Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for the blessings in life we’re appreciative for. But what about the things we’re not thankful for, the things we wish would go on an extended hiatus and never come back? In 2011, celebrity news was overrun with trends that should simply disappear, and this is exactly why…

I had the chance to talk to Keaton Simons about upcoming projects, collaborations and his views on the changing face of the music industry. For more on Keaton Simons check him out on Facebook, and be sure to download your copy of “If I Hadn’t Forgotten” on iTunes.

he glitz. The glamour. The extremely awkward moments. Pop culture junkies or not, we all have something to look forward to when it comes to award show season…whether it’s rooting for the underdog to take home a gilded statue, or making bets on whether or not Billy Crystal will crack a joke about Eddie Murphy exiting as host of the Oscars. In the midst of all the current controversy, we couldn’t help but become a little nostalgic thinking about telecasts from years past. It’s tough to be a great award show host, but the list of the following proved to us just how quickly it can all go wrong.

Blake Lively is one of the hottest stars in Hollywood these days, and she’s enjoying a boost in popularity due to roles in The Town and The Green Lantern. Most agree that the young actress is extremely beautiful, and she actually looks a lot more natural than many of her peers. However, before and after photos online indicate that there is a strong possibility that Miss Lively had a nose job at one point, as her nose appears to be thinner than it once was. It’s impossible to tell for sure, but it seems as if she has indeed had some work done.

Halloween Weekend is here at last! If you’re stumped for a costume again this year, look no further than our guide to the greatest entertainment inspired outfits of the year. Thank you, pop culture gods for giving us a couple of crazies, hit movies and even royalty to look to for inspiration.

I am hopelessly addicted to nostalgia. In this I don’t think I’m that much different from the rest of the world. I dread growing older, I have a peculiar affinity for keeping useless junk that long ago grew thick with dust around in various drawers and desk corners, I refuse to throw away concert t-shirts from half a decade ago – in short, I don’t let go of the past easily. It’s a habit I’ve been trying to break, but few things make that harder than music. Listening to Elliott Smith reminds me of a hundred different things, from middle school to break ups, while the Stills remind me of the last summer before college and Cut Copy vividly recreates living in my fraternity house two years ago. Fountains of Wayne, meanwhile, conjures up my first year in high school, a time when I thought I was so fucking cool for listening to Welcome Interstate Managers before “Stacy’s Mom” hit the radio (I’m either the only person to do this or my memory of myself in high school is a lot more flattering than reality). Welcome Interstate Managers was one of the first legit power-pop records I’d ever listened to, and I could have done a lot worse. It’s FoW at their most wry, Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger at the peak of their tongue-in-cheek lyrical powers and with sixteen killer hooks to boot. I bring all this up because, in the context of their follow-ups, 2007’s Traffic and Weather and now Sky Full of Holes, I feel like nostalgia has betrayed me once again.

He was a screen legend, a natural born entertainer and master of all things suave. He was Cary Grant. And although he’s gone, his memory lives on through his body of work spanning over 30 years, his legacy and his daughter.
Jennifer Grant was born in 1966, making Cary Grant a first time father at age [...]

“RIYL: getting reacquainted with your roots, music recorded in a church gymnasium, forging new ground while maintaining a distinct spirit.” The above is loosely taken from a Circuital press release. In related news, marketing is one of the worst professions around. Circuital would have you believe that it’s a reaffirmation of the My Morning Jacket of old, of stellar alt-country gems like At Dawn or Z’s soaring experimental psychedelia, but Circuital is more a weak-kneed reminder of My Morning Jacket’s potential. It’s sort of like looking back on one’s misspent youth and remembering things to be a helluva better than they actually were, or, alternatively, listening back to 2008′s Evil Urges and thinking those funky side trips were actually a good idea.