Katy Perry shattered many a teenage dream when she and Russell Brand tied the knot in India this past weekend. In doing so, our Halloween costume inspiration has officially joined the ranks of some of pop music’s oddest romantic pairings. While many of the marriages didn’t last—some even a week (we’re looking at you, Britney Spears)— we’re sure that Katy and Russell have what it takes to make it work. Now, a look back at the strangest pop star couples all thanks to Cupid’s misguided arrow. More »
Yesterday we brought you the Top 5 Pop Stars Who Should Never Act Again, where, miraculously, Mariah Carey was kept off the list because of her work in Precious. (Okay, her part only lasts two scenes and she sat at a desk the whole time, but progress is progress.) Unfortunately, she’s still not quite skilled enough to make today’s list of pop singers who have proven they’ve actually got some acting chops. More »
Our friends at The Awl have debuted Ryan Adams’ video-game column, and it is a delight, looking back on the old-school console game Gorf while mulling over the possibility of Danzig and Whitesnake squaring off at an arcade. There’s also a video co-directed by Adams and his wife, noted Jandek enthusiast Amanda Adams (a.k.a. Mandy Moore). [The Awl] More »
I’ve spent some time with Mandy Moore’s latest attempt to break free of her teenpop bonds Amanda Leigh since it came out, and one word keeps coming to mind: Disarming. The songs are quite good, but there’s an odd feeling of placelessness about it; it doesn’t have much of a sense of time, or even locale, despite references to rivers and summers and dells. The video for the album’s first single, the snappy “I Could Break Your Heart Every Day Of The Week,” is kind of a perfect showcase for how the record sounds OK on the surface, yet has a queasy unease lurking within! More »
Mandy Moore had quite the week last week, gaining both a future husband (Ryan Adams) and a detergent sponsor (Gain). While the first partnership hasn’t borne any musical fruit just yet, the latter has resulted in the first single from her forthcoming album Amanda Leigh being downloadable from a Mandy-riffic site set up by the detergent. (Annoying alert: In order to register, the site requires that you upload an image of yourself, for who knows what reason.) “I Can Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week” is a peppy little earworm that Moore co-wrote with former Candy Butcher Mike Viola; it sneaks in a lyrical reference to wrapping the lover in sheets, which I guess is supposed to be a pleasant fate because of the sweet smell of the detergent they’re washed in. Clip after the jump.
If only the 1999 version of Mandy Moore was around to cover “Umbrella”–I suspect her cover would have a lot more oomph than this ready-for-Triple-A take on the Rihanna song that Moore performed on Yahoo! Music last week. More »
Mandy Moore’s tour rider is the most minimalist–and healthy!–we’ve seen on the Smoking Gun yet. Unsurprisingly, it does not ask for any candy to be distributed backstage. More »
Mandy Moore’s tour rider is the most minimalist–and healthy!–we’ve seen on the Smoking Gun yet. Unsurprisingly, it does not ask for any candy to be distributed backstage. More »
Mandy Moore’s Wild Hope leaked all over the Internet this weekend, a good two months before its scheduled release date. More »
