What do you call 1910? Do you call it "One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten"....noooooo, ya probably don't. It's "Nineteen Ten".
Therefore...welcome to TWENTY TEN!!!
And with New Year's comes NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS! Do you have a gym membership? I'll bet the gym is PACKED these days! Not to worry...probably only about 2 more weeks of that! They'll probably start dropping like flies this week.
Celebs make resolutions as well...here's a few for ya!
CHRISTINA AGUILERA: "To continue having the best life ever."
LINDSAY LOHAN: "To stop letting the lucky few that have my heart, try to constantly tear me down." (???)
JESSICA ALBA: "I want to listen more and talk less this year."
DENISE RICHARDS: "Cutting out all negative people once and for all. Life is too short for B.S."
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: "I'm going to underpromise myself for 2010, so if it goes well I'll just be like, 'Oh my God! Such a surprise!'"
LOL!
KIM KARDASHIAN: "Just to spend a little bit more time with my family and my friends and to really kick it up in the workout department and to try to eat better. I cannot get it together with eating. I eat way too many Oreos."
ASHLEE SIMPSON: "All my focus is on my son. Every day being a better mom and learning with him."
MILEY CYRUS: Ehhhh, who really cares.
TARA REID: "I'm not really good with New Year's resolutions. I'm terrible with that."
ADAM LAMBERT: "To keep being positive and try to live in the moment and enjoy this."
TV LONGEVITY
"Law & Order" is currently tied with "Gunsmoke" as the longest-running prime-time drama in TV history. Both have lasted 20 seasons.
And it sounds like NBC will give "Law & Order" a 21st season. NBC Entertainment chief Angela Bromstad says, quote, "I'm a 'Law & Order' junkie. I wouldn't want to be responsible for not having [it] break the record."
JOHN MAYER'S "DIGITAL CLEANSE"
JOHN MAYER is in the middle of a self-imposed, quote, "digital cleanse"...which will keep him away from online communication for a week. Yeah, just seven days...and he isn't even completely walking away from his computer.
John explained the concept of the digital cleanse on his blog...saying, quote, "I'll be de-fragmenting my mental and psychological hard drive during the first seven days of the new year, and I invite you all to participate.
"The cleanse will begin at 9:00 A.M. on January 1st. This gives everyone a chance to text and tweet their new year's well wishes, and theoretically begins upon waking up the morning of January 1st. The cleanse will end at 9:00 A.M. on January 8th."
Although it's a little late to join him, if you're interested in doing your own "digital cleanse," here are the "guidelines" that John is following:
#1.) E-mail only from laptop or desktop computers.
#2.) Cell phones can only be used to make calls, and no text messages or e-mails are allowed...if you receive a text, you must reply in voice over the phone. E-mails must be returned from a laptop or desktop computer.
#3.) No use of Twitter or any other social networking site...this includes reading as well as posting.
#4.) No visiting of any entertainment or gossip sites.
Assuming you are not in a digital cleanse yourself right now, you can hit up his website to read more about all this. Here's the link
http://www.johnmayer.com/blog/permalink/5383
John says that some people have told him that they'd consider this to be, quote, "impossible"...and he bemoans what that says about our society.
BANNED WORDS IN 2010:
Every year, researchers at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (where yours truly has visited and vacationed over many summers growing up!) compile a list of obnoxious words and phrases that need to be banned. Here's a look at some of the words that made this year's list:
"Sexting"
"Unfriended"...which is what it's called when you get rid of a friend on Facebook
"Tweeting"...or any other Twitter-related word like "ReTweeting" or "Tweetaholic"
Anything that starts with BARACK OBAMA'S name...like "Obama-care" and "Obama-nomics"
"Czar"...as in drug czar, car czar, or housing czar
"Teachable moment"
"Bromance"
"Chillaxin"
RI-RI'S NEW MAN-MAN...
"OK!" magazine says that RIHANNA is fornicating with L.A. Dodgers outfielder MATT KEMP. The two just spent New Year's Eve together in the United Arab Emirates, where Rihanna had a gig.
A so-called "source" says, quote, "Rihanna likes him because he's such a gentleman (he's very UN-Chris Brown-like)...and super sexy!"
After the UAE, Rihanna and Matt spent the weekend in Mexico. Here are some pics...
OK, he's showing off in the last one!! Look at that look, he sees the camera. GRAB THAT ASS, BOI!!
OH HAYDEN...
This is kind of an odd pairing: HAYDEN PANETTIERE and boxer WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO. But it's happening. The paparazzi caught them hanging out poolside over the holidays.
REJECTS SPLIT?! NOT SO FAST...
If you're actively following the guys in ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS on Twitter...and several thousand of you actually ARE...you may have heard that the band came close to splitting up over the holidays.
