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Puddle Of Mudd is releasing their newest album, “Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate” on December 8, 2009 and we were just privvy to hearing the entire album.

The album starts out with the upbeat “Spaceship” and I can see how this song would catch on. It’s hip and I love the riffs, and it has a rockin’ groove to it.

The second song, “Keep It Together” is a bit slower, sort of a ballad-type track. This song reminds me of their more popular hit, “Blurry”. This song will definitely see some radio airplay. I’m loving it. The song really showcases the talent of Wes Scantlin that we’ve come to know and love. (continue reading…)

Yes, Alanis Morissette loves her some weed. I can just picture her curled up in a chair watching “The View”, toking from a bong. Wait, what?

She says that she uses the “herb” to help along her songwriting process…because there are only so many songs you can write about your cheating ex?

She said, “I’m all about moderation – as best I can be. As an artist, there’s a sweet jump-startng quality to it for me. I’ve often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my whole life. I can stave those off when I’m not high. When I’m high – well, they come in and there’s less of a veil, so to speak. So if I ever need some clarity…or a quantum leap in terms of writing something, it’s a quick way for me to get to it.”

If that wasn’t tl;dr enough for you, she goes on…and on…and on:

She added, “I have a lot of friends who have wanted to specifically quit smoking marijuana because they felt that it was having a negative effect on their lives, and I absolutely supported them doing so. Then I have other friends who I’ve coerced into smoking because I thought it would be great for them. I’ve always resonated with people who are on the front lines. I’ve always felt that way about [boyfriend] Tom [Ballanco] and about the community around him – Woody Harrelson, Alicia Silverstone. I have a lot of friends around me who are very courageous and willing to ‘come out’ – and Tom is definitely beyond the front lines. Any fears that I had about cannabis were quickly assuaged. Now I feel like a professional!”

Thoughts?

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John Mayer is a wanted man!

He just tweeted this little note, along with the above photo:

Ha!!! RT @angelinas427 http://twitpic.com/rn3a7 – @johncmayer is wanted by the FBI. being a ladies man is a dangerous thing.

What a dork. Truly.

If you’ve ever wanted to have a cologne or perfume that was made directly from your specific DNA, then look no further than Antiquity by My DNA Fragrance.

They’ve collected some hair from celebrities to create perfumes and colognes straight from their DNA. Marilyn Monroe? Check. Joan Crawford? Check. Michael Jackson? Check.

For an introductory price of $59.99, you can own “M” which the site claims to be made using hair follicles collected by John Reznikoff. Creepy.

Where does the fandemonium end?

If you believed for one moment that you could order two medium topping pizzas and 5 breadsticks from Pizza Hut and get three copies of Rihanna’s “Rated R”, then you are sadly mistaken.

Some Photoshop junkie took Pizza Hut’s holiday meal deal and took the liberty of adding a nice little photo of “Rated R” into the mix. And you won’t just get one copy of the album, you would get three. How thoughtful.

Here’s the before: (continue reading…)

Lady Gaga was performing her new song, “Teeth” from “The Fame Monster” when she took a spill on stage. She was in Montreal, Canada on November 27th and during the first twenty seconds of her performance, she fell on her butt.

She quickly recovered and performed her butt off. After the jump for the video! (continue reading…)

Jennifer Lopez’s new song, “Louboutins” has just been marked as the first single coming from her next album, “Love?”

Earsucker debuted the leaked version of the song on November 20th, here.

This song is a stinker, and so is the cover art. Sorry Lola, but this just isn’t working out for us. Maybe next time? It’s not you, it’s me. No, really it IS you. My bad.

Lady Gaga explained the meaning behind her new song, featuring Beyonce, titled “Telephone”. She said that she fears suffocation and not just the physical kind.

She said that she has a hard time letting her hair down, figuratively and gave us an explanation of the song. She said, “Fear of suffocation – something that I have or fear is never being able to enjoy myself. Cause I love my work so much, I find it really hard to go out and have a good time.”

She added, “I don’t go to nightclubs. You don’t see pictures of me falling out of a club drunk. I don’t go – and that’s because I usually go and then, you know, a whiskey and a half into it, I got to get back to work.”

Shea also said that it’s not someone on the other end of the phone that’s so bothersome, but a person in her head telling her to work harder. She concluded, “That’s my fear – that the phone’s ringing and my head’s ringing. Whether it’s a telephone or it’s just the thoughts in your head, that’s another fear.”

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Rihanna had to change the title of her latest album, after getting some flack due to her choice.

The singer dropped her latest album, “Rated R”, on November 23rd and has revealed that the name wasn’t her first choice. She said, “I actually wanted to name my album, ‘Such A F***ing Lady’, but a couple of stores, a couple of major outlets didn’t allow that…That was the title for a while, but ‘Rated R’ made more sense because of the overall story. It’s a movie really, the album. But ‘Such A F***ing Lady’ – we take everything back to that – especially in our style.”

I can’t imagine Best Buy or Walmart buying that up in droves with that title, even if it’s more fitting as to her vision for the album. Having said that, I must say that I loathe censorship. She should have been able to keep her original album title, with no quips from the little guys.

