Rebecca Black took back 'Friday'

Even though it had been viewed like 6.5 billion times on YouTube or something ridiculous... yes, everyone in the world has seen it. EVERYONE... Rebecca Black issued a "take down" notice for the video that made her an internet-name. "It'ssss Friday, Friday..."

TMZ reports after those perverts at Ark Music Factory recently switched the "Friday" video to a $2.99 YouTube rental, Beckster got pissed and demanded it be pulled. How dare they charge us for simply looking forward to the weekend, weekend? I haven't felt so ripped off since I was deciding which seat to take and then the seat I finally decided on was suddenly taken.



But just in time for Friday, Friday, the vid was reposted for free viewing under a "Rebecca Black on Vevo" account. But once again, according to Mashable, it has been pulled because that was a fake!



WHAT THE FUCK, can we not just get down on Friday anymore?!

Rihanna's 'Man Down' video pisses off parents

The Parents Television Council is lashing out at Rihanna over her new music video for "Man Down" and Rihanna is telling the Parents Television Council to shut the hell up about it.



The issues is over the "message" RiRi's video sends as it deals with murder and rape. TMZ reports the parents group is outraged over her display of a "cold, calculated execution of murder" as a form of justice.



But do they really have a right to get all pissy over something that clearly isn't even meant for children anyway?







The singer defends herself on Twitter writing, “I’m a 23 year old rockstar with NO KIDS! What’s up with everybody wantin me to be a parent? I’m just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!”

Adding, “Cuz we all know how difficult/embarrassing it is to communicate touchy subject matters to anyone especially our parents!”

Followed by, “And this is why!Cuz we turn the other cheek! U can’t hide your kids from society,or they’ll never learn how to adapt!This is the REAL WORLD!”

And finally (although I’m sure this is not the last of it), “The music industry isn’t exactly Parents R Us! We have the freedom to make art, LET US! Its your job to make sure they dont turn out like US.”



Parents TV Council will blame and complain about everyone and everything.



I really don't see how her video is any worse than Criminal Minds which children may be exposed to on TV a hundred times a day... and no one is spazzing out over that. Rihanna is playing a character but the situation is very real. The entire world shouldn't have to be sheltered from a music video in case someone's child accidentally stumbles upon it, come on. Any rational adult will watch the video, take it for what it is, and still realize right from wrong. If a kid sees it, not her problem.



It’s not like she debuted it on Sesame Street…

Biebz look-a-like! Biebz look-a-like!!

Oh look, Justin Bieber is covering Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie" on YouTube.  WAIT --no.  That's not the Biebz... that's a GIRL straight from LesbiansWhoLookLikeJustinBieber.com covering Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie"!!



Introducing Dani Shay:







Seriously, separated from birth.



I'm sure she wants her own career and all, but that will only happen if you change your haircut first, D.  There can not be two pop stars with that hair, not even a male and a female version.  Otherwise, move to Vegas and become an impersonator but then you're stuck to singing only Bieber songs your whole life...

Rebecca Black is getting rich

Rebecca Black's mother coughed up $2,000 for her daughter to sing a fool with the recording of "Friday", RISKY because who would have thought that thing would have actually taken off, but her investment is certainly paying off...

Forbes is reporting the 13-year-old "singer" is on her way to becoming a millionaire while you're going broke trying to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind that song out of your head forever.



Apparently with $0.70 profit from each download on iTunes (yes people are actually buying it, and not just her friends and family), Rebecca and Ark Music Factory have made anywhere from $70,000 to $700,000 so far.  Plus, YouTube pays out 63% of a dollar for every thousand hits or something, which means you can add almost another $25,000 on top of it, and counting... Girl has over 36 million views for "Friday" at this second.



The saddest thing ever would be if Ark was hoarding all this coin from Rebecca because of a crazy contract she signed before blowing up or some shit... They can't be that evil right?  They'd be nothing without her!  Cuz she be "kickin' in the front seat" and they be "sittin' in the back seat."

