MTV Inaugural Ball to Celebrate Change, Volunteerism
The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years ago, MTV’s Rock ’n’ Roll Inaugural Ball for Bill Clinton—featuring the Eagles, Don Henley and U2, among other performers—became one of the year’s hottest inauguration tickets, attracting not only the new president but the new vice president as well as the crème de la crème of Hollywood. As in 1993, the “Be the Change Inaugural Ball,” celebrating

Trying to Figure Out Blogger Economics and, Once Again, Failing
Beside speculating on why Bill Clinton isn't showing his full support for Barack Obama — one theory says it's because the Democratic nominee wouldn't guarantee Hillary a Supreme Court seat — another favorite game of the MSM is figuring out how much money those pesky bloggers make. Are they raking in the cash like a lobbyist without a soul, or are they in the poorhouse and typing away on an ancient Brother typewriter? To the fuzzy math! Who better to sic on the money trail than Sl

MALIA AND SASHA TO ATTEND SIDWELL FRIENDS PRIVATE SCHOOL
First Lady-elect Michelle and First President-elect have chosen Sidwell friends school for their daughters Malia,10, and Sasha,7, to attend. Here is a little information about Sidwell Friends school via Chatterbox: Sidwell Friends School was established in 1883 and has educated generations of city’s elite. Chlesea Clinton, daughter of former US President, Bill Clinton also attended the same school. Grand-daughters of Vice-President elect, Joe Biden, also attend Sidwell. Some of the other celebrity childr

Obama Bores His Way to Victory
Disagreements over Tuesday night's debate winner seem to be of degree, not of kind, with Obama crowned the victor. The debate was mostly a snooze, but Obama delivered another cool performance, while McCain’s cornpone humor mostly fell flat. Blogger Alex Massie calls it "a no-score draw … And so, because of that, Obama, leading in the polls, won." The New Republic’s Jonathan Chait raves, "I have never seen a stronger performance than the one Obama gave tonight." After being criticized in p

Bill Clinton requests Amitabh to attend CGI (Film Snippets)
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Former US president Bill Clinton has been trying to convince Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to attend the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting to be held in Hong Kong next month.“Bill Clinton writes in to ask me to join their global conference for the betterment of the world in Hong Kong,” Amitabh posted in one of his recent blog entries. The latest update on the same from Amitabh has been that Clinton called him up “to request” him to come for the e

Obama Ushers In Regrettable MTV Revival [The Youth]
In 1992, suave Billy Clinton was sexin' the nation and wearin' boxers, and MTV had a big ole inaugural ball that was reportedly the hottest ticket in DC, even though Don Henley was the main act, which just goes to show once again that political people are really not cool when you get right down to it. But during the Bush years MTV had no inaugural balls, because Bush was so non-embodying of the Music Television vibe, you know? Well now Barack Obama is president and MTV is once again having a big cool inaugu

Billy Joel Bids Goodbye to Shea Stadium with Guests Mellencamp, Mayer, Henley
What seemed like the entire population of Long Island showed up at New York’s Shea Stadium for the first of Billy Joel’s two-night send-off to the home of the New York Mets last night. From the opening song, Joel played to the occasion, altering the lyrics of “Miami 2017″ to “They said the Mets can stay, but they can’t play at Shea.” For three hours, Joel occupied the center-field stage, playing a hits-filled set that had the vast majority of the sold-out stadium of 63,000 singing along note f

Major artists to contribute to new (RED) online music magazine
Artists including The Killers, U2 and John Legend are offering up songs to (RED)WIRE, a new digital online weekly magazine due to debut on December 1

Rick Astley Named Best Act Ever By MTV | An Online Campaign Nabbed The Award
I was astonished when Rick Astley was named as a nominee for ‘Best Act Ever’ at the MTV Europe Music Awards alongside the likes of Green Day and U2. So imagine my utter shock and horror when Astley actually won the damn thing last night at the ceremony in Liverpool. MTV itself were clearly embarrassed by the whole thing because Rick himself didn’t appear to accept the award and there wasn’t even an acceptance video in light of his non-appearance. This is because MTV had its clever v

U2 - Astley Stuns Mtv Emas By Landing Best Act Ever Award
Forgotten 1980s pop star Rick Astley stunned revellers at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday (05Nov08) by taking home the award for Best Act Ever. The singer’s … U2 - Astley Stuns Mtv Emas By Landing Best Act Ever Award From: Contact Music Related Articles Pink - Pink Wins Most Addictive Track Gong At Mtv Emas Britney Spears - Spears Continues Comeback At Mtv Emas Sir Paul McCartney - McCartney To Receive Mtvs Ultimate Legend Gong Katy PerryR

McCartney hails Obama at MTV Europe Music Awards
Ex Beatle Sir Paul McCartney was given a special gong at the MTV Europe Music Awards Thursday in his home city of Liverpool -- and used the event to hail US president-elect Barack Obama. Skip related content Related content America reigns supreme in MTV awards Hollywood spotlights environment MTV Europe Music Awards winners in 2008 Related Hot Topic: Celebrity Have your say: Celebrity McCartney was presented with the Ultimate Legend Award, created especially for him, by U2 fro

McCartney, Obama feted at MTV Europe Music Awards
Former Beatle Paul McCartney stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, accepting a one-off prize from the pop channel in his home city of Liverpool to deafening applause. The 66-year-old was named Ultimate Legend at the 15th edition of the annual awards ceremony, one of pop music's biggest nights outside the United States. "This is the man who invented my job," said U2 lead singer Bono, introducing McCartney. "On the way here Paul McCartney, who was driving the car, was point

