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  • On April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain took his own life at his home in Seattle, Washington. Tuesday marked the anniversary of the Nirvana rocker's death. His daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, was not yet two years old when her father died. Now 18, Frances is focusing on her future, and online interest is heating up.

    Over the past 24 hours, web searches on "frances cobain" and "frances bean cobain" have doubled. Lookups for "frances bean photos" are also jumping. Considering how famous her father was (and how controversial her mother, singer Courtney Love, continues to be), it's interesting to note that Frances has kept a relatively low profile.

    Interviews with Frances Bean are rare, but online queries are not. Of particular interest to Web searchers: her middle name. According to TMZ, she earned the unusual middle name after Kurt saw an image of her on the ultrasound. Kurt allegedly remarked that the as-of-yet unborn Frances looked a bit like a kidney bean. The name stuck.

    Frances, like many

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  • When it comes to celebrity power, few can touch pop star Katy Perry. However, Kitty Purry, Katy's pet cat, comes within a whisker or two -- at least on Twitter.

    After Katy tweeted a photo of the fluffy grey feline hanging out in her super-swanky shark bed, online interest in the kitty roared, and the photo quickly went viral. The term "kitty purry" became one of the hottest topics on Twitter. Comments on the photo ranged from "a-dor-able" to "awww" to "kitty purry LOL" to "I wish I had a bed like that" (join the club).

    According to The Inquisitr, Kitty Purry isn't Katy's only pet cat. She and husband Russell Brand also look after Morrissey (named after the Smiths singer, of course) and Krusty (apparently "a combination of the pop star's name and the comedian's nickname 'Rusty'"). Lest you continue to doubt Katy's obession with cats, don't forget that she named her fragrance "Purr."

    Not every celeb in Hollywood has a pet, but those who do tend to give their furry companions unique

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  • Veteran entertainment broadcast journalist Carson Daly wasplanning to interview Britney Spears Tuesday for his morning show on Los Angeles's Amp Radio. But his sit downwith the "Hold It Against Me" singer has been tabled, due to constraintsimposed by Britney's management.

    Britney's management requested that Carsonpre-tape an interview with the pop star and grant her team the right to reviewand approve the content before it airs, Carsonsaid earlier this week in a post on his Twitter account.

    "I was jst TOLD my @britneyspears interview tomm on@ampradio MUST b pre-recorded & submitted 4 approval by HER mgmt b4 it canair! F THAT!" Carsonwrote on Twitter.

    Carson, who has interviewed Britney numerous timesthroughout her career, said he found the representatives for the late King OfPop to be more cooperative. "Even when I interviewed Michael Jackson, it wasn'tanything like this...it's really insane," he wrote.

     Carsonsaid he didn't blame Britney. "I've known and supported her since she was

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  • Rebecca Black's omnipresent "Friday" has been dubbed "The Worst Song Ever" by many and is officially the most "disliked" video on YouTube. (With 1.2 million "dislikes," it beats Justin Bieber's "Baby" by almost 80,000.) But all this isn't stopping the man behind the song from speaking out. You see, little 13-year-old Rebecca actually had very little to do with the notorious song or video.

    Patrice Wilson, the founder of Ark Music Factory and seemingly random rapper in Rebecca's video, is taking responsibility for this dubious phenomenon in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times. While previously depicted as being "a kind of Suge Knight of the preteen schoolyard" and accused of using young girls' dreams for his own financial advantage, in the L.A. Times article he's described as a "sad-eyed babyface" and "well-mannered, well-traveled, and well-educated."

    "'Tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards.' I mean, everybody knows that, obviously, but I wanted the song to be

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  • If there is a critical consensus so far on Britney Spears' Femme Fatale so far, it goes something like this: Spears doesn't show much of her personality on the album, nor does she seem to have contributed much to it artistically, and more than anything, she may just be a kind of void at its creative center. Oh, and it's great!

    Yes, the critics like it, they really like it—for the most part—even if it's in spite of (or even because of) Britney being perceived as a producers' pet. It might even be her best-reviewed album, even though some say it doesn't quite match up to her supposed pinnacle, Blackout (which seems to have grown greatly in stature since 2007, not having received universal acclaim at the time).

    "Despite her weak voice and empty lyrics," writes the Telegraph's Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski, not beginning promisingly, "the troubled Disney graduate has placed herself at the avant-garde of pop with this masterful mixture of uber-cool dubstep and sugary pop." 

    The Los Angeles Times'

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  • Lady Gaga has had so many individual pop culture "moments," you could almost start to imagine she's older than Madonna. But in fact, the lady turns a mere 25 on March 28. Has any artist in pop history provided such an extreme ratio of provocative moments per career-month?

