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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Clay Aiken is Dropped from Yet Another Organization


Votefortheworst.com is reporting that Clay Aiken's charity, The Bubel/Aiken Foundation has recently chosen to drop Aiken. This sounds ironic since Aiken helped to found the charity, hence the name, but the organization has decided to drop him anyway due to disappointing funds received over the past year. Apparently the organization feels that Aiken's name is hurting the charity more than it is helping. First Aiken was dropped by his record label, then his charity, what's next, is Spamalot going to drop him?

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Danny Gokey's Best Friend Makes it to Hollywood Round of American Idol Auditions for the Second Year in a Row


Many people will remember Jamar Rogers, Danny Gokey's BFF, from last year's American Idol. Jamar was an early favorite who received a lot of screen time and was one step away from making into the top 32 until the judges decided to cut him right before the final call. After Rogers was cut last season many fans posted their complaints on the Internet and hoped to see him as a wild card pick. Unfortunately, their dreams did not come true last season. However, this season Jamar Rogers has been given another chance to follow in Gokey's footsteps. Votefortheworst.com is reporting that Jamar Rogers auditioned for season 9 of American Idol in Chicago and has once again made it through to Hollywood round.

Here is a video of Jamar's version of The Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah":

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Jason Castro's Little Brother, Michael Castro, Makes it to Hollywood Round of American Idol Auditions


Some of you may remember Jason Castro's little brother, Michael from last year's audition rounds of American Idol. He appeared to have a lot more attitude than his older brother. Kara called him "cocky" and "ballsy" and Simon questioned whether he was a serious artist or not. I loved his voice, but sadly he did not make the final cut. However, Michael was given a second chance this year, as news just broke that he once again made it to Hollywood round. I hope that this year Michael continues to advance to the top 32.

Here is a video from Michael's audition last year:

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Is Gerald Way's Ex the next Adam Lambert?


According to Votefortheworst.com, Gerald Way from My Chemical Romance,'s ex girlfriend, Eliza Siep, also known (especially on the Internet) as Eliza Cuts, had been all the buzz at the Chicago American Idol audition for season 9. The singer reportedly has been spending a lot of time with the producers and has had been filmed excessively. She is being compared to Adam Lambert, and well, if you look at her Myspace pictures, it's not hard to see why.

Check out her Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/elizacutsonlyrealmyspace

I found a video on youtube, check it out. I personally don't see her as being a great singer, but then again I'm a bit distracted by her hideous clown dress.

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Kelli Pickler and Kid Rock: A Match Made in Hell


Votefortheworst.com is reporting that Kid Rock is dating fellow country star Kelli Pickler. The couple met last year after performing a series of USO councerts together. Apparently the couple has been seen all over Nashville together. If this is true, which I pray it isn't, it must be the strangest couple in history.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

R.I.P....




This week has proven to be a bad week to be a celebrity. In the past 2 days there has been 3 celebrity deaths. Yesterday afternoon Sky Saxon, front man of the 60's garage band The Seeds, passed away. It is unknown what he died from, but it is believed that he died from an internal organ infection. He was in his 60's.

This morning Farrah Fawcett died after battling cancer for 3 years. She is best known for playing a role in Charlie's Angels in the 70's. She was 62 years old.

And finally, this afternoon Michael Jackson died after suffering from Cardiac Arrest.Jackson's health has been deteriorating for years, but his death came as a shock as his health appeared to be stable in recent months and Jackson even planned to go on tour. He is known for his work in The Jackson 5 along with producing his own hit singles.

All of the celebrities will be missed and always remembered. Thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of all of the above names.

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Another "Idol" Dream Girl?


American Idol 7 contestant, Syesha Mercado has just landed a role playing Deena Jones in the touring play-version of Dream Girls. A play is virtually the same thing as a Broadway musical, so this basically means Mercado will never have a successful singing career, but instead will become a theatrical actress like 90% of former American Idol contestants.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Facebook...Coming to a Theatre Near You?


A few months back I blogged about the rumor that Twitter would become a television show, however it turned out to be nothing more than a rumor.

However, Facebook is really going to become a movie, which I'm sure will be just as stupid.

The movie will be called The Social Network and it will be about how Facebook was formed and how it blossomed into a major social network, duh.

I'm not exactly sure how this can be stretched into a movie, but I'm also not eager to find out.

I have a feeling that this will turn into a total and complete Epic-FAIL.

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The Stupidest Way to Die...


is by electrocuting yourself by twittering while taking a shower.

Stupid, but apparently it happens. The Vibe, Socialvibe.com's official blog, is reporting that a 17 year old girl from Romania recently died after plugging in a phone charger with a wet hand so that she could log on to her twitter account and "tweet" while taking a bath.

This would have to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of in all my life.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Assault Charges


The Chris Brown/Rhianna case went to court today. Brown received a plea bargain after pleading guilty. He was sentenced to 180 days of community labor in Virginia along with 5 years of felony probation and a 50-yard restraining order from Rhianna (but if they are at the same public event together it is only a 10-yard restraining order). In addition, Brown will have to attend domestic violence classes. If Brown violates his probation he will be sentenced to up to 4 years in prison. Sounds harsh, but considering the damage he did, I still don't think it's harsh enough. He deserves jail time.

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Is Will.I.Am following in Chris Brown's Footsteps?



According to TMZ.Com, Celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton was assaulted at Toronto's Much Music Awards last night by Will.I.Am and his body guards. He stated via Twitter that he was bleeding and in need of police to follow a report, however, the police are investigating the Black Eyed Peas manager instead. Will.I.Am denied the incident, leaving Perez to make an angry video, which calls the performer a liar and states that Perez has many witnesses to the incident.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Ugliest Tattoo in the World?


A teenage girl recently got 56 stars tattooed on her face. Not only is the quite possibly the ugliest work of tattoo art I've ever seen, but it also resulted in the girl's boyfriend dumping her and the girl filing a bogus lawsuit claiming that she "fell asleep" while she was being inked and the tattoo artist "misunderstood" her. The girl claims that she only asked for three stars to be tattooed on her face, however, the artist insists she wanted 56, and a witness has also stated that the girl asked for 56. The tattoo artist has agreed to pay for the removal of half of the tattoos, which would still leave the girl with 28 stars on her face and still make her look atrocious. Yeah, good luck with that law suit, Star Gazer.

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