Go "Gaga" over Xmas!

It's less than two weeks till Christmas and it seems that everyone and their dog is releasing some more shit Christmas Songs!
But don't fear, one of this years best new artists Lady Gaga is set to rock you the only dose of festive music you'll need!
Her latest offering "Christmas Tree" (featuring Space Cowboy) is a fun and upbeat techno remix of some old classic Xmas tunes, but gives it an updated and relevant feel! Gaga tells us "My Christmas Tree is delicious!", and who could disagree with that!

Score: 9/10

Download Lady Gaga - Christmas Tree.

NZ Entertainment News

- Kiwis may be amoung the first in the world to hear new material of British rockers the Artic Monkeys as reports suggestthat they will preview their new material off the third album at the 2009 Big Day Out in Auckland!

- Cynthia Nixon has confirmed that the highly anticipated sequel Sex and the City: The Movie could be filmed in New Zealand.

- The 2009 Dancing With the Stars (NZ) lineup was announced last night, with Tamati Coffey (TVNZ's Breakfast presenter), Josh Kronfeld (ex-All Black), Geraldine Brophy (ex-Shortland Street Actress), John Rowles (Singer), Rebecca Hobbs (Shortland Street, Burying Brian), Chris Hobbs (Actor), Lizzy Igasan (Captain of the Black Sticks) and Barbara Kendall (Olympian boardsailer) set to take to the floor!

The Worlds Biggest Dick!

Who does Diddy, Puff Daddy, P. Dick, Big Dick, Diddy Dick think he is! This guy is a tool!

Firstly, he's a terrible rapper (and dancer)! After painfully enduring some of his "best work" (?) i just wondered, "How did this guy get famous?" and "Are people really that tone-deaf"! He's actually the worst rapper out there (along with Soulja Boy) and when it comes to performing he's a total mess! He's a worse dancer than the whitest guy you could find!

Secondly, after viewing his latest reality "The Apprentice"-take off "I Want to Work for Diddy", i came to the conclusion that this guy is f**ked in the head! You know when Donald Trump does his random thoughts on...well whatever he wants to give his "thoughts" on this week, "wise" Diddy does the same (original!) but he just says some of the STUPIDEST stuff ever! I quote " Work is like love, i love work and you can't sleep when you're in love, so you don't sleep"! Thanks Gandhi! Someone take him off TV NOW!

And now he thinks he should be the next James Bond!
I quote: "I would like to also announce that this is my audition tape for the next James Bond. There is a black president and it’s time for there to be a black Bond." Um no i don't think so stupid!
Now I'm the first one to say that I was overjoyed when Barack Obama was elected as the US President, but where is the relevancy in having a black bond? This is just a desperate publicity stunt (well executed i may add) and brings up and issue which is so irrelevant and stupid! Stupid stupid!

So here's the deal, take Kanye and Lindsay, go to some far far away island and disappear...for good!

Get Shaky!

"Get Shaky" by DJ sensation The Ian Carey Project is pure dance/electronic heat! This song is perfect for those long summer nights at club or even on the beach!
The Washington D.C. native is one of the worlds leading DJ's and his previous hits include "Say What You Want" and the impressive "Keep On Rising"!

Score: 9/10

One to watch out for in 2009!

Baywatch New Zealand?

A new show currently titled Southern Lakes is currently in the works from US producer and director Greg Bonann (Baywatch).

"The show is said to be a "sizzling hot drama" based round Queenstown's tourism scene and will show off the surrounding beautiful landscape. As well as having "colourful" international characters, there will be three gorgeous adventurous sisters trying to rescue their grandfather's plane charter business called Queenstown Air."

Interesting.

Billboard Chart Beat 12/12

This week on the Billboard Charts, it's all Britney Spears (and T.I.) .

On the Hot 100, T.I. takes over at #1 with "Live Your Life"! Debuting in at #3 is Britney Spears with her second release (and first EVER to debut inside the Top 10) "Circus".

