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Shins Will Return After He’s Done With Broken Bells, James Mercer Promises

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Right now I’m really enjoying this,’ he says of his collaboration with Danger Mouse. By James Montgomery The Shins’ James Mercer Photo: MTV News Much of the press surrounding Broken Bells — the new collaboration between Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton and the Shins’ James Mercer — seems to focus on the status of the duo’s other projects, including whatever Burton decides to do next and, most notably, the Shins

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Event of the Year Showdown: Apple Tablet vs. Lost vs. Obama

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In the span of one week, Steve Jobs will unveil an Apple tablet ; ABC will premiere the final season of Lost ; and some guy named Barack Obama will address the ” State of the Union .” Which event will make your year? It’s hard to choose, we know. But our media-supersaturated culture is rapidly converging all planetary communication — whether about politics, media, technology or imaginary warring castaways — into an omnipresent digital singularity.

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The Pandering Guide to the State of the Union

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Do you have spending freeze fever?

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Tagged america, Barack Obama, child, clinton, democrats, dick morris, government, history, military, Obama, president, press, white

What the VICE/CNN Partnership Means for Media, Hipsters, and News

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It was announced last week that the well-reputed paint-huffing punks of VICE was partnering up to share their VBS.TV content with CNN—the 30 year-old broadcast news network, America’s first all-news channel—on their website. Does it mean anything?

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Nintendo Controller Dress

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Evening wear for gamers.

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John Mayer: Chronic Masturbator

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

John Mayer : “The phone doesn’t pick up because I’m masturbating.” Heidi Montag : “If Cleopatra were alive now, I’m sure she’d have triple D’s.” Kelly Bensimon ‘s Playboy shoot: “What sexy looks like at 41.” Wednesday’s gossip roundup is highly quotable. “I am the new generation of masturbator,” says John Mayer in Rolling Stone , for which he posed shirtless.

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Hubris in Haiti: Wyclef Jean’s History of Overselling Yele’s Ability to Help

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Wyclef Jean ‘s aspirations for his foundation, Yele Haiti , to be more than just a celebrity vanity project have long been outstripped by realities on the ground, people who’ve worked in Haiti for the organization tell Gawker. People who have worked for Yele Haiti in the past are speaking up to express concern that Jean’s celebrity is drawing urgently needed donations away from established NGOs and to Yele, which they say is ill-equipped to deliver urgently needed disaster relief. The people who spoke to Gawker say they are motivated by a fear that Jean’s celebrity and very real desire to help his homeland are diverting scarce resources from more capable and transparent organizations

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Wyclef Jean: My Charity Has Made ‘Mistakes’

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Wyclef Jean offered a teary defense of his charity work with Yele Haiti in a press conference just now, admitting that he made some mistakes but denying that he profited from the charitable donations he directed toward his business interests. Jean also called for a “mass exodus” from Port-au-Prince, which has become a “morgue”: In 48 hours, the U.S. Army could probably set up 100,000 tents

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Golden Globes Upsets Galore as Avatar, Hangover, Glee Score

Posted on January 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The Hollywood Foreign Press was happy to open Pandora’s box. Avatar, James Cameron’s years-in-the-making vision of the possibility of performance-capture technology, was named…