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As American Idol chooses its top 12 tonight, it's only fitting to spend some time thinking about the original Idol champ: Kelly Clarkson, whose fourth album is out next week. Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted is now streaming online thanks to MTV, and I gave all the tracks a first listen this week. (It hits stores Tuesday, March 10.) The album is solid, if not groundbreaking, with some classic pop Read more
Neko Case's Middle Cyclone was one of the top 10 reasons I got excited about 2009, so when I saw the album was streaming on NPR's site ahead of its March 3 release, I had to take a listen. My first impression in a nutshell: This is an album that's going to grow and grow on me. Case has said she wrote a bunch of love songs for the album, but it's important to note that the term probably means Read more
First, let's just take a moment to admire the cover of Lily Allen's new album, shall we? I love the way she's lounging so glamorously on that giant "L." It's self-centeredness of the cutest kind. The much-anticipated followup to her debut album, Alright Still, It's Not Me, It's You comes out Feb. 10. Until then, you can stream it online on Lily's MySpace page. After a few listens, the dozen Read more
It's been a long wait for ScarJo's album of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head and we still have until May 20 for the full album, but today we can at least hear the title track. Apparently, the album's producer Dave Sitek was "going for a 'cough medicine/Tinkerbell' vibe" on the album, which it actually helps to know when listening to "Anywhere." The song has a dreamy/hazy thing going on, Read more
Robert Pattinson on refusing to do certain scenes in Cosmopolis — People Bethenny Frankel responds to divorce rumors — Us Weekly Listen to AI winner Phillip Phillips's first single — HuffPost Entertainment So many reasons to love Tom Hardy — Lainey Gossip Oops! There's a serious typo in the Great Gatsby trailer — Zap2It See Kim Zolciak's topless wedding gift for her fiancé — Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Mark Tyrrell offers eight relationship tools to make your marriage work. "All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble." — Raymond Hull So how do you make your marriage work? Or do you just blindly hope it'll take care of itself? Think of a hot, successful Read more
Although Kane Kramer developed the first MP3 player in the 1970s, it wasn't until 20 years later that MP3 players hit the consumer market. For that we have Nathan Schulhof to thank. In the early 1990s, he envisioned a "portable device [that] would allow the selection, retrieval, storage, and playback of audio content delivered to the device via the Internet." The founder and CEO of Audio Read more
At the heart of her mission, best-selling author and speaker Marianne Williamson urges people to choose love over fear — and get very self-aware in the process. Marianne's book A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons For Surrounding Your Weight Forever looks at the deep connection between spirituality and weight loss, while providing concrete exercises to complement the journey in order Read more
Megan Draper sets out for a new life this week on Mad Men, as she quits her job at Sterling Cooper Draper Price to resurrect her acting career. As the title of the episode, "Lady Lazarus," suggests, our friends on Mad Men are adapting to new lives. Don lets Megan pursue her acting dream, but he's lost at work without her. Pete has morphed into the sad Don of the past, cheating on his wife and Read more
We're doing our best to help you with music decisions this wedding season, giving you inspiration for first dance songs and the father daughter dance, but if you're thinking about what comes after all that formality, then listen up. When it's time for the reception and you want to get those guests out of their seats and onto the dance floor, we've got the pop songs that should do the trick. Play Read more
