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Jersey Shore Episode Recap: “Season 2 Premiere”
“We’re in Miami, b-tch.” Get ready to hear that phrase a lot this summer now that Jersey Shore Season 2 is upon us. Editors Robyn and Gina are here to provide the world with a recap of the gem that is this MTV show. So let’s get to it!
The new season picks up with everyone getting ready to leave the cold and snow behind as they head to Miami. After all, what’s the point of staying if — in the words of Pauly D — “You can’t tan in this weatha. You can’t creep in this weatha. You can’t do anything.”
J-Woww and Snooki decide to take a road trip down to Miami with 600 pounds of bronzing paraphernalia in tow. Believe it or not, Snooki doesn’t go tanning anymore — but not because she wised up about the health concerns. “I don’t go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent sales tax on tanning. And I feel he did that intentionally for us,” she complains. “McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning.” You’re right, Snooks. Obama drafts his tax initiatives around you.
Meanwhile, The Situation and Pauly D road-trip as well and wind up stuck in the mud in a random cornfield down South while trying to “blow s–t up” with a shopping cart full of fireworks. Angelina, meanwhile, prepares for her return to the house by taking us inside her bikini wax session (thank you for that, Angelina.) And Sammi “Single” is no longer dating Ronnie, so living with him will clearly be a good time.
Pauly D and Sitch are the first to arrive and call dibs on a three-person bedroom. Angelina comes in next fully believing everyone should give her another chance even though she left the show last season — garbage bag in tow — after all of three minutes. She immediately latches onto Pauly D and Sitch, and invites herself to move into their room. They don’t seem to be thrilled about the idea at first. “I don’t want the drama in Miami, but then again maybe there’ll be a slow night, it’s raining, we got no chicks — you never know what can happen,” says Pauly.
Sammi enters the house and isn’t very receptive to Angelina’s attempt at a peace offering. Vinny arrives next, followed by big Ronnie (much more beefed up since the reunion). The tension between Ronnie and Sammi is predictable — and extremely uninteresting.
J-Woww and Snooki give Angelina the cold shoulder because they say she trash-talked them after last season. But Angelina doesn’t care because she thinks she’s one of the boys, despite the fact the guys don’t like her either. “I’m just looking forward to seeing the fireworks,” says Sitch. “I’m gonna have my little sparkler in the corner.”
The gang heads out for their first night out, but the girls don’t even make it out of the cab without a fistfight almost breaking out. J-Woww is ready to jump in the backseat and rip Angelina’s hair out after she makes a comment that really gets everyone going.
As the night — and intoxication level — progresses, Ronnie and Sam get into a fight as usual, but he gets pretty vicious with his drunken words. Sam, J-Woww and Snooki head home, leaving the others to get even more belligerently drunk and stupid at the club — especially Ronnie, who winds up hooking up with what Sitch calls “grenades” (“a bigger ugly chick”) and “landmines” (“a thin ugly chick”). But he’s happy as a clam.
The night ends with fist pumping, Sammi crying, and Ronnie hooking up with two chicks — simultaneously.
What did you think of the premiere?
Outfit of the week: Angelina’s insanely short shorts. Didn’t you just want to rip out those pockets that were hanging out? We did.
What Robyn’s vibin’ on: Snooki is the smart one this time around. After puking on Night One last year, she lays low while J-Woww and Angelina catfight, and Sammi sulks over Ronnie.
What Gina’s hatin’ on: Why do the kids from The Real World, a show that gets less than one-tenth of the attention Jersey Shore gets, live in cushy McMansions, but the Shore gang lives in a bitesize place where they are practically sleeping on top of each other? They’re obviously a volatile bunch, so give them some room to break out in fistfights.
Other great quotes from the night:
“I’m putting Vaseline on my face, taking my earrings out, putting my hair up and beating the crap out of her.” — J-Woww, talking on the phone about Angelina
Ellen DeGeneres Exiting American Idol; Is Jennifer Lopez Taking Her Place?
Ellen DeGeneres is out after just one season as a judge on American Idol, and Deadline reports that Jennifer Lopez may take her place.
Fox would not comment on the Lopez report, but did release a statement Thursday from DeGeneres, who replaced Paula Abdul after she left the show one year ago.
“A couple months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” DeGeneres said in a statement. “I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next.”
DeGeneres joined the show in Season 9 — which was also judge Simon Cowell’s last season — while continuing to host her syndicated talk show. “It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for,” DeGeneres said.
