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What to Download: New Music Today

BuzzSugar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:32 -0800

New DVD and music releases are the perk of Tuesdays, and today's album picks are fresh, fun, and guaranteed to liven up your iPod. I've checked out today's new music and have some advice for what's worth the download.

Don't stop partying: I'll resist doing a full-on album review for Weezer's Raditude; it's tempting, because I've always been a fan and have much to say about the band's transformation over the last 15 years. That said, if I forget about how lyrically deep Weezer used to be, I can enjoy the band for what it is now: a group of guys who write catchy, rocking party songs. I'm definitely enjoying this album way more than the last two simply for the fun factor; first single "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" is permanently stuck in my head and I don't mind. "Let It All Hang Out," with lyrics written by Jermaine Dupri, is exactly what you should blast at your next party when you're worried no one's having a good time; and continuing with the obvious theme here is "Can't Stop Partying" with Lil Wayne guest-rapping.

Ultimate TV karaoke If you're obsessed with Glee already, you may want to get your hands on the show's first soundtrack, Glee - The Music, Vol. 1. The offerings on the album are songs that have been on the season so far, plus a few from the next episode. "Don't Stop Believin'," the first song that captured the country's attention, is worth having (especially to remind you that for every awkward Mr. Schu rap, there's a gem like this). There's also the goosebump-inducing "Somebody to Love." Finally, there's one I'm especially excited about that has yet to air: Artie's slowed-down version of Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself," where the oft-overlooked glee club member finally gets his own episode and electrifying solo.

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America's country idol: Country cutie Carrie Underwood is back with another disc of songs, Play On, that utilize her sweet voice to tell you she's not a doormat. Her first single, "Cowboy Casanova," warns ladies of players in 10-gallon hats; this infectious tune will probably be dominating the radio the rest of the year. Another catchy tale of heartbreak you're sure to hear a lot of is "Quitter," but I prefer the more uplifting title track "Play On," which showcases Underwood's pipes rather than her sassy attitude.

Announcing the Winners: The People's Choice Awards

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:01:24 -0800

The Dark Knight's crazy box office success translated into a whole bundle of People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night. The film took home the trophies for Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, and Favorite Cast, and Christian Bale also won Favorite Superhero and part of the Favorite On-Screen Matchup award (shared with the late Heath Ledger).

Carrie Underwood was another big winner of the night, taking home three awards - including the Favorite Star Under 35 trophy. She also won the awards for Favorite Female Singer and Favorite Country Song.

On the television side, Hugh Laurie and House took home a couple of awards, along with Christina Applegate and Ellen DeGeneres. To see the full list of winners, just read more.

MOVIES

FAVORITE MOVIE
The Dark Knight

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE
WALL-E

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight

FAVORITE MOVIE COMEDY
27 Dresses

FAVORITE MOVIE DRAMA
The Secret Life of Bees

FAVORITE INDEPENDENT MOVIE
The Secret Life of Bees

FAVORITE CAST
The Dark Knight

FAVORITE MALE MOVIE STAR
Will Smith

FAVORITE LEADING MAN
Brad Pitt

FAVORITE MALE ACTION STAR
Will Smith

FAVORITE FEMALE MOVIE STAR
Reese Witherspoon

FAVORITE LEADING LADY
Kate Hudson

FAVORITE FEMALE ACTION STAR
Angelina Jolie

FAVORITE ON-SCREEN MATCH-UP
Christian Bale & Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

FAVORITE SUPERHERO
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman

TELEVISION

FAVORITE TV DRAMA
House

FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Two and a Half Men

FAVORITE ANIMATED COMEDY
The Simpsons

FAVORITE SCI-FI / FANTASY SHOW
Heroes

FAVORITE COMPETITION / REALITY SHOW
Dancing with the Stars

FAVORITE GAME SHOW
Deal Or No Deal

FAVORITE MALE TV STAR
Hugh Laurie

FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR
Christina Applegate

FAVORITE TALK SHOW HOST
Ellen DeGeneres

FAVORITE SCENE-STEALING GUEST STAR
Robin Williams on Law and Order: SVU

FAVORITE TV DRAMA DIVA
Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson on The Closer

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
The Mentalist

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
Gary Unmarried

MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE SINGER
Chris Brown

FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE GROUP
Rascal Flatts

FAVORITE R&B SONG
"No One" by Alicia Keys

FAVORITE POP SONG
"I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry

FAVORITE ROCK SONG
"All Summer Long" by Kid Rock

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
"Last Name" by Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
"Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

FAVORITE COMBINED FORCES
"No Air" by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

FAVORITE SONG FROM A SOUNDTRACK
"Mamma Mia" by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia!