Here's how the top 5 look this week (11.12.08):

1. T.I. feat. Rihanna "Live Your Life" (WEA/Warner)
2. Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (SonyBMG)
3. Britney Spears "Circus" (Jive)
4. Lady Gaga "Just Dance" (Interscope)
5. T.I. "Whatever You Like" (WEA/Warner)

On the Billboard 200 with the sixth biggest debut of the year, Britney Spears debuts with her highly anticipated "Circus" selling 505,000!
The only other notable debut comes from former-convict Akon debuting at #7 with his third release "Freedom".

Saving C4!

Last week i made a post referring to C4's lack of quality, and was asked by an "Anonymous" "what line up would make it better?
This got me thinking and here is my pick for what would help revive C4's dismal lineup! Some programs are owned by rival stations but are poorly screened on them and are worth investing in!

Weeknights
4-6PM Select Live
6:00PM Select Live: Top 5
6:30PM Hollyoaks
7:00PM Family Guy

Monday
7:30PM 30 Rock
8:00PM The Office
8:30PM Underbelly (Season 2) or Dollhouse
9:30PM Jono's New Show

Tuesday
7:30PM Premieres
8:00PM How I Met Your Mother (owned by TV3)
8:30PM Lie to Me
9:30PM Shameless (owned by UKTV)

Wednesday
7:30PM 90210
8:30PM Skins
9:30PM 24 (owned by TV3)

Thursday
7:30PM NEW Family Guy
8:00PM American Dad
8:30PM Supernatural (owned by TV2)
9:30PM Battle Star Gallactica

Friday
7:30PM The Official NZ Top 40
8:30PM Friday Night Lights
9:30PM Special Features

Saturday
4-7PM Select
7:00PM Family Guy
7:30PM Smallville (owned by TV2)
8:30PM 24 (Weeks Repeat)
9:30PM U Choose 40

Sunday
4-7PM Select
7:00PM Family Guy
7:30PM 90210 (Weeks Repeat)
8:30PM Friday Night Lights (Weeks Repeat)
9:30PM Skins (Weeks Repeat)

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Golden Globe Nominations 2009

The 2009 Golden Globe Nominations have been revealed and here are the nominees:
Film
Best Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress - Drama
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've loved you so long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Actor - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Comedy or Musical
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Television
Best TV Drama
Dexter
House
In Treatment
Mad Men
True Blood

Best TV Drama Actress
Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order: SVU
January Jones - Mad Menn
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best TV Drama Actor
Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Jonathan Rhys Meyes - The Tudors

Best TV Comedy
30 Rock
Californication
Entourage
The Office
Weeds

Best TV Comedy Actress
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

(My picks in italic.)
For a full list of nominees, click here.

Billboard Goes To The Circus!

It's official, Britney Spears has topped the Billboard 200 Album Chart with her latest album "Circus" selling a whopping 505,000 it's first week!

This makes Spears the first artist to have four albums debut with 500,000-plus copies in the SoundScan era, which began in 1991. "Circus" is currently the sixth biggest album sales opener of the year!
Spears now ranks fifth among female artists for the most No. 1 albums, with her five chart-toppers trailing only Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven), and Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (six apiece).

More Billboard Numbers tomorrow!

Review - "I Got You Dancing"

The worlds second most popular "chav" (behind Vicky Pollard) Lady Sovereign sophomore album "Jigsaw" is reportedly due out April 2009, but little is known about the album in general. The first material off the album "I Got You Dancing" is out now, and it's FREE!
The song is classic-Lady Sovereign, this time with a more electric feel. Lyrically it is similarly structured to her previous efforts, and makes for one cool track! Infact I'd say it's her second best song EVER (behind her cover of "Pretty Vacant")!

Score: 8/10

Download "I Got You Dancing" Here!

Update: "It's Not Me, It's You"

This is apparently the new cover of Lily Allen's soon to be released "It's Not Me, It's You", out February 9th 2009.
Not too bad, but c'mon Lily, you can do better!

