New Music Friday – Thriving Ivory

San Francisco’s critically-acclaimed band THRIVING IVORY prepare to release their sophomore album, “Through Yourself & Back Again” on September 14th via Wind Up Records. The album features the first single, “Where We Belong” which is available on iTunes now. Watch the video for the single as the guys perform in an abandoned warehouse below.

Thriving Ivory released their self-titled debut album in 2008, which included the hit single “Angels On The Moon.” The album reached #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and the single went on to sell over 500,000 digital downloads and reached the Top 30 on both Pop and Hot AC radio. VH1 named the band a “You Oughta Know” artist and put the video for “Angels On The Moon” into heavy rotation.

Check out the band’s MySpace and Facebook for more information on their sophomore album as well as info on their current tour, which takes the band across the U.S.through the fall of 2010. Pre-order Through Yourself & Back Again and get an an autographed booklet and look for the album available in stores everywhere September 14th!

Thriving Ivory Tour Dates
8/20 Scottsdale, AZ – Martini Ranch*
8/21 San Diego, CA – Anthology*
8/24 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour*
8/25 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall*
9/16 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts**
9/17 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club**
9/19 Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar**
9/21 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern**
9/22 Cincinnati, OH – 20th Century Theater**
9/23 Chicago, IL – Park West**
9/24 Flint, MI – Park West**
9/25 St. Louis, MO – The Old Rock House**
9/28 Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend**
9/30 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom**
10/1 Bridgeport, CT – Klein Memorial Auditorium**
10/2 Boston, MA – Royale Nightclub**

w/ Ryan Star*
w/ Ed Kowalczyk**

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Guess Who: Celeb Couples of the 90’s

Guess which tv couple of the 90’s is beating the Spice Girls in a popularity poll! Click HERE to find out.

Julia Roberts Loves Weed and Halo

Don’t we all? Well, my vices are more along the lines of boxed wine and Harry Potter, but would you really be surprised if Julia Roberts is a stoner with a penchant for video games?

National Enquirer is shilling a story that Julia Roberts loves the pot and has a “twisted double life” which basically entails getting crunk and playing Halo. Hardly twisted, but I suppose we are supposed to clutch our pearls and let our eyes bulge out of our heads in astonishment. It’s like Tex Avery cartoon or whatever the devil children watch these days.

Via The Frisky:

“A source says that Julia “used to smoke a lot of pot” and she would get stoned with husband Danny Moder and play Halo. Apparently, Julia’s childhood home was raided and cops found drugs inside a hollowed-out bible. Roberts’ brother, Eric, claims that their mother “beat the hell out” of him for years and friends claim that Julia shares a similar temperament and often takes it out on her relatives or Danny, most recently screaming and humiliating him after photographers tried to get a picture of them together.”

Oh, I was hoping their tale of a twisted life involved beating her hired help with dildos and demanding she be addressed as Contessa Vida Von Vaginheim.

Black Swan Trailer: Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis Make Out – VIDEO

Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman are starring in new thriller, “Black Swan.” It’s described as “A thriller that hones in on the relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and a new rival.”

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Of course Kunis and Portman make out in this R rated film. So basically it sounds like “Showgirls” gone ballet.

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Britney Spears Too Lazy To Shower

Perhaps this is the reason that Brit’s weave always looks so busted. A stranger-bitch insider-type is claiming that Britney Spears refuses shower and Jason Trawick gave Britney an ultimatum: shower or it’s over.

Per Heat Via Orange UK:

“Britney’s not the type to cover herself in pretty-smelling lotions. She hates washing her hair, so sometimes it can smell downright sour. She’ll sometimes grab an outfit and wear it two or three times a week. Recently she put on a sundress for the third day in a row, but Jason refused to leave the house with her until she put on something else. She was the same when she was with K-Fed,” said one friend. “Thankfully, she’s trying more now because even she knows you couldn’t think of a more embarrassing reason for a relationship to break down.”

The report claims that she is simply too lazy to wash her budget extensions and change clothes. Let’s hope she dipped her head in some Suave recently. She just finished shooting her cameo for “Glee” yesterday.

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Harry Potter Condoms Send WB Suing

The wonderful gals over at Celebitchy pointed out the Harry Popper condom. As you know, I am a Harry Potter nerd and proudly wear my “Harry is Homeboy” and “On All Fours for Gryffindors” t-shirts with pride. Apparently I could have added a condom to my Harry Potter collection thanks to some Swedish rubber makers. Warner Brothers caught on to the Potter prophylactic and are suing.

Via Bote (Apologies for the Rough Translation, It’s a Swiss Paper):

“The lawyer of the film Giant, “Everyone who sees condoms from thinks automatically of Harry Potter.” No one could seriously argue the opposite. Deliberately feed on the sex shop from the image of magician’s apprentice: youthfulness, magic. On the package a signed Pariserli swings glad his wand. The unmistakable Rundbrille not missing. The condom-seller extended-range Popper be gradually since 2006, a successful product.

“If this does not stop the court, there is a wildfire,” cautioned the applicant’s lawyer. For Warner Brothers is obvious: The sorcerer Harry Potter have a “very positive image.” Condoms have no business there. Especially not now. According to Warner Bros. in November to plan the launch of the new Potter movie. Also a new video game is in preparation. The lawyer for Warner Bros. bluntly: “The image of my client is in danger.”

