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Kelly Clarkson Provides Loads Of Hope In New Orleans
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On Saturday, December 11, Kelly Clarkson teamed up with Loads Of Hope – which provides families in need with free laundry services – in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The organization was started in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Volunteers contribute by washing, drying and folding clothes. The Loads of Hope Truck has more than 32 washers and dryers capable of cleaning 300 loads of laundry per day.
Clarkson happily sported a special Tide t-shirt. To purchase your own shirt and help those affected by disaster, click here. Tide is running a challenge right now to see if Americans can purchase 1,000 loads worth of vintage t-shirts in 100 days.
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The Best Albums Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound
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MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 records of the year.
By James Montgomery
<i>Bigger Than The Sound's</i> Best Albums of 2009
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Well, we made it. 2009 is practically in the books, and now it's time to look back on the rather, uh, zany year that was. Last week, I published my list of the year's Best Songs, and now, it's time for the albums. It's a fairly lengthy list, because, like I wrote in my songs column, there's perhaps no better way to sum up the year than by looking back on the soundtrack to it all. And it just so happens that there were plenty of albums that did just that.
But before we get to my list, I want to point out that, yes, I'm very much aware that "the album" is a fairly dead concept, but so is the idea that Obama is a socialist,
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The Best Albums Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound
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MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 records of the year.
By James Montgomery
<i>Bigger Than The Sound's</i> Best Albums of 2009
Photo: MTV News
Well, we made it. 2009 is practically in the books, and now it's time to look back on the rather, uh, zany year that was. Last week, I published my list of the year's Best Songs, and now, it's time for the albums. It's a fairly lengthy list, because, like I wrote in my songs column, there's perhaps no better way to sum up the year than by looking back on the soundtrack to it all. And it just so happens that there were plenty of albums that did just that.
But before we get to my list, I want to point out that, yes, I'm very much aware that "the album" is a fairly dead concept, but so is the idea that Obama is a socialist,
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The 20 Killer Tunes of 2009! What's Your Fave?
15 December 2009 9:30 AM, PST
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Beyoncé wanted a ring, Kelly Clarkson's life didn't suck, Miley Cyrus partied in this great nation, and some guy thought about pretty lightning bugs.
Oh, and the Black Eyed Peas had a feeling, and Lady Gaga did...whatever it is she does.
Fergie & Co. ruled the charts, but plenty of ditties had their moment in 2009. Peep our gallery of the year's top pop music, and hit the poll to let us know:
What was the killer tune of 2009?
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The 20 Killer Tunes of 2009! What's Your Fave?
15 December 2009 9:30 AM, PST
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Beyoncé wanted a ring, Kelly Clarkson's life didn't suck, Miley Cyrus partied in this great nation, and some guy thought about pretty lightning bugs.
Oh, and the Black Eyed Peas had a feeling, and Lady Gaga did...whatever it is she does.
Fergie & Co. ruled the charts, but plenty of ditties had their moment in 2009. Peep our gallery of the year's top pop music, and hit the poll to let us know:
What was the killer tune of 2009?
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Kris Allen Meets Former 'Boy Meets World' Star In An Airport
11 December 2009 7:09 AM, PST
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In his role as the winner of "American Idol" and the man behind an excellent self-titled debut album, Kris Allen has come in contact with a number of huge stars. Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Stevie Wonder all visited "Idol" during Allen's season, and he got to work with some of his favorite artists on his debut album. But on Thursday (December 10), Allen encountered a star that made him freak out just a little bit. While in transit for the Z100 Jingle Ball on Friday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, Allen ran into former "Boy Meets World" star Ben Savage and snagged a picture with the actor.
"Do not freak out Ben Savage. Do not freak out Ben Savage. Do not freak out Ben Savage," he wrote on his Twitter page. Allen followed that tweet up with a photo of him and Savage. The "Live Like
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Eminem? Britney? Taylor Swift? Readers Weigh In On The Best Song Of 2009
9 December 2009 10:51 PM, PST
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You react to the latest Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Jay-z
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On Wednesday, MTV News published my annual "Best Songs of the Year" column, where I picked my favorite tunes of the past 12 months. And, just like in previous years, most of you seemed to disagree with those picks.
We got tons of comments from readers, the overwhelming majority of which seemed to fall into one of two categories: "Where's Britney?" Or "Where's Eminem?" See, neither Ms. Spears nor Mr. Mathers made my list, omissions that were attributed to everything from bribery to a massive, inter-corporate conspiracy designed to keep either artist down (while subsequently propping up Jay-z or Miley or Gaga). Of course, we also got plenty of other comments too, everything from "You should be fired" to my personal favorite, "I haven't heard of half these artists before."