FAVORITE FUNNY MALE STAR
Adam Sandler

FAVORITE FUNNY FEMALE STAR
Tina Fey

FAVORITE STAR 35 AND UNDER
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE USER GENERATED VIDEO
Barack Roll

FAVORITE ONLINE SENSATION
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

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Announcing the Winners: The 2008 American Music Awards

BuzzSugar — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:01:50 -0800

Chris Brown, Rihanna, and Kanye West were among the big winners Sunday at the American Music Awards. Brown took home the biggest prize of all, winning Artist of the Year by beating out Lil Wayne, Coldplay, the Eagles, and Alicia Keys. It was one of three awards for Brown, who also won Favorite Male Artist in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories.

Rihanna was Brown's female counterpart, taking home Favorite Female Artist awards in the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories. Kanye was another double winner, named Favorite Male Artist in the rap/hip-hop category and also winning the Favorite Album award in that category for Graduation. Alicia Keys' As I Am was named Favorite Album in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories.

The night was also kind to American Idol winners, with Carrie Underwood winning Favorite Album in the country category for Carnival Ride and Jordin Sparks winning Favorite Artist in the Adult Contemporary category. Winners in all categories were picked by voters online and via text message, and to see the full list of people who took home awards, just read more.

POP OR ROCK MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Chris Brown

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Rihanna

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP
Daughtry

FAVORITE ALBUM
Alicia Keys, As I Am

COUNTRY MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Brad Paisley

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP
Rascal Flatts

FAVORITE ALBUM
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride

RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Kanye West

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP
Three 6 Mafia

FAVORITE ALBUM
Kanye West, Graduation

SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Chris Brown

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Rihanna

FAVORITE ALBUM
Alicia Keys, As I Am

SOUNDTRACKS

FAVORITE ALBUM
Alvin And The Chipmunks

ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC

FAVORITE ARTIST
Linkin Park

ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

FAVORITE ARTIST
Jordin Sparks

LATIN MUSIC

FAVORITE ARTIST
Enrique Iglesias

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

FAVORITE ARTIST
Third Day

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Brown

T-MOBILE BREAKTRHOUGH ARTIST
Jonas Brothers

HONORARY AWARD
Mariah Carey

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4th of July Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Country (Music)?

BuzzSugar — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:00:55 -0700

When reflecting on all things American this 4th of July, I think of apple pie, representative democracy, Elvis, reality television, stuff like that. Of all the things I associate with this land of ours, few things strike me as uniquely American as country music, and whether you love it or loathe it, I bet you know a thing or two about it.

Some of the best musical artists we Americans get to claim came out of this genre, including Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Dolly Parton. So in honor of this grand country and some of music's greats, I challenge you to test your knowledge about country music!

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Announcing the 2007 American Music Awards Winners!

BuzzSugar — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:10:44 -0800

Former American Idol contestants and Justin Timberlake ruled the night at the American Music Awards on Sunday. Chris Daughtry's band, Daughtry, and Carrie Underwood each took home three awards - Daughtry for pop/rock album, adult contemporary artist, and breakthrough artist, Underwood for country album, female country artist, and the T-Mobile text-in award. Timberlake, who accepted his awards via video from Australia, won for male pop/rock artist and soul/r&b album.

Beyonce received a special award, the international artist award, which has been given to only a handful of artists including Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith.

Other winners included Rihanna, Fergie, Nickelback, and Rascal Flatts. To see a full list of winners, just read more

POP/ROCK

Male Artist
Justin Timberlake

Female Artist
Fergie

Band, Duo or Group
Nickelback

Album
Daughtry (Daughtry)

COUNTRY

Male Artist
Tim McGraw

Female Artist
Carrie Underwood

Band, Duo or Group
Rascal Flatts

Album
Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood)

SOUL/R&B

Male Artist
Akon

Female Artist
Rihanna

Album
FutureSex/Love Sounds (Justin Timberlake)

RAP/HIP HOP

Male Artist
T.I.

Band, Duo or Group
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Album
T.I. vs. T.I.P. (T.I.)

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Artist
Daughtry

ALTERNATIVE

Artist
Linkin Park

LATIN

Artist
Jennifer Lopez

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Artist
Casting Crowns

SOUNDTRACKS

Album
High School Musical 2

BREAKTHROUGH

New Artist
Daughtry

T-MOBILE TEXT-IN
Carrie Underwood

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Beyonce

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Music Video: Carrie Underwood, "Ever, Ever After"

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:30:23 -0800

Fresh off her wins at this year's Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood has released a video for her song "Ever, Ever After," which will be featured in the upcoming movie Enchanted, and it's modeled after the very movie of which it will be a part. There's a whole animated section with a Disney-fied Carrie who somehow finds herself in present-day Manhattan, enchanting all those angry New Yorkers -and her soulmate.

