Ol’ Blue Eyes would cry if he heard ‘Idols’ sing
5/05/2010 01:30:00 PM
kenmouse
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Top 5 struggle with Sinatra tunes despite great help from Harry Connick Jr.First of all, let me admit that I am predisposed not to like Harry Connick Jr. The dislike is entirely personal, fueled by a December working as a Radio Shack cashier at Lakeforest Mall in Maryland, a full month in which the stereos all played Harry Connick CDs on a loop. I still have nightmares where all I hear is nothing but two hours of “It Had to Be You.”
But I do not blame him for Tuesday’s “American Idol” performances, in which he coached the five remaining finalists through Frank Sinatra week. He tried his best, working on all the arrangements and even backing the contestants onstage, along with members of his band. “You think Shania Twain was up here doing this?” he said as part of the pre-performance video.
No, she was not. So more power to you, Harry Connick Jr. You set the new standard as the best guest mentor of the season.
When Beyonce announced that she'd be taking a much-deserved break in 2010, we found it a little hard to believe -- and apparently so did she. The singer, who told USA TODAY in January that she'd like to take "about six months" off to "recharge [her] batteries," has done just about everything but -- launching a new fragrance and teaming up with both Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys. Now, she's gone ahead and filmed a little something of her own to promote 'Why Don't You Love Me?' -- a bonus track off her worldwide smash 'I Am... Sasha Fierce' album.
Lisa Cholodenko's alternative family dramedy "The Kids Are All Right" from Focus Features will open the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 17, and Universal's 3D CGI feature "Despicable Me," directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and starring Steve Carell, will close the fest 10 days later.
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Every once in a while something hits our inbox that is just so…wrong…that we can’t not post about it. Today is one of those times. A new site called Cupidtino is preparing to launch. It’s a dating site for Apple fanboys and fangirls. Yep, you read that right. 
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Bret Michaels is almost ready to rock again.
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Say this for Bill Gates: He stands behind his favorite trends, even when they haven't turned out to be much in the way of trends.
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Movie Awards air live Sunday, June 6, at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.
Those in the know have been tapping their noses wisely, whispering that the Shadow will be the successor to the Droid—the Droid2, if you will. Latest speculation includes the addition of an 8MP camera with 720p video capture.
Taiwan's Dance King Show Lo held 3 consecutive nights of concerts at the Coliseum for his "Show Lo Wu Fa Wu Tian 3D Show World Live Tour." The curtains were draw a couple nights ago, and the venue was jam packed. Show saw how excitedly the fans had responded, he was so touched that he was near tears twice. Then during a unison sing with the audience, he promised his fans that he'd be back with Part 2, and the fans went wild.
Actor Lee Min-ho, currently starring in the drama "Personal Taste", but best known for his role as Goo Joon-pyo in the drama "Boys Over Flowers", is drawing attention for his fan base on the popular social networking site, Facebook. As of May 5th, he currently has over 544,420 fans worldwide that are subscribed to his official Facebook account. This is a new record for any Korean star! Although this may not sound like a big deal when compared to some of the big Hollywood stars, it's still quite a notable amount. To put things into perspective, US actor Leonardo Dicaprio has about 296,831 fans while Korean group Wondergirls has about 241,294 fans to their name.