Known to just about everyone in the modern world as the original "Santa Baby" singer died on Christmas Eve, just days short of her 82nd Birthday.
Eartha has done more then whispered the lyrics to one of our favorite classic Christmas songs...
Here's a list of some of her accomplishments in a career that spanned over 60 years!
VOICE OVERS:
She JUST won a 2008 Daytime Emmy for her voice over work on The Emperor's New School, based on the movie The Emperors New Groove, in which she also did voice over work.
American Dad
The Wild Thornberries
FILM WORK
Roles in films such as:
Holes
Harriet The Spy
TELEVISION
She was Catwoman on the Batman series in the 70's
Miami Vice
She was an amazing woman, and will be missed by the entertainment industry sorely.
If any of you readers are fans of Adele (as I am), you'll LOVE this!
Artist Mick Boogie has taken Adele's album 19 and brought it back to the past and remixed it and modified it so it might sound like it did if the album had come out in 1988... which is the title of this modified debut album.
Apparently music historians suggest that 1988 is the greatest year of HipHop, so that is why they brought it back there.
It's a pretty fun adventure for your ears. AND THE BEST PART?!
You can download the WHOLE album for free. FREE!!!!
Uber-famous celebrity blogger Perez Hilton of (PerezHilton.com) needs to say he's sorry.
Perez, the man who draws obscene white images on celeb photos constantly harps on celebrity "designers" and their products.
He constantly hits Lindsay Lohan with insults on her expensive leggings line, sticks it to Kate Moss for her failed TopShop line, and KILLED just about everyone from The Hills who designed anything.
He recently questioned LL Cool J's products because they were introduced at 50% off. He also ripped into any celebrity whose items ended up in the clearance bin at Macys.
Well... karma has come back and hit him like a ton of bricks.
Perez's line at Hot Topic went on sale only a hand full of weeks after it came out. And now, is half off here on Hot Topics online store.
Actor and ex-Phantom Planet band member Jason Schwartzman has had a few successful side projects in the past and I'm sure he'll be adding his new album to that list.
In fact, someone thinks it'll do so well that they're giving away one of the first singles! CLICK HERE to be taken to the site of the free download of his new song Microphone.
BROADWAY IS IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!!! Check out these lists I compiled tonight...
Shows closing January 4th:
1) GREASE 2) SPAMALOT 3) SPRING AWAKENING 4) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 5) HAIRSPRAY 6) BOEING BOEING
Shows that will close soon thereafter:
1) LITTLE MERMAID 2) SHREK 3) MARY POPPINS 4) LION KING 5) ALL MY SONS 6) LIZA at the Palace (limited) 7) IN THE HEIGHTS 8) SOUTH PACIFIC 9) ON THE TOWN
Shows that have closed in the last three months:
1) AMERICAN BUFFALO 2) RENT 3) LEGALLY BLONDE 4) TITLE OF SHOW 5) XANADU 6) TALE OF TWO CITIES 7) PASSING STRANGE 8) TITLE OF SHOW
Shows that will "open" sometimes soon... hopefully:
1) WEST SIDE STORY 2) GUYS AND DOLLS 3) ANYTHING GOES 4) HAIR 5) ADAMS FAMILY
Perez Hilton is holding his first official Prezzies Awards this year! It was sort of unofficial last year, but now after having taken suggestions for categories and nominees he's compiled the ballot!
Go to PerezHilton.com to vote. Simply look in the left hand column for the Perezzies icon, click, and vote your heart out!
It's completely refreshing hearing an artist perform live... and sounding good or better than the actual album single.
Katey Perry performed on the Paul O'Grady show in Europe recently. She sang her new single Hot 'N Cold and kicked some major ass. Completely live and let loose. It's quite fantastic.
Every once in a while I'll update the music on the play list at the bottom of the page. It's got a lot of what I listen to every day in it... it also has a lot of new stuff that you should fall in love with as much as I have. Most of the new stuff is at the bottom of the list, but it's set to play at random.
I had a lunch date today that was canceled, so I had nothing better to do than to sit around and watch YouTube videos.