A few days before Christmas, singer TYSON RITTER and guitarist NICK WHEELER apparently got into a pretty serious argument. It's unclear what it was over, but both of them sent out Tweets referencing it.
Ritter said, quote, "Just walked out on dinner with Wheels, I'm over this (crap)." And later, Wheeler said, quote, "Fed up with Ty and his BS...I'm out! Forever."
Neither of them said anything else about it until New Year's Eve, when they both announced that they'd patched things up...by kissing.
Ritter said, quote, "Nick and I made up. I mean made out." And then he posted a picture of the passionate moment. Nick added, "And now, all is well."
Yes..there really ARE pics.
GRAMMY PERFORMERS...
Lady Gaga, The Dave Matthews Band, Pink, Green Day and the country music group Zac Brown Band will perform at the Grammy Awards on January 31st.
Previously announced performers include: Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Maxwell and Lady Antebellum.
This means that all the nominees for Album of the Year will perform: Lady Gaga, The Dave Matthews Band, Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift.
GAGA-NESS...
LADY GAGA will appear in the premiere issue of a comic book series called "Fame". It'll be out on May 5th. Future issues will feature Robert Pattinson, Taylor Swift, David Beckham and 50 Cent. (Here's the cover of Lady Gaga's issue...)
ALSO, a friend of mine was at her show in Chicago on Friday night. Apparently she shouted out that she had an 'enormous cock' at some point...just so you're aware.
DON'T BUY THIS STUFF...
According to Yahoo! Finance, here are ten things you should NEVER buy again, because they're about to become completely obsolete:
#1.) DVDs: By the end of the year, Blockbuster plans to close nearly a quarter of its stores, and you know why: The late fees are annoying, services like Netflix are ridiculously cheap, and your cable provider offers plenty of on-demand movies.
#2.) Home telephone service: You already have a cell phone, email, instant messaging and Skype to help you stay in touch. So why bother with a landline?
#3.) External hard drives: You need to back up all the music, photos, and other material on your computer. But online backup services like Carbonite.com and Mozy.com are already starting to replace traditional external hard drives.
#4.) Smartphones that aren't the iPhone or BlackBerry: Right now, BlackBerries account for 40% of the smartphone market, and the iPhone accounts for another 25%. Unless you go with the Google phone that just came out, don't bother with anyone else.
#5.) Compact digital cameras: The wave of the future is the single-lens reflex camera. They're a little bulkier, but they take much better photos.
#6.) Newspaper subscriptions: If you need to get your news, there's this CRAZY new invention called the Internet where you can get breaking news all day long. (???)
#7.) CDs: Like the eight-track and the cassette tape before it, the CD is about to go the way of the dinosaurs. But you've seen that one coming for years, haven't you?
#8.) New college textbooks: There's really no point in shelling out for new textbooks when you can get them much cheaper used. Better yet, download your textbooks on the Internet, or rent them from a service called Chegg.com.
#9.) Gas-guzzling cars: It's finally happened...consumers are interested in buying cars that get good gas mileage, and manufacturers are interested in making them.
#10.) Homes and appliances that aren't energy-efficient: Thanks to all the new federal environmental standards, and the tax credits tied to energy-efficient home upgrades, anything that's not energy-efficient is about to become a thing of the past.
QUARTER POUNDER FOUNDER PASSES...
I've got some unfortunate news to report this morning...
Al Bernardin...inventor of the McDonald's Quarter Pounder...has died of a stroke. He was 81 years old.
Al's a former dean of McDonalds' training center, Hamburger University. He also helped develop the restaurant's French fries, hot apple and cherry pies, and the Filet-o-Fish. Great man.
MILEY THE ROLE MODEL...AT IT AGAIN...
There appears to be a pattern building here: MILEY CYRUS has supposedly moved her latest boyfriend, LIAM HEMSWORTH, into the family home...even though her parents didn't want her to.
But even though they bowed to Miley's demands, they DID insist on separate rooms.
A so-called "source" says, quote, "In the end, Billy Ray and Miley's mom, Tish, decided they'd rather have Miley under their roof with Liam than not knowing where she is at night.
"Billy Ray believes it's better to keep Miley on a short leash and to monitor her, rather than alienating her and risking a rebellion.
"Whatever happens in her relationship with Liam, her parents want Miley with them for as long as possible."
When Miley was 15, her parents let her 20-year-old underwear model-boyfriend move in with her. Miley is 17 now...so, you know, she's still kinda young to be living with a dude, parents or no parents.
But you KNOW there is some shag-tastic fornicating going on when the 'rents aren't around.
But hey...she's a role model.
OK, HAVE I BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK???...
I had NO idea that R&B singer KEYSHIA COLE (who you might know from the song with DIDDY, "Last Night") was dating BOOBIE GIBSON from the CAVS!
Apparently they are, AND Ms. Cole is carrying Gibson's fetus.
AMANDA BYNES...
