Daily Archives: November 17, 2008

Joe On The Jonas Brothers’ Style

Posted on November 17, 2008 by popdirt

ITN Music has highlights from the show at the 77kids by American Eagle concert at The Roxy in West Hollywood on Friday night (November 14). They spoke with the sibling pop group and the celebrity fans attending the show – Melissa Joan Hart and Jenny McCarthy. Joe Jonas spoke about the group’s personal style, saying, “I think it’s kind of a ’70s, ’80s kind of rock influenced style, thrown with a runway of what’s here today, and we kind of clash the both of them and see what we come up with.”

Video at YouTube has since been removed.

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VV Brown Goes Bowling

Posted on November 17, 2008 by popdirt

appeared on the C4 show ‘Freshly Squeezed’, visiting a bowling alley with some friends and discussing her single ‘Crying blood’. “It was written on my one string guitar, because I was really broke,” she said. “I’m not really a guitarist, so I took off all the strings and just had the bass note, and I used my nail varnish to show the fingerings.” VV added that she wanted to create the contradiction of sad lyrics and an upbeat melody, because otherwise it’s cliché. Watch the video, including VV bowling a strike, below.

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Tyler Hilton ‘Boots Of Spanish Leather’ Ft. Alexa Dirks

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posted a cover of the Bob Dylan song ‘Boots Of Spanish Leather’, joined by his good friend Alexa Dirks from the band Chic Gamine, over at his YouTube channel. Watch it below.

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Enrique Iglesias Performs ‘Away’ On ‘Today’

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talked to ‘Today’ show co-host Amy Robach about his new ‘Greatest Hits’ album and then performed a new track off the disc, ‘Away’. Asked out the new songs compare to the hits, Enrique said, “They’re a little bit different, which is good. It feels good to promote a ‘Greatest Hits’ album with new stuff.” Enrique hoped that ‘Away’ was “that special special song”, and added that his girlfriend Anna Kournikova was doing good. Watch the brief interview and performance, aired Friday (November 14), below.

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Carson Daly & Damien Fahey Discuss ‘TRL’ Finale On ‘Today’

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Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford of the ‘Today’ show talked to Carson Daly, the original host of MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’, and its final host, Damien Fahey, about the end of the show. Asked if it was hard to take over for Carson in 2003, Damien admitted, “It was extremely difficult. Although in my head I tried not to really think about it too much. It was extremely difficult to take over for him and I always watched him and say, ‘He’s so calm. That’s gonna be easy.’” Watch the segment, aired Friday (November 14), below.

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Lance Bass Surprised To Still Be In ‘Dancing With The Stars’

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posted his latest diary on UsMagazine.com as he continues to compete in ‘Dancing with the Stars’, resuming tonight on ABC. Lance tells readers:

I was really surprised we made it through to the semi-finals, because I thought we were going home last week. Len [Goodman] gave us the lowest score out of all the couples, and he really influences how viewers vote. He basically tells America if we’re good or bad. When he gave me a 7, I thought it was over. Getting voted through just tells me that the fans really want to see us stay. I know I’m not the best dancer in the world, but I finally feel like everyone’s for me now, instead of against me.

The full story at usmagazine.com has since been removed.

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Shayne Ward Apologizes For Missing Children In Need

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updated fans on his blog at MySpace on Monday (November 17) after being unable to attend the BBC Children in Need 2008 charity broadcast over the weekend. ‘The X Factor’ season two winner tells readers:

I would like to apologize to all of my fans in Northern Ireland for not being able to attend Children In Need on Friday night. I was unable to attend as I had a commitment in England which unfortunately clashed time-wise and I was unable to make it back to Northern Ireland in time. I even tried to get a helicopter last minute to rush across for the end but I was told that they couldn’t fly, believe me I tried everything!!

I hope to see you all soon at my Irish dates over Christmas. I will make it up to all of you and we’ll have a great night at the shows!

Love to you all

Shayne x

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James Morrison Kicks Off Tour In Norwich

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updated fans on his blog at MySpace on Monday (November 17), after performing the first date in support of his new album ‘Songs for You, Truths for Me’ at the University of East Anglia on Sunday night in Norwich, England. The singer songwriter tells readers:

So, back on tour, it’s been a while. First date was Norwich UEA, a venue I’d played 2 years ago but returning made it feel like yesterday. A really good gig, nice and sweaty, not too big.

I was really nervous because it was the first one and Martin Harley had played a great set to open the night.

The crowd were really up for it and there was a great mix of people… even though there were two really tall guys with beards who looked really intense.

Anyway, I think everyone loved it.

I managed to forget some of the lyrics but everyone seemed to find it as funny as I did, so no harm done.

Check out the full post here.

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Jada Respond To National Anthem NFL Network Beeping

Posted on November 17, 2008 by popdirt

checked in with fans on their blog at MySpace on Monday (November 17), after last week’s performance of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, aired on the NFL Network, and apparently with some technical issues. The Boston girl group tells readers:

So as most of you know we sang the National Anthem at the Patriots vs. Jets game Thursday night. It was awesome! The crowd was super excited which only made it that much better for us cause they went crazy at the end of the anthem. I don’t even know why we keep singing at the end cause the crowd is so loud that nobody can even hear us anyway! Just Sayin’!

It was supposed to rain like all night but it held out for us, woohoo! That would’ve been interesting with us holding umbrella’s while we sing the anthem.

Anyway, after we sang and we got back into the dressing room we all had like a million texts from people who say us on TV. And then we found out that apparently there was some weird technical difficulties that made that bleeping noise while we were singing. You know that bleeping noise that they use when people are swearing and they aren’t aloud to say those words on TV. Well now there are people assuming that we were swearing during the national anthem!! Come on people! Some individuals have even gone as far as saying that we are ‘Anti-American,’ now if that’s not ridiculous I really don’t know what is. Lol!

Check out the beeping below.

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Justin Timberlake & Esmee Denters Team Up On Charity Single

Posted on November 17, 2008 by popdirt

MySpace Music and are teaming up to raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children, selling a track from the former *NSYNC star’s recent concert, “ and Friends, a Special Evening Benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children,” which took place the Planet Hollywood Resort Theatre for the Performing Arts. MySpace users can purchase the song ‘Follow My Lead’, featuring , as well as watch video footage and interviews from the concert on November 18th.

“Since the launch of our new music offering, artists have been finding new ways to utilize the tools available to them and really reach out and express themselves,” said Josh Brooks, VP of Marketing for MySpace Music. “Justin is so passionate about this cause and we are thrilled to offer him the opportunity to spread that passion to his more than one million fans on MySpace. He is without a doubt one of today’s most talented and innovative artists and we look forward to working with him on upcoming projects.”

‘Follow My Lead’ will be available to purchase on MySpace Music for the next three months. Listen to a stream of the track at myspace.com/justintimberlake.

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