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Why Don’t We Feel Better About All These New Movies on ITunes?

5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | The inevitable grouping of the major studios under the iTunes roof finally occurred today, when Apple officially announced it had reached agreements with Universal, Paramount, Fox, Warner Bros., Sony and Lionsgate (along with previous bedfellow Disney) on day-and-date downloads of their new DVD titles. The studios had made most releases available for rental since earlier this year (with catalog titles for sale before that), but this marks the first time users can buy and download new releases on their DVD street dates. More »

James Blunt’s Itunes “Celebrity Playlist” Reveals Him To Be Even More Boring Than We First Thought

3:30PM Clem Bastow | We’ve never been fans of James Blunt. The loathsome crooner got our hackles up with his whiney, stalkery debut, You’re Beautiful, and continued to annoy us with every move. Whether it was his mopey AOR ballads, his tales of “enjoying” driving a tank during his service, or his endless parade of schtupped models, there wasn’t much he did that didn’t effectively make us hate him even more. Until now, that is. The iTunes Store has a ‘Celebrity Playlist’ feature, in which your favourite artists pick their favourite choons, in an effort to delight/educate/amaze you. Most of them are good, but Blunt’s… well, let’s just say his eloquence makes Your Beautiful’s lyrics look like a Shakespeare sonnet. Some highlights: Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Follow You Into The Dark: Death Cab are on the same label as me, Atlantic Records. Beck – Loser: My Producer, Tom Rothrock, also produced this Beck track. And, our personal favourite: America – Horse With No Name: Mean not to give it a name. We’re not usually in the market for emoticons, but really, there’s only one thing we can think to say: : | More »