As a judge, DeGeneres was known for her offbeat style and generosity toward the singers — which made her a counterpoint to the often acerbic Cowell.
“I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings,” she said. “I loved the experience working on Idol and I am very grateful for the year I had. I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be.”
Fox is expected to announce Cowell’s replacement at the Television Critics Association’s fall previews Monday, though there’s no word yet on whether it will also announce a replacement for DeGeneres.
Calls and e-mails to Lopez’s reps were not immediately returned.
Marc Cohn’s new album sets chart record for singer
Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn has notched his highest career rank on the Billboard 200 album chart, as “Listening Booth: 1970″ debuted at No. 28 this week.
The 1991 best new artist Grammy Award winner previously went as high as No. 38 with his self-titled debut album, which featured the top-20 hit “Walking in Memphis.”
The new collection sports 13 remakes, including two titles that reached No. 1 in 1970: Bread’s “Make It With You” and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles’ “The Tears of a Clown.”
The remake of the former track features Indie.Arie. Aimee Mann also guests, providing vocals on the set’s update of Badfinger’s “No Matter What.”
Family feud could silence beloved singer Fairouz
Across four decades, Fairouz’s songs of freedom, justice and love transfixed Arab audiences, moved millions to tears and gave hope to the Lebanese during the darkest days of their 15-year civil war.
At 75, the Lebanese singer still performed, seemingly impervious to age — until now, when a fight over royalties within the Arab world’s most famous musical family threatens to silence Lebanon’s most beloved diva.
The fans are outraged.
It is a familiar story the world over — heirs fighting over an inheritance — but in this case it involves a cultural icon whose songs changed the musical landscape of the Arab world.
The Rahbani family quarrel is being played out on newspaper pages and tabloids in the region, angering many for whom Fairouz is an untouchable figure.
“If it was someone else we might have talked about who’s right or wrong and what the law says, but not in this case because Fairouz is not an ordinary person,” said Egyptian film star Elham Shahine, who took part in a demonstration in Beirut Monday calling on Fairouz to keep singing.
“Fairouz is above all laws,” she added.
Most of Fairouz’s songs were penned by her late husband, Assi Rahbani, and his brother Mansour, together known as “The Rahbani Brothers,” and now her nephews are accusing her of not asking their permission to sing that repertoire or paying them the necessary royalties.
Assi died in 1986 and when Mansour passed away in January 2009, the long simmering family dispute boiled over.
This summer, Fairouz had planned to perform at the Casino du Liban “Ya’ish Ya’ish” (Long Live, Long Live), a 1970 musical written by the Rahbani brothers. But her nephews sent a letter to the Casino’s administration reminding them that such a performance would require the approval of the heirs.
Mansour’s sons — Marwan, Ghadi and Oussama — decline to say how much money is owed, but they are demanding remuneration for each time the diva performs songs or any of the musical plays from the Rahbani repertoire.
“All what we are asking for is our intellectual property rights and this is something we will not give up,” Oussama, also a musician, told The Associated Press.
He accused Fairouz of trying to wipe out Mansour’s name from the Rahbani brothers’ legacy.
“We love her and want her to sing, but if she — the symbol of Lebanon and the Rahbani family — is not going to protect the intellectual property rights of the Rahbani brothers, who will?” he asked.
Oussama says the late Mansour had reached a “gentleman’s agreement” with Fairouz over several performances she made when he was alive. But he cited two instances in 2008, when she performed in Damascus and in Sharjah and did not pay.
Rima Rahbani, a director and the daughter of Fairouz and Assi, accused the heirs of greed and said there was no formal system of direct payments to the brothers from Fairouz herself.
In a telephone interview with The AP, she said Mansour’s heirs should collect their money from Sacem, a Paris-based organization whose job is to collect royalty payments and redistribute them to the original authors. Mansour had joined Sacem in 1963.
“Sacem should collect the fees from the producers, not from Fairouz, and after the performances are made, not before,” she said.
“Name one artist in the world who has to ask the permission of the heirs when they want to sing songs that were written for them,” she said.
Fans have been outraged over what they see as a ban silencing Fairouz. Online forums exploded with messages of adoration and support.
“Who has the right to ban the light of the sun from the earth?” wrote one fan. “Fairouz is the sound of Lebanon. There is no Lebanon on the map without her,” wrote another.
