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Archive: November 2009 (31-40 of 119)

Nov 20 2009 12:59 PM ET

New Jennifer Lopez, 'Louboutins': If the shoe fits...

Categories: Divas!, New Stuff, Things That Really Could Have Been Avoided

Her love don’t cost a thing—but her stripey platform pumps are about $895 a pair. Following the leak of the day-old Wonderbread that was “Fresh Out the Oven,” another track from the actress/singer/empire-builder has hit the internet, and it does for the ultra high-end shoe brand what Crocs do for sexy. Stream “Louboutins” below:

Wherefore the J.Lo of “Waiting for Tonight” and “I’m Real”? This one is poo.

Nov 20 2009 11:27 AM ET

The Black Keys take over the space radio: Watch Dan Auerbach's 'Trouble Weighs A Ton' performance, exclusively on the Music Mix!

by Whitney Pastorek

Categories: An EW Exclusive!, Black Keys

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have been spending some time apart of late — Auerbach with his great solo record, Keep It Hid, and Carney with Drummer, his promising new supergroup comprised only of drummers from other bands — but they’ll come together on satellite radio next week: The guys are co-hosting Jake Fogelnest’s show on SIRIUS XMU from 10-11 a.m. every day, leading up to the debut of their new side project, Blakroc, in which the Ohio rockers laid down tracks for artists like Raekwon, Q-Tip, Ludacris, Mos Def, and RZA.

Did you get all that? These boys are busy. And yet they make such gloriously simple music, as illustrated by Auerbach’s stop by the SIRIUS XMU Sessions, where his up-close-and-personal performance will air December 2 at 9 p.m. ET. To get you in the mood, we scored an exclusive peek at “Trouble Weighs a Ton.” Press play!

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Nov 19 2009 07:25 PM ET

Exclusive Q&A with Adam Lambert on OUT Magazine scandal: 'Not every gay man is the same gay man.'

by Whitney Pastorek

Categories: Adam Lambert, An EW Exclusive!

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has been in the news this week for more than just the upcoming release of his debut album, For Your Entertainment: After putting Lambert on the cover of OUT magazine, Aaron Hicklin, OUT’s editor, wrote the singer an open letter, complaining about certain stipulations placed on the interview and cover shoot by Lambert’s management team — allegations to which Lambert fired back via Twitter. (Read EW Idol Expert Michael Slezak’s take on the matter here.)

We caught up with Lambert at rehearsals for the American Music Awards in downtown Los Angeles today, and got his unvarnished take on the dispute. We also chatted about the new album and his AMA performance, and will bring you those answers tomorrow as part of our ongoing coverage of Sunday’s awards show. The first part of our frank and open Q&A begins after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Nov 19 2009 05:36 PM ET

'The Cleveland Show': Watch Hall and Oates' devilish (and angel-ish) cameo

by Clark Collis

Categories: Hall & Oates, Television, Things We Love

This Sunday, Hall and Oates cameo on Family Guy spin off The Cleveland Show, and you can see their appearance below. I don’t know what relevance it has to the plot, but I do know Oates has allowed himself to be the butt of jokes abut his lack of stature (both professional and actual). That makes him a big man in my book. And, as the book in question is the new biggie from Stephen King, he will actually fit in it!

I jest, of course.

Dare I ask if you can go for this cameo? I dare! I dare!

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Nov 19 2009 03:37 PM ET

Jason Segel sings hilarious, must-hear booty-call song on stage with Swell Season. Watch here, then call him!

by Whitney Pastorek

Categories: The Swell Season, Things That Are Awesome

How I Met Your Mother actor (and flagrant nudist) Jason Segel appeared on stage with the Swell Season at L.A.’s Wiltern last night to sing a song we’ll call “315-329-6673,” after the phone number he disseminates in the chorus — and on a handwritten sign toted by Marketa Irglova — in hopes of finding a nice girl to make love to him:

Couple things. First, I called the number (BECAUSE I AM A JOURNALIST), and it went to a voicemail message where Mr. Segel asked me to write to a Gmail address I couldn’t quite make out. (“Helptronics”?) Second, lest you think this was an isolated special offer, ladies, it appears he’s done it at least once before, at a Maroon 5 show earlier this month, so, you know, don’t give up hope. As for the song itself, well, it’s charming, and the last line walks the hilarious/offensive tightrope perfectly. Well done, sir.

What do you think, Mixers? Anyone catch this performance live? Anyone else call the number — and could you make out the email address? Hell, I’ll bite: Anyone manage to actually have all the sex with Jason Segel? It’s okay, this is a friendly blog. We won’t judge you if you choose to kiss and tell…

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Nov 19 2009 01:03 PM ET

New Vampire Weekend video, 'Cousins': Watch it here

by Leah Greenblatt

Categories: Indie Rock, New Stuff, Vampire Weekend, Video Gaga

Boat-shoes rock meet Afro-pop once again on the spiky, galloping “Cousins” the official first single from Ivy League alt breakouts Vampire Weekend‘s upcoming sophomore release Contra. And nothing says street party fun times like a flatbed on rails, confetti guns, arm pinatas, face masks and—yes!—more cowbell.

