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To Actresses on the Brink of 40: Go Bad or Go Home

Playing evil is more fun than playing good anyway, right?

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The 2013 Grammy Awards played it safe and got it wrong

If the Grammy Awards are indeed 'Music's Biggest Night,' then it's no wonder that the industry itself is in so much trouble. Despite the Academy's best efforts in recent years to draw the "alternative" music fan into the mainstream self-congratulatory love fest that is the Grammys -- even going so f ... More >>

2012 Film Critics' Poll

The critics' picks from best film to best performers

Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias at Target Center, 8/1/2012

Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias with Frankie JTarget Center, MinneapolisWednesday, August 1, 2012See Also: Slideshow: Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias at the Target CenterA couple of Latin musicians whose personal lives are more interesting than their musical lives took over Target Center on ... More >>

Target won't stock gay R&B star Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, cites "guest demand"

See Also:Lady Gaga dumps Target over anti-gay donationsTarget coverage on BlotterFrank Ocean has just released arguably the hottest R&B album of the year in Channel Orange, but don't go looking for it at your local Target store. The Minnesota-based chain has unwisely decided not to stock the tit ... More >>

Summer movie preview

A look ahead at the season's hottest films

Weird Al Yankovic at State Theatre, 5/3/2012

Weird Al YankovicState Theatre, MinneapolisThursday, May 3, 2012Can anyone make the accordion look sexy? One man certainly can. With a production crew, band, and a collection of songs that spans 30-plus years in tow, Weird Al Yankovic shared with Minneapolis his comedic brand of parody music after s ... More >>

Volume 1: Through the Lens of Music Photographer Rob Shanahan

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Summer movie guide 2011

Harry Potter, Cars 2, and more

Buddy Holly tribute album brings together Fiona Apple, Black Keys, Paul McCartney, more

​Well isn't this just precious. A slew of indie darlings have joined Lou Reed, Patti Smith and even a former Beatle to pay homage to influential early rock 'n' roller Buddy Holly on new tribute album Rave on Buddy Holly, which is streaming in its entirety today over at NPR. Holly was only 22 years ... More >>

Taylor Swift shoots 'em up and Shania Twain falls hard at the CMT Awards

Photo courtesy of Rick Diamond/Getty Images ​Country music fans were abuzz last night about the CMT Music Awards, but not necessarily on account of the winners.

Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias coming to Xcel July 6

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Top 10 Country Breakups

​On this day in country music history, Bob Dylan brought about the dissolution of one of the most influential bluegrass bands of all time. Well, that might be an overstatement. Read on.

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Meek's Cutoff among the films to watch for in 2011

Also, Scorsese drops 3-D bomb with Hugo Cabaret

The Week That Was: Wyclef v. Bieber, Talib Kweli returns, N.E.R.D.'s self-canonization

​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

Michael Jackson/Akon duet "Hold My Hand" less fake than "Breaking News" but bogus nonetheless

​So is the jury actually still out on whether "Breaking News" was fake or partially fake? Gimme Noise never had any doubts about its veracity: fake, fake, fake, and a C-side quality tune besides. One could argue that it was actually a not-so-clever parody of the "fuck the media for picking on poor ... More >>

A modest proposal for putting faded pop stars out to pasture

​Phil Collins is marginally famous for being the drummer/singer for Genesis, a UK outfit initially known for immersive prog-rock epics like Trespass and Selling England By The Pound, until they sold out and went commercial. He is slightly more well-known for contributing to Disney film soundtracks ... More >>

Kanye West flips cocktail party guest list into overloaded, blah single

​If there's a Guinness record for "most pop artists performing on a pop single," it's probably held by "We Are The World" or its lame-ass sequel from earlier this year. But "All of the Lights" - the fourth single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - boasts a longer and more random guest list t ... More >>

Katy Perry shoots fireworks from her boobs, Kesha's "Sleazy," and we wonder why

Not what it looks like​Two of pop's most reviled (by critics) and popular (to people somewhere) ladies released some content this week. Kesha's "Sleazy" leaked today, while Katy Perry released a new video for her song "Firework." So different in mien, so similar in milieu; so where in the 'tw ... More >>

