Sour Notes

 

• Toni Braxton and Mariah Carey should go on tour together.  Even if the two divas didn’t actually end up having nightly catfights, they would probably end up giving the Pussycat Dolls a run for their money by challenging each other to see who could craft the most outrageous wardrobe malfunction.  [D Listed]
• Christina Milian says that “when a window shuts, a door opens”… maybe this is actually possible in that vacuum where her “talent” has apparently been trapped all of this time.  [Cake and Ice Cream]
• Interview with Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.  [PopMatters]
• While Daddy Yankee realizes that young people in developing countries might not be able to afford to purchase CDs, he seems to be forgetting that most people who buy bootlegs/download for free actually can afford to buy CDs, they just don’t want to.  [Contact Music]
• The newest Hip Hop debate: Is the music/culture causing more violence in Britain?  [UK Guardian]
• Interview with Donell Jones.  [Honey Soul]
• Jewel says that she likes to booze it up.  After listening to her last album, who could blame her?  [D Listed]
• Hip Hop radio stations have been experiencing a drop in ratings, because people can only take so much T.I. and Ciara every hour.  [Davey D]

News and Nonsense

• Who knew that Ice Cube was so rich?  Should we assume that he has at least $25 million to burn, because that is what it just might take to get Chris Tucker to join him for another installment of the Friday series.  Oprah would probably invite him onto her show before Chris would agree to work for scale again…  [Hip Hop Ruckus]
• Is Paul McCartney behind the sudden media stories about Heather Mills-McCartney's alleged past as a porn model and prostitute?  [Reuters]
• Apparently, Anne Coulter's brainless vitriol isn't even original.  [Gawker]
• K-Fed wants to make 8 Mile 2: Straight Outta Fresno.  [The Bosh]
• Vibe Magazine to publish a style edition, which will probably amount to nothing more than a more organized volume of advertisements.  [Jossip]
• Jim Carrey's fan base has apparently grown up, or moved on to Will Ferrell.  [Slate]
• The Fast and The Furious 3: Tokyo Drift… even the title sounds boring, enough to make viewers drift off to sleep.  [Cake and Ice Cream]

Wednesday Whirl

• The kid who played Damien in The Omen remake must have really creeped Julia Stiles out.  [Contact Music] 
• It looks like ABC may have drafted a "Dear John" letter to Bob Woodruff, now that Charlie Gibson is doing the job that he and Elizabeth Vargas attempted to do.  [Jossip]
• Eminem gets another chance to craft the perfect trailer trash persona on film by acting in an upcoming remake of Have Gun, Will Travel.  [Movie Blog]
• Eva Longoria to give Kaavya Viswanathan a run for her money by attempting to write a novel.  [Mollygood]
• Britney Spears shows us, yet again, what a good mother should not do with her child.  [D Listed]
• Has M. Night Shyamalan lost his touch?  [PopMatters]
• The L Word producers still can't seem to find one good Latina actress in all of LA to play a Latina role.  Or is it that no Latina actress wants to ruin her resume by appearing on such a poorly written show?  [Hothouse]
• Kevin Bacon's kids must have heard about his role in Beauty Shop, and subsequently refused to watch any of his films.  [Contact Music]