"Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester partied with Cyndi Lauper at the mtvU Woodie Awards, airing December 4 at 10 p.m. on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU. "She's damn sexy," the actress said about the '80s icon.
Quote of the Week : Well, actually he’s the idiot, he fell in love to a break up song. (Izzy LaFontaine, Modern Family ) Song of the Week : True – Spandau Ballet ( Modern Family ) Big News of the Week : A Melancholy Happy Trails to Ken Ober : Every once and a while you hear about a death that makes you feel like part of your childhood died with them. That happened a couple of weeks ago...
I had a Rockstar Barbie when I was a girl, but nothing as cool as these: Yes that's Debbie Harry and Joan Jett. Also available is Cyndi Lauper apparently. (Found via here )
Wednesday night was my third MTVU Woodie Awards show at Roseland Ballroom and one of the most fun! We had a perfect spot near the artist lounge, enjoying a DJ set by Diplo and catching performances by Death Cab for Cutie, Passion Pit, Matt & Kim, The Dead Weather and more. There was an interesting array [...]
Indie darlings Matt & Kim kicked off the show -- which celebrates the year's best music as determined by MTVu's college-centric audience -- with an energetic performance of their breakout single "Lessons Learned." Later, the duo returned to accept their...
If the problem with your hot beverage transportation device is that it lacks our logo, you’re in luck! This holiday season, we’ve added the mental_floss travel mug to our store. And if you order between now and 11:59pm ET Monday and use the code EARLYBIRD,* you get free shipping. Whether you’re looking to replace your [...]
Adam Lambert —who appears on the cover of OUT 's 'OUT 100: Class Of 2009' issue—responded to an open letter the mag's editor Aaron Hicklin penned (complaining about, as Entertainment Weekly states it, "certain stipulations placed on the interview and cover shoot by Lambert’s management team"). Here's what Lambo had to say in reply to EW : "What people don’t realize...
Advertorial content: Equinox Fitness Clubs go beyond neighborhood gyms in just about every way. Most places purchase music from a service or play the radio, but Equinox Creative Director Bianca Kosoy and her team wanted people to get excited about the music, so they took things into their own hands. First they recognized that different areas of the club—lobby, workout floor, spa and locker rooms—require...
Toymaker Mattel has announced plans to release three Ladies of the 80s dolls featuring Joan Jett , Debbie Harry of Blondie and Cyndi Lauper. The dolls will be released in December and run at collector-level pricing around $35.
For those of you wondering what to put under the tree for me next month, look no further. Just in time for the holidays AND the debut of the Runaways' biopic starring Dakota Fanning and Twilight star Kristen Stewart, Mattel has launched their "Ladies of the '80s" Barbie Collection. The collection features Debbie Harry (below), Cyndi Lauper, and of course Joan Jett (above). Watch out Malibu...
Leighton Meester and pop icon Cyndi Lauper hit the stage at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards on Wednesday (November 18) to present the award for Woodie of the Year. The 23-year old Gossip Girl actress opened the envelope and announced that Kings of Leon took home the top award! Although the band wasn’t in attendance, we’re [...]
The Band: Tempo No Tempo The Buzz: A nervy, worked-up band from San Francisco, Tempo No Tempo have been kicking around for nearly four years now, getting steadily better while remaining stubbornly under the radar. Their latest EP should change all that: blending hurtling dance rhythms with jabbing, elbowing post-punk guitars, the group takes a literal [...]
The wait is finally over, Bones fans! The FOX procedural returns tonight for its highly anticipated fifth season, picking up six weeks after Booth and Brennan last saw each other. While Booth has been recovering from brain surgery, Brennan has been on a dig in Guatemala. Will it be a happy reunion? We find out tonight in the episode called “Harbingers in the Fountain.”
Never in my right mind did I imagine that Ellen DeGeneres being a guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance would lead to her being a permanent judge on American Idol.