But it
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What's On: Glee-Dee-Dee
9 December 2009 4:00 PM, PST
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After Will (Matthew Morrison) discovered that his wife was not actually pregnant last week, the rest of the glee club's carefully plotted secrets will be revealed during tonight's fall finale. It is almost possible to outline the entire hour's events by glancing at tonight's set list of covers: "Don't Rain on My Parade" by Barbra Streisand, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones, "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey and "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Take solace in tonight's melodrama knowing that Jane Lynch's Sue Sylvester will probably splash one of her scalding lattes in the face of a student.
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Green Day Named Top Artists Of The Decade By Rolling Stone Readers
9 December 2009 9:41 AM, PST
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Punk icons took best single, album and artists of the '00s in poll.
By Gil Kaufman
Green Day
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Rolling Stone readers love Green Day ... a lot. In the magazine's Decade-End Readers' Poll, the Berkeley-bred punk/pop trio grabbed the #1 spot for Best Single, Best Album and Top Artist of the '00s.
As the #1 single, readers picked the ballad "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," one of two Green Day tunes that made the cut, along with "American Idiot" (#13). The rest of the top five were Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," U2's "Beautiful Day," Britney Spears' "Toxic" and Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together."
Also getting love in the top 15 were Kanye West, Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance, Kelly Clarkson, the White Stripes and Coldplay.
A number of acts notched two albums on the list of the decade's top releases. While
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The Best Songs Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound
9 December 2009 4:08 AM, PST
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MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 songs of the year.
By James Montgomery
Jay-z
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In 2009, we killed Auto-Tune, we partied in the U.S.A., and we howled "Awooo!" at the moon (en español, no less). And those were some of the more normal moments of the year: Seriously, there is no way to sum up a year that had so many bizarre and scandalous moments, so let's have the songs do it for us.
These are my picks for the Best Songs of 2009: odes to abstinence and combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bells, songs of sadness and beauty, tunes about getting loaded and getting revenge. They're all important in some way, and they all helped guide us through the tumultuous past 12 months. But that's enough from me, let's get to the songs. Oh, and I'd like to hear your picks,
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MTV's 'Get Schooled' Works To Help Students Complete College In Tough Environment
9 December 2009 12:37 AM, PST
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College enrollment has increased in recent years, but completion has drastically declined, study shows.
By Alexandria Bradshaw
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College success may mean working less and studying more.
Get Schooled, a Viacom and MTV Networks initiative, was launched in September to educate policy makers on ways to improve the nation's school systems. MTV's iteration of the campaign is college completion, and addressing the barriers students face when pursuing higher education.
Celebrities including Kelly Clarkson, LeBron James, Keri Hilson, Marc Ecko and Common have joined Get Schooled and MTV to encourage students to stay in school and educate government on the ways it can support students struggling to balance college with work and family commitments.
Although college enrollment has increased over the past decade, college completion has drastically decreased. The U.S. Department of Education reports less than half of college students finish within six years. At community
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Listen to the 'Glee - Volume 2' soundtrack in its entirety, in time for finale
8 December 2009 2:10 PM, PST
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Just in time for the holidays, the season finale episode and for its release, "Glee: The Music, Volume 2" is streaming in its entirety for fans. Click here to listen to the soundtrack. It features songs that will be highlighted in tomorrow's fall season finale episode "Sectionals": “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from the musical “Dreamgirls,” Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” The Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You.” The full tracklist to "Volume 2" is below. Tomorrow's ep will be the last of "Glee"...
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Glee Fall Finale Cast Covers Hit iTunes
8 December 2009 11:24 AM, PST
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Glee fans can download the songs performed by the cast on tomorrow's fall finale episode, right now. Fox has made the soundtrack, thus far, available on iTunes for fans to download. Included in the fall finale are “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from “Dreamgirls,” Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” The Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You.”
Here's a bit more info from Fox
In this week’s all-new fall finale episode, airing Wednesday, Dec. 9 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox, Sectionals is finally here for the Glee Club, but when Quinn’s (Dianna Agron) secret unravels, the club may not be able to recover in time to compete. Meanwhile, Sue’s (Jane Lynch) scheming hits an all-time high, and with Emma (Jayma Mays) and Ken’s
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What's On: Before Mrs. Claus Cheats
7 December 2009 1:10 PM, PST
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It's about time an American Idol winner fronted her own holiday special. Kelly Clarkson's too busy with artistic decisions to pander to Fox viewers, and Kris Allen's aw-shucks grin is too busy being its own holiday (for me), so the next logical step is that girl who kind of implied a hatred of the Dixie Chicks during the Grammys.