On Monday, Fairouz’s fans including Lebanese and Arab artists held up pictures of her and banners reading “the voice of angels confronting greed,” as they played her songs in the background.
“We adore Fairouz and breathe Fairouz. She is a part of our national heritage and a part of every Lebanese and only God can silence her voice,” said Lebanese actress Roula Hamadeh.
The anger over the financial dispute within the family is not limited to Lebanon.
Simon Elias, a 48-year-old Syrian businessman, said stopping Fairouz from singing is a mistake. “Her voice does not belong to the Rahbani family. It is a national treasure,” he said.
Fairouz, a reclusive figure who very rarely appears in public or gives interviews, has stayed silent on the issue. But her daughter Rima says Fairouz is suing her nephews for damages from the cancellation of the Casino du Liban performance.
“They want to wipe out Assi’s legacy and silence Fairouz,” she said. “This will never happen.”
Sid Vicious absolved in erratic documentary
The title of “Who Killed Nancy” — a new documentary opening Friday about the death of Nancy Spungen — is a little misleading.
Director Alan G. Parker doesn’t really know who killed her, but he is pretty sure who didn’t: her boyfriend, punk legend Sid Vicious. Parker is no small authority on the subject, having written several books and made several documentaries about the Sex Pistols and its most infamous member. This project, based on his book “Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent,” apparently is the result of a long-ago personal request made to him by Sid’s mother, who committed suicide in 1996.
Unfortunately, “Nancy,” like so many position-staking docs, makes an intriguing case without being fully convincing or certainly definitive. Although there’s plenty of food for thought, there’s no smoking gun. Or, in this case, blood-stained knife.
But there are plenty of reasons to disagree with the official NYPD ruling that the punk rocker stabbed Spungen to death, even though he died of a drug overdose before he could be put on trial.
Among the points made is that Vicious had taken a huge dose of Tuinol, a powerful barbiturate, shortly before the murder took place and could not have been conscious during that period. Fingerprints of six people with police records were found in their room at the Chelsea Hotel, but none ever were questioned. The pair supposedly was flush after he had recently been paid in cash for his recent gigs, but no money was found. The knife that killed Nancy was left lying on a suitcase wiped clean, which hardly jibes with Sid’s drug-addled “confession.” And so on.
Buttressing the film’s contentions is a series of recollections and testimonials from figures who knew the pair, from Vicious’ Sex Pistols predecessor Glen Matlock to friends, roadies, groupies and hangers-on.
Ultimately, there’s not enough material to sustain a feature-length film, and the sloppy editing, cheesy re-enactments and cheap graphics don’t exactly make for compelling viewing. For all the theories thrown out here, we’ll probably never know for sure what really happened in Room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel that night in 1978. Until we do, we might as well, to quote “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” “print the legend.”
Gia Gets Her Culture On In Video
I’m gonna wager that no one has ever gone from U.S. reality TV to immediately starring in their own Arabic-language music video…until now, that is! You’re Cut Off’s Gia does just that in “Ishtatilak” (translation: “I Miss You”), which you can check out above. Highlights include an Autotuned Gia serving general sultriness, Gia being plied with clothing on hangers by her friends, an ensuing shopping montage and lots of fading effects suggesting that Gia is being haunted by the one that she misses. Reminiscing really is the universal language.
Related: Gia isn’t the only You’re Cut Off! girl dabbling in music. Jaqueline’s single is now available on iTunes. You can hear a preview of it at her site.
http://jaquelinemadden.com/
Jennifer Lopez close to deal for ‘American Idol’
Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off “American Idol” after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
Lopez is close to signing a deal to join Fox TV’s hit singing contest as a judge, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.
Actor-singer-dancer Lopez, whose films include “Selena” and “The Back-Up Plan,” has appeared as a mentor on “American Idol.”
Fox declined comment. Phone and e-mail messages for Lopez’s representatives were not immediately returned.
DeGeneres announced earlier Thursday she is leaving the show after one season, following fellow judge Simon Cowell out the door. Fox has yet to announce a replacement for Cowell.
Cowell departed after the season finale in May to start a new talent show for the network. Those under consideration for his spot, according to reports, are a varied group that includes Steven Tyler and Harry Connick Jr.
New faces on the panel could help the show reinvent itself in season 10, as it tries to stem a ratings slide and bring in younger viewers. The “American Idol” audience has been gradually aging, and advertisers prefer to pitch to young adults.