At first I was YouTubing "Brown Recluse spider bites"... I suggest everyone watch some of those videos. I hope it never happens to anyone I know. So gross.
Then I happened on some videos of people cleaning out their MRSA pustules. Ugh... I'm like jell-o right now. I'm having a hard time typing.
MRSA (according to Wikipedia): Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, often pronounced "mersa") is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be referred to as multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). MRSA is by definition a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins.
They go on to say:
MRSA/Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It is now found worldwide. MRSA is often referred to in the press as a "superbug."
In the past decade or so the number of MRSA infections in the United States has increased significantly. A 2007 report in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), estimated that the number of MRSA infections treated in hospitals doubled nationwide, from approximately 127,000 in 1999 to 278,000 in 2005, while at the same time deaths increased from 11,000 to more than 17,000.[2] Another study led by the CDC and published in the October 17, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that MRSA would have been responsible for 94,360 serious infections and associated with 18,650 hospital stay-related deaths in the United States in 2005.[3][4] These figures suggest that MRSA infections are responsible for more deaths in the U.S. each year than AIDS.[5]
Here is a girl draining her MRSA.
And, if you're a Project Runway fan, you'll remember that Jack (season 3?) had to leave the show because of his MRSA infection. It's really dangerous! Jack is also HIV+ and didn't want the MRSA to cause other major problems, so he left the reality series.
With the PASSING of Prop. 8 in California same sex couples have been once again denied the right to a fair and equal life (which is unconstitutional).
So, now people (or the homosexual less-than-people) who were married over the past year are looking at having their marriages annulled by the state making their bond non-legal and unsupported by the state. Although none of that should matter (the bond between two people is and should be stronger than any marriage certificate) it does. It matters because as a legal spouse (and only as such in most states) you can visit your sick loved one in the hospital, because you're considered immediate family. You are allowed tax deductions as a married couple, and your children are considered legitimate (how awful to call one child legitimate and another illegitimate).
Melissa Ethridge boiled up some blood this week when she stated that if she is a lesser citizen that is not allowed the same rights as a heterosexual couple, then she should have to pay all those tax dollars that go towards the benefits that heterosexual couples are allowed.
There have been Gay Succession groups started on Facebook.com that call for homosexuals and their supporters to not make any purchases for a day, on the same day so that no tax money is sent Washington by a homosexual or a supporter. Although that may not make an enormous effect it will send a message. If a lot of people do it, it will send a big one.
The Mormon church has also been thrust into the spotlight by throwing their support (in the form of volunteering throught he church and money donated) towards the YES on 8 cause. This website mormonsstoleourrights.com is calling for the Mormon church to be stripped of their "tax exempt" status as a religous organization, because as such they are not allowed to interfere directly in the government and the lives of its citizens. In a matter of a few days their petition has already been signed by tens of thousands of people across the world.
There have been marches, riots, and peaceful pleas from people all around the globe about this California Proposition.
Isn't it time that people opened their eyes and their hearts and listened.
This isn't a choice. If it was I sure as hell wouldn't have chosen it.
Everyone on earth should be allowed the same rights as anyone else.
Everyone.
Californians I beg you to fix what you have done. Look at it through our eyes. Look at it as a compassionate human. Look at it as what it is... a natural right. Happiness, love and compassion.
New Musical "Gay Bride of Frankenstein" is being broadcast live from The Players Ring in Downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire every night of it's three week run!!!
Written by Seacoast area locals Dane Leeman and Billy Butler, Gay Bride of Frankenstein a love story so completely new and original is probably one of the best "new" shows I've ever seen.
This show could go places.
And the music?! So good! Watch for yourself! And you can read more about the show here!
What an awesome idea!
Not in Portsmouth? Can't afford a ticket? Just watch here... on UndiscoveredCelebrity.blogspot.com!
- Laughing - Normal voice - Sex pot - Polite - Smiles - Legs - Hair - PERFORMANCE?!