IUC Exclusive: Shania Twain being Pursued by Promoter of Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney to do Full Blown World Tour
IUC has learned the world’s top music promoter Michael Cole is trying to get the world’s top country music female star Shania Twain to sign on the dotted line to do a full blown world tour. Cole has joined a long line of other world class promoters trying to talk Shania into rocking the stage again. A source close to Twain told IUC the Canadian born singer composed over 60 songs on her accoustic guitar the past few months and is secretly working with a new producer on an album. Her longti

No Doubt to Headline Bamboozle Festival
Following their comeback announcement earlier this month, No Doubt are set to play at Bamboozle Festival in East Rytherford, New York alongside Fall Out Boy. No Doubt have been confirmed to perform as a headlining act at Bamboozle Festival. They will be playing at the event taking place at Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New York on May 3, 2009. In addition to No Doubt's live appearance, the Live Nation-promoted festival

U2 - Astley Stuns Mtv Emas By Landing Best Act Ever Award
Forgotten 1980s pop star Rick Astley stunned revellers at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday (05Nov08) by taking home the award for Best Act Ever. The singer's ...

Music exec Iovine sees no need to rush releases (Reuters)
Reuters - When Universal Music Group pushed highly anticipated albums from U2, Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 Cent from the fourth quarter to 2009, it seemed like this year's final stake in the heart of the retail music business.

McCain Mortgages His Reputation on a Chance to Bring Obama Down
Less than a month before Election Day, John McCain’s position is increasingly desperate. Barack Obama has built (or rather, regained) a mid- to high-single-digit lead in national polling over the last two weeks and has significantly improved his standing in most swing states. McCain is more likely to lose on November 4 than to win, and given the enormous built-in advantages that his opponent enjoys—the economy, most importantly—there may not be anything he can do to engineer a victory. But he

A Hankerin' To Run
Political blogger Brandon Barker is reporting that conservative country music star Hank Williams, Jr. is preparing for a 2012 run for the Senate. The soon-to-be-60 singer of such hits as Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound and There's a Tear in My Beer would run on the GOP ticket to represent Tennessee. The son of music legend Hank Williams, Hank Jr. made a few headlines several weeks back when he charged that Barack Obama is "not real crazy" about our national anthem. It's those high, notes, Hank. They're to

VP DEBATE SPECIAL: Bill Clinton Makes the Case For Joe Biden
Clinton says there’s no better VP choice to help repair our relationships around the world than Joe Biden. It’s hard to argue with Bill on that one.

Debate Liveblog III: Townhall Without Pity
Karen Tumulty, Michael Grunwald and I will be liveblogging tonight's debate again at the usual address. Learn it, bookmark it, live it. As you know, tonight's debate will be a townhall, a format that allows for back-and-forth with voters, intermingling among candidates and questioners, and freewheeling exchanges. Oh, actually: it will allow for none of those! By agreement of the two campaigns, there are to be no followups. No reaction shots of audience questioners. (This last, presumably, is to avoid

Bill Clinton: New York's New Senator?
There is a movement afoot in New York political circles to make sure that if (okay: when) Hillary Clinton accepts the post as Barack Obama's Secretary of State, that her Senate seat is filled by hubby Bill. "He'd be the perfect person to fill out his wife's term," a source close to the power couple told RADAR. "It's all in the 'talking' stage now, but when things do happen they'll happen quickly." The move wouldn't be unprecedented for a former President. The 6th U.S. Chief Executive, John Quincy Adam

George Bush’s Extremely Offensive Forestry Malapropism
Minnesota will not count thousands of the absentee ballots Al Franken wants them to, but still, without things to count, the recount continues. [The Caucus] The MySpace mom who played terrible pranks on 12 year old girl, for vengeance, was found guilty of several misdemeanors. [AMERICAblog] Oh god, some guy named “Karl” (note the Soviet “K”) has actually suggested that Bill Clinton will replace his wife Hillary Clinton as Senator from New York. [Hit & Run] Recovering terrorist Ba

Catching up with reunited Eagles
If most bands were to go nearly 30 years between albums, they might agonize over the direction and tenor their new music should take, how time has changed them individually and collectively, and whether they will still be considered relevant. For "Long Road Out of Eden," the Eagles' first studio effort since "The Long Run" in 1979, the reverse held true. All it took was a chance encounter on YouTube to inspire the group and guide it in the right direction. "There was some brief discussion abou

Top 10 Celebrities Who Are Probably Cool In Real Life
 Feel free to weigh in and add your own... especially if you can correct (or add) based on personal experience... 10. Neil Young-- because of-- or in spite of-- the fact that he is obsessed with model trains9. Heidi Klum-- showing us her ass bruise yesterday is what got us thinking about this list in the first place 8. Anthony Bourdain-- the only man who works in a kitchen that we probably couldn't take in a fight... but he wouldn't start one with us... because he's cool like that 7. Simon

…OF THE DAY
AWFUL SAUSAGE: "A burglar broke into a home just east of Fresno rubbed food seasoning over the body of one of two men as they slept in their rooms and then used an 8-inch sausage to whack the other man on the face and head before running out of the house, Fresno County sheriff's deputies said Saturday." That's it. (FresnoBee) LOGICAL REASONING: I Don't know about you, but when I hear that Michael Jackson's underwear is for sale, I think "But aren't Macaulay Culkin's b*lls getting cold?" (NY Post) BAB