With audition episodes featuring the judging panel set to begin filming in September for the show’s return in January, the pressure is on to announce the new judges. On Monday, Fox is scheduled to present its 2010-11 programs to a meeting of the Television Critics Association.
“A couple months ago, I let Fox and the `American Idol’ producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” DeGeneres said in a statement. The comedian-talk show host said she realized that while she “loved discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings.”
DeGeneres said she told the network she would delay any action until it had time to “figure out where they wanted to take the panel next.”
Judge Kara DioGuardi, who was added to the panel two years ago, is not under contract for next year and Fox has not announced whether she’ll return. Original judge Randy Jackson is the fourth panel member.
“It was a joy to work with Ellen,” said Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment for Fox. “She brought an incredible spirit to Idol.”
When DeGeneres joined the show as a replacement for Paula Abdul, proclaiming herself a fan of “American Idol” and a pop aficionado, observers noted she didn’t bring music industry expertise to her role. Some observers complained she proved more of a cheerleader than an incisive critic in the mold of Cowell.
She had a reported five-year contract.
“American Idol” was the nation’s favorite program last season, the seventh time it’s held that position. But it showed rare vulnerability, beaten in the weekly ratings several times by ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
A total of 24.2 million viewers watched the ninth season’s final duel between Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, compared to the nearly 29 million viewers who saw Kris Allen win over Adam Lambert last year.
BREAKING NEWS: Ellen DeGeneres Announces She Is Leaving ‘American Idol’
After only one year behind the judges’ table on “American Idol,” Ellen DeGeneres is leaving the show.
“A couple months ago, I let FOX and the ‘American Idol’ producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” Ellen said in a statement issued to Access Hollywood on Thursday. “I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next.”
The talk show host and comedienne revealed that she didn’t come to the decision lightly.
“It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for,” her statement continued. “I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings.”
Although she is leaving, Ellen said she is thankful for the experience.
“I loved the experience working on ‘Idol’ and I am very grateful for the year I had. I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be,” her statement concluded.
Ellen’s announcement comes just two days after a report in The Hollywood Reporter surfaced suggesting that original “American Idol” executive producer, and current “So You Think You Can Dance” judge and executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, was being coaxed back to the FOX juggernaut, two years after he left the fold.
While Nigel, FOX and FremantleMedia have had no comment on the report, there were rumors that if the Brit returned to the show which he helped make a ratings blockbuster, the entire “Idol” judging panel, minus perhaps Randy Jackson, could be replaced.
“They feel that they can tweak the format, but unless they do something as dramatic as replacing some of the judges, I don’t know if that would really register as a big overhaul of ‘Idol’ — a fresh feeling,” Kim Masters, a writer at The Hollywood Reporter, told Access earlier this week.
Nigel himself had even suggested a break-up of the judging group, previously telling Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush he wasn’t a fan of the move — following his departure — to add four judges.
“I’ve never supported four judges,” Nigel said. “You know, I think once you’ve heard [the criticism] ‘You suck!’ once, you don’t need to hear it another three times, to be honest.”
Ellen’s move is also surprising because she recently told AccessHollywood.com’s Laura Saltman that she would be around for some time.
“I signed a long contract that says lots of things and I remember seeing five years on there,” she previously said.
Randy still has time on his contract, but Kara DioGuardi has a year-to-year deal, which has yet to be renewed, although she told Access last week that she was ready to take on Season 10.
“I’m not getting butterflies as much as I was, but I’m ready to find new talent,” Kara said.
The news will no doubt come as a surprise to Randy, who told Access last week that he expected to see Ellen at the auditions round for Season 10 – something Access had asked about.
“I’m sure she will,” he said, referring to Ellen taking part in the audition rounds. “She didn’t come on until later on. So, I’m sure she will this time.”
Bright Eyes plans concert to fight immigration law
Bright Eyes, Cursive and other Nebraska music acts will perform at a concert to raise money to fight a law that would ban the hiring of or renting to illegal immigrants in the Nebraska city of Fremont.
The Concert for Equality on Saturday in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood will include two simultaneous shows — one outside and the other indoors at the Waiting Room.
Tickets cost $20 to $50, and proceeds from the sold-out concert go to the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, one of two civil rights groups who have sued the city of Fremont. The groups says the voter-approved ordinance is discriminatory.
The Fremont City Council voted Tuesday to suspend the ban until the lawsuits are settled. It was to take effect on Thursday.
