This has been the worst - the WORST - season for pop music I can remember.

What a cruel irony that the song I find the most deliciously odd and challenging of the fall comes courtesy of Chris Brown & Co ("I Can Transform Ya"). Granted, I credit this more to its producer Swizz Beatz, but STILL.

FUCK RIHANNA'S PRODUCTION/MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH A RUSTY SPEAR. What an embarrassing betrayal of her aesthetic. Never should a female pop artist be forced into creating what is essentially a drippy response album to her very unfortunately public personal life. A gross, SHAMEFUL mishandling of her strengths.

I'M SO MAD. I haven't been so mad at music as I am at this fall maybe EVER. Jay, Cudi, Ri, THEY ALL SHALL FALL. I need the Clipse album rightthissecond to wash the taste of saccharine-ballad mold from my mouth.

The robot community frowns on your shenanigans, Robyn Fenty. You are ex-communicated.

(P.S. I can't post about this right now because I will ACTUALLY CRY, but on top of it being a remarkably disheartening month/season for me with regards to my favorite genre, the fact that Justin wrote the worst song on this album is the third strike for him over the past few weeks with me. The worst feeling in the entire world is questioning the biggest inspiration in your life.)

Shantaram Shelved

The film adaptation of the bestselling book, 'Shantaram', which was due to feature the dual talents of Hollywood's Johnny Depp and the Bollywood legend, Amitabh Bachchan, has been shelved, Bachchan told me in a flying visit to London this week. The New York-based film director, Mira Nair, who has won plaudits at the Cannes Film Festival for such acclaimed films as 'Salaam Bombay!' and 'Monsoon Wedding', had enlisted both actors for the film adaptation, announced two years ago. But Bachchan said she had phoned him to tell him the whole project had been "shelved". He said: "She didn't say why but she just told me that it was shelved." 'Shantaram' was to be based on the book by Gregory David Roberts, which tells the story of an escaped Australian convict who travels through continents and ends up in Mumbai's underworld. Nair had cast Depp in the lead role in the film with Bachchan agreeing to play the Mumbai-based gangster called Kader Bhai who becomes Depp's mentor and father figure. ( Read more... )

South Park is best known for its dark, politically incorrect humor, but Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park seem to environmentally correct, at least for some part of it. The duo recently gave the world a peek at their Colorado Gateway retreat. The retreat is built in an environmentally friendly, sustainable way.

Built by a firm called Trilogy Partners, the home has a number of sustainable parts to show off. Exterior siding and interior flooring for the home is made of reclaimed wood, it has recycled carpeting, and the beams supporting the ceiling had their previous life at a railroad trestle.

Energy efficient systems are also at work in the home, with high-efficiency boiler systems, energy-efficient insulation, and radiating heating that can be shut off for unoccupied zones. The huge house of course has a lot of environment friendliness to show, though it may not actually be all that green considering it is used only for a few days in the year, and the big house would be an energy sucker when occupied. But then it is built sustainably, and that’s a good start.

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Here are some Tuneful Tributes. Tuneful Tributes are songs written about various celebs and are inspired by one man's undying adoration for the songs' subjects. Below are a few choice songs about some ONTD faves.


Britney Spears Song

( More of these instant classics )

If you just can't get enough Tuneful Tributes and need more, check out the official Tuneful Tributes YouTube for songs about many more celebs.

Post your fave celeb tributes in the comments ONTD!

Lights on at Printemps



WHERE THERE’S SMOKE: Traffic came to a standstill on Boulevard Haussmann Thursday night as the newly refurbished Art Nouveau department store Printemps became the venue of a pyrotechnic show to inaugurate its Russian-themed Christmas displays.

Natalia Vodianova switched on the façade's lights and then attended a cocktail party hosted by Printemps chief executive Paolo de Cesare. But the Russian model didn’t linger too long, blaming the busy schedule awaiting her the next day. “I have a fitting for my third Etam collection, and I am also shooting a campaign with Givenchy,” she said, pointing at her navy blue trouser suit by Givenchy.

Ahead of new fundraising activities for her children’s charity, Naked Heart Foundation,in the New Year, Vodianova said she plans to take time off with her family during the holiday season. “I have found a new vacation home in Uruguay and I am going to spend a month there with my children,” she said.

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and to make this weak tea post more enticing, here are a bunch of pictures of Natalia's breasts. NSFW OBVIOUSLY.

[21] A Very Potter Musical
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( WHAT THE HELL IS A HUFFLEPUFF? )

After watching this interview of Gabby Sidibe on Conan last night I am SO SURE she is an ONTDer. OR at least she must know one. She is SUPER funny, super cool and casual, and loves nsync. She even stood outside TRL studios back in the day!