Folks, I haven't seen Britney like this since 2003... she is back. I can't tell you how happy I was to have discovered this new video promoting the Video Music Awards. I'm sad Perez isn't reporting on her anymore, because of that shitty lawsuit SONY slapped against him, I probably would have known this was coming - it wouldn't have hit me like a ton of bricks.
I'm extremely excited by this video. Not in the way you're thinking though... I'm excited because she seems to be extremely happy, balanced, and dare I say NORMAL (shock and awe responses are completely appropriate).
Now...
I don't want to get my/your hopes up... but could she be performing again? Could this year actually mark a comeback?! Could her new album she's working on top Blackout (her most critically acclaimed album - and my favorite)? SO MANY QUESTIONS!
By the way: Britney is nominated for her 16th MTV Video Music Award (VMA)... a Moon Man if you will. And did you know - she's yet to actually win one!? So, head over to MTV.com and vote for her if you care at all. If not send good vibes her way. Real good ones... not "I hope she does well, but I secretly hope she's a complete disaster" vibes like we all sent last year.
You know you did.
Anywho... enjoy the short clip below. And don't judge her for not remembering that guys name. Do any of you actually know who he is? I don't. HA.
Perez Hilton's last update of the day (well... what is officially yesterday) was an iChat interview with Jason Mraz! And my Jason Mraz "Fond of Hats" shirt JUST CAME IN today!
Jason is shirtless in the video, and dimple-ified, and smiling... he's such a breath of fresh air, all the time.
Some people don't know this little fact. In fact, a lot of people don't even know about this fantastic artist!
Did you know Robin Thicke is the real life son of the father of Growing Pains?
Did you know that he is a FANTASTIC POP/R&B artist?
Robin Thicke's first album The Evolution of Robin Thicke opened to little fan fare and not amazing sales numbers. However, it's one of my favorite albums. And to most of the people who have listened to it feel the same.
He is a hidden talent, he is just as talented as Justin Timberlake at creating brilliant songs with addictive beats and huge potential for club play, radio play etc.
My favorite song on the album is "Shooter", but most people may recognize "Lost without U"
Robin has recently released a new single off of an upcoming album!
The song is called "Magic". It's definitely more along the lines of a Timberlake like tune. The horns and strings in the song are great, he's taking a lot of classic sounds and mixing them with a modern feel while giving us a little of a seventies throwback sound. It's almost like a stripped down and polished Jamaraquai song.
It also has the potential of being a big summer song... if only his PR people could get it off the ground.
I don't understand why all these great artists are coming out with music that is just kind of sitting on the shelf of the iTunes library.
Go find Magic on iTunes and download it today.
Click here to view his older video for "Lost Without You"
Trevor Paglen, a photographer has done something amazing.
The photog has taken pictures of over 180 secret spying satellites. These satellites are so top secret that they don't "exist" - get it.
He's also been able to photograph top secret military sites from hotel room windows...
For real America. If you're going to be secretive about stuff... test your own nikkon cameras in the local hotel and make sure what you're doing isn't in PLAIN VIEW!
This photog is going to end up missing if he keeps taking pictures of top secret shiz.
He SHOULD be president... but that will never happen, because he's for change. Even though it's all good change, change scares people, and it kept him out on the fringe of the presidential race.
Apparently he posted the video above in Thursday and it has already been viewed 602,279 times.
Ron's making a new splash in politics.
For our countrys sake, lets hope he gets what he wants. He's a brilliant man.
News reports have been swirling for weeks about Hillary dropping from the race for President. I didn't want to think it true, but there are some more solid reports that have come out in the past two days.
Apparently Hill will be conceding on Saturday. Basically this means she'll be congratulating Obama on clinching enough delegates.
SHE WILL NOT be giving hers up though. Why?
Hillary is hoping something disastrous will happen in his campaign before the convention. Such as some sneaky skeletons coming out of the closet.
You never know.
It's been mentioned that Hillary has expressed interest in becoming Obama's VP ticket if he so chooses.
Hillary's campaign can still use some support to pay off some debts, so if you're so inclined click the image above to go to her website and drop a few dollars.
Also, grab some of the merch in her store before she completely drops out... this was a HISTORIC campaign. Any of her trinkets will be worth something some day.
