Corey Haim, 38, Dies Of Suspected Overdose

It has been reported this morning that Corey Haim, former teen idol and star of such 80s movies as "The Lost Boys" and "License To Drive", has died of an apparent drug overdose. Unfortunately, this will not come as much of a surprise to anyone who has followed his downward trajectory of a career over the past 2 decades.

Once a shining star in the the Hollywood teen scene, Corey's recent work has been limited to the reality show "The Two Coreys", which often painted him as a struggling, broke, "former" actor who was yearning for a chance at a comeback with a "The Lost Boys" sequel alongside his former best friend and partner-in-80s flicks Corey Feldman.



In fact, Corey even famously took out an ad in a trade publication around the time of the reality show airing essentially "begging" for work. The ad (pictured below) backfired and was looked at as sad and troubling for those in the industry who had previously worked with Haim. I found the ad incredibly sad.






Once a rising star, starring alongside future successes like Heather Graham in "License To Drive", the lure of the Hollywood drug scene enticed Corey off of his path.

For a list of the movies Corey Haim starred in, in his short-lived career, click here.















R.I.P. Corey Haim.

Chart Chat

The Top 20 Albums This Week:






























MISS TLC SAYS:

* Lady Antebellum is QUITE a success story. They deserve it too. Their "Need You Now" single is hot, and the lead singer Hillary Scott has a beautiful voice. I believe they will be a force to be reckoned with in country music for a long, long time.

* Last week's chart included 8 platinum releases in the top 20 (now there's 7). However, THIS week's chart is crazy in that 8 of the top 20 albums are debuts! Usually there are a few new releases that hit that mark per week, but 8 is pretty big. The artists that debuted this week are: Blake Shelton, Danny Gokey, Lifehouse, Raheem DeVaughn, Easton Corbin, Jason Derulo, DJ Khaled, and the "Almost Alice" compilation. That's a nice mix.

* IN PLATINUM WATCH NEWS, Sade is currently only 101K copies away from reaching that million unit plateau with her "Soldier of Love". Lady Gaga's 8-track "Fame Monster" bonus release is also close (now only 150K copies away from platinum). However, Justin Bieber is currectly the closest to a million: only 2K to go. So in other words, he'll definitely hit that rank next week making him 'platinum in 17 weeks' (a lil more than 4 months to do it... not bad).

* When you combine the sales of Lady Gaga's original "Fame" release with her bonus disc "The Fame Monster", she has officially sold around 3 million albums in the U.S. I gotta be honest, that's great, but the level of her success and exposure seems to far exceed that number. I'm actually quite surprised she hasn't been able to sell in Taylor Swift territory (who has sold over 5 and a half million copies of her latest release, and over 4 and a half million copies of her debut). I'm not sure why that is. Is Gaga just famous for being famous? Are people more interested in her as a character than they are in buying her music? I guess we'll have a clearer picture of her potential when her sophomore album is released.

* Total Album Sales have increased by about 300K this week. Yippee! Hopefully we can keep this trend going through the summer!

That's all for now on the Chart Chat.

xoxo,

Keep music sales alive! Music can change your life!

Another Celeb Lookalike

Actresses Rachel Leigh Cook, and Leighton Meester...

































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"Gossip Girl" Returns Tonight!!!!!!!

To put you darlings in the mood, I have posted the official "return" promo below, as well as SEVEN (count 'em, seven) clips from tonight's new episode.

RETURN PROMO:




CLIPS FROM "THE HURT LOCKET":















I find it so funny that they named this episode a while ago, and now it's airing the night after the movie it's named after won Best Picture at the Oscars. :)

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Here are the dates and titles for the rest of the remaining episodes for Season 3:

March 8: "The Hurt Locket"

March 15: "The Lady Vanished"

March 22: "The Sixteen Year Old Virgin"

March 29: "The Empire Strikes Jack"

April 5: "Inglourious Basstards"

April 12: "The Unblairable Lightness of Being"

April 19: "Dr. Strangeloved"

April 26: "It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World"

May 3: "Ex-Husbands and Wives"

May 10: TBA







xoxo,

Miss TLC

Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce - "Telephone" Video To Premiere Thursday, March 11th!

Calling all "Lil' Monsters"!!! Your highness Lady Gaga's new video will debut on E! this coming Thursday @ 11:30pm ET. The video, featuring Beyonce, clocks in at almost 10 minutes long, and was directed by Jonas Akerlund (who also directed Gaga's "Paparazzi").

Here are some pics from the clip to tide you over until then:
















Typical Gaga. :)

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Mucho Inappropriate-o: 8 Year Old Does Gaga

The NY Daily News reported today that an 8-year old Brazilian girl performed a couple Lady Gaga tracks on a televised talent show that garnered much praise.



(You can click on the link above to view the vid.)

Um...

