Monday, January 26, 2009

President Obama: Rock Star!

President Obama: Rock Star!

"Entertainment Weekly" has dubbed Barack Obama President Rock Star -- and declared he's bigger than Brangelina and Beyoncé!




Senate passes bill to delay digital TV switch (Reuters)

Reuters - The Senate passed a bill on Monday to delay the nationwide switch to digital TV signals, giving consumers nearly four more months to prepare.




Waiting for a Star to Fall

Jessica Simpson's star continues to fall as she performs at the 24th annual Chili Cook Off at CB Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Florida.




Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' planned for the stage (AP)

AP - "Thriller" a Broadway musical?




Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand Top New Music Releases

Bruce is still working on that dream. Hot on the heels of his Inauguration appearances, Bruce Springsteen releases the aptly titled Working on a Dream. Recorded with the E Street Band, Working on a Dream features 12 new songs, plus bonus track, "The Wrestler," the song Bruce wrote and recorded for the movie of the same name. (The song that won the Golden Globe, but was tragically not even nominated for an Oscar last week.) While writing and recording Magic, Springsteen found he had enough material to begin filling a new album. And thus, Working on a Dream was born. Here's Bruce performing the title track at an Obama rally this fall.




ABC Puts Ugly Betty on Hold

Betty will be benched in order to bring back Samantha Who? and new comedy In the Motherhood




Miss America's Oddly Unphotogenic Head

Someone has to say it. I wasn't going to bring this up, because I already said everything I had to say about the Miss America competition. But the pictures of the 2009 winner, the former Miss Indiana, Katie Stam, hit my inbox this morning and I noticed something odd. This perfectly lovely young lady seems to be suffering from an affliction we call "Five Head." Witness the expansive forehead:




Dakota's grown-up offer

The former child star has been offered a role in "Twilight," but she still has not accepted.