The 20 Greatest Music-Video Cameos of All Time

The 20 Greatest Music-Video Cameos of All Time

Record labels may not be shelling out the same massive music-video budgets they once did. But just because they've migrated from TV screen to computer screen doesn't mean we've lost the fine art of the Music-Video Cameo.  read more

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Authoritah Respected: South Park's 10 Best Celebrity Takedowns

Authoritah Respected: <em>South Park</em>'s 10 Best Celebrity Takedowns

It’s odd to think of South Park as “venerable,” but that’s a pretty good descriptor for a show in its 14th season. It’s been 200 episodes and nearly a decade-and-a-half since we were first introduced to the perpetually snow-blanketed town of South Park, Colorado and its way-past-depraved residents. No cow is too sacred for the show’s creators, especially celebrities; on tonight’s episode, “200,” every single person of fame who’s been maligned and mocked will return for a class-action lawsuit that “could be the thing that destroys South Park forever.” So on the eve of this historic event, a career retrospective...  read more

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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: 25 Notable Recluses

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: 25 Notable Recluses

Many a celebrity has sought a life of obscurity after realizing the toll of the persistent gaze of the public eye. Ironically, that often serves to make them even more interesting to fans and journalists alike. Poor health, mental illness, sordid secrets and a simple desire for privacy can all turn a famous person into a recluse, and all of them have. From Salinger to Chappelle, here are 25 recluses and what made them shun the limelight:...  read more

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Vatican Releases Top 10 Pop Albums List

Vatican Releases Top 10 Pop Albums List

Turns out things are slightly groovier at the Vatican than many might have thought. L’Osservatore Romano (which translates to The Roman Observer) is a newspaper covering the Holy See’s public activities, amongst other related things. In a rather out of character move, the paper ran an article Sunday listing its “semi-serious” choices for best pop rock albums, remarking, “our modest guide can point you on the road to good music.”...  read more

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Five Notable Anecdotes From Paste's Recent Interview With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh

Five Notable Anecdotes From <em>Paste</em>'s Recent Interview With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh has lived through singular times...  read more

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Turns Out, Michael Jackson Composed Music for Sonic 3

Turns Out, Michael Jackson Composed Music for <em>Sonic 3</em>

At least, that's what "le magazine official de Michael Jackson" says...  read more

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This is It Headed to MTV

<em>This is It</em> Headed to MTV

Michael Jackson’s This is It will eventually air on MTV and sister networks, where many people probably planned to see it anyway....  read more

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Billboard Changes Up Charts to Reflect Catalog Titles, Folk Music

<em>Billboard</em> Changes Up Charts to Reflect Catalog Titles, Folk Music

Recent changes to Billboard charts will soon give both Michael Jackson and Ani DiFranco some overdue recognition....  read more

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This Is It Not Quite It: Jackson Reality Show Coming to A&E

<em>This Is It</em> Not Quite It: Jackson Reality Show Coming to A&E

The posthumous Michael Jackson promotion train keeps on rolling, and in its next incarnation, the Jackson-hungry public will learn the troubles and travails of the Jacksons who are still around. Starting Dec. 13 at 9 p.m., cable fixture A&E will air The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, a six-episode reality miniseries showing viewers how the King of Pop’s death has affected his family, namely his brothers Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Marlon....  read more

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Michael Jackson's This Is It Rakes in Over $100 Million

Michael Jackson's <em>This Is It</em> Rakes in Over $100 Million

Although it was expected that Michael Jackson’s posthumous concert flick, This Is It, was going to bring in an audience still reeling and confused from MJ’s untimely passing, a $100 million gross worldwide (in just its first week, no less) is downright impressive....  read more

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