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The top 11 promposals in 2013
It's prom season. What's your prom proposal/promposal going to be?What? Wait wait wait, hold on. You're telling me you didn't write an original song, choreograph a routine for it, and present it flash mob-style to your dream high school prom date? Well, listen up rookie, you've got a lot to learn. Promposals these days are elaborately produced mating rituals — think of Planet Earth's Birds of Paradise and mash it up with your favorite episode of Glee. Then upload it to YouTube because this isn't about your exuberant manifestation of true love, it's about that special someone. Don't they deserve Internet fame? Sometimes done well enough to gain national attention – I'm looking at you Kate Upton fan – sometimes too cringeworthy to view, here are 11 promposals you need to consider before planning your own.
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Will you remember me?: The greatest one-hit wonders of the 2000s
Check out our picks for the best songs from the 2000s whose artists made the charts with these hits, but never released another successful song.
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David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday
Here, from modern literary master David Foster Wallace, are 10 quotes to celebrate his life.
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Super Bowl 2013: The 7 best halftime shows of all time
For Super Bowl 2013, Beyonce will have some big shoes to fill. Here are the 7 all-time best halftime shows from past games.
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The top 25 celebrity baby names of all time
Many celebrities are creative people, but seldom does their creativity get more free rein than when they’re naming their own offspring. From Beyonce and Jay-Z's firstborn Blue Ivy to Frank Zappa's daughter's avante-garde moniker Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen, there are plenty of unusual names.
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Justin Bieber booed at Billboard Music Awards (+video)
Justin Bieber booed, but Taylor Swift cleans up at Billboard Music Awards. Gotye and Rihanna had the second-most wins with four awards each. Why was Bieber booed?
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Culture Cafe Nicki Minaj: Is she leaving 'American Idol'?
Nicki Minaj leaving? Is this her first and last season on 'American Idol'? An 'insider' quoted in Us Weekly says Nicki Minaj will be moving on.
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Eminem, Carly Rae Jepsen will be honored by new 'gold' and 'platinum' program that counts digital listens
Eminem, Adele, and other artists will have their singles anointed with gold and platinum labels now that the Recording Industry Association of America has expanded its certification program to include digital downloads and streams.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Nicki Minaj, and others will perform at the Billboard Music Awards
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, and other artists will perform during the Billboard Music Awards. Taylor Swift, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and others will perform at the ceremony on May 19 in Las Vegas.
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'The Great Gatsby' director Baz Luhrmann hopes his movie will inspire viewers to party like it's the '20s
'The Great Gatsby' 'captures summer in New York... accurately... viscerally,' the director said. 'The Great Gatsby' stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the titular character and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan.
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Culture Cafe 'Argo' producer David Klawans talks 'Coronado High,' his new project with George Clooney
George Clooney, David Klawans and Clooney's partner in Smokehouse Pictures, Grant Heslov, worked to get 2012 Best Picture winner 'Argo' to the big screen. Now, Klawans and Clooney are teaming up again for a new movie.
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'The Great Gatsby' is an over-the-top misfire
'The Great Gatsby,' directed by Baz Luhrmann, tries too hard to update the story and piles on the party scenes.
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Chris Kelly: Overdose suspected in rapper's death (+video)
Chris Kelly overdose? The mom of Chris Kelly says he took cocaine and heroine the night before he died. Police suspect a drug overdose.
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American Idol: So close, yet so far (+video)
On Thursday, American Idol bid farewell to one of their remaining four finalists, denying them the coveted opportunity to become hometown heroes for a day. Which Idol is going home to tears rather than fanfare?
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Mountain Dew ad pulled: Too misogynist and racist?
Mountain Dew ad pulled: Pepsi Co. pulled a Mountain Dew ad after it was criticized as being racist and too insensitive to violence against women. It shows a battered white woman being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men.