Rebecca Black on 'GMA'

Rebecca Black, 13, made an appearance on Good Morning America today to discuss her annoying viral video "Friday".  At least she knows she's not Celine Dion here...







I kind of feel bad for her in a way... but in another way, her stupid song has been stuck in my head since effing Tuesday and I don't even know which day "comes afterward" because she didn't sing about that!

Meet Rebecca Black

Not too long ago, this music video for a song called "Friday" by Rebecca Black only had a couple thousand views on YouTube.  Suddenly, over the weekend it went viral and now she's close to 10 million and it'll only continue to rise... For all the wrong reasons.

Some are calling her the next Justin Bieber but NO.  That's just an insult to Justin Bieber.  Sure, he found fame from YouTube but I've SEEN Never Say Never in 3D and that kid actually HAS talent.



Rebecca, on the other had, has a flat yet nasally voice (even with autotune) and I've heard better flow in baby nursery rhymes.  Throw in an anonymous rapper and you've got the most generic pop song ever made.



For real these are the actual words she sings: "Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday / Today it is Friday, Friday / We we we so exicted / We so excited. We gonna have a ball today / Tomorow it is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards / I don't want this weekend to end!"



And just in case you can't comprehend how simple and ridiculously bad those lyrics are, in the official music video they actually WRITE THEM OUT... so you can sing along??  It has led many people to ask the question, "Is this a joke?"  It has to be!







"FRY-day! FRY-day! Fun. Fun. Fun. Fun."



Well, you can thank Ark Music Factory for this.  TIME magazine reports the L.A. based company makes money off preteen girls and boys who want to be pop stars.  I'm guessing they'll basically take anyone who will pay for studio time and a video shoot... give them a mediocre, low budget-looking music video for their lame ass song... and humiliate the hell out of them.  And of course their parents go for it, because they blindly believe their ordinary child has talent.



Hold up!  There's more where that came from, here's another "artist" signed to the 'Ark' label... Black, watch your back.







But OH NO!  They've got competition because these songs from two more awkward kids may in fact be even worse...









HOW are the Grammys going to possibly decide which one of them is worthy of Best New Artist next year?

Kim Kardashian's song 'Jam'

Please don't tell me this song will shoot straight to #1 on iTunes...

Kim Kardashian's new song "Jam", produced by The-Dream, premiered on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest this morning.  Get ready for mediocrity!

Just no fluctuation in her voice.  My singing voice doesn't have range either, but you don't see me recording music and selling it!!  I'm a little disappointed in The-Dream, but I guess he did the best he could with what he was working with...

Anyway, according to Kim's blog, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.  A PORTION.  That better be a very large portion.

New Britney vid!

Britney Spears has been teasing her music video for "Hold It Against Me" for the past 2 weeks on Twitter/YouTube and FINALLY the damn thing is here!  She kicks ass in it.  Like seriously, she kicks her own ass.  That Britney double must have gotten her Starbucks order wrong or somethin'...







Everyone is already blasting Brit Brit for all the product placements, but I don't even curr.  I'd take that over YouTube forcing me to watch a :30 second ad before the video any day.



Worth the wait!

Real subtle Kim...

Lil Kim has not only taken a shot at Nicki Minaj‘s “Pink Friday” by naming her new mixtape “Black Friday“… but now she’s even “killed” Nicki off on the cover of it.



The artwork for the rapper’s new mixtape (which, unlike what fans expected, has turned out NOT to be free) features a decapitated pink-haired female, leaving little to interpretation.

Kim promises on Twitter that the first 100,000 copies sold will have her autograph… Cool, like in blood??



Seriously, I think someone needs a hug...

SHUT UP BILLY RAY

Billy Ray Cyrus is weeping to anyone who will read the latest issue of GQ magazine saying that he's "scared" for his daughter Miley and that Hannah Montana ruined their lives.  OH NO YOU DIDN'T!

