Archive for September, 2009

Arctic Monkeys 5 Star Performance

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Touring in support of their third album Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys put on an amazing show last night to a sold-out crowd at the Kool Haus. The Sheffield quartet were on their A game last night which resulted in a show that was one of the best of the year so far.

With the lights dimmed and background music playing, the guys came out to a roaring crowd and opened the show with Dance Little Liar followed by Favourite Worst Nightmare single Brianstorm. With the crowd already in a frenzy after only two songs the guys then played the lead single off Humbug Crying Lighting with some help from the crowd of course.
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X’09 Previewing Upcoming Games

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Xbox Canada holds an annual event where game publishers display their latest and upcoming game titles. Yesterday Mark and I were able to preview some of the anticipated game titles coming to consoles this fall season. Some of the titles that were there have recently been released including Beatles Rock Band, NHL 10 & Halo ODST.

Some of the new titles that we got to preview were DJ Hero, Tony Hawk’s Ride, Left 4 Dead 2, Forza Motorsport 3 and the highly anticipated GTA IV downloadable episode The Ballad of Gay Tony. These titles are being released soon and at perfect time too with the holiday season coming upon us.
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Billy Talent Live In The Lot: How To Be Here!

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Soooooo. How’ve you been? What’s the news? How’s school or whatever you do with your life (I can’t remember)? That’s good. Lovely to hear. Oh, what’s new with us?? How kind of you to ask. Not much, y’know.. been kinda slow. I mean, I GUESS we’ve got this rad concert coming up soon, not like you’d be interested or anything. Like, it’s only BILLY TALENT TAKING OVER OUR PARKING LOT FOR AN INSANE LIVE CONCERT ON OCTOBER 11.

No biggie.

Find out how you can be here AND win a trip to Toronto to see the show, after the jump!
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Joe Jonas not starring in Valentine’s Day

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Don’t expect to spend Valentine’s Day with Joe Jonas in February.

The singer has announced that he is too busy to join the star-studded cast of Valentine’s Day, which includes Taylor Lautner, Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper.

Jonas has been spending his time between shooting Camp Rock 2 around Toronto and house hunting in Beverly Hills. However, he confirmed that he will not be in the movie.
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Ludacris & T.I. help out Atlanta flood victims

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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While Atlanta suffers from major flooding, two big name rappers have come to the rescue.

Hometown boys T.I. and Ludacris have both donated $10,000 to help with the $61 million in damages and 500 wrecked homes.

So far 10 people have been killed by the natural disaster, which hit both Georgia and Alabama.

The Ludacris Foundation has teamed up with Home Depot and Sam’s Club to begin a food bank and giveaway gift cards to help victims of the flood.

Of course, T.I. is still in jail at this point, but it’s nice to see incarceration hasn’t stopped him from being a good Samaritan.

Drew and Ellen at the Whip It premiere

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Drew Barrymore premiered her directorial debut ‘Whip It’ in Los Angeles on Tuesday with a cast of leading ladies.

Dressed in a skin tight black dress, Drew said that fear inspired her to take on the new directing challenge.

“Of course, I wanted to believe I could pull this off, I wasn’t sure if I could,” she said. “But, that is where you need to be with your life is constantly challenging yourself and if you know that you can do it, that means you have done it. It is time to turn the fear factor on again, reach new heights. This was everything I wanted to do my whole life, so here I went with it.”
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Chris Brown debuts song

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Chris Brown debuted a brand new song on his Mechanical Dummy website via a live video feed.

The singer took the opportunity to thank fans for their support, after having a few technically challenged moments.

The new track “I Can Transform Ya” features Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz.
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Watch the MuchNews L.A. special tonight!!!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Devon Soltendieck went down to Los Angeles recently and met up with a whole bunch of stars. You’ll be able to see his whole trip when MuchNews Weekly’s L.A. special airs tonight at 10pm ET.

He spent some time with Selena Gomez at her house and she told him the secret to writing a hit.

He also went to Millions of Milkshakes and lived out his dream of making a custom milkshake just like Miley Cyrus!

And he had a deep discussion with Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin about the status of her flagship group.

All this, plus an interview with Hollywod gossip guru Harvey Levin and a behind the scenes look at Rise Against’s new video. It’s all on MuchNews Weekly’s L.A. special, tonight at 10pm ET.

Calling All Love Court Hopefuls!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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If you’ve found yourself watching Love Court and thinking, “dang, I really wouldn’t mind wrestling half-naked in pudding!” … GUESS WHAT! We’re looking for more hotties to cast on the show.

If you’re 18 - 25 and down for some rambunctious blind date shenanigans, please send your name, age, contact info and photo (no n00dz, kthx) to dating@muchmusic.com! And remember, you could walk away from this with $500 (and maybe a new … friend).

DJ AM died of “accidental overdose”

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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The results have come in on the official cause of DJ AM’s death.

The medical examiner’s office ruled today that DJ AM died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and cocaine.

According to the toxicology report, the DJ born Adam Goldstein had a combination of several drugs in his system, including cocaine, oxycontin, xanax and vicodin. The exact dosage of each drug was not released.

In other DJ AM news, reportedly MTV will proceed to air the drug intervention reality show that Goldstein filmed over the past year.