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This Beautiful Ode To Side-Scrollers Will Leave You Teary-Eyed
Gone are the days of the side-scroller for major consoles; even handheld devices have opted to first person or other formats. But they aren’t forgotten.
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Lady Gaga Grabs a Drill, Works on Born This Way Ball Stage
A good boss is one who won’t ask employees to do things she wouldn’t do herself — and judging by a photo Lady Gaga tweeted, where she takes a drill and works on the massive, majestic Born This Way Ball tour stage, the Mother Monster is a terrific boss. She gives new meaning to hands on, joining her crew in the assembly of the stage.
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Jack Black Turns 10-Year-Old Street Performers Into Tenacious D’s Opening Act
Jack Black was walking around Cathedral Square in Christchurch, NZ the day before his band Tenacious D was set to play. That’s when he noticed a pair of 10-year-old buskers playing a rocking version of Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along The Watchtower.’ But he didn’t just give them money– Black offered them the opening slot in his show.
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Dev Covers ’99 Red Balloons’
New mom Dev has offered up her cover of the nu wave ’80s hit ’99 Red Balloons,’ delivering the catchy song in her signature breathy vocal style. No matter what she sings, Dev always sounds like sexy gal. The original (also called ’99 Luftballons’), dropped in 1983 and was a protest song performed by Nena; but Dev slowed it down a bit and makes it sound like a lullaby, one that she can veritably sing to her new daughter Emilia Lovely.
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Madonna Asked Adele to Perform at Super Bowl
Denied!
Madonna revealed to a U.K. TV show that she wanted British diva Adele to perform with her at the 2012 Super Bowl, but the ‘Rolling in the Deep’ singer had to decline because her voice was still on the mend from vocal cord surgery. That would have been quite a halftime show, wouldn’t it?
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Is Justin Bieber the New Elvis Presley?
Justin Bieber is the prince of pop, but can he be the king? The ‘Boyfriend’ singer made quite an impression when he appeared on ‘The Voice‘ on Tuesday night (April 17) to announce the June 19 release date for ‘Believe.’ He also confirmed that he will make yet another impression on the show’s copious audience by performing on the season finale in three weeks.
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Selena Gomez to Record New Music Next Week
Good news for Selena Gomez fans! The ‘Who Says’ singer took musical hiatus to focus on movies … but it looks like she may be getting back to singing sooner than we expected.
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2012 Outside Lands Lineup: Skrillex, Norah Jones + More to Perform
The lineup for 2012′s Outside Lands music festival has been announced, and among the various artists scheduled to perform are Skrillex and Norah Jones. The Grammy-nominated dubstep DJ/producer and the angelic, award-winning singer-songwriter will both hit the stage at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., for the 2012 installment of Outside Lands.
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The 78 Craziest, Coolest Pics From Coachella 2012
As we told you on Saturday when we plugged Coachella’s live stream on YouTube, the highly anticipated 2012 edition packed tons of fun into three days.
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Jennifer Lopez Chose Casper Smart Over Reuniting With Marc Anthony
Though Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez announced their split last summer, Anthony only filed for divorce last week. We now know what may have been behind the hold up: Anthony wanted to reconcile with Lopez, but Jenny from the Block wasn’t having it.
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Snoop Dogg’s Smokable Songbook Will Make You Burn After Reading
Leave it to Snoop Dogg to push the envelope in weed consumption. To promote his new rolling papers called ‘Rolling Words’, the sticky icky rapper has released a book that you can smoke.
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Kelly Clarkson Covers Britney Spears, Whitney Houston + Mariah Carey in L.A.
Kelly Clarkson gave Los Angeles fans an extra special treat on Tuesday, when she covered Britney Spears, as well as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.