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TV Tonight: The Next Great American Band

BuzzSugar — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:30:00 PDT

There are two key ingredients to the basic American Idol recipe: there's music, and the audience picks the winner. Idol is the biggest thing on TV, but Fox's attempts at separating the two elements that make it so successful haven't worked out so well - On the Lot, all voting and no music, limped to a finish, while Nashville, all music and no voting, was the first of the fall's new shows to be pulled.

But both parts of the Idol formula will be in full effect tonight during the premiere of The Next Great American Band, essentially a large-scale battle of the bands. Like Idol, the show is starting with several two-hour audition episodes that will narrow the field to 12 finalists. And, also like Idol, the audience will eventually have a say in which band wins. There's one key difference from Idol, and it's the thing I think could make the show kind of cool: The bands are playing their own music or selecting their own cover tunes, not using songs or genres chosen by producers. I'm hoping that carries through all the way to the finals, because I never want to hear a band called Zombie Bazooka Patrol take on Whitney Houston ballads.

I still don't know how smart it is to put a show that relies on audience participation on a Friday - and it's hard for me to imagine that Fox has much faith in it when, as of this writing, the network still hasn't built the show a proper Web site. (Update: A real site is finally up.) What do you think? Are you willing to give The Next American Band a shot? To watch a preview clip, just

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Fox Picks Its Host, Judges for "American Band"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:33:28 PDT

After "On the Lot," I'm a little wary of Fox dipping its toes into any new reality markets. But so far, it sounds like "The Next Great American Band," the "American Idol" crew's search for a new group to rule the airwaves, is keeping it all in the "Idol" family with its host and judges.

Host Dominic Bowden may be a newcomer to American TV, but he's well-known in New Zealand for hosting "New Zealand Idol." And judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson has pretty good music bonafides (he worked in promotions for Oasis and LL Cool J), but he's made his mark as the outlandish, Simon Cowell-esque judge on "Australian Idol." Joining Dicko at the judges' panel will be Goo Goo Dolls singer/songwriter John Rzeznik and Prince protege Sheila E. It may not be the strongest group ever, but really, if you'd heard back in 2002 that Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul were judging a reality show, wouldn't you have thought that would be dead in the water, too?

Here's how the show will work: After auditions, the judges will pick 10 semifinalists to perform weekly in front of a live audience. The competition will include both original music from the bands and covers of various styles. Voting will start at the end of each show, and the eliminated band will be announced at the start of the following week's episode.

Given that the show's airing on Fridays at 8 p.m., I can't imagine it would be as popular as an "Idol" or even a "So You Think You Can Dance." Are any of you curious to check it out?

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True Blood Bites: "And When I Die"

Becky Kirsch — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:11:04 PDT

Wow. The season four finale of True Blood is slow going at first, but the final moments both knocked the wind out of me and left me speechless. Halloween comes to Bon Temps, and the holiday brings with it a whole slew of events that are a lot scarier than Arlene and Terry's zombie makeup. The residents are visited by plenty of blasts from the past (and the implication of yet another one), and by the end of the episode, a handful of major characters join the ranks of the dead.

I'm admittedly a bit irritated that there's no progress on the fairy front since we've been waiting all season long to see what that whole business in the premiere is about, but there's certainly plenty of setup for next year's stories. I can't wait to share my thoughts with you and hear yours, so beware the spoilers when you

Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Grammy Awards!

BuzzSugar — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:34:56 PST

There goes another staple in award season - the Grammys are a wrap! The night was chock-full of performances from standouts like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, but there were a few statuettes passed out between songs.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy took the opportunity to thank his "beautiful pregnant girlfriend" Kate Hudson while accepting the trophy for best rock album, and Lady Gaga gave props to Whitney Houston in her acceptance speech for best pop album. Lady Antebellum scored big with five golden gramophones, but it was Arcade Fire that won the biggest award of the night, taking home the accolade for album of the year.