(btw the interview starts a little shaky but then gets amazing)


IF YOU KNOW GABBY

OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HER

PLEASE LET HER KNOW ONTD LOVES HER. OR I DO AT LEAST LOL


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no I am not her friend Crystal
no I have not seen Precious yet but I have been meaning to

I would like to nominate her for Princess of ONTD.

Review from her Melbourne show:



Lets start by getting one thing straight. Rebekah Devlin, who started what quickly developed into Britney-gate this week in Australia, clearly got it very, very wrong. At the Britney Spears show tonight at Rod Laver Arena, there were no mass walk-outs, there were no disgruntled fans and the audience was genuinely entertained.

Just for the record, I am not a Britney fan but ‘Circus’ is a very good show. Forget the “but she mimes” argument. It is irrelevant for Britney. She is a popstar. She has never pretended to be a serious musical act like Radiohead. She is what she is and has never denied it.

( I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins )

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Sean Garrett (co-producer of Toy Soldier) writing for Brit, RiRi and Gaga


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Brit's iPhone app hits the stores Monday! Anyone know the deets?

Shia LaBeouf looks serious as he takes an iPod and cancer stick break during
Wall Street 2 filming in New York City on Friday (November 13).
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A pretty incredible twist in the death of DJ AM (aka Adam Goldstein) ... The company that chartered the plane carrying DJ AM that crashed in South Carolina is now being sued for wrongful death because "the crash ultimately caused Adam Goldstein's death."

The amended suit in L.A. County Superior Court notes DJ AM was forced to take various drugs as a result of the burns he suffered, along with the emotional distress.

In addition to Clay Lacy Aviation, DJ AM's estate is suing the travel service, Goodyear Tire, Learjet and the estates of the two pilots who were killed in the crash.

Ultimately DJ AM's death was caused by a combination of various prescription drugs, along with cocaine.

The upshot ... the drugs were the direct result of the crash.

We also know DJ AM became intensely fearful of flying and began taking drugs to calm his nerves when he flew.

UPDATE: A Clay Lacy Aviation rep just told TMZ, "...Clay Lacy Aviation did not own or operate the aircraft involved." Translation -- not our fault.


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I really hate when people sue over the death of a loved one. Money will not bring them back. Sure...you'll have a million dollars but the person is still dead....

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( Who's on Top? )


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Lindsay @ Rebecca Minkoff Hosts In-Store Event At Satine (11/13)


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Can Sam Worthington suck in Twilight fans?

The girls who long for the vampire to come into their room at night and devour their necks with passion. The boyish, foundation and eyeliner look of Hollywood's vampire, far removed from hunchback, balled, monstrous Nosferatu is what psychologists describe as a bridge to adult female sexuality. It’s a bridge because of the boyish image, coaxing young girls into the realm, being attracted to masculinity via a more androgynous figure. It is like a bridge, a transition. Like Zac Efron, Donny Osmond, boy bands, Leonardo DiCaprio etc, the teen idol is what covers the wall of a young girls bedroom, not Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sly Stallone. This concept of the young, handsome and androgynous teen idol is not a new concept and happens consistently.

You wont find body builders or football players (except for David Beckham) on these posters. Jake Sully is an all round handsome young man and when he becomes his AVATAR he is somewhat beautified. He makes a transition to a more androgynous being, almost supernatural. No facial hair, new exotic markings, slender figure and big wide eyes. Could this element of the film have a similar effect to the young female audience that has occurred with Twilight? This is after all a romance as well as actioner. He will exhibit characteristics of a hero but his image could have as strong effect as the female character Neytiri is having on the male geek audience, which is plugged into this production, and experiencing geekasms as we speak.

I don’t think this is the core of the films appeal, unlike Twilight, but is an element amongst many to help this film cover all the bases. This was called Project 880 and was designed to have a wide appeal. The young girl market is huge. Cameron's experience with TITANIC would have taught him a lot about audiences, in that the audience was almost the entire cinema going public and he would no doubt have analyzed what happened. Back then, Leonardo DiCaprio was the idol on the wall in young girls bedrooms.

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More or less your typical Friday, with CBS taking the night overall with adults 18-49 and with overall viewers. Ghost Whisperer was the night’s highest-rated program with a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating.

( You know the drill. )

TV by the Numbers



Thank you for validating my ship, Law & Order.

While it’s certainly a possibility that both shows will be renewed, the question at hand is which show is more likely to be renewed? I could be cowardly and push and say that they are equally likely. But if I have to pick one, it’s “Heroes,” and not exclusively just because the relative rankings (and color coding) in the Renew/Cancel Index.

Crazy tinfoil hat wearing “Fringe” fanboys who want to call me a hater please note, I am still watching “Fringe!” I am not still watching “Heroes!” But the question isn’t “which show am I more likely to watch?”

( Cancel Heroes, NBC. )

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This is definitely something to post while I'm waiting for the Friday ratings. ♥