• Taylor Swift Calls Spotify "An Experiment" That Doesn't "Feel Right"

    Taylor Swift's new album, '1989,' has famously become the first album in 2014 to go platinum, having sold over 1.2 million copies in its first week of release, and though the album certainly would have become a big seller no matter what, its stellar sales figures can be partially attributed to Swift's decision to pull all of her music from Spotify. In a new interview with Yahoo! Music, the 24-year-old singer explains her unusual decision, citing the uncertainty of the future of streaming, as well as Spotify's notoriously poor compensation of musicians.

  • Amber Vinson, Second Dallas Nurse Stricken with Ebola Virus, Speaks Out Against CDC's Criticism: 'I'm Not Careless, I'm Not Reckless'

    Amber Vinson was the second nurse who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to become infected with the Ebola virus. She raised eyebrows for taking a flight from Dallas to Ohio, and then back again a few days later while supposedly having a low-grade fever. Vinson was finally declared Ebola-free and released from the hospital last week, and while she asked for her privacy, I think many expected to hear from her because the CDC momentarily let her be its fall girl.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said Vinson should never have flown and that it would have been against its guidelines. But it neglected to mention how nervous the whole situation had actually made her because the nurses who cared for Duncan were never trained until the moment they had to suit up to actively care for him.Vinson told Matt Lauer in an interview this morning on "Today":"The first time that I put on the protective equipment, I was heading in to take care of the patient. We didn't have excessive training where we could don and doff, put on and take off the protective equipment, till we got a level of being comfortable with it. I didn't have that, and I think that's very important for hospitals across the nation, big and small. Once Nina came down with it, my contact at the health department called me and gave me a list of things to look out for, symptoms to look out for and numbers to call if I showed any symptoms. I never had a number to call the CDC directly. I would always call my contact at the health department. And then when I was in Ohio, and I was scheduled to leave, because I was so afraid of what could potentially happen, I did ask them, 'Is there anything that you guys can do to send for me? Do I need to leave earlier?' Because you know, I was worried."Lauer quickly reminded her of how the CDC allowed her to be painted as careless and foolish ,and it was obviously still a sore spot for Vinson, as she explained:"It made me feel terrible, because that's not me. I'm not careless. I'm not reckless. I'm an ICU nurse. I embrace protocol, guidelines and structure. Because in my day-to-day nursing, it is a matter of life and death. And I respect that fact. I would never go outside of guidelines or boundaries or something directly from the CDC telling me that I can't go, I can't fly."

  • Jon Gosselin Would Like to Learn How to Co-parent with Kate Gosselin Via 'Couples Therapy' Reality Show

    Jon Gosselin is at it again. He's looking for another grand-scale way to get paid. Last month, we learned that Kate Gosselin's ex had been dumped by his girlfriend, lost his job and then was evicted from a house that accommodated his 8 kids for visitation. Gosselin's pattern over the years has been one of all or nothing. Either he is on top of the world or his life is a mess. He and Kate have battled for years since their split with Jon always being accused of looking for ways to drag her name through the mud in the press. Now it seems, Jon wants to play nice and maybe even repair things between them.

  • Britney Spears Confirms She's Dating New Boyfriend Charlie Ebersol

    Britney Spears is officially off the market once more. The "Perfume" singer confirmed the news that she was indeed dating Charlie Ebersol during Britney Day in Las Vegas yesterday, where she was given the keys to the city. "Yes, there is a special someone," she told Extra, "It's very new."

  • Meryl Streep Shows Off Her Pipes in New Trailer for 'Into the Woods' [WATCH]

    Disney released a new trailer for its fairy-tale-packed movie Into the Woods, and despite getting fans even more excited, it also features Meryl Streep's crystalline vocals.As Billboard notes, the movie musical follows some of the most famous characters of the supernatural. Jack and his magic beans, Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf (Johnny Depp) all make appearances in the trailer. The film is based on Steven Sondheim's Broadway favorite and James Lapine's book that revolve around The Baker and his Wife who try to get a spell lifted by traveling ... into the woods to retrieve items The Witch (Streep) needs for a potion.We get a glimpse into the fantastical world of the picture in the trailer below, which has all of these famous stories intersecting. Streep, in some rough makeup, sets the plot before the other characters take over. Around the 1:30 mark, she begins showing off her pipes during a final montage. Check it out below.

  • Joe Budden Shares "OLS4" Music Video From New EP 'Some Love Lost' [WATCH]

    Jersey City rapper Joe Budden just released his new EP Some Love Lost on Tuesday (Nov. 4), and today he's shared the music video for one of the EP's tracks "OLS4" (Ordinary Love S**t 4), which you can check out below. The Walu-directed clip features Budden sitting on a chair in a room covered wall to wall with yellow post-it notes, occasionally interacting with a faceless woman.

  • The Velvet Underground Share Unheard Mix Of "I Can't Stand It" From Upcoming Reissue [LISTEN]

    The 45th anniversary reissue of the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album is set for release on Nov. 24, but today one of the reissue's previously unheard mixes has surfaced, which you can check out below. "I Can't Stand It" was originally recorded in Oct. 1969 by the Velvets as part of an unreleased album, and though it was later remixed and included in the 1985 VU compilation and re-recorded for Lou Reed's debut solo album, this is the first time the song has been released in its original form. It's definitely one of the funkiest and most upbeat songs the band ever recorded.

  • Tyrese and Snoop Dogg Unveil New Single 'Dumb S--t' [LISTEN]

    Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and actor Tyrese has teamed up with Snoop Dogg to unveil his new single "Dumb S--t." The track features smooth production, sampling The Fugees's "Killing Me Softly" that flows effortlessly underneath the vocals from Tyrese and Snoop, as noted by Hip Hop Wired.Tyrese gets apologetic to his lady, saying, "I swear I try, I try, no lie, Seems like I fail, I fail every time. Can't get caught again 'cause I swore that I was going to change."

  • Selena Gomez Opens Up About Ex-Boyfriend Justin Bieber and 'The Heart Wants What It Wants' in Ryan Seacrest Interview

    Selena Gomez is back releasing new music. Today (Nov. 6), she released the revelatory new song "The Heart Wants What It Wants" and the lyrics clearly harken to her on-again, off-again relationship with Justin Beiber. In a new interview with Ryan Seacrest, the "Come & Get It" singer is opening up about the inspiration behind the song, and her current relationship with her ex-boyfriend.
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