2011 Miami World Conference Conquer Entertainment After Party Announcement

When: Friday February 4, 2011 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Where: Grand Central (Bar/Nightclub)
697 N. Miami Ave.
Miami, Fl 33136

Cost: Free entrance all night!

Conquer Entertainment would like to invite you to a special preview of some of our new artist at Conquer Entertainment’s yearly World Conference After Party, Friday February 4, 2011 at Grand Central, located in Downtown Miami.

Special Guests: Please join us for an exciting evening of dancing, cocktails and live music, as well as New York City’s top DJ mixing today’s top 40’s. We will also be celebrating our new partnership that we are extremely excited about with Phil Stacey of American Idol.

Live performances by:
Justina Click here for more info
Brandy Martel Click here for more info
Kimberly Wolff Click here for more info
The Varsity Girls

Music by:
DJ Ammo

'Glee' and Kings of Leon still at odds.

Fox TV show, 'Glee', wanted "Use Somebody" from Kings Of Leon for one of the episodes. Kings Of Leon said "No." That should have been the end of it, right? Ha. Never.

In the first volley, lead singer Caleb Followill admitted that "Apparently, everybody loves it." when referring to Glee. So why wouldn't a popular band and a popular TV show not want to work together? According the Eonline.com story, Kings of Leon was at the end of a promotional tour and were tired of the song. They even denied the song to be played on a movie trailer and Ugly Betty.

In a no-holds-barred response, Glee creator Ryan Murphy, launched into an expletive filled tirade adding in that the band missed a chance to inspire children to get into music.

Advantage goes to Ryan Murphy for using a "Think of the children!" jab.

In what can be see as a 'save face' type of retort on THR, Caleb Followill explains that he had no intention of hurting the inspiration of children and that the band was merely done promoting the song. Followill claims he doesn't know where all the anger is coming from. I think his brother and KOL drummer knows.

Nathan Followill hopped on Twitter and sniped back at Ryan Murphy with a tweet that included telling him to get a manicure, buy a new bra and zip his lip. 2 hours later Followill apologized.

Is this feud over? Not sure. Seems like there is still a lot of bad blood. Will you be heartbroken if you never see Kings of Leon or hear their songs performed on Glee?

*Image from Eonline.com

Glee creator sticks it to Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon drummer throws his tweet in the ring

Are we ready for everything in 3D?

I will admit that Avatar in 3D was awesome. Well worth the money. The Last Airbender in 3D was a disappointment and Clash of The Titans was terrible. What about Toy Story 3? I looked at the cost of the ticket, looked at my wallet and decided to grab a sandwich and a flick out of the Redbox.

I'm just not that into 3D.

Though I've never had motion sickness from wearing the 3D glasses, my eyes water like crazy. The screen also seems darker than if it were being shown a 2D screen. And the biggest thing that most of us have found out is that if it wasn't created in 3D to begin with, it's not as fun.

And this isn't the kind of fun that needs to be had everyday. The morning newscast in 3D. Are you ready for that before you've had your coffee? The evening newscast i might be ok with. The newest late night infomercial in 3D. The annoying used car dealership commercial in 3D. "Hi. We're so and so from your local funeral home, IN 3D!"

Those are just a few. Things would inevitably take a turn for the worse when the 1 to 2 minute long commercials showing poverty stricken children in 3rd world countries appear in 3D. The ASPCA would run the same long commercials except with the sad faces of dogs and cats while Sarah McLauchlan plays in the background.

As it stands right now, I don't know if I could get used to that. Then again, the same was said for CDs, mp3s, DVDs and Blu-Ray. And since businesses are always pushing things to be the wave of the future, I'd still like to remind them that I don't have a hover board, a light saber or a car that flies. But I would buy all of those in a heartbeat.

*Image from Reuters

3D Images Make Millions Sick, Yet Tech Companies Push On

Bill Murray the only hold out on Ghostbusters III

Dear Mr. Murray,

Please read the Ghostbusters III script and do the movie. I am a fan of Ghostbusters and believe another movie would be perfect to reintroduce you guys and Slimer to a new generation who have no idea who the Gatekeeper or Zuul are. Show them a picture of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and they are oblivious to it's importance.

Failure to read the script and agree to filming in a timely manner may result in nerd rioting, a resurgence of Ghostbusters t-shirts and someone may "accidentally" trip the circuit on the Ecto Containment Unit... And we all know what happened the last time the ghosts were let out.

Thank you for your time, Bill Murray aka Dr. Venkman.

Sincerely,

A not really obsessed, but still serious fan.

*Image from CNN

'Ghostbusters III' a no-go without Bill Murray

Bellamy Brothers Vs. Britney Spears: Did she rip off their song?

This looks like an interesting match up! In red corner, we have The Bellamy Brothers who feel Britney Spears ripped off their song "If I said you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"

And in the blue corner, we have another Britney Spears hit with a chorus line of "If I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?"

Take a listen to clips of both songs here.

I think this is a match up with some faults.

First of all, it's a pick up line. Who gets to copyright that? It's cheesy, but you get a laugh out of it the first time.

Second, the music and vocal arrangements are different for both. And if you listen closely to the Bellamy Brothers song, you can sing "Two Pina Coladas" over it. So maybe Garth Brooks should have a finger pointed at him.

So here we have a pick up line that was put in a song from 1979. Fast forward 30+ years later and a pop star uses pretty much the same line for a techno song. I'd say it gets a pass. Play on, Britney. I am interested to hear the whole song from The Bellamy Brothers... you probably made a new fan.

Now if only DC Comics were to throw a fit about all the songs that have used the word "Superman" in them...

Sorry kids, no Bieber Glee tribute episode

Even though Justin Bieber will appear in episode 13 in this season of Glee, it will not be a tribute show. According to the post by EW, Glee's Ryan Murphy says tribute shows are reserved for artists with bigger catalogs of music.

Bieber only has 3 albums: My World, My World 2.0 and My Worlds Acoustic. I figure one or two more albums and he should have enough of a stock for show writers to choose from.

All is not lost, however! One of the characters will be performing one of Bieber's songs. Stay tuned.

*Image from Justinbieber.com

No Justin Bieber Episode On Glee

A new year of technology wars begin

The objective is to destroy Apple's products like the iPad and iPhone. Can Microsoft and Google do it? Probably not this year.

In the MSNBC.com Technolog blog, the writer mentions Google's Android 3.0 operating system coming soon. That's all well and good but there are Android versions 1.6 and 2.0-2.3 in the market right now. From what I gather, the apps you may try to download may not work from one version to the next.

Microsoft announced Windows 7 for tablets. I have a question for both companies "Is that it?"

Meanwhile, AT&T has announced that the iPhone 3GS will have a price drop and you'll be able to find it for $49 with the a 2 year service subscription. The president of Verizon is quiet on the possible of appearance of the iPhone in his stores.

Seemingly unfazed by today's announcements, Apple has released the Mac App store. Games, music, business, utilities and more are available right now. I haven't been able to check for myself, but reports picture the pricing between free and $50.

It looks to be a fun beginning of the year as companies duke it out for our hard earned money. May be the best company win.

*Image from MSNBC

Fractured Android leaves orphan tablets behind