In a move that might mark a decisive step forward in the evolution of online music, Amazon launched two new services today: the Amazon Cloud Drive and the Amazon Cloud Player. The Cloud Drive allows consumers to store music, and any other digital items, on Amazon’s data centers. Amazon is currently offering 5 GB free, although there is an extra 20 GB available for free with a purchase of an MP3 album from Amazon’s music service. And there’s the rub: Far from just visualizing the Amazon cloud as a data storage center, the website’s new Cloud Player allows you to play music directly through Amazon… unlike Apple’s iTunes service, which still requires users to store their music library on their own disk space. READ FULL STORY »
Archive: March 2011 (61-70 of 379)
Mar 29
2011
02:00 AM ET
'RuPaul's Drag Race': A super-sad elimination. Plus, A Poll: Which queen should return next week?
The constant bitchiness of drag queens never ceases to amaze me. It was but a few minutes into last night’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race that found the increasingly nasty Manila Luzon sniping about last week’s sashayer Carmen Carrera: “In the workroom today, there’s a huge, huge void,” Manila started, sounding like she was going to lament Carmen’s exit. But then she brought it home: “That used to be taken up by Carmen’s giant a–.” Zing! Yes, and we’re off at the Race.
Last night’s theme? Hair. “It just takes one bad blowout,” Ru warned the five remaining queens — Shangela, Raja, Manila Luzon, Alexis Mateo, and Yara Sofia. “You could be hair today, gone tomorrow.” The mini challenge required the gals to create a headpiece out of materials, as Ru put it, “swiped from the gay beach,” in just 20 minutes. The whole exercise didn’t yield anything too delicious, except for a hilarious one-liner from Ru responding to Raja’s crab-inspired headdress. “Now have you had crabs before?” she asked him. “Yah, I actually pulled these right out of my panties,” shot back Raja, who also took home the win during the challenge. READ FULL STORY »
Mar 28
2011
08:00 PM ET
'Dancing With the Stars': Week 2 is liiiiiiiiiiiive!
Image Credit: Adam Larkey/ABC; Fringe Fairy booty grab
Update: Annie’s recap is live
We’re back, DANCMSTRs! Chat about tonight’s two-hour performance night during and after the show, then come back later for my full episode recap. While you wait for commercials about depression medication and Viagra to either end or put you to sleep, why not appraise the Week 1 Hidden Gems? Maks’ booty is begging you to do this. “I love hidden gems, and myself. Pop Goes The World!” it is saying. Hear that?
And as always, nominate your Hidden Gems of the Week in the comments!
XOXO,
EW.com’s Fringe Fairy
Read more:
Season 12 premiere recap: Back to the Ballroom
Annie ranks the contestants based on promo photos
EW.com’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Central
Mar 28
2011
08:00 PM ET
Katie Couric: When is she at her best?
Image Credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images
I always thought Katie Couric was a fun morning personality. At least, that’s what I recall — the world is always fuzzy before 11:00 a.m.
So news of her possible exit from CBS Evening News when her contract is up in June made me a little excited. After all, part of me always hoped she’d return to her home at the morning desk — a pipe dream, I know. And now, that seems even less likely to happen. The NY Post reports that Couric is being offered a daytime talk show and a “regular spot”on 60 Minutes — although, EW has heard the offer is being overstated. Still, one can’t help wonder where Couric should call home. Or, rather, where she’s at her best.
So, PopWatchers, let’s do what we do best and give an unsolicited opinion. When do you think Couric shines most? Vote in the poll after the jump! READ FULL STORY »
Mar 28
2011
07:49 PM ET
Sylvester Stallone to launch men's lifestyle brand next year
Image Credit: Everett Collection
Sylvester Stallone is getting into the fashion business. A rep for the Oscar winner confirms to EW that he hopes to launch “Stallone” in 2012. Stallone and veteran beauty and retail exec Michael Henry spoke to Women’s Wear Daily‘s Men’sWeek at length about the venture, which plans to introduce jeans, shirts, outerwear, underwear, and watches first, followed by eyewear, grooming products, fragrance, activewear, and athletic shoes. The target demo is men 25 to 40. The piece is actually a pretty interesting read, if you like to hear celebrities justify their fashion lines, which I do. Stallone’s sartorial story is convincing: After losing 25 pounds between the second and third Rambos, nothing in his closet fit him, so he started to get his clothes custom-made. Being Stallone, he could afford to work with great tailors, and he discovered fabrics, patterns, and textures the average consumer wouldn’t know existed. He’s always wanted to experiment with them, now’s a good time. READ FULL STORY »
Mar 28
2011
06:07 PM ET
Lady Gaga turns 25. What would you give her for her birthday?