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Miley Cyrus says that she’s never afraid of meeting other celebrities because she feels that she is the coolest person ever.

When asked if anyone gets her starstruck, the singer replied, “No, I’m pretty cool. I’m pretty much the coolest person ever…”

Besides that, like most girls her age, she has a crush on Zac Efron and thinks Johnny Depp is hotter than Robert Pattinson.

In a recent interview, she said, “There are not many things about me that are like a normal teenage girl. But the one normal teenage girl thing is that I think Zac Efron is the hottest person in the world. I really, really like him. And it’s weird…it’s weird because he’s my friend. I think also the reason he is so sexy is because he and Vanessa Hudgens have been together since the first ‘High School Musical’ and…I think that’s really cool.”

When asked about People’s choice of Sexiest Man Alive, she said, “Johnny Depp is way hotter than Robert Pattinson, for sure.”

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The season finale of “Dancing With The Stars” is tonight, and we’re all so excited to see Whitney Houston perform tonight. So far, the highlight of the show happened when they cut to Miss Piggy during the recap. At least Tom Burgeron knows how to recover!

Whitney Houston killed it! She brought the house down when she did “Million Dollar Bill”! You go girl!

[Enter boring dance by the losers here -- I'm looking at you, Macy Gray]

The contestants will get another chance for some points from the judges in a final dance. Kelly and Louis are dancing the Viennese Waltz for their final dance and it’s just lovely. Good job Kelly! The judges raved about her performance and the crowd started chanting her name. Be proud, Kelly.

Mya and Dmitry did the Jive for their final dance and rocked it. Bruno said she never skipped a beat, and he’s right.

Donny and Kym are doing the Argentine Tango next, and they’re hooking it up! What a great dance and Marie looks so proud!

Scoring:

Kelly and Louie – 26
Mya and Dmitry – 28
Donny and Kym – 30

[Enter boring dance-off from Jerry Rice and Michael Irvin. Spoiler Alert: They both win a ring.]

Finding themselves in third place are Kelly and Louis. Surprise. Even she didn’t think she was going to win it all. She was gracious, too. Good for her!

In second place, are Mya and Dmitry, leaving the winner’s spot to Donny and Kym! Congrats to them!

If you are one of the many people that think John Mayer is a douchebag, then he has welcomed you to come down and call him that in person.

In the December issue of “Details” magazine, John offers this challenge to his haters, ‘Come and say it to my face.’

He said, “What if I had a booth on the street and I said, ‘Attention, everybody who hates me. If you have a problem with me, I’m ready to hear your gripes! I will be outside the Barneys store on 60th Street from two to four this afternoon. I will not be speaking to fans. I will only be speaking to people who do not like me. Come out and let me have it. I will not speak back.’”

He added, “How many people do you think would be standing there? I’m talking about people getting the chance to tell me directly, ‘I think you’re a douchebag.’ You know how many people would do it? Ze-ro. You know what they’d do? They’d walk up and say, ‘I’m just messin’ with ya.’ And you know what I’d say, ‘You’re a douchebag!’”

If I only had a plane ticket!

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Heidi Montag has just unveiled her official album cover for her debut album, “Superficial”. I can guarantee you this, the entire album is full of FAIL.

Montag said about her album cover, which features cassette tapes, “This cover is a shout out to the ’80s. It makes you remember when you just had to run out to the record store and get your favorite album. You dreamt of those tapes.”

I can’t imagine that she would know too much about that decade, considering that she was born in 1986, but whatever. If you want to murder your eardrums, you can listen to her first single at People.com.

So awful. I bet she doesn’t sell but a few copies, if that. This crap drops on January 12th….hold me back!

Adam Lambert has just tweeted that we could view his new video for “For Your Entertainment” on his official website. But as we tried to access it, it appeared that his site had crashed.

Nooooo!

But we found the link (thanks Popbytes!) and have posted it here for your viewing pleasure! Check it out after the jump! (continue reading…)

In Fuse’s “Best of 2009″, Papa Roach and Britney Spears are going head to head.

Now that Papa Roach has taken out Paramore, Linkin Park and Daughtry, they’re going after pop princess, Britney Spears.

Singer Jacoby Shaddix took to the band’s official Twitter account, to say this, “Yall killed it thx it means he world to us!!!!! Now we need to band together with other rock fans to beat the Hollywood whore ms.spears.”

Those are fighting words, fella. Britney’s got an amazingly long list of fans to her credit and riling them up won’t do anything to serve your purpose. Unless, of course, you’re doing that for street cred.

Vote here for your favorite. I used to be a bigger Papa Roach fan, but Britney has definitely taken the crown over these guys. I still got love for them, though. Who do you think is going to win?

Adam Lambert talked to Ryan Seacrest about his racy stage performance at Sunday night’s American Music Awards, along with his subsequent GMA concert cancellation.

