Britney Spears,I’ve Got a THING for White Rappers … Like Vanilla Ice

    Brittney Spears admitted she has a thing for rappers like Vanilla Ice.  She went crazy for a contestant on the X-Factor as he belted out his rendition of Ice Ice Baby. The Pop Star was out of her seat and dancing until the young hopeful had completed his attempt a stardom.    Perhaps there’s a future […]

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NASA’s Next Mission: Mars, Titan or Comet?

You can think of NASA’s Discovery program as a sort of outer-space American Idol: every few years the agency invites scientists to propose unmanned planetary missions. The projects have to address some sort of fundamental science question, and they have to be relatively cheap to pull off — say, half a billion dollars or so

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‘American Idol’ recap: Group night’s triumphs and tears

“American Idol” squeezed some real drama from Time 10’s group evening in Hollywood Week on Wednesday night. And also the decreasing of the minimum age to 15 for contestants this 12 months played no tiny component in that, paving the way for us to fret over sweet, moon-faced Jaycee Badeaux and to celebrate using the […]

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Greg Kot: How the Internet Changed Music

In 1998, Death Cab for Cutie was just another tenderhearted indie rock band signed to a minor record label, playing empty clubs for $50 a night. But after two years of soul-crushing obscurity, something strange happened: people started coming to their shows. The crowds were small but enthusiastic and each person told the same story: they’d found the band’s songs on the Internet

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Judges save Matt Giraud on ‘American Idol’ while Jennifer Hudson returns

Judges save Matt Giraud on ‘American Idol’ while Jennifer Hudson returns It was an “American Idol” first. The night someone was to be voted off… someone got saved instead. Matt Giraud, who viewers ultimately decided was not worthy of the competition, was given a second chance by the foursome of chatty “Idol” judges Wednesday night. […]

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