SNL has always been hit or miss, but this sketch during last week's show was great. Maya Rudolph and Jay Pharaoh just nail Beyonce and Jay-Z, respectively. Check it out below for some laughs.
Sesame Street continues to reel in some of today's hottest singers, and now Bruno Mars can tell you how to get there. Bruno sings a song about not giving up with the help of Elmo, Grover, Telly Monster, and more. Check it out below:
I absolutely LOVED Sesame Street when I was a kid, but does this show seem a lot cooler now then it did back then?
It seems like everyone and their mother is covering Adele these days. Just search "adele cover" on YouTube, and you'll get a multitude of results, ranging from Point artists David Cook and Mike Posner showing off their cover skills, to John/Jane Doe singing their hearts out into a webcam microphone. You'll find some gems in the mix, like this one of Linkin Park covering Adele's "Rolling in the Deep." Lead singer Chester Bennington pours even more soul into a song that was already overflowing with it. Enjoy!
It's easy to see how far Kings of Leon has come when you get a chance to look at their roots. Thanks to a new documentary from Showtime, you get to do just that. It's called "Talihina Sky," and dives into everything from the band's strict religious upbringing to backstage moments at their concerts. With all of the drama that goes on amongst Kings Of Leon, this is sure to be pretty interesting.
Madonna. Michael Jackson. And now, Lady Gaga joins them as a pop superstar. Not for topping any charts, not for selling a certain number of albums, but for getting the Weird Al treatment.
Weird Al Yankovic has parodied Gaga's song "Born This Way," calling it "Perform This Way." The song is about mainly about Lady Gaga's stage antics. Yankovic already has a music video for it, and it's pretty funny:
Yankovic said he was a bit concerned that parodying the song might hurt the song's empowering image for the LGBT community, so he decided to donate the proceeds of the single to the Human Rights Campaign. For the full article, check out the link below.
First it was Conan O'Brien, and now it's Cee Lo Green who just made a documentary about himself.
Cee Lo teamed up with Absolut Vodka to film a three part documentary which contains backstage clips, interviews, and lots of behind the scenes footage. Part One and Two are out already, and can be found at Absolut's facebook page:
Look, here's the deal: I work in the afternoon/night. Most of the time, I'm not up or around to appreciate daytime TV. But when I am, I love to tune in. It's a whole different world compared the prime time tv landscape. There's different types of shows and commercials, and the amazingly addictive infomercials. I get sucked into the Time Life music collector set ads on a fairly regular basis. Don't ask me how many times I've watched the Soft Rock collection ad with Air Supply; it's embarassing.
I think SNL shares a bit of my curiosity in daytime TV, as shown with their spoof of those Taxmasters ads:
This is SNL at its finest, taking a small, odd part of pop culture that we've all noticed, and skewering it. Jason Sudeikis and Bobby Moynihan sell it so well too. Enjoy!
I'm not quite sure you can even use the phrase "fashion faux pas" in regards to Lady Gaga. Everything thing she wears is so different that I think that phrase never qualifies. In this case, you might say she made a "cultural" faux pas. Lady Gaga was on a Japanese talk show the other day, and came out in typical Gaga fashion, except this time, she was dressed like a panda:
Well, pandas are not native to Japan, but actually China. The hosts of the show seem to skip right over it, but I'm not sure if Gaga knew that she made any kind of mistake. At any rate, her outfit is a bit modest compared to some of the other's she has worn, and she actually looks pretty good.
Due to forces out of my control (my girlfriend had the remote control), I watched nearly all of the Tony Awards on Sunday night. I do enjoy some plays and musicals, and when I saw that The Book of Mormon (the musical created by South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker) was up for many awards, that hooked me into the awards some.
Also, Trey Parker's sparkly tuxedo vest cracked me up:
But it wasn't until Monday night that I saw what might be the perfect example of comedic timing. Andy Richter of Conan gave an Tony Awards recap that had me rolling. It might be slightly not safe for work, but check it out, and enjoy!
Point artist Adele has been on fire lately, with her single "Rolling in the Deep" flying up the charts, and her latest album 21 hitting #1 on the Billboard 200. And just like when someone wins the lottery, a person from the past comes out and wants a cut.
Adele's ex-boyfriend (who the singer will not name) has come forward to demand royalties on her first album, 19, which he claims he inspired. Adele is pretty much laughing off the demands, saying "He really thought he'd had some input into the creative process by being a p--ck."
Sounds like he's really living up to his reputation.