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Chris Kelly: Kris Kross rapper Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly dies at 34 (+video)
Chris Kelly dies: Dumonder Dawson, an investigator for the medical examiner's office, said Kelly died on Wednesday evening. He declined to discuss the cause of the rapper's death.
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Chris Kelly dies: Leaves legacy as 1990s kid rapper (+video)
Chris Kelly dies: Half of the rap group Kris Kross, Chris Kelly and Chris Smith's biggest hit was "Jump," part of a 1992 album. They were know for their rap delivery as well as a gimmick of wearing their clothing backward.
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Yvette Prieto marries Michael Jordan (+video)
Yvette Prieto and former NBA star Michael Jordan tied the knot Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla. Prieto, a 35-year-old former model, met Jordan five years ago.
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The top 11 promposals in 2013
It's prom season. What's your prom proposal/promposal going to be?What? Wait wait wait, hold on. You're telling me you didn't write an original song, choreograph a routine for it, and present it flash mob-style to your dream high school prom date? Well, listen up rookie, you've got a lot to learn. Promposals these days are elaborately produced mating rituals — think of Planet Earth's Birds of Paradise and mash it up with your favorite episode of Glee. Then upload it to YouTube because this isn't about your exuberant manifestation of true love, it's about that special someone. Don't they deserve Internet fame? Sometimes done well enough to gain national attention – I'm looking at you Kate Upton fan – sometimes too cringeworthy to view, here are 11 promposals you need to consider before planning your own.
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Culture Cafe Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's 'Annie' gets a star in Quvenzhané Wallis
The 'Annie' remake which is being produced by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith will star 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' actress Quvenzhané Wallis. The movie was originally slated to star Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter Willow, but the Smiths will still presumably serve as producers.
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Coachella 2013: Red Hot Chilli Peppers rock in the wind (+video)
Coachella 2013. The Coachella music festival featured Red Hot Chilli Peppers, R. Kelly, and EDM. The Coachella 2013 festival returned to its rock and taste-maker roots with Blur, The Stone Roses, and Phoenix.
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Sen. Marco Rubio to Jay-Z: Get your facts straight on Cuba (+video)
Immigration reform pushed by the bipartisan 'Gang of Eight' hits the Senate this week. Sen. Marco Rubio is a key player, and he was all over the news shows Sunday talking about that.
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'Accidental Racist': Brad Paisley and LL Cool J draw ire
'Accidental Racist' puts racial dialogue under a microscope, drawing criticism for its collaborators: country singer Brad Paisley and rapper LL Cool J.
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Chapter & Verse 'The Great Gatsby' trailer features new plot points, music
'The Great Gatsby' is directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the titular character. 'The Great Gatsby' is scheduled for a May 10 release.
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Lollapalooza performers announced: Who made the cut?
Lollapalooza's headliners this summer include The Cure, in their very first Lollapalooza appearance, plus Mumford and Sons, The Killers, and Nine Inch Nails.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Pitbull will perform at Preakness
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis as well as the rapper Pitbull will perform at the Preakness infield concert in May. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis recently performed on 'Saturday Night Live.'
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Police search for suspect in Las Vegas shooting
Las Vegas police are searching for Ammar Harris, a 26-year-old man they suspect in last week's shooting and car crash on the Las Vegas Strip, in which three people were killed. On Saturday, police found a black SUV they believe Harris used as a getaway car.
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Will you remember me?: The greatest one-hit wonders of the 2000s
Check out our picks for the best songs from the 2000s whose artists made the charts with these hits, but never released another successful song.
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David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday
Here, from modern literary master David Foster Wallace, are 10 quotes to celebrate his life.
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Frank Ocean misses out on the Grammys big prize while fun. and Mumford & Sons triumph
Frank Ocean, widely expected to take home the best new artist award, lost the prize. However, Frank Ocean did take home the best urban contemporary album award, while the Black Keys were big winners with four trophies altogether and Mumford & Sons took home the best album of the year prize.
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