The Oscar winning song Jai Ho from the Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire is now performed by the Pussycat Dolls. Yes, you read that correctly. I absolutely loved this song and the dance number from Slumdog Millionaire and this video mimics the movie ending. I personally think the movie version is better but the PCD version has songwriter A.R. Rahman's blessing so that's good enough for me.
Pussycat Dolls Get on the 'Millionaire' Bus
By Jessica Robertson,
PopEater
(March 13) - When Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger first saw the Oscar-winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire,' she felt two things: awe and a desire to meet the challenge of creating the group's own version of 'Jai Ho,' the film's Best Song Oscar win.
"I thought the movie was unbelievably powerful and life changing," Scherzinger tells PopEater. "The story was unlike any other story I'd ever seen before. I felt it could touch and make an impact on anyone no matter who you are or where you are from. The characters and the heart and soul of the movie and the music truly inspired me. It was such a great honor to be able to re-write my own version of the lyrics to 'Jai Ho' -- 'You are my Destiny.'"
The Dolls recently shot the video for the tune in an abandoned train station museum in Vienna , Asutrai, in the middle of a blizzard. "Somehow the energy and love of the songs shined through and it was as if we were just an extension of where the movie took off at the end," Sherzinger says.
As for which 'Millionaire' lifeline Scherzinger considers her favorite, well, the movie settled that. "After watching that movie, phone a friend for sure," she says. "'Cause in the end, if you have love, then that's all that matters -- you win. Love always wins in the end." Source
PCD is currently touring with Britney Spears and I've heard that Jai Ho is the ending to their set. Will I do the dance along with them at the concert? Probably!
Check out the music video here.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
I'm Going to the Circus-Britney's Circus!!
This time two weeks from tonight I will be in DC with my Britney Buddy to see Brit Brit live and in concert! That's right peeps, I'm gonna see Britney!! This has been in the works for a while and has now been officially confirmed. :)
I've been a fan of Britney since Baby One More Time and I'm really psyched for her comeback. Of course as soon as I learned about her new album I began scouting for info on a tour.
Now my Britney dream come true is almost here!
I've been all over her website for tour updates and the setlist was recently released. New stuff and some old favs. This show looks like it's gonna be hot!
CIRCUS
Perez/Parade Intro
Circus (Funky Remix)
Piece of Me
Thunderstorm Segue
Radar
HOUSE OF FUN (Anything Goes)
Martial Arts Segue
Ooh Ooh Baby/Hot as Ice
Boys
If U Seek Amy
Me Against the Music (Bollywood)
FREAKSHOW/PEEPSHOW
Everybody's Looking for Something Segue
Freakshow
Get Naked
Britney's Hotline
Breathe on Me/Touch of My Hand
ELECTRO CIRC
Break the Ice Segue
Do Something
Slave
Dancer Solo Segue/Heartbeat Segue
Toxic
Baby One More Time (Remix)
ENCORE
Womanizer (Extended Remix)
Circus Reprise: The Bow
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Saturday Morning Cartoons
I woke up this morning and realized that America's children are in big, big trouble. No, I don't mean because of the current economic state and the mountain of debt we're leaving for them to repay, the proliferation of drugs in schools, teen pregnancy or the ridiculous violence that pops up on YouTube because some kid had a cell phone camera and taped a school fight. No, this is serious peeps. America's kids are the victims of terrible cartoons!
For all you peeps that don’t know, here’s what goes down on Saturday mornings.
First up, PBS. They’ve totally given up on good programming for children. They have Dragon Tales and Angelina Ballerina when they should be showing, Reading Rainbow, Mister Rogers and Sesame Street. Although I think Sesame Street is kinda wack now too.
ABC doesn’t even bother with cartoons; they just regurgitate Disney shows for the kids who don’t have cable. You know what would be nice instead of Hannah Montana and That’s So Raven ABC/Disney? How ‘bout you bring back Gummie Bears or Duck Tales?
After NBC trots out 5 hours of the Today Show (don’t we get enough of that during the week?) they have these cartoons that are like 3D animation. One was something called Zulu and it was about space travel and then a Penguin show. I couldn’t watch either one really because the Zulu thing was stupid and I’m just plain sick of the Penguin obsession. If I want to see penguins I’ll turn on Animal Planet and so will my future kids thank you very much.
CBS’s KEWLopolis Saturday Morning Lineup consists of Horseland, SushiPack and Dino Squad. Seriously, they named their lineup KEWLopolis and they have a whole website dedicated to it. I don’t have time to blog about what’s wrong with that.
Horseland is about a bunch of equestrian girls with rhyming names like Zoe and Chloe and they look like cartoon versions of the girls on The Hills except they live in the “country” and ride horses all day. It doesn’t seem like the horses talk but apparently their other pets do? There’s a collie dog that sounds like Sean Connery. I heart Sean Connery but his voice does not belong on a cartoon. Creepy!!
Then there’s Sushi Pack. Here goes. These are actual animated pieces of sushi with arms and legs and food related superpowers. They’re supposed to save the world by the way. I can’t make this stuff up! Watch out for that spicy tuna roll kids! You may get heartburn! I mean, I know that’s what happens to me when I encounter a spicy tuna roll. Somebody call the Super Friends stat! Wonder Twin powers, activate! Form of, soy sauce! Shape of, chopsticks!
I think Dino Squad may be the worst. It’s about a bunch of kids who shape-shift into dinosaurs when trouble is around. I guess they’re supposed to save the world or something but from what, I can’t tell. In the episode I watched, their dino-forms were easily overtaken by nets. I’d trust the fate of the world to the Scooby-Doo gang over these yahoos. While these kids are shape-shifting, a song plays and shows images of I guess human and dinosaur DNA intermingling. The songs lyrics are like “Sixty-five million years ago, I’m in the Dino Squad!” Huh?!? Atrocious!
