Aimee Mann's video version of A Christmas Carol features such funny people as Michael Cera, John C. Reilly, John Krasinski, and others. — Videogum Wow, this is geekarific: How to knit Star Wars sabers. — geeksugar It's not new, but that doesn't make it any less wonderful: The Scrubs/Charlie Brown Christmas clip. — Popwatch Why is there no music equivalent term for "jumping the shark"? — Read more

Tuesdays are big in entertainment-ville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. In addition to the selections below, you can download the best of Radiohead (according to whom, I'm not sure) and a new album from The Read more

We're inching closer to the June 3 release of Aimee Mann's next album @#%&! Smilers and I am positively salivating for it. We've already heard one song off the album, "Thirty One Today" and now there's a video of Mann playing another track, "Freeway" at Artists Den. "Freeway" is pretty much exactly what I think of when I think of good, solid Aimee Mann songs. It's got some cynical lyrics set Read more

Seeing as Aimee Mann is one of my all-time favorite musicians, I've been eagerly awaiting her next venture, an album titled @#%&! Smilers that's due to release June 3. Lucky for me, the first single off @#%&! Smilers is online today — and I love it. Called "Thirty One Today," the track has Mann's signature morose-but-lovely quality to it, with lyrics about the sadness of growing older Read more

Popwatch's Michael Slezak hilariously acts out his own episode of America's Next Top Model with the new ANTM dolls. Stereogum found a super funny/awkwardmockumentary video of Aimee Mann trying to get celebrity acts for her Christmas show. My favorite part includes John Krasinski being funny and adorable, as usual. Cinematical lists off the seven worst first dates on film, including ones from Read more

Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to play Joe Namath in a biopic of the star quarterback, Zap2it reports. John Cusack and Gong Li will topline the historical drama Shanghai, teaming up with 1408 director Mikael Hafstrom, writes ComingSoon. Josh Groban's holiday album topped the charts this week, Billboard reports, while Jordin Sparks' debut had the lowest sales numbers for any American Idol Read more

I'm not crazy about the new Rosie Thomas album, These Friends of Mine. It's pleasant enough, but if I want to listen to a good female singer-songwriter, I'd much rather put on some Cat Power (pictured), Aimee Mann, or that old standby, Tapestry by Carole King. So I want to know: What are you favorite albums by girls with guitars? Tell me by using BuzzSugar's cool Buzzworthy feature to bookmark Read more

Rounding up the best movie trailer mash-ups of 2006 — Rolling Stone Daily Remembering animator Joseph Barbera — Popwatch Aimee Mann's rollicking Christmas special gets us in the holiday spirit — Stereogum The Miss USA press conference felt a lot like "The Apprentice" — Tuned In Put your face on a Levi's model's body — Pop Candy Writer dishes about "The Amazing Race" — BuddyTV Score Read more

It's time to break out the macaroni-and-glitter ornaments you made in second grade and plunk a candy cane in your hot cocoa, because Christmas is officially right around the corner. To help you prepare, I've devoted this week's Playlist to Cool Christmas Songs. (Every Monday on BuzzSugar, I'll be posting a themed Playlist, and you guys can tell me what songs you'd choose for the occasion.) My Read more