Want more Harry Potter? Click HERE for new ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ movie stills

Jamie Lynn Spears Reunites With Baby Daddy Casey Aldridge

Before there was Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge owned the title of America’s favorite unwed “celebs-who-really-shouldn’t-be” teenage parents who were briefly engaged only to break things off. But now, Britneys‘ little sister has decided to give it another go with Casey, spending some quality time together this week and even watching Lady GaGa’s Monster Ball Tour Concert in L.A with her sister and her boyfriend Jason Trawick.

Per Star:

“They’re 100 percent back on,” a Louisiana pal tells Star. “They’ve been pretty much inseparable all summer.”

If she and Casey manage to make things work after their rocky past, more power to them. They’re already on the path to raising a healthy baby girl – being a family unit would be icing on the cake. Pay close attention Bristol and Levi – THIS is how you make it work. Notice the lack of public battles, reality show talks, and Playboy spreads.

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Kenny Chesney Caught Cheating With ESPN Reporter – PHOTO

Country music singer Kenny Chesney, who usually sings about tractors, plows, and crop rotating can now sing about the age old country music tradition of ‘cheatin’ and ‘breaking hearts.’ Chesney was photographed getting close to another woman during a romantic beach getaway while his girlfriend Amy Colley was back home in Tennessee.

Per Star:

“They were touching and rubbing each other the whole time,” an eyewitness tells Star. “They definitely looked like lovers, like they didn’t have a care in the world.”

The woman on Chesney’s arm and on his lap was identified as ESPN reporter Jenn Brown. Star claims to have other photographs of the new couple together, including one in which she slides her hands under his shirt and around his waist and another in which she strikes sexy poses for him. The cheating douchebag reportedly spent the day all touchy-feely on the beach with Brown and then spent a lot of time in their presidential suite at the hotel afterwards. As for Colley, an insider says she’s furious and that “this is like a slap in the face.”

Shady!

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Kings of Leon Turn Down “Glee”

This may be enough to send me to the DQ to drown my sorrows in a vat of Oreo Blizzard mixed with a fifth of Jack Daniels.

According to our friends at Bumpshack, mega rockers Kings of Leon recently turned down an opportunity for the band’s music to appear on the hit telelvision show “Glee.”

Say what?

Apparently bassist Jared Followill has ‘never seen the show’ but has heard that everyone likes it. Correct. Now go wash the bird crap outta your mouth.

Kings of Leon have also turned down requests to have their music appear in films, including the second installment of the Twilight Saga, ‘New Moon‘. It seems that the Followills have turned down more than that.

“We had some people call us up wanting to know if we’d allow ‘Use Somebody’ to appear. Next day, they called back and tried to put us through to the star of the movie — I won’t name names, but he’s an incredibly famous actor — to let him try and convince us to agree to do it. I was like, ‘Man, don’t even waste your energy.

I wonder…I just wonder…when did Kellen Lutz get so famous?

The McClymonts CD GIVEAWAY!

Chaos and Bright Lights, the debut album from Australian country music sensations The McClymonts, is available in stores now. The album – which has already reached gold status in Australia – features the single “Save Yourself” and hit track “My Life Again.” Grab the album now on iTunes, and check out the video for “Save Yourself” here.

Winners of Best Group three years in a row at the Australian Country Music Awards, The McClymonts – sisters Mollie, Brooke and Sam – are ready to bring their high energy brand of pop-country to the States. After a string of August tour dates, including a show at this Thursday’s NASCAR event in Tennessee, the girls will return to Australia for 10 shows in 14 days. They will return stateside in September to tour with Jason Aldean through mid-October. See below for a full list of dates, and for all the latest updates visit TheMcClymonts.net or find them on Facebook.

Fall Tour with Jason Aldean:
8-19 Bristol. TN Downtown Center NASCAR
8-20 Charlotte, NC Coyote Joe’s
8-21 Greenville, SC Blind Horse Saloon
9-10 Corbin, KY – Ag & Expo Center w/ Jason Aldean
9-11 Cleveland, OH – Cuyahoga County Fair w/ Jason Aldean
9-17 York, PA – York Fair Groundstand w/ Uncle Kracker, Jason Aldean
9-18 Wilkes-Barre, PA – Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza w/ Jason Aldean
9-19 Burlington, NC – Burlington Carousel Festival
9-21 Lake Havasu City, AZ – Patriot Days Festival
9-23 Cape Girardeau, MO – Show Me Center w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
9-24 Tupelo, MS – Bancorp South Arena w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
9-25 Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
9-30 Tallahassee, FL – Leon County Civic Center w/ Uncle Kracker, Jason Aldean
10-1 North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Coliseum w/ Lee Brice, Jason Aldean
10-2 Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
10-3 Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center w/ Jason Aldean
10-7 Waco, TX – Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
10-8 Corpus Christi, TX – American Bank Center w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
10-9 Mission, TX – Las Palmas Race Track Park w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
10-14 Madison, WI – Alliant Energy Center w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean
10-15 Evansville, IN – Roberts Stadium w/ Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean

Take a minute and check out The McClymonts exclusive Hollywood Dame interview here, and check out their New Music Friday feature here!

Ok McClymont fans! Here is your chance to score a free copy of “Chaos and Bright Lights!” Simply post your favorite McClymont song and why you love it in the comment section below and 3 lucky winners will each receive a copy. Contest ends August 27th!

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