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Variety Magazine announced that Jennifer Hudson is going to star in "Winnie", a movie about the former wife of the famous South African President Nelson Mandela. The film begins production on May 30 and will follow Winnie Mandela's entire life, dealing with highlights such as her activism for her husband, and lowlights such as her later association with a bodyguard who murdered a 14 year old. Boomie will also be singing the theme song. Congrats, the movie sounds great!

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VFTW Radio will be taking a one week hiatus tonight, but tune back in next week on Wednesday, November 25 when we'll be live and discussing the inevitable failures of Adam Lambert's soon to be released album and American Music Awards performance.
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Oh, the excuses for this one are going to be priceless! It seems that Aaron Hicklin, Editor in Chief of Out Magazine, is calling out Adam Lambert for being a hypocrite in the very same issue that features Adam on the cover. Hilarious! And it's actually really funny. Here are some excerpts from the letter, which call out Adam and his record label/management (those fine Idol affiliated folks).

"We're curious whether you know that we made cover offers for you before American Idol was even halfway through its run. Apparently, Out was too gay, even for you. There was the issue of what it would do to your record sales, we were told."

"It's only because this cover is a group shot that includes a straight woman that your team would allow you to be photographed at all - albeit with the caveat that we must avoid making you look "too gay.""

"Much easier to stick you in Details, where your homosexuality can be neutralized by having you awkwardly grabbing a woman's breast and saying, "Women are pretty."... Imagine how much more radical it would have been to go down on a guy instead of that six-foot Barbie. We don't think you would have a problem with that - why should you?- but your record label would, and letting them dictate the terms is the very opposite of rock 'n' roll."

"The irony is that right now it would be easier to get Kris Allen to do a Solo cover shoot for us. But only because he's straight."

This Aaron guy is awesome! We're loving him for telling it like it is.

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News is flying around the internet that Adam Lambert's presale numbers for his For Your Entertainment album are incredibly high. Let's break down what's actually being said:

November issue of Rolling Stone: "Pre-orders are through the roof", says Carl Mello of music chain Newbury Comics.

Entertainment Weekly, November 20: "A rep for Amazon.com tells EW that presales for that week are the highest of the year - and that Lambert has done better in pre-orders than any American Idol alum ever."

Remember, these are magazines. Their information is dated, probably at least a few weeks. Adam Lambert had great presale numbers over a month ago... but no one has been talking about the album since people actually got a listen to his music and saw his album cover. We're sure Adam will sell decently in his first week regardless, because most Idols do. His semi-fame and his rabid Sparkle Cows will see to it that he has a decent debut. Remember, even Taylor Hicks sold almost 300,000 copies of his album in its first week. We expect the album to tank in its second week. just as "Time for Miracles" did. Without strong radio play from a single, Adam can expect the same fate as Taylor.

So is Adam's album setting any records? No. The presale numbers are just higher than other Idols, not necessarily unexpectedly high. And presales don't completely determine an album's first week performance. Yes, Adam has a shot at debuting well in his first week, but this isn't guaranteeing anything. The Sparkle Cows are just grasping at straws to make it look like Adam is going to be a star. Which he won't. Again, VFTW is the voice of reason.

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We're not sure exactly what it means, but Adam Lambert's official site is touting "Adam's new single For Your Entertainment" and then "Adam's new single Whataya Want From Me". Have they already given up on "For Your Entertainment"? The irony is "Whataya Want From Me" is a much worse song, and the lyrics include "don't give up on me, I won't let you down." Too late. You can listen to the song above to judge. It's clearly a reject from Pink's last album.
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His voice is sounding very tired, he probably needs a good rest. Definitely not the best he's done. Funniest part of the video: When Conan comes out and makes Kris look even shorter than he is.
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Wow, that's even worse than we expected. After "Time for Miracles" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #50 and then disappeared the week after, we expected a similar fate for his new single "For Your Entertainment". However, "For Your Entertainment" failed to even debut on the Hot 100 at all because it's so bad. It's currently on the Bubbling Under chart (for songs that aren't good enough to be in the top 100) at #107. Wow, that's pretty sad that his official single can't even top a bad movie song. Not even the rabid Sparkle Cows and their multiple iTunes accounts could help Adam debut in the top 100 songs of the week? It's not that hard to do. For comparison purposes, Rihanna's "Russian Roulette" debuted by selling 132,000 copies. Adam sold only 18,000. Where are all of the fans who voted for him on Idol? Did they finally realize he has no talent?
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She's become slightly less wooden since her days on Idol, but her looks are carrying this otherwise bland performance. And even still, she's worlds better than rat-faced Taylor Swift.
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