Here are some of his Michael Lohan-ish quotes that were said from his 90's "Achy Breaky Heart" home in Tennessee, where he now lives all alone (probably because of that whole divorce thing):

Setting shit as straight as his flat-ironed hair: "For the record, to set it straight, I want to tell you: I've never made a dime off of Miley. You got a lot of people have made percentages off of her. I'm proud to say to this day I've never made one commissioned dollar, or dime, off of my daughter."  Starring in her TV show doesn't count as making money off her??

On how Billy Ray is sort of like Jesus (NOT): "Every time something happened in Miley's career, every time the train went off the track, if you will— Vanity Fair, pole-dancing, whatever scandal it was —her people, or as they say in today's news, her handlers, every time they'd put me... 'Somebody's shooting at Miley! Put the old man up there!' Well, I took it, because I'm her daddy, and that's what daddies do. 'Okay, nail me to the cross, I'll take it....'"  My hero.

Pretty much he's a victim: "All those people around, they used me every time. It became so obvious that, man, no matter what happens, they're going to put you up there and let you take the bullet."

Why he RSVP'd 'Not Attending' to Miley's 18th birthday: "You know why I didn't go? Because they were having it in a bar. It was wrong. It was for 21 years old and up. Once again all them people, they all wanted me to fly out so that then when all the bad press came they could say, 'Daddy endorsed this stuff....' I started realizing I'm being used. If I would have went out there I would have been right in the middle of all this stuff that's going on right now with the bong. They'd be hanging it on my ass. I had the common sense... I said, 'This whole thing's falling apart up there and they just want to blame all of this stuff on you again.' I'm staying out of it."  Yet you'll tell everyone about it.

Disney-hating and whining about making in a week what some people only make in 6 months: "I knew I was working for peanuts. I'm not the smartest man in the world, but I know the difference. I went from $12,000 a week to, after four years and the millions that they make, $15,000 a week. Hell, yeah."  You poor thing.

On his parenting skillz: "How many interviews did I give and say, 'You know what's important between me and Miley is I try to be a friend to my kids'? I said it a lot. And sometimes I would even read other parents might say, 'You don't need to be a friend, you need to be a parent.' Well, I'm the first guy to say to them right now: You were right. I should have been a better parent. I should have said, 'Enough is enough—it's getting dangerous and somebody's going to get hurt.' I should have, but I didn't. Honestly, I didn't know the ball was out of bounds until it was way up in the stands somewhere."

On his acting skillz: "Season four, it was a disaster. I was going to work every single day knowing that my family had fallen apart, but yet I had to sit in front of that camera. I look back and I go, How did I ever make it through that? I must be a better actor than I thought."  Guaranteed you're the only person who thinks that.

Lying about not realizing how ridiculous his hair looks: "I swear I didn't realize it until recently when I went, 'Holy crap—I've lived the last five years with Geronimo's hairdo.'" Who??

Who knows what the status of the father-daughter relationship is now, but just before Christmas (when this interview was conducted) Billy Ray hadn't talked to Miley since before the whole bong thing: "You know, it seems at this point there's not a lot that I can say she doesn't already know. And of course I've sent her the texts of 'I'm here if you need me,' 'Always still love you,' those kind of things."  'Can we do a movie together?  Hannah Montana 2?'

His fears: "I'm scared for her. She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a great deal of danger. I know she's 18, but I still feel like as her daddy I'd like to try to help. Take care of her just a little bit, to at least get her out of danger. I want to get her sheltered from the storm. Stop the insanity just for a minute. When you go through what she's been through, it takes a beating on you. And there comes a point where you just got to step back. That's how I ended up out here."