The song is nice enough, a little cutesy, but Underwood sounds great. And as ridiculous as the video is, it definitely made me giggle (the magical Carrie even inspires meter maids and illegally parking drivers to drop everything and boogie down together!).

Clearly I'm not in the target age bracket for this particular video, but it's sweet enough, so to check it out and tell me what you think, read more

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Buzz News Roundup, 11/12

BuzzSugar — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:40:16 -0800

Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood will tour together for 24 shows starting at the end of January, Billboard reports.
Author Norman Mailer died over the weekend at age 84, USA Today reports.
The CW will debut Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants, a mother-daughter beauty showdown, on Dec. 12, and all the scandalous details are at The Futon Critic.
TV Guide reports that the Star Trek movie has yet another cast member: Jennifer Morrison of House.
Spoon, Gym Class Heroes, and Muse took top honors at the MTVu Woodies last week, NME reports.
Rosie O'Donnell is eyeing an online talk show, writes People.
According to The New York Post, Project Runway is ridiculously grueling to film.
Hollywood writers aren't the only ones off the job: Broadway stagehands have gone on strike, too, The New York Times reports.
Mickey Rourke will replace Nicolas Cage in The Wrestler, an indie drama from director Darren Aronofsky, Variety reports.

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Underwood, Chesney, Paisley Take Top CMA Honors

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:19:29 -0800

The Country Music Association spread things around at the 41st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, giving two awards apiece to Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley.

Underwood won the Female Vocalist of the Year category for the second year in a row, and she added an award for Single of the Year for "Before He Cheats." Chesney was named Entertainer of the Year and shared in the award for Musical Event of the Year. And Paisley finally won the Male Vocalist of the Year category after seven nominations; his video for "Online" also won the Music Video of the Year award.

Rascall Flatts, Sugarland and Taylor Swift were among the other winners. To see a full list, just read more

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Brad Paisley

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Carrie Underwood

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Rascal Flatts

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Sugarland

HORIZON AWARD
Taylor Swift

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
It Just Comes Natural
George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Before He Cheats”
Carrie Underwood
Produced by Mark Bright

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Give It Away”
Bill Anderson / Buddy Cannon / Jamey Johnson

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Tracy Lawrence featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Online”
Brad Paisley
Directed by Jason Alexander

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Jerry Douglas – Dobro

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Buzz News Roundup, 10/31

BuzzSugar — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:50:43 -0700

Entertainer Robert Goulet has died at age 73, the New York Times reports.
Les Miserables will be leaving Broadway as of January 6, 2008, writes Variety.
Samantha Who? is sticking around for a full season, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Ridley and Tony Scott will make Tell Tale, a modern adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe classic "The Tell Tale Heart," writes Hollywood Reporter.
Billboard reports that Alanis Morissette has joined the cast of a film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel Radio Free Albemuth.
The contract covering film and TV writers expires today, and USA Today has more details on what will happen if a strike is called.
John Francis Daly, aka Sam Weir from Freaks and Geeks, has joined the cast of Bones; details are at The Futon Critic.
Hollywood Reporter writes that Sean Penn and Heath Ledger may star together in the drama Tree of Life.
Carrie Underwood's new album landed at No. 1 this week, Billboard reports.
ComingSoon reports that the JJ Abrams monster movie 1-18-08 will get a new title and a trailer that will play before Beowulf starting November 16.

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Beyonce, Carrie Underwood, Elton John to Perform at Movies Rock

BuzzSugar — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:29:12 -0700

Speaking of well-known music from movies, Conde Nast Media Group the Producers Guild and the Entertainment Industry Foundation will team up for Movies Rock, a salute to music in movies, which will air December 7 on CBS. Similar to their Fashion Rocks event, "Movies Rock will be supplemented by a magazine component, also called Movies Rock, which will be packaged with 14 December Conde Nast titles. Publication will highlight stars, directors and musicians, and Bill Murray is the cover."
The following performances will take place:

Beyonce will sing "Over the Rainbow"
Carrie Underwood will perform "The Sound of Music"
Fergie and Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to Bond films with "Live and Let Die" and "Goldfinger"
Mary J. Blige and John Legend will sing "As Time Goes By"
Elton John "will honor music from animated movies"
John Williams will perform a medley from his original scores, which include Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark

This sounds pretty cool, and I look forward to seeing this in December. However, there are other songs and scores I'd love to see performed as well, such as the theme music from The Godfather and Gone With the Wind, and perhaps "In Your Eyes" from Say Anything.

What about you? What iconic songs-from-movies would you include in a tribute concert?

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