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Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:23 PM PST


Great Musical Moments in Reality TV: Austin Scarlett Makes a Muppet Video
I'm not really sure how to set this one up, except to point out the obvious fact that fashion + Muppets + reality television = all sorts of awesome. This week, puppet fashionista Miss Piggy, most recently seen playing the plus-sized fashion editor of French Vogue in The Muppets, was the guest judge on "Project [...]

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:36 PM PST


Two Teens Wrote The Book On Justin Bieber Fandom For Charity
The teen and tween girl population may be one of the most powerful forces on the planet. I personally would rather face a stampeding herd of raptors than get between a screaming crowd of fangirls and their celebrity crush du jour. But two Justin Bieber fans took the pop singer's frighteningly strong fan draw and [...]

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST


Much Love for 'At Last'
Legendary singer Etta James passed away on Friday morning at the age of 73 due to complications from leukemia. Following the news, Web interest in her signature song, "At Last," hit high notes in the Yahoo! search box (+308% in one hour) and quickly became a top trend on Twitter.

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST


American Idol, The Day After: Pittsburgh Auditions Dish
Last night, "American Idol" headed to Pittsburgh, the city of champions, and some potential Season 11 champions were in the mix for sure. The hour-long episode was positively packed with great auditions (and only one bad audition, which wasn't even THAT bad)...thus leaving me, and my "Day After" co-host Matt Whitfield, feeling excited and energized [...]

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST


The Not-So-Good, the Bad, and the Grabby: This Week's Worst 'Idol' Auditions
"American Idol's 11th season kicked off this week, and already there's been grumbling in the Twitterverse/blogosphere that there haven't been enough trainwreck auditions. Where are this year's William Hungs, Larry Platts, Big Bird Ladies? In fact, Thursday's episode, in Pittsburgh, only featured one reject during the entire hour (while 38 legitimate Pittsburgh singers made it through).

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:08 AM PST


The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Johnny Otis, the Godfather of R&B
Johnny Otis, who has died aged 90, was the Greek-American bandleader who pioneered a style of Rhythm & Blues in California — and launched (or relaunched) the careers of half a dozen R&B superstars in the process. John Morthland heard Johnny's fascinating story for Creem back in the fall of 1971——Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's [...]

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:08 AM PST


The Rock's Backpages Flashback: "Soul Punk" Etta James
Etta James was the red-hot R&B mama who bounced back from drug addiction to became a living legend. Her death from leukemia has silenced one of the toughest voices in American soul. NME's Cliff White talked to her the summer of 1978, when she had just been touring with admirers the Rolling Stones——Barney Hoskyns, Editorial [...]