Poppedy Popped Culture

U.S. rock star Prince is to give away his new album for free with a UK tabloid newspaper weeks before its official launch, in a move that has caused dismay among music retailers.
Prince’s new 10-track CD “Planet Earth” will be included with this weekend’s Mail on Sunday, the newspaper’s managing director, Stephen Miron, told Reuters […]

I’m not one to discount the presence of racism in the U.S., but sometimes having a big @ss mouth is just as much a problem:
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington said racism was a factor in his firing from the hit ABC series after he twice used an anti-gay slur.
Washington, who initially used the epithet during […]

Karma is a b*tch…
The creator of the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he defrauded a bank out of $20 million.
Lou Pearlman, 53, was indicted on three counts of bank fraud, and single counts of mail and wire fraud for business with Evansville, Ind.-based Integra Bank […]

Opening July 3, 2007

Transformers (Wide)
More than meets the eye! Earth is caught in the middle of an
intergalactic war between two races of giant, transforming robots.
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License to Wed (Wide)
Robin Williams stars as a minister leading Mandy Moore and John
Krasinski through a disastrous marriage preparation course.
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Opening July 4, 2007

Introducing the Dwights (Limited)
An awkward young […]

The money game begins for Bruce Willis’ “Live Free or Die Hard:”
“Live Free or Die Hard,” the fourth installment in the “Die Hard” franchise, opened Wednesday to $9.1 million, but did not set any records, according to estimates issued by distributor 20th Century Fox.
Although it has been 12 years since Bruce Willis’ cop John McClane […]

The Spice Girls wannabe stars again. Following a calculated publicity buildup, the original Girl Power group of the 1990s announced Thursday that they have agreed to reunite for 11 concerts around the world in December 2007 and January 2008.
“Imagine you got divorced and you’ve got back together with your ex-husband,” Halliwell said, explaining how she […]

The Spice Girls are back, and you now they can never be whack…
The Spice Girls are expected to announce a reunion tour on Thursday, ending months of speculation about the five-member band that brought “girl power” to the British music scene.
The band sold around 55 million albums and topped charts around the world before Posh, […]

Singer Beyonce appears on stage wearing a robot costume to perform her song “Get Me Bodied” at the 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California June 26, 2007.
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Fashion designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles became a cornerstone of career women’s wardrobes in the 1970s and 1980s, has died, the company she founded said Wednesday. She was 78.
Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years, said Gwen Satterfield, personal assistant to Claiborne.
Claiborne founded Liz […]

After making more than a few dollars touting stories about the heiress, U.S. Weekly is getting all high and mighty with their decision to “not” feature Paris Hilton anywhere in their rag.
“When it came down to it, the staff and I felt what I believe a lot of people in America are feeling. Which is […]