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Music Video: Radiohead Joins with MTV to Fight Global Trafficking
The last thing you may be looking for from your pop culture intake is a big old message about global trafficking — or as MTV's EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) project puts it, modern-day slavery. However, I think it is precisely this blending together of real-world message with pop culture that Radiohead is attempting to do in a new video for their song "All I Need." They succeed beautifully by showing us two young boys in different parts of the world going about their everyday lives and how different their respective experiences are.
How Much Did You Pay for the Radiohead Album?
Happy Radiohead Day! If you're a fan of the UK band, then today — the day the band's In Rainbows officially became available for download — kind of feels like Christmas and your birthday all in one. Radiohead made news with its decision to let fans pay whatever they wanted for the album, so I'm wondering: How much did you (or will you) shell out?
New Radiohead Album Costs Whatever You Want It To
First, the news that will have Radiohead fans everywhere squealing with joy: The band's first full-length album since 2003 will be released Oct. 10. The news came straight from the mouth — or rather the typing fingers — of guitarist Jonny Greenwood on the band's blog.
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Song of the Day: Kristin Chenoweth's Comic-Con Performance
As I mentioned in my writeup of the Pushing Daisies panel at Comic-Con, one of the greatest moments was getting to hear an impromptu song from Kristin Chenoweth upon the request of one very cute, very young fan.
I was able to pull the song off my recorder, and so now, you can check Chenoweth's gorgeous rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for yourself. The audio isn't perfect — I wasn't expecting to be recording a Tony winner (and Emmy nominee and onetime Miss Oklahoma runner-up!) when I woke up on Saturday — but even with some fuzz, you'll get the idea.
Buzz News Roundup, 3/27
- Woody Allen has added Nicole Kidman into the cast of his as-yet-untitled next project which already included Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins. — Reuters
- Queen Latifah will star in the romantic comedy Just Wright, described as "a modern-day Cinderella tale." — Variety
- Summit Entertainment has picked up feature-film rights to the book The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, which insinuates that Harry Houdini acted as a spy for Britain.
Ugly Betty Rundown: Episode 23, "Curveball," and Episode 24, "The Fall Issue"
Well, friends, this week concludes Ugly Betty's run on Thursday nights. The show brought out loads of stars for its third season finale, but then a lot of things happened and then unhappened and then rehappened again, and I'm wondering this morning if we actually needed two whole hours of that.
Betty has the job!
What to Download: New Music Today
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. Here are today's selections:
Dylan's got the blues: Bob Dylan's back with a new album, and I'm ready to dig in.
Sinatra's "My Way" Tops List of Most Popular Funeral Songs
Not trying to be a downer or anything, but I genuinely find this interesting: In a recent poll coming out of Britain, voters declared Frank Sinatra's "My Way" to be the most popular non-classical, non-religious song to play at funerals. The others in the top five make sense — "Wind Beneath My Wings," "Time To Say Goodbye," "Angels," and "Over The Rainbow," in order — but some of the other favorites are amusing. It makes me wonder, is it nicer to have a serious and sentimental song at a funeral?
Pay-What-You-Want For Albums: Great Idea or "Idiotic"?
Remember back when Radiohead allowed listeners to pay whatever they wanted for the In Rainbows album? That was pretty cool, right? Well, Robert Smith of the Cure disagrees.
Announcing the Winners: The 2009 Grammy Awards
At long last, the many, many Grammy Awards have been announced for another year. There are some clear favorites this year, like Coldplay, Lil Wayne, and John Mayer, along with some oldsters who just keep on gettin' it right, like Robert Plant and Al Green. Indeed, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss made out like bandits this year for their collaboration on the album Raising Sand.
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