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I’d Give Robert De Niro the Oscar
This column was supposed to be about Philip Seymour Hoffman. For the last few days, I’ve been writing about Oscar nominees that I’d vote for if the Academy would just let dorky critics get a say in...
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Bruno Mars, Rihanna, “Harlem Shake” just changed pop music
Bruno! You guys, there are six billion things happening on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. For one thing, YouTube views are being incorporated into chart rankings for the very first time, which means...
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Marie Miller’s Awesome Music is like Mumford and Daughters
Marie Miller Everyone! I have important news! Sometimes, if you just scroll around through the genre pages on iTunes, you can find amazing songs you’ve never heard before. For instance, a few weeks ago...
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Please Make Demi Lovato a Bigger Pop Star. Thanks.
Demi Lovato serving hair It’s been almost a year since I argued that Demi Lovato should be huge pop star, and since then, we’ve gotten a little bit closer to the goal. It never quite hit the top ten,...
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‘Drag Race:’ I Defend Jinkx Monsoon and Little Edie
Jinkx Monsoon, killing it Y’all, both my heart AND my Twitter feed exploded during last night’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, when a majority of the queens said they had never heard of Little Edie...
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Girl, Shirley Bassey Covered a Pink Song!
That’s Dame Shirley to you. Seeing Shirley Bassey at the Oscars reminded me that back in 2007, she covered Pink’s “Get the Party Started” and then released an amazing music video of it. And let’s not...
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Wanna Dance Like a Freak? Listen to this Wiley Song
The ‘Reload” crew gets wild Recently, I’ve been asking heavy questions on NewNowNext: Why do we fear intelligence in our entertainers? What makes good romantic comedies work? Why is Shirley Bassey so...
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Pitbull and Christina Aguilera: This Song Is Depressing
This is happening. It can’t be stopped. You guys, I give up. I just can’t handle Christina Aguilera’s music anymore. She hasn’t released a truly great song since “Candyman,” and with each new release,...
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Vicci (from ‘The Voice’) and Cee Lo have an amazing song
Vicci Martinez As I’ve mentioned before, the judges on The Voice are the ones who end up with hit records, not the contestants. The show just distracts us with unknown singers until we go download a...
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You guys: Bastille is the best new band
Bastille singer Dan Smith and his crazy eyes Remember last fall when I said you should know the British band Bastille? How about when I said their single “Flaws” was the #19 song of the year? Well,...
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Carly Rae, Train, and Why the Boy Scouts Make Me Sad
Carly Rae won’t be scouting So the Boy Scouts of America are planning a Summer Jamboree, and until recently, it was going to feature performances by Train and Carly Rae Jepsen. Except now it won’t....
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3 Things the “Beaches” Musical Needs to Be Awesome
Bette serves attitude Oh my gay stars, y’all. They’re making a stage musical out of Beaches. It’s coming to D.C.’s Signature Theatre next February, and I’m probably going to rent an apartment near the...
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Ranking Mariah Carey’s Hits: #27-11
Vintage Mariah This is a big week for Mariah Carey. Not only is she continuing to host American Idol, but she’s also singing “Almost Home,” the theme song for Oz the Great and Powerful. Since that...
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Ranking Mariah Carey’s Hits: #10-1
Mariah’s fantasy involves roller coasters. Welcome to the finale of Ranking Mariah Carey’s Top Ten Hits, which I’m hosting this week because she’s an Idol judge and singing the theme song for Oz The...
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5 90s Hits That Need Remakes NOW
She could do “Bitch” in 2013 You know how Pitbull is sampling a-ha’s “Take On Me” for his depressingly soulless collaboration with Christina Aguilera? Or how Christina, Pink, Lil’ Kim, and that one you...
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Listen: Zooey Deschanel’s Music is Still Delicious
She & Him You guys, it’s almost disgusting how Zooey Deschanel is so effortlessly appealing. Like, okay… I don’t care for New Girl, but that’s because the writing is too aware of its own cuteness....
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Megan Hilty’s Album: SO Much Better Than ‘Smash’ (LISTEN)
Megan Hilty, unexpected pop star Smash is an exploding train wreck of a show, and I can’t even take it. But for all its flaws, it has at least made Megan Hilty a bigger star. Her performance is always...
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The World’s Greatest Song About Vaginas (LISTEN)
Awkwafina inspects an inferior vag UPDATE: I probably should’ve mentioned that this song is a response to Mickey Avalon’s “My Dick,” which is referenced in the stories I link to below. And until I...
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Eddie Murphy’s Crazy Music Video With Michael Jackson (WATCH)
This really happened. It’s been almost exactly twenty years since Eddie Murphy and Michael Jackson unleashed “Whatzupwitu,” one of the weirdest, most terrible-yet-wonderful songs of the 90s. The title...
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Logo NewNowNext Award Nominee ‘The Americans’ is Basically Queer TV
No completely straight show would give us this. When I say that FX’s The Americans, which you can vote for in this year’s NewNextAwards, is basically a queer TV show, I don’t mean that I’m expecting...
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