She rode to popularity with the song “Sk8er Boi.” Now she’s a scooter chick rolling down a hill with her girls. On Saturday, Avril Lavigne hooked up with New York b-girl Lil Mama in L.A. to shoot a video for the “Girlfriend” remix . While Mama was drawn into Avril’s world for the song, on the video set, Lavigne was definitely drawn to Mama’s poppin’ hip-hop side. “My lip gloss is poppin’, my lip gloss is cool,” Avril, seated next to “Lip Gloss” rapper Lil Mama, began to rap . Then her co-star joined in and both ladies cracked up.… Read more »
Nearly half of the short films being screened at this month’s Sundance Film Festival will be available for purchase at Apple’s iTunes store under a deal announced Friday. The digital downloads will supplement the free streaming at Sundance’s Web site, which will offer the shorts for only a three-month period beginning Jan. 18, the start of the festival in Park City, Utah. The iTunes downloads are expected to be available for three years and once purchased will play for at least the life of the owner’s computer. “Streaming on our site is not the same as owning, and there seems… Read more »