Mike Byrne, 19, Smashing Pumpkins' New Drummer

19-year-old Mike Byrne from Portland, Oregon, is Smashing Pumpkins' new drummer. Byrne auditioned for the job in April, 2009, and beat out the competition of nearly 1,000 other drummers. The band's singer Billy...

Paula Abdul Gone: American Idol Still Looking For New Judge

American Idol will be judging judges in its next, ninth season. Since Paula Abdul left the show, Idol has invited a number of guest judges to help rate contestants, among them Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige and Kate Perry. Canada's Shania Twain will also be appearing on the...

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5 Cool Things You Can Do with ShareNow.Com

It's Social Networking and File Sharing, but Not as We Know ItA quick look at some of the things you didn't know you could do on ShareNow.comI've been following ShareNow since its early days (when it was called...

When music barely pays the bills

Once upon a time $75,000-$100,000 was considered an amazing living in America, but now in the big cities it barely gets you by.I've been a part time musician for the last decade, and every year it gets tougher and...

Barbara Walters Affair with Republican Senator Edward Brooke

Barbara Walters will appear on Oprah  on May 6th to chat about her new book.  In her tell all she relates that she had an affair with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts for years during the...

Brooklyn Rapper to Play Notorious B.I.G. in Biopic

Life imitates art imitating life imitating art..." A Brooklyn-based rapper who was a drug dealer before he was a singer has been cast as Biggie Smalls, also known as Notorious B.I.G., in the upcoming film...

'American Idol', Theme Park

What kind of audience could possibly endure this? What kind of audience would want to participate? Oh wait. American Idol's audience would. And it almost makes sense to create a theme park attraction based on a...

Wanted: Fifth-graders with all the answers

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorReality TV is looking for 5th Graders with all the answers, for my children it is a decade and a half too late.  My  two daughters, ever since they learned to...

High School Musical in Oxford

Disney Channel may have the film, but a group of youngsters in Oxford have their own High School Musical, which by tomorrow will have been performed to over 9,000 people."Hundreds of youngsters took part in performances of High School Musical in front of sell-out crowds at...

Thousands Line Up for 'Idol' Auditions

"By ALLISON HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer SAN DIEGO Jul 30, 2007 (AP)Thousands of people hoping to be the next Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson or even Sanjaya lined up outside Qualcomm Stadium on Monday as auditions for the seventh season of "American Idol" began. Some...

Memphis' Redhead Diva: American Idol Scandal or Little White Lie?

"According to Wandera Hitchye the American Idol audition clip was false. The contestant stated that she didn't perform in front of Simon, Paula or Randy..."

Why you could be the next Amanda Congdon

Amanda Congdon has been making the news on NowPublic, and all over the web after joining ABC... NowPublic thought why not ask for people to submit their own video blogs and unofficially audition for their own show...

Milestone 1: First Film

"Well my first audition resulted in my first role. We shot the short film this past weekend over two days. It was a blast. My role was a Maitre D in a restaurant. The story is about Jack, a man who gets strange phone calls from a mysterious voice that says the names of people...

Milestone 2: Accepted to Vancouver Film School

"I got the letter and contract package in my e-mail yesterday. I've been accepted to the Vancouver Film School. I was head over heals to say the very least. Admission is very competitive and you really have to stand out. No doubt, it's been a real boost to my...

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