Perfume Promotion = Popular With Rich Women, Endless MySpace/American Idol Amusement and More

1/18/07, 2:49 pm EST

Madonna Mariah

  • Not just anybody can make Forbes’ list of the 20 Richest Women in Entertainment. You need a minimum net worth of $45 million, and apparently a line of perfume really helps. Of course Oprah Winfrey is tops on the list but other noteworthy officially disgustingly rich women include J. Lo (has line of perfume), Britney (has like four lines of perfume), Mariah Carey (is releasing own perfume line this year), and Madonna (is Madonna). Way to be … really really rich, ladies.
  • We bow down before the genius person who put together this hysterical list of American Idol contestants’ MySpace pages [warning: site is occasionally down]. You have a truly terrifying amount of time on your hands and you clearly know what to do with it. Our favorite? Jessica the Glamour Shots Cosmetologist who loves “the Google Dolls.”
  • We see rock-industry employees and other fanatical sad human beings flocking to this (honestly kinda dope) Denver area hotel. Each floor has its own pop-culturally savvy theme such as the Elvis-endorsing “Mad About Music” floor or the “Chick Flicks”-themed rooms. [via Pop Candy]
  • Beth Ditto, the notoriously outspoken lead singer for garage pop sensation the Gossip, has described her experience touring the U.S. with the Scissor Sisters as “soul-sucking.” “The audience were moms wanting chart hits,” the singer reportedly bitched. “They’ve never seen a John Waters movie or heard the Ramones.”
  • Check “I Still Love H.E.R.,” the new typically over-produced and melodramatic but still kinda awesome track from Kanye West. [via Stereogum]
  • The recent death of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun has apparently made Robert Plant rethink his plans to record a new Honeydrippers album. Ertegun, according to the Plant, was “thrilled with the idea” but now that’s he’s gone, Plant doesn’t feel he can carry on the creative spirit alone. Sad.
  • In addition to Justin Timberlake and the lucky winner of his Sing With Justin contest, Grammy Awards performers now include Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige and Ludacris. The craziness takes place February 11th.
  • Fergie is reportedly keeping her recent engagement to longtime boyfriend Josh Duhamel a secret. In spite of the public discussions of her past drug abuse, the pants-wetting incidents, and the penchant to wear the Union Jack as boyshorts, the singer is a totally traditional person who doesn’t want to spread the news until the couple has set a date.

Comments

WONDERWALL IS A DOUCHE | 1/19/2007, 3:19 pm EST

FUCKING REGINA SPEKTOR YOU DOUCHEBAGS! MORE TALENTED THAN MOST MALE MUSICIANS CURRENTLY

alberto | 1/19/2007, 2:47 pm EST

To Garp, FYI, Madonna does play an instrument. No, she’s no Eric Clapton but the woman rocked out with a guitar on her two last tours and kicked ass.

MrTambourineman | 1/19/2007, 12:12 pm EST

Kanye doesn’t have an original bone in his body. Everything he has made is ripped off, case in point, “I used to love H.E.R.” by Common. That is a brilliant song which tells the history of hip-hop as the life of a girl. It ends with a denouncement of modern hip-hop, the same kind of garbage Kanye puts out…

Luke | 1/19/2007, 7:56 am EST

Go Madonna! Still topping the list (of rich female artists) after 25 years. =)

john waters' soul | 1/18/2007, 11:09 pm EST

john waters sucks sooooo bad. he is only popular because psuedo-intellectual morons mistake his “edgy” work for something cutting edge and culturally significant. it isn’t.

I don’t know the gossip, and thanks to the fact that their lead signer is pretentous and has horrible taste I don’t want to. scissor sisters are pretty good, though.

Skyline | 1/18/2007, 10:09 pm EST

“honestly kinda dope”

Seriously, get over yourself Elizabeth Goodman. I hope the winner for the Rolling Stone competition takes your job.

Aries73 | 1/18/2007, 9:50 pm EST

Let’s see:

*Racism, check
*Misogyny, check
*Simple-mindedness, check

RollingStone.com certainly knows how to cater to an internet audience.

Garp | 1/18/2007, 7:42 pm EST

Uhhm, those women you mention aren’t musicians, they’re models. You didn’t name one woman who plays an instrument and you didn’t name one woman who wears clothes. PJ Harvey. Stevie Nicks. Bikini Kill. Amy Lee. Lauryn Hill. Heart. The Runaways. The Slits. Aretha Franklin. Members of the Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian, the Smashing Pumpkins, White Zombie, Kitty &On.

State of Mind, Wonderhole, I feel sorry for your sisters, mothers, wives, girlfriends, etc. It takes a special kind of hateful pig to be as ignornant as you obviously are.

The Savage Nation | 1/18/2007, 7:28 pm EST

Why are people bashing w0nderwall when he has a point? Besides the usual suspects of crap from the likes of Britney Spears or Fergie, look at the Pussy Cat Dolls. What a joke? How can anyone say they are talented. However, one thing where females do very well is in acting. Glenn Close, Natalie Portman, Hilary Swank, only a few names of many good actresses. But yeah, it’s hard to argue for the point that Madonna is actually good. Or here you go, Celine Dion. HA!

