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Melissa Ferrick Back With First Album in Five Years (video)

Keith GirardSeptember 15, 2011

Singer Melissa Ferrick has dropped her first studio recording in five years, alerting the music industry she’s back with a vengeance with the feel-good track, Still Right Here....

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Pearl Jam 20 Years On: A Special Grunge Tribute (watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 13, 2011

Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard and Mike McCready helped define the Seattle sound that became known as grunge rock. Their band, Pearl Jam, became one of the hottest groups of the last quarter century....

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Joe Jonas Makes Passion Play in Just in Love Video (watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 12, 2011

Joe Jonas, the middle of three Jonas brothers, is trying to shed his boy band image with a new video for his hotly passionate uptempo single, “Just in Love,” from his first solo album Fast Life....

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Cyndi Lauper Boots National Anthem at US. Open (watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 12, 2011

Cyndi Lauper’s crystal clear voice rang out with the wrong words to the always tricky to sing National Anthem at the U.S. Tennis Open over the weekend. She joined Christina Aguilera who botched the words at last year’s Super Bowl....

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Kristen Stewart Surprise: Fronts for Marcus Foster Video (watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 3, 2011

“Twilight’s” Kristen Stewart is turning up in the most unlikely places. She makes a surprise appearance in a video for one of her favorite indie artists, Marcus Foster....

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Beyonce Hot, Wet, Lithe in New 1+1 Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2011

Beyonce has pulled out most, if not all of the stops, in the most risque video yet for her song “1+1.” She wears a number of revealing outfits and gets doused with water. Girl’s on fire....

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Lil Wayne, Out of Riker's, Drops 'How to Love' Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 25, 2011

Rapper Lil Wayne didn’t waste a lot of time getting back to business after finishing his time in New York’s Riker’s Island prison. “How to Love” is his first video for his first new album The Carter IV....

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Leona Lewis Goes American with 'Collide' Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 23, 2011

Leona Lewis, the UK phemon who won “X-Factor,” the UK equivalent of “American Idol” is showing off her slim new figure in her latest video for the song, “Collide.”...

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Selena Gomez Rocks Philly; Justin Bieber Visits (Video, Photos!)

Keith GirardAugust 20, 2011

Selena Gomez look beyond sexy, almost without trying, as she rocked out at the Mann Center in Philadelphia, while Justin Bieber dropped in for some PDA in the city where their relationship, or at least the rumors, began....

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Billboard’s Fate Uncertain as Investors Sour on Direction

Keith GirardAugust 9, 2011

Billboard, the so-called Bible of the music industry, is reportedly facing steep cutbacks as investors sour on the direction of the publication and its prospects in the troubled economy....

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Cee Lo Green Taps Jaleel White, aka Urkel, for New Video

Keith GirardAugust 9, 2011

Cee Lo Green gives Jaleel White, the lovably geeky Steve Urkel in the hit ABC/CBS sitcom “Family Matters,” another shot in the spotlight in his new video for his single “Cry Baby.”...

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Nicole Scherzinger Slinky Wet in New Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 4, 2011

Nicole Scherzinger is drenched in a new video for her song “Wet.” She strips down to a nude-colored outfit and writhes behind a wall of water....

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Taylor Swift Gets Political: Reveals for First Time Who’s She’s Voting For and Why

Renee Olstead Gets Freaky With Snakes (photos!)

Keith GirardJuly 29, 2011

Renee Olstead had some free time on her hands on break from “Secret Life Of An American Teenager:” and decided to get freaky with some snakes and an apple in a photo shoot with Sammi Doll and stylist Emily Hunter. She gives new meaning to the Biblical Eve....

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How Comely Gwyenth Paltrow Turned Me On to Coldplay (video)

WinchesterJuly 22, 2011

It took me more than a few tries to get into the last great British Band Coldplay. The really first caught my attention when Chris Martin married Gwyneth Paltrow....

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Demi Lovato Pours Emotion Into New Video 'Skyscraper' (watch!)

Keith GirardJuly 14, 2011

Demi Lovato reaches deep to express the heartache of a breakup (or is that break down?) in the video for her new single “Skyscraper.” It’s Lovato raw and emotional....

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