No. 1 again: Carrie Underwood. (Associated Press)
Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” hangs on to the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week, selling 120,000 copies its second week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan . Of Underwood’s three No. 1 sets, “Blown Away” is the first to spend more than one frame atop the chart. Mother’s Day sales helped Adele’s “21″ jump… Continue reading
Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) does the three-point landing in "Iron Man 2." (Paramount Pictures)
Every superhero does it, when they’re falling to earth from a high distance: They land on the ground with one knee down, one one leg back, with one hand out in front of them. Then they usually pause, dramatically look up at the camera, and pounce. It’s called the three-point landing. It is unknown if… Continue reading
Months of rumors — or has it been weeks? Twitter has eroded our attention spans to the point where everyone thought Jessica Simpson was pregnant for three years, when really it was just nine months, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PREGNANCY — were laid to rest Monday when Britney Spears officially joined the judging panel on… Continue reading
It’s not like I’ve seen every season of “Survivor.” Somewhere around the eighth or ninth I missed one. And from what I heard it was bad. So I can’t say for sure that “Survivor: One World” was the worst season of “Survivor.” But I can say it had to be close. Yes Kim should have… Continue reading
Warning, major spoilers about “Survivor: One World” episode 13 ahead. Man, Kim must be a really nice person. Everybody loves her. Which should make it easy for all the other contestants Sunday night when she wins a million bucks. Let’s face it, she’s going to win. Nobody’s even given her much competition since horrid Colton… Continue reading
So, this came as a bit of a shock: Tom Gabel, lead singer of Florida punk rock outfit Against Me!, comes out as transgender in the new issue of Rolling Stone. In the magazine, Gabel reveals his plans to go forward living as a woman. He plans to continue fronting Against Me! — his bandmates joke about hitting the… Continue reading
Fourth season “American Idol” champ Carrie Underwood is a force of nature on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart, as her fourth album “Blown Away” debuts at No. 1 after selling 267,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan . Underwood’s start doesn’t measure up to her previous sets “Some Hearts” (315,000), “Carnival Ride” (527,000)… Continue reading
With Friday’s release of Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton team up for their eighth project together, making them one of film’s most prolific pairs. That got us wondering: What other star-director combos can’t seem to get enough of each other? What other actors do directors turn to time and again when they’re rolling… Continue reading
Can you imagine how many superheroes we’re going to see now? Aquaman, Ant Man, the Flash, Daredevil, some Watchmen spin-offs, probably a baby Hulk, another Fantastic Four. The possibilities are endless and a bit scary. Here are just a few of the records “The Avengers” broke this weekend on its way to the biggest opening… Continue reading
Rammstein knows how to make an entrance. The German industrial rockers took the stage at the Palace of Auburn Hills Sunday night carrying a flaming torch through the audience, walking down from the arena concourse through the crowd and onto the Palace floor. They marched slowly and deliberately across a catwalk that had been lowered… Continue reading