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FILM MAJOR, Music / February 14 2012 11:49 AM

Taylor Swift Plays The Hunger Games Safe & Sound

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The Hunger Games has been translated sonically by one Miss Taylor Swift; a fitting match for the young series with broad appeal. Safe & Sound, the haunting tip-toe through a murky forest touches on the unease that carries Katniss Everdeen‘s perilous story. The song’s slow breathy quality  with The Civil Wars‘ drum lines and harmonies throw the warlike melancholia into sharp relief. Lines of love along signs of horror is how The Hunger Games satiates, but let’s hope the movie doesn’t brood quite so much as this music video.  

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CULTURE, Music, NEWS / February 13 2012 8:02 AM

Adele Makes a Clean Sweep at the 2012 Grammys

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Vogue cover girl Adele wore a simple Armani Privé gown to the 2012 Grammy Awards last night, but paired the frock with an armful of blingtastic trophies. The British songstress swept the competition, taking home all six awards for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year for 21 and Record of the Year for “Rolling in the Deep.” She is only the second female to win six Grammys in one night, the first — of course — being Beyoncé in 2010. Ms. Adkins also debuted the return of her voice after vocal surgery by belting out “in the Deep.” Though this was undeniably Adele’s night, the untimely passing of Whitney Houston cast a large shadow over the show with Jennifer Hudson bringing down the house in a stirring rendition of “I Will Always Love You”

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CULTURE, NEWS / January 12 2012 8:11 AM

An Absent Katy Perry Wins 5 People’s Choice Awards Proving People Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Have Choices or Awards

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Let’s get this over with. Well, the People’s Choice Awards – or as I like to call it, “Wait, who’s that on the stage?” –  were last night and Katy Perry cleaned house, winning five of the coveted (?) awards, including Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Song of the Year for “E.T.”, Favorite Music Video for “Last Night (T.G.I.F.)” and interestingly enough, Favorite TV Guest Star for her stint on How I Met Your Mother. Too bad she didn’t bother to show up. But as we all know, the People’s Choice Awards are on par with the Grammys in terms of relevance and on par with a moderately lavish bar mitzvah in terms of its ability to draw celebrities. Other big winners included Emma Stone, who was actually present to accept her awards for  Favorite Movie Actress and Favorite Comedic Movie Actress and Demi Lovato who beat out pop heavyweights Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Perry to win Favorite Pop Artist. Full, unnecessarily long list of winners after the jump.

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CULTURE, NEWS / December 21 2011 7:29 AM

Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Or, Why You Should Probably Step Your Game Up

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Aaliyah once said “Age Ain’t Nothin’ but a Number.” Of course she was 15 at the time and boinking R. Kelly, but that’s neither here nor there. Forbes Magazine, always list-happy, doesn’t believe in that mantra and therefore decided to rank the top 30 “disrupters” under 30 years of age, each in twelve categories, including art, media, music, energy, finance and technology. And just after I had finished going through my quarter-life crisis — looks like I (once again!) picked the wrong day to stop huffing glue.

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CULTURE, FASHION / November 21 2011 4:16 PM

RED CARPET REPORT CARD: 2011 American Music Awards

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To my surprise as I sleepily browsed my Twitter feed this morning, the 2011 American Music Awards were on last night. I couldn’t care less about the crappy music being awarded, so I immediately searched for disappointing red carpet photos. And to neither my nor anyone’s surprise, I found some pretty disappointing red carpet photos. But what’s an awards show without a Red Carpet Report Card commentary? Check out the gallery below of the best, worst and most snooze-worthy looks from last night.

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