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They were destined to be the next big thing before Nirvana arrived in ’91. They literally launched the career of Oasis (former label mates who called them “the best band in the world”). Those two strikes aside, Teenage Fanclub’s indie-cred, sugar-sweet melodies and twinkling guitars have forged them a fine career. But as a textbook “cult band” (under-the radar commercial success bemoaned by drooling, faithful fanbase) over six albums, the Fanclub have literally painted themselves into a power-pop corner – you know, the neighborhood where the three-chord songs about girls live. Howdy! is the beginning of the journey out of… Read more »

As eye-popping and bootylicious as the shapely models at the Girls Rule! fashion show may be, it’s likely that some onlookers and photographers won’t be staring at the runway. They’ll be looking at ‘NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick, who will be debuting his FuMan Skeeto spring and summer sportswear clothing lines at the February 11 event. While Kirkpatrick has previously shown the garments on “TRL” and at Planet Hollywood in New York’s Times Square, this marks the first time the clothing will be modeled at a major fashion event. Girls Rule!, a show sponsored by Teen magazine, will take place at 6… Read more »

Justin, JC and Lance, meet your newest competition: Archie, Jughead and Veronica. That’s right, the man behind such pop creations as the Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync and O-Town is moving onto a different type of two-dimensional character: Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman says he’s teaming up with Archie Entertainment to launch real-life music groups based on The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats comic books. With the help of former BMG President Strauss Zelnick, Pearlman’s Trans Continental Entertainment is staging a nationwide search for young musicians to become the next Archie, Jughead, Veronica and Betty, in preparation for a new album,… Read more »

Ted Demme, whose credits include directing the movie “Blow” and co-founding and producing the seminal hip-hop program “Yo! MTV Raps,” died of an apparent heart attack after playing basketball on Sunday. He was 38. Demme joined MTV in 1985 as a production assistant and worked on a variety of programs, including the game show “Remote Control,” before launching “Yo! MTV Raps” in 1988. In the ’90s, Demme left MTV to pursue a career as a director, making films such as “Who’s the Man?,” “Beautiful Girls” and most recently “Blow,” starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Demme also helmed the video… Read more »

MTV: Music Television will premiere its most recent original movie for television, “Wasted.” The movie, directed by Stephen Kay (The Last Time I Committed Suicide), stars Summer Phoenix [The Laramie Project, The Believer], Nick Stahl [In the Bedroom, Bully], and Aaron Paul [“Judging Amy”, Whatever It Takes]. Based on extensive research, “Wasted” chronicles the resurgence of heroin use among young people in recent years. With a cheap price tag and an enhanced purity-enabling users to snort the drug and do away with the stigma of the needle-heroin proved irresistible to high school students with money to spend, time on their… Read more »

Prince was married in Hawaii on New Year’s Eve, to girlfriend Manuela Testolini. Testolini, 25, is 18 years younger than Prince (43). According to reports by KMSP-TV, Testolini-a former employee at Prince’s Paisley Park Studios-and the singer tied the knot in a small Jehovah’s Witness ceremony. When LAUNCH contacted two separate representatives of Prince, both responded with “No comment.” This is the second marriage for Prince. In February of 1996 while using the name the Artist (formerly known as Prince), Prince married then back-up dancer Mayte. Later that year, the couple’s one-week old son died after being born with a… Read more »

Cartoon hip-hop/popsters Gorillaz are going on tour, confirming nine North American stops, beginning February 23rd in Toronto, in support of their platinum self-titled debut. Which begs the obvious question, how? “It will definitely involve big movie screens and lights,” says the band’s producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura. “The musicians will be behind the screens and backlit onto them. Two-dimensional figures have problems when projected because they get distorted – so it’s a matter of making it look good.” Gorillaz – which also features the artwork of Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett and the vocals of Blur’s Damon Albern, Cibo Matto’s… Read more »

While on the road last year filming his latest independent movie, director Ludi Boeken and his relatively unknown cast decided to stop at Hooters for lunch. It would have been no big deal except that one of his stars looks almost identical to Britney Spears. And, of course, he (yes, he) was dressed in character as the pop icon. “We were so used to seeing Robert as Britney, we didn’t think anything of it,” Boeken recalled. “All of a sudden we had like 800 people looking at us. He fled, and they chased him. From then on, we just brought… Read more »

Hey, did you know Busta Rhymes has an album out? Or that Britney Spears has a new movie coming up? If you didn’t know, they and other stars at Wednesday’s American Music Awards made sure you did, relentlessly plugging their new albums and projects at every opportunity. While awards shows have always been an opportunity for self-promotion, ceremonies these days include, more than ever, mini-commercials. “‘Genesis’ is in stores right now, in case you didn’t know!” shouted Rhymes before announcing the award for best new country artist. Backstreet Boy members Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson began their presenting duties by… Read more »

Madonna’s Drowned World Tour 2001 concert DVD has been deemed “too explicit” for Singapore and banned from release there, Billboard reports. The Singapore Board Of Film Censors took issue with two scenes in particular-Japanese-inspired animation sequences that depicted a monster fondling and raping an Asian-looking girl. Madonna’s management is reportedly debating whether to release an edited version of the DVD in that country. The Drowned DVD captures the Material Girl in concert in Detroit last August. Meanwhile, other visual images of Madonna are currently receiving accolades back home in the States. The Jean-Baptiste Mondino-directed video for the song “Don’t Tell… Read more »