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Candy Dish: The Year with the Dragon Symbol

CC Staff — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:00:38 +0000

5 facts about those born under the dragon

Ralph Fiennes makes every Harry Potter fans dreams

Riri and Chris Brown back together?!

Seriously, what is wrong with Cameron Diaz these days?

Love your self you guys!

Are you obsessed with Revenge?

Sneak peak at the Hunger Games nail polish!

These actors have come a long way from early Sundance days!

Celebrications: Celebrities on Jet Skis [Photos]

Garnet Henderson – Columbia U — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:30:10 +0000

Instead of freezing over the holidays, it looks like most celebs opted for tropical vacations. Luckily for us, every single one of them decided to take a ride on a jet ski. From those who looked like they were born to ride the waves, to some others who seemed more than awkward in their puffy life jackets, this is one of those galleries you never knew you wanted to see…but you totally do.

Click through for some photos of celebrities living it up on the water.

Candy Dish: Be Lazy

CC Staff — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:00:36 +0000

Being lazy is good for you.

This 8-year-old is more hardcore than you.

Meryl Streep: Schmoozing for reviews?

American Idol wannabe has many arrests in her past.

9 actresses who have played vampires.

How to make your boyfriend’s friends hate you

Snooki looks like a different person without make up.

Have Rihanna and Chris Brown been hooking up in secret?

Let’s make some non-New Years Resolutions.

Chris Brown Headlining Grammy Takeover Sweepstakes

Caitlin-University of Alabama — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:49:35 +0000

Awards season is here! The Golden Globes are tonight and the Grammys are less than a month away. Needless to say, we’re totally excited over here. The Grammys are a more casual awards show featuring fierce outfits and stellar performances. They’re always a lot of fun to watch, and I am pumped about the first announced performers like Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars, and Nicki Minaj. It’s definitely going to be a great show.

However, I’m not too thrilled with the idea of Chris Brown headlining a week of Fuse TV’s Grammy Takeover Sweepstakes. This month long contest will send a winner and a friend to the 2012 Grammy Awards. They’ll also get to walk the red carpet and attend the official Grammy after party. Plus every week, they’re giving away a Grammy Nominee Music Pack. The sweepstakes is really cool, and it’s great that regular people like us have a chance to go to the Grammys and get all kinds of awesome perks. But they’re having these Takeover Mondays featuring nominated artists, and Chris Brown is the first one up.

I’m not going to go into some spiel about the Rihanna situation. He’ll be attending the show this year, which is the first time since 2009. There are rumors that he could be performing as well. I think he should be allowed to redeem his career, which he’s done a pretty okay job at so far. He’s a talented artist and dancer, that’s not a surprise. His behavior on the other hand makes publicists cringe. It’s not just his behavior from the past, either. In the past year, he’s had more than several accounts of serious anger issues and homophobic slurs. It seems in poor taste, even though he’s a Grammy nominated artist, to have him headlining an event promoting the Grammys.

What do you think? Should Chris Brown be headlining Grammy promotional events?

Caitlin is a senior at the University of Alabama who has an obsession with cupcakes, coffee, and Harry Potter. She always has random fun facts on reserve and aspires to be a professional blogger, social media bug, and/or James Franco’s assistant. Follow her fabulous life @caitlincorsetti. You’re welcome!

The Best Music Video You’ll Ever Watch

Jessica Zaleski - UF — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:30:10 +0000

Friday=pay day for most people. We’re gettin’ paper! Friday is also the day to go out and have an awesome time at a club/bar/wherever with all of your hard-earned “paper.” That’s why Chris Brown’s Look at Me Now is an awesome Friday song. I’m sure that this song has an amazing video with a lot of Chris Brown dance moves, but I like this video better. Check out this literally interpreted video made in MS Paint of Look at Me Now.

The Dehumanization of Celebrities

Jasmine - Northern Arizona University — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:00:36 +0000

Presumably, we all know that Amy Winehouse passed away on Saturday afternoon, after a long, public struggle with substance abuse. Though we do not know exactly what the cause of her death was, her tumultuous relationship with drugs and alcohol were most likely linked to any health complications that led to her passing. When the news broke, I was on Twitter, and immediately, there was a huge collective burst of sadness and shock among the people I follow who loved her music and were rooting for her to make a comeback. At the same time, there was another loud outpouring of contempt by people who decided to make tacky, tasteless jokes about how she should have said “yes, yes, yes” to rehab and celebrated the death of another waste of space drug addict. The complete lack of empathy for her, her family, her friends and her fans was just shocking to me, especially mere moments after her death was announced.

