They just released the list of Grammy nominees, and look who's on it! Cyndi Lauper, still just wantin' to have fun after all these years. Her latest effort, Bring Ya to the Brink, is up for Best Electronic/Dance Album. That's 23 years after the courageous masturbation…
While M.I.A. sang for two at the Grammys last night, another famous pair were notably absent. Chris Brown and his girlfriend, Rihanna (who, in my humble opinion, is the next Madonna, only even cooler and way hotter), were both nominated for awards and scheduled…
Steve Kroft did a segment on Grammy nominee Coldplay, summarized in the clip above, but the description on it describes the group as one of the "most elusive" bands in the industry. Really? Because I feel like I see Chris Martin a lot -- and always…
We know that Chris Brown was booked for an alleged assault felony on Sunday. But in this world of paparazzi, blogging, and less-than-dependable journalism, how are we to know fact from speculation? Sling breaks it down for you: Fact : Chris Brown and…
"Vogue" Editrix-in-Chief (and reputed "Devil Wears Prada" villain inspiration) Anna Wintour has long been known as an enemy of the zaftig. Last year, she infamously put Rodarte designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy on a 1300-calorie-a-day diet…
Kid Rock says in the video above that his greatest influences include Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, '80s hip-hop, and the devil. He forgot to mention beer: The rocker-rapper-country crooner is launching his own brew, American Badass…
Nick Jonas and his science fair project The Administration performed for the very first time together last night at the Grammy Awards Nominations Ceremony (the "Song of the Year" nominees are revealed, above). And yeah, Nick Jonas by himself is…
Michael Jackson dressed up his beloved chimp Bubbles like his mini-me, booked hotel suites for the two of them, and even brought him to the Grammys as his date (as we learned from "The Simpsons," above). So you'd assume that Bubbles would be taking…
Lil Wayne sat down for an interview with Katie Couric, who managed to pull off a pretty good interview despite looking thoroughly perplexed and mildly embarrassed the entire time. Among the topics of discussion were Hurricane Katrina, Wayne's name change, his…
This has been a banner week for 1999. Blink-182 officially announced they were reuniting Sunday at the Grammy Awards, and today, we received news that Limp Bizkit is reuniting, too. Even though, as E! News speculates, no one in 2009 might care that Fred Durst…
When "I'm On a Boat" premiered on "Saturday Night Live" in February, I claimed that it was the "funniest Digital Short yet." I stand behind that sentiment, but then -- naturally -- time ran its course and the clip became a…
As you're watching Steve Martin perform "Late for School," a cut off his new bluegrass album, above, you may ask yourself a series of questions. Like "What's he doing with that banjo?" or, "Wait, on 'Saturday Night Live'? Really?" and…
Lil Wayne did David Letterman's Top Ten List last night, and it was great for a couple of reasons. One was hearing the CBS Orchestra play out the segment with "Lollipop," and the other was when Wayne got to number seven on the list. It was supposed…
Last night's TV lineup was bountiful indeed, and ranged from new episodes of "Nurse Jackie" and "Weeds" to the Season 6 premiere of "Run's House." On a new "My Life on the D-List," Kathy Griffin began a "Grammy Telethon,"…
T-Pain's ubiquitous auto-tuned vocals have already dominated music and television, so the next logical step for total auto-tune domination is for him to head to the Internet, right? And, since T-Pain's a direct inspiration for the fantastic "Auto-tune the…
As 2009 draws to a close, I've been doing some serious reflection on what I'll remember most fondly from my past twelve months of pop-culture consumption. To be sure, some of my final selections may seem played out at this particular point in time (witness Kevin…