    You can go back almost two years and find commentators assuring everyone that Lady Gaga's shock tactics would soon tire the public, but there's no sign of that yet, as her "little monsters" and little haters alike can't stop relishing every new surprise. In honor of her quarter-century on earth—and her mere two and a half years in the public spotlight—we provide you with this handy guide to Lady Gaga's 25 most gonzo moments.

    1. The meat dress. With apologies to Morrissey: Meat is couture. At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga had what appeared to be raw meat fashioned into a dress, boots, hat, and even accessories ("I never thought I'd be asking Cher to hold my meat purse"). The outfit was a devastatingly topical

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  • Monetizing music ain't what it used to be. In an age where digital music files are easily ripped, downloaded and distributed, the urge to pay for that great new album has steadfastly declined.

    Alongside torrents, mixtapes, and social websites like Hype Machine, Exfm and We Are Hunted, streaming services like Rdio, Rhapsody, MOG and Spotify make music discovery easy.  It's been reported that with an annual growth rate of nearly 95%, subscribers to cloud-based music services will exceed 161 million in 2016.

    This makes it easier for an artist to share their work with the masses  - but how can that same artist pay the bills with the concept of free?

    When it comes to the actual making money part, bands have no choice but to get creative. And many are doing just that - by inventing new channels and resurrecting familiar ones.

    The indie-rock band Radiohead is perhaps the ultimate example of exploring new distribution opportunities in the 21st century. In 2007, they incorporated a "pay what

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  • LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tina Majorino is a versatile actress who many fans feel captures great range in her performances; a task accomplished again recently through the former child actor's powerful performance in the music video for pop singer Pink's current hit song, "F--kin' Perfect."

    In the emotional video, Tina plays a grown woman who is reflecting back upon a lifetime of experiences being told that she's not good enough. Access Hollywood caught up recently with the talented actress at a table reading for the "Napoleon Dynamite" animated series (to premiere on FOX sometime in 2012; Tina starred in the breakthrough 2004 independent cult film), where she explained how she became involved in the project.

    See the video below (warning: strong imagery) .

     

     

    "I'm a huge huge fan of Pink, and it came out of the blue, actually, it came out of nowhere," Tina explained.

    VIEW THE PHOTOS: Red Hot Shots Of Pink!

    "Her people just called up my manager and said, 'She has 30 minutes to give us

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  • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian radio stations worry some lyrics in Lady Gaga's gay anthem "Born This Way" are on the wrong track, baby.

    Broadcasters in this Muslim-majority nation have refused to play lines in the hit song that encourage public acceptance of gays, claiming Thursday they are being cautious because the government forbids offensive content.

    Malaysians who tune in to popular stations hear edited versions of "Born This Way" that use indecipherable garble to replace the lyrics: "No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track, baby."

    AMP Radio Networks, Malaysia's top private radio operator, said the precaution was due to government restrictions against songs that might violate "good taste or decency or (are) offensive to public feeling."

    "The particular lyrics in 'Born This Way' may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia's social and religious observances," the company said in a statement to The Associated Press. "The

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  • Garrison Keillor plans to keep spinning tales of Lake Wobegon's Norwegian bachelor farmers for at least a couple more years, but the host and creator of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion" is dropping more hints that his retirement may be on the horizon.

    In an interview posted Wednesday on the AARP Bulletin's website, the 68-year-old Keillor said he plans to retire in the spring of 2013. But Keillor said he first has to find his replacement.

    "I'm pushing forward, and also I'm in denial. It's an interesting time of life," Keillor told the publication.

    Keillor told The Associated Press in a follow-up e-mail Wednesday that he'll be 70 in the spring of 2013, "and that seems like a nice round number."

    "The reason to retire is to try to avoid embarrassment; you ought to do it before people are dropping big hints. You want to be the first to come up with the idea. You don't want to wait until you trip and fall off the stage," Keillor told the AP.

    For the first time this season, "A

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    NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.

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  • NYC artist's secret photos raise privacy issues

    NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.

  • 'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings

    NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.

  • Swedish defenseman banned for hit on Canada's Staal

    (Reuters) - Sweden's Alexander Edler was suspended for the rest of the ice hockey world championships on Friday for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Canada captain Eric Staal. Edler collided with Staal in the first period of Thursday's quarter-final in Stockholm, leaving the Canadian forward on the ice in visible pain and clutching his right knee. Staal, captain of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Carolina Hurricanes, was helped off the ice and did not return to the game, which Sweden went on to win 3-2 in a shootout. ...

  • NBC's 'The Voice' confirms Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returning

    By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The gang's back together! NBC announced on Friday that pop diva Christina Aguilera and funk singer Cee Lo Green will be reuniting with pop star Adam Levine and country singer Blake Shelton for Season 5, as TheWrap was the first to report. The network also said that Shakira and Usher are set to return on Season 6, which will air in midseason 2014. ...

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