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I hope you’ve got your dancing shoes on! Step Up 3D hits theaters today. So, if you’re ready for some action packed 3D excitement, I suggest you get your tickets ASAP. If you’ve been living under a rock for the last little while and still don’t know what I’m talking about, immediately head here for [...]

So, Christina Aguilera’s big acting break is coming. A trailer for the film “Burlesque” danced its way onto the interweb today. The film stars two of the world’s finest divas, Christina Aguilera and the incomparable Cher, in what appears to be some sort of cross between The Devil Wears Prada and Chicago. We’ll see how [...]

If you follow this blog with any regularity, you’ll remember that I revealed my guilty pleasure for hip-hop dancing to you guys a lil while back. Well, the reviews for my upcoming must-see flick “Step Up 3D” are starting to come in, and things are looking really promising. Here’s a sample of some of the [...]

Since we saw Avatar destroy box office records last year, 3D movies have virtually taken over. Genres from action to animation have been presented in the popular 3D style — some did it well, others not so much. Well it’s time to add another genre to the list of 3D benefactors: Dance! Step Up 3D [...]

So, this might be a bit of a reach for this blog, but a new trailer for The Social Network, the movie based on Facebook, was released to the web today. You’re probably wondering how this possibly relates to Music News. Well, if I must tell you, it’s the awesome use of a cover of [...]

Leona Lewis’ new album, “Echo,” is ready to launch, and she’s been tapped to record the theme song for James Cameron’s new movie, “Avatar,” which must be exciting for the 24-year-old star. With exposure like this, it’s tempting to forget that she’s really only been in the public eye since winning the X-Factor in 2006. [...]

Lady GaGa’s Bad Romance is topping the MetroLyrics charts this week, and it got us thinking about famous “bad romances” from real life and the media. Here’s our top five list, and you can tell us where you think we missed one: 5. Bella and Edward, New Moon: If you’ve read the Twilight series you [...]

There’s a moment in even the best road trip when sitting in a car starts lulling you to sleep. Especially when you’re driving in the winter months and it gets dark between 5 and 6pm. The night sky passing by the windows and the sound of the wheels on the road are so soothing that [...]

Day two of road trip playlist comes to you from Memphis, TN. After the nostalgia of being out on the open road passes, when the excitement of being out in open country grabs a hold of you, you just feel like singing– loud. Here’s what I have on the sing-along playlist: – Alive by Pearl [...]

November is a great time to hit the open road. It’s off-season most places, so the lines are short and the rates are low. The MetroLyrics blog is seeing America this week, and of course we’ve made several playlists to keep the mood up while the wheels are turning. When you’re driving across America, it’s [...]

In the most recent episode (review with spoilers here) of AMC’s hit show Mad Men, they re-created the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and it may be the most chilling and evocative dramatization of the event I’ve ever seen. It was definitely the first time I found myself realizing that for the people who lived [...]

Perhaps you’ve heard of this movie coming out next month called “New Moon”? I think it’s an indie film about a hot, young werewolf who gets pestered by a pale girl and a bunch of emotional vampires. Or something like that… Just kidding! New Moon, the latest in the Twilight saga, comes out November 20th, [...]