American Idol auditions destined to make Idol franchise, judges seem even longer in the tooth

​Somewhere, right now, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler, and Jennifer Lopez are listening to some Glee-adoring teenage outcast absolutely slaughter a Lady Gaga standard and wondering - maybe not so much Jackson, but definitely the other two - "what am I doing here, and what the hell happened to my bril ... More >>

Top five musical idols who need to drop autobiographical tell-alls, stat

​Chin-stroking musos everywhere were stoked to learn that next week's issue of Rolling Stone will include an excerpt from Life, the long-awaited, drug- and debacle-soaked memoir from storied Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. This in a season that will already see the release of stocking-stu ... More >>

Taylor Swift inks deal with Target

Screengrab via TwitPicTaylor Swift and Target: Kissing the dog means inking a deal. ​We know what Taylor Swift saw from the stage last month at the Target Center, and now we know her performance in front of Big Red's army had an even bigger upside than a quick paycheck. Swift has signed a dea ... More >>

Miranda Lambert leads CMA nominations; Carrie Underwood scratches, yawns

Photo by Nikki Miller​This week, The Country Music Association announced the last of its nominations for the 2010 CMA Awards, set to air live on Wednesday, November 10th on ABC with Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood returning as hosts for the third consecutive year. The awards, voted on by ind ... More >>

Taylor Swift, John Legend schmooze with Target's Bullseye [PHOTOS]

Via TwitPicTaylor Swift gives Bullseye a kiss​Taylor Swift, John Legend, Keith Urban, Enrique Iglesias Charice and other A-list artists added some star power to Target Corp's annual national company meeting yesterday at the Target Center. Backstage, Swift and Legend schmoozed with Bullseye, t ... More >>

Critic's Picks

Lady Gaga Vision

The Top 9 sellingoutest musicians in pop history

​ Proudly gay pop icon Elton John last month played Rush Limbaugh's most recent wedding, obviously bringing into question Elton's valuation of morals over-- do we really need to spell this out for you? Bottom line is it was a sellout for the record books. Here's some other sad cases of how th ... More >>

Weekend movie guide: See it or flee it?

You've got 10 bucks and two hours, and you don't want to waste any of it. We can help.

Jimmy2Times' Dre Day Mixtape: 'Mothership Connection' (MP3)

Jimmy2Times gets us in the Dre Day spirit with a new mix featuring Dre, Snoop, NWA, Lady of Rage and more.

"We Are The World" remake debuts, means well, mostly underwhelms

Somebody should have just written a new song from scratch and called it anything else.

"We Are The World" remake cast is beyond random

You go to war with the military you have, I guess.

The Decemberists, Dave Matthews, many more record music for Haiti

Many sites are offering free, exclusive music in exchange for Haiti donations.

Mall of America's music: Top-drawing acts since 2002

Over the past decade, bubble gum pop stars from Taylor Swift to Mariah Carey drew crowds as large as 15,000 people to the mall's rotunda.

The Year in Music: America's worst verses

The most unintentionally hilarious lyrics of 2009

Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Superbowl XLIII: The 10 biggest sports moments of the '00s

Counting down the 10 most interesting events in the last 10 years of athletics

Brett Favre is America: Seattle Insider Responds

Life is tough for a Favre fan in the city of Frasier Crane.

Brett Favre is America

A Seattle television reporter shows his true colors.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Brett Favre's jersey already best-selling in NFL

In just a couple weeks, No. 4 has shot up to the top of the sales charts.

Beyonce at the Target Center: She said

At one point Beyonce somersaulted over the audience in a trapeze before being lowered onto a stage in the center of the room. Spectacle!

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Stevie Wonder's performance at Jacko's memorial proved highlight

Jackson's daughter moved everyone else, but it was Stevie Wonder's performance that moved us.

Jimmy2Times' Michael Jackson tribute mix! (MP3)

A great way to remember the icon. Download it here free.

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Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy, Lady Sovereign, King Khan & the Shrines, and more