I don’t think my babysitters ever made me laugh that hard or corralled me in the living room so perfectly.  Now at the end of the clip the dog starts darting in for licks of the baby.   Perhaps the only reason the dog was playing was a little left over strained peas?

I find my dog only wants to sit in my lap during dinner hoping for something to fall.

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Believe it or not, there are still some members of the American public who don’t own Adele‘s ’21′ album. However, that pool is a lot smaller than it used to be, after nearly three-quarters of a million people purchased the record last week, giving ’21′ by far its biggest sales week yet.

As reported by Billboard, the 730,000 copies eclipses the album’s previous best week, when it sold 399,000 during the Christmas shopping season. The surge in sales comes after Adele was the star of the 2012 Grammy Awards, taking home all six awards for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year.

Appropriately, ’21′ has now spent 21 weeks at No. 1 on the album chart. That passes the 20-week reign of Whitney Houston‘s ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack. It ties for the 8th-most weeks at No. 1 in history with MC Hammer‘s ‘Please, Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em.’ The next targets for Adele: Prince‘s ‘Purple Rain’ and the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ soundtrack, which both spent 24 weeks atop the chart.

Here’s another interesting piece of trivia: Not counting albums that have been out for less than a month, and excluding the Christmas season (when album sales typically go through the roof), the 730,000 copies Adele sold of ’21′ this week are the second-most by any album in any week in history, behind only the 848,000 the ‘Titanic’ soundtrack sold during Valentine’s week in 1998.

Adele’s debut album, ’19,’ also sees a huge sales surge, shooting up to No. 4. The remarkable vocalist’s remarkable success just won’t quit!

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Nicki Minaj has the blues.

In a photo from her Vogue feature, pop music’s colorful pink lady is painted blue. It’s not quite a Smurfette shade but it’s a rich turquoise that one might expect from the often candy-coated ‘Super Bass’ singer. Is she trying out for a role as a Na’vi in the next installment of ‘Avatar?’ Nah, she’s just posing for the fashion bible.

Wrapped in lowcut, drapey scarlet red dress accessorized with a pink curly wig, a belt and over-the-elbow gloves, Minaj looks mature and grown up, not to mention incredibly fashion forward. The animated, cartoonish element of her image falls by the wayside in this frame-worthy shot.

Minaj declares that she’d “do a really good job as a prosecutor” if she followed her initial desire to be a lawyer. She also reveals she lives in a condo in Los Angeles, due to the weather and to escape “bad memories” back east.

She also refers to her outrageous get ups as “costumes, not outfits,” revealing that many are custom-made or imported from Japan.

Source: PopCrush.com

Here’s a look at this year’s nominees in the major categories. Let your voice be heard and tell us who you think will win!

‘Hugo’ leads the way with 11 nominations. Will it end the evening with the most wins? You tell us:

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The 23rd season of ‘The Simpsons’ will go out with a bang, as that’s when the episode featuring Lady Gaga will air.

Gaga taped her ep late last summer and just like ‘SNL’ last May, she will appear on a season finale of a long-running comedy show. ‘The Simpsons’ remains the longest airing scripted show on prime time TV, while ‘SNL’ has been airing since 1975, so Gaga has a penchant for appearing on some of the most beloved shows on the small screen.

The Mother Monster’s episode is called ‘Lisa Goes Gaga’ and Gaga factors into the plot as someone who comes to Springfield in order to cheer up little Lisa, who is often the voice of reason on the show.

The Telegraph reports that Gaga has mused about her role on the show, saying, “I play a little bit of a slut. The apple doesn’t fall far from my artistic tree.”

Uh oh. Is Gaga going to be a bad influence on the sweet and wholesome Lisa Simpson? Will she teach her how to dance? Will she whip Bart into shape? Will she give Marge hair tips? Will she eat donuts with Homer? The possibilities are endless.

The exact air date of the season finale of ‘The Simpsons’ has not yet been confirmed, but it should air sometime in May. PopCrush will certainly recap the episode for you, dear reader!

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Batman will generally only don his bat-suit when there is crime that needs to be fought. However, there is another caped crusader — Toronto Batman — who has no problem slipping into the iconic costume just because he wants to enjoy a night on the town.

Toronto Batman was kind enough to record his latest experiences in his Canadian hometown.

