Daft Punk's highly anticipated new album Random Access Memories will be released May 21. However, fans may not be able to contain themselves to get to the French duo's new album. Maybe one of the most highly anticipated albums of 2013 has been marketed beautifully by Daft Punk and Columbia Records. With plenty of secrecy surrounding the band's album and rumored tour, they have released teaser's during "Saturday Night Live" and preview video's via "The Collaborators" video series. With a preview also featured at Coachella recently, the band's promotion has hit a whole new level. They recently at down with Rolling Stone magazine to give fans some interesting news surrounding their 2013 plans. Read More »
NBC's "The Voice" finished up their season 4 blind auditions last week and Monday night Shakira and Usher got their first taste of the battle rounds. In this next round of competition, contestants are pitted against each other with only one moving on. Each coach gets two steals which they can use to take a singer from one of the other coach's battle round losers. Each coach also brings on a celebrity mentor for their team. Adam Levin chose Lady Antebellum's lead singer Hillary Scott, Blake Shelton chose Sheryl Crow, Shakira has Joel Madden, and Usher's team mentor is Pharrell Williams. Read More »
Last night's "Monday Night Raw" took place in Greenville, South Carolina from the Bi Lo Center. The April 15 "Raw" is WWE's first show since the viral craze of "Fandangoing" began and their new superstar Fandango really started to take off in popularity. We also get to see the return of Brock Lesnar and C.M. Punk as well as Ryback's reason for attacking John Cena last week. Read More »
Season 16 of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" continued last night with judge Len Goodman's side-by-side challenge. The remaining dancers had to pair up with some returning pros such as Maks Chmerkovskiy, Tristan MacManus, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower and Anna Trebunskaya. Which stars stood up to the challenge Monday night and which failed? Keep reading to find out if comedians D.L. Hughley and Andy Dick were able to save themselves with improved performances. Also, who got near perfect scores Monday night? Was it Zendaya, Kellie Pickler, or Aly Raisman? Read More »
By now you have probably heard of Louisville University guard Kevin Ware. The basketball player became famous instantly, but not for the reasons he would've liked after he suffered a gruesome leg injury on television during the Midwest Regional Final game of the NCAA tournament. The March Madness game was televised on CBS, who had to eventually stop showing replays, because the broken leg injury was so horrific to watch. Ware immediately was trending across the Internet and social media and eventually became the motivation for his Louisville teammates to go on and win the NCAAA National Championship over Michigan just days later. Read More »
Legendary metal band Black Sabbath are about to debut their new single during "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's" season 13 finale on May 15. CBS's long running crime drama has been a big time ratings winner for the network and will give Black Sabbath some mainstream publicity for their new single "End of the Beginning" off their new album 13. This will be Black Sabbath's first album together since 1978. The group is set to go on a world tour and also just unveiled the track list for their album as well as the album's cover art. Read More »
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne have been through a lot together. The 'Crazy Train' singer and reality star wife have been married since 1982. The couple have had their fair share of ups and downs, like any married couple, but they have three children together and have continued with a successful marriage and careers. However, there are rumors their marriage is going through some trouble, with a publication speculating that Ozzy and Sharon are possibly on the verge of divorce. Read More »
Beyonce aka Mrs. Carter is taking over the music world and showing other artists how to grow their own personal brands as a spokesperson for commerical products. Beyonce not only is launching her "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour today (April 15) in Belgrade, Serbia, but the singer is a high profile spokesperson for various brands including Pepsi and H&M. You probably have already seen the Pepsi commercials featuring Beyonce and Timbaland's "Grown Woman" single in the company's "Live for NOW" campaign. Now Beyonce is featured as the new face of clothing brand H&M's summer swimwear collection. Read More »
Kmart decided to go the humor and viral video route in their latest marketing campaign. Their 35 second video which has gone viral on YouTube, is a bit edgy, but also uses social media to market their commercial for them. The video titled, "Ship My Pants" has been a huge success on the Internet, but it remains to be seen if it translates into more sales for the national store. While some feel the "ship my pants" play on words is sophomoric and gross, others think it's not only a humorous video, but a great marketing idea. Read More »
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber may not be a couple anymore, but they are both dominating the music headlines. Bieber has been the talk of the town with all the drama surrounding his behavior off the stage. Meanwhile, Gomez has been making a number of headlines with her music. Gomez has a new single "Come and Get It" she just performed on the MTV Movie Awards, a 2013 world tour, and a scandalous movie "Spring Breakers" that came out this spring. Let's also not forget the never ending rumor mill surrounding Gomez and Bieber's relationship. Read More »
When your one of the top people in your field you often times will face plenty of criticism from others. This seems to be the case with "Mother Monster" Lady Gaga who recently was dissed by the Yea Yea Yeahs singer Karen Orzolek. This isn't the first time this has happened, as Gaga as been criticized in the past by fellow female performers, including rapper M.I.A.. While Gaga rests up from her hip surgery that resulted in her cancelling her 2013 "Born This Way Ball" tour, she may also have to start avoiding shots form fellow musical artists. Read More »
Could we be seeing the beginning of the Internet's newest dance craze? WWE wrestler Fandango has only been on TV for a couple months and he already is one of the company's most popular wrestlers. However, Fandango may be catapulting himself into mainstream fame with his character after beating Chris Jericho at "WrestleMania 29" in MetLife Stadium. Now, "Fandangoing" to Jim Johnston's "ChaChaLaLa" is catching on everywhere, including the Houston Texans cheerleaders locker room, WWE's "Monday Night Raw" and "Friday Night Smackdown," and other sporting events. Could we be witnessing the next Harlem Shake? Read More »
Season 6 of NBC's "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice" aired another episode Sunday night. This time, the shows craziest remaining celebrity was highlighted. Gary Busey got his chance to shine as the project manager of Team Plan B. Will Donald Trump have to fire his star celebrity if his team loses to Team Power? With Omarosa and Dennis Rodman gone from the show, it's time to put a spotlight on Busey's craziness. Read More »