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Liam and Noel Gallagher are not as dumb as you think

Liam and Noel Gallagher are not as dumb as you think

By Mike Usinger | November 23, 2011
If one steps back and thinks about things rationally, it’s really not their fault.
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Let's all chill out and let Courtney Love do her thing

Let's all chill out and let Courtney Love do her thing

By Jenny Charlesworth | November 16, 2011
Courtney Love’s ta-tas are back in the news this week.
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Justin Bieber, Chad Kroeger, and Avril Lavigne all prove Canada still a joke to the United States

Justin Bieber, Chad Kroeger, and Avril Lavigne all prove Canada still a joke to the United States

By Mike Usinger | November 9, 2011
No matter how much the writers of South Park and The Simpsons have offended you over the years, you have to admit they have a point: Canadians are boring as fuck.
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Amy Winehouse showed the world how rock stars are supposed to party

Amy Winehouse showed the world how rock stars are supposed to party

By Mike Usinger | July 28, 2011
There’s nothing we love more than a fuck-up. We always have, and we always will.
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Sorry Lady Gaga—Katy Perry is more interesting than you'll ever be

Sorry Lady Gaga—Katy Perry is more interesting than you'll ever be

By Mike Usinger | July 17, 2011
It’s true—nice girls do finish second, and not always for a lack of trying.
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Paramore is back with more emo pop—and more of Hayley Williams's boobs

Paramore is back with more emo pop—and more of Hayley Williams's boobs

By John Lucas | June 14, 2011
Paramore is essentially Evanescence for kids too young to know who Evanescence is.
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Kanye, T-Wayne offer Christmas gifts for the ladies

Kanye, T-Wayne offer Christmas gifts for the ladies

By Tim Craddock | November 26, 2010
In the spirit of the season, big-league rappers Kanye West and the tandem of Lil Wayne and T-Pain have released two new songs that really set the rhythm to rail on women’s rights.
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Lady Gaga is actually the new Mae West

Lady Gaga is actually the new Mae West

By Adrian Mack | August 17, 2010
Quit with the Madonna comparisons, already.
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CDs didn’t wipe out old-fashioned records by accident

CDs didn’t wipe out old-fashioned records by accident

By Mike Usinger | July 5, 2010
Difficult as this might be to believe—especially if you’ve just dropped $25 on the double-LP, black-wax version of MGMT’s Congratulations—CDs didn’t wipe out old-fashioned records by accident.
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Eminem's not afraid to grow

Eminem's not afraid to grow

By Tara Henley | June 24, 2010
Though the rapper has long been one of pop culture’s most controversial figures, Eminem now may have just made the most shocking statement of his entire career.
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Justin Bieber's got a hellish secret

Justin Bieber's got a hellish secret

By Mike Usinger | May 20, 2010
Forget being bigger than Jesus, Justin Bieber is now officially bigger than Twitter.
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The Michael Jackson post-mortem money machine

The Michael Jackson post-mortem money machine

By Kristi Alexandra | March 24, 2010
Posthumously, MJ just signed what is possibly the biggest recording deal in history. Now, no one can seem to get enough of him, when just a few years ago he was an all-purpose pop-culture scapegoat.
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Rockers give their regards to Broadway

Rockers give their regards to Broadway

By Jenny Charlesworth | March 11, 2010
Everyone from U2 to Green Day is ripping a Technicolor page from ol’ Andrew Lloyd Webber’s songbook, treating it to a few ragged guitar solos, and getting in bed with Broadway.
John Mayer's one-eyed monster sees in colour

John Mayer's one-eyed monster sees in colour

By Mike Usinger | February 18, 2010
It turns out people do read Playboy for the articles.
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Simple Susan Boyle is riding the crazy train

Simple Susan Boyle is riding the crazy train

By Mike Usinger | January 21, 2010
Because there’s no official rule book for how to act like an overexposed celebrity, Susan Boyle can be excused for getting things seriously wrong.
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