As you can see, Batman doesn’t have to take down bad guys to contribute to society. His mere presence seems to cheer people up, even when he is rambling on about his dead parents or berating moviegoers for being way too early to see ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ And, yes, Toronto Batman will pose for pictures.

The video would’ve probably been better if Batman was little easier to understand. Although his often inedible utterances work as both a parody of Christian Bale’s unusually low register when he plays the part and the controversy surrounding ’The Dark Knight Rises’ villain Bane, whose muffled dialogue has been difficult to decipher in the movie’s trailers.

We’re also pleased to see that superheroes also struggle to open up a beef jerky. Since it’s 2012, Toronto Batman is on Twitter, and you can follow him here.

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A new Nielsen poll finds smartphones are becoming less of a luxury and more of a so-called necessity — at least for younger people.

Nielsen gathered data to learn more about the age, income and demographics of the typical US smartphone user. Specifically, the firm wanted to know if lower prices are making the devices more popular among those who earn less money.

Turns out more than half of people between 18 and 24 who make less than $15,000 per year are smartphone owners, compared to 43 percent of those aged 25 to 34 and just 31 percent of folks between 35 and 44 years old.

While researchers don’t know if the people surveyed, especially those in the younger group, have outside financial help (parents, spouses, etc.), it’s clear that even the respondents on limited budgets are making room for smartphone ownership.

But what researchers found most interesting is that although the younger set deems the devices a necessity, older people consider them more of a luxury — which is valuable information for developers, publishers and advertisers.

[TechCrunch]

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LMFAO‘s ‘Sorry for Party Rocking’ video features a house party scene that recalls the ’90s rap duo Kid ‘n Play — and features an ironic cameo from Kid himself.

Kid ‘n Play starred in the 1990 film ‘House Party,’ and that’s the theme of the seven-minute video, which begins with LMFAO’s ‘Sexy and I Know It’ blaring from a nearby house. A cranky neighbor complains about the noise and promises to do something about it.

The neighbor makes his way through the crowd of confetti, inflatable zebras and costumed dancers to reach the front door, where he gives RedFoo an earful. RedFoo responds by merely changing the song to ‘Sorry for Party Rocking,’ and the loud celebration continues.

The neighbor calls police, and several units are dispatched to the house. The production values are intentionally poor — the cops all travel in cardboard cutouts of cars, like you’d see in a high school play, which adds another layer of comedy to the video. When police finally show up, RedFoo turns around and puts his hands behind his back, expecting handcuffs. Instead, the cops, along with the mail carrier and pizza boy, all join the party.

About the only person who never makes it to the party is poor Sky Blu. He raps his lines from a car that appears headed for the shindig but never quite gets there. His most exciting moment comes when he randomly runs into fellow driver David Hasselhoff while stopped at a red light.

When the song concludes, an exhausted RedFoo is carried out on a stretcher, but the party goes on. As the camera focuses on one party-goer sporting an old-school Kid ‘n Play-style hi-top fade haircut, now 47-year-old Christopher “Kid” Reid starts banging on the door. In a role reversal from his early ’90s persona, Kid is now trying to stop the party. “People, can we get it quiet down here? They clearly said no house parties in the neighborhood!”

The cranky neighbor’s wife, who has joined in the fun, responds angrily: “No you did not talk like that in front of me and my new man. I got a new kid to play with. Sorry for party rocking!”

Watch the LMFAO ‘Sorry for Party Rocking’ Video

Source: PopCrush.com

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Will Ferrell is in New Orleans filming the movie ‘Dogfight,’ which we learned a week ago when he popped up at the New Orleans Arena and read the starting line-ups for the Hornets-Chicago game.

This made the funnyman an easy choice to lead the annual Krewe of Bacchus parade Sunday. And, of course, he dressed up like a king. 

The Krewe of Bacchus is one of the superkrewes celebrations that take place during the run up to Madri Gras’  Fat Tuesday events. Bacchus, which is named for the Roman god of wine, was the first krewe to feature a celebrity king. Previous Bacchus monarchs include Drew Bress, Jackie Gleason, Bob Hope and Val Kilmer.

Given Ferrell’s propensity for showing skin in movies like ‘Old School’ and ‘Talladega Nights,’ one may have expected the 44-year-old to shed his top during his Bacchus reign. Thankfully, he didn’t. Maybe because, as king, he was the one handing out the beads.

