Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell aren’t getting along on American Idol. Ellen and Simon have been at each other’s throats since Ellen started, arguing so often that producers had to sit them far apart from each other. If you’re a fan, you may have noticed that Ellen and Simon had a protective person barrier between [...]

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“Why stick to the things I have already tried?” Pair Pantha Du Prince’s high profile Panda Bear collab with Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp” and 2010’s shaping up as the year of indie rock self-help jams. (I’ll leave the think piece to someone else.) Speak up for yourself son, go get out of your comfort zone, uproot [...] (more…)

Kelly Osbourne recently opened up about her rapid weight loss to UsWeekly. As any of us who were a fan of MTV’s “The Osbournes” will remember, Kelly was always a hefty child — known more for her bratty attitude then sex appeal. Well, three rehab stints and an appearance on Dancing With The Stars later, [...]

It’s interesting how many of these “chillwave” guys have photos of themselves (or others) softly superimposed over some sort of natural/woodsy/beach-going backdrop: It’s because they and their airy sounds seep directly into the ocean around them. (It’s also probably because they know about Phil Elverum.) Ontario bedroom-psych pilot Evan Euteneier and Dylan Euteneier continue the [...] (more…)

Claudia Schiffer named model of the Year
Charlie Sheen goes to rehab!
Kaley Cuoco Maxim pictures
A Woman’s perspective on first dates

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NAME: Antony Hegarty
PROGRESS REPORT: Returning from two important shows in Japan that brought The Crying Light full-circle, allowing him to move fully into his fourth studio album.
Last week Antony Hegarty dropped me a line about two recent shows he did on February 11 and 12th in Tokyo, featuring Yoshito Ohno and the Kazuo Ohno Dance [...] (more…)

Cough syrup, eight root canals, a verified Twitter account. These are gonna be the best last eight days of freedom of Weezy’s life. Follow him at @liltunechi if you enjoy things that are crazy. (more…)

Khloe Kardashian opened her mouth again and told the world she isn’t on birth control but not planning on getting pregnant. Whatever that means. Sounds like clever trickery and we can pretty much assure she’ll be expecting in a few months. It’s probably a written-in story line for the next season of Keeping Up With [...]

Ladies/juggalos –
With the exception of some dysfunctional bells and whistles, Stereogum’s format hasn’t changed that much from the personal blog I created in January 2002 as a way to share stupid Britney Spears photos and Avalanches MP3s. Everything’s different now. (‘Til Tuesday reference — great start, Scott.)

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