m a Halloween fiend OK? Some prepare for Christmas, I do Halloween. And even now, I’m still not settled on my Amy Winehouse costume just yet. I mean, yes, the woman is the perfect hot mess, but I’m bound to find a few Amy Winehouses around the Valley when I go out this weekend.) ANYWAY, I started brainstorming on other rock costumes that might be easy to put together at the last minute and came up with a few ideas that some of you pop enthusiasts might consider at the last minute. So if you’re unprepared, poor and don’t want to get stuck being the a ghost, keep reading.

Madonna - Seriously ladies (and gentlemen) this woman has a bajillion styles to choose from. From ‘Material Girl’ to pink and purple disco queen, there’s a giant catalogue to look through. Best of all, it’s not hard (unless you’re doing Madonna from the Bedtime Stories video. Then you’re on your own.) I’m thinking ’80s Madonna is the easiest and most recognizable. Throw on some black leggings, fishnet anything, a gold cross and a wrist-load of bracelets and ta-da!

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Greatest Video Cameos

Thursday, July 26th, 2007 by Crystal Olvera

I came across an interesting list at Popeater of the

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