When asked about his AMAs performance, Adam said, “It’s choreography, we were dancing. The sexuality of it kind of got a little more extreme when I got up on stage. I think the adrenaline kind of took me over, and I admit it, and I’m proud of the fact that I did get a little carried away. I don’t feel I owe anyone an apology for anything. I performed, it was late night TV, I did something that female performers have been doing for years, no different. It’s just the fact that I’m me and it’s a little different for people. It’s really not that big of a deal.”

He added, “I’m not a babysitter, I’m a performer.”

Check out the audio from the interview, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Earsucker.com is excited to give away three tickets (usually $24.98) to the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Superhighway Website!

The website includes:

* MP3 *and* FLAC downloads of all 48 tracks from the upcoming The Live Anthology!
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Get a free preview of the Superhighway site and download an MP3 or FLAC of “The Nightwatchman (6.28.81)” HERE!

View the trailer for the Live Anthology here!

To enter this giveaway, just leave a comment on this post with your favorite Tom Petty song! That’s it! What are you waiting for?!?

After falling on her tush last night, Kelly Osbourne says that she doesn’t think she’s going to win the Mirror Ball trophy on tonight’s “Dancing With The Stars” finale.

She danced with partner Louis Van Amstel to Gloria Gaynor’s song (redone, of course) “I Will Survive”, but we should take that with a grain of salt. Maybe she will survive even if she doesn’t win the trophy?

When speaking with “Us Weekly”, Kelly said, “I definitely came into this competition raw and I don’t think I’m gonna win.”

Of exactly what happened during the dance where she fell, she said, “There were so many mistakes. Right before we did our group megamix, they covered us in this stuff called Body Gleam, the sparkly stuff. I might as well have put baby oil on myself!”

Louis added, “It was so slippery! I knew she was going to get taken down when we did the helicopter.”

Still, she had nothing but positivity about the entire experience, adding, “I was so happy. I had so much fun, I wish every night was like this!”

Afterward she jokingly said, “Unless things go really wrong, and I wind up back on drugs, dancing on a pole, I really don’t think I’ll ever do this much dancing again!”

Let’s hope for the best Kelly. Who got your votes last night?

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Miley Cyrus has just had a diva moment when stopping at a local hamburger joint. The singer stopped at Pop Burger on East 58th Street to grab something to eat.

Oblivious, the manager asked her for her name so that he could write it on her order. This threw Miley into a “Don’t you know who I am?” moment. She snapped, “Are you serious? You don’t recognize me? I’m Miley Cyrus.” Still the guy had no idea who she was and ran her credit card just like everyone else. He responded, “That’s nice for you. Here is your order. Have a good day.”

If I ever go to New York, I must go there. Celebrities must be old hat to these people and no one gets special treatment because of who they are. HAHAHA! Take that Miley!

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Adam Lambert was set to perform a couple of songs of “Good Morning America”, which was slated to air November 25, 2009. The show has pulled the plug on the appearance, after his racy performance at Sunday night’s American Music Awards.

The network said that it received over 1,500 complaints due to the content of the show, after Adam kissed a guy, shoved another’s head into his crotch and diddled a girl.

An ABC spokesperson said, “Given his controversial live performance on the AMAs we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning.”

So sad that people won’t just let Adam be Adam. Female entertainers have been doing the same thing for a long time, so why the double standard?

Update: Ryan Seacrest has just tweeted this, “just got off the phone with @adamlambert. He’s not taking @ABC’s decision personally. “they probably have a lot of pressure coming at them”. He’s a good sport, but it’s just silly for them to cancel his performance. Shame on NBC for being so closeminded. This is 2009, not 1889.

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And zap! — your fifteen minutes of fame are over you crazy cat person. Miley Cyrus’ crazed lunatic fan who claimed he/she was taking the life of a healthy pet and sacrificing it over Miley’s quitting Twitter, has gone through with her promise.

Or so she says. The fan, who remains nameless at this point, said that he/she took Fuzzy to the vet yesterday and had him euthanized. Afterward, she took Fuzzy home and enjoyed a Mountain Dew while eating his remains.

While assuming that this is true is just plain gross, I’m going to have to call BS on this whole thing. I would assume that in euthanizing Fuzzy, the veterinarian used some sort of barbituate, such as pentobarbital. When consuming the pet the same day, would this unstable fan have suffered any of the side effects of the drug? (continue reading…)

In an effort to promote her new album, “The Fame Monster”, Lady Gaga performed her newest hit song, “Bad Romance” on “The Jay Leno Show” tonight. She didn’t have quite the performance that she did at last night’s American Music Awards, but it was still good.

Gagamania after the jump! (continue reading…)

CherryTree Records has just posted this photo on Twitter, saying that the fans are really going crazy over Lady Gaga’s sophomore album, “The Fame Monster”.

The label tweeted, “Best Buy Lady Gaga instore madness! Fun.” And craziness ensues. But alas, dear fans, I must tell you that the album you are killing each other over is an edited version of “The Fame Monster”.

Sorry to break the news to you. Resume killing each other now.

Update: Click here to read what Gaga had to say about her Heartbeats headphones.