Here is the trailer for the Facebook movie that comes out October 1st!

At long last, it all comes to an end tonight.  After 4 years and 6 seasons, MTV airs the final episode of The Hills tonight, and in typical MTV fashion, will be having the “stars” strut down the red carpet before the episode, and will allow them to wax nostalgic about all the drama gone by during the after show party.

That’s all fine and dandy, but I have a problem with an article I read today on MTV.com.  The article is trying to claim that the theme songs to Laguna Beach and The Hills (“Come Clean” by Hilary Duff, and “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield) were hits BECAUSE OF their inclusion on the shows.  Absolutely not true.  Here’s a segment of their article:

Tuesday night (July 13) represents a huge moment in the history of MTV programming and reality television in general. After six seasons, “The Hills” is coming to a close with a two-hour grand-finale event, beginning at 8 p.m. on MTV. “The Hills” and its predecessor, “Laguna Beach,” also left their mark in the music world. Each of the shows had theme songs that helped spark massive career moves for the artists behind them. The theme song to “Laguna Beach” was Hilary Duff’s “Come Clean,” co-written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks. Though it originally appeared on Duff’s 2003 album, Metamorphosis, and was released as a single in early 2004, it really picked up steam once it accompanied the premiere of “Laguna Beach” in September of that year.

Umm, nice try, MTV, but not true.  “Come Clean” hit the charts in January of 2004, and peaked in early April, a full FIVE MONTHS before the first episode of Laguna Beach aired.  Hilary was already releasing her follow-up CD by the fall of ‘04.

“The Hills” theme song did even better by its artist. When Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” debuted as the tune that introduced the world to “The Hills” in May 2006, it stormed up the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #5. In fact, because of its crossover appeal, “Unwritten” became the most-played song on the radio in the United States in 2006. Not bad for a track that was originally released in 2004 on Bedingfield’s debut album of the same name.

Again, MTV is trying to re-write history.  Natasha Bedingfield didn’t release her debut CD here in the US until August of ‘05.  The 2004 date they gave (to make it sound like the song had been out forever) was the UK release date.  Natasha’s first hit from that CD was “These Words,” which hit the Top 10 in the summer of ‘05. “Unwritten” was her 2nd single, released that fall.  It hit the charts in November, and peaked in the Top 5 in March of 2006, again, months ahead of when MTV used it as the theme song to The Hills.  So by the time, The Hills premiered in May of ‘06, Natasha was already establishing herself as one of the hottest new artists in music, already with 2 Top 10 hits under her belt. I will give The Hills credit for probably helping “Unwritten” remain popular longer, but it’s not like the song was unknown or not already a massive hit before it’s inclusion in the show.  Yes, both Laguna Beach and The Hills regularly played snippets of new songs throughout its episodes which made the shows feel current and more relevant, but I’m not going to allow MTV to claim that they made “Come Clean” and “Unwritten” hits, because they didn’t.  Oh yeah, and everything that happened on those shows was real life. hahaha

Shockingly, the Young Men’s Christian Association (better known as the YMCA) announced today that they would be shortening their name to simply, the Y. Of course, this news is not sitting well with a certain cop, construction guy, Indian chief, and some other dude (sorry, it’s been a while since I saw a pic of the Village People!).  The disco legends, who’s song extolling the virtues of hanging out with the boys, getting yourself clean, and having a good meal is still heard and acted out at wedding receptions nationwide, were very quick to proclaim their disappointment with the moniker change.  “We are deeply dismayed by today’s announcement from the YMCA, that they feel a name change and a rebranding are in order after 166 years,” the Village People’s publicist said in a statement.  “Some things remain iconic, and while we admire the organization for the work they do, we still can’t help but wonder Y.”  Nice.  Well, at least the Village People are still gettin’ gigs, as you can see them July 27th at the State Fair.  And yes, I’m pretty sure you will be hearing all four letters when they sing the Y.M.C.A.!

