Tuesdays are big in entertainment-ville: Not only do all the new DVD releases
hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here are today's selections:
Psychedelic Beck: The buzz around Beck's new album,
Modern Guilt, is really, really good, and he's just the sort of artist to give voice (and music) to some of the most troubling and complex issues of our time.
You probably knew that Toby Keith was a country musician and songwriter, but did you realize that he writes movies, too? Well, apparently he does. His movie, currently in post-production, was
just picked up by Roadside Attractions.
A little while ago, Pop
spotted a bunch of famous Texans — Owen and Luke Wilson, Jessica Simpson, and even Dan Rather — racing lawn mowers at Willie Nelson's ranch while filming the video for Nelson's "You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore." Well, now the video has arrived!
It's a cute, down-home country affair, with Jessica using her hot pink lawn mower (and matching helmet), crafty maneuvers, and some clever deception to prove who's really the best mower racer in all the land — much to the dismay of a sad-faced Owen.
Nov 7 2007 - 7:05am by
Molly
Nashville gets a little more country this week starting with last night's Broadcast Music Inc. Country Awards. Jessica Simpson was out (in a
kinda revealing dress) to help honor her friend Willie Nelson who
received the night's Icon Award.
Willie Nelson appeared on
The Colbert Report last night to discuss
his new Ben & Jerry's flavor, Country Peach Cobbler. Seeing as how Stephen just got his own
Americone Dream ice cream, he used the interview as an opportunity to confront his celebrity-dessert competition.
In case you missed it, Comedy Central has posted two highly entertaining clips.
Not to be outdone by
Stephen Colbert, Willie Nelson now has his own flavor of
Ben & Jerry's ice cream, called
Country Peach Cobbler. It sounds quite delicious and unlike any other Ben & Jerry's flavor I've tried: peach-flavored ice cream laced with cinnamon-sugar shortbread pieces. Plus, the packaging has Willie's face on it, which could provide hours of laughs.
