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Buzz News Roundup, 7/8

BuzzSugar — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:30:39 -0700

Bravo's Real Housewives of NYC has been renewed - but it may be recast with new housewives. - The Hollywood Reporter
Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks are set to star in the indie black comedy The Details. - ComingSoon
It's estimated that a billion people worldwide watched Michael Jackson's memorial service. - LA Times
Peter Krause has joined Mary-Kate Olsen and Vanessa Hudgens in Beastly, the CBS Films adaptation of the Alex Flinn fantasy novel. - Variety
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor announced today that the band will play a final "handful of shows" in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles beginning Aug. 22. - Billboard
G4 technology show host Olivia Munn will guest-star on Greek as a love interest for a main character. - Variety
Now apparently Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in negotiations to join the Will Forte and Kristen Wiig in the full-length MacGruber movie. - Reuters
Comedy Central has won the rights to syndicate 30 Rock. - The Futon Critic

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What to Download: New Music on iTunes

BuzzSugar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:30:11 -0700

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. Here are today's selections:

All the indie buzz: The first album from the much-hyped band (Spin called them "the most buzzed-about new band since Vampire Weekend") Black Kids is probably a must-have for anyone trying to keep their iTunes loaded with the latest and greatest. I really like the tracks "Listen to Your Body Tonight" and "I'm Making Eyes At You."

Industrial rock returns: Trent Reznor and his merry gang of rockers are back with an eighth album from Nine Inch Nails, The Slip. Of course you can download it for free at NIN's site (which is what I did) or you can buy it today on iTunes. I know, I don't get it either. Regardless, the album is a lot of the same (for some that's a good thing, for others it might be tedious), while still not being quite as good as their old stuff. Still, there are some stand-out singles like "Discipline" and I like sorting out all the cool beats in "Demon Seed."

Up next: A band that couldn't be more opposite than NIN, so read more.

Country sugar: Sugarland's third album includes many songs the band says fans have been hearing on tour for a while now. The song "All I Want to Do" is an upbeat pop single but there's no mistaking that twang in the vocals, and I found "Already Gone" to be pretty and moving.

Buzz News Roundup, 5/5

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:33:13 -0700

According to Variety, the next Terminator movie will attempt to broaden its audience with a PG-13 rating.
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has signed a huge deal with Fox that makes him the highest-paid writer-producer in television, Reuters reports.
Tom Waits has announced Summer tour dates via a bizarre faux press conference, Billboard reports.
The Hollywood Reporter has the mind-boggling news that Tristan Wilds (Michael from The Wire) is joining the cast of the 90210 spinoff. Another actor, Michael Steger, has also been cast.

Meanwhile, TV Guide has news that Brea Grant, who played Landry's rebound girl on Friday Night Lights, has been cast as a Heroes character with the power of superspeed.
Amy Winehouse won't be recording the new Bond movie theme after all, writes Variety.
Billboard announces that Nine Inch Nails is offering a free download of its new album, The Slip.

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Song of the Day: Nine Inch Nails, "Capital G"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:33:28 -0700

While Marilyn Manson is running around being creepy and dating a 19-year-old, Trent Reznor is still hunkering down and making good music. With both Nine Inch Nails and Tori Amos releasing new albums, I feel sort of like I'm reliving my high school years, but when it comes to quality hard music, I've always had a soft spot for Reznor.

NIN's Year Zero hits stores today - the band's first album since 2005's With Teeth. Reznor says the album is set about 15 years into the future, when "the world has reached the breaking point - politically, spiritually and ecologically." Though that kind of concept album could easily become pretentious, the first single, "Capital G," is refreshingly straightforward, and the rest of the album, which you can stream over at AOL Music, is similarly mature and somewhat of a return to NIN's roots. So listen to "Capital G" and tell me what you think when you read more

Link Time! 4/5

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:18:59 -0700

TV Squad compiles a quite comprehensive list of great TV drinkeries.
And Spinner presents the unsexiest album covers of all time.
Cinematical has the scoop on Coca-Cola's lawsuit against a film that features Jesus drinking a Coke.
Tracks from Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero are surfacing, and Idolator's got a good one.
Best Week Ever wonders: Was Michael Buble drunk on "Idol"?
Merry Swankster's 1990s album tourney has reached the Final Four.
Film Experience giggles at the wry though unintentional self-reference in The Reaping tagline, "What Hath God Wrought?"
The TV Addict prints up some Dunder Mifflin letterhead.
Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Daily sits down with ex-con-turned-rapper Akon.
Give Me My Remote has the details on how to win a trip to the set of "Heroes."
Meanwhile, if you've got the big bucks, Tube Talk tells you how to bid in a charity auction for TV appearances and set visits.