Premiere: Video: “Más” by Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado is in the middle of promoting her Spanish album and it’s doing nothing for us. “Más” is the new single and it means “More” in English. But, also means “Bad” in Furtado’s native Portuguese language. It sounds Spanish though. She needs to get back to doing some great English pop songs for the world.

Tori Amos’s “Midwinter Graces” has leaked!

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Tori Amos’s first winter offering, some might say Christmas album, has leaked. Midwinter Graces is a collection of some of Tori’s favorites in her own style. To stray away from the christianization of the album, we’ll call it a “seasonal” album. After all, Christmas has Pagan roots. The album contains a duet with Tori’s daughter and a bunch of obscure seasonal ditties. We are sure we will love.

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John Mayer’s “Battle Studies” has leaked!

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John Mayer’s muchly-awaited new album has been leaked. Yes, the entire Battle Studies album. It’s his fourth album and it was supposed to be out on November 17th. He said about it: “The album is called Battle Studies and that’s because it incorporates a lot of the lessons, a lot of the observations, and a little bit of advice. Like a handbook, like a heartbreak handbook.”

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It’s the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, #fotw

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It’s only been two decades since the jeers of the Berlin Wall falling occured targetting the reunification of modern-day Germany and causing a domino effect in the Eastern Bloc states from soviet shackles. It seems that 20 years is a lot of time for change. In it, Germany went from a fragmented country to a world power, again. This time more on an economic basis and less on military capabilities. And ever since, Eastern states like Poland and the Czech Republic rid themselves of oppression and misguided communism. At any rate, it’s a good to celebrate. A foundation has opted to write any tweet one precedes with “#fotw” on the wall. Ask for other walls to fall. Like the West Bank Barrier or other borders that limit and steal freedoms from people.

It’s Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary…

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grover-300x300Happy birthday to one of the greatest children’s TV shows on earth. It’s been 40 years since Sesame Street debuted. From Wikipedia: “Sesame Street is an American educational children’s television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. Sesame Street is well known for its Muppets characters created by Jim Henson. It premiered on November 10, 1969, and is the longest running children’s program on US television. The show is produced in the United States by the non-profit organization Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), founded by Joan Ganz Cooney and Ralph Rogers. The show has been running for 40 years.” Click here for more.

Premiere: Video: “Somebody To Love” by Leighton Meester featuring Robin Thicke

Everyone’s favorite Gossip Girl Leighton Meester has released the video for her debut single “Somebody To Love” with none other than the sexy Robin Thicke. The song is a grower and, surprising mid-tempo. No word yet on how the album will be, but it’s slated for an early 2010 release. Isn’t everything?

Poster for Tom Ford’s movie “A Single Man”

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Tom Ford is readying up the release of his criticly-acclaimed and highly-awaited first movie effort A Single Man. The film is slated for a December 11th release. A Single Man is a 2009 American drama film directed by Tom Ford. The film is based on the Christopher Isherwood novel of the same name and stars Colin Firth as the protagonist George Falconer, a gay British college professor living in Southern California. The rest of the cast includes Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode and Nicholas Hoult. The film is Ford’s directorial debut.

Mariah Carey working with Beyonce for remix album

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This hasn’t been talked about much. But, guessing from the new remix track listing of Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel that has leaked, Mariah Carey is actually working with Beyonce Knowles on a remix of her track “It’s A Wrap.” Beyonce has always been a big fan of Mariah’s and Mariah is also always extremely nice when asked about Beyonce. Moreover, they are friends and they have been seen to party together. There have been many rumors about the collaborators for the album, but it seemed like “It’s A Wrap” wasn’t getting any love. Now, we know, that the greatest collaboration is at hand. We hope this gets released as a single.

US House passes health care bill!

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Congratulations to the US for the passing of the healthcare bill that would protect everyone in the US and not just those who can afford it. It’s a great day for everyone and a commemorative one to the people who had suffered the shackles of a capitalist-driven health system. This reform was necessary and also and indication that socialism is not a bad thing after all.