Probably one of the most anticipated albums in a while, Green Day is releasing a cd under their pet project name The Foxboro Hot Tubs.
The album is a syrupy punk/pop/rock album sure to take the radio by storm.
I want every one of the songs as a ring tone.
I'm in love with it and I've only heard the samples on iTunes.
The album contains 12 new songs. It doesn't really sound anything like Green Day, which is awesome. I love Green Day, but it would be stupid for them to release an album under a different name if it was the same stuff.
THE ALBUM IS ON SALE AT BULLMOOSE AND BULLMOOSE.COM FOR $7.97!! And that price will probably only be around for a day or two.
Britney Spears' ex (?) Adnan has mysteriously dropped off the face of the earh, until now. According to thehollywoodgossip.comThe National Enquirer is reporting that Adnan is shopping around a sex tape.
Yep... Britney has done it again.
Whether she was drugged or not she had to have known that there was camera in the room. The biggest problem with Britney is that she always has to be on top. If someone pulls a scandal, she's got to pull it, one up it, and then create one of her own.
Well, if there is some kind of a sex tape out there it's sure to sell... but Britney wasn't exactly her hottest when she was dating him...
Both Davids have powerhouse voices. Cook has his rocker/pop edge, and David A. has his crooner/pop/Broadway chops. Who will win?!
My bet is on David Cook... unless it's rigged. Then David A. will win, because they know that David Cook will sell more albums, so they'll push David A. to a win so he can have a leg up on sales.
It seems things have cooled in the Britney pool these days.
The entertainer has been seen doing exactly what she should be doing... rehearsing, working in the studio, and arranging court dates to get her kids back!
Sometime this week Brit will be in court to try to regain some custody rights from ex-husband/ex-back up dancer Kevin Federline.
Her two sons have had very few visits with mom due to court orders. The visits are also monitored.
Lets hope she's cleaned up and that she gets to spend time with her own frigging children.
It was announced around 1am this morning (on his own blog) that Perez Hilton just signed a deal to create his own line of clothing!
This will be Perez's first physical product. He's had his hands in numerous types of media - internet, television, radio - but never anything of real substance. Well, he's not in the fashion industry!
I must say, although he is always outrageously dressed and usually not matching... I think his line will probably be amazing. He loves color and sharp lines. I think he'll use a lot of Asian culture as influence as well as 80's pop culture.
Subliminal messaging is against the law, yet it happened on Iron Chef!
Fox and McDonald's said neither planned for this to happen and that it was corrected for future airing, but how the hell did that get there in the first place?!
That still is to exact to be a mistake from a commercial or anything.
And can ANYONE figure out what is wrong with the sound at the end of this YouTube video?!
The internet gets more and more interesting every day.
Here's a group of friends that have created an online sitcom! The show is called Life From the Inside. They film on weekends or days off from their "real" jobs.
Check it out!
It's pretty good!
PS - my online friend Stephen plays the role of Guy.
I stumbled upon this awesome little website today.
It an online polling website that lets anyone in the world create an account and fill out their top five favorite films, albums, and books,
Currently the lists are a little lame, there are a lot of UK pop artists dominating the list.
Go on, fill out the forms and see where your favorites land.
At the moment the tops are:
Greatest Albums 1) Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika 2) Beautiful World - Take That 3) Tangled Up - Girls Aloud 4) Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 5) Chemistry - Girls Aloud
Greatest Films 1) Pulp Fiction 2) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 3) Dirty Dancing 4) Amelie 5) Star Wars Episode IV
Greatest Books 1) Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen 2) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 3) 1984 - George Orwell 4) The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 5) My Take - Gary Barlow
Tristan Prettyman is a great artist. Her music is smooth, calm, and full of color and sunshine. She's the young female Jack Johnson.
She's also quite cute.
Tristan's new album Hello... X is good.
However, it is not her best.
This is her second big release but third studio album.
The albums first single "Madly" was a smart choice... it's the best song on the CD. There are a few other catchy songs, but I don't feel any will receive big radio play.
