According to reports, Justin Bieber and his long-time girlfriend former Disney Star Selena Gomez will be questioned over on Bieber’s alleged assault on paparazzi. Los Angeles County Sherrif’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said ” We want to interview everybody and anybody that is connected with this investigation” to New York Times. According to the […]
Tag Archives: pop
Japanese Scientists Build a Perfect (and Fake) Pop Star
Eguchi Aimi is your typical Japanese pop star: perfect skin, high-pitched girlish voice, lithe figure, and a team of computer designers, photographers, and other pop stars artificially constructing her every movement. You read that correctly.
Pop Music: The Messengers
POP MUSIC The cover on a new LP album called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a photomontage of a crowd gathered round a grave.
K-Pop Online: Korean Stars Go Global with Social Media
As a child, Dong Young-bae used to hide from his parents to dance to cassettes of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. He says he was too shy to tell anyone he wanted to become a famous singer and dancer.
The Wainwright-McGarrigles: The Dysfunctional First Family of Folk-Pop
There’s a telling moment on the DVD tucked inside Loudon Wainwright III’s new box set, 40 Odd Years. Wainwright, the acerbic troubadour and patriarch, sits beside his teenage son, Rufus, who’s not yet the flamboyant pop semi-star he would become
Legally Blonde and Broadway’s Girl Appeal
“What’s the story, morning glory? / What’s the word, hummingbird?” That was Broadway teen talk back in the early ’60s, when the high school kids in Bye Bye Birdie gossiped about their friends in a game of telephone tag
Decriminalizing Drugs in Portugal a Success, Says Report
Pop quiz: Which European country has the most liberal drug laws?
Junior Eurovision: Schoolyard Crushes with Glitter
Illuminated by pyrotechnic lighting and oversized LCD screens, a parade of aspiring teenage pop stars took to the stage at Kiev’s Palace of Sport on Saturday night hoping to win European hearts — and televotes. A 13-year-old from Belarus rapped about a rabbit, backed by Gregorian chants
Rain stays bright in the spotlight
He’s gone from being a backup dancer to the biggest thing in Asian pop culture, an actor and singer who has sold millions of albums.
Jackson’s eccentric, lavish life on display
From his glittering white glove and golden throne, to his Swarvoski-studded costumes and a treasured carousel horse, a new Michael Jackson show offers an eye-popping look at the King of Pop’s extravagant lifestyle and peculiar private tastes.