It’s one thing to delight in the glee of celebs showing up to events in consistently tacky outfits, becoming divas on the Home Shopping Network, continuing to star in movies that flop or getting caught in ridiculous sex scandals (Seriously, tweeting a crotch photo? Comical, lame and totally worth mocking).

It is a completely other story to take pleasure in another human being’s death. I don’t know what it is about celebrities that makes us forget that they are actual people. Is it the over-the-top lifestyle? Is it the way they live their lives so openly in a way that would mortify most of us? I remember talking to a friend during Charlie Sheen’s meltdown, and I asserted how uncomfortable I was with the way people were idolizing and condoning his ridiculous behavior, especially since he has a history of violence. In response, she said “celebrities don’t count.” But celebrities do count. Their actions have consequences. They don’t exist in a bubble. The way that we choose to contextualize the actions of our celebrities says a lot about our society’s values.

Sheen, the highest paid actor on TV with a long history of domestic violence, goes on some awful rants, complete with some completely unnecessary Anti-Semitism (rants that eventually led to making money), and everyone bows down to the altar of yet another privileged white man who knows how to drum up publicity and make a profit for himself. Chris Brown has still not been forgiven for his attack of Rihanna. He had a fit on the set of Good Morning America and the media was quick to paint him as angry and unstable, and I find it impossible to believe that race doesn’t have anything to do with it. He’s a young black man who sings music that widely appeals to a young black audience — ie: the majority of people are not interested in investing in him or his success. Now, I am not an apologist for violent men. I don’t think it’s hard to avoid hitting women, and I believe both Charlie and Chris should be blacklisted, but the unequal treatment is most certainly not a coincidence.

And when Amy Winehouse dies, her struggle with drugs and alcohol made people feel comfortable enough to express their delight, because they know their marginalization of substance abuse, mental illness and, let’s be totally honest here –women — is acceptable in our society. It’s even been perpetrated on College Candy. Amy Winehouse, despite winning five Grammys in one night, despite having two critically acclaimed albums, despite being a distinguished vocalist and songwriter who has sold several million albums worldwide, is still not considered “worthy” of being part of a morbid club of rock stars who have all died far too young. The impact that she has made in the music industry is undeniable.

To deny the fact that celebrities reflect the ignorant and dysfunctional norms of our culture is to deny the true extent of how deeply our collective racism, misogyny and tendency to devalue people with mental illnesses runs. It’s counterproductive and doesn’t allow our society to evolve to its true potential.

The Top 5 Weirdest Celeb Collaborations Ever

Heidi - Bridgewater State University — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:00:12 +0000

There are lots of reasons why different singers and bands collaborate with each other: to gain crossover potential, to feature an up-and-coming artist, or simply just for the sake of name-dropping. These are all pretty standard reasons why it’s hard to find a hit track nowadays that isn’t “featuring” someone else. And while most collaborations usually turn out pretty decently and some even become defining songs of a generation (ex. ANYTHING J. Lo or Ashanti did with Ja Rule back in the early 2000′s), some music collaborations just leave us all wondering “…why?”

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But then again, no collaboration could be weirder than this.

April’s Awesome Pre-Party Playlist

Mel - Miami University (OH) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:30:36 +0000

The last month before finals. Woof.

For me, this time of year is all about ~~flashcards and all-nighters~~ celebrating with friends I know I won’t be seeing for months over summer vacation. It’s about taking it all in before it’s back to mom and dad’s chores and nagging. But, above all, it’s the time of year we need good music to dance and drink to, to try and help us forget about all the things (bluebook exams and papers) that lie ahead in the weeks to come.

These past couple months were big ones in the music world. Yet again, it was a popular time for huge artists to come out with new albums. Recently we’ve seen and heard new stuff from artists like Adele, Lupe Fiasco, Chris Brown, and Britney Spears. You can consider this playlist a sample of some of the hottest songs and remixes from their newly released albums you likely haven’t heard before. It’s a taste of a little of each with, as always, some older and some less mainstream type stuff thrown in there as well.

This playlist is an opportunity to catch up on what your favorite artists have been up to. To find out hit songs before they hit the radio… or before your friends know about them. And to let it all go and celebrate the (hopefully amazing) school year you’ve had.

Click here for your awesome April pre-party playlist.