The scariest thing of all is that all these cartoons are supposed to teach some lesson to the kids but I got so sucked up in the terrible characters and bad plots I don’t know what the lesson could be.
Does anyone remember Looney Tunes? Rescue Rangers? Smurfs? Alvin and the Chipmunks? Muppet Babies? Hey, they used their imaginations peeps! Jem? I mean at least she’s truly, truly, truly outrageous! He-Man? She-Ra? GI-Joe? (Knowing is half the battle)Transformers? Tom and Jerry? The Jetsons? The Flintstones?
The following is how a Saturday morning cartoon should be:
For all you peeps that don’t know, here’s what goes down on Saturday mornings.
First up, PBS. They’ve totally given up on good programming for children. They have Dragon Tales and Angelina Ballerina when they should be showing, Reading Rainbow, Mister Rogers and Sesame Street. Although I think Sesame Street is kinda wack now too.
ABC doesn’t even bother with cartoons; they just regurgitate Disney shows for the kids who don’t have cable. You know what would be nice instead of Hannah Montana and That’s So Raven ABC/Disney? How ‘bout you bring back Gummie Bears or Duck Tales?
After NBC trots out 5 hours of the Today Show (don’t we get enough of that during the week?) they have these cartoons that are like 3D animation. One was something called Zulu and it was about space travel and then a Penguin show. I couldn’t watch either one really because the Zulu thing was stupid and I’m just plain sick of the Penguin obsession. If I want to see penguins I’ll turn on Animal Planet and so will my future kids thank you very much.
CBS’s KEWLopolis Saturday Morning Lineup consists of Horseland, SushiPack and Dino Squad. Seriously, they named their lineup KEWLopolis and they have a whole website dedicated to it. I don’t have time to blog about what’s wrong with that.
Horseland is about a bunch of equestrian girls with rhyming names like Zoe and Chloe and they look like cartoon versions of the girls on The Hills except they live in the “country” and ride horses all day. It doesn’t seem like the horses talk but apparently their other pets do? There’s a collie dog that sounds like Sean Connery. I heart Sean Connery but his voice does not belong on a cartoon. Creepy!!
Then there’s Sushi Pack. Here goes. These are actual animated pieces of sushi with arms and legs and food related superpowers. They’re supposed to save the world by the way. I can’t make this stuff up! Watch out for that spicy tuna roll kids! You may get heartburn! I mean, I know that’s what happens to me when I encounter a spicy tuna roll. Somebody call the Super Friends stat! Wonder Twin powers, activate! Form of, soy sauce! Shape of, chopsticks!
I think Dino Squad may be the worst. It’s about a bunch of kids who shape-shift into dinosaurs when trouble is around. I guess they’re supposed to save the world or something but from what, I can’t tell. In the episode I watched, their dino-forms were easily overtaken by nets. I’d trust the fate of the world to the Scooby-Doo gang over these yahoos. While these kids are shape-shifting, a song plays and shows images of I guess human and dinosaur DNA intermingling. The songs lyrics are like “Sixty-five million years ago, I’m in the Dino Squad!” Huh?!? Atrocious!
The scariest thing of all is that all these cartoons are supposed to teach some lesson to the kids but I got so sucked up in the terrible characters and bad plots I don’t know what the lesson could be.
Does anyone remember Looney Tunes? Rescue Rangers? Smurfs? Alvin and the Chipmunks? Muppet Babies? Hey, they used their imaginations peeps! Jem? I mean at least she’s truly, truly, truly outrageous! He-Man? She-Ra? GI-Joe? (Knowing is half the battle)Transformers? Tom and Jerry? The Jetsons? The Flintstones?
The following is how a Saturday morning cartoon should be:
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Etta to Beyonce: At Last the Time to Whoop Your A** Has Come Along!
So, in the rant heard round the world, or at least the gossip columns and Fox News, Etta James totally went off on Beyonce. The reason? I guess Etta didn't like Beyonce getting the spotlight for singing the song "At Last" at the Inauguaration Ball. Oh yeah, she talked smack about the President too.
I find it curious that she waited until last week at a concert to talk about just much she can't stand Beyonce. Has she been stewing since January 20th or did she just catch the Inauguration last week? Sounds like pent up rage to me. I can picture her pacing up and down the halls of her house. Muttering revenge to herself and yelling at her manager. Does she still have a manager? Also, is Obama not her President because she didn't vote for him or because Beyonce got to sing "At Last" and not her? This whole mess raises lots of questions for me.
I believe this matter can only be resolved by a song-off. Simon Cowell can be the judge. Beyonce can start with "To the left, to the left, all the songs you own in a box to the left. You must not know 'bout me. I could be another you in a minute. Matter fact, I'll make more money than you in a minute. Don't you ever get to thinkin you're irreplaceble."
Call me ladies! I'll get it all set up for you!
I find it curious that she waited until last week at a concert to talk about just much she can't stand Beyonce. Has she been stewing since January 20th or did she just catch the Inauguration last week? Sounds like pent up rage to me. I can picture her pacing up and down the halls of her house. Muttering revenge to herself and yelling at her manager. Does she still have a manager? Also, is Obama not her President because she didn't vote for him or because Beyonce got to sing "At Last" and not her? This whole mess raises lots of questions for me.
I believe this matter can only be resolved by a song-off. Simon Cowell can be the judge. Beyonce can start with "To the left, to the left, all the songs you own in a box to the left. You must not know 'bout me. I could be another you in a minute. Matter fact, I'll make more money than you in a minute. Don't you ever get to thinkin you're irreplaceble."
Call me ladies! I'll get it all set up for you!
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