Usher will be re-releasing his Raymond Vs. Raymond CD on August 24 as a deluxe version, which will include an additional disc entitled Versus, featuring 8 new tracks (similar to what Lady Gaga did with her Fame Monster CD).  The first single from Versus will be called “DJ Got Me Fallin’ In Love,” and I’ll put it up on the Hot New Music page next Monday the 12th.

We now know that La Roux’s next single will be “I’m Not Your Toy.”  Their breakout hit “Bulletproof” currently sits at #6 on the airplay charts, and it’ll be very close whether they can crack the top 5 before beginning their chart descent.

The streak is over for Lady Gaga.  After hitting #1 with each of her first 6 singles (an all-time record), “Alejandro” has now climbed as far as it will go, peaking at #4, and is currently on its way down the charts.  Gaga was not quite able to make #1 with 7 consecutive hits.  Gaga is currently at work on her follow-up CD which is due out in the fall, at which point she will most likely begin a whole new streak of big hits.

Congratulations to Eminem, whose Recovery CD has sold over 1 million copies in just its first 2 weeks of release.  Not very albums sell that quickly these days, so way to go Slim Shady.

Welcome back Maroon 5, who hit the Top 40 for the 8th time in their career this week with their latest song, “Misery.”  Look for their new CD, Hands All Over, in September.

Rumored paramours Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough were spotted and photographed kissing while on a yacht vactioning in Portofino, Italy.  Can’t anyone get any privacy anywhere these days??  Unfortunately we all know the answer to that question.  So for those of you who thought Ryan wasn’t into girls, could this be the proof you need to change your mind?  Or could it be all an elaborate ruse?  When Julianne was asked about her love life, she responded, “if you guys want to know anything about boys or relationships, you’ll just have to listen to the music, ’cause it’s all in there.”  Ummm, that doesn’t help us, Julianne, thanks.

Apparently, the internet has been buzzing about talks of Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart costarring in a movie that is NOT part of the Twilight saga. Summit Entertainment has recently required the rights to an adaption of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, and reportedly Rob and Kristen will be featured as the main characters. Could you watch a movie with them in it and not immediately think vampires and werewolves? I’m not sure if I could! Well, when asked if she had been signed to the movie after an Eclipse press conference last weekend she responded, “Uh, not that I know of.” All hope is not lost though! Last year Kristen told E News that she would love to work with every single one of her Twilight castmates. An E News secret source asked Summit what they had to think about the rumors, to which they responded, “Sure, if one or both of them wanted to and the role made sense, why not? But we are a very long ways away from even thinking about all that.” Well if it does happen, one thing is for sure. Those dating rumors aren’t going to go away any time soon!

Cops were called to an Maryland bar over the weekend because someone claimed Justin Bieber was inside drinking!  Justin is, of course, only 16, and not yet allowed inside such establishments.  When the police arrived at the Mug & Mallet Bar in Ocean City, they found a woman named Katie who’s a dead ringer for the pop star!  Haha!  She claims she gets mistaken for Justin all the time.

On a side note, do you know what Sacramento’s connection to Ocean City, MD is?  Well if you’re heading into Sacramento on Interstate 80, you may notice a mileage sign around West Sac when it turns into Highway 50.  On that mileage sign it says Ocean City, MD 3073 miles!  In other words, if you drove east on Highway 50 as far as you could go, you would end up at the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean City, MD!

Alright, I realize I probably shouldn’t bag on one of our more popular artists, but this is just too funny!  And Ke$ha certainly put herself up to this.  Enjoy.

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In case you missed it this morning, check out La Roux singing their hit “Bulletproof” on Good Morning America.  It’s worth the view just to see Ely’s hair!  Wow!

Yet another reason you shouldn’t have beaten your girlfriend, Chris Brown! Officials in Great Britain have denied Chris entry into their country due to his criminal record.  That wouldn’t be such a big problem, except for the fact that he was en route to scheduled tour dates in the UK!  Guess that tour is off!  Captain Obvious Chris Brown later tweeted, “my tour is canceled.”  Something else perhaps you should have thought about before you opened up a can on Rihanna.