MISS TLC SAYS: Lady Gaga is entertaining. Lady Gaga is talented. But Lady Gaga is not for children, I'm sorry. Her lyrical content, her racy costumes, and her dance moves should not safe for 8 year olds. Not only that, but I understand children wear danskins on display all the time in dance recitals, but a plain white one like that should just NOT be acceptable for a child to parade around in over the age of 2. This was on TV people. She was performing in front of old men. There was no spangles, designs, or ruffles to mask her skinny child-like frame and her movements as she sang, danced, and crawled. Yes, crawled. I know she wasn't doing it intentionally to look sexy. She was just mimicking her favorite singer after all. But COME ON now. NO ONE should've allowed a child to act in such a way in a '5-shades away from see-through' costume on national TV. NO ONE. Not the producers, not the judges, and DEFINITELY not her mother. Shame on them all.

But Let's Not Lose Our Sense of Humor...

Sacha Baron Cohen Can't Make Fun Of "Avatar" because James Cameron has no sense of humor???

You can read about it here.

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Someone was asked to put clothes on their Venus de Milo-esque snow-woman in their front yard... by the police???

You can read about it here.





Unbelievable. Kids shouldn't be dressing up like Gaga and crawling on the floor in white bodysuits on national TV (see above), but we also shouldn't be so sensitive that you can't make fun of a Hollywood director or leave a "naked" snowman on your front lawn. What's next? Banning mannequins from being seen in store windows in between dressings??? Andrew McCarthy would be so upset. (Look it up... then again, if you don't know the reference, SHAME ON YOU.)

A Miss TLC New Video Alert: Mariah Carey ft. Nicki Minaj - "Up Out My Face"

MISS TLC SAYS: Earth to Mariah - you are like 40. Start acting like it. I'm not saying homegirl ain't talented, cuz she is, but this is just embarrassing at this point. She's still obsessed with trying to act like a teenager, and the cartoon butterflies zipping through this vid along with the NSYNC "No Strings Attached"-like antics is just sad. All of her songs now sound exactly the same (and it's not even a good sound - it's like that old tired repetitive 90s R&B B-track that got left off the album). Her wigged out alter-ego self looks like an outtake from the "Heartbreaker" days, the Nick Cannon crap at the end looks like leftover footage from "Drumline", and the appearance by female rappers' biggest no-talent-having spokeswoman Nicki Minaj is pointless. All in all, this whole thing just looks like a bad ad for Target.

New Bride Tries To Run Down Her New Hubby's Ex-Girlfriend With Her Car

I'm NOTTTTTT even joking!

This couple is SERIOUSLY out of control.

I saw this in the NY Daily News today and stared at the article mortified.

A pair of Massachusetts newlyweds learned a hard lesson: There's no honeymoon suite in the local police station.

Timothy Keene and his blushing bride Marissa spent their wedding night in separate cells after she tried to run down one of her new spouse's ex-girlfriends, Barnstable police said.

The Monday incident occurred shortly after the couple's wedding at Barnstable Town Hall, which they celebrated with a bottle of champagne, police said.

But the party stopped abruptly when Marissa Putignano-Keene spotted an old flame of her new husband in the parking lot behind a local Italian restaurant, police said.

The wife rolled down her car window and began spewing obscenities at the other woman - and then steered the vehicle right at her and her son, police said.

The pair managed to avoid the car, while Putignano-Keene failed to avoid a fence. Police arrived, and took the intoxicated couple into custody.

Putignano-Keene, 22, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct and vandalism.

Her 37-year-old husband - a registered Massachusetts sex offender - was charged with disorderly conduct. The pair were released Tuesday, with the wife due back in court on April 2.

Did ya catch that last part??? Just when you thought it was the BRIDE that was the disturbed one, you see that the HUSBAND is 15 years older and ....... a registered sex offender. Someone get these two on "The Newlywed Game" stat.

Starbucks Supersizes Their Drinks & Tests The "Trenta"

According to Reuters, Starbucks is rolling out tests on a new drink size for their iced teas and iced coffees. The new size will be dubbed the "Trenta" and will weigh in at 31 ounces. Up until now, Starbucks largest size for drinks was the "Venti" (which is 24 ounces in the cold drink cup, and 20 ounces in the hot cup). Starbucks has chosen to test the "Trenta" in Phoenix and Tampa, because both markets do very well when it comes to iced drinks.



I think this new size will do well. If so, the Seattle-born coffee chain plans to roll it out in other markets. Starbucks main competition in national fast-food franchise coffee (i.e., McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts & 7-11), has already succeeded in selling XL liquids, so I think Sbux enthusiasts will welcome the chance to imbibe more caffeine. :)



In other Starbucks news, the chain has also recently debuted new "hot panini" sandwiches in three varieties: Roasted Tomato & Mozzarella, Ham & Swiss, and Chicken Santa Fe. Miss TLC has tried the Roasted Tomato & Mozzarella, which includes pieces of fresh basil and a pesto spread (pictured above), and can wholeheartedly advertise that it's DELISH. Great to grab on the go with your favorite coffee drink!

Robert Pattinson Is "Bothered" By Jimmy Fallon

MISS TLC SAYS: Congratulations to Jimmy Fallon on his one year anniversary as the host of "Late Night"! I think he's done a great job, and has brought something refreshing, different, and non-confrontational (I'm talking to YOU Jay Leno) to late night TV. :)