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Is That Really Avril in a Cheerleading Outfit!? | Today's Top Videos | 4/14/2008
Your favorite rocker chick has debuted yet another video, "The Best Damn Thing," from her latest album of the same title. But don't expect a whole video of Avril thrashing her head around in ripped hoodies and combat boots. Instead, the singer wanted to really shake things up by dressing up as a cheerleader (complete with a side ponytail) and sporting a pink, bobbed wig and a poofy gown! read more
Baby Talk: Xtina's C-section, Avril's Denial and More | Today's News: Our Take | 1/11/2008
Christina Aguilera has a C-section scheduled for this weekend, says Page Six. Please let there be no "Related TV Guide Video" links to come.... Nicole Richie herself is due "sometime in the next week," babydaddy Joel Madden tells Us.... Avril Lavigne pregnancy rumors are "not true," the singer's rep tells Us.... Pam Anderson is fending off propagation talk with a stern and repeated "No" on her website.... It's her own Little Miss Sunshine! Toni Collette delivered baby girl Sage Florence on... read more
Avril Lavigne Settles "Girlfriend"/"Boyfriend" Spat | Today's News: Our Take | 1/10/2008
The lawsuit filed in July in which angry grrl Avril Lavigne was accused of appropriating too much of her hit single "Girlfriend" from the Rubinoos' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," has been settled. Previously, Avril claimed she had never heard of the Rubinoos' track, but her manager opted to avoid a costly legal battle and strike a deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed. read more
Forbes Reveals 20 Filthy-Richest Brats | Today's News: Our Take | 12/5/2007
It wasn't enough that they have enough money that they can use it to line their doggie beds, they also had to be under 25. This hurts. Among the top 20 are: bad girl Lindsay Lohan and good girl Miley Cyrus, with $3.5 million apiece; Mitovich's imaginary girlfriend, Scarlett Johansson, No. 12 with $5 million; popsters Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff, $12 million apiece; Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe, No. 6 with $15 million; the Olsen twins, No. 5 with $17 million each; and in the top spot, the... read more
Avril, Kelly Clarkson Targeted By SNL Music CD | Today's News: Our Take | 9/6/2007
The first CD of Saturday Night Live performances in nearly 10 years will be sold exclusively at Target beginning Sunday, says Reuters. Live from SNL! features 11 tracks from the past four seasons, including tune croons by Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5 and the Foo Fighters. (What is "foo," by the way? Always wondered.) Anyone looking for Ashlee Simpson's "live" performance need simply cue up any of her prerecorded CDs.Plans are being made for a separate compilation of R&B/hip-hop... read more
Avril and Clarkson Headline One Angry Awards Show | Today's News: Our Take | 8/7/2007
Bad boyfriends, make sure your athletic cup is well secured. This year's Teen Choice Awards, airing Aug. 26 on Fox, will feature live performances by punk princess Avril Lavigne and two-time Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson. Avril will croon "Girlfriend," KC will belt out "Never Again" and guys everywhere will be sure to buy their honeys flowers immediately afterwards.Among the celebs on tap to appear on the show are Zac Efron, America Ferrera, Ryan Reynolds, Rob & Big, Jessica Alba, Megan Fox,... read more
Avril's "Boyfriend" Trouble: "I've Done Nothing Wrong" | Today's News: Our Take | 7/9/2007
Addressing the controversy ignited by (as she puts it) "two guys who wrote for some band from the 1970s I have never in my life heard of," Avril Lavigne posted a statement on her website claiming no wrongdoing in her and cowriter Luke Gottwald's penning of "Girlfriend." Positing that the Rubinoos' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" "has no musical similarities" to her current hit, Lavigne deems herself falsely accused. "Luke and I have done nothing wrong," she says. "There is no merit to their... read more
Avril Lavigne Is Hey, Hey, Sued, Sued! | Today's News: Our Take | 7/6/2007
TV Guide's own Ken Fox called this one months ago. Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer allege in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court that Avril Lavigne and the cowriters of her current hit, "Girlfriend," cribbed from their 1979 song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," which was originally performed by new-wave band The Rubinoos. "We are not so naive as to chalk it up to some sort of cosmic coincidence," Dunbar says in a statement to the AP. "The lyric, the meter, the rhythm... they're... read more
SNL + Peyton Manning = Ratings Touchdown | Today's News: Our Take | 3/27/2007
NBC's Saturday Night Live tackled its largest audience in 10 months this past weekend, with Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning carrying the ball as guest host and American Idol Carrie Underwood crooning. The real highlight, though, as any parent will tell you, was TV Funhouse's Dora the Explorer spoof. Biting, simply biting. (See video here.)On April 14, Shia LaBeouf (rhymes with LaWhof) hosts, with phone-book-adjacent musical guest Avril Lavigne. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/7/2007
The prolific writer-producer who gave us Ally McBeal, The Practice and Boston Legal invites you tonight at 9 pm/ET to sp read more
Aussie Avril's All-Star Trek | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/14/2005
For better or worse... Wait. No, actually, just for better: Samantha Lombardi doesn't have a big sister in the music biz to pave the way for her. But the 15-year-old Australian ? think Avril Lavigne but with rock on the brain, not rocks in her head ? clearly has friends in high places. The proof: Her radio-ready debut album, Take Your Pic (which drops in May), features raucous and catchy tunes written by no less than Nine Inch Nails and Paul Stanley of KISS."When I first got the songs, I was... read more