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What to Download: New Music Today

BuzzSugar — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:30:17 -0700

Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores. So I take a spin through each week's music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download.

Goodbye girl: You may have caught Kristinia DeBarge's "Goodbye" - which uses "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" as a hook - on a Nivea commercial. Or maybe you know of her lineage (her father was in the '80s group DeBarge), her gig opening for Britney Spears, or even her stint on the reality show American Juniors. However you've heard of her, DeBarge is out to make a name for herself today with Exposed. I wonder which songs will be breakout hits with the Britney audience? My bets would be "Future Love" and the danceable "Sabotage."

Don't panic: With or without their exclamation point (apparently they're currently going with it), Panic! At the Disco have been regulars on the emo/pop/punk stage for a few years now. The group's been going through some tough times recently - particularly the departure of founding member Ryan Ross - but the remaining guys are still trucking. Today, they're back with "New Perspective," a single that will also be featured on the Jennifer's Body soundtrack. Already, it's provoked quite a response from fans, with some saying it gives them hope that Panic! can continue on and others calling it a departure from the sound they once loved.

Two more downloads worth checking out if you read more.

Your new guilty pleasure? I appreciate that Ashley Tisdale seems to know exactly where her music fits on the spectrum: Her new album, Guilty Pleasure, pretty much says as much in the title. Tisdale's second album finds her once again stepping out from behind her High School Musical character and trying to make pop music all her own. I found myself chair-dancing despite myself to "Hot Mess" and I could imagine "Masquerade" turning up on a CW show's soundtrack this Fall.

Sweet sounds: Owl City's Ocean Eyes hits stores everywhere today after a few weeks as an exclusive iTunes download, and speaking of songs that could turn up on TV show soundtracks, I'd bet this is an album full of them. "The Bird and the Worm" is almost absurdly catchy and cute, while tracks like "The Tip of the Iceberg" bury the vocals (and the smart if occasionally elementary lyrics) under more electronics and fuzz.

Ashley Tisdale As the Teen Witch? Who Should "Top That"?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:35:09 -0700

OK, putting aside for a moment how much I so thoroughly can't imagine Teen Witch being palatable outside of the 1980s - even more so than most of the remakes being done these days - I am curious about the casting for it. Apparently, High School Musical's Ashley Tisdale may take on the role of Louise Miller, "the unpopular girl who discovers that she's a descendant of witches - and possesses powers" in a remake of the 1989 flick.

The original Louise Miller was played by Robyn Lively, and if they have to move forward with this project, why not keep it in the family and cast Robyn's sister, Blake Lively of Gossip Girl? At least that would be sort of funny. Or something.

However, there's a bigger question at hand: Who will play Louise's rap-happy best girlfriend? If you're unsure of what this role entails, please, for the love of all things holy, watch the "Top That" clip from Teen Witch after the jump. You may never be the same again.

To check it out (thanks to Giggle!), read more.

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HSM 3 Heads to Big Screen; Senior Year Is Tough, Step-Ball-Change

BuzzSugar — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:31:18 -0800

According to a Disney press release, the High School Musical kids are heading to the big screen for their senior year. High School Musical 3: Senior Year will hit theaters Oct. 24 and reunite teeny bopper faves Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman.

Walt Disney Studios Production president Oren Aviv stated, "This latest musical adventure delivers lots of great new entertainment on an even grander scale. Kenny Ortega brings his enormous talents to this project and Peter Barsocchini has come up with a wonderfully inventive script that delivers plenty of delights and surprises."

Surprises! What kinds of surprises? "[The movie] finds high school seniors Troy and Gabriella facing the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about their future." If there's anything to be learned from the HSM movies it's that there's nothing in life - or high school! - so difficult it can't be resolved with a reflective musical.

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Movie News Roundup: Biel, Arkin and Tisdale - Oh, My!

BuzzSugar — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:30:06 -0800

Lots of movie casting news these days - from Marley and Me to aliens lurking upstairs.

Alan Arkin will join Jennifer Aniston and Owen WIlson in the film adaptation of bestselling memoir Marley and Me. Wilson plays a newspaper columnist who adopts a dog with his wife (Aniston). Arkin will play the editor of the newspaper.
Jessica Biel will star as the lead in the romantic comedy Easy Virtue, based on the Noel Coward play. The movie follows Biel's character, "an American divorcee who travels to the South of France and marries a young Englishman, played by Ben Barnes, on the spur of the moment. The couple return to England to face his family, including his parents, played by Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas."
Amy Ryan is the lucky lady chosen to star opposite Matt Damon in an untitled Iraq war thriller directed by Paul Greengrass, the director of two of the Bourne movies and United 93.
High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale will make her feature film debut in "the adventure comedy" They Came From Upstairs about "a group of teens who have to defend their Maine home from the aliens who invaded the top floor." Just the top floor? Huh.

The Results Are In: Recast "Full House"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:16:58 -0700

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

Wow, I had no idea the recast challenge for "Full House" would be so much fun! The lists that came in this week were really creative and interesting. Among many others, one of my favorite picks was fieryelectra's idea of Seth Rogen as Joey, and I thought schultzie11's pick of John Mayer as Jesse was odd but funny. I also thought txhottie's idea of Neil Flynn (Janitor on "Scrubs") as Danny was unique, while juliesf's pick of another "Scrubs" star, Sarah Chalke, for the part of Rebecca would be a lot of fun.

As for overall lists, however, my favorite this week comes from alynn! To see who alynn picked along with a new cast photo, read more

alynn's cast:
Danny - Stephen Colbert
Jesse - Paul Rudd
Joey - Rainn Wilson
DJ - Hayden Panettiere
Stephanie - Miley Cyrus
Michelle - Pearl (the now "retired" little girl from Will Ferrell's viral videos "The Landlord" and "Good Cop, Baby Cop")
Rebecca - Charisma Carpenter
Kimmy - Ashley Tisdale