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The Snazzy Napper
Just to make it clear, if I’m sitting on a bench reading a magazine and someone sits down next to me and pulls out a Snazzy Napper, I’ll most likely punch them.?
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Who needs summer movies when the real deal is on display right across the river? The recently opened Shanghai International Movie Prototype Arts Exhibition offers movie fans a chance to get up close to props from their favorite films — without fear of the usual restraining orders.
Props on display until November 9 at the Shangbo Arts Gallery in Pudong include ones from ?Pandora,? ?Avatar,? ?Spiderman? and the ?Star Wars? trilogy.
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I’ve lived in New York now for over ten years now and I’ve ever been to the New York Public Library until today. Mark is in town and wanted to meet someplace where we could work, so I said, “How about the library?” I’ve always been meaning to go there but never have.
Anyway, long story short, it smelled like feet and body funk. It was gross. I don’t think I’ll ever go back. And I’m terrified of bed bugs at the moment, so of course I thought the joint was crawling with them. I shook myself out on the street when I left just to be safe.
Okay, bye bye.
Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones Unveil Supergroup
Them Crooked Vultures make their debut with a post-Lollapalooza set.
By James Montgomery
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Officially, Lollapalooza ended Sunday night in Chicago’s Grant Park, with dueling sets from the Killers and Jane’s Addiction. Unofficially, it ended very early Monday morning, across town at venerable rock club the Metro, with a surprise show by Them Crooked Vultures.
To the unfamiliar, the Vultures might seem like an odd choice to close out Lolla weekend … until you realize that they’re made up of Foo Fighters frontman/ former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age mastermind Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. And their gig at the Metro was their world premiere.
According to some reports, the Vultures actually turned down Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell’s request to replace the Beastie Boys as headliners at the festival, opting to debut in front of some 1,100 super-psyched fans at the Metro, rather than 75,000 in Grant Park (tickets for the gig were announced via Foo Fighter/ QOTSA fan clubs). Meaning that, in a lot of ways, this was the most sought-after ticket in town.
Taking the stage just after midnight, the Vultures — Grohl on drums (of course), Homme on guitar and vocals, Jones on bass and keys and frequent QOTSA contributor Alain Johannes on guitar — ripped through 12 songs in 80 minutes, all taken from their upcoming debut, which may or may not be called Never Deserved the Future, and may or may not be hitting stores on October 23 (early “promo” videos touting both those facts were revealed over the weekend to be hoaxes perpetrated by QOTSA fans).
The songs, with appropriately Homme-ian titles like “Scumbag Blues,” “Mind Eraser (No Chaser),” “Caligulove” and “Interlude w/Ludes,” sounded pretty much how you’d expect, given the band’s pedigree. They rocked, hard — Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot described them as “fresh, invigorating and just plain nasty” — delving off into psychedelic, reverb-filled excursions and exploring proggy territory, “both of the old-school Yes variety, and the more modern Tool flavor,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Jim DeRogatis.
It’s not known if Monday’s Metro performance was a one-off event for the Vultures — there have been whispers of a full-blown tour, but a spokesperson for Homme had not responded to MTV News’ request for comment at press time. Nor was it clear whether or not they’ll have an album out in October.
Early Monday, a Crooked Vultures Twitter account, which had previously posted links to the band’s official-looking Web site and the Metro’s online ticketing site — posted a link to what appears to be the group’s first bit of official merchandise: a Deserve the Future T-shirt. Cost: $30.
Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsBritney Spears Tweets A Picture From ‘Glee’ Set
‘Can’t wait for you guys to see the episode!’ Spears writes on Twitter.
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Britney Spears and her assistant Brett Miller
Photo: Twitter
For fans who may have doubted whether the Britney Spears “Glee” episode is happening, the pop sensation has just provided photographic proof.
The star gave fans a glimpse of her inner-“Gleek” on Wednesday (August 18) by posting a TwitPic of herself next to her assistant Brett Miller, a Spears doppelgänger, both sporting similar specs and wavy blond locks.
After devoting episodes to the dance-floor-filling repertoires of Madonna and Lady Gaga, “Glee” is hard at work bringing Spears’ string of hits to William McKinley High. So far, Spears, who makes a cameo in the upcoming episode, is enjoying the process.
“About to do my first shot of the day for Glee tweeties! Here we goooo!” Spears tweeted. The “Circus” singer later added, “What’s up GLEEKS? Having so much fun on set!! Can’t wait for you guys to see the episode!”
The “Glee” cast is also pumped to turn out Spears’ smash-hit catalog. “I get to do Britney Spears!” Heather Morris exclaimed to MTV News earlier this month. “I like ‘Toxic’ the best or the ‘Slave’ video. It was always her best performance. She’s rocking! I don’t care what I do.”
Jenna Ushkowitz confirmed that Lea Michele would take on Spears’ star-making debut hit, ” … Baby One More Time.” Aside from Spears’ TwitPic — in which she’s presumably in costume — and “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy’s recent comments that Spears will “kind of” play herself, details about the episode have remained under wraps.
“Some old Britney, some new Britney, some Brittany of our Brittany from the glee club. So it should be funny,” Ushkowitz hinted about the song selection. “We’re really excited. I love Britney Spears.”
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