Umm and apparently Billy Ray is already predicting Miley's death: "Kurt [Cobain] was one of those guys. That's why I'm concerned about Miley. I think that his world was just spinning so fast and he had so many people around him that didn't help him. Like Anna Nicole Smith— you could see that train wreck coming. I was actually trying to reach out to Anna Nicole Smith, because I kept telling Tish and everybody around me, going, 'This is a disaster.' Michael Jackson— I was trying to reach out to Michael Jackson. I knew he had kids, and I was going to invite his kids down to a taping of Hannah —I just felt it would be good for Michael. I don't know why."

He also is certain his family is under attack by Satan: "I think we are right now. No doubt. There's no doubt about it."  The devil has more important lives to ruin...

Plus, Hannah Montana fucked everything up: "Oh, it's huge—it destroyed my family. I'll tell you right now—the damn show destroyed my family. And I sit there and go, 'Yeah, you know what? Some gave all.' It is my motto, and guess what? I have to eat that one. I some-gave-all'd it all right. I some-gave-all'd it while everybody else was going to the bank. It's all sad."

Finally, how Billy Ray wishes he could pull a takesies backsies on that show: "I hate to say it, but yes, I do. Yeah. I'd take it back in a second. For my family to be here and just be everybody okay, safe and sound and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. Heck, yeah. I'd erase it all in a second if I could."

Oh also, his upcoming album has been put off... WHAT??  WHY...



P.S. this interview is for sure going to get your daughter to start talking to you again... and your wife is totally going to run right back into your armband tattooed arms.  No seriously, you probably thought your life couldn't get any worse... and you just made it happen.  Why are you talking??

53rd annual Grammys

Here's what happened in the 3-and-a-half-hours of the Grammys last night...

Lady Gaga came out of an egg on stage, Cee Lo Green gave her a run for her money in the costume department, Bob Dylan scared the hell out of everyone, Lady Antebellum won a shit ton of awards,  and Eminem only won 2/10 Grammys so he needed "a doctor" and Dr. Dre hit the stage.



One of the biggest upsets of the night, however, had to be when seemingly random Esperanza Spalding beat out Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, and Mumford & Sons in the 'Best New Artist' category.

Unless your a jazz fan, everyone was like "Who the hell??"  Beliebers haven't been this mad since Selena Gomez started dating their obsession.  Rap fans were clearly rooting for Drizzy.  As for Florence & The Machine... everyone and their DOG has heard "Dog Days Are Over" (thanks Glee).  And listening to Mumford & Sons makes you feel like you're having the chillest night at a pub with your friends and unlimited beer.  Yep, totally worthy.



All of 'Best New Artist' nominees were asked to perform at the Grammys last night too, except for the girl who actually won.  That's a little odd.  "Hi! You win! But please don't bore us with your slap bass..."



But after YouTubing Esperanza, there's no question the girl has talent... she's even performed for President Obama:







Apparently though, she already has three albums out.  Oh the Grammys --always so ahead of the curve!  Ex: as much as I love Jay-Z (LOVE...), why "Empire State Of Mind" and "On To The Next One" is taking home awards in 2011 after being released in 2009 I'll never understand.  (Full list of winners HERE)



Anyway, I don't think J-Biebz, Drake, Florence, or Mumford will lose their careers over this award.  I'm sure they'll go on to win many others... And maybe your great aunt will check out Esperanza's CD instead.  YAY everybody wins!  Sort of...

Bieber's dad wants his own music career

Of course he does.

Jeremy Bieber, father of Justin, wants to become a rapper.  And he's using his son to make his dreams come true.  Sickening, why do parents of famous people sponge off their children and pull shit like this?  Nothing good ever comes of it because nobody takes you seriously, plus your kid will end up feeling USED and resent your ass.  What's more important here dude?



ZackTaylor.ca reports, "He’s itching to jump-start his own music career under the handle ‘Lord Bieber’ and is using his influence on Justin to make it happen. Justin credits his father for giving him his musical genes and is calling in favours so his dad can release a rap album one day."



Way to put that pressure on your kid, jerkoff.  Why can't you just let Justin have his own thing without lame dad butting in?  And 'LORD BIEBER'... what is that your Dungeons and Dragons nickname?  YOU'RE NOT G.

