British singer Lily Allen posted on her MySpace that the New York Times sold photos of her in her home to “tabloidy” OK! Magazine without her permission. Allen said she’s been trying to avoid this kind of photo redistribution by having magazines sign contracts when she has photo shoots, but apparently slipped with the Times. [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Lily Allen Upset with New York Times
Posted in music, newspaper/magazine, pop culture, tagged Lily Allen, New York Times, OK Magazine, photo shoot on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Augustana Rocks Tucker Theater
Posted in music, pop culture, tagged Augustana, Can\'t Hurt, Chris Sachtleben, Dan Layus, Jared Palomar, John Vincent, Justin South, MTSU, music, Steve Moakler, TN, Tucker Theater, \" \"All The Stars and Boulevards\", \"Can\'t Love on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Augustana took to the Tucker Theater stage at MTSU tonight after Steve Moakler opened for them. Augustana opened their set with “Dust” from their latest album “Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt.” The rest of the set contained songs from both “Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt” and the band’s debut record “All The Stars And Boulevards,” peppered with covers [...]
U2 Writing for Broadway
Posted in movies, pop culture, tagged Bono, Broadway, musical, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, The Edge, U2 on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
U2′s Bono and The Edge are writing music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark that opens February 2010. First of all, Spider-Man is going to Broadway? Could musicals be another outlet for current musicians, or is this just a way for the guys of U2 (half of them, anyway) to [...]
Vince Gill Speaks to MTSU Students and Made Professor
Posted in music, pop culture, tagged country music, honorary professor, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Vince Gill, \"The Key to Life\" on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Country singer-songwriter Vince Gill was recognized as an honorary professor in MTSU Department of Recording Industry (sorry, low quality) and performed “The Key to Life” during his visit to the university today. Gill talked to MTSU students about writing songs, playing music, and the importance of listening. Being a great musician isn’t just knowing what [...]
Ledger’s Posthumous Oscar Win
Posted in movies, pop culture, tagged Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger, Oscar, \"The Dark Knight\" on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Would Heath Ledger have won his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in “The Dark Knight” had he been alive?
From Movies to Races
Posted in movies, pop culture, tv, tagged Amazing Race, Amazing Race 14, CBS, Mel White, Mike White, School of Rock on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“School of Rock” writer and actor Mike White joins his father Mel in CBS’s fourteenth season of “Amazing Race” as one of the 11 teams competing in a race around the world.
U2′s New Album Leaked
Posted in music, pop culture, tagged album leak, No Line on the Horizon, U2, Universal Music Australia on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
U2′s new album No Line On The Horizon is to release March 3, but was available for digital download earlier this week when Universal Music Australia accidentally put the album up online. The mistake was fixed but some of those who managed to download the album legally are sharing them illegally on file sharing sites.
Miley Cyrus Getting Sued for Slant-Eyed Photo
Posted in music, pop culture, tagged asian photo, lawsuit, Lucie J. Kim, Miley Cyrus, slant-eyed picture on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lucie J. Kim filed a lawsuit against Cyrus for $4 million.
A Chris Brown Beat-down
Posted in music, pop culture, tagged arrested, Chris Brown, Rihanna on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Singer Chris Brown was arrested after allegedly attacking an unidentified woman, whom some suspect may have been Brown’s singer girlfriend Rihanna, since they both didn’t attend Sunday’s Grammy Awards.
The Next (Drag) Queen Bee: RuPaul’s TV competition
Posted in pop culture, tv, tagged drag queen, drag queen show, drag queen superstar, RuPaul on February 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Logo’s newest reality television show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” features nine contestants competing for the title of America’s Next Drag Queen Superstar, hosted by drag queen celebrity RuPaul. In the show’s first episode “Drag on a Dime,” the competing drag queens posed for a car wash photo shoot and created outfits, using thrift-store materials. In, what [...]