Check out the full list of winners when you

read more. RECORD OF THE YEAR "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum ALBUM OF THE YEAR The Suburbs, Arcade Fire SONG OF THE YEAR "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum BEST NEW ARTIST Esperanza Spalding BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Bad Romance", Lady Gaga BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Just The Way You Are", Bruno Mars BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)", Train BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS "Imagine", Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "Nessun Dorma", Jeff Beck BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM "Take Your Pick", Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto BEST POP ALBUM The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga BEST DANCE RECORDING "Only Girl (In The World)", Rihanna BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM La Roux, La Roux BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM Crazy Love, Michael Bublé BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Helter Skelter", Paul McCartney BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "Tighten Up", The Black Keys BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE "New Fang", Them Crooked Vultures BEST METAL PERFORMANCE "El Dorado", Iron Maiden BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "Hammerhead", Jeff Beck BEST ROCK SONG "Angry World", Neil Young BEST ROCK ALBUM The Resistance, Muse BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM Brothers, The Black Keys BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Bittersweet", Fantasia BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE "There Goes My Baby", Usher BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS "Soldier Of Love", Sade BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE "Hang On In There", John Legend & The Roots BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE "F*ck You", Cee Lo Green BEST R&B SONG "Shine", John Legend & The Roots BEST R&B ALBUM Wake Up!, John Legend & The Roots BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM Raymond V Raymond, Usher BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE "Not Afraid", Eminem BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP "On To The Next One", Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION "Empire State Of Mind", Jay-Z & Alicia Keys BEST RAP SONG "Empire State of Mind", Jay-Z & Alicia Keys BEST RAP ALBUM Recovery, Eminem BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE "'Til Summer Comes Around", Keith Urban BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS Need You Now, Lady Antebellum BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS "As She's Walking Away", Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "Hummingbyrd", Marty Stuart BEST COUNTRY SONG "Need You Now", Lady Antebellum BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Need You Now, Lady Antebellum BEST NEW AGE ALBUM Miho: Journey To The Mountain, Paul Winter Consort BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, Dee Dee Bridgewater BEST AMERICANA ALBUM You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples BEST COMEDY ALBUM Stark Raving Black, Lewis Black BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC Crazy Heart BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC Toy Story 3, Randy Newman, composer BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC "The Weary Kind" (From Crazy Heart), Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham) PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL) Danger Mouse BEST REMIXED RECORDING "Revolver" (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix), David Guetta, remixer (Madonna) BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO "When You're Strange," The Doors BEST RECORDING PACKAGE Brothers, Michael Carney , art director (The Black Keys) BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set), The White Stripes BEST ALBUM NOTES Keep an Eye on the Sky, Big Star BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL Battle Studies, John Mayer BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM Britten's Orchestra, Michael Stern and Kansas City Symphony BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION The Path Among Trees, Billy Childs Ensemble BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT Carlos, John Scofield, Vince Mendoza, and Metropole Orkest BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S) Baba Yetu, Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra BEST MUSICAL ALBUM FOR CHILDREN Tomorrow's Children, Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids and Friends BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS, AND STORYTELLING) The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook), Jon Stewart BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong BEST HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM Huana Ke Aloha, Tia Carrere BEST NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC ALBUM 2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance, Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews, and Melonie Mathews BEST ZYDECO OR CAJUN MUSIC ALBUM Zydeco Junkie, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band BEST REGGAE ALBUM Before the Dawn, Buju Banton BEST TRADITIONAL WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Ali and Toumani, Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks, Bela Fleck BEST LATIN POP ALBUM Paraiso Express, Alejandro Sanz BEST LATIN ROCK, ALTERNATIVE OR URBAN ALBUM El Existential, Grupo Fantasma BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM Viva La Tradicion, Spanish Harlem Orchestra BEST TEJANO ALBUM Recuerdos, Little Joe and La Familia BEST NORTENO ALBUM Classic, Intocable BEST BANDA ALBUM Enamorate De Mi, El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE Grace, BeBe and CeCe Winans BEST GOSPEL SONG It's What I Do, Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway BEST ROCK OR RAP GOSPEL ALBUM Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot BEST POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM Love God. Love People., Israel Houghton BEST SOUTHERN, COUNTRY, OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM The Reason, Diamond Rio BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM Downtown Church, Patty Griffin BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B GOSPEL ALBUM Still, BeBe and CeCe Winans BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina, Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony Orchestra AND Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works, Eliesha Nelson and John McLaughlin Williams BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina, Terrence Wilson and Nashville Symphony BEST OPERA RECORDING Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE Verdi: Requiem, Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli and Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE (WITH ORCHESTRA) Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement, Paul Jacobs BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1&2, Parker Quartet BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Dinastia Borja BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE Sacrificium, Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina, Giancarlo Guerrero BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL David Frost BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM Verdi: Requiem BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, Dee Dee Bridgewater BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO A Change Is Gonna Come, Herbie Hancock BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP Moody 4B, James Moody BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard, Mingus Big Band BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM Chucho's Steps, Chuco Valdes and The Afro-Cuban Messengers BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM Joined at the Hip, Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM Living Proof, Buddy Guy BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM Genuine Negro Jig, Carolina Chocolate Drops BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs

Can Leggings Fight Cellulite?