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Nigel Lythgoe Talks Carrie Underwood Special
5 December 2009 11:51 PM, PST
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Carrie Underwood is having a banner year on the charts and to wrap up 2009 she has teamed up with Fox to bring you a two-hour variety show titled, Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special. Set to air on December 7th at 8pm, Underwood will entertain with the help of famous friends, family, and even her own dog Ace. At a recent press conference, PopStar was in attendance while Executive Producer and Co-Director of the Carrie Underwood Holiday Special where Nigel Lythgoe spoke about the upcoming event. In 2008, after six years as executive producer on the runaway hit American Idol (TV), Nigel Lythgoe left to pursue different paths. One of those paths is another hit Fox show So You Think You Can Dance (TV) and another path has him teamed up with an Idol vet for a variety show for the ages. American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and Nigel Lythgoe plan
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Fuse's 'Top 20 Divas': Where's Cher, Whitney, and everyone else?
5 December 2009 8:27 PM, PST
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I love a diva. So when I saw that Fuse was doing a special titled Top 20 Divas earlier this evening at 6 p.m., I immediately set my DVR to record. Truly, I had no idea what I was getting into: Would this be a video countdown with commentary? A VH1-style special that features talking heads—and sometimes the divas themselves—discussing what makes these Top 20 divas so damned special? A mix of the two?
Well, come to find out, it was just literally 20 videos from divas. But, honestly, it was one of the weirdest countdowns I've ever seen. To start with,
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Jessica Biel Backs Live Earth, Sprouts ‘LiveEarth TV’ Web Series
4 December 2009 6:03 PM, PST
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Global environmental outfit Live Earth hit the scene with a bang back in summer of 2007—07/07/07 to be exact—with a worldwide live concert event with more than 150 musical acts in 7 continents. Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas and Jack Johnson all headlined the event that drew awareness for the world's emerging Climate crisis. Now Live Earth is prepping their latest global event—Run for Water with lead sponsor Dow—taking aim on the worldwide water crisis an international (think 192 countries!) series of 6km run/walks (the average distance women and children walk everyday to secure water) with local concerts and water education events on April 18, 2010.
To build awareness for the April event, they launched LiveEarth TV today, a hosted web series acting as a hub for all of the celeb-laden build up. Jessica Biel, Pete Wentz, Alexandra Cousteau, Angelique Kidjo and Jenny Fletcher are all attached and took part
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'American Idol' alumni score five Grammy nominations
3 December 2009 5:21 PM, PST
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Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are Grammy Award veterans by now. They'll be joined at the 2010 awards by a couple of fellow "American Idol" alumni.
Season two winner Ruben Studdard and season five finalist Mandisa each picked up the second Grammy nods of their careers on Wednesday. Studdard is part of the original cast recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'," which is up for best musical show album. Mandisa was nominated for best pop/contemporary gospel album for her effort "Freedom."
Clarkson earned her fifth career nomination by scoring a nod for "All I Ever Wanted" as best pop vocal album, while Underwood was nominated twice: best female country vocal performance for "Just a Dream" and best country collaboration with vocals for "I Told You So" with Randy Travis. They're the sixth and seventh Grammy nominations of her career.
Clarkson, Underwood and Jennifer Hudson are the only past "Idol" contestants to have won Grammys in the past.
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Grammy Nominations: Eminem Vs. Drake And Three Other Intriguing Contests
3 December 2009 11:55 AM, PST
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Since Wednesday night's unveiling of the 2010 Grammy Awards nominations, most of the conversations have been about the three-way dance between Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Beyonceé, the trio of women who lead the way in the most important categories (those being Song, Record and Album of the Year). But there are plenty of other competitions that provide intriguing showdowns between artists. Here are the four that we will be talking about until the show, which will air live on January 31, 2010.
Best Rap Solo Performance: This category pits two heavy hitters (Jay-z and Eminem) against two newcomers (Drake and Kid Cudi) and a dark horse on the comeback (Mos Def). Though Jay-z may seem like the favorite, the true head-to-head in this category is between Slim Shady and Drake. It's the new kid on the block versus an able veteran, and they both showed up on one of the best
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Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas Lead Grammy Nominations
3 December 2009 9:59 AM, PST
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Beyonce leads the pack with 10 nominations.
By Gil Kaufman
Beyoncé
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It could be Beyoncé's year at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in January, thanks to a field-leading 10 nominations for the singer's I Am ... Sasha Fierce album. She leads a female-heavy list of nominees that includes eight nods for Taylor Swift; six nods apiece for Maxwell, the Black Eyed Peas, and Kanye West, and five each for Jay-z and Lady Gaga.
Here's a list of nominations in some of the major categories:
Album Of The Year
Beyoncé, I Am ... Sasha Fierce
Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga, The Fame
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Taylor Swift, Fearless
Record Of The Year
Beyoncé, "Halo"
Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling"
Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody"
Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me"
Song Of The Year
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