Watch the Garth Jennings-directed clip below:

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Nov 19 2009 12:27 PM ET

Pop singer (and Katherine Heigl hubby) Josh Kelley goes country: EW.com's Music Mix has your exclusive first listen!

by Whitney Pastorek

Categories: An EW Exclusive!, Country, Y'all!, Josh Kelley

He made a name for himself as a pop singer-songwriter, but Josh Kelley is now the latest in a string of folks seeking solace in Nashville. The Georgia native has signed with Universal Music Nashville on the strength of some demos he cut for other artists, and hopes to release a soul-flavored country music debut early next year. “Country is where I’m going to live out the rest of my career,” Kelley tells EW. “This is the style and level of songwriting that I’ve always wanted. I’m coming home.”

Of course, there’s already a prominent Kelley in country music: Josh’s younger brother Charles, one-third of Lady Antebellum. “Charles is the main person that convinced me [to go country],” Kelley says. “And if Charles says something — all 6’7” of him — you really do listen. He wears a damn song out if he likes it. And when I sent him ‘Gone Like That,’ he said he listened to it every day, all day long.” Give it a spin after the jump and see if you agree: READ FULL STORY »

Nov 19 2009 08:51 AM ET

Allison Iraheta's 'Friday I'll Be Over U' video: When performance and fashion trump concept and execution

by Michael Slezak

Categories: Allison Iraheta, American Idol

I’m genetically programmed to like things that are awesome, which thereby means I’m crazy about America Idol‘s husky-voiced season 8 competitor Allison ‘The Rocker’ Iraheta and her completely addictive debut single “Friday I’ll Be Over U.” But it also means I wish the folks at 19/Jive had spent a little more time and money putting together the corresponding video, which debuted late last night on YahooMusic.

Make no mistake: Allison is exuberant and lovely as always — the girl is a total rock star, and her youthful joy at making her video debut bursts (adorably) through the computer screen. But much like the dude in the A-Ha video that this clip attempts to pay homage to, Allison is trapped in a concept that’s flat and one-dimensional. READ FULL STORY »

Nov 18 2009 04:39 PM ET

Charlotte Gainsbourg's new video with Beck, 'Heaven Can Wait': Welcome to the Crazydome

by Joseph Brannigan Lynch

Categories: Beck, Indie Rock, Movies, New Stuff, Things That Are French, Video Gaga

The video for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new single “Heaven Can Wait,” with duet partner/producer Beck, shows that the French singer/actress might be nursing some surrealist scars from her lead role in Lars Von Trier’s latest film, Antichrist.

Nothing in this clip smacks of the dizzying, disturbing sexual violence in that controversial work, but it is full of cheeky visual non sequiturs that take you to that slow-motion “I just drank a bottle of cough syrup” world. The song itself is a low-key, Sunday afternoon pop song, not unlike Kill the Moonlight-era Spoon, but with more of a hangover:

Alt iconolast Beck keeps Charlotte company throughout the video and shows off a new clean-cut look: he is finally the kind of indie weirdo you can bring home to mom. The two of them meander through a world of slo-mo tennis/target practice, sleepovers, swimming pools and shotguns, mouthing lyrics about “trying to drive that escalator into the ground.” They even encounter a spaceman with a pancake-stack head, clearly a regular customer at the Intergalactic House of Pancakes.

What do you think, readers—is it good Maya Deren-esque fun? Or is its weirdness a little too contrived?

Nov 18 2009 02:24 PM ET

Chris Brown: Is his career rehab working? The answer might surprise you

by Simon Vozick-Levinson

Categories: Chris Brown, New Boyz

Chris Brown has been going all out to relaunch his music career lately, just a few short months after pleading guilty to felony assault of his ex Rihanna. Right now, all signs indicate that Brown’s career rehab might be working. (Full disclosure: I’ve both reported on and expressed my opinion on various sides of this story.)

“I Can Transform Ya,” the lead single from his album Graffiti (due Dec. 8), has climbed to a peak position of No. 23 after five weeks on Billboard‘s Hot 100. That’s not smash territory yet, but it suggests that a lot of people are ready to hear new music from Brown. “The audience will tell us whether they want to hear it,” says Rob Morris, program director at the Twin Cities region’s KDWB FM, which has begun testing “I Can Transform Ya” in its mix shows. “I’m sure there’s going to be folks who will give us reasons why they don’t think Chris Brown should have a song on the radio. But a song’s a song. Obviously he’s paying for [what he did] in many ways. I think the music that he continues to do is somewhat separate.”

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