"Echo": This song sounds a LOT like her big hit Love, Love, Love. I don't know how it got onto the album, people were sure to notice. It's almost as if she took the song and gave it new lyrics.
"A Little Bit": I love this song. It's laid back, quiet, calm and emotional. She really lets her breathy calming voice take the lead in this song. It's great.
All and all I would say if you like this genre of Acoustic Rock/Pop the album is a good buy. It's one of those CD's you can definitely leave on while you study, do house work, or go for a walk on the beach.
"That’s right! I made it through all of Georgia and crossed my first state line. Woo hoo! I honored this moment on the trail with a Snickers, or what I like to call “Manna from Heaven.” Franklin is also 107.6 miles into the trail which means I crossed my first major mileage milestone."
"After no sleep due to bad weather, I hiked 20 miles to try to catch up. I don’t know how, but for some reason I ended up a day behind a big group of hikers and a day ahead of another group and was frustrated being in the “gap.” That night I caught up with thru-hikers, Y2K, C-Bass, Mary Poppins and many more who have all been together since April 1st but who had passed me much earlier. Late arrivals that night included two conservative Jews who lit candles and said a prayer for Shabbat and even though it was late and their worship was happening not one foot from my tent, it was oddly calming and I slept better that night than any other."
April 28th, 2008
"I entered the Smokies with trepidation, assuming the worst about the notoriously difficult park. My fears were topped only by my frustration with park regulations. Thru hikers have only 7 days to clear the park, must stay in the shelters, and have on them at all times a permit for back country hiking which details their intended trip. Failing to meet any of these requirements can result in a hefty fine. For hikers who have spent a month free from any rules or restrictions, these regulations seem ridiculous. My first night I was reprimanded by a ridge runner for peeing on the wrong side of the mountain, truly an egregious offense."
"On a more serious note, I have been suffering knee pains that last couple weeks and despite wrapping them with ACE bandages every morning, the demand of the trail has taken its toll. I am hoping it is simply fatigue that will pass, rather than any permanent joint damage, but at this point I am continuing to cut my pace and mileage. That being said my new friend Rainbow, whom I met at the Hostel, is hiking on a fractured heel. She limps up the mountains with a full boot, which immobilizes everything below her knee. I just hope I can catch her."
Here's a little update on my AIDS Walk adventure! The walk is May 4th, so there's still PLENTY of time to log onto my donation page and send a few bucks our way!!
AIDS WALK!! Sponsor US! PLEASE!
5:30pm Monday, Apr 28
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,
I just wanted to drop everyone a note to let you know that I'm walking in AIDS Response Seacoasts (ARS) AIDS Walk in Downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire!
So far the walk has only raised $6,000 $14,792 (As of April 28th)! And the walk is May 4th!
So, if any of you would like to sponsor me it would be GREATLY appreciated!! If you could throw ANY amount my way that would be super! ARS will put every penny to good use!
My goal this year was pretty low, only $250 - and we have BEATEN IT!! SO! Now I'm upping the goal to $400!!
I think it's 100% POSSIBLE!!!
WAIT!!
Within MINUTES of the update above I received ANOTHER donation of $100!!! So the bar has to be raised AGAIN!
MY NEW GOAL IS: $600
Here is a link to the walk page, if you'd like to learn more: ARS AIDS Walk
Donating with your credit card is COMPLETELY safe on the website because it's backed up by Kintera AND VeraSign online security. So don't worry about all of that. If you would rather mail a check or cash my mailing address is below.
Megan Pelletier will now be joining me on the walk! There's still room for more!
Let me know!
Thanks all!
Joe Cooper 42 Gorgeana Way York, ME 03909
jpcoopernyc@yahoo.com (646) 275-7328
THANK YOU: Marianne Cusano Maria Costa Elizabeth Armano The California Bergs Christine Dulong - a STARVING/Award Winning ARTIST! Thank you! David Kim - another starving actor! Margaret Canning!!! George Cooper
James Frey's new book Bright Shiny Morning is ALSO STILL available for pre-ordering. It's available for a few more weeks, as it does not come out until May 13th.