Remember when AMANDA BYNES was that sweet, innocent little kid on Nickelodeon...then later on that WB show...was it What I Like About You?
Well, she's not little anymore. She'll be 24 in April.
And she doesn't look all that innocent in her new photo shoot for "Maxim" magaine!!!
YUMMY!
SOME MUSIC WINNERS FROM THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS...
Favorite Male Artist: Keith Urban
Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite Country Artist: Carrie Underwood
Favorite Breakout Music Artist: Lady Gaga
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
Favorite Rock Band: Paramore
Favorite Music Collaboration: Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, "Run This Town"
Favorite R&B Artist: Mariah Carey
Favorite Pop Artist: Lady Gaga
FINAL 2009 and 2000's MUSIC TALLY'S...
Nielsen Soundscan released the final music sales numbers for 2009...and not surprisingly, it was all about Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Susan Boyle.
Michael was the top selling artist of the year. He moved 8.2 million albums...most of them after his death last June. (Here's the Top 10..._
2009 Top-Selling Artists:
#1.) MICHAEL JACKSON, 8.2 million
#2.) TAYLOR SWIFT, 4.6 million
#3.) THE BEATLES, 3.2 million
#4.) SUSAN BOYLE, 3.1 million
#5.) LADY GAGA, 2.8 million
#6.) ANDREA BOCELLI, 2.6 million
#7.) MICHAEL BUBLÉ, 2.2 million
#8.) EMINEM, 2.1 million
#9.) CARRIE UNDERWOOD, 1.8 million
#10.) BLACK EYED PEAS, 1.8 million
--2009 Top-Selling Albums:
#1.) "Fearless", TAYLOR SWIFT, 3.2 million (That's JUST for last year. It's actually sold a total of 5.3 million copies since its November 2008 release.)
#2.) "I Dreamed a Dream", SUSAN BOYLE, 3.1 million
#3.) "Number Ones", MICHAEL JACKSON, 2.3 million
#4.) "The Fame", LADY GAGA, 2.2 million
#5.) "My Christmas", ANDREA BOCELLI, 2.2 million
#6.) The soundtrack to "Hannah Montana: The Movie", 1.8 million
#7.) "E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)", BLACK EYED PEAS, 1.7 million
#8.) "Relapse", EMINEM, 1.7 million
#9.) "Blueprint 3", JAY-Z, 1.5 million
#10.) "Only by the Night", KINGS OF LEON, 1.3 million
In total album sales over the entire decade, Eminem topped the chart, selling about 2 million more albums than the Beatles. (Here's the Top 10...)
--Top Artists of the 2000s:
#1.) EMINEM, 32.2 million
#2.) THE BEATLES, 30.2 million
#3.) TIM MCGRAW, 24.8 million
#4.) TOBY KEITH, 24.5 million
#5.) BRITNEY SPEARS, 23 million
#6.) KENNY CHESNEY, 22 million
#7.) LINKIN PARK, 21.4 million
#8.) NELLY, 21.3 million
#9.) CREED, 20.6 million
#10.) JAY-Z, 20.4 million
--Top Albums of the 2000s:
#1.) "1", THE BEATLES, 11.6 million
#2.) "No Strings Attached", 'N SYNC, 11.1 million
#3.) "Come Away With Me", NORAH JONES, 10.6 million
#4.) "Marshall Mathers LP", EMINEM, 10.2 million
#5.) "Eminem Show", EMINEM, 9.8 million
#6.) "Confessions", USHER, 9.73 million
#7.) "Hybrid Theory", LINKIN PARK, 9.7 million
#8.) "Human Clay", CREED, 9.5 million
#9.) "Oops! . . . I Did It Again", BRITNEY SPEARS, 9.2 million
#10.) "Country Grammar", NELLY, 8.5 million
--Lady Gaga was the top selling digital artist of the year.
--She sold over 15 million digital songs. The rest of the Top Five were: The Black Eyed Peas (just under 13 million), Michael Jackson (12.4 million), Taylor Swift (12.3 million) and Beyoncé. (It's unclear what her total was.)
--The Black Eyed Peas had the two top-selling individual digital songs. "Boom Boom Pow" came in at #1 with 4.7 million downloads . . . and "I Gotta Feeling" was second with 4.4 million downloads.
--Here's the rest of the Top Five: Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" (4.3 million), Flo Rida's "Right Round" (4.1 million) and Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" (3.2 million).
TAYLOR LAUNTER USED TAYLOR SWIFT?...
If you haven't heard by now, the Taylor's split over the holidays. The "Star" tabloid claims that it was TAYLOR LAUTNER who dumped TAYLOR SWIFT...so he could get back together with his ex-girlfriend, SELENA GOMEZ. (Obviously, we don't know if that's true or not. Do you think he possibly used T Swizzle to GET BACK at Selena?! Hmmmm. I'll keep you posted.)
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