But that doesn’t mean he still won’t pull a Frank the Tank and strip down in exchange for cheap plastic beads on Fat Tuesday. Check out video and photos of Ferrell at King Bacchus below.

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Even cats are in on the act. This cat gets crazy! Looks like someone got into the catnip!

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Well, JT’s character sang a song in true Bon Iver style to help the baby go to sleep, before ultimately falling asleep himself. Only Beyonce and Jay-Z‘s white butler seemed to really dig the song.

As you can imagine, Prince, played by Fred Armisen, brought Blue Ivy his smirk. Kristen Wiig‘s Taylor Swift persona brought her ‘OMG’ face and Nicki Minaj, as Nasim Pedrad, sung a lullaby along the same style as her crazy Grammys performance. Frankly, baby Blue was probably not that thrilled to be getting any of these gifts.

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No word yet on when production will resume.

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Brown has been the subject of controversy since his Grammy Awards appearance Sunday where he performed twice and picked up an award for Best R&B Album.

Producers say the song will be released this week.

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This is at the cafe inside the Memphis Zoo. The manager of the cafe told me that the alpha male monkey noticed me the second I walked in the door and started going crazy, because, as the alpha male, he feels threatened by tall males. So she told me to go stand by the window and turn my back on him and that he would “attack” me…

 

And that is just what the monkey did. For some reason I was reading this fast and thought it said donkey. I really wanted to see a donkey kick this guy. You would think I would be kinder on Friday, but no.

The Jeff Dunham Party Bus tickets are now available at the radio station, 1216 South 1st St. in Lufkin.

The $125 ticket includes a ride to and from the event, food provided by Bryan’s Smokehouse, drinks provided by Lufkin Coca-Cola as well as the ticket to the show! (cash only please)

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The king cake is a traditional Mardi Gras food. It is usually a ring-shaped pastry, sometimes filled with cheese or jelly and sprinkled with the colors of Mardi Gras. It began as an Epiphany treat, celebrating the arrival of the Three Wise Men to the stable where Jesus was born. Oh, and it’s delicious.

The king cake tradition was brought to New Orleans by French and Spanish settlers who associated it with the Mardi Gras carnival. A dessert synonymous with celebrations definitely belonged with Mardi Gras and has been shared during the festive season ever since.

The secret of the king cake is that there is always a small trinket, often a plastic baby representing the Baby Jesus, baked inside that one lucky eater is bound to bite into. Of course, the lucky person who gets the baby in the cake gets special privileges, but is also usually responsible for bringing the next cake.

To get into the spirit of the impending Mardi Gras celebration, and to make your mouth water a bit, here are some delicious looking king cakes we found.

The Drizzled King Cake

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The Beaded King Cake

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The Discus King Cake

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The Mickey Mouse King Cake

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The Go Big or Go Home King Cake

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The King Cupcake

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Double King Cake All the Way

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The Doing It Wrong King Cake

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The Baby in the King Cake

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The Eaten King Cake

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An Amazing Rap About King Cakes

Want to Make One? Here’s How

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Chris Brown hits the club and brings some serious dance moves to the screen in his video for ‘Turn Up the Music.’ The clip features a light plot, but for the most, Brown is dancing his you-know-what off.

The vid opens with Breezy laying in the back of an old school cab, asking the cabbie to take him to the best spot in town. He then asks the driver to turn the air up, since he’s hot, but he turns up the music instead, all the while wearing a huge animal mask on his head. Wait, what? The masks and animal heads are a motif in the entire video.

The clip then turns into a dance party on the streets for a hot minute. Breezy’s getting his groove on while wearing a black suit. He may have been voted the worst-dressed man by GQ but he has cleaned up his act and is looking good here. He also goes shirtless a little later.

When Breezy shifts the dance action to a club, the moves are quite reminiscent of Michael Jackson and his classic, dance-driven videos. All the club patrons are dancing with masks and animal heads, too. Breezy remains mask-free, though.

Overall, it’s a sexy party, lead by Brown … and those insane masks, which give the video a little bit of lightness. The pacing is frenetic, so it’s over before you know it.

Say what you will about Breezy’s personal life and his antics, but the kid can dance.

Watch the Chris Brown ‘Turn Up the Music’ Video

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I had seen most of these so I am not a very good judge, but I don’t know if the guys at Google got it right. I think the Hippo was the funniest, but I am a dude, so what do I know. Which one was your fave? Vote by posting below!