Image Credit: David Gabber/PR Photos
Attention friends, monsters, and embryos: Today, on March 28, 2011, Lady Gaga turns 25 years old. First, pause for a second to beat your head against your desks because, why, why am I so old, so poor, and will never be able to pull off the frozen-section-at-Food Emporium look? But back to Gaga. (And ouch, my head!) Since this is Gaga we’re talking about, I’m imagining her birthday consists of a relaxing bath filled with streamers, glitter, and plush animals followed by a screening of 1974′s Zardoz and a massage from Perez Hilton. But maybe that’s just the concussion I suffered a few sentences ago talking. No, she’s probably Just Like Us, sobbing over cake while watching Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and sipping Four Loko. (Just me?) Birthdays are fun!
But her birthday party needs gifts, PopWatchers! So what would you give Lady Gaga for her birthday? READ FULL STORY »
Mar 28
2011
05:52 PM ET
Charlie Sheen 'sold-out' tix plummet on online exchanges
Image Credit: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com
Charlie Sheen tweeted two weeks ago that the first two concerts from his Violent Torpedo of Truth tour sold out, reportedly in 18 minutes, but five days before the first show in Detroit, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Not only are tickets are still available on Ticketmaster, but the secondary ticket market, which includes online ticket exchanges like Stubhub.com and TicketNetwork.com, has been inundated with unwanted tickets often going for less than face value.
More than 1,250 seats are available on Stubhub.com for Saturday’s show at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, a venue that seats 5,000. That’s a quarter of the house’s seats still up for grabs, which might explain a resell price of as low as $21, less than half the face value of some tickets. “[The high resell percentage] is certainly more than we typically see,” says Joellen Ferrer, public relations manager for Stubhub. “It seems like there were some buyers who were overly optimistic about the market for Sheen tickets; the supply has definitely outpaced demand.” READ FULL STORY »
Mar 28
2011
05:43 PM ET
'Dancing With the Stars': Should Tom Bergeron ask Chris Brown about the 'GMA' incident?
Image Credit: Craig Sjodin/ABC; Ida Mae Astute/ABC
Tuesday’s episode of Dancing With the Stars just got a little more interesting. Earlier today, Tom Bergeron stopped by Ryan Seacrest’s morning radio show to chat about the new season of his reality show. Partway through the interview, Seacrest mentioned that Chris Brown is scheduled to perform on tomorrow evening’s Dancing results show — exactly a week after his well-publicized freakout on the set of fellow ABC program Good Morning America. He then asked Bergeron if he’s planning to mention the meltdown when he speaks to Brown on air.
Bergeron’s answer makes it sound like he might go either way. “Well, here’s the thing,” he began. “I did say to the producers that it might be to their advantage to not have me interview him, because my natural tendency would be to say something. So don’t put me in a position where you’re asking me not to say something, because I won’t really do that.” READ FULL STORY »
Mar 28
2011
05:09 PM ET
'Jersey Shore': Italy is surprisingly not excited about impending arrival of young, drunk Americans
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Mar 28
2011
04:51 PM ET
Randy and Evi Quaid to premiere 'Star Whackers' docudrama in Vancouver
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/WireImage.com
When it comes to the long, complicated, illegal saga of Randy and Evi Quaid, is the joke on us, or is the joke on them? Honestly, it’s hard to tell anymore. But with today’s most recent piece of Quaid news, I’m thinking it might be the former: According to the website for the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the Canadian city where the couple has been hiding out in an attempt to escape their felony vandalism charge in the states, Evi Quaid will premiere her unfinished docudrama, Star Whackers, April 22 at the venue, followed by a Q&A session with both Randy and Evi. Some background for those of you who went off the grid last fall: The actor and his wife had been accused of illegally squatting in a Santa Barbara, Calif., home they once owned; The couple said they were being framed by “star whackers,” a group of conspirators out to steal celebrities’ fortunes or kill them. (According to Randy during an interview with Good Morning America, both David Carradine and Heath Ledger were victims of the “star whackers.”)
First of all, let’s get this out of the way: The story would make for an awesome movie. READ FULL STORY »
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