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Video: Chris Brown publicist skit was a perfectly timed advance for Rihanna breakup/reunion

While most of the world celebrated the resurrection of old J.C., there were several weird developments -- both real and satirical -- in an even more implausible resurrection: that of Chris Brown's career. After becoming the most hated man in show business, Breezy has defied logic by continuing to br ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting threat, NYC Twitter subpoena coverage tells incomplete story

This morning, headlines are screaming about the New York City Police aiming a subpoena at Twitter in regard to tweets about launching an Aurora-theater-shooting-like attack on a Broadway theater. But little of the coverage I've seen has given a complete context of the alleged threat from the @obamam ... More >>

Five Chick-Fil-A protest moves guaranteed to ruffle feathers

Unless you've been living in a basement without electricity, you've heard about the socio-political chicken soup boiling up around Chick-Fil-A, complete with boycotts and "buycotts" inspired by the company president's anti-gay-sex marriage stance. And you've heard about it from one side, then the ot ... More >>

James Holmes: Five questionable reports about weird behavior

Even before his bizarre first court appearance, reports have circulated about alleged weird behavior by suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes. One of the most vivid has already been debunked, not that it's stopped the story from zipping around the web. Hard to believe all of them (or perhaps ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Our ten most memorable posts

As Patricia Calhoun noted earlier today, Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman's A&E reality show has been canceled after eight seasons. We're confident Colorado's favorite Dog will bounce back, and soon. But in the meantime, we're marking the program's passing with our ten most memorable posts abou ... More >>

Rockstar Aaron releases "Horrible DJ" single

​Have you heard? Rockstar Aaron is a horrible DJ. So horrible, even, he made a song about it. Produced by Daniel Hyatt, Aaron's debut single "Horrible DJ," released yesterday, is meant to be tongue-in-cheek but also to start a conversation among those who might not know the brightly colored DJ ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter to Breckenridge bar patron: "Come on, white boy!"

Dog in Breck.​Update: TMZ has published a video of a melee at a Breckenridge restaurant in which Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman can be seen yelling "Come on, white boy!" at a man who threw a plant at him. It's quickly becoming a web sensation -- but a pro-Dog witness who was at the scen ... More >>

Casey Anthony and the saddest porn ever conceived of

Sexy!​It's hard to think of anything sadder than the Casey Anthony case, the long, sordid saga of a mother who waited for a month of partying and getting tattooed before reporting the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, whose decomposing body was found months later. Due to a lack of phys ... More >>

Tim Tebow scores with God and football in new memoir, but where are all the ladies?

Tim Tebow.​Shanahan was fired, McDaniels was forgotten, and now it's up to new head coach John Fox to bring home a Super Bowl title... or is it? With so many changing faces in the Denver franchise as of late, there's only one that fans seem to be rallying behind: Tim Tebow. The Tebester may co ... More >>

Rihanna's S&M video and the hypocrisy of top 40

​Rihanna released her video for "S&M" this week and suddenly everyone has decided it's smut. The video is being met with widespread blushing, including an "inappropriate" flag on Youtube and a potential re-edit from MTV. But, as Rihanna herself pointed out, she's actually less naked in this vi ... More >>

Lissie on her dread-days in Fort Collins and being both indie and major.

Valerie Phillips​Elisabeth Maurus, who performs under the moniker Lissie, plays tonight at the Bluebird. She had to cancel a show here in October because her voice gave out, but she's eager to return to Colorado. She spent a couple undergraduate years at CSU in Fort Collins. We spoke with her ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter dissed by Perez Hilton as "racist douchebag"

Duane "Dog" Chapman.​Local fave Duane Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is getting widely varied treatment from a pair of powerful websites. RadarOnline comes to Chapman's defense over a lawsuit filed in Colorado Springs by a man claiming to have been defamed by his on-camera ar ... More >>

Marina and the Diamonds make us all kinds of "Starstrukk" with their 3OH!3 cover

And the winner for oddest yet most exhilarating cover of a song from a Colorado-based act is ... Marina and the Diamonds, an act we were turned onto by Perez Hilton, of all people. We caught the group, signed to Alexandra Patsavas' Chop Shop imprint, a few months back at Hilton's One Night In Aust ... More >>

SXSW 2010: A moving snapshot of the Mile Hi-Fidelity and Spokesbuzz parties and Breathe Carolina at the Cedar Door

Once again, Colorado music was well represented this year at South By Southwest. From three successful day parties, including the Bocumast party at Union Park, which kicked things off on Thursday, followed on Friday by the Spokesbuzz party, which had the Northern Way offering up a solid cover of " ... More >>

SXSW 2010: Snoop Dogg and the things we learned at Perez Hilton's One Night In Austin Party

Things we learned from attending Perez Hilton's One Night In Austin Party this past weekend: First, people, we've learned, will endure the most harrowing and patience trying conditions imaginable with the promise of free booze and the chance of perhaps rubbing shoulders with celebrities.

Top Five Candidates to replace Simon Cowell on American Idol

​So by now you've heard that legendary curmudgeon Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol after this season. Good for him. Probably a few years too late if he were hoping to jump ship before the franchise jumped the shark, but whatever. Anyhow, his absence will all but drain Idol's talent pool ... More >>

Music as a weapon: Make it stop for chrissakes! This is torture, man.

SoKabs (via Flickr)​Did you see this yet? We just caught a link to this on Twitter (thanks, MyBodySings), a list of artists whose music was used "during the detention and interrogation of" to torture "prisoners at Guantanamo and other US facilities"? The list, published by the National Security Ar ... More >>

Top ten celebrity tweets about Balloon Boy

Simon Pegg's advice for Falcon: Escape! Escape!​ The Twitterspere absolutely exploded yesterday with commentary about accidental-whistle-blowing, Today-show-vomiting Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, with celebrities among the countless thousands exercising their fingers on the topic both before and a ... More >>

Roger Daltrey, Steve Martin, Mastodon shows announced

​Plans for the Who's next tour might still be up in the air, but frontman Roger Daltrey has decided to hit the road to keep his pipes in shape on his "Use It or Lose It Tour," his first solo outing since 1985, which includes a stop at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, October 20. Reserve tickets a ... More >>

Now we are everywhere...

In case you haven't noticed (or in case you're too lazy to scroll down the page just a little), we--the indomitable staff of the Westword Cafe section--now have a twitter feed.  We're also sporting a couple of new bylines, some fresh blood, and have been working hard to keep the beast fed and t ... More >>

The celebrity-starved Denver media is all Twitterpated during the DNC

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