State of Mind | 1/18/2007, 7:23 pm EST

I have to agree with w0nderwall. Female artists today don’t really come off as talented or credible. Look at Fergie or Gwen Stefanie, simply atrocious music. Or even back in the day, Yoko Ono was nothing to brag about (no offense Lennon, but there was a reason why your buddies didn’t want her around.) Christina Aguilera could sing, true, but it doesn’t make her music any good. Or what about all the pop divas or American Idol weirdos, they simply come off as fake or fabricated. And the whole thing about female sports, well, let’s face it, the way things are going in our government with extreme political correctness, soon there will be laws that sponsorships who support both the NBA and the WNBA, take NIKE for example, will have to give equal amounts. A law like this will only justify why people (men and women) just simply don’t care for femal athletics.

w0nderwall | 1/18/2007, 7:19 pm EST

I know one very talented woman in the entertainment industry, Jenna Jameson. And if women are expected to look whorish, according to you Grahm, then you only further prove my point. And I understand you can’t compare music to female sports, but my point was it’s simply not entertaining. Global Warming is also as fake as a pair of tits in Hollywood.

princess lechecul | 1/18/2007, 7:19 pm EST

it is true,britney is trash right now,but hopefully would the help of Paris,she will get better,and be back on top,if she can stop for a while popping out babies

Garp | 1/18/2007, 6:38 pm EST

You are correct, Risable…because they changed the entry. It used to say “UK pop sensations” The Gossip. Now I just look like a douche. Which I guess is appropriate, as I did come back to this entry to see if they did change it. But that’s office life, innit?

Oh, and Wonderwall, your an a-hole. And wrong. Take Beth from the Gossip, for example, who is in no way whorish, is also immensely talented, and has a top-10 hit in Europe. That people like YOU don’t listen to talented women (the above, Le Tigre, Sleater-Kinney, the Long Blondes, Missy Elliot, &on…) is why female pop stars so often appear “whorish”…because YOU wouldn’t listen to them otherwise…

Hillary won’t be President…not becuase she’s a women, but because she’s a crappy politician…

overyourhead | 1/18/2007, 6:32 pm EST

w0nderwall,
You know…you’re sort of a misogynistic prick. Every time I see your nick on a post I just know it’s going to be complete bullshit.
You offend me with your stupidity.

Baked Chocodile | 1/18/2007, 6:15 pm EST

+women

Baked Chocodile | 1/18/2007, 6:15 pm EST

Fergie certainly ranks as one of the most attractive I never want to screw

sam | 1/18/2007, 6:14 pm EST

“They’ve never seen a John Waters movie or heard the Ramones.”
Beth Ditto = Prententious dickhead.

Going to Hell | 1/18/2007, 5:45 pm EST

the google dolls!!!!! Absolutely hilarious.

I laughed until i pissed!
thanks RS!

Risable | 1/18/2007, 5:31 pm EST

Garp… in Rolling Stone’s defense, they didn’t actually say The Gossip were from the UK. They just said that Gossip didn’t enjoy their tour of the US in front of the Scissor Sisters. I could see where someone might infer from the blurb that they are british though.

What is strange to is is that The Gossip are suddenly so popular in the UK. I thought they peaked a few years back and were over.

Rock God | 1/18/2007, 4:39 pm EST

Fergie has big balls

f-face | 1/18/2007, 4:01 pm EST

WONDERWALL - REGINA SPEKTOR’S PUBIC HAIR IS MORE TALENTED THAN YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW

Graham | 1/18/2007, 3:44 pm EST

You can’t really compare women’s sports to female music artists–their physical structure is biologically different (smaller and weaker, in general) than a man’s. I’m also amazed at how sexist you are, wonderwall. Society demands that female stars be sexual because it sells, and we are all slaves to money. Granted, Britney and many others are whores with no credibility, but there are plenty of females who make good tunes, whether they are sexy or not.

Jeff | 1/18/2007, 3:42 pm EST

I don’t care.

Where’s Chinese Democracy?

w0nderwall | 1/18/2007, 3:26 pm EST

Female artists typically don’t have any real talent. They are sexless porn stars. You mean to tell me that wearing a point bra makes you talented, or purposely giving the idiot tabloids a crotch-shot gives you credibility? Sorry, but there is a reason why female sports are boring (who watches the WNBA or Women’s World Cup besides lesbian feminists or fat-ugly unattractive hags like Rosie O’Donnel?) for example. People don’t care. And yes, for you morons who actually believe Hillary Clinton is going to be the next President are so far off, it’s going to be President Obama motherfuckers!

Garp | 1/18/2007, 3:01 pm EST

Uhmm, the Gossip are in no way from the UK. They just don’t get press from American rags (RS?).

The Gossip were born in the South, grew up in Olympia and have settled into adulthood here in Portland, OR. You know, they don’t even sound British…

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