X-Tina's Super Bowl rehearsal

See, she knows the words... and it could have been so good!



Christina Aguilera may have effed up the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday, but she killed it in rehearsal... And once she nailed the big voice part, she didn't even feel the need to finish.  I mean, why would she?  She's probably sang it a million times...







My favorite part is the commentary hehe.



Can we get over this now?  Because there's no way X-Tina even came close to topping this epic anthem fail, which I'll never get over!  Haaaa:







SO GOOD.

Pauly D & Keenan Cahill

Keenan Cahill knows being a guido is a way of life.



Here he is with DJ Pauly D fist pumpin' like champs in this new video of the two of them teaming up on the Jersey Shore star's "Beat Dat Beat".







Vinny and his sweat stains have some serious competition.

X-Tina messes up the national anthem

It's not MY national anthem so I had no idea Christina Aguilera screwed up while singing it at the Super Bowl yesterday, but that she did.



I guess she was supposed to say, "o'er the ramparts we watched" but she sang "what so proudly we watched," instead.  And then no one was proud.







At least she can actually SING.  Unlike these four robots.

Black Eyed PLEASE never do that again

The light show was fantastic, I loved the dancers, and nobody can top Usher's sick moves!



But from the audio problems to singing in autotune/off-key, Black Eyed Peas fans were left disappointed at halftime during the Super Bowl last night.



The group sang a medley of their hits including "I Gotta Feeling", "Boom Boom Pow", and then Fergie took on (and failed) "Sweet Child O' Mine" with Slash... followed by "Pump It", "Let's Get It Started", and "OMG" featuring Usher (who should have done the entire halftime).  Next up "Where Is The Love" with NO Justin Timberlake making his return to the Super Bowl.  Freakin' teases... Finally, "The Time (Dirty Bit)" and "I Gotta Feeling" once more.







Great, now do we have to suffer through 6 more years of classic rock because of this?

Willow is trained so well

In a new interview with Teen Vogue, Willow Smith claims her daddy's song "Parents Just Don't Understand" is her favorite song everrr.  Good work girl, it's all about cross-promotion!

Also, I'm sure her favorite movies are iRobot, Set It Off, and the Karate Kid remake.  Plus her favorite show is the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, obviously.



But if Willow ever says THIS is her OTHER favorite song, you know that kid is a liar:

New Heidi Montag music

Oh Heidi Montag... despite the fact that her music will never lead her to become the next Britney Spears (or even the next Ke$ha), the girl keeps on trying!  It's sweet really.



Here she is sounding like a pull-string doll on her new song "Heartbeat":







Not only that, but Heidi's husband is following up his leaked track "Ain't No Thang But A Chicken Wing" with this winner... "Go To Work" features Ya Boy and Pete G.  Dudes, this is not the way to build up your cred, by hooking up with Spencer Pratt...







How about you go back to work on a reality show, please anything but this!

Spencer Pratt's "song"

Heidi Montag isn't the only one in this marriage who gets to bring horrible music into our lives... Spencer Pratt has recorded a song called "Ain't No Thang But A Chicken Wing".  I'm not even kidding.



Rumor has it he was too embarrassed to release it, ha ha ha.  Really?  After all the shit he's done??  But thanks to TMZ, that mess has been leaked anyway.







I need this to be my ringtone.

4/5 of O-Town reunited

Looks O-Town is following in the footsteps of some other boy bands as of recently and have decided to get back together! However, the most famous member of all is not down for the reunion… Ashley Parker-Angel (the blond dude on the far right). Uhhh, why not? It’s not like his solo career ever happened…

TMZ reports the other four guys, Dan, Trevor, Jacob, and Erik-Michael (don't ask me who's who), tried for about a year to get Ashley to change his mind, but once they realized he wasn’t about to, they went on to record new music without him.



As if they can ever top “Liquid Dreams” though…