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For three very successful records, Michael Buble has reinterpreted standards. But when it came to last fall’s hit album, “Crazy Love,” the pop/jazz singer decided it was time to start telling his own stories and included two originals, including the Sinatra-esque “Haven’t Met You Yet.”
 
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The return from being a ‘Runaway’
Cherie Currie’s name may not be as immediately recognizable as Joan Jett’s, but with this week’s release of “The Runaways” movie —which stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning — a new generation is sure to learn at least one thing: Madonna wasn’t the first blond bombshell to don a corset while rocking the mic. Currie did it first.
 
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New York Arts
Valerie Harper gets ‘Looped,’ dahling
Tallulah Bankhead was as much of a character as she was an actress. Although she set the screen on fire in such films as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat” and garnered rave reviews on Broadway, her scandalous personal life — and her witty take on her indiscretions — made her a legend. Valerie Harper takes on Bankhead in her twilight years in the new Broadway production of “Looped.”
 
Published 21:33, December the 18th, 2008
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Tommy Lee knows how to party. (Nix the pants)

No pants Anderson 
 
No pants Anderson 
 

GOSSIP. In yet another edition of “Stupid things celebrities say that are making them even more annoying now that no one has a job or any money or savings,” we present to you Tommy Lee. In the new issue of Playboy, the drummer talks about ways to get a party started.

“I have a Jäger machine in my bus and one in the dressing room. I also have a new dressing room rule, which I started over the summer: You must remove one article of clothing — your pants, your top — or else you are not allowed in my dressing room.”

Ohh... so that explains his ex-wife’s fascination with not wearing pants! Pamela Anderson couldn’t get into their house without removing them and so now she’s stuck in her bad, non-pant wearing habits.

Explains so much.

 
 
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MMMpod
The March MMMpod features conversation and music from Surfer Blood and The Allman Brothers Band (There's a double-bill you're not too likely to see. However, Gregg Allman does mention Hannah Montana!). We also speak with Vampire Weekend and the Dropkick Murphys.
 
 
 
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