"It's Not Me, It's You" Tracklisting:
1. "Everyone's At It"
2. "The Fear"
3. "It's Not Fair"
4. "22"
5. "I Could Say"
6. "Go Back To The Start"
7. "Never Gonna Happen"
8. "Fuck You"
9. "Who'd've Known"
10. "Chinese"
11. "Him"
12. "He Wasn't There"

Review - "Circus" (Single)

The second single taken off her anticipated sixth studio album "Circus", "Circus" is a stomping anthem in the making!
The song is great from start to finish, with everything a "pop/dance" song should be, easy on the ears and incautiously provocative. Labeling herself as the "ring leader", Britney takes us on an adventure into her world, seeming self aware of who she is and what she does.
Musically it strikingly similar to "Break The Ice", with a swift beat and a mixture of auto-tuned instruments with technical brilliance, that give this song a seemingly timeless feel. Anthem!

Score: 9/10

NZ Chart Beat.

Lady Gaga makes it five weeks in a row atop the New Zealand Singles Chart with her three-headed monster hit "Poker Face"!
There have been some slight changes in the top 5 this week, with rapper T.I.'s "Live Your Life" rising into the second spot and Basshunter flying into the #4 position with "Now You're Gone". The biggest mover this week goes to Beyonce with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" rising to #5, up from #14 the previous week.

Here's how the top 5 look this week (8.12.08)

1. Lady Gaga "Poker Face" (Universal)
2. T.I. feat. Rihanna "Live Your Life" (WEA/Warner)
3. Beyonce "If I Were A Boy" (SonyMusic)
4. Basshunter "Now You're Gone" (WEA/Warner)
5. Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" (SonyMusic)

The Cast of High School Musical rise one position to the #1 spot with their third release "High School Musical 3: Senior Year". Equally her previous album peak position is Miss Britney Spears, in this week at #8 this with her latest "Circus".

NEW Albums Out in '09

January
Kylie Minogue - "Boombox" (Jan. 5th)
Melanie B. - "Reimagined" (Jan. 19th)
A.C. Newman - "Get Guilty" (Jan. 20th)
Franz Ferdinand - "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand" (Jan 24th/26th)

February
Keri Hilson - "In A Perfect World" (Feb _?)
Lily Allen - "It’s Not Me, It’s You" (Feb 9th)
Jennifer Lopez - "Still From The Block" (Greatest Hits) (Feb 10th)
Missy Elliot - "Block Party" (Feb 10th)
Timberland - "Shock Value: Volume 2" (Feb 14th)

March
Annie Lennox - "The Collection" (March 16th)
Kelly Clarkson - Fourth Studio Album (March 16th/17th)

1st Quarter
Eminem - "Relapse"
Eskimo Joe - Fourth Studio Album
Rob Thomas - "Cradle Songs"
Natalie Bassingthwaighte - "1000 Stars"

April
Lady Sovereign - "Jigsaw" (April 6th)
Annie - "Don't Stop" (April 27th)

More updates to come.

Still Relevant?

Are Fall Out Boy still relevant? I mean sure Pete Wentz just had a baby with Ashlee "flat line-career" Simpson, but other than landing in the gossip mags, what have they actually done lately?

After a career that boomed after the release of their third album "From Under the Cork Tree " in 2005, they seemed to become one of the best new acts out there! Their Pop/Punk/Rock sound was very in and saw them as one of the hottest acts to love! They followed up with "Infinity on High" in 2007, and peaked with their monster hit "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", along the way defining what was rock in 2007! But since then they have seemed to go down hill. The singles following "This Ain't a Scene..." didn't not live up to the hype, and after an extended break from the charts, their career seemed to flat line!

With their fifth album "Folie à Deux." (set for release December 16th), will it be enough to put them back in the spotlight? I'm not so sure. After hearing some of their new tracks, they seem a little lost! The first single off the album "I Don't Care" just popped up on the radio, and was pleasing enough, but didn't have that punch of it's predecessors. Even they knew it with the rushing of second single "What a Catch, Donnie". They just seem to disinterested in what they are doing, and it seems like this is one band heading for certain obscurity.

Still Relevant? Maybe.