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    Lorde Sings Haunting Hunger Games Mockingjay Song (Listen!)

    Keith Girard
    New Zealand singing sensation Lorde has released her track from “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1,” a haunting tune that’s designed to “get inside the head” of lead character Katniss Everdeen. Lorde, real name Ella Yelich-O’Connor, released the song this morning (Sept. 29) on YouTube. The movie, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth , Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland, opens in the United States on Nov. 14. ...
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    Train Classic Rock Rolls Through NYC’s Radio City Music Hall (See!)

    Keith Girard
    Train, the Grammy winning 1990 blues and rock band, brought their melodic and visceral sound to Radio City Music Hall in New York City last night (Sept. 25) as part of the band’s tour in support of its new album Bulletproof Picasso. The concert featured the band’s new single “Angel In Blue Jeans” from their seventh studio album, which hit the streets last week. Front man Pat Monahan also led the band through a number of its classics. He was backed by Jimmy Stafford on lead guitar, Jerry Becker, rhythm guitar and piano, Hector Maldonado, bass and Drew Shoals on drums....
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    Taylor Momsen, the Last Rocker, Plays Revolution in Fla. (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Taylor Momsen, the last unabashed rocker in music, put on a head-banging show at Revolution Live, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla, backed by her band The Pretty Reckless. Call her the female Steven Tyler. Momsen seems like she’s been around forever because of her run on the CW show “Gossip Girl” starting in 2007. She was notorious for wearing revealing outfits and smoking cigarettes on the set in New York City when she was only 14....
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    Iggy Azalea, Jennifer Lopez Shake the Room in New ‘Booty’ Video

    Keith Girard
    Jennifer Lopez gets jiggy with Iggy Azalea in steamy hot girl-on-girl action in their new video for Lopez’s song “Booty,” which is all about having the boom to shake the room. Ironically, Lopez, at 45, is nearly twice as old as the Australian rapper, who is 24. She could be her mother. As it is, they make a pretty dynamic pair, ass-slamming in the opening moments of the video...
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    Chris Brown Goes Back to Jail in New Video With Ariana Grande

    Keith Girard
    Chris Brown’s fantasy love affair with Ariana Grande in his new “Don’t Be Gone Too Long” video has a touch of reality in it. He lands in jail in the video as well. Is this a metaphor for the time he spent in the pokey in real life? Brown and Grande, who sing a duet, are forbidden lovers in a medieval fairy tale in the video. The video opens with the two lovers arm-in-arm. ...
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    Chris Brown Launches Comeback After Jail on Jimmy Fallon (see!)

    Keith Girard
    Chris Brown launched his musical comeback on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night after his career was sidelined by a stint in jail. He performed two songs from his upcoming album X, which could make or break his career. Brown, 25, has been dogged by troubles ever since his 2009 beatdown of then girlfriend Rihanna, for which he’s still serving probation. ...
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    Joan Rivers, Prolific Author in Life, Sees Her Book Sales Soar in Death

    Keith Girard
    Joan Rivers prided herself on being an writer and had a prolific career as a writer mostly of self-help books and works based on her life. But what a life. Although her books were popular while she was alive, sales are soaring in death, according to reports. She penned 12 books in her long career starting with “Having a Baby Can be a Scream” in 1974. Her most recent, “Diary of a Mad Diva,” is currently No. 2 on Amazon’s bestsellers’ list....
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    One Direction Tips ‘Where We Are’ in New Extended Trailer (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, better known as boy band One Direction have released an extended trailer for their upcoming movie “Where We Are–The Concert Film.” The lads are currently touring, and the teaser focuses on their concert at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. The band has also made history of sorts. They were honored by the Guinness Book of Records....
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    Jennifer Lopez Lesbian Chic; Gets Jiggy with Iggy in New Video

    Keith Girard
    Jennifer Lopez hits all the sexual touchstones in her new teaser video for song “Booty,” including the trend raging through Hollywood–Lesbian Chic. She gets jiggy with Iggy Azalea in steamy hot girl-on-girl action. Ironically, Lopez, at 45, is nearly twice as old as the Australian rapper, who is 24. She could be her mother. But you would never know it by all of Lopez’s signature booty moves, including a hot shot of her twerking like no tomorrow. ...
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    Jack Bruce of Supergroup Cream Debuts First New Album in Decade

    Winchester
    Jack Bruce is probably best known as the bass player for ’60s supergroup Cream, with drummer Ginger Baker and guitarist/singer Eric Clapton. But his 1969 solo album is one to remember. Bruce largely went under the radar in the early ’70s, but he resurfaced for a Cream reunion tour in 2005. Now, he has a brand new album, his first in a decade. ...
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    Ariana Grande Hints at Big Sean Relationship on Today Show (see)

    Keith Girard
    Ariana Grande, one of the summer’s breakout artists, received a royal welcome on NBC’s “Today Show” this morning. Matt personally handled the interview and she sang four top songs from her new album. Grande, 21, has been been on the road promoting her sophomore album My Everything, which has hit No. 1 in 80 countries. Matt did his best to dig up some dish on her personal life....
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    Iggy Azalea Falls on Stage; Watch Other Artists Who Tumbled, Too!

    Keith Girard
    Iggy Azalea endured another rite of passage on her way to rap stardom. She fell off the stage last Friday during a performance leading up to the MTV Video Music Awards. But don’t call her clumsy. She follows a long line of artists who tumbled while performing. In fact, stage veteran Jennifer Lopez warned her a while back that it was bound to happen. Now, she joins Steven Tyler, Lady Gaga, Shakira and a slew of others. ...
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    Tom Maxwell of Squirrel Nut Zippers Drops New Book, Album

    Keith Girard
    Tom Maxwell, the voice and songwriter behind ’90s group the “Squirrel Nut Zippers, is back with a new album and a book about how the band revived swing music. Maxwell, who went solo in 1999, titled the memoir, “Hell: My Life In The Squirrel Nut Zippers.” It shares a release date with his new self-titled full-length album, Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag. ...
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    Jade Starling, of ’80s Group Pretty Poison, Is Back With Solo Album

    Winchester
    Jade Starling, who provided the vocals for Pretty Poison’s “Catch Me I’m Falling,” one of 1987′s biggest hits, is going solo after all these years with a debut album Captive (Subpoena/Universal), and it’s a terrific. Captive features collaborations with Lee Dagger of the hugely successful English remix team Bimbo Jones (Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Rihanna); new comer Laszlo (Selena Gomez, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj) and French DJ/remixer Franck Dona....
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