Self — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:30:51 PDT

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Self here on FitSugar!

Dimples on your face? Adorable! On your thighs and butt? Well, not so much.

Cellulite is a genetic reality for almost 90 percent of women, which is why we're always intrigued and - we'll admit it - tempted by products such as these Turbocell Leggings. The manufacturer claims the compression technology will "micro-massage" away cellulite, reducing dimples by 20 percent and taking 2 inches off your thighs and butt.

The catch: You must wear the leggings eight hours a day, for eight weeks. And could they possibly work anyway? To find out if they're brilliant or bogus, we spoke to two leading cellulite experts.

The first thing to understand is what, exactly, cellulite is.

"If you imagine your skin . . . under that skin is a subcutaneous fatty layer and the next layer is the fascia, a shiny surface that overlies the muscle," says Barry M. Weintraub, MD, spokesman for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. "From the back of the skin, going through the fat and attaching to the fascia layer are bands called fibrous bands. Those fibrous bands keep the skin sitting where it needs to be."

When you gain weight, the number of fat cells don't increase (you're born with a set number), rather the size of the cells increase so they can store more fat in the individual cell. This pushes everything up around the back of the band, which can cause a dimple.

So, could the leggings be a magic bullet?

Better Aged: Why We Love the Vintage Tee

Hannah Weil — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:40:09 PDT

There's a special place in our closets for our t-shirt collection, right next to our favorite Louboutins and vintage Chanel finds. Holding sentimental and style value, our vintage tees get better with age, and they fit perfectly. Did you throw yours out during Spring cleaning? We've got the tips - and a few picks - to help you find the one.

Don't underestimate your go-to stores like Urban Outfitters and American Apparel. These retail chain stores also carry their own one-of-a-kind vintage lines.
Do try your local Goodwill, and be sure to hit the kids' and mens' sections. You'll have to do some digging, but the results could be huge pay off at a super low cost.
Do hunt for the perfect tee on eBay. eBay's loaded with authentic, vintage t-shirts, with rare tees going for premium prices. eBay stores like WyCo Vintage and Stormcrow-Vintage are stocked with an impressive variety of amazing band tees for around $50 and up.
Other great sites to check out: Wolfgang's Vault has a selection of vintage and retro tees shoppable by artist; while Slingshot Shirts carries a budget-friendly selection of new tees with vintage prints.

Street style photos courtesy of Lookbook.nu and Lookbook.nu

Prepare For Natural Disasters With an Emergency Kit For Your Home

CasaSugar — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:49:23 PST

On Tuesday afternoon, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, an aftershock of the 7.1 magnitude quake on Sept. 4, collapsed buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand. Initial reports suggest that damage and fatalities far exceed that registered in the initial quake. Scary stuff indeed. Here in the Bay Area, a major earthquake in the next 10 years is nearly an inevitability. Whether your home is located in an area that's in danger of experiencing an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or major snowstorm, it's smart to be prepared. The American Red Cross recommends having enough food and water on hand to support every member of your household for at least three days. They've also got a great list of other must haves you may not have thought of, including bleach and a non-electric can opener.

Water. The Red Cross recommends one gallon per day per person, including pets. If you don't have any stored, why not make a habit of picking up a gallon or two every time you go to the supermarket?
Food. Concentrate on ready-to-eat canned fruits, veggies, juice, and meat, as well as protein-rich snacks like trail mix and granola bars. Don't forget vitamins and special supplies for any elderly family members, babies, and pets.
A first-aid kit with Band-Aids, latex gloves, gauze pads, a thermometer, over-the-counter drugs, and necessary prescription medications.

For the other essentials,

Tools such as scissors, tweezers, a sewing kit, a manual can opener, a knife, and a wrench to turn off gas and water.
Moist towelettes and antibacterial hand gel
Sunscreen
Paper cups, plates, and plastic utensils
A hand-crank or battery-operated radio, with batteries
Flashlights with extra batteries
Candles and matches
Cash
Small fire extinguisher
Toilet paper, feminine products, and garbage bags
Dish soap
Bleach
Blankets or sleeping bags
Rain gear
Important documents, such as wills, deeds, passports, family records, and bank account numbers.
A list of important phone numbers

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